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BACK UP YOUR BOY latnase your payroll savings to yoor family limit VOLUME 6—NUMBER 41 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JAN. 14, 1944 BACK UP YOUR BOY htroaso yoor payroll savings to yoor looUly limit WEEKLY—$1 PER YEAR WITH THE FLAG Urges By Bonds By Pay Reservation At Paris Island James M. Clary, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Clary, who reported for duty December 10, is now stationed at Paris Island, S. C. Mrs. Clary, the former Dorothy Bryson, is now with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bryson on Harrington street. Long and Drawn Out G. W. (Bill) Neel Seman Second Class, has written from somewhere overseas to his parents, Deputy and Mrs. J. C. Neel as follows: “Just a few lines to Jet you know I am still OK. How is all the family doing. I am getting ready to go out on a lit tle trip now. We have just finished loading a few troops aboard. “Well, did you have a good Christ mas? I hope so. I guess we had as good a one as you would expect over here. I went to church Christmas Eve night, and on Christmas day we had about 600 kids from around and gave them Christmas. I think they really enjoyed it, since it was their first one in about four years.. “Well, at the present rate I may make it home by next Christmas. But this thing is beginning to be long and drawn out, as you have probably already noticed. “Well, I guess I will sign off for this time. Be seeing you—Love, Bill” Volunteer For Nurses Cadet Corps Miss Mary Sue Shealy, daughter of Patrolman and Mrs. John Shealy, and Miss Rosemary King, who volun teered for the Nurses Cadet Corps last weekend, reported to the Col umbia hospital in Columbia Monday of this week to begin their training. Miss Anderson Volunteers For Service With WAVES Miss Virginia Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, 1800 Harper street, who volunteered for the WAVES on December 14tl^ reported to Hunter College, York city on Thursday, January 13,, where she will receive her first per iod of training. Visits Parents Pvt. Colie Cook of Company “D’, 31st Batullion, stationed at Fort Mc Clellan, Alabama is spending a 7 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Colie Cook. The Cooks have another son, T-Cpl. Ralph T., in the service with the 22nd infantry division and is stationed in New York. Commissioned Flight Officer Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wessinger at tended graduation exercises of their son, James Olin, Jr., at Turner field, Albany, Georgia, last week end when Olin received his Silver Wings and was advanced to rank of Flight officer. He is now here with his parents. Is Commissioned Lieutenant Charles B. Corley, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Corley, Newberry, route two, has received his commiss ion as Second Lieutenant in the air corps. He is now spending a week with his parents before reporting to a Texas field. Mr. and Mrs. Corley have another son in the air corps, stationed now in New Mexico. By Ru:h D. Armfield Writing an article wliile I was down South during Christmas week must have • aroused the newspaper blood in me once again, for even now)—after being away from the Sunoffice for over two years, I oc casionally feel that I should be back writing the weddings and other so cial events that are happening over 700 miles away, but that is quite out of the question, and if this column continues, it will be on a different line. The talk up this way today is the destruction of the destroyer in New York bay. Being a sound sleeper, the blasts didn’t disturb me at all— I slept right through it! However, friends of mine who live only a block away were awakened by he blast, and considering that Islip (the Long Island town in which I live) is some 50 miles from New York, though I don’t know exactly what distance from the scene of the explosion, it must have caused excitement in the nearby area. The first thing that one thinks is sabotage, especially since (at the time of writing) the navy has given no cause for the ac cident. When my roommate and my self were talking about it, she hap pened to remember someone talking about a sailor stationed in or around New York, who went to his home in Brooklyn practically every night and told everything that was hap pening where he was stationed— when the convoys were to leave— how many ships, etc. He may have been innocently talking to his family about it, but it is quite possible that the information could have been giv en out >n just that way; and even rhough it may not be likely, it proves the point that “loose talk can cause lost lives.” . . . Parts of Long Island and New .York City today were sprtnklbd with snow, and while it only lasted a short time, it seemed that it would be the “real thing”—the beginning of the snow season in the North. Before the day was over, though, the snow had changed to rain—with he wind doing its part to add to the 'iscomfort of the <tey. Truly a blue Monday. . . . When our Commanding Officer called a meeting of some depart ment heads today, we were reminded that it was time for the Fourth War Bond Drive in this country—and we found that the quota for our hospi tal was higher than ever. When we see the figures that are set forth as our “goal” we realize even more just hew much this war is costing us. Since practically all Army Hos pitals these days are receiving pa tients from overseas, I think it would be safe to say that we, too, have some patients from overseas. By just seing those boys—by know ing what they have been through, one feels so much more that he should do his part in this war, though he or she can’t actually be on the battle front. Though I know you hear “pep talks” on War Bonds via your radio, newspapers, etc., I would like to add a little to that. If Eighteen Are Called Selective Service Board No. 58 has called the following for examination and induction. They will go to Fort Jackson the 27th: Millard Harrison Allen Frederick Gamer Nobles (volun teer.) Jacob Franklin McCartha Elbert Earl Nichols James Alvan Brown Byrl Edward Smith Paul Lester Willis John Darrekk Carbosco Vernon Ned Morris John Calvin Boozer James Earl Wicker Augustus Theodore Neely, Jr., (volunteer.) David Berrie Denning Duward Cleckley Fulmer (volun teer.) William Dresser Kinney Jack Reginald Whitaker James Jerald Berry William Moore Rikard JOHN WYATT WILSON DIES John Wyatt Wilson, aged 62, died suddenly Tuesday night from the ef fects of a heart attack at his home on Harrington street. He was a na tive of Florence county, son of the late Charles and Sarah Hamm Wil son but had been living here for a number of years where he was em ployed by the Davis Motor company until recently months. Surviving are his widow, the for mer Miss Ida Williams, and two sons, John Erwin Wilson and J. Frank Wilson; a step-mother, Mrs. Ida Reynolds Wilson; two sisters, Mrs. Letha Wilson Mims and Mrs. Betty Wilson Mims; a half-sister, Mrs. Ruth Pennington; two half-bro thers, C. Leroy Wilson and Charles Raymond Wilson; an uncle, Strornan Wilson; four grandchildren, and a large number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were hdld Thurs day morning from the Leavell funer al home and burial was in Rosemont cemetery. DR. JACOBS IN VETS HOSPITAL Dr. T. Boyd Jacobs has been con fined to the Veterans hospital for about three weeks where his condi tion remains about the same. PERSONAL ITEMS ■Mrs. Anna Julia Hipp after being in the Baptist hospital 16 days, has retimed to her home at 1515 Cald well street. Friends of Frank Sanders will re gret to learn that he is a patient in the Highland Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Boatwright have moved to Columbia where Mr. Boatwright is employed at the Fort Jackson Laundry. They formerly lived at 2015 Eleanor street. Mrs. J. L. Tolbert returned to her home in Ninety Six last Sunday af ter spending a week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Har mon. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Clary and three children, Susan, Benetta, and Sarah Elizabeth, of Cameron, spent Wednesday in the home of Mr. Clary’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clary, on Boundary street. Sgt. Pruitt Visits Parents Sgt. Jack S. Pruitt, a member of the 78th Division Infantry band at Camp Butner, N. C., spent a four- day furlough this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Pruitt on O’Neal Street. Returns To Mississippi Pvt. Henry Cannon, Jr., returned to Mississippi State college, Clarks ville, last Saturday, after spending a week’s furlough with his parents, you are in a position that you can buy bonds by the pay reservation plan—do so. After the first deduc tion, you forget that you were get ting that much more, and it seems awfully nice to see the bonds come in—you feel that you really have something to fall back on. If you are not able to buy by pay reserva tion, then buy in cash during the drive, and keep it up after the drive is over, because just a drive won’t enable us to win the war . . . Mrs. McBeth Sprouse of Miami, Florida, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin O. Summer, on Mayer avenue. Mrs. M. W. (Jim) Todd and baby daughter, Marcia, are planning to leave Friday for Alexandria, La., to spend a while with Lieut. Todd. Mrs. Hayden Kirkland of Union City, Tenn., arrived in the city Tues day to spend a week with Mrs. C. J. Purcell. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Cannon on Boundary street. LAURENS MUSIC CLUB GIVES PROGRAM HERE The Newberry Music club hied its fourth meeting of the year on January 11, 1944 at 8 o’clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. French. Associate hostesses were Mrs. Rich ard L. Baker and Mrs. May T. Stuck. A large attendance enjoyed a pro gram presented by the Cora Cox Lucas Music Study Club of Laurens. The theme was “Music of Onr Al lies” and consisted of numbers by a sextette, vocal solos, instrumental solos, violin duets and the reading of poems. Those participating in the program were Mrs. G. B. Sheppard and Mrs. Charles Chase, violinists, Mrs. Lee S. McMillan, soloist, Mrs. John K. Taylor, pianist and accomp anist. The vocal sextettes wer_> rendered by Mrs. Leroy Burns, Mrs. R. M. Erwin, Mrs. J. H. Kyzar, Mrs. Lee S. McMillan, Mrs. R. B. Owings, Mrs. R. T. Wilson. During the social hour the host and hostesses served Russian tea sandwiches, salted nuts and cookies. I’m wondering juat how long a Southerner stays in the North be fore she loses the Southern drgwl. Every once in a while, I’ll convince myself that I’ve been around yankees and talked with them enough that I've lost most of the Southern style of talking, then somewhere in my conversation will creep a “youall” which is immediately called to my attention. After I returned to work from my Christmas vacation, one of the soldiers stopped in the door of my office and said, in a most exag gerated manner “Say, Reb, did you all have any chitlins while youall were down Souf?” I wonder if Northerners will ever be convinced that we only use youall when refer ring to more than one person? I’ve found a very good comeback, though —just in the same way we use “youall”, so these yankees use “youse", particularly if they are from Brooklyn (and I am beginning to believe all of them are!) After meeting the number of people I have from Brooklyn, I’m wondering if the title of Betty Smith’s new- book, "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn” WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals.. See W. H. STERLING. JUDGE WORKMAN ILL WITH PNEUMONIA Friends of Judge Neal W. Work man will regret to learn that he is very ill at the Newberry hospital, suffering from pneumonia. SUFFERS HEART ATTACK C. H. Turkett, an employee of the city light and water commission, is ill at his home here suffering from a heart attack. His condition is sai l to be serious. is true—I don’t see where there would be room for trees to grow! And to end this column with books—there is the suggestion that if you want to read something a little out of the ordinary, try Don Marquis’ "So Little Time.” It’s a definite change from most of the newer books' of the day, and I be lieve you would enjoy it if you like to read. A WEAK REPORT The people of the nation want to help the President carry the great burden under which he la bors, but instead of a bold decla ration of his determination to put an end to strikes and line up the country behind him, he side stepped and wobbled in his Tues day night speech and as usual held out the olive branch to la bor unions. He did recommend a national service law but it was conditioned on points such as to make it useless and entirely in favor of the unions. A service law should be enact ed, the President said, only if the cost of living is held down, heav ier taxes levied and provision for the continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war con tracts made. All of theses labor wants and has been howling for. What matters it if a man serves his country? Such service should not be conditioned on anything. It would be just as reasonable to say that our boys would not be allowed to fight in the Solomons unless dry ground were provid ed, or that our flyers could not take their B-17s up unless they were guaranteed three meals a day. It is a crime we suppose to force a man to work in a fac tory at $1.50 an hour but all right to force another to fight and risk his life for army pay. That this country should have conscripted its manpower and resources immediately following Pearl harbor should have been apparent to our leaders, but such forced service should not be tied up with politics or “freedom” from want or anything else. We at home should be no more fav ored than the boys in service. The nation would like to get be hind the President; there is an urge in all of us to do something to end the .war but we must have some assurance of the sincerety, determination and practicality of our commander-in-chief. Men don’t whole-heartedly follow a aommander in whom they have 'ntle or no confidence. i Distrust of the President is further encouraged in his “new Bill of Rights” in Tuesday’s talk. He goes back to the boon-dog- gling days and repeats that all are entitled to the right of a decent home and economic secur ity. These have always been the rights of men in this free coun try. The only reason that more do not have them is simple—they are too lazy and sorry to sweat for them. What the President really meant was that he want ed a fourth term to continue to feed millions of bums created in this country by his administra- ticn. Let us be done with pussy footing and idealism. Let the President “crack down” so that there be no mistake about where he stands. The President knows that the country is boiling over continued strikes, but no word of condemnation was to be found in his Tuesday speech. He lash ed out at lobyists and pressure groups bedeviling congress but only soothing sirup for labor and its devlish strikes. We’ll follow the President willingly a nd eagerly if we can determine which way he is going but we will not follow him into the hands 3f John Lewis and others who would stand America up and slaughter her while our boys fight to make her free. —A BOUT THE TOW N— RALPH BAKER really, improving the looks of the lower end of the city since buying the old building opposite Stokes’ drug store; says he will paint it white.—-HOWARD TUR NER out agin and back on the job fixing watches after being ill with flu and nursing the rest of the fam ily who also had it.—JIM JOHNSON in and out with cold or flu or some thing; says he can’s stay in as he might miss some gossip.—A couple of SAILORS talking about what a swell fellow DUDE EPTING is.—A report from the hbspital this A. M. that Judge WORKMAN is some what better.—J. M. HOVE, cream ery manager showing us haw they make butter is quarter pounds.—LT. OLIN WESSINGER looking nice in his officer’s uniform.—GEO. ROD- ELSPERGER saying he was not the only one mstaken about the war be ing over in 1943.—MRS. EDNA FEAGLE so craving grits that some one brought her some from home.— SUPT. O. B. CANNON telling about inviting a couple of northern soldiers into his home to get warm one cold day and the boys being carried away over an open fire and saying that after the war they intnnded having “one of them things” in their own homes. BIRTHDAYS to and thru January 21: Paul B. Ezell, Jan. 14; Mrs. Edna Feagle, Jan 16; Edna Hite Paysinger, Jan 15; Miss Mary Burton and Miss Jean John stone, Jan. 16; Mrs. E. L. Hart, Wilbur Long, and Mary Eloise Pay- singer, Jan 17; Mrs. Steve Griffith and Mrs. L. C. McCullough, Jan. 18; Lominick Is Clerk The county legislative delegation has elected Olin Lominick clerk to the County Board of Commissioners and the Supervisor, taking the place of Frank ’Sanders, resigned. Mr. Lominick takes over his new duties on the 15th and comes to the office with experience which well fits him for the place. He was assistant to Ralph Black, county treasurer, for six months in 1939 and has been with the Clinton Production Assoc iation since that time. He taught school for 11 years prior to 1939. Mr. Sanders, in a letter to the del egation, stated that his health no longer allowed him to continue in the office. He was turned down by the army some months ago on account of his physical condition. Returns To Station W. C. Smith, First class Petty Officer, returned to his station in Norfolk, Virginia Wednesday, after spending a week’s furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH J. B. HARMON, Pastor Bethany: Sunday 10:30 a.m., church worship with sermon; 11:30, a. m., Sunday school, Mrs. E. B. Hite, Superintendent. Summer Memorial: Sunday 10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, Su-pt.; 11:30 a. m., church worship with sermon; 12:30 p. m., Senior Luther League; 6 p. m., In termediate Luther League. Visitors are invited to attend all services. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Whitmire, Jan. 6.—C. G. Gilliam was elected mayor yesterday over W. G. Puckett by 32 votes. J. W. Gary was elected on council. The Lutheran church of The Redeemer, which has been remodeled and modern additions made, will be open for services for the first time in several months on Sunday morn ing when the regular services will be held to which the public is invited. Holy communion will be observed Sunday morning. The little two-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Higgins got hold of his father’s razor Friday and while playing with his baby sister cut the tip of her nose off and made a deep gash on her eye brow. It was rumored that the baby had the en tire nose cut off, but we are glad to say that the rumor was incorrect and the accident was no worse than stated, which is bad enough.' Dr. Houseal had to take several stitches in the gash. During the week end cold snap Fred Cromer got his hand badly bruised and “all bunged up” by try ing to crank his car. Don’t fool with such when everything is frozen and the mercury playing around zero. The fine gymnasium of Newberry college is nearing completion. The Newberry Electric company finished lighting the building Thursday. "Hoppin' John" (By Spectator) On Saturday, January first, I had my annual serving of “Hopping John”. How many know what that is? “Hopping John!” The Hopping John doesn’t hop nor does it make you hop. Just where the hopping comet in I don’t know; nor do I know where tShe “John” comet in: So Hop ping John is lost in the mists of an tiquity unless State historian Alex Salley or Dr. Ball will rescue it and brush it free of cobwebs—or brush the cobwebs off Spectator. In the Spectator home the dish of Hopping Jorn is quite a ceremonial rite. From my childhood my father remarked every New Year’s Day “Hopping John will be served at the Hotel St. John today.” Whereupon he urged all of us to partake of Hop ping John. The News and Courier tells us that some gentlemen of Charleston rushed down town in order to get his plate of Hopping John. Well, sooner or later Hopping John will be only a memory in Charleston. What can we expect, when ground nuts are unknows, ground-nut cake unheard of and horse cakes look like some strange animal discovered in China ? While I do not doubt that D. Ball has “-helped himself” to Happing John—in the remote past—I ven ture to believe that his versatile as sociate, Editor Tom Waring, has never seen a dish of Hopping John. With all his pre-occupation with the porposed twelfth grade grade, Edi tor Latimer didn’t even pause to contemplate Hopping John, even if Sam ever heard of the noble dish in old York. I’ve wondered a lot about Hopping John—the why of it. I’ve wondered if it symbolizes the gratitude of our people for common fare, just as we ask for “daily bread”. Our people were poor during the Civil War, but much poorer after wards, during the eleven years of Reconstruction. Poverty during the war was physical, but it was sus tained by the exaltation of spirit which animates people in a great cause or effort. But the poverty of Reconstruction was hunger of body and desolation of spirit together. Amid all the toil and hardship and privation our people would have plentiful supply of peas—cow peas— given the most hearty thanks for a and rice. Just ordinary field peas, cooked with rice! Thousands of our people were happy with that—and a few roasted sweet potatoes, var ied sometimes with a “skin of meat”. Can it be that the “Hopping John” of the first day of the year is the to ken of our reliance on Providence for homely fare, hodden gray and a’that ? Lonnie Clifton Graham, Jan. 19; Charlie Bowers and John Donald Rook, JJan. 20; Warren Abrams, Eva James Davis and Lamar Neville January 21. PATIENTS AT HOSPITAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. William Hunter, Newberry, a daughter, on Friday, January 7th. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ruff, Saluda, a daughter on Friday, January 7th. Other .patients are: Billy, Free man, route 1, Newberry; John W. Taylor, 1114 Caldwell street, New- terryt Jim JUlia, Neyberry; w. G. Viegeli, Newberry college; Mrs: Fred Goff, Saluda; Ralph Neel, Whitmire; Mrs. Lula Davis, Whit mire; Mrs. B. F. Williams, Whit mire; Charlie Raeford Nichols, RL 4 Nwtoerry; Mrs. Luther Hunnicutt, Whitmire; Mrs. C. M. Satterwhite, route 3, Newberry; and Mrs. Mar garet Shealy, 1225 Jones street, Newberry: COLLISION ON MAIN AND NANCE STREETS G. H. Connelly and “Rag” Davis, on their way to a fire at the home of Howard Clark on Glenn St. ran in to each other at the corner of Main and Nance streets Monday evening about seven o’clock. Mr. Connelly, an employee of the city, was crossing Main street from Nance, driving the water and light repair truck and Mr. Davis was driving up Main street in his car, when the smash-up occured. Both cars turned completely over, in op posite directions but were not great ly damaged beyond a smashed grill on the Davis car. A light standard was completely demolished. Both men escaped with only light injuries. LEG'ON AUXILIARY PLANS JOINT MEETING The American Legion Auxiliary met last Thursday afternoon, Janu ary 6, at the home of Mrs. Wilton Todd with Mrs. Richard Floyd, Mrs. P. K. Harmon, Mrs. Jas. Leavell and Mrs. A. J. Veckham, associate hos tesses. Miss Theressa Leightsey, county health nui’se, gave an instructional talk on precautions to be taken in case of a flu epidemic. The main discussion of the busi ness session was the making of plans for the joint meeting of the Legion and the Auxiliary which is set for February 3 at the War Memorial building. The occasion is the com- moration of the 23 anniversary of the founding of the Auxiliary. Plans were also made to invite Governor and Mrs. Olin Johnston. SALLY, NORRIS REELECTED At a stockholder’s meeting of the South Carolina National bank held in Charleston Tuesday, A. P. Salley was reelected manager of the New berry branch of the bank, and John T. Norris was reelected assistant manager. The stockholders voted at the meeting to pay a dividend of 75c a share on the common stock. CARPENTERS IN N. Y Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter left Columbia Saturday night on the Silver Meteor for New York, where they will spend two weeks buying spring merchandise for the store here. T-Sgt. Elbert H. Aull is spending a two week’s furlough with his mo ther, Mrs. Mae A. Aull. Sgt. Aull has just finished a 13 week course at the Army Finance school at Wake Forest, North Carolina. SHERIFF OUT AGAIN Sheriff Tom M. Fellers is able to be out again after being confined to his home on Harrington street with influenza.