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KEEP FAITH : With US— | ■by buying’: War bonds VOLUME 8: NUMBER 20 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1945 $1.00 PER ANNUM PFC. WILLIAM COGGINS, based i COL. IRA W. PARTIN and Mrs at Indiantown Gap, Penn., spent the Partin of Ocala, Florida, were week end guests of Miss Florence Berrie and Mrs. J W. Denning on Caldwell weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs. W. B. Goggins in the Hartford community. PVT. ROY O. WILLIAMS, of Camp Croft, spent last Friday with his wife and son, and also his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Williams of this city. LIEUT. WILSON L. MOORE will report to Fort Bragg, N C. on Sep tember 15th, after spending a do- day leave here with his wife, and daughter, Barbara, at the home of Lieutenant Moore’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore in the Mt. Bethel- Gaimany community. street. Mrs. Partin is a sister of Miss Berrie and Mrs. Denning. CAPT. DON REED a nd Mrs. Reed of the Florence Air Base and Pitts burg, Penn., were weekend guest of Mrs J. S. Wathers, the former Mary Elizabeth Moore, in the home of Mrs. Waters’ parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore. CPL. EUGENE LIPSCOMB tele phoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lipscomb last week from New York saying that he had just landed in the states from the Euro pean theater and hoped to be home some time this week. LIEUT. CALLIE BOYD PARR and wife, the former Frances Daniel of Anderson, are spending a 30-day leave here with Lieutenant Parr’s, parents, Mr. a nd Mrs. C. B. Parr at their home in the county. Lieutenant Parr recently returned from the Eu ropean theater of operations where he was on duty several months with the 13th Air Borne Division. After his leave he will report to Camp Mackall, N. C. PVT. ROLAND W. WILLIAMS has arrived safely overseas, his many friends will be glad to learn. He is now stationed in Manila, the Philip pine Islands. He was inducted Janu ary 18th and took his basic training at Camp Blanding, Florida. Before entering the service, Private Wil liams was employed at Roy H. Mills Service station. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Williams of this city. COMPANY M FETES STATE OFFICERS FORREST CARPENTER, S l[c, of the Hospital Corps stationed at the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., is spending a six day leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Car penter and sister Ann Carpenter, at their home on Calhoun street. CHARLES STERLING, E. M. 3|c, based at Jacksonville, Fla., who has been on duty in the Atlantic for the past several months spent three days here last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sterling. Charles is a member of the crew of the USS Pope, the ship that the first German submarine surrendered to after V-E Day. This crew also broke the Navy record of 125 years in capturing a German ship at sea. LIEUT. W. A. KILGORE arrived in Newberry Monday night to spend a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilgore, after being on duty in the Pacific with the Ma rine Corps for two years. Lieutenant Kilgore was in the bat tles of Guam I wo Jima, Tarawa and Okinawa for which he wears four major battle ribbons, besides the presidential citation and good con duct medal. He has been a member of the Marine Corps over three years. After his leave he will report to Washington, D. C. for further or ders. | IT WILL BE some time before I Okinawa will recognize itself—after the face-lifting given this battle scar of the Pacific by GREGG ROWE, PHARMACIST’S MATE, 2ic, 2110 Ola street, Newberry, and his Naval construction battalion operating there • Two new hospitals rising from rice paddies and jungle undergrowth are the latest additions to the island by these Seabees The modern buildings accommodate 600 men. The battalion is also credited with laying the first air strips and landing fields here. ' Arriving shortly after D-day land ings the unit’s first duty was to un load supplies and ammunition, but this work didn’t last long enough for these veterans. In a matter of hours the battalion had laid a prefabricated bridge across an entire section of roadway. LT. MARVIN E. ABRAMS, JR., 23, son of Senator and Mrs. Marvin Abrams of Whitmire was presented the Bronze Star medal on May 30th, ISslS It was presented by the divi sion commander of the Sixth Armor ed division attached to the Third Army under General Patton His ci tation reads in part as follows: “For heroic service in connection with military operations in France, Bel gium, Luxembourg and Germany during 1 November, 1944 to 8 May, 1945 Without battle experience he took charge of the platoon as a re inforcement officer with enthusiasm and confidence His calm planning and quick action has been responsible for many successes”. JOHN H. DAVENPORT, S. l|c, USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Davenport, 1905 College street, took part in a dual celebration aboard his Pacific aircraft carrier, the USS Intrepid, on August 16. The officers and men of this famed war ship celebrated the victory in the Pacific and the observance of the ship’s second year in service. The day of celebration began with thanksgiving services and closed with a spectacular fun show. The noon meal was turkey with all of the trim mings. The Intrepid has a proud record as a fighting ship. Four times she suf fered battle damage. Her history records 80 enemy ships sunk and 650 enemy aircraft destroyed by the car rier’s planes a nd guns. PFC. .JOHN J. CLARK is a mem ber of a Negro outfit in the Motor Transport Service, which has per formed a vital job in getting supplies to China over the Stilwell Road. Motor Transport Service controls the convoys of trucks on this 1,079- mile overland supply route It main tains and operates repair stations and camps for the personnel working all the way from Ledo, in northeast ern India, to Kunming, China. Much credit is due the MTS men for the steady flow of vehicles, heavy ordnance equipment, and other vital war materials now streaming into China over the road which crit ics said could never be built. Working in a primitive land under blistering heat, through monsoon ' rains, and in knee-deep mud, men of the Motoi Transport Service are playing a tremendous part in the India Burma Theater mission of sup plying the Chinese. T|4 THOMAS J. COUNTS has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achievement in support of military operations against the enemy. T|4 Counts, who is station ed with the 132nd General Hospital in the Shouten Islands, Netherland East Indies, attended Union school, Newiberry county. Prior to his entry into the armed forces he was em ployed as a textile worker by the Kindall Cotton Mills. T|4 Counts is a mechanic in the medical department. His duties at present consist of handling mainten ance of motor vehicles, refrigerators, ice plants aud water pumps at a gen eral hospital. He has been overseas since June 1944, and has been award ed a battle star on his Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon for the New Guinea campaign. * Tj4 Counts’ wife, Mrs. Pearl Counts, and their 3 year old daughter Judy Nadine, live at 2022 Piedmont street. The officers and members of Com pany M, 2nd Regiment, South* Caro lina State Guard, Newberry, enter tained for the officers of the State Guard on Monday night at a deli cious chicken barbecue dinner at the Armory near Newberry, at which time the wives of the local organiza tion and a number of friends were present and enjoyed this first post war social affair of the season. Covers were arranged for 200 guests at attractively laid tables. C. C. Hutto, captain of Company M, presided and introduced the guest speakers, Gen. T. E. Salley, Orange burg, Commanding General, South Carolina State Guard, and Lt. Col. Thomas H. Pope, who has recently returned from fifty-five months’ ser vice in the U. S. Army, 28 of which were overseas: Both made brief but interesting talks. The honor guests included: Gen. T. E. Salley, General Commanding S. C. State Guard; Col. A. G. Kennedy, Union, Commander 2nd. Reg. S. C. Guard; Lt. Col. Guy B. Foster, Greenville, Executive Officer 2nd Reg.; Lt. Col. Henry E. Jones, Green wood, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Reg. S. C. Guard; Maj. John J. Conyers, Colum bia, State Property Officer; Capt. J. A. Gibson, Orangeburg, Asst. Bri gade Adj., staff of Gen. Salley; Capt. Jarrjes R. Jieter, Union, 2nd Reg, Adjutant; First Lt. Samuel I. Horne, Greenwood, Bn. Supply Officer. Other guests present: Senator M. E. Abrams, Representative R. Au brey Harley of the Newberry legisla tive delegation; Jesse T. Crawford, Supt. Aragon-Baldwin Mill, Whit mire; David L_ Hayes, Mayor nomi nate of Newberry, and Mrs. Hayes; Mayor E. B. Purcell and Mrs. Pur cell; Waldo C. Huffman, “Turkey King” of Newberry and Mrs. Huff man; Lt. Col. Guy V. Whitener, Governor’s staff, Comrrlander local Post American Legion, Mrs. White ner and Miss Marilyn Whitener - Lt. Col. J. Aubrey Estes, Regi .lent Chaplain, S. C. State Guard. LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST Miss Betty Blease Baker left Wed nesday for Converse College, Spar tanburg, where she will enter the sophomore class. David Denning has enrolled at the University of North Carolina for the coming session. TURNER CONVERTS STORE ROOM INTO MODERN OFFICES Walter Buzhardt was carried to the Columbia Hospital Monday where he will receive treatments. Miss Bonnell Buzhardt, a teacher in the Pelzer schools, spent the past weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buzhardt in the Hartford community. Mrs. Chalmers Brown, of Union, spent the weekend at her home in the Mt. Bethel-Garmany community. ! Miss Frances Ruff, of Columbia, was a weekend visitor in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ruff in the Mt. Bethel-Carmany community. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lovett, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Williams and Mrs. D. J. Williams spent Sunday in Colum bia, where they visited Mrs. Wil liams’ neice, Marnita Meng, who is a patient in the Columbia hospital. E. S. Dickert, manager of the Home Store Market, attended a school for market managers in Green wood this week. • . 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. Summer Memorial—10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 11:30 a. m., church worship with sermon. 7 p. m., Luther League. It is hoped that aH of the members of the Luther Leagues will attend the Newberry District Luther League that is to meet at St. Matthews next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Mrs. P. E., Way commenced her k.ndergarden Monday morning with 26 small girls and boys enrolled, and a waiting list of ten, which she can not accommodate at present. This is the largest enrollment she has ever had. Mrs. James Smith and her mother, Mrs. Eunice Glasgow of Greenwood, who has been visiting here, are spending this week in Greenville with Mrs. Glasgow’s daughter, Mrs. Lois McMillian. > The building on the southeast cor ner of Caldwell and Friend street is being remodeled by the owner, W. E. Turner and Drs. Livingston and Senn will occupy the lower floor of four offices and a reception room, Modern lighting and a cooling sys tem will be provided. In the rearrangement of this build ing and the one next to it now occu pied by Mr. Turner, it will be neces sary to tear down two walls and ar range a new wall so as to give the Turner store slightly more room. The second floor of the building will be made into offices with an entrance from the outside. There will be seven offices on this second floor, one of which will be occupied by the Clinton Credit corporation, w'hich firm has been occupying the lower floor. The front of the building will be flushed with the sidewalk and a mo dern front installed. Work is • now under way on the buildings under the supervision of Contractor Livingston and will be pushed into completion as rapidly as possible. BROTHERHOOD MEETS FIRST TIME SINCE ODT BAN The first meeting of the Newberry Conference Lutheran Brotherhooi* since the lifting of the ODT ban on meetings, will be on Sunday, Septem ber 30th in the Summer Memorial Lutheran church, Rev. J. B. Harmon, pastor, at 4 o’clock. The new president, Mr. Carl Ep- ting an dhis officers are most anxious for a large turn-out, not for themselves, but for the work of the church and the brotherhood. Mr. and Mrs. W. E- Summer, who recently moved back to Newberry from Texas, are now making their home at 1531 Caldwell street. LOU GLASGOW 104 YEARS OF AGE STAFF SERGEANT JULIAN N. McENTIRE completed four years of/ Army service August 20th. Staff ‘ Sergeant McEntire is an automotive mechanic in the 349th Air Engineer ing Squadron, 86th Air Service Group “Pioneers”, of the 58th Bombardment Wing on Tinain, in the Marianas. This organization, since its initial ar rival in th ecombat theater, has been instrumental in keeping the Super forts flying over the enormous dis tances of India, Burma and China, as well as over the Japanese homeland. This group, one of the earliest of the B-29 service units to enter upon ac tive duty, landed in Bombay, India, in April 1944, transferring to Tinian in April of this year. Staff Sergeant McEntire is a,utlv>r- ized to wear the American Defense Service Ribbon the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon and the Good Con duct Medal His wife and parents reside in Newberry. LT. COL. THOMAS H. POPE ar rived here Sunday afternoon upon the completion of his service of 56 months in the United States Army, twenty-eight of which were in ser vice overseas, during which service he “piled up” 110 points, Colonel Pope, with an anti-aircraft division, distinguished himself in service in the North African, Tunician, Sicilian and Italian campaigns, and earned many medals and awards, one of which was a battle-field promotion during the Sicilian campaign. Colonel Pope will reopen his law office about October 10th on the first floor of the Bowers Insurance build ing, now occupied by the Bowers In surance Agency in the rear of the building. He was elected a member of the South Carolina House of Representa tives in August and his many friends are glad to welcome him home and as a member of the South Carolina legislature. He and his wife, the former Waites Lumpkin, and their young daughter, Mary Waites, will move here as soon as they can secure a house. A little old negro woman sat on the porch of a negro house and pieced a quilt as she sat in the sun on the chilly morning when this reporter saw her. She claims to be 104 years old and the remarkable thing about her she was piecing a complicated pattern and can see well without glasses— does not have them at all. Her name is Lou Glasgow, who was born during slavery on the plan tation of General Henry Kon of “Pen der Ridge”, near Pomaria. Her mother was a slave of the Koon’s, she was their cook and Lou began at an early age to learn to cook in their kitchen, and at twelve she was desig nated as “Mrs. Koon’s coffee girl”, and made all the coffee for the fami ly- Lou was a fully grown woman at the close of the War Between the States, a nd after “Freedom” worked for seventy-nine years on the farm of late Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dominick anci.helped nurse their children, Hon. Fred H. Dominick, former U, S. Con gressman, Miss Elizabeth Dominick, Miss Cora Dominick, Harry W. Domi nick and Miss Mazie Dominick, all of Newberry. “Granny Lou”, as she is known in the community near Pomaria, now lives on the farm of Dan Crooks. She is in Newberry now visiting her nephew, James Davis, on West Boundary street. She says she has pieced twenty- five quilts, during the past year, and gave part of them to her grand children, and sold the remainder. Lou retains all her faculties even at her advanced years and recalls many incidents of the “Civil War” and th edire times following “When the country was overrun by scala wags and carpet-baggers”, and says the times were better then than now, because “white folks would call you then and give you something to eat, but now they don’t pay any atten tion to you.” COL. E. H. KIBLER, JR., and Mrs. Kibler of Washington, D. C., spent a few days last week here in the home of Colonel Kibler’s father, Dr. E. H. Kibler on College street. Miss Mildred Werts has returned to Lancaster where she again will teach in the Lancaster schools this session. Mr. and Mrs. Price Padgett had as guests recently Mrs. Clyde Pad gett, Miss Virginia Padgett, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Capers and son, Jimmy, al of Walterboro. Miss Sallie Lee Cromer left Sun day to take up her duties as princi pal of the Walterboro grammar school. Mr and Mrs. John Kunkle and daughter, Nancy, and Miss Mary Wicker spent the weekend and a few days the first of the week in Rome, Ga., with M!Sgt. Maxcy Stone, who is a patient in the Beattey General Hospital there. Mrs. W. W. Bourke of Columbia, Mrs. Bessy McKensie of North Au gusta and two sons, Clifford and Grier, who recently returned from overseas duty, spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ruff. Miss Anna Hart left Thursday for Converse College, Spartanburg, where she will be a senior this year. Mrs. Cannon Blease returned to her home on Harper street Saturday and is doing nicely after being a na- tient in the Providence Hospital, Co lumbia, for the past month. Weekend and the first of the week business visitors in Newberry were - Mrs. Rodger Johnson, Whitmire; Mrs. W. E. Handcock, Prosperity; Mrs. Stanley Baker and daughter, Pernne, Greenwood; Mrs. J. N. Da vis, Saluda; Mrs. Rosa Dreher, Gold- ville; Miss Lucile Mills, Prosperity; Mrs. George Byrd, Greenwod; 'Miss Sarah Stone and Miss Gladys Nel son, Clinton; Miss Mary Grace An drews and mother, Mrs. T. M. An drews, Whitmire; Mrs. B. C. Beden- baugh. Prosperity; Mrs. Thompson Young Prosperity; Mrs. Henry Su- ber, Mrs. Zach- Suber, Sr., Mrs. Eve- lyn Jeter a nd Mrs. “Red” Jones, Whitmire; Mrs. B. W. Watkins and daughter, Miss Nell Watkins, Chap- BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stone of Clarksdale, Miss., announce the birth of a son, Harry O’merle Stone, born August 31st. Mrs. Stone was the former Vir ginia Halliday of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Stone is the son of Mrs. H. O. Stone, Caldwell street this city. CELEBRATES 94TH BIRTHDAY CPL. CHARLIE RICHARD BOLES. Whitmire, has arrived at the San Antonio District, AAF Per sonnel Distribution Command, Tex as, for processing and reassignment, after 17 months in the European theater of operations. Corporal Boles was shot down on his first mission and taken prisoner. He was recently released and re turned to the United States. Mrs. Browning Given Silver Star For Her Son Mrs. Rosa Caldwell of the Mt. Bethel-Garmany community, cele brated her 91th birthday last Sunday, September 9th when 60 of her rela-1 student at the Citadel when he en tives gathered and enjoyed a family i tered tlie service and would have reunion. " ' ' | graduated in the class of 1944. Mrs. I'ellie Adams Browning has been given the Silver Star posthum ously awarded her son, Second Lieu tenant George Blalock Browning, killed in action in Belgium on Janu ary 4, 1945. The presentation to Mrs.' Brown ing was made at a ceremony at Fort Jackson on August 31, at which time Mrs. Mary L. Dorn of Rembert was given the Bronze Star also post humously awarded her husband. Captain O'lin F. Dorn, Jr., of Rem bert. Both officers were serving with the 84th Infantry Division at the time of the action in which they dis tinguished themselves. Lieutenant Colonel E. S. Settle, post executive officer, presented the medals after which the troops of the Station Complement passed in re view. Lieutenant Browning’s Silver Star citation reads: “For gallantry in ac tion against the enemy in . . . , 4 January 1945. When a platoon lead er was wounded during a withdrawal of his company under intense enemy artillery and mortar fire, Second Lieutenant Browning assumed com mand and, after reorganizing the unit, led the platoon in a valiant ef fort to regain the lost positions. In the performance of this courageous act, Second Lieutenant Browning lost his life. The tenacious, determined spirit unswerving devotion to duty and commendable conduct displayed by Second Lieutenant Browning re flect the highest credit upon him self and are in accordance with the finest traditions of the military ser vice.” Lieutenant Browning was killed during the Battle of the Bulge while leading a rifle platoon of a company for which he was mortar forward ob server, after all the regular officers of the company had been killed or wounded This was the third occa sion that Lieutenant Browning had assumed command of one rifle com pany or another, when all the offi cers were gone. A young man in the same division with Lieutenant Browning wrote Mrs. Browning that her son was turned in for promotion by the Regi mental Commandbr himself, a rare occurance, and his death was mourn ed throughout the entire Regiment. He also stated that their company had built a new athletic field and dedicated it to Lieutenant Browning and another officer of the company, who was also killed in Belgium. The field to he called the Browning- Sanders Field. Lieutenant Browning, 22, was a START. GATHERING TAXES OCTOBER 1 Newberry County Treasurer J. Ray Dawkins, said today that he was “covered up with work” getting ready to open the tax books October first l which entails writing over 13,- 000 tax receipts for the tax payers of the county And, besides this he- has to make tax bills of amount of taxes owed by some 11,000 tax payers of the county and mail them out to the tax payers of the county before the first of October. Treasurer Dawkins said this was the first time these bills had been mailed to the tax payers, but he thought it would be appre ciated by them a nd at the same time be of help to the treasurer in col lecting taxes He said the discre pancy in the number, of receipts and the number of tax payefs was due to the fact that many tax payers had several properties on which they were taxed. ARMY OPENS RANKS FOR ENLISTMENTS Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 12.—The Reg ular Army today opened its ranks for the enlistment of 70,000 young men of the seven southeastern states comprising the Fourth Service com mand. The action offers the triple oppor tunity of a career, education and pa triotic service to residents of Alaba ma, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Soldiers now in the service, vet erans and other qualified civilians, interested in an army assignment, are eligible. Postwar Army needs center on the occupation of enemy countries. With the end of combat missions, numer ous advantages a re offered young mei» by the army which compare favorably with most civilian jobs. In addition, attention is called to this fact: # The men choosing military service in the future will be the guardians of our victory—the guarantors of the peace won by our armed forces. A peace that cost this country 1,000,- casualties—nearly 300,000 dead. A peace we must keep. Maintaining and ketping this peace will be truly a service not only to the nation but also to all mankind. Enlisted men in the regular army, while engaged in military dpties, will find ample time to study in the var ious educational programs establish ed for their benefit. Practical training in skills will accompany vo cational studies, thus qualifying men interested in the trades for much better civilian jobs if they choose to leve the service at the end of their three year enlistment. For those choosing the army as a career, the benefits of security, the best medical care, dependents bene fits and liberal retirement features will augment their military pay. MEDICAL OFFICER SOUGHT BY U. S. CIVIL SERVICE Applications a re being accepted for the position of Medical Officer for the Fifth United States Civil Service Region, S. E. Bowers, Local Secretary announced today. The po sition pays an annual salary of $5180. Duties primarily will be: perform ing psychiatric and physical exami nations of applicants for federal em ployment; reviewing examinations by other physicians; determining validity of objections on physical grounds to the employment of vet erans; and making studies of posi tions in government establishments in connection with the .placement of the physically handicapped. Applications should be submitted to Miss S. E. Bowers, at Newberry, S. C. or mailed direct to the Civil Service Commission’s Fifth Regional Office in Atlanta, Georgia. WILSON C. BROWN BACK WITH JOHNSON HAGOOD CLARY CO. Wilson C. Brown is back with Johnson Haygood Clary Clothing company on Caldwell street, after an absence of nearly four years, during which time he was employed by the Nehi Bottling company Mr. Brown, who has been connect ed with the clothing business off and on since 1911 is well qualified to fill this position. He invites his friends to call on him when in need of clothing and he will be glad to serve them. CPL. BAKER R. MEETZE of Chapin, husband of Mrs. Cecelia Meetze, a member of the 17th Air borne Division, representing the airborne veterass of the European theater of operations, returns home from deactivation. Corporal Meetze served as a squad leader and parachutist in the Nor mandy, Holland, Central Germany and Ardennes campaigns. He holds the Bronze Star, Combat Infantry man’s Badge, the Presidential Cita tion and the Invasion Arrowhead. BILLY DENNING left Sunday morning for the Port of Embarka tion, Charleston, where he will be assigned to a ship. Looking Down MEMORY Lane TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. Vanessa Holt has returned to Portsmouth, Va., to take up her school work. A party composed of Messers Jno. T. Cromer, D. E. Schumpert, W. L. Glenn, M. M. Wilson and J. Milton Hendrix went to Charleston last Sun day morning and returned to New berry Monday night. The trip was made in Jno. T. Cromer’s Buick. Engagement of Popular Couple Announced The following formal announce ment will be of particular interest tp a large circle of friends of the con gratulating parties. Mrs. Orlando Benedict Mayer an-i nounce the engagement of her daugh ter, Harriet Rebecca, to Mr. William Rhodes Reid, Jr. The wedding will take place in October. Cotton was selling in Newberry on Monday at 23% cents. Five hundred names have been signed to the petition for an election to determine whether or not addition al bonds shall be issued for paving, and waterworks and sewerage. This is 60 over the required number. FREE SEEDLINGS By P. B. Ezell, County Agent At the last session of the State Leg islative provisions were made where by any landowner in South Carolina could obtain from the State Nursery at Sumter, South Carolin, as many as five thousand free seedlings to plant upon condition that the land- owner pay the freight and packing charges on the seedling which would amount to about fifty cents (50c) per thousand. If a landowner de sires more than 5,000 seedlings he may obtain these by paying $2.50 for each additional thousand of seedlings ordered. Application for these seedlings may be obtained in your County A- gent’s office or in the District For esters office located in the Exchange Bank building. Seedlings available are slash pine, loblolly pine, and long leaf pine. It is suggested that the farmers in Newberry county apply for the lob lolly pine as it grows better under conditions of this county. UNDERGOES TONSIL OPERATION Charles Harrell Clary, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Haygood Clary, who underwent a tonsil operation last week in the Newberry hospital, is at home now a nd is reported to be doing nicely. ABOUT TOWN JAMES LEAVELL “admiring” yard rakes at hardware store—TOM POPE back in the city and looking fine—MRS J. D. WICKER walking up the street with two boxes of Kleenex under her arm and someone wanting to know if she were having nose trouble—MRS. EDGAR HART shopping prior to Anna's: leaving for Converse College this week—CARO LINE COOK and JOYE THOMPSON prowling around Sunoffice and find ing they could use pieces of linotype metal for pencils—C. C. HUTTO slowly walking down College street —WILTON TODD and D. O. CAR PENTER standing in front of drug store on Main street conversing— BETTY BLEASE BAKER dolling herself up in new fall clothes before leaving for Converse College—WIL SON BROWN back with a clothing store after four years absence— MARY KESTER, who has been work ing in Washington over three years back in the city and enrolled at New berry College—“DUDE” EPTING getting mail and then standing on edge of sidewalk reading it—SGT. LUTHER AULL writes from Gsr- many that he expects to be home by Christmas—LIEUT. CALLIE BOYD PARR and aunt, MRS. RALPH BA KER greeting each other on Main street—MRS. W. G. GOGGINS and neice, JEAN MOORE enjoying cups of delicious looking ice cream—DOT ABRAMS walking up the street with ice cream in one hand and a coke in the other—TANT WICKER wearing a tube-rose on his cravat—CHARLES DUKES wheeling his friend JAMES CONNELLY about the city in his rolling chair—MRS. A T. NEELY with two bags of potato chips hurry ing home—MRS. JAMES C. KIN- ARD shopping for groceries with her market basket on her arm—MRS. C. C. DUNCAN saying she carried her “cooling system” with her, meaning her fan. Birthay anniversaries through Friday, September 21: Sedley Senn, son of Mr and Mrs. Tyrus Senn, Sept. 11; Wilton Todd, Sept. 17; Blanch Salter, Sept. 18; Miss Georgia Por ter, Sept. 19; Mrs. Danny Lambeth (Lucy Smith), Mrs. H. M. Boozer, Henry Burton Wells, and Mrs. John T. Cromer, Sept. 20; H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Eugene S. Blease and Margaret Harmon, Sept. 21st.