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VOL. 10; NO. 49 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 1948 . By The Way - - - By DORIS ARMFIELD What is it about Newberry, anyway, that makes everyone who has ever lived here want to come back again? I’m the same as the others. ... I wandered around the country for six years, but then I was ready to come back—and al though Newberry doesn’t h^ve as much to offer as New York, Washington, Atlanta and other cities, there are things to make up for what it lacks. One of the nicest things is that everybody knows every body else. You probably read the interview with Judge Blease, by Henry Cautheh in the Columbia Record the other night. Judge said “I like to live in a town where I can walk down the street and say ‘hello, Mary, how’s the baby?’ and in Newberry you can do that.” If ever a town lived up to its slogan, Newberry does, and that must be the reason for so many people wanting to return to Newberry after being away. Besides myself I have a couple other people in mind— two families that are welcomed back by all who knew them before; the Wilton Todds, who have been ,in Pelzer for the past couple of years, and the Jesse Dickerts, who stayed a year in Ware Shoals before returning to native soil I was talking with Ruth Dickert the other day, and she said “I don’t know what I’d have done without THE SUN up at Ware Shoals. I read every word in it, and you don’t know how much it meant.” I did, though, because I was away from home even longer than Ruth and I know how I used to watch for the postman on Fridays. The people around me knew, when they saw me with THE SUN, that it was needless to try and talk with me until I had finished reading the home town news. We hope our other out-of-town readers enjoy THE SUN just as much. Now that I have justly praised Newberry, I’m going to do a little criticizing. WHY, I want to know, are the Christ mas lights still adorning the streets of the city? WHY hasn’t that “Welcome to Newberry” sign out on the Columbia high way been painted, so that out- of-towners will know they are welcomed to a city with a cer tain amount of pride? To me, that sign shows a rather “don’t care” attitude. Cliff Graham tells me it takes money to do these things. He also tells me the chamber of commerce is growing in membership, so it must also be growing finan cially. I wish the board of directors, or whoever is respon sible, would do something about the lights and that sign. Are there others who feel as I do? I am of the opinion that a new women’s club should be organized in Newberry, to be known as the “Proud Possess ors of Dishwashing Machines and Garbage Disposals Club.” It would be interesting to re cord the conversation of such a club. You have never seen two more enthusiastic persons than two women talking about their dishwashers and garbage disposals. The most fun comes in demonstrating them. You know, you just put the dishes in a rack, put the soap in a little container, close the door and push the button. Then you go on about other things and forget about the dishes until you are ready to use them again. You would be surprised though, how easy it is to for get to push that button. The other day, after Mrs. E. B. Purcell’s cook had left work for the day, Mlrs. Purcell had a telephone call from her. The cook said, “Mrs Purcell, you know I went off and forgot to push that button!” The garbage disposals will dispose of almost anything but tin cans, but you can’t fill them too full, or they won’t work. A certain party, demon strating the disposal to a friend decided to put a head of cab bage in it. . . .and it didn’t work, because the cabbage was too large for the machine to handle all at once. Was he embarrassed! I found out the same thing about the disposal when I emptied a whole vase of flowers in it, and then had to take them all out again and put in fewer at a time. They are wonderful things, though —both the washer and the dis posal. Now, I wonder if the places that sell those things won’t offer me a commission on the next one they sell? We are using a member of our office force as a good ex- What People You Know Are Doing Dr. H. B. McCullough, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, Mrs. Josie McAlhaney and Miss Frances Webb of Chappells spent the past weekend visiting the gar dens near Charleston. • Mrs. J. N- McCaughrin left Saturday for Roslyn, New York, to visit her daughter, Mlrs. Robert Killingsworth, and family. David Denning, of Morris town, Tenn., spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Denning on Nance street. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Cathy of Milledgeville, Ga., visited the past week end with Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Atchison and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bennett. Dur ing the week end Mr. and Mrs. Cathy and Mr. and Mrs. Atch ison and their daughter, Bess made a trip to Summerville, Charleston, and other places of interest in the lower part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lominack and Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Sum mer spent Sunday at the Gar dens near Charleston. Nathan Morris and daughter Patricia, of Hendersonville, N. C., spent the weekend with his father L. Morris and family, on Main street. Also visiting Mr. Morris is his grandson, Harold Mann, of Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Mann’s mother is the former Miss Florence Morris. Mrs. H. D Niles and son, Henry, of Camden, visited her mother, Mrs. J. R. Green, Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. James Smith and Mrs. Oscar Johnson were Sunday visitors in the home of Rev. and Mlrs. S. P. Bowles at Fort Mill, where Rev. Bowles is pastor of Trinity Presby terian church. Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Copeland, Jr., and son Robert spent several days last week in Lau rens with Mrs. Copeland’s pa rents, Mr and Mrs. H. W. Lawes. Miss Delora Fant of Colum bia College visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Fant, dur ing the weekend. Mr. and Mrs Charles Smith of Charleston were Newberry visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs Henry Burton Wells III spent the weekend in Charleston where they visi ted Mr. Wells’ sister, Mrs. Al bert Mencken and Mr. Menc ken. Miss Marie Mayer of Po- maria is able to be back* at her work at the department of public welfare after undergo ing a tonsillectomy last week at Newberry County Hospital. Attending the regional con vention of social workers m Aiken Tuesday were Mrs. Edna Feagle, Mrs Ruth Maths, Mrs. James Smith, Mrs. May T. Stuck, Mrs. Lillian Rodelsper- ger Mrs. Wilbur Boozer, and Miss Edith Pool. Spending the weekend with Miss Mary Ann Todd recently was Miss Peggy Simpson of Dublin, Ga. G. A. Todd, who has been spending several weeks in New berry with his son, Wilton Todd and family, returned to his home in Charlotte last week. He was accompanied to Charlotte by Mrs. Wilton Todd and daugh ter, Mary Ann. Bill Wise and C. E. Saint- Amand were visitors in Charles ton Monday. Dr. James Martin, resident surgeon at Roper Hospital, Charleston, will arrive in New berry this weekend to spend ten days with his mother, Mrs. F. N. Martin, and family. ample that “it pays to adver tise.” Woody, our printers’ devil (who says that he has graduated from devil to the apprentice class), looked at the Toni Permanent ad that has been appearing in THE SUN, and decided that was for him. Woody had nice straight brown hair, but you should see it now. He wore his cap in the office for about a week after getting his ‘home permanent’ but finally got brave enough to take it off. It really is a beautiful perma nent, but as I told Woody, “On you it doesn’t look good.” He said he was going to have it cut off, but he hasn’t at this writing. I think Woody is' proud of those curls 1 Two Will Not Enter Primary PAUL HAILE ANNOUNCES TO SUCCEED SPEARMAN R. Aubrey Harley, member of the Newberry legislative delega tion for many years, this week announced he would not seek reelection. Mr. Harley said that the job required more of his time than he could afford to give. Eugene Spearman, super visor for seven years, has also decided to withdraw from pub lic service to devote his time to his farm and other interests. Paul Haile is first to announce for an office to be filled in the coming primary. He seeks the office of Supervisor. Mr. Haile served two years on the Super visor’s board several years ago, and is familiar with the duties of the office. During the war years he was at Fort Jackson where he held an important place in the fire department and in training soldiers in firefight ing and fire prevention. Mr. Haile says he feels his experi ence with the army will be of great benefit to him in the Sup ervisor’s office. He is presently connected with the Lipscomb Motor company. Clubs will meet in the coun ty’s 50 precincts to organize and elect delegates to the conven tion which convenes here Mon day morning. May 3. ATTEND PRESBYTERY MEETING TUESDAY Rev. Neil E. Truesdale and L. D. Nichols, Rev. Connally Gamble, and Dr. R. M. Duckett of the Whitmire Presbyterian church, and William Worthy of McCullough chapel near Whit mire attended the meeting of South Carolina presbytery held Tuesday at Greenville church near Donalds. Rev Truesdale was elected chairman of the Stewardship and Finance committee of the presbytery. McCullough, a mission chapel of Aveleigh Presbyterian church was changed from a chapel to a church at this meeting of presbytery. NOTICE — WARD 4 NO. 2, CLUB MEETING Please note that a meeting of the voters of Precinct 2 of Wlard 4 will be held in the Park in the rear of Layton’s Store at 2:00 p. m., Saturday, April 24 for the purpose of reorganizinlg, electing officers, passing resolutions and other wise attending matters perti nent to the summer primary. O. F Armfield, Ex. Committeeman Misses Willie and Olynthia Jones of Laurens are visiting their sister, Mrs. O. B. Mayer on Main street. Mrs. Roy Anderson, Sr. re turned Saturday after a week’s visit to Charleston and Orange burg, While in Charleston, she visited her nephew, R. Spencer Jones and family, and took a tour through four plantations near Charleston. She also visited several old Charleston homes which are open to the public for the first time this year. In Orangeburg, she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols. Mrs R. Derrill Smith has re turned to her home on Main street from the Baptist hospital in Columbia, where she was seriously* ill. She is reported to be improving. Mrs. C. J. Purcell is still con fined to her home after break ing her ankle in a fall some weeks ago. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Counts and daughter, Betty Jo, moved into their new home on Evans street \this week. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Vance have moved to Batesburg, where Mr. Vance has been made manager of the Batesburg airport. Mrs. Vance resigned her position here as receptionist in the offices of Drs. Lynch and Anderson, and is assisting her husband at the airport. Miss Lucy McCaughrin suf fered a broken arm last week end. She is resting more com fortably at this time. Rev. and Mrs. A. D. Woodle left Wednesday for McRae, Ga., after spending several weeks with her daughter, Mrs. A. W. Murray and family. Mrs. Mur ray accompanied them, and re turned to Newberry Thursday. Miss Kathryn Kirkland spent last weekend in Orangeburg with Miss Barbara Nichols. Alan Hipp was taken to New berry county hospial earlier this week, where he is seriously ill. OAKUND Mr. and Mrs. Willie Snipes and two children visited his mother, Mrs. Earl Wright, in a hospital in Augusta, Ga., where she was carried a few days ago from the Aiken hos pital. She has been seriously ill for several weeks. Mrs. Wright’s mother, Mrs. Henry Turner, Sr. and brother, Dun away Turner and wife visited her Saturday. Mrs. F. F. Holland is able to be up and out a little after being very ill for several days. Mrs. Claude Mdze and daugh ters, Mrs. William Maynor of Tennessee, and two children, also Miss Alda Rae and Mrs. DeWitt Bouknight, visited Claude Mize Saturday. He is still critically ill. Mrs. J. O. Barr and son. Jimmie, returned to their home in Columbia after spending the past week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Wilhite on Hunt avenue.Also visiting the Wilhites is their daughter, Mrs. William Grant. Mrs. Carl Taylor and baby, Randy, left Sunday to join her husband, Cpl. Taylor at Fort Bragg, N. C. Eugene Boland, of Hartwell, Ga., spent a short time with his mother, Mrs. Euna Mize last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Charles and son, Lee and his wife visi ted Mr. Charles’ father, B. F. Charles of near Saluda, a few days ago. They were glad to find him doing so well after suffering a bad fall recently. Mrs. A. V. Sanders and Joye spent last weekend in Holly Hill with her daughter, Mrs. Eugene Parler, She also went through the beautiful flower gardens near Holly Hill and Orangeburg. Gem Bouknight left Sunday for Duke hospital at Durham, N. C. for a general checkup and diagnosis. MOLLOHON LOCAL Mollohon TWUA local union No. 324 will meet Sunday af- ernoon, April 18, at 3:00 p. m., in the Mollohon school build ing. Discussions of. interest- to everyone arise at all of these meetings and sill members are urged to attend regularly. Visi tors are always welcome. G. F. Price COUNCIL TALKS OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS Traffic and parking problems were the main issues discussed at the regular meeting of the city council Tuesday night. Plans are being made to relieve the traffic congestion’ on Friend street between Wilson and Coates streets (City Filling Sta tion comer and rear of Ford Motor Co.) Plans were also discussed to make a parking lot next to the bus station, across from junior high school, for the convenience of citizens of New berry and visitors to the city. Ma^yor A. P. Salley revealed that an engineer from the state highway department visited Newberry last week, and has made a definite promise to the mayor and city council that the «tate highways coming into Newberry will be resurfaced and put in excellent condition. It is expected that this work will begin in July, said Mr. Sal ley. POLITICAL CLUBS TO RE-ORGANIZE Notice is hereby given that all Democratic clubs in Newber ry county will meet at their usual places of meeting on Saturday, April 24, 1948 for the purpose of reorganizing and electing delegates to the county Convention to be held in the County Court House on Mon day, May 3 at 11 o’clock a. m. Each club will elect one dele gate for every 25 members or majority fraction there of, based upon the number of votes poll ed in the first primary in 1946. A list of the delegates so elect ed, certified by the president and secretary of each club must be filed with the undersigned on or before the date of the Convention. Each club will el ect an Executive committee man and other dub officers. B. V. CHAPMAN, Chm. Mrs. A. H. Counts, Secy. NEWBERRY SCOUTS AT CHARLESTON CONVENTION Boy Scouts from Newberry county elected to attend the Or der of the Arrow scout conven tion in Charleston last weekend were Steve Griffith, Danny Pay- singer, David, Lamar & William Neville. All sections of South Carolina and Georgia were rep resented at the convention. Mrs. W. H. Davis is leaying today for Decatur, Ga., to visit her daughter, Mrs. Bill King and family. Mrs. King and her two children will return to Newber ry Monday with Mrs. Davis to spend the week. Mr. King will join them here next weekend. PROSPERITY SCOOL PLAY The eleventh grade of the Prosperity school will present a play, “Problem Father,” on Friday night, April 23, at 8 o’ clock. Admission 20c and 35c. This is a farce comedy and will keep you laughing. Come out and enjoy yourself and help the grade’s Washington Fund. Livingston-Jumper Miss Elizabeth Jumper of Newberry and Virgil Living ston of Prosperity were married Thursday evening in Grace Lu theran church with the groom’s pastor, the Rev. W. D. Halti- wanger, performing the double ring ceremony. Attending the couple were Miss Patricia Liv ingston as maid of honor*and Eugene Harmon as best man. Witnessing the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Jumper, Mr. arid Mrs. E. A. Jumper, Jr., Mrs. Roger Ford, and Billy Jumper. Mrs. Livingston wore a gray suit with red accessories and a corsage of red carnations. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Jumper of Newberry and received her education in the Newberry high school. She is now employed in Rose’s store in Newberry. Mr. Livingston, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Livingston of Prosperity, attended the .Pros perity high school. He is now in the U. S. Air Force and will leave Monday for duty in Cal ifornia. Literary Sorosis The April meeting of the Literary Sorosis was held Fri day afternoon with Mrs. W. H. Leaphart. The president, Mrs. C. T Wyehe, presided over the meeting. Dumg the business session committees were ap pointed to put on the Cancer' Drive. , Mrs. J. F. Browne and Mrs. W. E. Hancock presented an interesting program. Mrs. Browne gave the history of the Dock Street theatre in Charles ton and Mrs. Hancock gave the life of Benjamin Perry. During the social period a palatable salad plate with a soft drink was served. r Garden Chib Mrs.' Edd W. Counts was hos tess to the Dogwood Garden club on Monday afternoon with all members and one guest, Mrs. W. D. Stone, present. Mrs. B. C. Bedenbaugh, pro gram leader, gave an interest ing description of Lawton, the Holy City of Oklahoma. Mrs. H. E. Counts read a poem, “Spring.” For recreation Mrs. Jake Wheeler conducted a con test, with Mrs. James Counts high scorer. The hostess served a salad course with an iced drink. Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Kinard celebrated their twenty-third wedding anniversary Sunday with a family dinner. Out of town guests included Mrs. W. W. Kinard and Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stuck of Newberry Miss Edith Dill of Prosperity was also present. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Monts announce the birth of a daugh ter, Connie Elizabeth, on Fri day, April 9. The Montses have two boys. The Missionary Society of Grace church will meet in Cir cles Friday arternoon at 3:30; the Anna Krugler with Mrs. P. C. Singleyt the Gertrude Leo nard with Mrs, J. I. Beden baugh, and the Lillie Kyzer with Mrs. Wilbur Wessinger. Olin Long of Lexington spent the weekend with his sister, Miss Bess Long. Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Brooks and Cullen, Jr., spent the week end with Mrs. Annette Brooks and Mrs. L. S. Long. Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Browne had with them over the week end Mr. and Mrs. Will Browne and son Robert of Cherryville, N. C. Dr. and Mrs. George W. Har mon spent Sunday in Green ville with Mr. and Mrs. Hart- sell. W. P. Smith is spending this week in Washington, D. C., with his parents. B. T. Young and Jake Wheel er attended the Shrine meeting in Augusta Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kibler and Mr. and Mrs. Tilla Con nelly visited Charleston last Sunday. Miss Sara Mae McFerrin, stu dent at Erskine college, spent the weekend with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. McFerrin. Mrs. Monroe Mills and her son Raymond spent the weekend in Charleston with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stock- man, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stockman and little daughter, Kay, and Mrs. Allen Adams and daughter, Rebd, took in the Charleston gardens Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. L Campbell and baby and Miss Marjorie Campbell of Clemson spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Mills. The Mills, their guests and Mrs. J. W. Taft mo tored to Charleston Sunday, Field Named In Honor of Blease The Newly improved base ball park at Jolly Street will be named Blease Park, in honor of the late Cole L. Blease, and will be dedicated at the annual Jolly Street meeting and barbecue in August. • The baseball season will open at Jolly Street Saturday, when that club will meet the Saluda team at 4:00 p. m. This will be the opening game of the Dutch Fork league for both teams. Baseball has been existing at Jolly Street for more than 40 years, and the game Saturday will be the first to be played on an enclosed field. Great im provements have already been made on the ball park, and plans are underway to enlarge the seating capacity. In the game Saturday, be tween Jolly Street and Saluda, the first ball of the season will be pitched by Judge Steve C. Griffith, who is chairmian of the Jblly Street affair. The Hon. J. D. Griffith of Columbia, a lifelong friend of Jolly Street, will be on the receiving end. The home team will be out in new uniforms, and the as sociation promises the sport fans some good ball during the 1948 season, with such players as Sam Kinard, Ruff, Metis, Jim Boozer, Ryan, Cummings, Vaughn, Coleman, Bryas and others. GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY The following persons were drawn to serve as jurors when Civil Coure convenes at the county count house Monday, April 26, with Judge Frank Eatmon of Kingstree presiding: T. B. Grant. Harry Beden baugh, G. V. Clamp, G. H. An drews, J. C. Riddle, W. O Stone, C. B. Graves S. A. Meek, B. D. Epting, Murry Sheppard, F. H. Dennis, T. E. Ringer, C. F. Boland, R. M. Duckett, Jr., J. C. Metis, Lewis J. Shealy, P B. Dean, John M. Kinard, Jr., F. M. Cook, G. M. Neel, Edd W. Counts D. L. Hayes, Richard L. Sterling, Sam P. Shannon, J. Henry Stockman, T. J. Abrams, R. M. Tolbert. H. D. Dorroh, John Jacobs, Roy Connelly, J. K. Willingham, G. C. Abrams, W. P. Bodie, H. M. Meeks, M. K. Wicker and J. F. Stuck. ST. PHILIPS On last Sunday morning at the regular 11 o’clock service, the Rev. Clarence Stucke was installed as the duly elected pastor of St. Philips Lutheran church. Dr. Karl W. Kinard, president of the South Carolina Synod, delivered an interest ing and inspiring sermon and was the officiating minister. There was a large crowd pre sent for the occasion. Mr. and Mlrs. J. L. Sease and son Jimmy left Friday for their home in Wilmington, Del., af ter having spent the week with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Lillous Kibler and children of Ballentine were weekend guests id the home of Mrs. Kibler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wicker. Mr. and Mrs. Belton .Kinard visited Mrs. Kinard’s mother, Mrs. H. R. Koon of Kinards Sunday. Rev. S. P. Koon, D.D., of Columbia, attended services at St. Philips church Sunday morn ing, and was a dinner guest in the home of J. Bailey Wicker and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Shealy. Mrs. John W. Taylor of Pros perity visited reatives in the community Saturday Mrs. Bertha Kinard, Mrs. Lu ther Fellers, Miss Doris Fellers, and Charles Cleveland spent Fri day in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Enos Shealy of Little Mtountain were visitors re cently of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shealy. Miss Mary Sue Stone spent the weekend with Miss Betty Stone. Mrs. Lucy Ruff and children of Newberry were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Helen Sease. Mrs. C. W. Summer had visit ing her during the weekend, Mr. and Mirs. Thomas Summer and children of Newberry. Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fellers were Miss Bella Eison of Whitmire and Mrs. T. M. Suber. Miss Faye Fellers had for her weekend guest Miss Mary Sease Ruff. JOHN O. FRANKLIN Funeral services for John O. Franklin were held Sunday afternoon from the Good Hope Blaptis|t Church, Greenwood with the Rev. A. M. Doggett and the Rev. J. T. Duckett officiating. Mrs. D. L. Andrews and daughter, Linda, of Atlanta, Ga., left Monday after spending sev eral days with her parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Wilson, Bond Drive Is Under Way Joe Mf Roberts, chairman of the U. S. Savings bonds divi sion for Newberry county, calls on everyone to participate to the limit of his or her ability in the U. S.. Treasury’s security loan drive which opened yes terday, and which will close on June 30. Newberry county’s quota for the drive, announces Mr. Ro- oerts, is $205,000 in E, F, and G bonds. The state quota is $13,250,000. Mr. Roberts points out that volunteer bond salesmen and saleswomen have been called back into service in the same manner in which the bond sell ing campaigns were organized during the war, and newspa pers, radio stations and organ ized groups are supporting the campaign on a basis equal to that of any of the War Loan drives. “This is the first post-war bond selling campaign, and it is an important part of our government’s over-all program to preserve our national econ omy and our national security,” stated Mr. Roberts, adding that our people will again, as they did during the war, throw their full support behind the drive and over subscribe the county’s quota. REALTY TRANSFERS Amos S. Wells to James L. Lipscomb one lot, Henry Ave nue. $900. Amos S. Wells to Arthur E. Moorehead, one lot, Henry Ave nue. $900. Wyman Shealy to Ralph P. Shealy, one lot, one building, Caldwell street, $800. W. E. Cassidy to David F. Dominick one lot, one building, 2037 Piedmont street, $2900. Julette Morris Wise to Lo- amma A. Ruff, two lots. Wise street. $290. C. G Coleman to Whitener Lumber company., Inc., 180.1 acres, one building (Huff place) and 165 acres (Coleman place) $18,500. POMARIA AT STATE JHA CONVENTION Peggy Aull represented the Pomaria chapter. Junior home makers Association, at the state JHA convention held April 9-11 at Winthron college. • She returned to her chapter with three certificate awards of superior rating, in chapter activities, dress contest, and scrap book. FARM FOLKS MORE CORN Seventy-five Clarendon farm ers had already enrolled in their com contest when I was there a month ago. And County Agent Grainer was expecting at least 100 before the time was up. Many other counties are start ing com contest this year. And they are being continued from previous years in others. More and more farmers are seeing the com production demonstrations that the agents have been conducting in all counties of the state. And the Clemson plan for increasing corn yield thus extends to other farms. Remember what the Exten sion com man, H. A. Woodle, has said, “With the present know-how, the corn yield in South Carolina can be doubled”. Demonstrations are proving this, and more and more farmers are shooting at it. And the results begin to show in the average yield of corn in the State. Briefly, this plan for increas ing com yield is to put it on some of the better land, prepare it well, higher fertilization, closer rows and thicker spacing in the drill, good seed, and only early shallow cultivation. With far less row crops than we used to have and more grain and grazing, weeds are becoming increasingly trouble some. Wild mustard and thistle in particular are taking a lot of the fields. Fortunately science has been at work while this thing was happening. And now we have some very promising weed kil lers. They get the weeds' with out hurting certain «rops in which they are growing. That sounds almost too good to be true, yet it is, and I have seen it. Most of the County Agents are trying them out on limited areas. We need* to know a lot more about their practical use. And that knowledge will not be long in coming, with all the work that’s being done towards getting it. BOYS ARE THAT WAY At the foot of a long gentle slope down in the pasture the water had cut a deep ravine. The sides ,were steep, some straight up. (Continued on Back Page) Several Said To Run For House Democratic precinct club meetings will be held through out the county next Saturday, April 24, to usher in the 1948 political season. While some candidates have made public their intentions of seeking polit ical offices in the state and county, rumors tell of other can didates who will cause a contest in many of the public offices. In the state-wide race for United States senator, the in cumbent. Burnet R. Maybank, is seeking reelection. Tiying to unseat him will be W. J. Bryan Dorn of Greenwood representa tive in Congress from the third congressional district. From present indications, there will be several candidates trying for the congressional job left vacant by Dom. R. L. “Buck” Gamble of Anderson has announced. Others said to be in the race are J. Ernest Craig of Belton, former secretary to Congressman Butler B. Hare, and G. P. Callison of Green wood, attorney and member of the house of repersentatives from Greenwood county. Joe W. Cox of Johnston, member of the house or representatives from Edgefield county, was last week reported to have announc ed, but Mr. Cox issued a state ment this week that the an nouncement was a mistake; he will seek reelection to the legis lature, however, he said. The only candidate mention ed at this time for state senate is the incumbent Marvin E. Abrams, of Whitmire. Thomas H. Pope has announc ed that he is again offering for his place in the house of repre sentatives, and “is interested in no other political office at the present time.” Aubrey Harley, representative from Newberry for the past ten years, will not be in the contest this year. Others rumored to be in the House race are Effice Metts of Little Mountain, Robert Lake'of Whitmire, a student at the Uni versity law school; and Frank Jordan, attorney of Newberry. The sheriff, Ben Dawkins, will in all probability be opposed by Tom Fellers former sheriff of Newberry county, and H. J. Quattlebaum, former deputy sheriff. Chief Police Colie Dowd has also been mentioned in con nection with the sheriff contest, but Chief Dowd stated this week that he will not seek the office. Among those "rumored for the supervisor’s office are Paul Haile, Wilbur Epps and S. W. Shealy. Eugene Spearman, in-1 cumbent states that he will not offer for reelection; that at the conclusion of his term his time will be devoted to other acti vities. Should Mr. Epps throw his hat in the supervisor’s ring, the field would be open for Com missioner of District No. 1, now held by Mr Epps. C. B. Sohum- pert of Prosperity is Commis sioner of District No. 2. Both offices will be included in the summer primary. Indications are that the coro ner’s job now held by Leroy Wilson, will again be sought by Mr. Wilson. George Sum mer is the other candidate men tioned for this race. Herman Wise will ask to be returned as game warden. Remaining offices are those of magistrate, held now by L. M Graham, Newberry; R. A. Nelson, Whitmire; W. D. Hatton, Pamoria; W. A. Counts, Little Mountain: Lamar Dominick, Chappells; and Claude Wilson, Prosperity. It is expected that other hats will be thrown in the political ring before the deadline, and Newberry may expect to see much activity in the coming political season. 50TH. ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED The friends of Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Harman are invited to at tend an informal reception Saturday, April 17, at the Lutheran Church of the Re deemer in Newberry. The oc casion is the 50th. wedding anniversary of Rev. and Mrs. Harman. No formal invitations will be issued. Happy Birthday! Dorothy Ross Harmon, April 10 (instead- of February 10 as erroneously printed last week) Mrs. J. H. Summer, Mrs. Cannon Blease, Gordon H. Stockman, Dorothy Weir Rtfff, Mrs. Furman Reagin, April 18: Mrs. P. M. Nichols, April 19; Perry O. Wicker, April 21; Henry T. Fellers, Pauline Dun can, Mrs. George S. Minick, Mrs. Joseph L. Tolbert, Sr. (Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Harmon) April 22; Betty Leavell, April 23. i .