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4 *■**■*4 *****-*★* * KEEP FAITH With us—\ \bybuying\ WAR BONDS VOLUME 8; NUMBER 37 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1946 $1.00 PER ANNUM With THE BOYS In Service Pvt Bouknifrht Of Kinards Presumed Dead Mrs. Hattie Bouknight, of Kinards, has been informed by the war de partment that her son, Pvt. Clar- eraae O. Bouknight, was officially declared dead on December 14, 1945. He was the son of Mrs. J. B. Bouk night and the late J. B. Bouknight. Private Bouknight entered serv ice February 23, 1942, and received his training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. He saw service on Guadalcanal where he was reported missing on January 11, 1943 Survivors, in addition to his moth er, are four sisters, Mrs. Grace Har mon, Newberry; Miss Frances Bouk night, Kinards; Mrs. Bernice Ki- nard, Prosperity, and Mrs. Hattie Mae Martin, Kinards; five brothers, J. W. Bouknight, West Columbia; Horace and Earl Bouknight, New berry; Opl. Lewis Bouknight, United States army, Kansas City, and Le- Grande Bouknight, Kinards. Memorial services will be an nounced later WILLIAM BOYD (SOUPIE) CAMPBELL, Cox., arrived in New berry Sunday to be with his wife and their son, Billy, at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Camp bell, on Harington street, after re ceiving his discharge in Charleston Sunday morning. Cox. Campbell was in the Navy 18 months, 12 of which he spent on sea duty. SGT. WILLIAM C. (BILLY) ARMFIELD was recently promoted to the rank of sergeant from corpor al in Panama, where he has been sta tioned with the 74th Bomb Squadron since the first of August, 1945. Sergeant Armfield, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, has.been a mem ber of the Air Force 27 months, hav ing volunteered October 6, 1943. PFC. BOYCE BANKS, son of Pierce B. Banks of the county, land ed in San Francisco, Calif, around the first of December, and arrived at his home in Ninety-Six December 14th to be with his family. Pfe. Banks was in the service 26 months, 19 of which he spent in the Pacific as a member of the 5th Di vision of the Marine Corps. CPL. HEYWARD PELHAM land ed in the States on December 22nd and arived at the home of his mo ther, Mrs. W. E. Pelham on Harring ton street the 28th. Sergeant Pelham received his dis charge at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga., after three years and eight months in the service, 18 of which he ;?pent in the European theater with a Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment. SGT. BOB TODD, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Todd, 1604 Park View Court, was recently promoted to that rank from corporal in Panama, where he is stationed with the 43rd Fighter Squadron of the Air Forces’ ground crew. Sergeant Todd has been in the service about three years, and in Panama for the past 20 months. TISGT. ROBERT C. SMITH, of 1902 Main street, is one of 1,150 high-point Army and Navy veterans whom the Navy is returning to the States for discharge aboard the U. S. S. Gosper, which left Pearl Harbor December 30, and was scheduled to arrive in Seattle about January 6. T-5 WILLIAM L. McGILL, son of Mrs. Betty B. McGill, 1822 Main street, is on his way back to the United States for discharge. He was last on duty with the 4025th Signal Service Group, Base M. Luzon. Sergeant McGill was inducted in June, 1943, and has served overseas since October, 1944. LIEUT. COM. MALCOLM AB RAMS and Mrs. Abrams, the former Mildred Lominick and their daugh ter, Jackie, are visiting Commander Abrams’ parents in the Bush River community. Commander Abrams received his discharge fronv the Navy at Charles ton about two weeks ago after hav ing been in the service over three years. LIEUT. L. A. AULL, who received his discharge from the Army at Ft. Bragg, N. C., recently, has been on a three week’s visit with his wife, the former Helen Lominick, and their son, John Louis, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Lominick in Pomaria. Lieutenant and Mrs. Aull and John Louis left last week for Clifton, Ga., to make their home. He will resume his duties with the Soil Conservation, where he was employed prior to going into the service. T-3 W. D. HATTON, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Hatton of Po maria, landed in New York from the Pacific about two weeks ago, and arrived at his home in Pomaria last Wednesday after receiving his dis charge from the Army at Camp Gor don, Augusta, Ga. Sergeant Hatton was in the ser vice 30 months, 24 of which were silent in the Pacific area. He was stationed in Japan prior to sailing for the States, as a member of the 41st Division Medical Corps. ISt LIEUT. CALLIE B. PARR, JR., and Mrs. Parr are visiting in the home of Lieutenant Parr’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Parr, in the county. Lieutenant Parr is on terminal leave until January 22nd when he will receive his discharge from the Army at Fort Bragg, N. C. He re turned to the States last summer after serving in the European thea ter as a member of the 517th Para chute Infantry Regiment. He plans to resume his studies at Clemson, where he was a student prior to going into the service. THE FOLLOWING Newberry county boys were scheduled to land in the States at various ports the past week: PFC. LOUIS TEAGUE, Newberry; PFC. CARL SULTON, Little Mountain; T|5 JAMES E. NORRIS, Chappells; SGT. JESSE C. MONTS, Chapin; PVT. OSCAR L. DRIAR, Prosperity; T|5 HARVEY MILLS, Newberry. CPL. GORDON CLARKSON re ceived his honorable discharge from the Army recently a nd is now at his home on Mayer Avenue with his wife, the former Innis Mims and their daughter, Betty. He was in ducted into the Army in April 1944 and spent 13 months overseas with the Army Airways Communication System in the Pacific Corporal Clarkson was with AACS on Anguar and Pelelieu in the Pa- laus and Siapan in the Marianas as a crytographic technician. He han dled messages over the large AACS network in the Pacific. Awarded the Meritorious Service Unit Cita tion as a member of the 147th AACS Squadron, he also wears the World War II Victory ribbon and the Asia tic-Pacific theater ribbon with one Bronze star. Corporal Clarkson was associated with his brother in the insurance business in Newberry prior to going into the service. LIEUT. ROBERT PARKS, son of Mr and Mrs. R. G. Parks, arrived at his home on Nance street Wednes day. He landed in the States on January 4th and took part in the pa rade which was held in New York on January 12th. Lieutenant Parks went into service August 5, 1943, and left for overse-s duty August 18, 1944. He was sta tioned in the European theater as a member of the 501st Parachute In fantry, a part of the 101st Airborne Division. SPEED ORDERED ON DISCHARGES Washington, Jan. 16. — Army ground forces installations in this country were ordered today to get started at once on discharging all men with 45 .points or two and a half years service. They will be released “as fast as the separation centers can handle them,” the announcement said The ground forces said that “many eligible men will be out weeks and months earlier than the deadline. BLACK MART WAR LOOMS Washington, Jan. 16.—OPA, fear ing “tremendous pressure’ : on meat price ceilings as a result of the pack inghouse workers strike, today pro mised swift action against and black markets. The agency strengthened its en forcement staff as a retail meat deal- dealers spokesman warned that if the stoppage is in effect a week or ten days it will make wartime black markets “look like a Sunday School picinc’.’ LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER E. Bryan Keisler, pastor All regularly schedule services will be held next Sunday. The Sun day school begins at 10:30. The Service at which the pastor’s subject will be “More and Better Light” be gins at 11:30. At that service those who have recently been elected to membership on the Council will be installed. At the evening service which be gins at 7:30 the pastor will preach on, “Rain or Shine I’m on Time”, in continuation of his series of Sunday evening sermons entitled, “Sermons in Slogans.” The catechetical class meets each Saturday morning at 9:00 in the Boines room and continues for one hour, and one hour only. All those who contemplate confirmation on next Palm Sunday should attend. Others are cordially invited. At both services last Sunday the attendance was encouragingly large at each—more than twice as many present as on the previous Sunday which was rainy. A rather unusual series of Sunday evening services which is attracting considerable attention in Newberry is that by Rev. E. B. Keisler, pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeem er. He calls the series, “Sermons in Slogans’ and each Sunday evening he delivers a spiritual and timely mes sage based on some well known and usuable slogan employed in business or industry. Last Sunday evening it was, “The Pause That Refreshes.” This Sunday, he says, it wil be, “Rgin or Shine, I’m on Time.’’ Farmers Will Meet Here Manday 21st By P. B. Ezell, County Agent Newberry county farmers will hold their Annual Outlook and Fertilizer meeting at the Newberry county court house o n Monday, January 21 at 2:30 p. m. Representatives from Clemson Col lege Extension Service will present information obtained recently from conferences in Washington and State meetings. The very latest Outlook, Fertilizer, 1946 goals and AAA in formation will be explained in detail. Since the war is-over we must ad just our agriculture to a peace time economy. In order to plan intelli gently our years farming operation we certainly need to make use of all helpful information that is available. Both men a nd women are urged to make a special effort to attend this meeting. MACHINES WANTED FOR DIRT-MOVING Washington, Jan. 16.—Spokesmen for South Carolina and 30 other states petitioned Congress today to enact legislation making surplus dirt- moving and power machinery imme diately available for use by soil con servation districts. They particularly urged that the House Rules committee clear for ac tion the Poage bill, H. R. 538, which is similar to the McKellar Bill, S. 1414, already passed by the Senate. Each makes available to the secre tary of agriculture such heavy ma chinery as can be used in soil con servation work. AUTO INSPECTION DELAY IS SOUGHT Columbia, Jan. 16.—Highway in spection of motor vehicles on South Carolina’s roads, abandoned during the war, will be further postponed if the house adopts a report of its roads, bridges, and feries committee. The committee gave a majority fa vorable report today to a eoncu-rent resolution by Rep. Richard Palmer of Florence and others that would di rect the highway department to postpone enforcement of the inspec tion law until March 1, 1947. Enforcement of the law is to be resumed March 1 of this year under terms of the legislative directive that supended it three years ago. BRADFORD SCORES BUDGET TACTICS Columbia, Jan. 16.—The state bud get commission of which he was one of the original members after its cre ation in 1919 was sharply criticised today by Representative Bradford of York in a prepared speech before the house. Speaking on the general appropri ations bill on which the house opened debate, Bradford said the budget commission, made up of the governor and senate finance and ways and means committee chairmen, was not in keeping v/ith “our democratic form of government Not in Constitution “No one can point out in the con stitution a clause x x x which au thorized the gove-nor to assist in making up the general appropriations bill.” Yet, Bradford said, by his mem bership on the budget commission which makes recommendations to the ways and means comittee and the legislature in general, the governor “for the last quarter of a century xxx has been doing that very thing. “If we are to retain the budget commission, the governor should pot be a member, xxx ' “To my way of thinking the peo ple of South Carolina are fortunate that Senator Edgar A. Brown is a member of the comission (as senate finance committee chairman.) “He stands for the things he thinks are right and in the public interest. Lump Sums Criticized “The ways and means committee (of which Bradford is a member) ac cepts, largely on faith, the recom mendations of the budget commis sion. Somewhere down the line changes are made in the bill (as pre pared by the committee) after it has been approved by the committee but before it is received in the house. “The practice, pot an innovation in this year’s bill, was born in selfish ness and if continued is apt to lead to corruption.” Bradford also objected to lump sum appropriations in the general appro priations bill, and all items should be specified in the bill. U. D. C. WILL SPONSOR LEE-.IACKSON PROGRAM The United Daughters of the Con federacy will sponsor a Lee-Jackson program at the high school at 11:30 o’clock on Monday, January 21. The public is most cordially invited to attend this meeting. H. N. WALLACE HEADS MARCH OF DIMES The Junior Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the drive to secure funds for the fight against infantile paralysis and H. N. Wallace has been made chairman of the March of Dimes for Newberry county. LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST Mr. and Mrs. Ellebre Pelham and daughter, Charlotte, of Morehead City, N. C., are spending a while jn the home of Mr. Pelham’s mother, Mrs. W. E. Pelham on Harrington street. Mrs. Troy Rogers spent a few days last week in Spartanburg with her parents, Mr and Mrs. G. W. Sanders. Mrs. Thomas II. Pope has return ed to her home on Calhoun street after a visit with her sisters in Charleston and Columbia. Mrs. Daisy B. Denning has pur chased the Joe Wertz house on Nance street and will move there when it is ’vacated, Mrs. O. O. Copeland and sister, Mrs. Jack Shealy of Clinton spent Monday in Columbia on business. Miss Marjorie Young of Whitmire was a business visitor in the city over the weekend. Miss Lillie Mae Workman of Chap pells was in the city on business a few days ago. Miss Margaret Kibler of Columbia spent the weekend here with her mo ther, Mr. J. J. Kibler. Miss Mary Johnson of Columbia spent the weekend here with her mo ther, Mrs. Duncan Johnson, on Boun dary street. Dr. E. H. Kibler left Wednesday for Bradenton, Florida where he will spend a couple of weeks fishing and hunting. NEWBERRIANS ATTEND GEN ERAL MOTORS CLUB BAN QUET IN COLUMBIA Newberrians who attended the ban quet given by the General Motors’ Club of South Carolina, which was held in the Crystal room of the Co lumbia Hotel at 7 o’clock Thursday evening were, T. E. Davis, Chevrolet and Buick dealer,-who invited as his guests Luther Aull, Wilton Todd and W. F. Rutherford. Dave L. Hayes, Pontiac dealer had as his guests E. B. Purcell, D O. Carpenter, Thomas H. Pope and George K. Dominick. James Henry Davis and Heyward Davis, Oldsmobile dealers, invited J. W. Earhardt, Jr. arid John F. Clark son to be their guests. Claude C. Smith, Frigidaire dealer, had as guests, Dr. James C. Kinard, Ralph Baker, Dave Caldwell and A. P. Salley. J. L. KEITT NAMED ASSISTANT MANAGER OF LOCAL BANK Joe L. Keitt was named assistant manager of the local South Carolina Bank at a meeting of the directors of the bank held recently in Charles ton. A. Pickens Salley was reelected manager and John T. Norris was re elected as assistant manager of the local branch of the bank. H. O’DELL HARMON TO SPEAK TO LIONS TUESDAY District Governor H. O’Dell Har mon, of Lexington, will be the offi cial guest of Newberry Lions club, and will be speaker to the club at the meeting to be held Tuesday even ing at 7:30 o’clock at the Newberry Hotel. THE INQUIRING REPORTER Question: “Do You Favor the Four Billion Dollar Loan to Great Brit ain”? Tabor L. Hill, Tax Collector: “For purely altruistic purposes this loan may prove successful, but judg ing from practical purposes, and past experience with Great Brit ain’s loans, I deem this loan a grift of the taxpayers of our nation. How ever, if this loan could be secured by airfields constructed by our money and labor, then I deem it a prctical loan, otherwise not. J. D. “Taut’’ Wicker, Collector: “No!” C. D. “Pete” Coleman, Oil Dealer: “I think they ought to cut it in half, or have more collateral besides an agreement, or take over some of their processions in the Pacific.” Sam Cook, Merchant: “No, I don’t, because I think it would be a gift just as the other loans have been in the past. In oth er words, I wouldn’t loan money to anyone that I knew wouldn’t pay it back, and this is the same situation.” Kirby Lominack, Salesman: “No, I am not in favor of it.” C. E. Hendrix, Supt. of Education: “No. If it is to be a loan it would be all right, but it would woi’k itself into a gift of grant and tax payers would have to pay the bill.” Sloan Chapman, Lumber Manufac turer: “I think we are going to have to help those people some way to reha- biliate them.” Another Lot of Vets Wont Jobs Locally , The Newberry Office of the U. S. i Employment Service has released the qualifications of five more vet erans who are desirous of obtaining jobs here: About 11 years ago applicant No- 6 left school in his senior year at high school and went to work in one of the local textile plants. Tiring of , this he joined the Army for 3 years and later enlisted in the Navy, serv ing 8 years. While in the Army he was a musician and played the French horn in an army band. In the Navy he was first a radio opera tor and later chief radio technician, supervising the maintenance and in stallation of radio, radar and under water sound gear on all types of ships. He is interested in getting some kind of job in the electrical field as he has had courses in the Navy a s electrical and radio theory. This veteran has a talent for meeting people pleasantly and would also be interested in work as salesman. Applicant No. 7 wants construc tion work because his civilian and army experience have been along this line. During his 35 months in the service he operated all kinds of earth moving machinery such as graders, scrapers, bulldozers, angle doziers. Before going into the ser vice he operated a shovel and drove trucks for various construction com panies. He was brought up on a farm in Newberry county and com pleted the country school near his home. Applicant No. 8 is anxious for ap prentice training in automobile me chanics at a local garage because he repaired trucks in the Navy, having a rating of machinist mate 3|c. Be fore going into the service he operat ed a machine in a cotton textile plant but he now desires to enter automo bile repair field of work, i Applicant No. 9 was a section lead er on light mortars while in the Ar my and for eight months was a Ger man prisoner of war. For three years before his’ Army service he was a display, man for a large soap company and arranged displays in store windows. He cannot return to his old job because the job has been discontinued by the company. Applicant No. 10 attended New- bery High school for several years and for nearly three years was a surgical technician in the Army. Be. foye going into the service he worked as salesclerk in a drug store. He states he is not particular about what kind of work he does and will accept any job that pays a fair salary. Any employers who a re interested in employing any of the above vet erans are requested to call at the Employment Office or phone 122. RAISING OF DRAFT AGE IS PROPOSED Washington, Jan. 16.—Senator Ed win C. Johnson, (D., Colo.), today proposed that the draft age be rais ed to provide relief for overseas vet erans and end the demobilization slowdown. Acting Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall promptly endorsed the sug gestion as “sound,” but pointed out that draft regulations are controlled by selective service and not the War Department. Johnson’s Senate Military Affairs subcommittee on demobilization sum moned draft Director Lewis B. Her- shey to appear Friday and discuss the possibility of raising the draft age and lowering physical require ments. The selective service law au thorizes drafting of men 18 to 45, but calls now are confined to youths 18 through 25. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, army chief of staff, testifies before the subcommittee tomorrow on the de mobilization slowdown. His views will be sought on the draft age pro posal. He told members of Congress Tuesday that one of the reasons for the demobilization slowdown was failure of selective service to supply the army’s requested quota of 50,800 selectees a month. Selective service said the biggest reason for failure to fill the quotas was the army’s physical standard. Johnson, who suggested that low er physical requirements would per mit extensive use of limited service men overseas, said “a man with flat feet would make a good military po liceman.” He also said that, for oc cupation duties, the Army needs “ma ture minds worse than healthy J8. year-olds.” SOUTHERN AIRWAYS IN LINE TO OPERATE ROUTE IN S. C. The Civil Aeronautics Board has been recommended that Southern Aif- was of Birmingham be chosen for operating over local routes in South Carolina, Georgia, Floriad, Alabama, and Mississippi, it was learned yes terday. The recommendation was made" by counsel representing the public interest Three routes were proposed, one of which would serve South Carolina from an Atlanta terminal, connect ing with other proposed Southern routes. Services in this state would include Anderson, Greenville, Spar tanburg, Greenwood, Columbia, Sum ter, Florence, Georgetown, and Charleston. OFFICERS ELIGIBLE FOR PEACE ARMY Army officers, warrant officers and flight officers honorably dis charged since last May 12 now are eligible to enlist in the peacetime Army as master or first sergeants, Fourth Service Command with head quarters in Atlanta, Ga. announced today. Prior to this, explained Major Harry O. Smith, who heads the Com mand’s recruiting campaign, only those officers discharged since last November 1 were eligible to reen list as “top kicks”. These officers have until January 31 to reenljst, while any officers discharged after this date must reenlist within 20 days after the end of their terminal leave. “If any of these men resnlist and then apply for a regular Army com mission and a re accepted,” the major adds, “they will be honorably dis charged to accept the commission.” DR. F. A. TRUETT OPENS DENIS- TRY OFFICE IN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING Dr. F. A. Truett, who has been in the service for the past four and one-half years, two and one-half of which he spent overseas in Italy and Africa, has opened an office for the practice of dentistry in the Exchange building. Dr. Truett, formerly of Alber- marle, N. C., practiced denistry in Mullins, S. C. prior to volunteering his services to his country. His wife and daughter will move to Newberry as soon as living quarters are avail able. 9,000 BALLOONS AI||ED AT U. S. Japanese Had To Discontinue Of fensive in March, 1945, As Supply Ran Out Tokyo, Jan. 15—The Japanese launched 9,000 bomb-carrying bal loons against the United States be tween mid-1942 and March, 1945, the Allied headquarters intelligence sec tion revealed today. The launchings ceased in March, 1945, when the supply of balloons was exhausted. About 200 balloons were released in February and March of 1944, the report said, but from November 3, 1944, until March, 1945, six months before she surrendered, the Japanese loosed about 150 into the substratos phere daily. Most of the balloons canried four incendiary bombs, one anti-person nel bomb, and a flash-bomb to de stroy the balloon itself. The Japanese estimated that 10 per cent of the balloon-bomb_s— about 900—made the trip “effective ly,” American intelligence reports revealed, but U. S. intllignc offi cers said this was an “optimistic” guess. (Latest figures available in San Francisco showed that 225 of the balloons are known to have reached the Aanerican continent.) The Japanese originally planned to release the explosive-laden bal loons from submarines off the west coast of the United States, the re port said, but were forced to revise their plans because they lacked the seapower to penetrate continental waters. As a result, the balloons were launched from three points on the northwest coast of Japan and reach ed the United States in from 30 to 100 hours, depending on weather conditions. The persons who launch ed the bomb-carriers followed their course by means of automatic radio signals sent by equipment carried on the weapons, the reports said. Meteorological data was studied closely in order to prevent the bal loons from either drifting back oyer Japan or falling on Russian terri tory. The first balloons were launched shortly after Lt. Gen. James Doo little’s daring carrier-based B-25’s raided Tokyo April 18, 1942 although the Japanese had conducted some earlier experiments, the report said. Most of the balloons landed harm- Isesly on the Pacific coast in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon. Montana and California, although at least one landed in Michigan arid another in Texas. FASHION DESIGNER TERMS ACTRESSES POOR DRESSERS Hollywood, Ja nl6. — Hollywood actresses a re poorly dressed because “they aren’t old enough to b chic,” Fashion Designer Orry-Kelly said re cently. A woman must live a long time before she becomes clothes conscious “in the real style sense,” th fashion expert said. Moreover, screen actresses assem ble their wardrobes like “amateur cooks who toss everything into one kettle and produce a stew.’’ He added: “In the sent e of high style, which characterizes certain ladies in Paris, Londno, and New York, there is no movie personality who can he con sidered smartly turned out. “Take June Allyson, for instance, running around in public with a ban danna tied over her head and slacks slapping around her legs. “Even that complete non-fashion able attitude is better to me than being under-dressed or half over dressed—or bot hat the same time.” COTTON CEILING ROUNDLY SCORED Washington, Jan. 15—Proposed ceiling prices on raw cotton were de scribed as “utterly ridiculous” and “absurd” by cotton states congress men today, many predicting they will never became effective. Senator Hoey (D.,N.C.) said in an interview that conferences be tween OPA Administrator Chester Bowles and congressmen indicated that OPA’? announcement yesterday of proposed ceilings would not ma terialize because there would be no necessity for such ceilings when the cotton was sold. “Cotton price ceilings are absurd anyhow,” he added “The cost of cotton is such a small, inconse quential part of the finished gar ment, and there has been no infla tion. Actually, raw cotton is one- eighth of the cost of a garment.” Said Maybank (D.,S.C.): “Cotton ceilnigs are utterly ridic ulous. I know because I’ve been working with cotton all my life.” “If OPA insists on cotton eelings, I will as a member of the Senate Appropriations committee offer an amendment which will deny OPA a single cent with wshich to enforce such ceilings, and I have the assur ance of the help of other senators in putting through such an amend ment.” Senator Bankhead (D.,Ala.) con tended the proposed ceilings appear ed to be part of a plan “to carry out the views of the Secretary of Agri culture that while the price of many western agricultural commodities should be increased, the price of cot ton should be decreased.” He called the proposal as “unjustified” and “absurd.” He accused the Commodity Credit corporation of “dumping very large quantities” of government - owned cotton on the market, which hfe said “naturally tends to depress the price.” Bankhead reiterated belief that cotton clothing prices should he re duced. He described current retail levels as “a national disgrace.” PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL Mr. J. H. Bedenbaugh, route 3. Mrs. Ada C. Paysinger, Saluda. Richard Harmon, 1803 Piedmont Mr. J. R. Hall, route 3. Mr. Virgil Ellis Shealy. Mrs. J. H. Wicker, route 1, Whit mire. Mr. Rufus Jackson Minor, 508 Langford street. Mrs. Leila Lindler, Chapin. Mrs. Estelle Boland, route 3, Bates- burg. Mrs. Wilie Mae Bolick, Kinards. Mrs. Matilda Crooks and baby boy, Pomaria. Mrs. Jennie Mae Outzs and baby girl, 812 Crosson stfeet. Mrs. Annie Lee Kibler, 1326 Pearl street. Mrs. Leon Harmon, Kinards. Mrs. Angie Lominack, route 1. Mrs. Dorothy Davis and baby girl, 2603 Fair Ave. Mrs. Virginia Livingston and baby girl, Pomaria. Bobby. Gene Martin, Whitmire. William J. Leitzsey, route 3, Po maria. Mrs. J; A. Amick, route 4. ABOUT TOWN Small boys out of school early Wednesday and having a big time sliding on the icy sidewalks—J. D. TAYLOR recently out after a seige of flu and having his income tax made out—H. O. LONG, Silver-street, walking down College street slinging a rubber boot in his hand—MRS. H. K. BOYD looking in grocery store window at spring onions and “drool ing’—Someone calling Treasurer Ray Dawkins “Baby Ray” and Mr. Dawkins wishing he could go back to his baby days—D. C. SPEARMAN busy working on his income tax— HERMAN WRIGHT taking in thea ter show Tuesday aftemon—HAR RIETT and NELL HARMON pur chasing a couple pairs of nylon hose —JAMES SMITH, JR. proudly tell ing about a shirt he was lucky enough to buy—MRS. ROBERT O’DELL working in the M System store and giving super service — ROBERT PARKS out again on the street af ter recent illness—MRS. ROBERT D. WRIGHT out in the had weather Wednesday mornig with head cov ered with an attractive pink shawl— Little BETTY CLARKSON, daugh ter of MR. and MRS. GORDON CLARKSON, improving nicely after recent illness—MRS. P. E. WAY finally getting a telephone installed in her home after trying so long— PERRY WICKER telling about find ing a dead eat in a car he was work ing on the other day — MARY WHEELER and MRS. RUTH MATHIS tipping over ice on the streets—Birthday anniversaries thru Friday, January 25th: Lonnie Clifton Graham, Jan. 19; Charlie Bowers and John Donald Rook, Jan. 20; Warren Abrams, Eva James Davis and La mar Neville, Jan. 21; P. D. Dawkins, Jan. 22; T. H. Longshore, Jan. 23; Mrs. J. C. Price, Jan. 24; Mrs. James R. Clary and Bobby Lou Addy, Jan. 25 th.