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SGT. KENNETH EARGLE, based
at 4Iarvid, Nebraska, is spending a
15-day furlough with his father, J.
H. Eargle in the Hartford section.
SGT. ROOK M. BROWN writes
her mother, Mrs. C. J. Purcell that
she is now stationed in France and
that “the weather is cold and she is
in mud up to' her knees.’
CPL. ROY DEVORE writes his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. De-
Vore from New Ginuea saying that
he was getting along fine and likes
his work in the army. Cpl. DeVore
has been in New Ginuea since June
30th.
T|SGT. ROBERT O’DONNELL re
turned to Finney General hospital in
Thomasville, Ga., where he is station
ed Wedneday morning after spend
ing a 13 day furlough here with his
mother, Mrs. Harriett L. O'Donnell
on Boundary street.
PVT. VASSALL GALLMAN, sta
tioned at the New River, N. C. Mar
ine Base is spending a week’s fur
lough with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Gallman at her home near the city.
SGT. ELBERT H. AULL returned
to his base at Keesler Field, Miss.,
Monday night after spending a few
days with his mother, Mrs. Mae A.
Aull on College street.
SGT. CYNTHIA MARTIN, sta
tioned at Spokane Army Air Field,
Spokane, Washington, is spending a
15 day furlough with her mother,
Mrs. F. N. Martin and other rela
tives.
PVT. FRANK DOWiD, based at
Camp Wheeler, Ga., was a weekend
visitor in the home of his parents,
Mr and Mrs. John Dowd at Poma-
PVT. ROBERT SHEALY, sta
tioned at Camp Wheeler, Ga., was a
weekend visitor in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Shealy at
Little Mountain.
H. C. DAY, JR., who has been on
duty in the South Pacific for the
past several months with the navy
as a member of the Amphibious
Corps, arrived in the city last Friday
to spend a 10 day leave here with
his parents, Mr and Mrs. H. C. Day
at 2038 Montgomery street.
CAPT. T. J. WEST has been trans-
fered from the Army Air Base at
New Orleans, La., to Fort Hamilton,
Brooklyn, N. Y. His wife, the for
mer Elizabeth Purcell, has arrived
in the city to make her home here
with her mother, Mrs. C. J. Purcell
while Capt. West is overseas.
WILLIAM BOYD CAMPBELL, S.
2-C, stationed at Camp Peary, Va-,
is spending a 10 day furlough with
his wife and son, Billy, at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Campbell on Harrington street.
S-SGT. FLOYD DENNIS, stationed
at Ca mpGruber, Okla., is spending
a 15 day furlough with his wife, the
former Anne Pearsall at their home
on Kinard street.
PVT. LORAINE B. BEDEN-
BAUGH, stationed at Camp Wheel
er, Ga., spent the past weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Berley
Bedenbaugh at Prosperity.
PVT. GEORGE SETZLER of Camp
Wheeler, Ga., spent the weekend in
the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Olin Setzler at Pomaria.
CPL. GEORGE W. MARTIN, son
of Mr. and Mrs. K. L. Martin, is now
stationed in Burma. His address is:
Cpl. George W. Martin 14192362.
2nd Troop Carrier Squadron. APO
No. 689. "c|o Postmaster. New York
City, N. Y.
T-SGT. PRESTON McALHANEY
returned to his base at Camp Ellis,
111., Monday, after spending a 11 day
furlough here with his mother, Mrs.
Josie McAlhaney on Boundary St.
PVT. HEYWARD “HAPPY”
MOORE arrived in the city Thursday
' morning from Camp Crowder, Mo.,
where he received his discharge from
the Army, September 25.
MARINE CLYDE I. BAKER, has
been promoted from private to the
rank of private first class at Cherry
Point, N. C., where he is serving with
the aviation crash crew.
Pfc. Baker is the son of E. C. Bak
er, route 1, Newberry.
KEITH ROBERTS S. 2|c, stationed
at Banana River Air Base in Florida,
is expected to arrive in the city this
weekend to visit his wife, the for
mer Jean Carroll, for a few days. He
will also attend the Junior-Senior
banquet at Newberry college Satur
day night.
GEORGE B. WRIGHT has been ap
pointed corps supply officer in the
corps of cadres with rank of aviation
cadet captain at the Army Air Forcfes
Pre-Flight School at Maxwell Field,
Ala., where he is completing an in
tensive course in military, academic
and physical training He is the son
of Mrs. Edith Wright of this city.
S|9GT. E. V. RAGESDALE and
Mrs. Ragesdale spent lats week in
the home of Mrs. Ragesdale’s par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sease on
Nance street. Sergeant Ragesdale
has been transferred from Camp
Wheeler, Ga. to Fort Benning, where
he will attend Infantry Officers Can
didate School. Mrs. Ragesdale (An
toinette Sease) will remain here while
her husband is in school.
GPL. CARROLL DEVORE tele
phoned hi® parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank P. Devore from San Francis
co, Calif. Sunday night telling them
that he had just arrived in the States
and expected to see them soon.
Corporal DeVore has been on duty
in the South Pacific for the past
year as a member of the Engineers.
LT. COL. GEORGE L. EPPS has
just completed a six week® course in
new medicines and new methods in
the Percy Jones General hospital,
Battle Creek, Michigan and has been
here a few days with his mother, Mrs.
George L. Epps and his sister, Mrs.
E. M. Lipscomb. Colonel Epps will
report to Camp Rucker, Alabama for
further duty.
T-SGT. D. H. McHARGUE has ar
rived safely overseas and is now sta
tioned in Fiance, according to in
formation received by Mr. and Mrs.
O. F. Armfield. His wife, the former
Constance Armfield is making her
home in Charleston, where she is
chief clerk of the enlisted pay seo-
tino of the U. S Army Finance Of
fice.
SGT. ANGUS SENN arrived in
Newberry Monday to spend a 21-day
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Foster Senn at their home in
Silverstreet. Sergeant Senn, a tail
gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress,
made the trip by plane from France,
where he is now stationed, to New
York in three days. He has been
overseas nearly two years, and like’s
being in the service “but would rath
er be in Newberry than anywhere
else in the world.”
PFC. COLIE A. WICKER, route 2,
Pomaria, has been cited by his regi
ment of the 88th Infantry Division
and awarded the Combat Badge for
actual participation in combat with
the enemy on the Fifth Army front
in Italy.
Standards for the Badge are high.
The decoration, which was recently
JAMES R. CLARY, JR., was com-
ni&sioned a* ensign in the U. S.
Navy Reserve at Ithaca, N. Y_ on
Wednesday, September 20th. Ho was
i member of a class of 168 mid-ship-
•nen to complete a four-month course
n Naval Training school at Cornell
University.
Ensign Clary spent a lew days this
veek with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I. R. Clary a t their home 1321 Wheel-
sr street enroute to Flint Michigan,
where he will attend General Motors
Deisel school for two months.
JESSIE O. CLAMP, CHIEF PET
TY OFFICER, who has been in the
South Pacific for the past two years,
is now enjoying a 30-day furlough
in the States with his wife at Sales-
bury. N. C., and other relatives in
Newberry. He is a member of the
Amphibious Corps and has been in
seven major invasions of the Pacific
Islands.
Petty Officer and Mrs. Clamp were
visitors the first of the week in the
home of his brother and sister-in-
law, Mr. a nd Mrs G. V. Clamp, on
Boundary street.
authorized by the War Department,
is awarded to the Infantry soldier
who has proved his fighting ability
in combat.
The badge consists of a silver rifle
set against a background of infan
try blue, enclosed in a silver ■wreath.
CHARLES B. CORLEY. JR., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Corlev, route two
Newberry was recently ppromoted
from second lieutenant to the rank
of first lieutenant. Lieut." Corley
received his nreliminary flight train
ing a t Pine Bluff. Ark.. Independ
ence. Kansas and Houston. Texas. In
March he was made a member of the
16th class of Liberator B-24 bomber
pilots to graduate from the AAF
Pilot school at Fort Worth Army
Air Field. Word of his promotion
comes from a base in Italy where he
is now stationed, having participated
in about 20 raids over enemy terri
tory since he left here last summer.
ON WAY HOME
Mr. a nd Mrs. J. C. Neel received
a telegram from the War Depart
ment last Saturday morning which
read: “Am pleased to inform you
S. Sgt. John C. Neel, Jr., has been
returned to military control and is
enroute to United States by ship
and expect to arrive about twenty
eight September. He will be given
an opportunity to communicate with
you upon arrival and granted a fur
lough at an early date”.
Sergeant Neel was previously .re
ported missing over Yugoslavia.
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF
PERSONAL INTEREST
The foliowring Newberry girls have
left for their respective colleges:
Margery Paysinger for Randolph Ma
con, Lynchburg, Va.; Leah June Vi-
godsky, Duke University, Durham, N.
C. and Betty Blease Baker for Con
verse, Spartanburg.
Mrs. S. S. George of Lexington, is
visiting Mrs. Fred Gardiner at her
home 707 Caldwell street. Mrs.
George, Mr. and Mrs .Rufus Williams
and Mrs. Gardiner visited Mrs. Gar
diner’s daughter, Mrs. Clint McCoy in
Greenwood Wednesday.
Miss Lelia Norris, a member of
the Columbia High school faculty
spent the past weekend in the home
of her mother, Mrs. J. T. Norris in
the Mt. Bethel-Garmany community.
Misses Stella Senn, Eltas McGraw
and Tommie Johnson left Sunday for
Great Falls, where they will teach
this session.
Mr a nd Mrs. Richard Baker spent
Sunday in Spartanburg with their
daughter, Betty Blease Baker, who
is a student at Converse college.
Mrs J. H. Halfacre and daughter,
Joan, spent Sunday in Greenville
with Mrs. Halfacre’s sister, Mrs.
Malcolm Abrams.
Miss Doris Halfacre is visiting
her aunts, Mrs. M. S. Abrams and
Mrs. L. E. Aull in Greenville.
Miss Bonnell Buzhardt a teacher
in the Aynor High school, spent the
past weekend with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Buzhardt, in the
Hartford community.
Mr. and Mrs. William Green and
children of Galax, Va., spent Sunday
with Mrs. Mildred Lester Goodrich
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Lester, in the Hartford
community.
Rev. and Mrs. William G. Neville
spent the weekend and a few days
the first of the week in the homd of
Reverand Neville’s brother, "D. W. A.
Neville and family on Calhoun St.
Mr. and Mrs. Neville and four
children are on a year furlough from
Brazil where Mr. Neville has been
a missionary for the past 19 years.
Mrs. L. G. Eskridge returned to
her home on Boundary street, Mon
day, after spending two weeks in
Savannah, Ga. with her husband, Mr.
Eskridge.
Weekend guests in the home of
Mrs. F. N. Martin and Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Nichols were: Mr. and Mrs.
Geoige Martin and son, Blair, of
Merretta, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Dwight
McAllister and small daughter, of
Hyman, and Foster Martin enroute
from the South Carolina Medical Col
lege, Charleston to Tulane, La., where
he will be a member of the Tulane
University faculty. They spent the
weekend here to be with Sgt. Cynthia
Martin while she is on a furlough.
SPECIAL SERVICES IN A. R. P.
CHURCH
The annual Promotion Service will
be held in the Sabbath School of the
Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church next Sabbath at 10:15 o’clock.
These services always prove most in
teresting ,the children are well train
ed a nd perform their parts well. A
cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend this service.
The congregation will join in the
World Communion service at 11:30
a. m. Every member of the church
should make effcirt to attend the
communion services.
28 WHITE MEN TO REPORT TO
FORT JACKSON
The following 28 white men will
report to Fort Jackson for. induction
and preinduction in October.
Board 58 will send the following
men on Friday, October 6:
Induction
John Hampton Bowers, Jr.
Fred Raymond Harmon
William Robert Andrews
Paul Edward Harmon
Lewis Edward Bobb
Robert Duffie Freeman
Alvin Eugene Chapman
Ned Thomas Danielsen
Joseph Blease Brack
Clyde William Redd
James Calloway Edwards
Henry Ostell Ballew
Otis Hartford Gilliam
Preinduction
Rufus Henry Harmon
James Melvin Gossett
Frank Nelson Cousins
Russell Williams Lee
Fred Bodie Longshore
J Lee Dennis
Wilbur Smith Shealy
Board 59 will send the following on
Monday, October 9.
Induction
Virgil Leon Boland
Elgia Vernon Sheppard
Louie Jacob DeHart
Preinduction
George William Seybt, Jr.
Harold Furman Dominick
Hoyt Ray Derrick
James Long, Jr.
Jones Edward Bedenbaugh
FLAG FOR FAMILIES OF
DECEASED
Washington, Sept 25—Congress
man Butler B. Hare has been ad
vised by Major James V. Hunt of
the War Department that the Gov
ernment has provided an American
flag for every person of the armed
forfces who has died in service and in
cases where the person is buried in
the United States, his or her flag al
ways accompanies the body to the
place of interment where it may’be
retained by the family of the de
ceased, but where persons have been
buried overseas and where the flag
was not retained by the family for
persons buried in the United States,
such a flag may be presented to the
family of the deceased upon applica
tion of some member thereof. The
flag measures 5’ by 9’6”.
The Congressman was advised that
Form 2008, issued by the United
States Veterans Administration,
should be used in filing application
for such a flag. Blanks may be se
cured from Mr. W. C. Murray, Room
354, House Office Building, Wash
ington, D. C., or from the Veterans
Administration in Columbia, South
Carolina. When such blank is pro
perly executed it should be forwarded
to the Veterans Administration in
Columbia, South Carolina.
PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL
■Born to Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Cole
man, of Newberry, a daughter, Wed
nesday, September 27th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Sims David
Price, Newberry, route 1, a daughter,
Tuesday, September 26th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lester,
Prosperity, route 2, a son, Sunday
September 24th.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. David John
ston, route 1, Newberry, a daughter,
Mary Ann, Saturday, Sept. 23.
Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Mayes Der
rick of Silverstreet, a daughter, Sat
urday, September 23.
to Mr. and Mrs, Mott Long,
ughtfer, Thursday, Sept. 21,
Other patients: Miss Annie Bynum,
2105 Johnstone street; Miss Margar
et Shroud, 2602 Fair avenue; Joseph
A. Jackson, U. S. Navy, Newberry;
Miss Louise Ezell, 2109 Brown street;
Mrs. Dora Nease, Whitmire; Miss
Betty Lever, 757 Pope street; Mrs.
Ostell Bellue, 1106 Purcell street;
Miss Geraldine -Martin, 1307 Silas
street; Mrs. Duffie Schumpert, route!
3. Newberry; Mrs. Charlie Brooks
route 3, Newberry; Mrs. Clarence
Bowers, Whitmire, and Mrs. J. L.
Morris, route 2, Prosperity.
JOHN WESLEY TAYLOR
MR. and MRS. LEO ADAMS have
six sons and two sons-in-law serving
in various branches of the service.
We are pubishing their names and
addresses as follows:
HASKELL LEO ADAMS C. C. Std.
N. S. S. Monongahela
c|o Fleet P. O., San Francisco, Calif.
ALVIN DUANE ADAMS BKR. 3-C
U. S. S. Essex S-l Div.
c|o Fleet P. O., San Francisco, Calif.
JACK THOMAS ADAMS S. 2-C
A. B. T. U. Box 27
U. S., N. A. S.
Banana River, Fla.
EUGENE SCOTT ADAMS S. 2-C
75-56-62 Navv 134 F. E. T.
clo F. P. O., U. S. N. R.
San Francisco, Calif.
RAYMOND R. ADAMS
U. S. S. Shickshinney
clo P. M. South Atlantic S. S. Line
New York, N. Y.
PFC. GRADY H. ADAMS—34649495
Med. Det. 267 F. A. Bn.
A. P. O. 5196
c|o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.
Pvt. RICHARD W. BROWN 34859231
Co A. 2nd Platoon
M. D. L. S. — 202
Lawson General Hospital
Atlanta, Ga.
Pvt. WILUAM L. SIENATH 847546
A. E. S. 13 U. S. M. Ca. S.
Turner Field, Juantico, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Adams have another
son, Clyde C. Adams, who is a mem
ber of the Newberry National
Guards.
John Wesley Taylor, 67, died sud
denly early Wednesday morning at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Wiley in Philadelphia, Pa., where he
had visited for the past three
months.
Mr. Taylor was a native of Edge-
field county but had spent the great
er jpart of his life in Newberry. Hi*
wife, Mrs. Lizzie Danielson Taylor,
proceeded him to the grave 18 years
ago.
He was a prominent Newberry
barber and had been in business
for about 35 years, having operat
ed Taylors Barber shop and then
the Newberry Hotel Barber shop.
He is survived by the following
children: Mrs. J. E. Wiley, Miss
Ruby Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Blackmon,
and Leon Taylor. Also the follow
ing brothers and sisters survive:
Henry Taylor, Will Taylor, Charlie
Taylor, Sam Taylor, Mrs. Sue At
wood, Mrs. Annie Walker, and Mrs.
L. R. Jones. Six grandchildren sur
vive.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at McSwain Funeral
Home, with Rev. H. W. Long and
Rev. J. Aubrey Estees officiating. In
terment will follow in Rosemont
cemetery.
BRIDE-ELECT OF SUNDAY
HONORED WITH MANY PARTIES
Misses Virginia Dufford and Mary
Nancy Robertson gave a three-table
bridge party on Wednesday evening
at the Dufford home on College
street for Miss Jane Summer, popu
lar bride-elect of Sunday.
The honor guest’s place was desig
nated with a horseshoe, emblem of
good luck, to which was attached a
nosegay of sweetheart roses.
Score prizes were won by Miss
Lillian Ragland, high; and by Miss
Louise Ezell, second high. And the
honoree was given a silver and chrys-
tal marmalade jar.
After cards a two course collation
was served by the hostesses assisted
by Mrs. C. A. Dufford and Miss
Grace Summer.
And on Thursday evening Mrs.
Wilton Todd, Jr. and Miss Virginia
Graham gave a bridge party for Jane
at the home of Mrs. Copeland,
mother of Mrs. Todd, on Main street
where four tables were set -fbr the
games and pink and white were the
colors used in the decorative scheme
with carnations and roses the flow
ers.
Score prizes went to Mrs. Phillips
Brooks and Miss Louise Ezell and
the bride-elect was remembered with
a gift-
A salad plate was served with Mrs.
O. O. Copeland, Mrs. Thos. Graham,
Mrs. M. W. Todd, Sr. and Mrs. P.
B. Dawkins assisting in serving.
Mrs J. H. Summer, Mrs. N. E.
Dodson, Mrs. B. T. Buzhardt and
Mrs. Donald Rook dropped in for
refreshments.
Mrs. B. T. Buzhardt, aunt of. the
bride-elect, and her daughter, Mrs.
Donald Rook, entertained the Sum-
mer-Ragland wedding party after the
rehersal Friday evening a t their
home on Main street. Quantities of
early fall garden flowers braced the
lower floor of the home and the
dining table held for the central
decoration a large silver bowl of
white carnations and snapdragons,
and white talpers in silver holders
were used in either end of the ta-
bl®- i-
Refreshments were served enbuffet
and iced punch was served on the
living porch.
MAN WITH DEWEY BUTTON IS
REFUSED RIDE IN ELEVATOR
LOOKING DOWN
MEMORY LINE
20 YEARS AGO
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Wells, Jr. are
being congratulated on the arrival
early Monady morning of a little
daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wiley and lit
tle daughter, Dorothy, of Salasbury,
Md., are visiting relatives in New
berry this week. They will return
Friday to their home, being accom
panied by Miss Isoline Brock, who
will remain for ten days. Mr. Wiley
was for several years manager of
McCrory’s Ten Cent store in New
berry.
Mr. Fulmer Wells left Wednesday
for Georgia Tech, to continue his
course in architecture.
Miss Corrie Havird left Wednesday
for Columbia where she will be one
of the instructors in the Logan
school this session.
Mrs. A. P. Coleman of Chappells,
has recently returned from Oklaho
ma where she has been the guest of
her sons, Oscar and Clifton Coleman.
While away Mrs. Coleman made an
extended trip through the West.—
Greenwood Index-Journal.
Young Dr. Houseal At Clinton
Meeting
Dr. Robert W. Houseal went to
Clinton Monday to attend a meeting
of the Laurens County Medical So
ciety, having been invited to read a
paper on “Endocarditis.” This is the
medical term for inflammation of the
lining membrane of the heart. A
luncheon was first held, followed by
the meeting.
j Mrs. J. R. Green of Newberry, is
spending some time with her daugh
ter, Mrs.H.D.Niles.—Camden Chron
icle.
Miss Lou Frances Coleman of Sa
luda county, spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. A. M Summer.
Mr. L. G. Eskridge returned on Fri
day from a trip of several weeks’ to
New York and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Cannon, mother of Mrs. Roy
Finney, is much improved, according
to hospital authorities.—Gaffney
Ledger.
James Milton Hendrix has resum
ed his studies at Newberry college
after spending a pleasant and profit
able vacation in town.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Z. Wilson and Mrs.
E. D. Kerr motored to Columbia
Tuesday.
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
There will be service at St. Luke’s
Episcopal church, Sunday, October
1st, 4 p. m. The public is cordially
invited to attend. Rev. B. A. Wil
liams, rector.
BUTLER HARE IS NOW IN
SALUDA
Congressman Butler B. Hare, his
secretary E. P. Wideman, and steno
grapher, Miss Kathryn Culbertson,
i have returned to his office at Saluda
following the recess of Congress
last week.
Mr. Hare states that he will be
here and at other points in the Third
District until after the general elec
tion in November.
CANNON’S CREEK A. R. P.
CHURCH
R. D- Byrd, pastor.
3:00 p. m., sabbath school.
3:45 p. m., preaching.
Public cordially invited.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
PARISH
J. B. Harman, pastor.
Bethany—10:30 a. m., church wor
ship with sermon.
11:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E.
B. Hite, supt.
12:30 p. m., Luther League.
Monday, 4:30 p. m.. Mission Study
Review.
Summer Memorial—10:30 a. m.,
Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy,
supt.
11:30 a- m., church worship and
Holy Communion.
6 p. m.. Luther League, Women’s
Missionary Meeting, a nd Quarterly
Council Meeting.
RICHARD RODBLSPERGER MM
3|c, stationed at the Jacksonville Na
val Air Station, Florida, is expected
home for the weekend to visit his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodel-
sperger.
Atlanta, Ga., Sapt. 27—A man
wearing a Dewey button who enter
ed the Georgia state capital on busi
ness today was barred from the ele
vator and had to walk to the second
floor.
Elevator Operator Charlie Mitchell
said that he refused the man entrance
a® a joke informing him that onjjr
democrats were welcome a t the Capi
tol, but he said the man apparently
took the refusal seriously and head
ed for the stairway.
The republican’s identity was not
learned, but he was reported to have
been a Western Union deliveryman.
58 CARLOADS OF GIFTS FOR
TROOPS PILE UP IN N. Y.
New York, Sept. 27—Fifty-eight
freight cars loaded with Christmas
packages for fighting men in Europe
have accumulated at Long Island
City for lack of labor to clear the
shipments through the Army embar
kation postoffice, the War Manpow
er commission announced today.
With at least 30 other carloads
reported en route, the commission
appealed for 3,000 full-time or part-
time workers to help break the bot
tleneck.
“Unless New Yorkers from 16 to
60 volunteer at once, the packages
will not be delivered overseas on
time,” a WMC spokesman said.
for sale
SEED WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY
Price* reasonable. Phone 2302
H. O. LONG and SONS
The MATT CLARY home on Boun
dary street looking nice after a new
coat of white paint.—CPL. DICK
MIMS of Fort Jackson in the city
Tuesday afternoon.—WILL WATERS
offering to pay anyone $1.50 a hun
dred to pick his cotton and give
them a good dinner besides.—JOHN
WALDROP saying that he does the
work of four men.—JOHNSON HAY-
GOOD CLARY and JACK CHAP
PELL sitting down talking things
over and both too lazy to give a
lady a seat.—J. DAVE CALDWELL
hurrying about the city in shirt
sleeves while other folks are bundled
up in coats and sweaters.—JOHN
PETERSON walking up street with
his hands full of folding money.—
Someone giving HACK WALLACE a
kodak picture made of him several
years ago and Hack remarking he
was fat then.—FURMAN REAGIN
wearing “specks” now and a custo
mer wanting to know if he was get
ting used to wearing them and he re
plying, “Yes, but it sur* feels good
to take them off occasionally.—WM.
W. LEWIS in the city Tuesday from
Whitmire and stopping by for a chat
with the editor.
Birthday anniversaries through
Friday, October 6: Dr. J. C. Kinard,
Mrs. Chevis I. Boozer and Cadet
Walter Summer, October 1; Lieut.
Ralph Baker, Miss Gertrude Smith,
Miss Derrill Smith, and Eugene
Stockman, Oct. 2; S. A. Williams, J.
C. Harman, and Sgt. James Clamp,
Oct. 2; Mrs. R. H. Wright and Miss
Josie Reid, Oct. 4; William Wy#itt
Wilson, Oct. 6.