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TELEPHONE ONE IF YOU HAVE VISITORS OR ANY OTHER NEWS ITEM THANK YOU ALL KINDS OF COMMERCIAL PRINTING AND ENGRAVING PHONE NO. ONE VOLUME NINE, NUMBER ONE With THE BOYS In Service T-5 Leland /Kinard, route 3, New berry, was separated from the Army at Fort McPherson, Ga., on April 20th after being in the service since September 23, 1944. He spent one year and two months overseas where he took part in the battle of South ern Philippines. He is enitled to wear he APT service medal with two bronze stars, the Philippine Libera tion ribbon with two bronze stars, and the Purple Heart medal. 1st Lt. Wilma Abrams, 1810 Har per street, is now on terminal leave until June 15 when she will receive her official discharge at the Fort Bragg, N. C., Separation Center. She sei .ed overseas one year, one month and nine daj s as a member of the 147th General Hospital. She wears the APT medal, ATO medal, and the World War II Victory medal. S-Sgt William C. Grant, 2802 Hunt street, who has been a member of the service since March 22, 1943, re ceived his discharge at the Fort Bragg, N. C., Separation Center on April 23. He served overseas one year, one months and 13 days where he participated in the battle of the Rhineland. He was awarded the American Theater service medal, the EAMET service medal with one bronze star, and the Good Conduct and Victory medals. T-5 James E. Boozer, route 4, Newberry was released from active duty at the Fort Bragg, N. C., Sep aration Center on April 21 after be ing in the service since October 5, 1943. He served one year and four months overseas and participated in the battles of Rhineland and Central Europe. He was awarded the ATO, EAMET (two stars), service medals, and World War II Victory and Good Conduct medals. , T-5 Herman A. Mack, 618 Wright street, received his discharge from the armed' forces at Fort Bragg, N C., on Saturday, April 19. He went into the service on June 1, 1943 and served overseas one year, three months and 19 days and took part in the battles of Rhineland and Central Europe. He holds the ATO, EAMET (2 stars) service medals, the Good Conduct and Victory med- medals. 1st Lt. E. V. Ragsdale, husband of the former Jane Summer, who is stationer in Korea, was recently pro moted to that rank from 2nd lieu tenant. Lieutenant Ragsdale has been sta tioned in Korea for the past 15 months. His wife and their small son, Charles, are making arrange ments to join him as soon as possible. John Alfred Phibbs, S 1-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phibbs, called his mother Tuesday night from Nor folk, Va., saying that he had arriv ed in the states and would be '.ome on leave soon. Seaman Phibbs has been overseas for the past nine months. Nancy Mayes, who for the past nine months has been overseas with the American Red Cross as Staff As sistant in the Philippines at Manila, and on the islands of Leyte and Manicani, has -received her dis charge from the Red Cross and has accepted a position with the Head quarters Pacific Air Command at Tokyo. She talked from Manila with her mother, Mrs. John B. Mayes at Winthrop College, Rock Hill a few days ago. Mrs. C. J. Purcell who underwent a major operation in the Providence hospital, Columbia, Saturday, was re ported today to be doing nicely and expects to return to her home on Main street this weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Williams and two children, DeAnn a nd Steve of Savannah, Ga., spent the weekend in the home of Mr. Williams’ par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams on Mayer avenue. M; s. W. E. Summer, Colie Pitts, Mrs. Owen Holmes and Mrs. Mazie Abrams, visited W. E. Summer in the Veteran’s Hospital, Columbia, Sunday. Mr. Summer who is under going treatments for sinus is report ed to be doing nicely. Mrs. Bessie Y. Stewart Mrs. Bessie Yates Stewart, 60, widow of the late James F. Stewart, died at her home Monday morning in Whitmire. She had been in declin ing health for a number of years. She was a native of Kentucky but had spent most of her life in Whit mire. Funeral services were held at two p. m., Wednesday afternoon from the Whitmire Baptist church, Rev. J. R. McKittrick, officiating. Inter ment followed in Whitmire cemetery. She is survived by the following children: James T. Stewart, Broadus E. Stewart, Mrs. Mary F. Devine, William Floyd Stewart, Richard Stewart, Miss Margaret Stewart, and Guy B. Stewart; the following brothers and sisters: Bob, Jones, Melt, and Will Yates; idss Patricia Yates and Miss Nannie Yates, and five grandchildren. Auto Thrill Ci* us i At Fair Grou X 4th Suicide, Inc., the Auto Ti.rill Cir cus will give two performances here at the Fair Grounds Saturday, May 4th, under the auspices of the Amer ican Legion Post No. 24. The circus is claimed by its backer not to be the largest in the business, but without a doubt the wildest. It is composed of former service mep from all branches of the serv ice. Most of the men are experienc ed, having driven with the late Lucky Teeter and with Jimmy Lynch. The show features from an hour and a half to two hours of automo bile and motorcycle stunting, pres enting such acts as the Human Bat tering Ram in which a man laying in the hood of a car with no protec tion is driven through a flaming board wall; The Slide for Life, where a man jumps off a speeding automobile onto the burning track; a car hultling through space to crash a burning wall; a deliberate crash of two automobiles. The feautre act of the show is a stock model a utomobile leaping over a transcontinental bus from one end to the other doing a deliberate crash into parked automobiles on the opposite side. This is one of the best equipped shows on the road today, carrying ten pieces of rolling stock and a full-time personnel of ten stunt men, mechanics and prop boys. The announcer, Ray Melton of Norfolk, Va., was before entering the service, a network commenta tor and advertising advisor to one of the large bottling companies. Farm Women Meet Cal! to order—10:30 by President Mrs. I. M. Smith, Jr. Hymn—“Come Thou Almighty King.” Devotional—Mrs. C. C. Wallace. Welcome—Miss Annie Mae Schum- pert. Response—Mrs. B. O. Long. Flag Salute and Council Creed— led by Mrs. Raymond Hipp. Remarks on Cancer Drive—Mrs. Paul H. Leonard. Talk on “Health”—Dr. Jas. C. Hayne, Director of Public Health Education. Song—^‘Carolina.” Reports of County Chairmen: Education—Mrs. C. C. Wallace. Membership—'Mrs. M. J. Hendrix. Music & Recreation—Mrs. T. W. Henderson. Finance—Mrs. Haskell Amick. Health—Mrs. Muscoe Aleiwine. Citizenship—Mrs. H. W. Lominick. Religion & Welfare—Mrs. P. C Workman. Legislation—Mrs. Raymond Hipp. Agriculture—Mrs. J. H. Folk. Consumer Education—Mrs. D. S. Halfacre. *• Song—“America.” President’s Report. Business. Lunch. Skit—“Old Grandmothers Time”, by Stoney Hill H. D. members. 4-H team demonstration—“Do My Shoes Fit,” Mary Pinner, and Clara Lou Ruff. Skit—“Care and Brooding of Chicks,” by 4-H club members, Dru- cie Connelly, Reba Hawkins, Bara- bara Hendrix. Music and Play in charge of Stoney Hill Teachers. Play—“That Awful Letter.” Prize will be given the club hav ing the largest representation. Mrs. I. M. Smith, Jr., President. Mrs. Lillie Mae Workman, Secretary. These Are Patients At County Hospital Mrs. Ola Riser (W. W.), Kinards. Mr. Frank Bynum, Johnstone. Mrs. Frances Danielson, 415 Cros- son. Miss Azilee Baker, Newberry. Mr. J. S. Ritchie, Whitmire. Jimmy Wasso. Mr. O. O. Epting, 1814 Rivers. Mr. W. A. Epting, route 4. Mrs. Nettie Quattlebaum, 1504 Nance. Mrs. Corrie Livingston, route 4. Mrs. Mary Amick, -409 Wright. Mrs. Sadie Felker, route 1. Mrs. Mae Willis, Whitmire. Mr. Leland Epting, route 4. Mrs. Gertrude Bowers and baby boy, born April 29, Silverstreet. Mrs. Mildred ((Broadus) Baker, route 1, Whitmire. Mrs. Edan Bedenbaugh and baby girl, born April 28, Prosperity. Mrs. Janie (E. R.) Frick, Chapin. Cheryl Ann Chandler, Newberry college. Mrs. Opal Woodard, route 3. Mrs. Oveeda Shealy, 946 Cornelia street. Miss Alice Wicker, 1931 Nance street. Mrs. Ellen Inman, Whitmire. Mrs. Margaret Donald, 1800 Mont gomery. Mr. E. B. McMeekin, Langford. Miss Virginia Anderson, who was recently discharged from the WAVE has resumed her position with the Newberry Health and Insurance company where she was employed prior to volunteering for the service. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1946 E. B. McMEEKIN BEATEN & ROBBED One of the most horrible things to happen in Newberry occurred about 12 o’clock Tuesday night when Gro ver McDowell, Jr., entered the home of E. B. McMeekin, his great uncle, at 1206 Langford street, beat ing and robbing Mr. McMeekin of $615 in cash, 22 hundred dollars in postal saving certificates and two twenty-five dollar war savings bonds. Mr. McMeekin told this reporter at the N'ewberry Hospital Wednesday, where he is a patient, that he was awakened about 12 o’clock Tuesday night by “a noise that sounded like someone pulling down a window shade in his bed room where he was sleeping,” when he started to get up to investigate someone “grapped me and began to choke and beat me about the head and face.” Mr. Mc Meekin stated that he lost conscious ness for about ten minutes. When he regained consciousness he made his way to the home of his brother, J. D. McMeekin nearby, who notified police. Mr. McMeekin was admitted to the Newberry hospital where he is doing ‘as well as could be expected,” from the attack. McDowell, recently parolled by the Federal Government for a crime committed while serving in the European theater, was apprehended on the Clinton highway, near the overhead bridge, along with a woman who gave her name as Edith Mae Renolds Jenson of Columbia. They were arrested and lodged in the city jail. The money was found in the wo man’s pocketbook, although she de nied any knowledge of the crime.' A shirt, badly torn, a handkerchief, and a pair of socks, belonging to Mc Dowell, which he tried to dispose of, were found stained with blood. Policeman H. B. Franklin. John Shealy and Claude Hipp, handled the case, and within 25 minutes after they were notified of the atack, Mc Dowell was arresed. Before the trio went off, duty at 6 o’clock Wednes day morning, the case was closed when McDowell confessed. Policeman Franklin said that this was the “most gruesome thing” he had ever seen, remarking that Mc Dowell still had blood on his hands and other parts of his body when he was taken into custody. Zach F. Wright Is Honored At Dinner A delightful social affair of the past weekend was the dinner given Thursday night by the office force and heads of various departments of Newberry Coton mills,, in honor of Zach F. Wright, recently retiring as president of the mill after over 40 years’ service. Covers were arranged for twenty- five at an attractively decorated table with centerpiece of pink roses in the private dining room of Hotel Wiseman and a turkey dinner was served. Jesse Y. Jones, superintendent of the mill acted as toastmaster and many toasts and good wishes were given the honoree. During the even ing, Mr. Jones presented Mr. Wright a handso-me wrist watch as an ex pression of esteem from the group acting as host on the evening. Many Licenses Issued In April Among applications for licenses to wed during the month of April were the following: William J. Clamp and Gladys Shealy, Newberry. William C. Suber, Newberry route two and Avis Gilliam, Whitmire. Carl Edward Galloway, Clinton, route 1, and Louise Taylor, route one, Laurens. Robert L. Tyler, Whitmire and An nie Ruth Miller, Newberry. James Steadman Boozer, Newber ry, and Blanche Whitworld Giles, Anderson. Hoyt Ray Derrick, Prosperity and Mildred Kathleen Kyzer, Newberry. Melvin Sinclair and Marion S. Whisonant, Whitmire. James Graham King, Chappells and Mildred Verdelia Whitt, Saluda. William Moore Rikard, route one, Newberry and Coleen Vergie Jones, route one, Whitmire. George R. Lathrop, Newberry and Lulica Pauline Graham, Pomaria. Henry R. Fellers and Lurlee Shea ly, N'ewberry. William Jacob Lindermann, Greens boro, N. C. and Frances Greneker Wallace, Newberry; Robert E. Lee, Whitmire and Elsie Albny, Whitmire. Claude E. Martin and Nora Erline Bickley, Chappells. Jessie Floyd Hiller, Newberry and Pearl Elizabeth Nobles, Prosperity. Jacob Paul Kibler and Lois Eliza beth Wicker, Newberry. Robert Lee Hudson, Rock Hill and Janie Frances Higgins, Great Falls. Samuel C. Wiggins and Mazelle Richardson, Newberry. Otis Lane Whitaker, Newberry and Annie Lee Young, Columbia. Mrs. Julia Long, Mrs. Eloise Mor ris, Mrs. Estelle Dill and Mr .and Mrs. J. H. Hall of Winnsboro were Sunday visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Rulf in the county. County Democrats Meet Here Monday Delegates From 50 Precincts Will Asemble In City The county Democratic Convention will meet here Monday, May sixth at one o’clock in the county court house to set up machinery for the August primary. Precinct clubs met in the 60 pre cincts Saturday and organized, elect ing delegates to the county conven tion and other officers. The county convention will elect a permanent chairman, a vice-chair man, state executive committeeman and delegates to the State Conven tion which meets in Columbia May 15 in the State House. Members of the House, Commis sioners, Probate Judge, Magistrates and a member of Congress are to be nominated this summer. Candidates usually begin announcing after the Covention. Thomas H. Pope, long regarded as a possible candidate for the govern or ship, has announced that he will not seek that office but will ask to be returned to the House instead. Congressman Hare will seek re- election. The only other candidate announced so far is Bryan Dorn of Greenwood. It has been generally believed tb Labor Commissioner Ted Gamb. of Anderson would again’ oppose Mr. Hare, but he has told friends that he would' not run unless “drafted”. The CIO is sure to be active in the Congressional race and it is almost certain that there will be at least one other candidae as it is under stood that neither Mr. Hare nor Mr. Dorn is acceptable to the CIO. May Day Exercises At College Today Traditional May Day festivities will be held at Newberry college, on Friday, May 3, at 5:30 in the after noon in the natural amphitheater on the campus, honoring Miss Elizabeth Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Walker of Charleston, who will reign as queen. Her maid-of-honor will be Miss Sybil Hutto, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hutto of Leesville, and her other attendants will be as follows: DoVwthy Abrams, Mary Helen Carpenter, Elizabeth Hayes and Virginia Sligh, Newber ry; Frances Stanley, Lodge; Eliza beth Yonce, Edgefield; Margaret Earle, Greenville; Frances Hawn, Augusta, Ga.; Mary Black, Moncks Corner; Pauline Gnann, Clyo, Ga.; Lottie Lybrand, West Columbia; Elizabeth Yost, Columbia; Lois Kaiser, Lexington; Aline Martens, Charleston. A fanfare of trumpets by the Heralds will announce the Royal Procession which will pass through two facing columns of garland girls. Preceeding the queen will be the flower girls, the Misses Margar et Kelly and Carol Anne Setzler, followed by the crown bearer, Mas ter William Moore, while Miss Walk er’s train bearers will be Miss,Mar tha Dawling and Master Hubert H. Setzler, Jr. These are the children of members of the college faculty. The Queen, followed by her maid-of- honor and fourteen attendants, will proceed to the throne where she will be crowned May Queen of Newberry College by President James C. Ki- nard. There will be a Maypole dance, directed by Mrs. Albert Mencken, and several appropiate musical num bers will be rendered throughout by the Newberry High School band, conducted by Mr. J. Boyd Robertson. Immediately after the festival, a reception will be held on Smeltzer Hall terrace, to which all guests are invited. William C. Bynum William C. Bynum, father of Mrs. Roy Clary of Newberry, died at his home in Georgetown Thursday night after suffering a cerebral hemmorr- hage the day before. , Funeral services were held at 10 o’clock in Georgetown Saturday morning, and the body brought to Newberry for burial in the Rose- mont cemetery Saturday afternoon at five o’clock. Mr. Bynum, a native of Newberry and a graduate of Newberry college, had taught in South Carolina schools for the past 48 years, having been head of the schools in Georgetown for the past 40 years. Survivors include his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Roy H. Clary, one grandson, Billy Clary, one brother, Frank L. Bynum, one sister, Miss An nie Bynum, all of Newberry and one nephew, Bynum Neel of Savannah, Georgia. Mrs. Rex North and son, Rex III, returned to their home in New Or leans, La., Monday after spending two weeks in the home of Mrs. North’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ruff. Mr. and Mrs.Bynum Neel and son, Tommy Neel of Savannah, Ga., at tended the funeral services of Mrs. Neel’s uncle, W. C. 'Bynum which was held Saturday afternoon. They also visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene S. Blpase while here. TOM POPE acted wisely in declin ing to run for governor this year. The Edgar Brown-Low Country machine is running high and wide, and it will take more than the tal ents and ability of Tom Pope to stop it at this juncture. Tom could team up with this crowd a nd sail into the governorship without the least trouble, but thank heaven, we have a few men left who will not sell their souls—and Tom Pope is one of them. The time will come when Boss Edgar’s burden will become unbearable. A time will come when a lethargic populace will arouse from its slumber and demand a house cleaning. That time will be Tom Pope’s time. And it is well that that should be so. No force on earth can bring people to think upon matters of state un til the damage is done, and the one redeeming feature of a democracy is that at such a time there has always been men to cal! upon to set things right. Political conditions in South Carolina are deplorable but the people go merrily on, hell bent on selfish ends while political corrup tionists ply their trade with none to say them nay. Four more years of Brown bossism and the stupid public will yell for relief. Then the fight will be on, and the young man from Newberry will be in his element. THERE NEEDS TO BE in New berry some sort of agency to chan nel the talents and money of return ed G. I.s, and others, into a variety of enterprises. Too many are enter ing the same kind of business and crowding each other. I believe if such an agency existed some of these young men could be sold on the idea of starting enter prises which would grow and mean much to the city as well as to them selves. As an example of w r hat I mean, I chanced upon a business in a town about the size of Newberry where a couple of young men with a limited amount of machinery were making corrugated and V-5 tin roofing and other tin products from sheet tin. They are gradually adding other machines to cut and stamp such items as tin wash pans, and so on. The products of such a business are used constantly. Another business which should in terest those with limited capital is the making of garments, shirts, shorts, aprons, handkerchiefs, and such- Easterners are coming South by the hundreds and establishing these small plants. The investment is small and the demand will be heavy for several years. This sort of business should appeal to G. I.s with some textile experience. Many other such businesses would succeed here in Newberry. How about an organization to help and encourage these boys so that all of them will not have to risk their sav ings in crowded fields? I CHANCED UPON a copy of the South Carolina magazine a few months ago (I have subscribed since) and noticed that the editor was one A. F. Funerburke. Being inter ested in the Funderburke family, 1 wrote him to learn if he belonged to the log-sitting Funderburkes or to the coon-hunting tribe. I had a nice letter from him, full of wit and wis dom which I intended to publish but have lost it. My interest in Funderburkes dates back to my youth. My mother had nine sisters and at least five of them married Funderburkes. I had more pretty Funderburke girl cous ins than you could count and even in my puppy-love days I loved to be fondled and kissed by these cousins. I guess I must have had “something” even at an early age. A picture taken at 10 showing my hair parted in the middle, petulant lips and an air of a man of the world would seem to indicate that I was a wolf—at least a wolf cub. My favorite cousin was a fat girl with a very sweet face who would take me on her lap and literally lose me in her ample bosom. She married some goat after I grew up and got too dangerous to play with but I am sure she never loved him as she did me. I sometimes think I would like to see that girl again after these 40 years, but I guess I wouldn’t. She’s old now (if she’s still living) and wrinkled. Likewise I am old, and, likewise, wrinkled. The parted hair she loved has gone to make up nests for woodpeckers over the years; the petulant lips are set in a snarl and that man-of-the-world look is also gone and replaced by a hound-dog countenance accumulated over long years of married life. Yes, I guess we had better let things stand as they are! These Funderburke cousins lived in a settlement in Lancaster counBy several miles removed from our little town a nd when mother visited her Plans Underway For Annual Clean-Up A general committee met at the Chamber of Commerce over the weekend to make plans for New berry’s annual “Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up” campaign. An outline for the campaign was planned which includes specific committees, also committees from every organization in the city, which will be notified this week just what their duties will be. Chairman of the drive, J. K. Wil lingham says that everything is shaping up nice for the best “Clean up, Paint-up, Fix-up” days Newber ry has ever had. The campaign will open Monday, May 13th and run through Saturday, May 18th. The theatres a re cooperating by running special films about the drive. Newberry has won in the State for the past two years on “Clean up” campaigns, so let’s everybody get together and have one of the best campaigns ever this year. Five Mills Brothers In Garage Business Four of the five Mills brothers who have joined their father, W. W. Mills in a garage business on Main street extension, and recently sep arated from the armed forces are, Sgt. James Mills, who served three years, with 15 months in the South Pacific; Pfc. Douglas Mills was a member of the service 30 months with 28 month’s duty in the Euro pean theater; Cpl. Harvey Lee Mills with three years service, 26 months of which was on duty in France and Germany; Floyd Mills S 2-c volun teered for the Navy and served 16 months with several months sea duty; Odell Mills reported to Fort Jackson for inducion, but was re jected. The Mills Garage is located next to Eugene Norris’ store on E. Main street extension. These ex-G. I.s are doing a good job in their new busi ness and will appreciate your pat ronage. sisters it was I who drove the “hay stack” which bore us slowly over Lynch’s gold mine hill and down into the valley below. I have remembered one of these trips very vividly thruout the years. Word came to mother that the daughter of her oldest sister had died the day before. She lay in her casket, the only dead person I had seen to that time, her tiny baby in the crook of her arm. I heard the women talking among themselves of this tragedy but was too young to understand anything more than that she “laced too tight” to try to keep the secret of her shame as long as possible; hoping, I suppose that the skunk who ruined her would marry her. She was the only child of her frail old mother and I can see her now, face close to the opening of the casket, peering into the face of her child as they prepared to lower her into her grave at old Spring Hill church cemetery beside my grand father and his son, both doctors, who died early in life. Much false pride has passed under the bridge since that long ago -day. Girls are now proud of their little pappyless fellows, and undergo much scorn to rear them. Some day illigi- timate children will be accepted as other children, as is the case in some of the Scandinavian countries. And that is as it should be. A lot of scantified skunks have held that such acceptance would tend toward a greater immorality but that is not true. And besides, and even if it did, why should a child be penaliz ed for something it had no part in? One of my choice playmates was a little “bastard” boy, and I was told that he could never enter the kingdom of heaven, therefore I should shun him lest he take me to hell along with him. It worried me to know that my little chum couldn’t become an angel but it did not turn me against him. I continued to play with him but he was completely shun ned by the children of more religious parents. I did not know then, as I know now, that I do not necessarily have to pattern my behavior by what some Jew wrote in a book 4000 years ago. I must have been a skeptic al most from scratch. My little chum’s mother was a poor woman who lived in a one-room shack behind the oil mill and card ed batts from lint ginned from the cotton seed. She pursuaded me to stay for supper one night. The fare was white gravy rendered from fat back, black molasses and a big tough biscuit. But at my place, and my place alone, was a hard-dried egg! This mark of deference did not register with me then, but you may be sure that it has since—time and time again. I haven’t much religion and, ac cording to the rules, I suppose I haven’t much chance of getting by St. Peter. But if my little chum has gone to hell there’ll at least be one person there I’ll know. I dougt if I’d know more than that in heaven as my association is largely with the spiritually unwashed. I have rambled at length and in subject, so, will clip the Cat’s tail here and leave a little for another week. $1.00 PER ANNUM Looking Down MEMORY Lane TWENTY YEARS AGO Buys Horses for Ice Delivery J. H. Wicker, manager of the Far mers Oil Mill and ice plant return ed from Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday, where he went to buy four horses to be used in delivering ice in the city. To Kenilworth Inn To Convention Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Shealy will at tend a three-day convention of the Southern Railway agents, commenc ing May 18, at Kenilworth Inn, in Baltimore, N. C. Lominack’s hardware store has completed the rearrangement of his stock after the fire and is painting the interior of the store, preparatory to arranging new stock, which is ar riving daily. Newberry-Prosperity Road Under Construction Soon The contract for the Newberry- Prosperity hard surface road will be let May 18, according to information from George P. Boulware, chairman Newberry highway commission. The ten mile stretch of road from Prosperity to Lexington county line will be treated with tar and gravel as soon as he weather permits the road to be gotten ready. This will give a good hard sur face road from Newberry to Colum bia, and probably, in a short time the road above NeWberry to the Laurens county line will be treated to tar and gravel, which will make the road to Greenville hard surfaced. C. T. Summer Home Damaged By Fire The home of Mr. and Mrs .C. T. Summer on East Main street was partly destroyed by fire last Satur day about 12:30 p. m. When the fire started, Mr. and Mrs. Summer were down town at their place of business and a passerby who noticed the fire, stopped and turned in the alarm. Mr. Summer said that half of the house was destroyed or dam aged by fire and water, and would have to be rebuilt. The house was covered by insurance. It is thought the fire started from the furnace. ■ ■ — ■ . ... EDWARD A. TURNER, JR. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Alwarden Turner of Columbia are being con gratulated upon the arrival of a son, Edward Alwarden Turner, Jr., bom at the Providence Hospital in Columbia Monday, April 29th. Mrs. Turner, the former Rebecca Gilbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Gilbert of this city, and son are doing nicely. Mrs. George Young Hunter of Prosperity announce the marriage of her daughter, Myra Hunter Merscher to John Tull Walker, son of Mrs. Le- Grand G. Walker, of Georgetown, on April 27 in Columbia. The couple will live in Georgetown. ABOUT TOWN G. V. CLAMP walking to town early Thursday morning in the rain with his son and daughter-in-law, MR. and MRS. JAMES CLAMP, wearing a straw hat cocked on the side of his head . . . SMILEY PORTER inquiring of someone “if the citizens were allowed to use College street from (Harrington to Friend streets, or was it reserved solely for the highway department and bus lines” .(L . FRED GILBERT all smiles over being a grandad . . . HARVEY LEE MILLS, recently discharged from the service is ask ing this scribe to help Jiim find a wife. He says he isn’t too particu lar just so she is a “blond or brun ette with plenty of .money’’ . . . JULIA DICKERT back at her desk in Selective (Service office after a week’s seige of flu . . . JOHN C. WILSON going home with hands full of tomato plants to set out in his garden. We are glad to know that his neighbors won’t start this summer. .1 . EDITH KILGORE walking down College street on way to her office eating an ice cream cone for “dessert” . . . RED BURNS riding all over tow n Tues day trying to find a parking space, thinking that the new ordinance had gone int ©effect with all the signs over town . . . NANCY MAYES, with the American Red Cross overseas, writes her mother, Mrs. JOHN B. MAYES that she is “having & wonderful time and that her work and experiences are most interesting” . . . GUY V. WHITE- NER, JR*, receiving his private pilots license and is now awaiting the delivery of a Swift plane on May 21 . . , E. O. SHEALY, HEY WARD DAVIS and GUY WHITE- NER, JR., guests at the St. Matt hews “Breakfast Club” recently. Birthday anniversaries through Friday, May 10: Horace Williams, Dewey Kinard, B. B. Livingston, Mrs. Edward A. Lane (Gladys Mc Dowell), May 4; T. E. Davis and Francis Ault, May 5; Mrs. J. Mor gan Randall (Julia Smith), May 6; George T. Davenport, May 7; Edith Dickerf and J. Morgan Ran dall, May 8.