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HE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE MUSKRAT It is the largest member of the rat-family that we have in South Carolina. Its rather long sparaely- haired tail is flattened vertically, that is, its edges are above and be low, and when the tail is lashed from side to side it helps propel the animal through the water, for Muskrat is very much of a swimmer. General color brown, without spots or stripes, darker above, lighter below; nearly a slarge as cottontail rabbit, legs short; toes of hind feet are webbed LOANS ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building WANT ADS —: ’ WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals. See W. H. STERLING. FOR SALE—One ’6 room house on 7 acre tract of land 2 1-2 miles j from Newberry on Union-Whit-; mire highway. See Mrs. E. S. ‘ Boozer at iHsidertce. 3fcp AT FIRST SIGN OF A Cold Preparations as directed NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The undersigned, executor of the Last Will and Testament of J. Ke®s Deririck, deceased, will make final settlement of said estate n the Pro bate Court for Newberry County, S. C., on Monday, Octobelr 9th, 1943, at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as executor of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of J. Kess Derrick, de ceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with the un dersigned, or with my attorneys, Blease & Griffith, Newberry, S. C., and those indebted to said estate will please make payment likewise. L. C. DERRICK, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of J. Kess Derrick, deceased. Little Mountain, S. C., ■September 1st, 1944. I and flattened to aid in swimming. It ! is present in the western half of South Carolina, apparently not in the coastal plain, a different subspecies of it occurs in Dismal Swamp of North Carolina, Virginia; and an other subspecies in lower marshes of Louisiana, but ours in upper South Carolina is the same as occurs in all the states to the northward. The fur is in some demand, and the animal is so numerous in many states that in total more dollar’s worth of Muskrat hides are sold an nually than of any other American I fur animal, and this is true in such / widely separated states as Minneso ta and Louisiana. It is or has been quite common along Seneca river at Clemson College. Yet once an intelli gent negro young man brought me a hind-foot from his steel-trap to ask me what it was—apparently he really did not know. No doubt a few skins are sold or shipped from South Caro lina each year though I do not happen to know of anyone who traps many of them. Muskrats build houses or lodges, by piling together cattails and sedges in the shallow water of swamps, such a house may be 6 to 10 ft. in diame ter and extend several feet above the water, several of the animals living in one house. They feed on roots and stems of aquatic plants, but on occa sion may invade a cornfield and do some damage to the crop. It is abundant on the “eastern shore” of Maryland where shooting it from boats at night is (used to be) quite a popular sport. It was thex-e, too, in a genuinely aristocratic fam ily that I partook (yes) of this ani mal at table where it was served un der the name of “marsh rabbit” not bad at all thank you, flesh rather dark but tasty; the aristocratic gen tleman of the house regarded it as a delicacy. WILL CELEBRATE BUSINESS WOMEN S WEEK The week of October 8-14 has been set aside as National Business Wo men’s Week by the National Federa tion of Business Women’s clubs. The week is also being celebrated as the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the National Federation. These clubs are a means whereby working women can broaden their outlook and band together to obtain needed social reforms and communi ty betterment through legislation and enlightened public opinion. The main requirement in securing a char ter is that at least 75 per cent of the members must be women employed in painful occupations. For a little over two years Newberry has had one of these clubs functioning in the community and the local B. and P. club welcomes into its ranks all jhe public-spirited working women of the town. Although most of the mem bers of the Newberry B. and P. club have home responsibilities as well as jobs, not once has the club been call ed on for a civic duty that it did not fulfill its obligations. FOR SALE SEED WHEAT, OATS and BARLEY Prices reasonable. Phone 2302 H. O. LONG and SONS Silrerstreet ,S. C. Lutheran Conference At Mayer Memorial (By Rev. J. B. Harman) The Newberry Lutheran Confer ence held its fall meeting in Mayer Memorial church, Newberry, Rev. V. | L. Fulmer, pastor, on October 5, ' 1944, with the president, Rev. J. E. Roof, presiding. The total number of ministers and delegates present from the churches of the conference was 70. Also, there was a large number of visitors and representatives of different causes of the church pre sent. The subject of Social Missions was very interestingly discussed by Rev. Carl B. Caughman of Columbia, who has recently become Social Mis sion Pastor of the South Carolina Lutheran Synod. At the service with the Holy Communion the sermon was preached by Rev. J. E. Roof and the Liturgical services were conducted by Revs V. L. Fulmer and J. B. Har man. During the hour of intermission a bountiful an dwell prepared lunch was served in the Community Build ing of the Newberry Cotton Mills in front of the church. At the time of the luncheon the pastor-loci arted as toast master and called on Dr Z. F. Wright, president of the Newberry Cotton Mills, Mr. J. Y. Jones, the sup erintendent of the mills, and Mrs. N. E. Derrick, director of Debt Retire ment Appeal for Newberry college. Bach of them gave happy responses. Mrs. Della Koor who ahd charge of preparations foi the luncheon was in troduced to the audience. The devotional services for the af ternoon session were conducted by Rev. C. J. Rice. After this reports were heard from different institu tions. Dr. James C. Kinard repre senting Newberry college, Mrs. Bea trice Sease of White Rock, represent ing the Lowmen Hame, Mr. T. C. Rohrbaugh of Salem Va., represent ing our Orphan Home, and Mrs. N. E. Derrick of Columbia, representing the appeal for the retirement of the bonded indebtedness of Synod for Newberry college. All of these re ports were encouraging. Following Mrs. Derrick's report a motion was offered and adopted that the congre gations of Conference take the Syn odical Apportionments as the quota for this appeal. Rt r. Albert Stem- merman very instructively discussed the new Sunday school literature, “The Christian Growth Series.” Conference planned that in coop eration with the Lutheran Brother hood of Newberry county to hold a Joint Reformation Service in "the .?Wa@ea4t0imKey Because it burns clean with a hot, even flame, you’ll like Sinclair SuperFlame Kerosene for both cooking and heat ing. And its bright, clean burning makes it ideal for many uses on the farm or in the home. SuperFlame’s pure, water-white color tells you that all waste elements that cause odor and smoking are removed by expert refining. Try Sinclair SuperFlame Kerosene. LET ME DELIVER TO YOUR FARM S. C. PAYSINGER, Agent Newberry, S. C. Church of the Redeemer, Newberry, October 29th, in the afternoon. The Committee on Parish Educa tion reported that a Leadership Training School will be held in the Little Mountsfn School building Oc tober 30, November 1, 3, 7, 9, and that a capable faculty has been se cured for the important courses of fered. Conference adopted a reso lution calling on all our people to resort to their respective places of worship, when the official announce ment is made of the defeat of our warring enemies in Europe, to ren der a service of thanksgiving to God. In the election of officers the re sult was a sfollows: Rev. J. E. Roof, President; Rev. J. B. Harman, Vice President; Rev. V. L. Fulmer, Secretary; and Mr. C. M. Folk, Treasurer. Attention was called to the fact that Mr. C. M. Folk has served faithfully and efficiently of Confer ence for _0 years. The next meeting of Conference is to be held at Mt. Hermon, Peak, at sufch a time as the officers of Conference and the pastor loci may decide. The president appointed the fol lowing committees to serve 1944-45: On Program: Revs. E. B. Heidt and R. A. Goodman, D. D., and Messrs. W. B. Shealy and D. L. Wedaman. On Missions: Revs. J. B. Harman and Mrs. Lois G. McMillan and two sons, Joe and Micheal, of Greenville, spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. McMillan’s sister and brother- in-law, Mr. and Mrs. James Smith on j Calhoun street. Mrs. Ellisor Adams and Mr^. Leroy Anderson spent the past weekend in Gastonia, N. C., with Mrs. A. E. Culp, where they went to accompany Mrs. Theo Albrecht home, after spending several weeks in New Bruinswick, N. J. with relatives. j P. D. Risinger, and Messrs. D. H. Hamm, Sr., and Wilbur Epps. On Stewardship: Revs. W. D. Haltiwan- ger and E. B. Heidt and Messrs. C. M. Folk and A. J. Bowers, Jr. On Parish Education: Revs. Albert Stemmerman and C. J. Rice, Miss El- berta Sease and Mesdames L. B. Bedenbaugh and Gurdon Counts. On Publicity: Rev. V. L. Fulmer and Mr. J. W. Earheardt, Jr. On Pas toral Arrangements: Revs. R. A. Goodman, D. D. and J. B. Harman, and Messrs. Edward Chandler and Herbert Lominick. On Special Ref erence: Revs. P. D. Risinger and Al bert Stemmerman and Mr. L. B. Bedenbaugh. On Reformation Ser vice: Rev. R. A. Goodman and Messrs. Philip T. Kelly and C. C. Lominick. On Contributory Pension Plan: Revs. C. J. Rice and W. D. Haltiwanger and Mr. B. C. Shealy. FIRST MEETING TODAY The first County Education meet ing of the year will be held at the Newberry High school auditorium 'Friday, October 13 at 3:00 p. m. The program will consist of a discussion of the new certification plan for ! teachers by members of Mr. J. B. j White’s office of the State Depart- j ment of Education. All teachers are ! asked to be present for this discue- j sion. A similar meeting for the Negro teachers of the county will be Held at Drayton Street school at 6:00 p. m. on the same date. J. A. BAKER OF PROSPERITY DIES Prosperity, Oct. 7—J. Ad Baker, 89, died at bis home early this morn ing after a long illness. Funeral services wil be held at Bethel Baptist church of which he was a member at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon. The Rev. Earl Robinette and the Rev. J. B. Harmon wil be in charge. Surviving Mr. Baker are the fol lowing children: Mrs. W. H. Long and Jeff L. Baker of Prosperity, and Lawson Baker, of Tampa, Fla 2 grand children and 19 great-grand children and one great-great-grand child. Motor Vehicle Owners 1944-45 MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES ARE NOW ON SALE New licenses must be purchased on or before October 31, 1944, to avoid payment of penalty. Mail your application and payment immediately to avoid delay. Save time by mailing your application and remittance directly to the address shown below. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT P. O, BOX 1498 Motor Vehicle Division COLUMBIA 1, S. C. OF 9* M ORE than a hundred years ago, perky little “Best Friend of Charleston” chugged proudly over the longest stretch of railroad in the world.., the 136 miles between Charleston and Hamburg, South Carolina, now a part of the Southern Railway System- Now, the South... and all America... reaps a rich reward from this historic achievement. You can see it in the sleek giants that pull war- busy passenger trains out of bustling Southern Railway sutions. You can hear it in the rumble of powerful freight locomotives that speed Southern trains with the vital weapons of war. Yes...the transportation services started by 1830’s “Best Friend” are today the best friend of the farmer..; the business man... the worker... the fighting man...the best friend of all who work and pray for Victory. And when that bright day comes, there will be other important jobs for modern “Best Friends” to do. For a Southland abounding in energy and initiative...unbelievably rich in natural wealth... steadily expanding in agriculture, industry and commerce...will be needing the efficient, depend able transportation service of the 8,000-mile Southern Railway System. President SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM