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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 VOL. 9; NO. 14 NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2|, 1946 $1 PER ANNUM KINARD REVIEWS ' GRID PROSPECTS By FRANK KINARD Sports Publicity Director When Coach Bill Laval and his staff summon 35 of his most prom ising gridders to pre-season prac tice at Newberry College in Aug ust, hopes will be riding higher in the Indan camp than they have been since the heyday of the 1940 Redskins, who annexed the SIAA title. The 1946 Redskins will 'be welded from a mixture of returned veterans, 1945 lettermen, transfers, and freshmen, and the combination promises to be the most torrid com bination to wear the Scarlet and Grey since pre-war days. When the balance of the squad turns out for practice in September, Head Coach Laval will find men four or five deep for nearly every position in th.» Indian line-up. The Tribe’s backs will again run from Laval’s modified single-wihg formation that dazzled Newberry opponents last fall. Originated by Laval and first employed by the Indians in 1945, the system calls for a conventional single-wingback formation except that both the full back and the wingback fall in five yards behind the line or scrim mage, on a line with the toil-back. The system was good enough to run up 138 points in seven games last year. Some of the knights of the chalk- lined meadows who will flash for Newberry in ’46 are: Ends—Cy Havird, ex-GI, who snared six touchdown passes as a sophomore in 1942, is back in % the Indian camp, as is his running mate Ed Hill. Richard Dayoub, tower ing six-footer who played for Ft. Bragg last year and helped his Ar my mates administer Newberry’s only defeat, wll play for the In dians, and Ray Parkman, of Saluda, ’42 letteman and a fine defensive flankman, will be back. Clyde El lison, 1945 letterman, and Pete Wright, Augusta, and John Evans, for Carlisle prep-star, will also be out for flank spots. Tackles—200-pounders abound in the tackle spots, led by 250-pounder Nelson Schofield, 1942 letterman. Bob Sansbury, 1945 letterer; Lee McManus, 210, Ft. Bragg tackle last year; Jack Minor, 1942 letter- man; Louis Davis, 205, Charlotte; Sam Stone, 215, Augusta; and Bob by Horton, 185, Camden, will lead the race for the tackle spots. Guards—T. A. Edens and Buren Lown, 1942 lettermen, will lead this position with a lot of competi tion from Dan Chandler and Doug Monts, luminaries here last year. Joe Muse, Charlotte, and “Chubby” Willis, former Newberry Hi star, wili make it hot in the guard race, with able assistance from Vernon Swygert, Lexington Hi luminary last fall. Centers—The pivot position will be loaded with talent from top to bottom, with Bobby Joe Corley, ’45 letterman, back to face competition from Grin Boone, Saluda; Ed Wise, 185, Americus. Ga.; Dawson Scar borough, 210, Daytona Beach, Fla.; George Davis. 180, and Frank Dek- etlaire, 195, both of Columbia. Backs—Heading up a long list of backfield aces will be fullback Wallace “Rock” Lynch, 1945 letter- man and one of the finest running backs Laval ever tutored at New berry. Other ’45 letterers expect ed to flash are quarterback Frank Rush, wingback Frank Looper, and blocking back Don Maxwell. T^-d Ott, Ben Redd, and Hap Corley, pre-war Indian lettermen, will al so be back. New faces in the Brave backfield will be Bill Seigler, Aug usta; Charlny Johnson and Ivan Gattlieb, Columbia; Clarence San ders, Bamberg; Lee Worthy, Ameri cus, Ga.; Bill Allen, Summerville, Ga.; Tom Coleman, Saluda;: and Cliff Hodges, Sumter. From these candidates and others, Laval _nd his staff will put togeth er an Indian outfit that looks to be, on paper ate least, a fast, talented and dangerous team. The Indians will have to be good, however to survive the tough 11- game schedule that includes Appa lachian State, South Carolina, Le- noir-Rhyne, Citadel, Elon, High Point, Wofford, Catawba, Chatta nooga, Erskine, and — Newberry’s arch-rival—Presbyterian. LEMMON JOINS NATIONAL GUERNSEY CLUB The American Guernsey Cattle Club announces the election of R. H. Lemmon, Jr., Sonnylaine Farm, Whitmire, to membership. Mr. Lemmon has a herd of registered Guernseys on his farm. The American Guernsey Cattle Club is a national organization of 25,000 breeders of purebred Guern seys.. It records the registrations of purebred Guernseys which trace to the Island of Guesrnsey, the original home of the breed, in the English Channel. It also super vises tests of production and thru Golden Guernsey, Inc., supervises the marketing of Golden Gurnsey milk. CRITICALLY HURT Theodore Biddie, 13, is in a criti cal condition at the Newberry county hospital as a result of being struck by a truck driven by Wil liam Brown Mathis and belonging to Yancey Dickert. The boy was struck when he and othe.- children were playing beside the road just beyond the Dickert home. Dewey Darby, 13, was also admitted to the hospital, from injuries sustained when the same truck hit him but his condition is said to be satis factory. Two other children were knocked to the ground but not seriously injured. MORE TEXTILE WAGES BOOSTED IN STATE Columbia, July 31.—A wage in crease of eight cents an hour and establishment of 73-cent minimum hourly rate effective July 29, was negotiated by Pacific mills here and Textile Workers Union of America. The announcement followed ne gotiations which began last week. This will mean additional yearly earnings for the employes of Pacific mills of about $320,000, a joint statement by the union and mills said. More than 2,500 textile workers^ will be affected by the increase. Chester, July 31.—The seven plants of the Springs cotton mills chain announced a pay increase of eight cents an hour per person ac cording to an official announce ment today by Col. Elliott Springs, president. This eight cents an hour pay increase will be for the entire 10,000 employes of the seven units, he stated, and it is effective today. Plants are located at Lancaster, Chester, Fort Mill and Kershaw. Chester, July 31. — The three plants of the Republic cotton mills at Great Falls. Chester county, have increased the pay of its employes eight cents an hour, according to an official announcement today. The eight cents on hour increase is for all of its 1,300 employes, it was stated. Laurens, July 31.—A ten per cent wage increase for all employes of Joanna textile mill of Goldville was announced today by W. A. Moorhead, general manager. The wage boost will take effect on August 4. Mr. Moorhead said. It is in line with recent wage adiust- ments made in other textile mills of this area. MRS. MABLE ANDERSON FIRST WOMAN TO SOLO E. O. Shealy, manager of the local air port announces that Mrs. W. Roy Anderson. Jr., was the first woman to solo at the Newber ry airport. She tried her ‘wings” Monday of this week. Other recent solos include Roy Shealy, W. Roy Anderson, Jr., Rudolph Oxner and Fred Rodel- sperger, Jr. Mr. Rodelsperger and Mr. Ander son were the first to solo under the G. I. Training course. Mr. Shealy says a new Aeronca Champion plane is due to arrive this week which is badly needed to help take care of the increasing number of Newberrians who “are receiving flight instructions. Ap proximately 30 students are ncjw enrolled at the field. NEW RECRUITS NEEDED New recruits are needed to reach this year’s goal. To provide more food than even before to meet unprecedented cfemands for food. Famin threatens the lives of hund reds of millions of people . We are told that world food stocks per person have seldom been lower than they are right now. We should take advantage of every oppor tunity this growing season offers to add to our food stocks. Can, preserve, and store as much as possible from Victory Gardens. Make your garden serve you all year. « Many vegetables can be planted and wlil give good yields for fall. Watch the insects—try Sabadilla Dust for the harlequin bug on your collards. Collards should be fer tilized during rains in August in order to get good grwth for winter. Carrots and Rutababas should be planted. Rutabagas should be well fertlized an dshould have plenty of room in order to get full growth. They transplant very easily. MRS. M. B. GIBSON Mrs. Melissa Boozer Gibson, 86, widow of W. T. Gibson, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Epting, in Chapin, Wednesday aft ernoon. The funeral services were conducted at .the graveside in the Prosperity cemetery Thursday aft ernoon at 5 o’clock by the Rev. J. A. Bledsoe, pastor of Mrs. Gibson. She was a member of Wightman Methodist church. Surviving Mrs. Gibson are two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Grant of An drews and Mrs. Epting of Chapin; two sons, Byrd T. Gibson of Pros perity and Ray Gibson of Colum bia; one step-son, Ernest Gibson, of Newberry. Also surviving are ten grand children, three great-grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Ralph Grant and Mrs. J. B. Stockman, both of Pros perity; two brothers, John D. Boozer of Columbia and L. C. Booz er of Newberry. MARINES NEED MEN First enlistment and previous service men, white and colored be tween the ages’of 17 and 29 are wanted for enlistment in the Ma rine Corps. Sergeant Wadesworth, Marine Recruiter, who is here every Mon day with headquarters in the Selec tive service office in the Exchange Bank building, says that the “Ma rine Corps pay is in line with the army and navy.” Anyone interested in joining the Marine Corps is asked to contact Sergeant Wadesworth at his head quarters any Monday between the hours of 8 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. COTTON LOAN RATES TO BE MUCH HIGHER Washington, July 31.—The Agri culture department annouced to night that its 1946 cotton loan rates will be substantially higher than last year because of an increase in par ity. It said the average loan rate for seven-eights inch middling cotton will be 22.83 cents per pound, com pared with 19.84 cents per pound last year. The loan rate will be 92 1-2 per cent of August 1 parity which was set at. 24 68 cents per pound. The average rate for fifteen-six teenths inch middling cotton will be 1.55 cents per pound above the aver age rate for seven-eights inch mid dling. Loan rates will very accord ing to geographical areas. The rate for fifteen-sixteenths inch middling will vary from a high of 24.94 cents per pound in the Carolina mill areas to 23.69 cents a pound in Arizona and California. U. S. E. S. NOTES In order to ad Veterans who are going into a small business venture, the local office has ordered a set of booklets which were published by the Cmmerce department of the state of New York. The booklets contain some very practical in formation for Veterans or anyone else who is trying to establish himself in business. Mr. Pearce C. Davis attended a short training course in Columbia July 22 through the 26th, on the registration and occupatonal cod ing of applicants. All USES per sonnel receive special on-the-job training for the duties which they are assigned. The Employment Servce. through their inter-office available appli cant procedure placed a Newberry County applicant in a very good job at Rome, Ga., last week. This procedure is used when there are no openings for outstanding appli cants in the local office where they are registered for work. MISSES BURNS HONOR MRS. CHRIS KAUFMANN Misses Marguerite and Evelyn Burns honored Mrs. Chris Kauf- mann, a recent bride, with a de lightful breakfast at their home last Monday morning. The Bums’ home on Boundary street was lovely in its floral decorations of mixed summer posies. The dining table, where covers were laid for sixteen guests, was centered with a bautiful bowl of white oleanders, and the honoree’s place was designated by a corsage of roses and lilies. Mrs. Kaufmann was presented a beautiful electric clock by the hostesses. Mrs. Maude Gilliam Ross an nounces the engagement of her daughter, Dorothy Elizabeth and Mr. Bennett Meredith Harmon. The wedding will take place in the Central Methodist church on Tuesday, August 27. TJhese Are Patients At County Hospital Mrs. Catherine Ousley, route 3. Mable B. Sanders, 1608 First St. Mrs. Mary Etta Coppock, 2123 Adelaide St. Miss Sara Banks, route 3. Miss Mattie Adams, 909 Wilson St. Mrs. Mary Crooks, Pomaria. Mrs. Florence Wilson, route 1 May Amick, route 1, Prosperity. Mrs. Maggie Denson, Whitmire. Mrs. Lillie Cooper, Whitmire. Margaret Caldwell, Pomaria. Mrs.. Julia Wicker, 900 Cline St. Mrs. Lera Johnson, Cross An chor. Mrs. Mary Dickert, 3102 River Drive, Columbia, and baby boy. Mrs. Beatrice Davis, route 1. Mrs. Myrtle Martin and baby girl, route 3. Mrs. Rebecca Koon, Prosperity, and baby girl. Mrs. A. T. Griffin and baby girl, F maria. Mrs. Virginia Culbertson, 1230 Crenshaw street and baby. Mrs. Martha Elizabeth Wilson, Prosperity. Rev. M. L. Kester, Box 277, Leesville. Mrs. Mary Duckett, 901 Main St. Miss Beatrice Harmon, Reynolds street. Mrs. Essie Famier, Piedmont St. Mr. Talmadge Timmons, College St. Delene Moates, route 3, Pros perity. GIs WILL GET PAY UNUSED FURLOUGH Washngton, July 31.—Amid bitter denunciation of the bond payment provision the House sent to Presi dent Truman today the $3,000,000,- 000 G. I. furlough pay bill. Passage of the compromise meas ure, on which the House yielded to Senate insistence that the bulk of the payments be made in bonds payable in five years, was by voice vote and followed demands that the next Congress make the bonds cash able at once. The legislation gives present and former enlisted personnel of the aimed forces the same considera tion that officers now receive in the matter of payment for furlough time not actually received—with the difference that officers receive theirs in cash and the G. I.’s will get bonds unless their payments are below $50. 120 Days of Pay It provides for payment up to 120 days of accrued furlough time at the rate of two and one-half days for each month of service. Payments are to be at the rate of base pay and longevity receved at the time of discharge, plus a mini mum sbsistence allowance ctf 70 cents a day and an additional $1.25 a day for sergeants and some tech- nicans with dependents. All enlisted personnel of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard who have served it any time since September 8, 1939, will receive the payments for the furlough time to which they were entitled but which they did not receive. The House already has approved an approbpriation to foot the bill for the enlisted men’s payments. An estimated 16,000,000 past and present enlisted men and women will be eligible for the compensa tion, whch the House was told would cost an aggregate of $3,000,000,000. The House had insisted all along that the payments be made entirely in cash but found itself in the posi tion of endangering the entire bill if it did not give in to the Senate’s bond proposal, which was advanced in that chamb. r as an anti-inflation plan. GOLDVILLE VETS WANT CASH Thing GI'^ Entitled To Money Instead Of Bonds For Furlough Pay Washington, July 31.—Represen tative Joseph R. Bryson of the fourth congressional district, who introduced one of the first bills granting terminal leave pay to en listed men, declared today he would continue to fight for payment in cash instead of bonds. Forty of his constituents over seas veterans of the Goldville com munity in Laurens county sent the Greenville congressman a letter avowing that they would refuse to accept bonds. “The undersigned fought n all theatres and we be lieve that we deserve as good a break as the officers we served under,” the G. I.’S said. “The of ficers received ther terminal leave pay in cash and we demand that we receive ours in cash.” Answering each veteran person ally, Mr. Bryson said: “I think your request is entirely justified and as you know, the House provid ed for cash payment of terminal leave pay and the Senate provided that the payments should be. in bonds. I believe that a settle ment should be made in cash and shall continue to do my utmost io get the desired results.” RAIL SHIPMENT OF PEACHES 8,699 CARS Spartanburg, July 31.—Rail shipr ments of South Carolina peaches this year have reached 8,699, only 407- below last year’s final total, federal-state market news service reported today. Four hundred twenty cars mov ed yesterday but peachmen today were mostly idle because of heavy rains. With additional rain ex pected tomorrow, orchardists fear ed that the largest part of the re- mander of the Elberta crop would be too ripe for shipment and would have to be sold to canneries and truckers. ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN CHURCH ( Rev. J. E. Roof, Pastor Regular services will be conduct ed at St. Paul’s Lutheran church Pomaria, Sunday, August fourth at 11:45 a. m., at which time the Rev. John A. Aman, Newberry Col lege will preach. Visitors and friends are invited to worship with us. Pastor J. E. Roof and family will be away frm St. Paul’s parish for several days beginning August first, on vacation. If needed, please notify Mr. Hoyt Boland, Prosperity, phone No. 2217. Mr. Boland will get in touch with the pastor. Mrs. Frazier Lominack. who un derwent a major operation in the Newberry hospital about two weeks ago, returned to her home on Summer street Wednesday and is reported to be doing nicely. LARGE STILL TAKEN One# of the largest stills since pre-war days, was captured by lo cal and Federal officers late Tues day afternoon about four miles north of Chappells, but no one was feund at the still when the olf - cers arrived. Eighteen barrels of mash and a steam up-right boiler were des troyed by the officers. Monday afternoon the local offi cers captured and destroyed four barrels of mash and a 50 gallon drum still near Blairs, at the home of John Hardy and his son, John Willie Hardy, who were caught in the act of violating the liquor law. Both were lodged in the county jail to await the next tern of court. Mrs. E. M. Blythe and her nurse Miss Young, and George H. Hardin, of Greenville, are spending a while in the home of Mrs. Blythe’s broth er-in-law, T. E. Keitt at his home in the county. Mrs. W. E. Denning (Claudia Wheeler) and daughter. Sue Wheeler, are visiting in the home of Mrs. Denning’s mother, Mrs. J. D. Wheeler at 1934 Harper street. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Clark and son, David, spent Monday with Mrs. Clark’s mother, Mrs. J. D. Wheeler. M-Sgt. and Mrs. H. Ralph Fel lers have returned to Fort Benning Georgia, after spending three weeks with their parents. Miss Mary Jane Hanna, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Hanna, re turned to her home here on E. Main street last Wednesday after five week’s visit with frinds and relatives in Austn, Dallas, Eldora do and San Antonio, Texas. The friends of Claude Lathan will be glad to learn that he is im proving and is able to be up and about his home on E. Main street after being ill for the past three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Halfacre, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Halfacre and son, Jordan, Mr. and Mrs. George Tay lor and two children, Barbara and William Edwin, were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shealy in Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy DeHart of Spartanburg spent the weekend in Newberry with ; Mrs.* DeHart’s mother, Mrs. Verona Dominick, who accompanied them to New berry after spending three weeks in Spartanburg. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hayes, Jr., and two children, Jerry and Ann, of Anderson, are spedning a while in the home of Mrs. Hayes’ par- •ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Halfacre in the St. Phillips community. Mrs. J. B. Halfacre returned to Newberry last Friday and is now staying at the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. E. W. Derrick and Mr. Derrick in the Hartford communi ty after spending two weeks in Columbia wJith another daughter, Mrs. N. P. Moody and Mr. Moody. Mrs. F. G. Hartley who has been a patient at the Mountain Sana torium, Fletcher, N. C., for the past month, has returned to New berry and now making her home in an apartment in the home of her nice, Mrs. Andrena T. Oswald on Pope street. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Halfacre and daughter, Sue, moved last Thurs day into their new home on John stone street from College street. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Campbell and son, Billy, of Florence spent the past weekend in the home of Mr. Campbell’s parents, *Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Campbell on Harring ton street. Mr. Campbell’s small sister, Ann, accompanied them home for a visit. Mrs. W. Roy Anderson and Mrs. R. C. Floyd were business visitors in Greenville Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur McCarel and daughter, Margaret, moved over the weekend to Lancaster, where Mr. McCarel is employed with the Springs Contracting com pany as engineer. Mrs. McCarel the former Rook Kinard and daughter,’ made their home here with Mrs. J. N. Kinard while Mr. McCarel was in the service. Mrs. Frank Scoefield o New- berg, N. Y., is visiting in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clayton Smith and Mr. Smith on E. Main street. , Mrs. Eunice Glasgow returned to her home in Greenwood over the weekend after spending two weeks here in the home of her daughter, Mrs. James M. Smith and Mr. Smith in Calhoun street. Weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Dickinson in the county were; Mr. and Mrs Grady Haskins and baby, Mrs. Ernest Jordain, of Bailey. N. C., and Mrs. Sidney Seamore and son, Sidney, Jr., of Apex, N. C. WITH U. S. FORCES WALTER WALLACE, S 1-C, sta tioned at Bainbridge, Md., spent a couple of days the first of the week in the home of his mother, Mrs. W. Sloan Chapman and Mr. Chapman, on College street. W. D. WILSON, Midshipman, route 2, Newberry, is aboard the USS North Carolina, a battleship, for the first summer peacetime cruise since the end of the war. This cruise is outstanding in that it is the first time in peacetime his tory that the midshipmen from Annapolis and the cadets from West Point will work on combin ed operations. The cruise will end August 15 after calling at Newport, R. I., Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Norfolk, Va., and New York, N .Y. ports. FOREST CARPENTER, Phm. M. 3-C, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter, Colhoun street, received his honorable discharge last Tues day after being a member of the Navy for 17 months, eight of which was spent in Panama. He came by plane to Miami, Florida from Pana ma, thence on to Charleston where he reeived his discharge at the Navy separation center. Forest plans to resume his studies at the University of South Carolina this fall, where he was a student when called to the service. He will be a member of the sophomore class. CAPT. CHAS. B. FELLERS re turned on Saturday, July 28, from Germany where he spent two years in the service of his country, com ing over on Pittstone Victory, land ing in New York last Tuesday. He is on terminal leave and will spend the greater part of it with his md- ther, Mrs. H. C. Fellers, on College street. He served as commanding officer of Co. L, 407 Regt. 102nd division while stationed in Germ any and supervised the administra tive and personnel activities of the company. He was supervisor for the training and assignment of the guards and patrols for the purpose of insuring the security of military installations within the company area. He was also responsible for the discipline and morale of the company engaged in normal occu pation duties. Capt. Fellers is a graduate of Clemson college in the class of ’43, receiving a year’s training in com bat duty at Camp Swift, Texas and Fort Dix, N. J., before going over seas where he was placed in the Ninth army. THE FOLLOWING men were re cently discharged from ihe Navv: CYRIL KESTER WHEELER, JR., Lieut., Prosperity, received his dis charge at the Washington, D. C. separation center on July 19; FOR REST HAYNES CARPENT.ER Phm. Mate, 3-c, 1103 Calhoun street, was discharged from the Charleston Naval Separation Center on July 22; GILMORE HENDRIX Ens., route 2, Lexington, was discharged from the Charleston Naval Separation Center on July 24; H. E. CORLEY, 708 Wright street, DEAN WIL LARD, S 1-c, Whitmire; HAROLD PHILLIPS, S 1-c, 2704 Milne ave nue; RALPH EDWARD TAYLOR, 814 James street; THOMAS A. WARREN, route 2, Prosperity were honorably discharged from the serv- ive on July 25 at the Charleston Separation Center. KENDALL MILLS PARISH Rev. Curtiss K. Wise will supply the Kendall parish this Sunday. Services at Bethany at 10 a. m. and at Summer memorial at 11:15 a. m. All members are urged to be present and visitors vill be cordially welcomed. 1ST LIEUT. ROBERT W. HOUS- EAL. son of Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Houseal, College street is now on terminal leave until Aug. 23. when he will receive his official dis charge from the Fort Bragg, N. C. Separation Center. Lieutenant Houseal was a mem ber of the service 21 months and nine days, seven months of which wag spent overseas. He wears the American Theater campaign and the World War II Victory medal. CPL. JOHN MAXWELL CHAP PELL, JR., 705 Pope street receiv ed his honorable discharge from the Marine Corps at Camp Lejeune, N. C., on July 23 after being a mem ber of the corps for two years. Russell O'Neal Culbertson, II Mr. and Mrs. Russell O. Culbert son announce the arrival of a son, Russell O’Neal, II, bom at the Newberry hospital, Tuesday, July 30th. Mrs. Culbertson is the for mer Virginia Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tom Hayes of 1230 Crenshaw street. Mrs. J. W. White is spending two weeks at Mountain Sanatorium in Fletcher, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tulsen, Mrs E. L. Barrick and mother, Mrs. Dorn Taylor of Miami, Fla., are ex pected to arrive in the city next week to visit in the home of Mr. and Mt^;. O. i H. Dckinson, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Barrick will re main for some time with Mr. and Mrs. Dickinson. 28 AUT0IST KILLED AUGUST LAST YEAR If you have worked hard all through the war years and you’re looking forward this August to the first real relaxation in a long, long time, how would you like to spend a pain-racked vacation in a hospi tal? J. S. Williamson, Chief Highway Commissioner, pointed out yester day that many South Carolinians will be spending time in hospitals during August, the most popular month for vacations, suffering from painful and serious injuries receiv ed in off-the-job traffic acccidents, if the present trend toward more and more highway smash-ups is not checked. During August last year, 28 mo torists of this state were killed and 160 others injured in auto tragedies. And during the same month of 1941, the peak year for highway crack- ups and comparable to 1946 so far, the toll stood at 42 killed and 276 injured. Our motorists must realize that when they head out on the o- pen road, in a happy, holiday mood, dangers will be lying in wait along their entire routs, the Commission er emphasized, and gave the follow ing advice. if you’re heading for the beach you will be traveling for the most part, over straight, level roads. You may be lulled mto a false sense of security. You may have the urge to step on the gas and cover ground, feeling that no danger could lurk on such a road. Don’t be fooled! Sev enty-five per cent of our accidents last year occurred on straight, level highways. Be ready for any e- mergency. Watch the road signs, slow down when approaching in tersections and keep that speed down. If you’re headed for the moun tains you will find many curves and hills on your route. Don’t try to pass v/here you can’t see a clear, safe distance ahead, as many have died from just such carelessness. And no matter in which cji rec " tion you’re headed don’t forget to slow down when passing through towns. So many of our motorists have a tendency to speed through a small town or villiage without the slightest observance of the reduced speed limit signs, thereby creat ing a serious accident hazard. And when traveling after dark, dim your lights before passing an or.coming vehicle. That’s not only a courtesy, it’s a “must” in acci dent prevention. In summing up. Commissioner Williamson pointed cut that the ghastly toll of over 300 dead so far this year in South Carolina traffic tragedies should serve as a warn ing to vacation bound motorists. Have a happy, carefree vacation, but make it a safe one by driving carefully. Don’t ruin your first chance for relaxation since the war by suffering in some hospital from injuries received in a vacation traf fic accident. LYNCH WOODS USERS WARNED ABOUT MATCHES Persons using the County Park lo cated in Lynch’s Woods behind the armory are urged to be careful in disposing of matches and cigarettes. Approximately five acres were burned last week as a result of such carlessness. Untold damages be sides the destruction of the natural beauty of our local park may result unless each person will cooperate toward preventing future fires. M. E. Wilson, * County Forest Ranger. ABOUT TOWN T. S. HARMON remarking^ that he pickled eight bushel* of grapes from his vineyard at his home on Glenn street last week and still going strong this week . . . CLAUDE LATHAN up and about his homte after be ing confined to his bed for the past three weeks , . . The crepe- myrtle blooming about ihe city this year is about the prettiest we have ever seen especially the large waterme lon colored bush on the lawn of MISS FANNIE MAE CAR- WILE'S home on Calhoun street which hangs so gracefully . . . C. E. SAINT - AMAND and JUDGE EUGENE S. BLEASE along with some out-of-town friends going fishing Monday afternoon . . . JULIA DICKERT back at her desk in Selective Service ffice Monday morning after two Week's vacation in New Orleans, La. . . . Birthday Anniversaries through Friday, August 9th; MRS. W. C. SCHENCK. August 3; JAMES S. PRICE. Aug, 4; MRS. C. T. SUMMER. Aug. 5; B. O. LONG. MRS. WYCHE DICKERT and MRS. HUGH SENN, Aug. 6; J. W. SWINDLER, MRS. H. W. SWINDLER, JIM WHEELER, and MISS NELL HARMON. Aug. 7; MRS. OLIN LOMI- NICK. Aug. 8; MRS. JAMES S. PRICE (Ruth Clary). MRS. O. D. GLENN (Ruby Clary) att-f ANNE COOK, Aug. 9.