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~ • . .'V v BACK UP YOUR BOY toOPMM jraw pmyrtll imvlajs H ywar faaffy limit BACK UP YOUR BOY Imtnas* yvr payroll savings ta yarn family limit VOLUME 7—NUMBER 5 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1944 WEEKLY—$1 PER YEAR WITH THE FLAG Awarded Oak Leaf Cluster Headquarters United States Army Forces in South Pacific.—By the di rection of the Prisident, the Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of an additional Air medal was awarded by Lieut. Gen eral Millard F. Harmon, Command ing: United States Army Forces in the South Pacific area on 18 April 1944 to Staff Sergeant Ray D. Dart>y of Newberry, as aerial radio opera tor from 22 October 1943 to 10 Jan uary 1944. A bronze Oak Leaf Cluster is awarded for meritorious achievement while participating in sustained combat operational missions of haz ardous nature during which enemy opposition is met, or during which an area is traversed where enemy anti aircraft fire is effective or whree enemy fighter patrols are habitually encountered. The missions for which the award was given were with the 13th ASF. Company M Needs Few More Members Six recruits in the past week has brought the strength of Company M, State Guard within sight of its au thorized personnel. However, there are a few more places open and any one between 18 amd 55 wishing to en ter the unit should do so at once. An airmy officer will conduct in spection of the unit at the armory May 9th. The following six men are the most recent recruits: Bickley, Benjamin Tillman Boutaiight, Marvin Edward Chandler, Olin Barksdale Longshore, Fred Bodie Rinehart, Leroy Brabham Kinard, James Virgil. All are from Newberry city, ex cept James Virgil Kinard whose home is Pomaria, route 1. Home For Weekend Pvt. Charles Smith, stationed at Fort Jackson, spent the weekend with his father, Foster Smith and brother, Robert, at their home near the city. Spends Weekend Here Lieut, and Mrs. Gerald Paysinger of Camp Pickett, Va., spent the past weekend at their home here on Har rington street. TIN CAN AND PAPER MATINEE At the Opera House and Ritz Theater Saturday Morning, 10 a. m. for Children Under 12 Years of Age Attached v To Commander Word has been received by Mrs. J. W. Denning that her son, Lt. (jg) Paul M. Denning has been attached to the staff of the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Honolulu. Lieutenant Denning was one of ten chosen from the group of Columbia University. They will fly to their destination May 8th. The Opera House and Ritz Thea ter, cooperating in the Clean-up Campaign and in aiding the war ef fort, will have a tin can and paper matinee, Saturday morning at 10:00 o’clock for boys and girls under 12 years of age. The admission to either of the shows will be five pounds (5 lbs.) of paper or magazines, or cardboard boxes; or ten (10) or more tin cans that have had the ends cut out, labels taken off, washed and mashed flat. These are minimum amounts for admission. The children are urged to bring as much as they can. School children under twelve years of age, who do not 'have the above amount of paper or tin cans in their own homes, are u'rged to contact oth er homes, especially any that may have been overlooked in the recent drive, and secure enough paper and cans to attend one of these mati nees. We want as much of both pa per and cans as we can get. Stewart Declares Will Net Parrot Pretty Good Rest Following is a letter Mrs. O. O. Copeland received last week from her son, Oswald, written on April 25 in the Southwest Pacific: My Dearest Mother, I have a few minutes, so will drop you a few lines to let you know I am o. k. and well. We have had a pretty good rest after coming back from Emirau Island. It was a very mild operation. The Marines always have the situation well in hand. I think I told you once about the Raider’s be ing chosen to form the Fourth Ma rines. They had great history be hind them, being all captured or killed. They were known all over the world as one of the best U. S. Ma rine fighting units in history. We were chosen to bring them back. , , , I told you about seeing Harry in : Buzhardt Sunday. He talked on the homesick side about wanting to go home. I haven’t seen Guy Whitener since we had our pictures taken together. He was on Emirau too. I hope he sends the pictures home. I had some dirty dungaries, work clothes or fighting uniform. I hope Jean and the baby are get ting along swell, and she is getting lots of mail from Jim. I hope they have heard more news from Henry Baker. Harry told me about June Wise. I hadn’t heard it before. Keep the home fires burning. Well, I had better sign off with all my love, Oswald. OSCAR MARTIN DIES Oscar Martin, 59, died Friday af temotfin - at Ids Home -in the Mount Olivet section of the county after an illness extending several months. He was a substantial farmer of his home section; a member of the coun cil of Mt. OUvet and superintendent of the Sunday School for a time. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at four oclock from the church, the Rev. E. B. Heidt and Rev. D. M. Shull, assisted by Rev. Albert Stemmerman. Burial was Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lilly Belle Moore Martin, four children, Margery, Eula, Rachel and Floyd, and six brothers and sisters, Horace, Luther and Yancey Martin, Mrs. Lula Livingston and Mrs. Corrie Singley. WORLD WAR I VETERAN DIES Receives Promotion Guy V. Whitener, Jr., son of«Mr. and Mrs. Guy V. Whitener, was pro moted to Gunners Mate Third Class on May 1, in the Pacific Area where he has been stationed with the Com bat Demolition Unit of the Navy far several months. He is now enjoy ing a rest period in New Zealand, af ter taking part in two major inva- j sions in the Asiatic area. Bunyon Whitmire, 48, and a vet eran of World War I, died Thursday afternoon. He was a native of Syl- vania, N C. but had lived in New berry for about 20 years. Funeral services were held from Epting Memorial church and burial was in Rosemont cemetery. The deceased is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude McCarty Whit mire and two children, Doris, and Charles. ' Members of Legion Post No. 24 serving as pallbearers were: Grady Donaldson, A. J. Beckham, Horace Reeves, Ben F. Mayes, W. R Reid, and Frank Sutton. Commissioned To Rank Of Major Captain B. R. Pickens was promot ed to the rank of major it Fort Bragg, N. C., where he is stationed, on April 15. His wife, the former Laura Nance McCaughrin, and children are making their home here with Mrs. Pickens’ mother, Mrs. J. N. McCaughrin on Calhoun tsreet. Returns To Camp Pvt. Ed. Serm has returned to Camp Beale, Calif., after spending a 17 day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Annie C. Senn at Pomaria. Spends Furlough With Parents Cpl. Evans F. Son, stationed at Fort Jackson, has returned to his base after spending a ten-day fur lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Son on Nance street. Arrives In England Mrs. Estell M. Summer received a letter from her son, Pvt. Claude Summer, better known as ‘‘Rass”, last week saying that he had arrived safely somewheje in England. Spending Furlough At Home Pvt. Billy Chapman, stationed at Camp Mackall, N. C. is spending a 10 day furlough here with his par ents, Solicitor and Mrs. B. V. Chap man at their h me on Main street. Visiting Parents Lieut. Powell Way, stationed at Gamp Davis, N. C., is spending a 12 day leave at his home on Johnstone street. Awarded DFC An Eighth AAF Bomber Station, England—Staff Sgt. Andrew L. Jen kins of Johnston and nephew of Mrs. C. J. McWhirter of this city, tail gunner on an Eighth AAF Flying Fortress, has been awarded the Dis tinguished Flying Cross for “extra ordinary achievement” in the air over enemy Europe. The citation states that “Display ing great courage and skill, Sergeant Jenkins fighting from his gun posi tion has warded off many enemy at tacks and has materially aided in the success of each of the missions.” The flyer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew L Jenkins of route 3, Johnston. He was an auto mechanic before enlisting in the AAF in De cember 1942. Spending 15 Day Furlough Here First Sgt. J. C. Lester, of Camp Tlulen, Texas, is spending a 15 day furlough with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude L. Lester, in the Hartford community. Visiting Relatives Sgt. Ishmul Chapman, stationed in Tennessee, is spending a furlough with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Chapman in the Hartford community. Columbia, May 9.—Roach Stewart, of Lancaster, president of the S. C. Bar association who has been asked to keynote the State Democratic con vention here May 17, told party leaders today that he would deliver his “own speech” and not one dictat ed by members of the party. Leaders, including Governor Olin D. Johnston and State Senator Ed gar A. Brown of Barnwell, favor a keynote speech that would emphasize chiefly—and almost exclusively—the importance of winning the war. Stewart said the situation in which South Carolina findS itself in view of the U. S. Supreme court decision in the Texas negro-vote case, could not be “glossed over.” The Lancaster lawyer outlined his position to Governor Johnston last week. Johnston called Stewart in for a “talk” after he had been told that Stewart planned to cover the entire political situation as it affected the state. Whether Stewart’s determination to write his own speech cooled the invitation as keynoter offered by the party “regulars” remained to be seen, but a group of anti-fourth term democrats called Stewart into a conference on the keynote speech. Stewart said he had told them the same thing he told the governor— “I won’t read any man’s speech—I will make my own.” Meanwhile there was a definite movement afoot to name an unin structed delegation to the national convention — that is “uninstructed for Roosevelt” as party regulars termed R. Until Stewart balked on the type of speech he was to deliver, this appeared to be the lineup the state convention. Keynoter—.Stewart. Permarnent president—State Sen ator J. D. Parler of Dorchester. Chairman of the state executive committee — Winchester Smith of Barnwell. A majority of the delegates to the state convention are uninstructedJ by their county convention and anti-fourth term men already have claimed 160 votes of the total of 340 on the convention floor. Eugene S. Blease, of Newberry, former chief justice of the state supreme court, mentioned as a pos sible successor to Smith as chair man of the executive committee, said he had no ambition to fill any office within the Democratic party. However, Blease always outspoken in his views, said that while he had a “very friendly feeling for Mr. Smith . . “I do not believe he should be reelected to the office of state chairman.” Blease said he did not believe any man holding public office should be named chairman of the executive committee. Smith is a member of the public service commission, elect ed by the general assembly. “The state chairman should be free of any political entanglements affecting his own election to public office,” Blease said. "Communist Crew" Hit By Sen. Bailey Senator Will If Poll Tax Plank Gets Into 1944 Platform Washington, May 9—In a bristling attack on “pressure groups,” Senator Bailey (D-NC) served notice in the Senate today he will bolt the Demo cratic party if it adopts an anti-poll tax plank in its 1944 platform. Joining Senator Connally (D-Tex) in opposition to a House-approved bill outlawing the tax as a qualifi cation for voting for federal offi cers, Bailey declared: "I hear that this whole program is to be followed in an effort at the Republican convention in June and the Democratic convention in July to have each political party join in this assault on the Constitution. “I make no threats, but I will say that when Sidney Hillman and the communist crew, in the name of the-CIO, come in the doors or the ,windows of the party in which my father and I lived and served, I will go out.” Connally led off for southern democrats in the Senate’s first clash of the season over poll taxes. “Give that old instrument, the Constitution, the benefit of the doubt,” he pleaded. He argued that it makes the states sole judges of voters’ qualifications. P<Jll taxes place democracy “on a basis of wealth alone,” Chairman McCarren (D-Nev) of the Judiciary committee asserted in calling up the bill. “A dollar to one man may mean as much a s a million dollars to an other,” he declared. Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.) said he would file tomorrow a pe tition to limit debate to 96 hours; the fate of the bill hinges on a vote Monday on that petition. TWO BIRTHS AT HOSPITAL Georgia Negroes - Enrolling To Vote 2,000 Add Names To Registration List For Coming Primary Born to Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Welts of Newberry, a son, Tuesday May 9. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Carl ton, Nance street, a son, Robert Havird, Friday, May 5. Other patients at the hospital in- clude: Mrs. George Thrift and daugh- Shelly Jean of Whitmire; Ray mond Adams, Knoxville, Tenn.; John T. Oxner, 2016 Eleanor street; Harry Kyzer, route one, Prosperity; Mrs. Jack Mare, Whitmire; Mrs. J. C. Counts, 613 South street; Pink Bow ers, Silverstreet; Allen Hipp, 1607 Nance street; Miss Pauline Counts, 2707 Fair avenue; Prof. P. D. Mil ler, route three, Newberry; Mrs. S. F. Freeman, Whitmire ■ Baby Ray mond Adams, Prosperity, and Mrs. Charlie Yarbrough, Whitmi^-?. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH J. B. Harman, pastor. Summer Memorial—10:30 a. m., church worship with sermon. 11:30 a- m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 6 p. m., Luther League. Bethany—.Sunday, 10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. H' f '. ?" 11:30 a. m., church worship with sermon. . Wednesday, 4:30 p. m., Womens M. Society at the parsonage. Atlanta, May 9.—Two thousand ne groes added their names to the vot ing lists in Atlanta this year but reg istrars in other Georgia cities said it would be several days before the num/ber of potential new negro vot ers would be known. Bath negro and white registration increased sharply in the capital city with approximately 15,000 more vot ers on the lists than in previous years. White registration was ap proximately 60,000 and negro about 5,000. Two years ago the registra tion totalled 46,482 whites and 2,914 negroes. A campaign to increase negro registration was started in the state after the United States Supreme court ruled that negroes could vote in the democratic primary in Texas. Negro leaders said they expected to vote in Georgia’s primary on July 4 despite a statement by J. Lon Duckworth, chairman of the state democratic executive committee, that they would not be eligible to participate. , Democratic party spokesmen in two cities, Macon and Augusta, have indicated negroes would be excluded from, voting in local prim- ariesi C. J. Bloch, Bibb county party leader, said they would not be per mitted to vote in the county prim aries on May 26. He said rules of the party would be followed in the Bibb voting despite the recent Sup reme court ruling. In Augusta C. Wesley Killebrew, executive committee chairman of the party, said officials would ask registrars there for a list of White voters only. Registrars in Albany a nd some other cities said it would be at least a week before the figures on registration for the July 4 primary and November general election are known. The deadline for register ing was yesterday but registrars usually purge the list, removing those who have not paid, poll taxes or otherwise fail to qualify, before announcing the number registered. Some increase in the number of negroes registering was reported in Brunswick but the number was des cribed as not large. DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Dr. Carson Declines Call To Become College Head It will be pleasing news to the en tire town that Dr. J. W. Carson has decided not to accept the call tender ed him to become president of Bryson college, Fayetteville, Tenn. Dr. Carson has served the A. R. P. church in Newberry 1 * * * 5 * 7 acceptably for the past fourteen years ,and during this time he has been identified with all movements that have made for the upbuilding of the town, and it would have been a distinct loss to the town to give him up. New Plate Glass Windows For Main Street Stores George W. Summer, Sr., owner of the Newberry hotel building, a part of which are five stores facing Main street, has made arrangements to have new plate glass fronts for these stores, and work has already commenced. This will greatly im prove these stores and will add to the appearance of Main street as a whole. The stores referred to are oc cupied by the following firms: Gil der & Weeks Drug Store, The Bul lock Company, Mrs. J. W. White, The New Book Store, and The Out let Company. Johnnie Werts left yesterday for Winston-Salem to join the Piedmont League team. He took the farming out process very hard, but said he is going to settle down to the grind, acquire more experience and return here a full-fledged pitcher.—Sport Column in Greenville News. Mr. and Mrs. Shelton Alewine and little Mary went to Greenville for the weekend to visit Mrs. Alewine’s sister. Mrs. Reed Boylston and children and little Miss Emily Aull spent £he weekend with relatives in Blacks- ville. Mrs. W. W. Daniel .stopped over in Newberry Sunday enroute from a visit to her daughter in Jesup, Ga., to Dyson. TROOP ONE CONQUERS TROOP TWO IN BASEBALL CEILING UPPED ON NATIONAL DEBT THE WAY OF THE NEW DEAL My father, poor, misguided gent. Wasted his life; a life misspent In working hard, and working late. From six A. M. ’til way past eight. Poor Dad! He’d fuss and fret and toil, And burn the sooty midnight oil. For nothing but a little cash To buy the daily beans and hash. Poor Dad! He was so mild and meek He’d work six days in every week. And fourteen hours of every day, To try and keep the wolf away. Thus father, meaning well, but dumb, Amassed a rather tidy sum With which he planned to buy some beers To brighten his declining years. The New Deal came, and simple Dad Who worked so hard for all he had, Awoke one morn to find that he Was now a public enemy; A scrooge, a louse, a Social cyst. An Economic Royalist! So, Dad, industrious but dumb, Is now the source from which will come The coin to buy the gasoline For some poor underdog’s machine. And bring the more abundant life To every loafer and his wife. From Dad will be extracted sums For radios to cheer the bums. And furnish booze for the ne’er-do-wells Who help to raise imported hells. Poor Dad, the faithful and trusted goon. Was born just thirty years too soon. Now any guy is just a cheat Who says men ought to work to eat. He’s simply nuts! Out of his head! t5 it in vour chair, or stay in bed: The Government will see, by gad, That you get yours from chumps like Dad! Washington, May 8.—Legislation to boost the nation’s public debt ceiling to a new record high, from two hundred and ten billions to two hundred and forty billions was ap proved today by the House Ways and Means committee, preliminary to the sixteen billion fifth war loan drive in June. The public debt now stands at $187,212,467,081.92. The administration asked a $260,- 000,000,000 ceiling but, in the face of Republican opposition, agreed to the lower figure. However, Daniel W. Bell, treasury undersecretary, told the committee the government would be back next January for a new top if the war continues. He said the $30,000,000,- 000 additional debt authorization would care for war expenditures un til early 1945. Troop II was firet to bat and made 5 runs in the first inning. Troop I had no score until in the 2nd inning they scored four runs. John Davis went in to pitch at the first of the Sid inning for Troop I. In the 3rd inning Troop II made 1 run and j Troop I made 3. Neither scored in I the 4th. In the 5th inning, Troop II | scored 1 run and Troop I 3. This , made the score 10-10. In the last j of the 6th inning Troop I went ahead ; 18-10. Then Troop II came in to j score 3 more runs making the final •score 18-13. Davis of Troop I (struck out 11 players in 5 innings | while Haile of Troop II struck out 7 in 7 innings. There will be return game Wednesday at Speer Street. ABOUT TOWN GEORGE WISE, JR., DIES George Herman Wise, Jr., six and one half years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Herman Wise, died early Monday morning at the Newberry County hospital. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon a t 4 o’clock from St. James Lutheran church with the Rev. G. J. Rice in charge, assisted by the Rev. V. L. Fulmer. Interment followed in the church cemetery. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wise and the fol lowing brothers and sisters: Darr Wise, Glenda Wise, Becky Wise, all of Newberry, also his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Shealy and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Ida Wise and an aunt, Mrs. Cor a Shealy, who was very devoted to him. HENRY P. POWELL Henry P. Powell, 67, died late Mon day night at his home on Silas street after an illness of several weeks. He was twice married. First to Miss Hattie Wells of Laurens, second to Miss Susie Reeves of Georgia. Fun eral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock from the resi dence of his son, Claude Powell, N. Silas street, with Rev. O. H. Hatchett in charge, assisted by Rev. J. B. Hannon. Rev. Furman Rivers and Rev. J. W. Spain. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Susie Reeves Powell, and the following children, Claude O. Powell; Mrs. Joe Bell, Mrs. Marie Blytfhe; also the following sisters; Mrs. Fannie McOary, Mrs. Jannie Weathers, Mrs. Carrie Templeton, Mrs. Geneva Wheat. Twentv grand children and 11 great-grandchildren survive. Seen by a Southerner on visit from [the North . . . Mr. Joe Wilson in the [Post Office not recognizing this writ- ler . . . Julia Smith Randall in Car- Ipenters, and upstairs her mother, | Mrs. Derrill Smith . . . Mr. and Mrs. i Marvin Summer and Polly en route | for a fishing trip Wednesday after noon; and Polly saying that even after all these years of fishing, her Mother and Dad stili weren’t good fishermen . . . “Hub” Quattlebaum, answering my question as to whether all was quiet in Newberry, with the remark that everything was too quiet for comfort—that nothing ever happened in Newben-y anymore . . . J. Neel passing the Sun office, glanc ing in and walking on, then on recog nition of your writer, coming in to say hello . . . Dorothy Weir, who we remember as a “red headed kid’’ sur prising us with the fact that she has grown up to be a very attractive young lady, and that she is now working in a n office in Newberry; seems only a few weeks ago that she and the others her age were just en tering high school . . . Lt. Powell Way in a local drug store looking very nice in his officer’s uniform . . . “Uncle Gene” Blease presenting let tuce, beets and onions from his gar den as a “welcome home gift” to us . . . my appreciation to those who have told me how much they enjoy the occasional columns I write from Yankeeland". . . Steve Griffith stop ping in to greet us . . . Newberry looking familiar with all the stores closed on Wednesday afternoon . . . Roland Feiker driving a horse and wagon down College street—the wa gon filled with Boy Scouts . . . Mr. J. H. Clary walking home to dinner . . . and seen all over town was your writer who is ever so glad to be back in Newberry, even if for such a short visit. . . . Birthday anniversaries through May 19: Mrs. Leila B. Wil liams, May 13; Walter Gustave Hou- seal, May 14; Miss Pearl Amick, May 16; Mrs. Olgie Shealy, May 18; Charles Smith, E. L. Hart, and Mrs. J. E. Stevens, May 19. —M