The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 22, 1944, Image 11

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ntft>AY, DCOPMBER 82, 1944, aus With this Greeting we wish to include our sincere thanks for the splendid cooperation we have had from our customers the past months. It has been difficult, at times, for us to maintain our usual standard of service, yet you have been most understanding and liberal with your patronage. It has been a privilege to have these associations and we will strive with our every effort to merit a con tinuation of your patronage. C. D. Coleman Company PURE OIL PRODUCTS Phone 400 1304 College St. This Completes Our Christmas, We do not consider our Christ mas COMPLETE UNTIL WE HAVE EX PRESSED our Season’s Greetings to THOSE WITH WHOM WE HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED IN THE PAST YEARS. It GIVES US A GREAT DEAL OF PLEASURE TO EXTEND THESE GOOD WISHES BE CAUSE WE KNOW THE VALUE OF FRIENDS LIKE YOU. Smith Motor Company THE PERFECT PICTURE Pk e<*ce MAY IT BE FOREVER Busy Bee Cafe We shall be closed Monday, Christmas day. siflson’s GfiKIIOGS 4 SVf* »* no burden of th* qptU bvt xa Ushtcnrb Ip tattling under it. ' ' ‘ Egratefully ac knowledge your fine „ spirit of cooperation in the year just clos ing. We are more appreciative this year than ever before be cause we well realize the sig nificant factors that have made the past twelve months trying ones. Your problems are our problems, if you will permit, and we want you to know our genuine feeling of appreciation for your courtesies. May Christmas be truly a good one and may the New Year see the realization of your every dream and ambition. We hove a host of friends in this area whom we would like to see per sonally in order to extend a personal Christmas Greeting We may nor get around to every body so we ask that you consider this as being a genuine expression of good wishes to each of you and a hearty thank you for past courtesir—» G Johnson Hagood Clary >un GENERAL HARLLEE PASSES IN CAPITAL Washington, Nov. 22—Brigadier General William Curry Harllee, U. S. Marine corps, retired, who was a candidate for the U. S. senate in South Carolina in 1936, died here yesterday. He was 76 years old. General Harllee was a scion of a distinguished South Carolina family whose ancestral home was at Dil lon but he was bom in Manatee, Fla. After attending The Citadel at Charleston, S. C., and' the University of North Carolina, he entered West Point, and embarked upon a brilliant military career. He served in the Philippines with the 3rd Texas volunteers and was credited with leading 66 shouting Texans in a charge that routed 2,000 natives at Mangatarem, the Filipi nos’ greatest base of supplies, which was captured. He became a second lieutenant in the Marine corps in 1900. He fought through the Boxer rebellion in Chi na, and later he established the first marine barracks at Pearl Harbor. He later saw active service in Cuba, Haiti, and Santo Domingo, and while serving aboard United States warships he went all over the world. He was author of “The Marine Corps Score Book and Rifleman’s Instructor.” He also wrote the ex haustive geneologicai volumes “Kin folks”, (a copy of which is in the Newberry library). In 1935 he was retired from the Marine corps. . The next year he entered the South Carolina Demo cratic primary as an anti-New Deal candidate against Sen. James F. Byrnes and Thomas P. Stoney, for mer mayor of Charleston. Byrnes won renomination by a large plural ity. After the primary, he came to Washington and lived here in re- itirement. T. M. Rogers & Son JEWELER JOHN B. PUGH OF PROSPERITY PASSES John Bachman Pugh, 69, died sud denly early Tuesday morning at his residence in Prosperity. Mr. Pugh was the son of the late Thomas Pugh and Mandy Derrick Pugh. He was born and reared in the St. Lukes section of Newberry county and spent his life in and near Prosperity. Mr. Pugh was a pro gressive and prosperous farmer and lumberman. He was an elder in the A. R. P. chuch of Prosperity for the past 35 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Bessie Dominick Pugh; one son, A. P. Pugh; one daughter, Mrs. W. E. Hancock; one brother, Rev. W. E. Pugh; one sister. Miss Nannie Pugh, and five grandchildren MEETING OF STATE GUARD POSTPONED The members of Company M, Sec ond Regiment, South Carolina State Guard, are notified that the regular meeting scheduled for Monday night, December 25th, will not be held due to this date falling on Christmas Day. The next meeting will be the fidst Monday in January, and all members are expected to be preesnt. MINISTER ARRIVES The Rev. Miles Timmerman Cul- lum has arrived in Newberry county to become the pastor of the Pomaria Parish of the S. C. Lutheran Synod, at Pomaria and has begun his minis try there. The Rev. Mr. Cullum is a graduate of Newberry College, class of 1932 and married Miss Margaret A. Clayton in 1936. They have three children. CORN CROP OVER TOTAL FOR 1943 Washington, Dec. 18—The Agricul ture department reporting today fi nal crop production figures for the year, placed the com corp at 3,228,- 361,000 bushels. That compares with 3,034,354,000 bushels last year, and an average production of 2,369,384,- 000 bushels in the 10 years 1933-42. Wheat production was 1,078,647,- 000 bushels, compared with 841,023,- 000 last year and 760,199,000 bush els, the 10-year average. The production of other crops, together with comparative figures for last eyar and the 1933-42 10- year average, includes oats, 1,166,- 392,000 bushels, compared with 1,- ■137,604,000 and 1,028,280,000. U l E T I D E Where else can we enjoy the TYPE OF FREEDOM WE INHERITED MORE THAN IN AMERICA? WHERE ELSE IS THERE AS MUCH HAPPINESS AND JOY AS THAT WHICH IS OILS? There is an abundance of good THINGS AND GOOD CHEER AND WOULD THAT WE MIGHT SHARE OUR GOOD FORTUNE WITH THOSE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD WHO ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN WE. Ben F. Dawkins HE PEACE AND CONTENTMENT OF SLil TIDING MAY THE SKIES BE FILLED WITH CHEERFUL GREET- INGS TO YOU. OUR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR LIBERAL PATRONAGE AND TRUST WE MAY CONTINUE TO MERIT YOUR CONSID ERATION. Lake’s Machine Shop WE WISH YOU A MERRY . cW^tTas Let our faith in the true significance of the Yuletide give greater strength to our peace lov ing hearts. Let us renew our efforts toward a lasting peace and from it Would that the spirit of Christmas remain with each of us throughout the days of the coming year. Whot joy and happiness would be in store for oil. It would lead to o better world, a more complete under standing of the problems of our loved ones and friends, a happier life. May each of us, in our own way, resolve to carry the spirit of the Nativity in our hearts, maintaining the cheer of Christmas all through the year. Western Auto Associate Store 1ST AT ITS BEST From the depths of our heart we wish to extend our sincerest Christmas greetings. We are mindful of the part you have each had in the trying days of the past year and it is because of such unselfish efforts that the American way of life will be maintained. It is our wish that you will enjoy Christmas at its best, with an abund ance of good cheer, good fellowship and goodwill for all C. E. Hendrix Mae A. Aull