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. * BACK UP YOUR BOY htnast y—r payrtll saWcfx H ymr family limit BACK UP YOUR BOY payroll savlayt yoat fatally Kmlt VOUME 6—NUMBER 51. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1944. WEEKLY- WITH THE FLAG Lieut. Wallace Overseas R. G. Wallace received a tetter from his son, Lieut Cam D. Wallace last Friday, stating he had arrived safely somewhere overseas and was all right. Hiss address is: Lt. Cam D. Wallace 01319994, Excess Officer Company, APO 15178, Care Post master, New York City. Transferred To Greensboro Pvt. David Morris Singley of 408 Crosson street, who until recently has been assigned to the 158th Ser vice Unit of the Army Specialized Training program at the Univeristy of Kentucky, Lexington, has been ■transferred to the BTC, Army Air Field, at Greensboro, N. C. Visiting Parents Jimmy Sease, R. D. M. 3iC, stat ioned on the U.S.S. Orlando, Brook lyn, New York, is spending two week’s leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sease, 1225 Nance street. Spends Weekend Here Cpl. Jim Kinard, stationed at the Selective Service headquarters in Columbia, spent the weekend here with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jas. C. Kinard. PERSONAL ITEMS Miss Mary Harden Keitt, secretary to Dr. H. P. Cooper of the Agronomy depiartment of Clemson college, spent the weekend in the home of her father, T. E. Keitt in the county. Mrs. Jimmie DeHart of Spartan burg spent last Friday in the home cf her mother, Mrs. Verona Domi nick, and brother, Pinckney Abrams. Mrs. Mae A. Aull and son Philip, spent the past weekend in Johnston with Mrs. Aull’s sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Lott. Mrs. T. W. Kirkland returned to her home in Johnston the past week and after visiting two weeks in the home of her aunt, Mrs. Mae A. Aull, in College street. Miss Nancy Laws of Laurens was a weekend visitor in the heme of Mrs. O. O. Copeland on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. David Williams and son Jimmy, of Hartsville, were week end visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams on Mayer avenue. Mis. O. O. Copeland was a busi ness visitor in Greenville Tuesday. Capt. Welling Here Capt. LeUund Welling, stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga., spent the paat weekend with his wife and son, Le- land III. Returns To Walter Reid Capt. Arthur Welling returned to Walter Reid hospital in Washington Wednesday night after spending a 30-day Sick leave here. Sgt. Keitt Repairing Planes T. E. Keitt received a letter from his son, Sgt. Harden Keitt Saturday saying that he was all right and that he was hard at work helping repair planes. Sgt. Keitt has been stationed in Italy since January. Visiting In Chappella Pfc. John B. McAdams is spending ' Gilfkm»*Pi*ts Johnson, 57, died at a 15 day furlough in Chappells with fhte home on the Newberry-Whitmire his wife the former Louise Connelly, enroute to Texas where he will be stationed after completing a Mech anics School in the Air Corps in Florida. Private MfcAdams is a mem ber of the Air Forces ground crew. Assigned To Duty Olin Smith, 1301 Fair street, is now a member of the amphibious forces of the United States navy, •having been assigned to the crew of an LST for active duty after com pletion of his preliminary training at the amphibious training base at Camp Bradored, Norfolk, Va. The LST is specially constructed for the transporting of troops and heavy equipment. It has a bow that can be opened when it comes into the beabh which enables men and equipment to land ready for action. This type of amphibious craft is as large as a destroyer and it is the largest of the amphibious ships cap able of making landings directly on a beach. Patrolman Kirksey Martin con tinues to improve at 'his home where hv has been suffering from an at tack of pneumonia. TWO NEW VITAMINS FOUND Cleveland. April 4.—Two new B- complex vitamins — without one chickens’ feathers fall off, without the other chickens die—were describ ed to the American Chemical society today. Both vitamins have been found necessary, also, to dogs, monkeys, and white rats. This makes it fairly certain that both are important to human beings, but what they do for humans is not yet known. Both vitamins are found in liver and probably exist also in leafy veg etables. Draft Will Move Into Higher Age Brackets Washington, April 4.—Maj. Gener al Lewis B. Hershey said tonight jthat after selective service takes men under 26 for combat it will move in a “progressively less strict” manner to higher age brackets. The group from 26 to 29 comes next. At the samt time, Hershey . said, selective service will “aid to the lim it of its ability” efforts to conduct and put to work 4-Fs who refuse to stay in war-important jobs. The less fit have a “duty” to re place men under 26 in industry :<nd agriculture and they constitute the greatest manpower pool for that pur pose, the draft director said, in a speech prepared for radio delivery on the Columbia network. He summarized the present draft program as follows: 1. Selective Service will furnish to the army and navy every man under 26 who cbn possibly be made avail able. 2. These will not be enough, and it will complete the calls from men in the 26-29 group and then the groups 30 and over, and in this pro cess “the requirements will be pro gressively less strict as the ages in crease.” 3. In drafting farm workers under 26 local boards must interpret the Tydings agricultural deferment amendment “in the light of the de mands of today,” balancing the need for agricultural products against the critical demand for young men for the armed forces. 4. Men physically unfit or fit for limited service, will remain in oc cupational deferred classes if they stay on their jobs, and if they do not “the indications are that by 'legisla tive or administrative akrtion or by both, means will be found to insure that they do necessary work.” R. C. Quota Exceeded L. C. Graham, chairman of the Newberry county Red Cross, has announced that the county 'has over subscribed its quota by 8600. New berry’s allotment in the drive just over was $16,000. A total of |12, 000 has been turned in to date, and reports heard from not actually turned in, make the above total. It is expected that the final amount will be around 818,00. PATIENTS IN THE COUNTY HOSPITAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. David Frick of Chapin, a daughter, Juda Mae, on Tuesday, March 30. Bern to Mr. and Mrs. William Long of Newberry a son, Billy Ed ward on Monday, March 29. Other patients include: Mrs. Nan cy Bowen, 1106 Cline street: Mrs. Henry Ringer, Silverstreet; Gharle-i Paysinger, route four, Newberry; Mrs. Alice Goggins, Newberry coun ty; James Connelly, Hunt street; Luther Hamm, Newberry; J. B. Shealy, Little Mountain; Mrs. Chas. Douglas, Drayton street; Mrs. J. D. Coney, Prosperity; Mrs. H. O. Bel low, Purcell street; Mrs. Olivia Davis, 2032 Montgomery street and Mrs. S. Reid, Whitmire. MARY NELL GREGORY Mary Nell Gregory, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Gregory, died at the county hospital Saturday afternoon. Funreal services were held at 4:30 Sunday afternoon from tl»e graveside at Baxter Memorial bemetery with the Rev. J. B. Har man officiating. She is survived' by her 'parents and maternal grand-par ents. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Clopton, cf Newberry. GILLIAM P- JOHNSON highway, near Newberry, early last Wednesday. Mr. Johnson was born and reared near Kinards and was a •son of Asa D. Johnston and the late Gertrude Davenport Johnson. Begins Training With Air Forces Cadet Dalton 0. Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs D. O. Carpenter, of 2804 Fair avenue, and Cadet Clar- idge W. Summer, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Roy Summer, have reported to the pre-flight school at Maxwell Field, Alabama, to begin another phase of their training in the Air Forces. Dalton graduated at New- berry high school with the class of 1940 and attended Clemson college 1940-43; and Walter graduated from Newberry high sbhool in 1941, and attended Newberry college in 1941. Owens of the Hartford community, is a member of the Feittf artillery at tached to Col. Tom Pope’s National Guard unit. He took bis training at Camp Stewart, Georgia. From there his outfit was shipped to New York On August 7, 1942 they sailed from this country and landed in Liverpool. England. In November they were sent to Oran, in Africa and fought through the African and Sicilian campaigns. Sgt. Owens, who h been in actual service three years and overseas 19 months, fyas had some narrow escapes, 'but has escap ed serious injury so far. He was a student in the sophomore class at Newberry college when he was in ducted into the army to take his year’s training before war was de clared. Missing In Action Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Counts, of Prosprirty have 'been notified by the government that their son. Sergeant George Elbert Counts, Jr., has been reported missing in action. He was & gunner in a bomber and has been missing since March 18th. Graduates From Gunnery School Pvt. Edwin B. Corley, husband of Mrs. Rosalie Corley of 602 Green street, has graduated from the gun nery department of the armored school at Fort Knox, Ky. The gun nery department is one of eight in the vast Armored school headed by Brig. General P. M. Robinett. The school trains several times more men annually than the average civilian college or university. Home On Furlough Pvt. William McGill, stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J. is spending a week’s furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McGill at 1822 Main street. Lt. Way Here Lieut. Powell Way, stationed at the Richmond Air Base at Richmond, Virginia, spent the weekend with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Way, on Johnstone street. Sgt. Owens Gets Decoration Sgt George R. Owens, has been awarded tire Soldiers’ medal for heroism in rescuing a comrade from drownir^r, the war department an nounced recently. The heroic act for which Sgt Ow«^5 was# decorated to&k place last June ait Port Auz Poutes, Algeria. While swimming in a rough sea a fellow- soldier became exhausted and shout ed fo- help. Upon hearing the cry of the drowning mlan Sgt. Owens, with disregard for his own safety, ’"warn out against the strong under tow and brought him safelv to shore. Sgt. Owens is the son of Mrs. Inez Stationed At Jacksonville Jerald W. (Bill) Dawkins, who was sworn into the navy last Friday at Columbia, is now stationed at Jack sonville, Florida. His address is: A IS U. S. N. R., Box 18, U. S. Naval Training Station, Jacksonville, Fla. Visiting Mother Sgt. Rook M. Brown, stationed at Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado, ar rived in tihe city Wednesday night to spend a 10 day furlough with her mother, Mrs. C. J. Purcell and other relatives here. Sgt. Miller At Stark Hospital Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Miller receiv ed a letter late Wednesday afternoon from the war department informing them that their son, Sgt. Colie Mil ler had been transferred from a hos pital in North Africa to the Stank General hospital in Charleston. Mrs. Miller left immediately for Charles ton to be with him. Sgt. Miller was seriously injured in line of duty on February 2 of this year. Visiting Parents Here Pfc. William Goggins, stationed at Atlantic Beach, Florida, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Goggins m the Hartford community. Private Goggins was called home on account of the serious illness of his grandmother, Mrs. Alice Goggins. REVIVAL SERVICES AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH A ten-day revival will begin at the First Baptist ohuikh Wednesday, April 12 and will continue through Friday, April 21. E. Gibson Davis pastor of the First Baptist church of Spartanburg win be the visiting minister. Custodial Officers Are Needed Now Custodial Officers, at a salary of 82040 per annum, plus overtime, are needed for duty in Atlanta, Georgia, Tallahassee, Florida, and Montgom ery, Alabama. This announcement was made today by Miss Sadie Bow ers, Secretary of the Local Civil Ser vice Board at Newberry. All persons who feel that they are qualified for this job are urged to file application. Applications wil be received by the Fifth U. S. Civil Service Regi .n, New Post Office Building, Atlanta 3, Georgia, until the needs of the ser vice are met. Duties: 1. To be responsible for supervision and instruction of in mates employed in work provided by the institution; 2. To assist with the work of re habilitative agencies organized for instructional training, discipline, and instruction of inmates; 3. To prevent escapes and commun- ioation between inmates and unau thorized persons; 4. To enforce the rules and regula- tionc of the institution. Minimum Qualifications: Appli cants must .have bad at least two years of paid experience in positions involving public contacts and super vision of other persons. Such exper ience must have been of sufficient scope, quality and responsibility to give definite assurance of ability to perform satisfactorily the duties of the position. Applicants’ experience must indi cate the capacity to deal effectively with individuals and with groups. Age Limits: Applicants must have reached their twenty-first birthday. There is no maximum age limit for this position. Physical Requirements: Applicants must be physically capable of per forming the duties of this position and be free from such defects or di seases as would constitute employ ment 'hazards to themselves or en- daner their felow employees, as de termined by the employin officer. TAX RETURN HELP Churchmen See New Attitude Toward Negro In South Atlanta, April 4.—The Presbyter ian church committee on social and moral welfare, predicting continu ance of regulation of business and lessening of race prejudice in the South, today called for “fresh appli cations of Christian principles'" to postwar problems. The committee’s report, to be submitted to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the Unit ed States at its 84th annual session at Montreat, N. C., May 25-30, also said the Nation’s fighting men say they find at home “mwah grumbling over trivial discomforts, indispoel- tion to forego over large profits or swollen wages, backbiting, suspicion of motives, a. readiness to jeapordize national welfare for partizan advan tage.” The committee report asked whe ther these symptoms were superfi cial or a foreshadowing of growing cynicism and. disillusionment after the war. Of tbe rate* problem, the report said the tie had come “for us to face this question frankly, for it will not be permitted to rest . . . Moot fair- minded Southerners admit that there, should be no discrimination ... in the eyes of the law, but few, whether they are black of white—desire abrogate all social distinctions, nor is it in the province of the drureh. -$l PER YEAR DOWN MEMORY LANE 2* YEARS AGO The many friends of J, Forest Lom- inack are glad to see him back, re cuperating from an operation for appendicitis ad the Columbia hospital. Mrs. R. H. Wright, Mrs. Robert Hohnes and Mr. and Mrs. Seth Meek left Thursday for Charleston where they will visit Magnolia gardens. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Eskridge, and little Clara, returned Monday from • rteit to relatives in Shelby, N. C. The following young ladies from Newberry attending, G. W. C. will arrive home Saturday to spend the spring holidays; Misses Mabel Jones, Helen Jones, Marguerite Bums, Eli zabeth Kinard, Margaret Kinard, Ed ith Wilson and Edna Sanders. Miss Gailie Mayer Thomas will spend the bottd&ys in Charleston with her room mate, Mias AHce Anderson, and will visit Magnolia gardens. We, individually, and think we can say collectively, are glad to report that Mr. Leo Adams has been re appointed mail carrier between the pedtofftee and the trains. He has given satisfaction and the people I#* him. as we conceive It. ... to bring th» MieB j oneSf a student at aibo ' rt - • • Converse college, is spending the “Still we need to acknowledge the Spring holidays with her parents, obvious fact Tbe first is that dc« Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Jones. cent, intelligent negroes today are entitled to own or rent clean and A deputy collector of the Internal reparation.” Revenue department will be in New berry at the court house April 10th, to assist taxpayers in making out 1944 declarations, or estimates. comfortable homes, and to lead their lives in a pure, moral atmosphere. The second is that, even in the South sentiment is changing ns to tpm ertb- lies or tb* wisdom of ecm* of otto present habits eoncorning racial! j. a mcdowell ill J. B. McDowell, who Buffered heart attack Saturday and SdnSoy, is critically ill at his home, 1603 Evans street. City Officials Hear Economist Talk THESE RECENTLY MOVED Mr. and Mrs. .lease Gain hay* moved to 132S Hunt street from 1387 Hunt street. - Mr. and Mrs.- Elterge Sease have moved to 1327 Hunt street into the Gain home which they recently pur chased. from 1225 Summer street. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Huey are non living at 1225 Summer street in tbe Sease home which they recently pur chased. They formerly lived at 1225 Walnut street. Abatet Here Gertthv’ mighty close to spring And every dby I’m wishin’ That I was on a river bank-— Where soon I will be fishin’. I hear the ripple Of the stream. And «*«*»» to ketch ’em In my dreams. The birds win soon be ringin’ In evegy woodland way And green twite all ’round you Nod “Howdy do today?” tme I hear sfngfng streams And ketch the big fish In my dreams. -—Frank L. Stanton. (Reported by The Chamber of Commerce.) E. B. Puricell, mayor; C. A. Shealy.J M. K. Wicker, Leland Wilson, and) „ _ . . Eugene Shealy, of city council, and Mr. s - & D nton * - from the Baker apartments cn Wal- NOTICE OF MEETING OF DEM OCRATIC CLUBS PEACH CROP DAMAGED Laurens, April 5.—County Agent C. B. Cannon this afternoon said that he had just returned from a tour of the county’s commercial peach orchards and had found that Tuesday’s night’s cold snap had damaged the young crop by about 75 to 80 per cent, causing a loss that will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Last year he said when the crop was wiped out the estimated less was about 8400,000. MOTHER AND INFANT DIE Mrs. Virginia Erleen Duvall Med- lock, 18, and her infant son. died at the residence cf her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Duvall in Helena Wednesday morning. L. C. Graham, of the Chamber of Commerce, attended a meeting a t the Oregon hotel at Greenwood the night of April 3, to hear Dr. Gus W. Dyer, former professor of political and soc ial economy at Vanderbilt university and now Chief of the Bureau of the Southern States Industrial council. Dr. Dyer’s talk was built around post war planning, expressing quite forcefully that we must do something Pursuant to'the rules of the Dem ocratic party, precinct clubs of New berry county will meet at the usual place of meeting at three ok-loek, P. M. on the 22nd day of April, 1944, unless a different place and hour is fixed by the club within the same week, for the purpose of reorganiz- . „ at ion, and the election of delegates Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Webster, of the County Convention to be heM Miami, Florida, visited Mre. Webe-, at the Court House in Newberry, S. nut street to 1109 Glenn street. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene (Skipper) Harman are now making their home in the Arthur Ktblev apartment. and Mrs. Homer Schumpert at their home on College street the first of far ourselves and not depend on the the week, enroute to their summer ter’s brother and sister-in-law, Mr. |C. on the 1st Monday, the 1st day, “ ‘ ' " of May, 1944, at 11 o’clock A. M. Each club is entitled to one delegate government to do everything for us; thnt we must work for freedom as embodied in our 'constitution—free dom for the individual, freedom for enterprise. Dr. Dyer stated that the American government was set ug» by the constitution to protect citizens, and permit them to care for them selves; that private enterprise is the basis of American life; that the record of our country shows and proves that we have come out of every depression without any gov ernment dictatorship. He said that ait the close of this war, our country will face the most serious problem in its history, and the only way we can meet this problem is by enor mous, efficient production. For this reason he said, every business man in the United States must give full consideration to the problems which will confront us when we have won the war. for every 25 members, and one del egate for a majority fraction thereof based upon the number of votes poll- Ellerge Chappell, an employee of ed in the first primary election in home at Blowing Rock, N. C. the Navy Yard at Charleston, spent the weekend with his family on Boundary sreet. W. M. U. ELECTS OFFICERS 1942. NEAL W. WORKMAN, County Chairman Mrs. A. H. Counts, Secretory. BETH-EDEN LUTHERAN J. B. Harman, Supply Pastor Sunday_3 p. m., Sunday school, Mr. p. m. sermon and ANDERSON, S. C. BLACK SPOT Columbia, April 3.—The State of fice of Price Administration said to day 33 peddlers of counterfeit gaso line ration and sugar ration coupons had been arrested in the state dur ing the past three weeks. OPA said that five arrests were made in Charleston last Friday and two other persons were arrested at Anderson Saturday. Claude M. Sfear- borough, chief investigator of the le gal division of the State OPA said, “Anderson is the worst city in South Carolina, and one of the worst in the nation, insofar as traffic in counterfeit gasoline coupons is con cerned. “Counterfeit coupons picked up in parts of the state and adjoining states have been traced back to An derson.” REPORT TO BRAGG The following four men from Sel ective Service board No. 59 will re- ovt to Fort Bragg, N. C. Saturday, April 15 for active duty: Ei-nest Wightman Sheely. James Chesley Abrams. Wyatt Ludel Moates. Everett Walter Whittle. accepted the call to become pastor of tie Beth Eden Parish, the services Sunday will bring to a close the ser vices of Parrtor Harman as supply pastor at Beth. Eden. The annual meeting of the Ready River Baptist W. M. U. waa h^M Sat urday at the First Bapttet church J Edward Chandler, Supt.~; 4 on Caldwell street with approximate-, church worship with ly 100 in attendance. j Holy tnommunion. Two sessions were held, with a It j? hoped that all members will luncheon at noon. jbe 'oreaent. Visitors cordiallv m- The officers elected for the ensuing! vitod. year are: Mrs. W. H. Hunt, Supt.;{ Due to the fact that the Rev. C. Mrs. J. Aubrey Estes, Secretary and|J. Rice of Mt. Jackson, Virgin! i lias Treas.; Supt. of Y. W. A. A G. A., ‘ Mrs. I. M. Smith, Bush River'; Supt. of R. A., Rev. E. A. Robinett: Supt. of Sunbeams, Mis. J. R. MfcKittrick, Vice president of Division t, Mrs. George Harmon; Vice president of Division 2, Mrs. J. E. Smith: Mission study chairman, Mrs. W. E. Serin; Stewardship chairman. Mrs. Paul Crouch; Personal chairman, Mrs. Ralph Whitaker. HAWKINS-WICKER Miss Majel Ruth Hawkins and Mr. Curtis Duane Wicker were married April 1 ait the residence of the offi ciating minister the Rev. J. S. Har man, in the presence of several rel atives and friends. Mrs. Wicker is\a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin R. Hawkins of the St. Luke’s church community. She is a graduate of the Stony Hill high school and is working in the New berry cotton mills. Mr. Wicker is a son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wicker, route two New berry. He attended the Prosperity high school and is now employed in the Newberry cotton mills. MEETING CALENDAR SOCIETY The Calendar Society of Centr'd Methodist church will meet in the ■home of Mrs. R. M. Lomiraack, on Mayer avenue, Monday afternoon at tour o’clock with Mrs. Marvin 0. Summer associate hostess. LAWYER STEVE GRIFFITH confined to his home with a case of •mumps.—Weatlveiman HOMER W. SCHUMPERT saying that the therm ometer dropped to 28 degrees Wed nesday morning. — MRS. ANNIE HAWKINS rushing to the Commiss ioner of Public Works office all out of breath to begin work. — "HOP” FRANKLIN of Washington visiting in the city.—Judging from the num ber of house trailers passing through tbe city gas is more plentiful in some parts, of the country.—DR. H. B. SKNN looking at Japonica plants in front of a stoic on Caldwell St. Birthday Anniversaries through Friday, April 14: Dr. E. H. Kibler, April 8; Muss Mae Dold and Mrs. J. W. Simmons, April 9; Dorothy Ross, April 10; O. F. ArmfieW and Johnnie Kinard, April 11; Ralph Haile, April 12; Miss Evelyn Bums, and Dr. A. T. Neely, April 13; Keitt Purcell and Ted W. Brnbrner, April 14. LOST.—Ration Book No. 3, lost on way to store. Finder will please no tify John Junior Smith, Route one. care of Eppme Norrte, Newberry.