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NEARLY EVERYBODY IN NEWBERRY SEES * • THE SUN VOL. 11 NO. 3 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1948 $1:50 PER ANNUM By The Way - - By DORIS ARMFIELD The Legion Auxiliary would like to thank the radio station and the newspapers for their co operation in presenting the Poppy Day program, to New- r > berry county. Because of incle ment weather, not as many poppies were sold as have been sold on Poppy Days in past years. Mrs. May T. Stuck, president of the auxiliary, stat ed that “everyone we contacted was cooperative, and gave gen erously for the poppies, but be cause of the rain we were un able to have an effective street sale.” If you didn’t have a chance to buy a poppy Satur day, you can still donate for the disabled veterans welfare fund by contacting Mrs. Stuck or any member of the auxiliary. There was a beautiful poppy wreath on the World War sta tue on the courthouse square. I’m afraid the square’s attrac tiveness was dimmed, however, by that torn, dirty, faded flag. The red stripes in the flag should have been as deep as the red of the poppies, but by contrast, the stripes were al most pink. I don’t know why I let things like that worry me, but I do. There are some things about Newberry that can’t be changed to be made attractive, but there are others that can be, and should be changed. I said last week that the city council had promised to do something about the flag. They did. They told me they “un derstand it is the responsibility of the civic league.” I can't imagine that an organization which has done as much for community betterment as' the bivic league would allow a flag like that to be seen in Newberry. If it is lack of funds that keeps Newberry from having a decent flag, then I will be glad to donate a few pennies to buy a new one. I’ll even offer to solicit funds (I believe the chamber of com merce would give me a permit for such a good cause) and the - first Jjiacfi I’ll start soliciting is. aTtnecify council. . . . . I’m getting to be right proud of the chamber of commerce. Off and on, since I’ve been back in Newberry, I’ve been fusking about that “Welcome to New berry” sign out on the Colum bia highway. I was just about in the mood to start on that project again, but decided I’d better ride out and look at it first to see what condition it is in. I don’t know how late I am in reporting this, but the sign has been painted, new letters have been put in where the old ones had fallen off, and again the sign does credit to the City of Friendly Folk D. W. A. Neville asked a question several weeks ago but I’ve just investigated it recently. , It concerns the names of streets again. Newberry streets are a little peculiar and confusing anyway, to a new comer, especially. Take Mayer Avenue which suddenly be comes Harper for no apparent reason, and McCaughrin Ave nue which goes right into Har rington streets without a sign of a break. This time, the con fusion is that Calhoun-Pelham street division. Where does Cal houn end and where does Pel ham begin? Mr. Neville was of the opinion that Lindsay street was the dividing line, but in the last street sign painting, it was Pelham on 'both sides of Lindsay street. Now the people who thought they were living on Calhoun street are wonder ing just where they do live. . . Enrollment books for regis tration to vote in the Demo cratic primary are now open, and the location of the book in your precinct can be found by consulting the “Enrollment Notice” elsewhere in this issue of The Sun. The closing date for registration is Tuesday, June 22nd, but don’t wait till the last minute to register^— you might forget it. If you have already secured a general election registration certificate, this does not qualify you to vote in the primary, so be sure to get your name on the book in your precinct. Several in teresting countywide races are in prospect, and before the cam paign is over, if you haven’t re gistered, you’ll wish you had. You’ve heard the expression, “never underestimate the power of a woman?” A citizen of New berry typified that expression, as is shown by the following story which appeared in the Monday issue of the Statesville, N. C.. Daily Record under a column entitled “Down In Ire dell ...” PINCH HITTER—Members of the congregation of First A.R.P. What People You Know Are Doing Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Randel and son, “Randy” of Olanta, spent the weekend with Mrs. Rondel’S parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on Main St. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Eargle have arrived in Newberry from Macon. Ga., .to spend the sum mer months at their home on Summer Street. “Buzz” Purcell, a student at the Citidel, has arrived in New berry to spend the summer holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell. Among the Winthrop students arriving after the close of school are Martha Julia Cald well, Alice Louise Danielson, Barbara Felker, Mary Nell Half- acre, Angelyne Plampin, John- sie Lee Wedaman, and Martha Dell Wilson. H. D. Moon of Westminster, spent last weekend in the home of his niece, Mrs. S. E. Denton and family. Mrs. L. A. Spearman and son Ashley, of Hickory N. C., were visitors lalst week in the home of Mrs Spearman’s sister, Mrs. May T. Stuck. Mrs. Ollie Brown visited her mother and sister in Columbia during the weekend. Jim Feagle visited friends in Brevard, N. C., last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Coleman and two children of Laurens are staying in Newberry with Mr. Coleman’s mother, Mrs. L. D. Coleman, while their home in Laurens is being remodeled. Visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs| Henry Cousins on Mayelr Avenue last weekend were Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Kes ter and David Lee Cartner of Walterboro, and Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Kester and two children of Columbia. Johnny Kester, a student at Newberry College, ire turned to Walterboro with his parents for the summer. Rev. and Mrs. Neil E. Trues- dale and three daughters spent several days this week in At lanta, Ga., where Rev. Trues- dale wafs a guest of the gen eral assembly there. Mr. a*d Mrs. Cecil Reid of FretleTieksburg, Va., are visiting Mrs. Reid’s sisters, Mrs. O. B. Cannon and Mrs. Wilson Brown. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Briggs and son Dickie left Saturday for Chicago where they will visit for two weeks with an other son, William Briggs and family. Mrs. W. A. Callis and Mrs. James Dorn of Ware Shoals visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dickert and Mrs. Kate Leavell. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Kelly and family left Wednesday for Chattanooga, Term., where Mrs. Kelly and children, Margaret, Katherine and Phil III, will spend a month with Mrs. Kelly’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fuller. METHODIST CIRCLES The circles of the Woman’s Society of Christian service of Central Methodist church will meet Monday, June 7, as follows No. 1, Mrs. L. G. McCullough, 7:30 p. m. No. 2, Mrs. C. G. Blease, 4:00 p. m. No. 3, Church, 4:00 p. m. No. 4, Mrs. Richardson, 8:00 p.m. Louise Best, Mrs. Hunter Brown, 4:00 p. m. DUTCH FORK GAME AT JOLLY STREET Ba'llentine-White Rock and Jolly Street of Dutch Fork Lea gue will meet in a baseball game on the Jolly Street dia mond, Saturday June 5, at 4:00 o’clock. church are still talking today about how Mrs. H. L. Parr of Newberry, S. C. grandmother of the pastor, Rev. Louis H. Pat rick, went to bat at the church Sunday morning when a sub stitute minister failed to show up- Rev. Mr. Patrick, who is away attending a chifrch meet ing, had arranged with Rev. E. W. Fox, retired Methodist minis ter, to fill the A. R. P. pulpit Sunday morning. So a full congregation showed up Sunday morning to hear the visiting minister. As the hour for the service came on. Rev. Mr. Fox failed to appear. A telephone call to his home re vealed that he had apparently got his dates crossed and had gone out into the country to conduct a Sunday morning ser vice at a rural church. That left First A. R. P. with out a minister, but it did not leave them without a service. Mrs. Parr, who ranks almost as a pastor’s assistant in her home church in Newberry, step ped to the pulpit and delivered a message which combined the Sabbath school story of Daniel with a temperance lesson and left the congregation feeling well satisfied, Clemson Names Strange Worms The “mysterious worms” found by Paul H. Shull and mention ed in The Sun last week have been identified According to Clemson College extension ser vice they are pecan catocala or, to the layman, just plain old caterpillars, peculiar to pecan trees. County Agent P. B'. Ezell ad vises that the pecan catocala is the pest which is occasionally found destroying pecan foliage in the spring and that it is cap able of doing considerable dam age by stripping the leaves un til only the petioles and stems remain. The following information is given for the benefit of those who have pecan trees on their property. For translation of technical terms, please contact Mr. Ezell: “The insect passes the winter in the egg stage. The eggs are deposited by the moths on the under side of bark scales in the fa'll. They hatch in the spring, and the caterpillars feed on the foliage throughout the spring and early summer. The cater pillars, which are grey, grow to a length of 2 1-2 to 3 inches. When ready to transfer, the lar vae construct rather flimsy co coons in which to pupate. Tne moths begin to appear the latter part of June and may continue to emerge until fall. “This insect rarely becomes sufficiently abundant to require special control measures. How ever, if it does become a serious pest, it may be controlled by applying arsenical sprays when the caterpillars are small. In some cases the arsenical may be combined with thebordeaux mixture applied for scab con trol in the second cover spray, in May.” No explanation is given for the migration of the pecan cat ocala to the tin can beneath a pecan tree on Mr. Shull’s yard. After trying the worms for fish bait, Mr. Shull advised “they’re good bait for large fish, but a little too tough for the small ones. I^put the can back under the tree and caught more of the worms, so I don’t have to dig for bait when I go fishing.” County Agent Ezell said that he wouldn’t be disturbed be cause the caterpillars are not good bait for small fish. “Who wants to catch a small fish anyway?” he asked. Man Injured In Cutting Scrape W. B. Williams of Fountain Inn was seriously wounded in a fight which occured Tuesday night at the intersection of the Whitmire and Columbia-Green.- ville highways, according to local authorities. J. McMahan, colored also of Fountain Inn, is being held in the county jai'L in con nection with the knife-cutting fracas which evidently followed an argument between the two. Williams and McMahan, to- f ether with J. Russell Terry. W. L Peden and William McMahan, colored, all of Fountain Inn, were returning with their two trucks of farm machinery from the lower part of the state, and stopped at the intersection where Williams became ill. A doctor was called, and before his arrival. Williams and J. Mc Mahan allegedly got into an argument about some liquor which was in one of the trucks. A fight ensued, at which time McMahan is said to have inflic ted a number of knife wounds on Williams body. Williams was taken to the County hospital. Other members of the party, including J. McMahan, left the intersection and started for Fountain Inn, but at the request of Sheriff Ben Dawkins and De puty Rufus Livingston, who were investigating, they were stopped by Clinton authorities and returned to Newberry. ST. PHILIPS Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Thomas and little daughters, Barbara and Linda spent the past week end in Greensboro and Thomas- ville, N. C. with relatives and friends. The Luther League of St. Philips accompanied by Pastor and Mrs. C. H. Stucke and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Livingston, visi ted the Lowman home at White Rock Sunday afternoon and ren dered a program to the aged. Friends of Mrs. M. E. Enlow regret to know that she is very ill in the Newberry hospital. We all hope she will soon be better and returned to her home Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Kibler had for their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. John Kibler and son, Everette of Marven, N. C. and Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Werts and son, Billy. Spending Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wicker, were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koon and children, of Laurens, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Koon, Mrs. Cora Sligh and spn. George. Mrs. Georgia Schumpert, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Parrott, Miss Ruby Cannon of Newberry and Mrs. C. W. Summer were Sun day dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Shealy and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Shea ly. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Robert Koon and children of Goldville spent from Friday until Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koon. Mrs. Nina C. Price and son Andy, Miss Martha Bouknight, Mrs. Marvin Rucker of New berry and Mrs. Thomas Har mon of Pomaria were dinner guests Wednesday of Mrs. Mus- coe Alewine. Mrs. C. W. Summer visited her brother Mr. T. B. Shealy in the Bush River section Thurs day, who is sick. Miss Lillian Ruff of Irmo and Mr. Wilbur Ruff of Spartan burg were at home for the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ruff. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Mills and daughter, Judy of New berry, were supper guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Werts. Mrs. Belton Kinard spent a few days last week with her ter, Mrs. Madison Longshore of Newberry. Miss Annie Livingston of Clin ton was at home a few days this week with Mrs. L. V. Livingston and her sister Miss James Livingston. MRS. ANNIE B. WHITMIRE Mrs. Annie Banks Sligh Whit mire, prominent and beloved resident of the Johnstone section of Newberry county, passed away at Mt. Sinai hospital Baltimore, Md., Wednesday nite, May 26, following a major opera tion. She was the daughter of the late Pierce Butler and Edna Alewine Banks of Newberry. . A graduate of Newberry Col lege in the class of 1928, she was beloved by a host of friends who grieve to learn of her dea th. She taught in schools in the county and was appointed at tendance teacher, which she, held until she was forced to re tire because of ill health. Mrs. Whitmire was a mem ber of Mission church, and took an active part in religious and civic activities of her commun ity. She was twice married, first to Ollie Sligh, who passed away several years ago. She was later married to Ralph Whitmire of Columbia, who survives, with the following brothers and sis ters: Horace Banks, Ninety Six; Boyce Banks, Greenwood; Mrs. Blair Griffin, Anderson; Mrs. James Faulkner, Greenwood; Mrs. George Minick, Newberry; and Mrs. Everette Kirby, Wash ington, D. C.; also a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon. May 28 at Leavell funeral home. Interment followed in the Mission church cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were: Pinckney Abrams, Marvin Wil son, Jr., Rufus Livingston, Ray Dawkins, Tommie Graham, J. L. Long, D. C. Spearman, Her man Langford and Dr. Young Brown. Active pallbearers were: Max- cey Stone, J. C. Neel, Bill Haw kins, 'Elliot Dawkins, Ralph Young and James Brown. County Home Bids Rejected The Newberry county del egation and board of 'commis sioners this week rejected all bids made for the proposed County Home as “too high”, and instructed Irvine B. Les lie, architect, to revise plans and re-submit them at an early date. « No bid was made by local con tractors. Builders, Inc., a Col umbia firm, submitted the low bid of $69,378. Bids were opened at a meeting held Tuesday morning in the Supervisor’s office, attended by inembers of the delegation, Senator Marvin E. Abrams, Rep resentatives R. A. Harley and Thomas H. Pope; also Super visor Eugene Spearman, Com missioner Cy Schumpert, and Mr. Leslie, who has been in charge of the work. Plans were begun some months ago by the county delegation and the commissioners to im prove the county home, to make it more comfortable and less hazardous for the inmates. • The delegation hopes to have It home constructed for about half the amount of the lowest bid. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas and daughters visited friends and relatives in Greensboro, N. C., over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Strother Pay- singer and son, Danny, and Mrs. Sarah Wallace of Whitmire will leave Friday for Randolph Ma con, in Virginia, to attend the graduation exercises of the Pay- singer’s daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Paysinger Williamson, on Mon day. They will return to New berry Tuesday. Dr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Shull and small sons, John and Bob, spent the weekend with Mrs. Shull’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T. Summer. They re turned to their home in Oak Ridge, Tenn., Monday. Building Permits T. M. Bickley,’ repairs to dwelling on Jefferson street, $5.00. Otis Livingston, five room frame dwelling,, Daisy street, .$4000. A. O. Ringer, five room wood frame dwelling, Mayer avenue, $4500. B. F. Hawkins, repairs to dwelling on Player street, $200. B. G. Quarles, repairs to office building, Nance street, $25. A. J. Katzburg, five room of fice building, Coats street, $6000. Thad McCrackin, moving house from Caldwell street to Hutton street. Miss Georgia Schumpert, re pairs to dwelling on Caldwell street, $200. Timothy Haltiwanger, repairs to dwelling, Taylor street, $60. A. S. Bobb, repairs to dwell ing, Crosson street, $150. Ryan Hill, repairs to store front. Main street, $500. Henry Swindler, four room garage apartment, Pelham St., $4000. J. H. Long, repairs to dwell ing, Drayton street, $250. OR. M. Minick. repairs to dwell ing, Lee street, $300. Mrs. Parks, one car garage, Harper street, $300. M. L. Davenport, four room dwelling, Pauline street, $5000. C. D. Turner, add shed to garage, O’Neal street. $50. John Taylor ... Gives Position ANDERSON, JUNE 1~( Spec ial)—John C. Taylor of Ander son who served the Third Con gressional District for three ter ms as a member of Congress, to day announced that he would be a candidate for that office in the Democratic primary this summer. “I am going to make this cam paign on the strength of my rec ord as a member of Congress, my record as a business man and my ability to serve the peo ple of the Third District intelli gently, aggressivley and coura geously,” Taylor stated in an nouncing for the office. Taylor began his first service in Congress in 1933, at the depth of the depression, and during the three terms he ser ved he gained a* reputation for his courage and forthrightness in' dealing with the problems that beset the American people in those days. He supported many of the emergency meas ures calculated to restore busi ness and the confidence of the people, but was on many oc casions outstanding for his oppo sitions to boondoggling projects and free spending of the peop le’s money, and such other pro positions as wefe designed to destroy the courts and the free dom of the people. A successful business man himself, Taylor has always been a strong advocate of economy and was a novelty in Washing ton in his early days for return ing to the Treasurer a part of his clerical hire which he did not need. He • believes that un der the present circumstances we need the same stem . eco nomic measures if this country is to continue its solvency and the American people are not to First Woman Enters Primary Tuesday, June 1, at noon was the deadline for candidates to qualify for entry in the Dem ocratic primary this summer, and the last candidate to file was Mrs. Mae A. Aull, who shortly after 11:30 Tuesday qualified for the office of super intendent of education. The of fice is currently held py James D. Brown, who was appointed to complete the unexpired term left by the resignation of C. E. Hendrix. Mr. Brown is also a candidate for the office, hav ing previously qualified. At noon on Tuesday, 44 can didates had paid the fee which qualified them to enter the race for the office sought. Candidates without opposi tion in the primary are: Mar vin E. Abrams, state senate; Pinckney N. Abrams, auditor; J. Ray Dawkins, treasurer; H. K. Boyd, clerk of court; G. Herman Wise, game warden; W. D. Hatton, magistrate, Pomaria; and Claude Wilson, magistrate. Prosperity. Trying for the two seats from Newberry county in the House of Representatives are Thomas H. Pope, incumbent; Frank E. Jordan, Jr., J. Press Fellers, and Walter T. Lake. The race for sheriff will be a contest between Ben F. Dawkins, incumbent; H. J. Quattlebaum, Tom M. Fellers and Will T. Bu ford. Qualified for the supervisor’s race, to replace Eugene Spear man who is not offering for re- election. are Wilbur E. Epps, S. W. Shealy, Paul H. Haile, and Ace W. Watkins. Commissioner District No. 1: J. Frank Lominick, S. O. Bun- drick, D. Ed Schumpert, Reed D. Marrett, and Robert P. Fair. Commissioner District No. 2: C. B. Schumpert, incumbent; J. L. Shealy, G. T. Werts, and Joe N. Wilson. Magistrate, Newberry: L. M. Graham, incumbent; W. S. Al ewine, Roy D. Stutts and J. B. Coward. Magistrate, Whitmire: R. E. Nelson, incumbent; H. T. John son and Homer B. Walker. . Magistrate, Little Mountain: Burk M. Wise, Callie B. Metts, and Earnest A. Wheeler. Magistrate, Chappells: A. La mar Dominick, incumbent; W. E. Spearman, Sr. Other races which citizens of the county will vote in are so licitor, congress and senate. Hugh Beasley of Greenwood is unopposed for re-election to the office of solicitor for the 8th court circuit. Three of the four congress ional candidates for the third district are from Anderson. They are John C. Taylor, R. L. Gamble, and Leon L. Rice, who qualified just before the dead line. The other candidate is James S. Hare of Saluda. Assurance of an interesting statewide race for the seat in the U. S. Senate came with the Tuesday noon deadline, when five candidates had filed pledges. They are Burnet R. Maybank of Charleston, who is seeking re- nomination; William J. Bryan Dorn of Greenwood; Marcus A. Stone of Florence and Dillon; Neville Bennett of Clio; and Alan Johnstone of Newberry and Washington, D. C. NOTICE TO PATRONS A meeting of all patrons of Stoney HM School has been called for Monday nite June 7 at the school building. The hour is 8:00 P. M. and each patron is urged to be present in order to decide some vital questions relating to the school for the coming year. Signed: , | i J. L. KOON W. B. HITE RALPH SHEALY Itc ATTEND MEETING AT LEESVILLE L. C. Graham, secretary of the chamber of commerce, and H. O. Long, chairman of the chamber’s agriculture committee, attended a meeting of the Bates- burg-Leesville chamber of Com merce Agriculture committee held at the Pine Grove tea room at Leesville last Friday. Audley Ward was guest speaker at the meeting. Dr. Katzburg To Erect Office Donald Rabb et al to B. M. Epting, one lot, $5.00 and other considerations. Johnson McCrackin Co. to C. T. Perchau, one lot, one build ing, Nance street, $5000. Victor R. Truesdale to B. M. Epting, one lot, $5.00 and other considerations. Amos S. Wells et al to Frank Bunyon Sligh, one lot, Henry avenue, $850. John S. Lide to Fuller D. Spotts, 12 acres, Caldwell pro perty $3500. Charles H. Wise to David Cook and Annie Mae Cook, one lot, Eleanor street extension, $150. Claud C. Smith to Johnny W. Wood, one lot, $400. H. M. Hentz to I. L. Crooks, one lot, $25. Bessie M. Richardson to C. C. Rice, 125 acres, $1450. James C. Floyd to William C. Floyd, 112 acres, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Mrs. Koger Evans to Hartridge L. Evans, one lot, $5.00 love and affection. PROSPERITY Mrs. Robert W. Pugh and her daughter Linda and Mrs. Gene Klar of Orchard Park, N. Y., have been visiting Mrs. Cora B. Stockman. Mrs. Stockman and Miss Betty Pugh, student at Columbia College, will accom pany them home. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and Mr. and Mrs. Melton Wall of Newberry spent Sunday at Winthrop College. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Shealy and their two sons spent Sun day in Blacksburg with Mrs. Shealy’s parents. Miss Elizabeth Shealy spent Sunday at Chimtney Rock, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Callahan of Columbia were weekend guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Singley. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black spent Sunday in Newberry with their daughter, Mrs. Fred Hayes and family and attended the college Baccalaureate sermon. Their granddaughter, Elizabeth Hayes is a graduate. Mrs. D. H. Harmon, Sr., Mrs. A. B. Hunt, Mrs. George Spotts and baby, and Mrs. Joe Spotts and son spent Thursday in Co lumbia. M. P. Connelly of Panama City, Fla., spent a few days of last week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Cole Wessinger, Mrs. Mary Wessinger, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Wessinger and their daughter Evelyn spent Sunday in Springfield as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Wessinger. Miss Ethel Counts attended Comenencement at Winthrop College last weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reagin spent Sunday with relatives and attended the Baccalaureate ser mon at Newberry College. Mrs. Reagin’s brother, Kenneth Ep ting, graduated. Mrs. Jake Wheeler and her little daughter Margaret return ed home Saturday from a week’s visit in Abbeville and Charlotte, N. C. W. A. Ball^ntine, P. H. Barnes, W. L. Mills, and B. T. Young attended a District RLCA meeting in Edgefield Friday night. Mrs. J. F. Browne and Mrs. P. W. Smith were in Columbia Friday and visited Mrs. Lula C. Merchant and the Rev. and Mrs. George Meetze. Ned Mathis, who has been in Spindale, N. C., for several years, is now with his sister, Mrs. Roberson at the Mathis home near Prosperity. Mrs. C. T. Wyche spent Friday in Columbia with her daughter, Mrs. James F. Goggans. be overburdened with too many taxes. Even in the days before Hitler began terrorizing the world, Taylor was a strong advocate of an impregnable national defense urging back in those days upon an indifferent Congress an army, navy and air force second to none. His position on many ques tions which came up while he was in congress places him, in some measure, in the role of a prophet. “I believe we are now facing many grave national and world wide problems that demand men of courage and intelligence,” Taylor said, . CHRISTENED AT COLUMBIA CHURCH Nan Layton Buddin, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Allen Buddin, was christened at a ceremony per formed at St. Mark’s Metho dist church in Columbia Sun day, May 16. Rev. William Fred Hedgepath officiated. The church was decorated with palms, fern, and vases of white flowers Mrs. Elbert Dickert, organist; Mrs. William D. Lee, Jr., solo ist; and Dr. Elbert J. Dickert, violinist, all of Columbia, fur nished a program of music. Be fore the ceremony, Mrs. Lee sang “Cradle Song” and at the close of the service Dr. Dickert played “I Think When I Read that Sweet Story of Old”. During the ceremony, Mrs. Dickert played “Mighty Lak a Rose.” Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Buddin of Spartanburg were godparents. Little Nan was dressed in a long, white, hand emlbroidered batiste dress given to her by her namesake and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Nan Layton. She wore a gold locket and white corsage. Classes of Past Hold Reunions Three classes of graduates of Newberry College in former years met in Newberry for re unions during the commence ment season. The class of 1928 held a re union supper Saturday night at the World War Memorial building with 60 members pre sent. On Tuesday, the class of 1938 met at the World War Memorial buifliding. A reunion dinner of the class of 1898 Was held at the Hotel Wiseman Tuesday after com mencement exercises. Seven of the eight living members were present. They were: Luther B. Aull, Greenwood; Dr. Howell M. Henry, Emory, Va.; John J. Kibler, Morven, N. C.; David A. Kleckley, Newberry; Jacob A. Rauch, Prosperity; William B. Shealy, Little Mountain, and Clarence T. Summer, Newberry. The absent member was Ed ward C. Witt, of Lake City, Fla., who had car trouble en route to Newberry and was unable to finish the trip. MARRIAGE LICENSES Fifteen marriage licenses were issued by the office of the pro bate Judge of Newberry County in May to; Leland Junior Kinard, New berry and Wilma Edith Richard son, Prosperity; Guy A. Daniel son and Baibara Zane Muliinax, Newberry; Ralph Schumpert, Newberrv and Patricia Metts, Prosperity; Otto Vernon Fulmer, Jr., Pomaria, and Audrey Lor- • raine Boland, Chapin; Pearce C. Davis and Ruth Louise Wilson, Newberry; John T. Gray and Carolyn Othella Young, Whit mire; Billy Carol Parton and Mary Rebecca Graham, Whit mire ; John L. Lindler, Jr., Blairs, and Mary Louise Shealy, Prosperity. Also, James Ernest Graham and Azalee Sue Mull, Whitmire; Jaimes E. Stockman and Willie Mae Amick, Prosperity; Odell Crotts and Margaret Finney, Whitmire; Ben Tillman Seymore Whitmire and Bernice Seymore, Union; John Cary Fulmer, Kin- ards and Ruby Belle Long Pros perity; Theopolis Benjamin Hol ley, Blakley, Ga., and Betty Lorraine Harrison, Newberry; Fred A. Tinsley, Newberry and Magdlean Gillian, Goldville. FINISH COURSES AT WINTHROP COLLEGE Miss Miriam Anita Ballen- tine of Prosperity received a degree of bachelor of science, and Miss Jane Christine Boaz- man of Chappells received a certificate in commerce at the commencement exercises of Winthrop college, which took place Sunday They were among the 301 candidates for degrees and cer tificates. , ✓ 65 Graduate Butler B. Hare of Saluda spoke to the graduating class of Newberry College in commence ment exercises held Tuesday morning in the college gym nasium. when 65 students re ceived degrees. The subject of Dr. Hare’s talk was “The Sober Second Thought.” Miss Clarice Von Der Hyde of Jacksonville, Fla., a member erf the freshman class, won the Monroe scholarship, and the Citizenship medal was won by Buren Albert Lown of Leesville. president James C. Kinard spoke briefly to the graduates after presenting diplomas. Those from the county receiv ing degrees and certificates were Bachelor of Science: Leonard Ariail Auton, cum laude; Hey ward M. Boozer, Silverstreet; Thomas Patrick Ruzhardt; Jesse Pope Connelly, Jr., Nelson Ben- net Connelly, Betty Jo Counts', Martha Sue Cromer, Andrew Kenneth Eptfiig, Prosperity; Elizabeth Hayes, Strother Dan iel Paysinger, cum laude; John Alfred Phibbs, Carolyn Ruff, William Earl Sanford, Hugh Elliott Wessinger. Bachelor of Arts: Mary Ellen Lindler, Little Mountain; Zebu- lun DeLoache Smith. Business certificates, two year course: Martha Jennings Bucha nan, Dorothy Naomi Wise. Business certificates, one year course: Elbert C. Amick, Pros perity; Elise Winona Boozer, Emmaline Craft, Grace T. Cros by, Katherine Kirkland, Edith C. Taylor, Beverley Jean Will ingham, Mildred Louise Wise. Bookkeeping certificates: Va*. sey B. Ruff. Happy Birthday! B. Y. Abrams, June 5; E. B. Purcell, Miss Fannie Mae Carwile, Mrs. J. L. Burns, Delora Fanl, June 9; Dr. A. W. Welling, Cecil Williams, James Henry Davis June 10; Mrs. W. C. Tarrer, D. O. Car penter, Mrs. David Senn, June n. i