Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r/mK FTGff, WITH THE FLAG Rises To Corporal Corporal Albert D. Owens, who has been at Camp Crowder for five weeks has successfully completed his basic training and is now a special ists school. During his basic training he was se lected as one of the best rifle shots in the 29th butallion. He received a medal for firing expert on the range. After a month he received his cor poral's rating and was sent to radio school as a radio repairman. Corporal Owens recently received his A. B. degree from Newberry College. He is one of the two sons of Mrs. Inez Ruth Owens. The other son, Sgt. George R. Owens, is with Major Tom Pope in North Africa. He also attended New berry College. Corporal Owens says he will soon finish his training in specialists school and will be ready to go “over there ’ and "slap those Japs ’ right off the map. He said the slogan at Crowder is "To hell with the strikers, and draft dodgers and may the Axis completely depreciate from the face of the globe,” and if it is left with the signal corps that is exactly what will happen. Wants Lighter For Soldier “1 received a request from a boy overseas for a cigarette lighter, preferably one that won't blow out easily, and a hunting knife in a case. Being unable to purchase these articles in a store, I would appreciate it if anyone who has either of these articles and will dispose of them will contact meat the Chamber of Commerce or phone 35!>.—L. C. Graham.” DOWN MEMORY LANE Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hart have returned from Edgefield. Mr. Hart's mother and sister accom- pained them home and are remaining for a brief visit with them at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Keitt in Boundary street. Mrs. Harry Danner and children and little Ro bert Langford, son of Mrs. Mozelle Langford, left this week for Texas. They were delayed in leaving for some weeks on account of illness of the two Danner children. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Aull and children mot ored to Greenville Sunday to see Mr. J. R.Dav idson who underwent an voptical operation. Mr. Davidson’s operation was successful and his friends will be glad to know he is doing well. DAUGHTERS HEAR DR. KINARD IN IN TIMELY DISCOURSE Dr. James C. Kinard was the speaker at the annual observance of Flag Day held Monday af ternoon, June 14, at the Jasper chapter. Daugh ters of the Revolution. Dr. Kinard made one of his very best talks, discussing the many flagrant and thoughtless acts whereby we, unwittingly put yellow streaks in the beautiful Red, White, and Blue of our un conquered flag. He stressed th,e urgent vigilence of all Amer icans to keep the flag in reverence, and to avoid all careless and unpatriotic acts. The exercises were held at the home of Miss Grace Summer and was largely attended by the DAR and their guests. Mrs. David Caldwell, Regeant, presided and gave a cordial welcome. The program with the singing of America by the assembly, after which the Pledge to The Flag was given. Mrs. H. L. Parr, Chapter Chaplain, read the scripture and led in a prayer. Miss Martha Mayer gave a delightful piano solo, ^Valtz of the Flowers", and Miss Jeane Johnston sang La Fontaine de Caraouet . The program closed with the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner.” After the program the guests were invited into the dining room where Mrs. J. Aubrey Estes presided at the punch bowl which was placed at the end of the lace covered table centered with a circular mirror around which ferns and gladioli were arranged, and surmounted by red, white, and blue candles in crystal holders. A large bowl of red, white, and blue flowers graced the other end of the beautifully appointed table. HON. F. H. DOMINICK SPEAKS AT WHITMIRE JULY FOURTH Hon. Fred H. Dominick , congressman of this district, will be the speaker at the Fourth 6f July celebratiod at Whitmire, according to information from Mr. W. M. Sherard. The speaking will be at Whitmire park at 7 o'clock 4in the evening,- and everbody is invited to hear a good speech. LOST Gasoline Ration "book for Ford coach. Any information please report to J. C. DER RICK, Little Mountain, S. C. The bureau of census reports the nation s con struction industry employed 1,073,635 persons in 1939 and did work valued at $4,5 19,794,000. THE NEWBERRY SUN WALT DAVIS GETS STUDEBAKER HOME AFTER YEAR OVERSEAS "Uncle Walt” (W. H.) Davis has returned to his first love, or rather his first love has return ed to him! He is now the full-fledged, accred ited dealer in Newberry for the Studebaker automobile when it again becomes available. The Mower Motor company for whom Mr. Davis worked for 18 years in the building he now occupies, upon giving up the agency, rec ommended that it be placed with Mr. Davis, and the Studebaker company agreed. “Uncle Walt" is definitely at home on the Studebaker automobile. He has serviced them for years and has had special factory training in their construction and in the Studebaker meth ods of repair. Until the new Studebakers become available Mr. Davis will handle parts for the cars now On the road and do repair work on them, as well as on other make cars. “Uncle Walt” Davis (and the title doesn't mean that he is an old man) has been in the auto repair business for more than 30 years. He is not only considered one of the best me chanics in this part of the world and a good bu siness man, but an equally fine gentleman. Studebaker has scored in securing Walt Davis to represent them. Cpl. Madison Bouknight, who has been start.ioned overseas for over a year, arrived in Newberry Monday to spend a 20 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bouk night. SOLDIERS ARE ASSIGNED Cadet John Wesley Martin, route three, Newberry and Cadet James Calvin McLane, Jr., of Newberry have been assigned their duties in pre-flight schools in the Army Air Forces Southeast Training Center. CLUB GUESTS GIRL SCOUTS The Business and Professional Women’s club were the guests Tues day evening of the Mollohon Girl Scouts Troop at Margaret Hunter Park. Most of the regular routine of the club business was dispensed with and the meeting was turned over to the Scouts who royally en- ertained the club’ with games and a picnic lunch. In a previous meeting the club had voted to sponsor the Scouts and to further show their interest in his troop, the members voted $2C toward the fund for a cabin for their young friends. Mrs. OHie Sligh has returned home after a ten day’s visit in Anderson and Ninety Six. OUR HARD-WORKING SENATOR Few men in Newberry county put in as much hard work as Newberry’s Senator. No task is too hard of too disagreeable for the Senator; running a gin, driving a truck loaded with guano, going, along with a gang of field hands, driving an ambulance—the Senator takes them all in his stride. Senator Abrams was seen in town Tuesday morning driving his ambulance. Presumably he had brought someone from Whitmire to the local hospital. In addition to his many other ing business and ambulance service, and this interests Senator Abrams operates an undertak- additional work fell upon him when his son Tom was inducted into the army. “DIDN’T MR. BYRNES KNOW” (From The Spartanburg Textile Tribune.) The charge has often been made that high government officials fail upon many occasions to be fair and truthful with the public. The Hon. James F. Byrnes, who holds a position perhaps next to that in importance to the president, stat ed in his address at the textile celebration that "The striker in war industry is almost as rare as the slacker in the army." How many slackers have you heard of in the army? No? Well, we haven’t either, and we sincerely hope that Hitler, knowing full well of our serious strike situation, did not hear the statement and believe that the American soldiers are slackers to the extent of strikers in the war industries. Even if he heard it and believed it he’ll have another thought coming in the sweet bye and bye. A SUSPICIOUS BILL (From T he Clinton Chronicle) Last Friday the senate labor committee in Washington approved a bill by Senators Hill and Thomas for three hundred million dollars an nually for federal aid to public schools. This is a dangerous plan, and we have a sus picion there is something hidden in the proposal which the people do not see or understand. Why should a labor committee be seeking federal aid for schools? I 1 k If we have this money to spend it should do— every dollar of it—to help win the war. The Chronicle is opposed to federal aid for public schools. Once this scheme is "put over ' our schools will be socialized, federalized and controlled from Washington. The result will be many complications, including the race issue. We had better not turn over the schools to Washington. The reaction is bound to be un pleasant and harmful. AGED 118 AND NEVER SICK, HE NEEDS DOCTOR AFTER FALL Vidilia, Ga. June 18. James Walter Wilson, I 1 8 recognized by the census bureau as hhe nat ion's oldest citizen, said he never had been ill. But the aged negro and former slave fell in a doorway and friends called a physican. Examinations showed that Wilson apparently was not seriously hurt. Soon he hopes to be back stringing tobacco, hoeing in the garden. ^ Soldiers and sailers in the tropics who, after serving there for a time, feel listless, low and pepless, can blame it on the climate. ^ Hie steel industry in the United States put into operation over 1,000,000 tons of new steel-mak ing capacity and 3,100,000 tons of new blast furnace capacity in the last half of 1942. v Classified Ads i APARTMENT FOR RENT—Call Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun street, Newberry, S. C. Phone 220-J. FOR RENT — Furnished terrace lachelor rooms, (private entrance, free tairage. See E. B. Purcell. 3tc VVANTED TO BUY—Scrap Iron 'opper, Aluminum, auto radio parts, !tags. Inner-tubes and Zinc. Loca- ion in alley leading to Standard Oil ■ompitny bulk plant. W. H. Sterling. FOR RENT—Three large upstairs ooms with connecting private bath. Miss Annie Gary, 1221 Glenn St., •hone 458. LOST——Narrow platinum bracelet, Sunday or Monday., containing 7 "small stones-. Reward if returned bo Mrs. Thos. H. Cope, or call 425. If Hitler wins, the issue for you will be living itself and not just the cost of liv- ing. Think that over and fig- UjW ure it out for yourself how much beyoud 10 percent of your family income you should put Into War Bonds every payday. RITZ THURSDAY & FRIDAY Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster Rita Johnson —IN— MY FRIEND FLICKA Comedy— Barnyard Waac —NEWS— Adm: Matinee 9-25c Night 9-30c SATURDAY Lois Andrews, Charlotte Greenwood James Ellison, Charles Ruggles -IN- DIXIE DUGAN Comedy—Confusion In India ■ Chapter 4 Don Winlow of the Coast Guard Adm. 9-25c all day , MONDAY and TUESDAY Walter Huston, Ann Harding -IN- MISSION TO MOSCOW NEWS Adm.: Mat. 9c-25c Night 9c-30c WEDNESDAY Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McRea GAMBLING LADY Comedy, The Boy and The Wolf Adm. Mat.: 9c-25c Night: 9c-30c WELLS THURSDAY SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES Jinx Falkenburg Added—Selected Shorts Matinee 9c 25c Night 9c 30c FRIDAY & SATURDAY THE LONE PRAIRIE Staring RUSSEL HAYDEN Added—an EL BRENDEL Comedy and the last Chapter of G-MEN vs. BLACK DRAGON Admission 9c 25c all day MONDAY AND TUESDAY She would bet on anything -but love Priscilla Lane, George Brent, Bruce Cabot, in SILVER QUEEN ' Added—-News and Walt Disney’s DER FUEHRER’S FACE Mat. 9c 25c Night 9c 30c WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY I Escaped From The Gestapo Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Mary Brian Added — Selected Shorts Matinee 9c 25c Night 9c 30c THE OPERA HOUSE 1 SATURDAY FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS Last chapter “The Secret Code’ and COMEDY FRIDAY, JUNE 25. 1943 Our County NEWS—and—VIEWS By A.E.H.L. Well, it was fun seeing myself in print again after several yeans even if the editor did tell me I’d 1 have to write about something interesting or he couldn’t run it. He told me it was very ‘mediocre’ writing. So I asked him WHAT to write about. “Oh, you’ve got Co have some thing, to say,” he opined “and it’s got to be interesting iy you expect people to read it.” “Well”, I countered, “I was writ ing about Newberry where your pa per is published and that was the best I could do about it.” “Well, it wasn’t good enough.” Period. • This week, then, I’ll write about Whitmire and the good folks here and -see if anybody will read it. But before changing the subject I want to tell the editor that at least Mr. Carpenter actually thanked me for mentioning his stone and the post master who helped me stamp the copies I mailed to my friends in distant spots that I haven’t had time to write to recently, at least admitted that he’d read it. Someone told me recently that most everybody in Newberry read The Sun because they were afraid not to—they might miss some spicy news. I like spices-. But back to Whitmire and more serious thoughts— The sudden passing of Capt. Zach Suber last Wednesday morning -hocked' and saddened many hearts. Mr. Suber was a character and an individual. He was a rich man, reputedly, and a kindly one. He was shrewd and canny in his many and varied dealings with his fellow men. Probably no one man has ever lived in or near the cross roads that is now the Town of Whitmire whose life and business affected as many other lives and businesses as did Mr. Suber’s, or Cap’n Zach. He was prosperous. Fifty-odd years ago -he manned a good woman who owned, thru in heritance direct from the earliest «ettler of the community—old Geo. Frederick Whitmire—the historic lands and buildings which were known as Whitmires since pre-revo lutionary days. The old. home in which they reared their family of eight -healthy children (who are all now married!) faces teh historic ‘96’ road. When Capt’n Zach got to the legislature for the first term (he served several terms with credit to himself and his county) and let the State highway department know that there was a town called Whitnrjre between Union and Newberry and (what’s worse for roadbuildmg, also between Enoree river and Duncan’s creek) the road to Newberry got -paved and he built a porch at the end of has house to face the new road. This historic old home, the ances tral home of the Whitmires, the traditional Tavern of the stage coach era has witnessed much of life as it has been lived by the good people and the bad of this section. I added the ‘bad’ as I recalled Mrs. Saber’s telling me once that her grandmother, Mrs. Henry Whitmire, had told her with pride that no one ‘rich or poor, good-or bad’ had ever been turned away from her door either to sleep or to eat. And I well remember the day in June 1935 when Miss Ethel Whitmire of San Jose, California arrived^ un announced, to visit the home of her -ancestors. I met her and carried her to the Suber home. It was al most dinner time and I was won dering what I could think up to have fixed in a hurry for an unexpected guest (I had a cook in those palmy days-!) when Mrs. Suber relieved my worry of the moment by inviting Ethel to have ‘pot luck’ with them. I knew she’d fare better there than with me that day, so there she stayed and had- the thrill of a life time eating in tlhe house her own great-great-grandmother had built! She came back next day and took her chances with the Lewises, little realizing the*) what She was getting into, for two years later the Lewises, lock, stock and barrel, except for the father of the family, moved in on her for a two week’s stay. But back to the Suber home and family. The old home has stood these many years as a symbol of Southern hospitality, a typical home of -this section, plain and comfortable, cool in summer, cold in winter, commod ious and restful. With Mr. Suber providing, Mrs. Suber presiding and faiihfud old Rose dispensing good food from the old fashioned cook stove in the kitchen that someone had 1 built, many Methodist preachers have ibeen bountifully fed and many happy family gatherings held. And now Mr. Su-ber, having lived a full life, pas: his alloted Biblical span, is the first to go, which is according to Nature and God’s plan, leaving a noble woman to hold the home together for their sons and grandsone to come back to when this awful war i;- over. And tho -she is sad, she is equally brave and we salute her in her sorrow and extend ouf sympathy. In doing so here x we feel that we are expressing the feel ing of many readers of Th Sun. I (An improvement! What pity the lessons could not continue.—-Eld.) QUINTUPLETS relieve misery of CHEST GULUS this good old reliable way At the first sign of the Dionne Quin tuplets catching cold—theirchests and throats are rubbed with Musterole—a product made etpecially to promptly relieve distress of colds and resulting bronchial and croupy coughs. The Quints have always nad expert care, so mother—be assured of using just about the BEST product made when you use Musterole. It’s more than an ordinary “salve”—Musterole helps break up local congestion! IN 3 STRENGTHS: Children’s Mild Musterole. Also Regular and Extra Strength for grown-ups who prefer a stronger product. All drugstores. MUSTeroI: Plenty Of Rubber On Hand Bring Us Your Tires For Re-Capping NEWBERRY RE-CAPPING CO. Ellerbe Sease, Prop.