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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1946
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With THE
BOYS In Service
CPL. FRANK B. SLIGH, Route ‘ ,
Newberry, was honorably separated
from the Armed Fodces at Camp
Butner, N. C. March 22, after serving
nearly two years with ten months
and 12 days overseas service, where
he took part in the battles of Rhine
land and Central Europe. He is en
titled to wear the European-African
Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with
two Battle Stars, the World War II
Vicory Medal besides the Purple
Heart.
M-SGT. RALPH FELLERS, sta
tioned at Fort Benning, Ga., spent
the weekend here with his mother,
Mrs. H. C. Fellers on College street
separated from the Armed Forces
at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga., Fri
day, March 15th, and holds the Am
erican Theater Ribbon and the
World War II Victory Medal.
CPL. WILMER M. HITE, Pros
perity, was honorably separated
from the Army at +he Camp Gordon
Separation Center, Sunday, March
17th. He was called into the service
on April 10, 1943, and served over
seas two years and five months. He
holds the EAMET Service, the
Good Conduct Medals.
GPL. CLYDE MARTIN', Colored,
who was recently discharged from
the army after over three years ser
vice, seven months of which was
spent in the Philippines with the Air
Corps, is now back on the job as jani
tor at the Exchange Bank Building
where he was employed prior to en
tering the service.
PFC. WILLIAM E. MARTIN,
route 1, Prosperity, was honorably
discharged from the armed forces at
the Camp Gordon Separation Center
on March 13 after over three years
in the service. He is entitled to
wear the Meritorious Unit award,
the American Theater service rib
bon, besides the Good Conduct and
World War II Victor ymedals.
FLOYD S. MILLS, S2-c, route 1,
Newberry, received his discharge at
the Naval Separation Center in
Charleston on March 22. He volun
teered for the Navy on December 22,
1944, and holds the American Area
Campaign and World War II Vic
tory medals.
CECIL FLOYD LEOPARD, Sl-c,
716 Wright street, was discharged
from the Navy at the Charleston
Separation Center, March 21. He
voluntered for the service on Aug
ust 23, 1943, and holds the Ameri
can Area Campaign Medal, the Asia
tic-Pacific medal with nine stars,
the Philippine Liberation ribbon
with two stars and the Victory med
al.
JOSEPH LEE BOOZER, JR., Cox
swain, 1122 Hunt street, who volun
teered for the Navy on January 5,
1943, received an honorable dis
charge from the service at the
Charleston Separation Center on
March 21. He is entitled to wear
the American Area Campaign med
al, the Asiatic-Pacific medal with
one star, the Good Conduct and
world War II Victory medals.
CPL. JAMES W. MORRIS, Little
Mountain, was separated from the
army at Camp Gordon, Saturday,
March 16. after being a member of
the service since August 7, 1942.
He served overseas one year and
two months, and holds the World
War II Victory Medal, the American
Theater Ribbon, the APT Service
and Good Conduct Medals.
Newberry Mills Sold
To Eastern Interests
Controlling interest in the New
berry Cotton Mill was sold here
Friday by a committee representing
a large majority of the stockholders
to M. M. Olairmont of New York
City. The price per share has not
been publicly announced but it is
reported that it is in the neighbor
hood of two and a half times the par
value.
Mr. Clairmont is an experienced
textile operator and already owns
controlling interest in a textile mill
in Georgia.
The Newberry Cotton Mill began
operation in 1884 and was organized
under a legislative charter, granted
in 1882. The organized capital
stock of around $300000 was after
wards increased to $500,000 and la
ter increased to $1,000,000. A large
majority of the stock is owned by
people residing in Newberry county.
No one person has ever had the
control of a majority of the stock.
The Newberry Cotton Mill is an
old established institution of New
berry and most of its employees
were born in Newberry and New
berry county, Saluda and Lexington
counties. Many of the present em
ployees are grandchildren of the
first employees.
R. L. McCaughrin was the prime
mover in the organization of the
mill and continued to be president
until his death. He was succeeded
by T. J. McCrary and upon his
death, Z. F. Wright was elected
president and has continued to serve
as such until the present time, dur
ing a period of about foi’ty years.
During only a few years has the
mill failed to pay a dividend to its
stockholders. In recent yeai-s it has
consistently paid at least six per
cent per annum.
The present board of directors is
composed of Mr. Wright, Z. F. Wil
son, Albert J. McCaughrin, a grand
son of the founder, Dr. S. J. Der
rick, Dr. R. W. Houseal, W. ^gloan
Chapuran, Frank L. Bynum and A. J.
Bowers, Jr.
The new management will assume
charge at an early date. The rela
tionship between management and
operatives has been unusually pleas
ant. The mill village is one of the
best in this section. Located in its
midst are three progressive church
organizations, representing the
Methodist, Lutheran and Baptist
denominations. The West End
school also is located in the village
and is connected with the Newberry
City School system. The village also
boasts a lovely park and a modern
and well equipped club house.
While many of the people of New
berry regret to see the mill pass be
yond local control they will extend a
hearty welcome to the new owner.
Rotary Observes
Ladies’ Night 15th
With about seventy-five Robari-
ans, Rotary-Anns and guests in at
tendance, Ladies’ Night was ob
served by he Newtberry Rotary
Club on Friday evening, the 15th,
at the Legion Hut.
The meeting was opened by Presi
dent Frank Sutton, after which Ro-
tarian Hal Kohn, in his inimitable
manner, acted as toastmaster and
kept things going at a rapid clip.
Rotarian Aubrey Estes, official
“hiymn-h’ister,” led the singing and
proved himself to be quite an artist
in this line.
An interesting program, arranged
by Rotarian Dudley French and his
co-workers on the program commit
tee, consisting of contests and draw
ings, was thoroughly enjoyed.
A sumptuous dinner, consisting of
turkey and “trimmins” was served
by the American Legion Auxiliary—
which means that it was “tops.”
All in all, this occasion was gen
erally acclaimed as one of the best
of its kind ever given by the New
berry Rotary Club.
Harry W. Dominick
F ord-Greenwold
SGT. ERVIN DERRICK, Clinton,
formerly of Little Mountain, who
went in the service on May 26, 1943,
received an honorable discharge at
the Camp Shelby, Miss., Separation
Center on March 18th. He served
eight months and thirteen days over
seas and participated in the battle
of Ryukvus. He was awarded the
ATO, APTO, Good Conduct and
World War II Victory Medals.
SGT. GEO. R. OWENS, arrived in
Newberry Wednesday from Fort
Bliss, Texas on an emergency fur
lough to attend the funeral sendees
of his grandmother, Mrs. Mattie D.
Owens of Clinton.
Sergeant Owens landed in Augus
ta, Ga., by plane, covering the dis
tance from El Pasbr Texas to Aug
usta in five hours. The pilot had
trouble on his first take off and had
to return to the field after 75 miles
out.
When they finally landed in Geor
gia, a warm reception awaited them.
Sergeant Owens is now visiting
his mother, Mrs. Inez Owens Mc-
cary in the Hartford community.
1ST LT. MARVIN E. ABRAMS,.
son of Senator and Mrs. Marvin E.
Abrams, Whitmire, is now on ter
minal leave until May 15th when he
will be officially separated from
the Armed Forces at the Fort B.-agg,
N. C. Separation Center. Lieuten
ant Abrams entered the service on
December 3, 1943, and spent one
year and four months overseas
where he participated in the battles
of Northern F r a n,c e, Ardennes,
Rhineland and Central Europe. He
was awarded the World War II Vic
tory Medal, the EAMET Ribbon be
sides the American Theater Ribbon
and the Bronze Star Medal.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Ford, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ford of
Newberry and Alfred Dallas Green-
wold of Chicago, 111., were married
Tuesday, February 5th in the St.
Peters hurch, Columbia. The Rev.
Maurice V. Shean (performed the
ceremony in the presence of relatives
and a few close friends.
The bride was charming in a
powder blue suit with which she
wore black accessories, and an orch
id shoulder corsage.
Miss Mary Rose Francis, a school
mate of the bride’s while attending
Winthrop College, was bridesmaid,
and Robert Underwood, Seaman
First Class acted as best man.
Immediately after the ceremony, a
dinner was given for the bride and
groom by the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ford at the Wade Hamp
ton Hotel, Columbia.
Mrs. Greenwold received her edu
cation in the schools of_Newberry,
and Winthrop college.
Mr. Greenwold, son of Mrs. Agnes
G. Shute of Chicago, 111., is a
graduate of John’s Military Acad
emy and Loyola University in Illi
nois. He spent six months overseas
in France as a member of the 26th
Infantry, attached to the Third
Army. He is now attending law
school at Loyola University, Chica
go, Illinois, where the young couple
are making their home.
iwo Tima flag raising
The 14th of March marked the
first anniversary of the formal flag
rasing on Iwo Jima, concluding one
of the bitteres t Pacific engagements.
Iwo Jima, ti desolate pile of rocks
and volcanic ash, was the island the
Japs were positive would not fall
The battle for * 1 Iwo and its flag rais
ing have been inked into the history
books as highlights in the Pacific
war. The famous raising picture,
“shot” atop Mount Suribachi while
fighting still raged at fever pitch,
has become a legendary symbol to
both the Marine Corps and the Am
erican people.
The official flag raising which
took place March 14 did not, however-,
mark the end of fighting. Far from
it. It was after this event that Ma
rines began the arduous task of
flushing Japs from honey-combed
caves, going into exterminate the
enemy one by one. •
The flag raising marked the es
tablishment of victory in the cam
paign credited with breaking the
back of Japanese resistance.
Benefit Payments
Down In February
Benefits paid by the South Caro
line Unemployment Compensation
Commission during February totaled
$109,196, a decline of $23,509 under
disbursements for January, a state
ment issued by the agency revealed.
The commission explained that while
the decline was appreciable, it was
mainly due to the fact that Febru
ary was a short month.
The commission had not completed
the compilation of payments to vet
erans under the Readjustment Al
lowance Act for February.
Initial claims filed by unemploy
ed workers under the unemployment
compensation law totaled 3,815, as
compared with 3,478 in January. The
statement showed that during Feb
ruary claimants were compensated
for 7,745 weeks of unemployment
compensation, as compared with 9,-
400 weeks in January.
Draft Board Lists
New Dischargees
White:
Willie Livingston Snipes
George Harold Rithardson
Ervin Sease Derrick
Columbus Franklin Plyler
Marvin E. Abrams, Jr.
Clyde Irvin Baker
Wilmer M. Hite
James L. Lipscomb
William C. Whatley
Herbert Wilson Brown
Willie Dunn Suber
Judge Ray Tankersley
Floyd Simpson Mills
Vibgil O’Neal Richardson
Elbert Morris
Frank Bunyan Sligh
George Edward Nelson
Harry Francis Crouch
Kade Adrian Cousins
James Alvin Brown
Paul Hamilton Cousins
Willie Edward Stuck
Lewis Ira Blalock
Joseph Lee Boozer, Jr.
Cecil Floyd Leopard
Hillard Thomas Gaffney
Eldred B. Amick
Colored
Robert Lee Chapman
Robert Leroy Sligh
Fred Moon, Jr.
John Melvin Byrd
George H Suber, Jr.
Fred Benjamin Pratt, Jr.
James Clarence Crosson
William Vanlue, Jr.
Hasker Boozer
Roland Gregory
Freddie Lee Williams
David Lee Sanders
Henry Lee Moon
Claude Adams
Alfonso Epps
Johnnie Walter Wright
Wilson-Wicker
Mss Dorothy Virgina Wilson and
Mr. George Maffett W^ker wre
married in the residence of the
officiating minister, the Rev. J. B.
Harman, 1004 Boundary street on
M[arch 27, in the presence of several
relatives and friends. The ring cere
mony was used.
Mrs. Wicker is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George C. Wilson of the St,
Lukes community. She is a graduate
of the Stoney Hill high school and
has been employed in the Newberry
Manufacturing company.
Mr. Wicker, son of Mr. George K.
Wicker of the St. Phillips commun
ity and the late Mrs. Lula Halfacre,
is a graduate of the St. Phillips
school and is engaged in farming in
that community where they will
make their home.
M. K. Wicker, who has been a pa
tient at Duke, returned home Thurs
day and is reported doing nicely.
Bailey Bros. Circus
Will Open Here
Friday, April 5th
Circus Days are here again—and
children of all ages rejoice in the
announcement that the great Bailey
Bros. Circus—that grand old show,
of the world of “Big Tops’ will stage
its opening performances of the 1946
tour here on the American Legion
Fair grounds during the coming
week. The first show will be stag
ed on Friday night, April 5, at 8:15
p. m., followed by two performances
on the following day, Saturday,
April 6 with a matinee at 2:30 p. m.
and a night show at 8:30 p. m.
Mayor David L. Hayes has been
invited to act as honorary ringmas
ter at the first performance on Fri
day night and delegations fpom the
local ^American Legion Post and the
Chamber of Commerce will attend
during the two days engagement.
Following its local engagement,
the Bailey Bros. Circus will leave
Sunday morning April 7 for Ashe
ville, N. C., its first stop on a road
tour that will visit twelve states and
an esimated mileage on the season
of some 12.000 miles before return
ing here late in November to go into
local winter quarters.
During the past winter months,
General Manager Bob Stevens has
greatly enlarged and practically re
built the entire equipment so that
the show will be all new except the
old established title. New acts have
been engaged and the feature of the
big show program will be Rudy
Rudynoff, and his troupe with Erna
and Rudy, Jr., presenting his Ara
bian dancing stallions, for many
years a headliner with the Ringling
Bros, and Barnum and Bailey Cir
cus. Rudy, Jr., will also present the
famous Bailey Bros, liberty horses
and is the worlds youngest horse
trainer.
Other outstanding arenic stars
will be Dolly Jacobs, famous lady
wild animal trainer and her herd of
performing elephants; Capt. Johnny
Pringle’s canine revue; the Hender
son Trio; La Blonde aerial troupe;
the Riding Hartzoffs, bareback rid
ers; Bert and Crrine Dearo; the
Great Ernesto, King Reynolds, wiz
ard of the high wire; the Flying Nel
sons, Captain Engerer and his fight
ing Nubian lions; twenty funny
clowns, acrobats, trapeze artists, an
aerial ballet and other features.
Tanit Ikao, world famous lady
hypnotic fakir, from Calcutta, India,
will make her American debut as
the extra added feature act. Her
hypnotic conbeol of lions, crocodiles,
and pythons is an act that has no
equal in the outdoor amusement
world.
Rehearsals are now in progress at
the Bailey Bros. Circus winter quar
ters out at the Fair grounds and
showfolks from all over the coun
try are mobilizing for the annual
tour with new arrivals checking in
daily.
Cotton Ginning Report
Census report shows that 15,846
bales of cotton were ginned in New
berry County from the crop of 1945
as compared with 15,632 bales for
the crop of 1944.
Mrs. Mary M. Blease
News has been received in New
berry of the 'death of Mrs. Mary M.
Blease, widow of Harry H. Blease,
who died the past Friday at her
home in Waynesboro, Va. Funeral
services were held in Waynesboro
on Saturday. .
Mr. Blease died in 1921 and their
only son, Marion Blease died in 1926.
Mrs. Blease had many friends and
relatives here who regret to learn
of her passing. She was well-known
and loved throughout the communi
ty, being prominently connected with
the Lutheran church.
TO THE FAITHFUL
The Latin phrase “Fideli Certa
Merces”, which is inscribed on Ma-
rine discharge papers, was first used
in 1841. It was discontinued some
time before the First World War
and reinstated in 1939. The phrase
means “To the faithful, reward is
certain.”
GEORGE EDWARD TYSON, IV
Mr. and Mrs. George" Edward Ty
son, III, announce the. birth of a
son, George Edward Tyson, IV, born
at the Newberry Hospital, Tuesday,
March 26. Mrs. Tyson is the for
mer Margaret Welborn, College St.
KINtrS CREEK SERVICES
Preaching services will be held
in the Kings Creek A. R. P. church
Sunday afternoon, March 31 at 3:00
p. m. This fifth Sunday service
will take the place of the regular
service that would have taken place
on the first Sunday in April, at
which time the pastor will be attend
ing a Young People’s group meeting.
PREACHERS IN COLUMBIA
Dr. J. W. Carson preached in the
Columbia A. R. P. church Wednes
day evening and presided at the mod
eration of a call for a pastor. The
call was made out for the Rev.
Charles E. Edwards of Louisville,
Ky. Mr. Edwards will succeed Dr.
R. C. Batts as pastor of this large
and influential church.
Building Permits $84,000
Since First of The Year
New building and repair permits
totaling approximately 84 thousand
dollars have been issued the follow
ing since the first of January, ac
cording to Building Inspector Sam
Beam:
For new constructions:
Ralph B. Baker for brick building
on comer of McKibben and Harring
ton streets; E. L. Lowie, Farmer’s
Ice and Fuel Company, one story
building to be constructed of brick
and cement blocks on Drayton
street; E. J. Williams (colored), tv/o
room wood frame dwelling on Gil
der street; Hamm and Morris, store
building to be constructed of brick
and cement blocks on Caldwell
street; Walter Regney, ten room
dwelling of brick veneer on John
stone street; Hope Wilson five room
brick a nd wood dwelling on Calhoun
street; Henry and Ida Mae Mills, five
room wood frame dwelling on Pearl
street; Foster Spotts 40 by 75 feet
warehouse building on Harris street;
R. H. Ruff, 68 by 106 building con
structed of concrete blocks on Cald
well street.
The new building permits totals
Garden & Conserve
Food Goal For 1946
Clemson, Mar. 25.—Garden and
conserve to save what we’ve won is
the keynote of the 1946 victory gar
den program. Because the food
shortage in Europe and Asia has de
veloped into an international crisis
far worse than was indicated three
months ago, drastic measures are
being taken by our government.
Every citizen must help prevent
mass starvation in the rest of the
world. In this emergency it is the
duty of every American family to (1)
cut food waste, eat less wheat pro-
duts, fats, and oils and substitute
foods that are plentiful; (2) pro
duce) and preserve food at home by
raising victory gardens.
Victory gardens this year will
help in feeding strving people
abroad and assuring adequate sup
plies here at home. Last year’s 18,-
400,000 home gardens turned out
tremendous quantities of vegetables
and fruits. The goal for 1946 must
be even better if possible.
President Truman says, “The ur
gent need for food from this country
emphasizes the importance of con-
einued effort to add to our total
food supply this year. A continu
ing program of gardening will be of
great benefit to our people.”
In view of the worldwide shortage,
the Secretary of Agriculture has
planned a National Garden Confer
ence, March 26-28, in Washington,
D. C., so that national garden lead
ers may plan a unified garden pro
gram for the national welfare.
VFW Meets Tonight
H. B. Cook, Adjutant of Veterans
of Foreign Wars, announces that
there will be a meeting of all over
seas veterans tonight (Thursday)
at eight o’clock at the court house.
Redskins Meet
Lenoir Rhine Here
Newberry College’s Redskins will
play host Friday and Saturday to the
Lenior Rhyne college Bruins of
Hickory N. C. in a pair of baseball
games that will renew a postwar
rivalry between the two schools.
Both games will be played at 4:00
p. m. on the college diamond.
The Tarheel Bruins, always a
dangerous team on the diamond, will
feature the mound work of Charles
“Lefty” Ballard, pre-war Bruin ace.
In 1942, Lenoir Rhyne clipped the
Indians in one end of a twin bill
played in North Carolina to hand
the Lavaliers one of the two defeats
they suffered that spring.
VICTORIA BRANNON TOTTEN,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. V.
Brannon, Chappells, was discharged
from the U. S- Naval Personnel Sep
aration Center at the Naval Bar
racks in Washington, D. C. on March
20th.
New Committees
For County Named
Chain Gang and County Home:
W. E. Nelson, P. W. Counts, A. E.
Hawkins, J. H. Cromer.
Roads and Bridges: Geo. M. Ent-
ing. F. B. Hardy, O. A. Felker, Carl
Epting.
Auditing Committee: Geo. Domin
ick, Joe H. Simpson, L. E. Werts, S.
W. Brown, Jr.
Public Buildings: A. M. Mayer, A.
H. Clark, J. F. Senn, J. B. Scott, M.
E. Wilson.
NEWBERRY PHYSICIANS
INCREASE FEES
A recent meeting of physicians of
Newberry set up new minimum fees
to be charged. House calls from
eight a. m., to eight p. m., will be
$3.00; night calls, $5.00. Office calls
will be $2.00 and up. Obstetrical
fees have been upped to $50, while
calls in the coutry will be raised
approximately 75 thousand dollars.
Permits for repairs on the follow
ing buildings were issued:
E. M. Whitfield, store building on
Main street; Wiseman Hotel, College
street; Callie Boyd Parr, store build
ing, Main street; Miss Annie O'.
Ruff, store building on Caldwell
and Friend streets; Mary G. Thomas,
for addition of one room to dwell
ing on Lindsay street; E. J. Wil
liams (Colored), addition of two
rooms to dwelling on Gilder street;
T. E. Davis, for building shed and
other repairs on warehouse on Mar
tin street; George Rickard, for one
room addition to filling station,
Nance street; J. C. Dominick, to add
one room to dwelling on Ha jeman
street; Edward A. Thomasson for
general repairs and addition of two
rooms to dwelling on Pope street;
T. L. Mitchell, Milligan street, one
room addition to building; Cleveland
Wicker (Colored), Player street, for
general repairs and addition of room
to dwelling.
Other minor repairs to out-build-
ings amounted to about nine thous
and dollars.
STATE TEACHERS TO
MEET IN COLUMBIA
TODAY AND FRIDAY
The State Teachers Meeting will
be held in Columbia, beginning
Thursday night (tonight) and run
ning through all of Friday.
The general meeting will be held
in the Township Auditorium and the
Departmental meetings will be held
at various churches in the city.
These Are Patients
At County Hospital
Miss Mary Ella Powell, 521 Floyd.
McDonald Rawls; Rt. 1; Pomaria
James Clark; 823 Glenn
Mrs. Laverne Austine; 1724 Harper
Mrs. Violet Riley and Baby Girl;
Boundary Ext.
Mrs. Loleta Perkins and Baby Boy,
202 Glenn
Mrs. Margaret Tyson and Baby
Boy; Newberry
Mrs. Irene Jones and Baby Boy;
621 Cromer
Baby Carole Stadler; Simpsonville
Mrs. Annie Holland; Whitmire
Mrs, Alice Howard; Whitmire
Mrs. Etta Abrams; Rt. 3
Mrs. Martha Boozer; 1001 Wilson
Mrs. Evelyn Cooper; Prosperity
Fred Hoxworth; Rt. 3
THE INQUIRING REPORTER
QUESTION: “Do You Believe
the Commissioner o f Public
Works Should Extend Water
and Sewer Service to Suburban
Newberry?”
MRS. EDNA H. FEAGLE, County
Director of DPW: “Not only should
they extend it to the suburban area,
but should require all residents in
side the city to have water and sew
er; this should be done for the sani
tation and help raise standards of
living in our community.”
MRS. W. B. GOGGINS, Saleslady:
“I think it would be mighty nice,
but whether it would be practical or
not I couldn’t say.”
MRS. P. O. WICKER, Seamstress:
“Yes, I do. I think it would help
make Newberry grow and would
bring new people and more indus
tries.”
J. M. WILSON, P. O. Clerk: “I
think it should be extended to the
corporated limits and especially in
the colored districts of the city.”
ERNEST LAYTON, Merchant:
“I don’t see why they couldn’t. I
think it would make a better New
berry, and they should especially
take care of the colored districts.”
E. B. PURCELL, President of
Nby. Ins. and Realty Co.: “No, be
cause we have quite a bit of proper
ty and dwellings in the city limits
that should be taken care of before
any further extensions are consider
ed.”
JOHN PETERSON, Tax Col. As
sistant: “Yes, I think it would im
prove the town and would also en
courage new industries.”
JAKE WISE, County Health Of
ficer: “If they are financially able,
I would endorse it heartily, but first
it should be* extended to areas in
the city that do not have this ser
vice.”
LONNIE W. FRANKLIN, Door
keeper of House of Rep., Washing
ton, D. C. “Why shouldn’t they—they
have rural electrification which has
already improved the areas around
Newberry. It would encourage new
industries to come here if they were
sure they would have this service
outside of town.”
MAJOR and MRS. B. A. BUEDIN
and daughter, Barbara, are visiting
in the home of Major Buddin’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Buddin in
New Zion.
Looking Down
MEMORY Lane
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Fire Damages Hardware Store
Fire Friday night caused a loss of
around $20,000 to the stock of goods
of Lominack’s hardware store in
East Main street. The origin of the
fire is unknown but it is thought
that spontaneous combustion in some
oil stored in the rear of the build
ing was the origin.
Mr. Lominack states that his stock
is valued at $40,000 with insurance
less than estimated damage. He car
ried $8,000 insurance on the store
which was recently enlarged and re
modeled, which amount will about
cover the damage to the building.
Mrs. C. B. Parr and children are
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. D. Nance at St. Phillips.
Splendid Bridge Is Now Completed
The new bridge in Boundary street
over the railroads, and which has
recently been opened to traffic, is a
splendid structure, and a distinct
credit to the city. It was made
possible by the cooperation of the
Southern and Columbia, Newberry,
and Laurens companies, the state and
county highway departments and the
city of Newberry.
Fred Weir has recently purchased
the lot on the corner of Mayer av
enue and Summer streets adjoining
the home of Dr. H. G. Callison. He
intends to build some time in the
future.
Mrs. Daphne S. Rowe
Mrs. Daphne Smith Rowe, 48, died
early Monday night at the home of
her sister, Mrs. F. A. Banks on Lee
street.
She was a native of Gainesville,
Ga., and was the daughter of the
late O. H. and Mrs. Hattie B. Smith,
but had made her home in New
berry for the past 35 years. Mrs.
Rowe had been in declining health
for about a year.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o’clock from
thd East Side Baptist church with
Rev. Marvin Hembree in charge, as
sisted by Rev. J. B. Harman and
Rev. B. H. Harvey. Interment
was in Rosemont cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
F. F. Rowe and the following chil
dren: Archie Rowe, Mrs. Carl Mc-
Swain, Mrs. Harry Kibler, Mrs.
Frank Goodman, Mrs. Sam Mack,
Betty Rowe, Gene Rowe, Myrtle
Rowe, Barbara Rowe, and Talmadge
Rowe. Also her mother Mrs. O. H.
Smith and the following brothers
and sisters, C. C. Smith, E. K.
Smith, Mrs. T. C. Burton, Mrs. F. A
® an kS’ Mrs. C. J. Suit and Mrs!
C. B. Proctor. Five grandchildren
survive. Nephews will serve as pall
bearers.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE
REDEEFER
At the service next Sunday morn
ing which begins at 11:30 Miss Dom
inick’s prelude will be, “Andante
Apposdonate” by Stebbins and the
Anthem will be, “Lamb of God”, by
Bizet.
Evening services at 7:30. Leagues
meets prior to service.
Sunday school is 10:30 a. m. Prof.
Harry H. Hedgepath is superintend
ent and C. E. Henrix, assistant.
ABOUT TOWN
MRS. DOUGLAS HORNSBY
telling about misplacing her eye
glasses and later finding them in
the electric refrigerator . . . JOHN
PETERSON being kidded by
friends about pretending he was
going to the lake Sunday to visit
relatives and coming home with
six and three quarters pound bass
. v . Someone inquiring of Treas
urer RAY DAWKINS about scar
on his nose and Ray remarking
that it was his “nose, his wife and
his stick of stove wood”, and it
was tione of their business . . .
WALLACE GILLIAM and so n
EARL GILLIAM, Whitmire, re
cently discharged from the Army,
in the city on. business Monday . . .
MISS MARY WHEELER carrying
a bunch of spring onions causing
passers-by to “drool” . . . JIM
JOHNSON saying that he had to
take loff his “good clothes” be
fore folks started borrowing mon
ey from him ... A Newberry-
family had a very good but ma
ture cook by the name of “Bright
Eyes”, who became ill and they
had the good fortune to secure an
other capable servant, and of all
things, her name is “ Baby Doll”
. I . BILL TURNER and HERMAN
WRIGHT standing on corner of
Main and Caldwell streets convers
ing . . . Chairman of the Clothing
Drive, A. P. SALLEY wishing to
thank the people of [Newberry for
their splendid cooperation in gath
ering clothes, and remarking that
over 6,000 garments were collected
. . . Birthday anniversaries through
Friday, April 5th: JAMES SMITH
March 31; JAKE WISE and MRS.
BERTHA D. BOYLSTON, April 1-
FRED HAYES and OLIVER CRO
MER, April 2; C. T. SUMMER
and W. H. DICKERT, April 4;
MISS VIRGINIA SENN and MRS.
KATHRYN WHITENER OUS-
LEY, April 5th.