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Mfarmr rrrTQ*'i* in COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By Spectator South Carolina needs a Hon Till-j man The outstanding feature of thia| toga) muddle over the highway funds j is the' failure o< our leaders to lead . Or. It may be that they are leading lit the wrong direction. There are few men In public office ,?ud the com passionate few who would kill not only the goose of the golden ogK. but would give the golden egg to some one whose standard of llviiig may not equal certain standards prescribed for those who feed and fatten at the public expense. The strange part of this standard subsistence idea Is that half the self-supporting peoplo of the country haven't all the things we are called on to give away to others. Whore our leadership in this state Is lacking Is that we have substituted personal honor, social dualities ami oratorical gestures for vigorous lead ershlp along fundamentally sound lines. Lookipg over the budget of our state. Are we getting value In proportion to expenditure? The State Is the creature of the people, the people are not the dependants of tho State. Perhaps In time of emergency we use an expendlent, like a man seizing a floating log, but wo are Just about In the same condition as Italy and Germany. Sounds bad. doesn't it? But what Is the difference at bottom? Hitler and Mussolini say that the people belong to the State. Therefore the people must serve the State as' tho State ordains. Here we are claiming that we are the State; we, the people, are the State. But we call on the State for everything. The next step will be for the State to tell us what to do, as the National Government is doing now. We need leadership here In South Carolina, firm, purposeful, informed, resourceful, even aggressive leadership, to survey, appraise, study estimate or evaluate what tho State is spending our money for. We are spending and spending without knowing what we are doing. Well, Congress finds the money for W. P. A. and P. W. A. and a dozen other agencies of spending, but It cuts deeply' the farm benefits. The National Government is f)nding millions for many so-called services which are of no great usefulness. Anything advocated by the President commands a large support, just on political grounds. Congress swallowed all tho doses prescribed by Mr. Roosevelt. even to the disruption of the earning power of the nation; it now lamely and weakly follows the bellwether Into whatever pasture he leads. Farm income and man's bread and meat are above any political party. No party means anything today.. According to the standards of Woodrow Wilson, Wade Hampton and Ben Tillman we have no Democratic Party. What we have is a lot of shrewd politicians who have captured the South and are embracing all sorts of fads which are destroying the initiative of tho people. There was a big hearing here this week on lite proposals to repeal the statute which imposes a special tax ait income derived front interest, dividends. etc. This is a fine effort, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce of the State and the South Carolina Federation of Commerce. I Agriculture and Industry. The House invited two citizens (not members of the legislature) to prest nt arguments for and against tho repeal of the law intangibles. Hon. R. Beverley Herbert, widely known and respected, argued for the tax Mr. .1 K. Breedin argued for the repeal of the tax Celt* !. Blease lias been one of the notable figures produced by our State He had the individuality, the vigor, the punching power and the personal-j ity to attract men, and he fought hi> battles on the strength of his personal force and program Mr Blcase is now | in the fullness of mellow wisdom audi rich experience As one of the most1 rampant and rambunctious of the old Ant is 1 wish the venerable warrior j peace, joy and the goodwill of all his fellow Carolinians. I Time change* us and we bury the; hatchets of our rectlr youth Cole L. Blouse has been brought out for one of the places on the Stale un-empio>-: ment commission by a lot of.'Antis"! and he Is being strongly supported by; Ant is of yesteryear I am glad to see' this healing of old wounds. Mr. Blease 1 supported Wyndham Manning for Governor and Mr. Manning has made! a handsome acknowledgement of his! gratitude to Mr. Blease. I agree fully with tne argument that no man In public ofTlce has a lien on the place of delegate to the' National Democratic Convention We are becoming less and less democratic every year. Why should anybody have a reserve seat at the Convention ? Well the Senate did not wait out the pitcher, but swung at the first pltcheu bell and la now ou flrat base. Well, that's something. Here's hoping that the runner, now on first, won't go to sleep on the bag; we need a run. So, whoever is poaching the Senate, won't you please get the runner to try a little Ty-Cobblng and slide for home? One hardly knows what's what. Are the Finns beating the stuffing out of the Russians? No, boys, beating the Russians is like punching a bag; you can punch tla lot without making any Impression. The admirals and other men of war are having a field day. To be able to submit vast plans for new ships?and all that?must delight the sould of any bureaucrat in the military (and naval) order catalogue. Oh, boy! The courts have tied up the proposed use of gasoline revenue. I have never opposed the diversion particularly on legal grounds, but on grounds of sound financing and wise policy. No matter what you may think of the highway department the Job before us is to do certain jobs, and we have hot tl nished. To think of this as a matter enealion, collected uj total of $ 1 SO. the maximum while att-j other received a total of $11.80, Uu-I employment Commission Chairman, Andrew J. Murphy revealed toduy. Declaring that the unemployment coinpenaation law prohibita him from divulging the names of the bail playera Involved, Murphy Baid that one player colleuted the maximum of $15 per week for a twelve-week period, while the totals collected by the niue others over the three-mouth period ranged from $11.80 upward. More than 50 persona were killed and many more Injured recently, bb the worat blizrard in many years Hwept over northwestern Jupai). Arizona grapefruit prices have Jumped from $10 to $25 a ton, as a result of crop-destroying weather iu the competitive districts of Florida and Texas. THIRTEEN WOOD FIRE8 FOR , MONTH OF JANUARY Kershaw county imports 13 fires! (luring the month of January burning a total of 99.7 acres of woodland. Seven of these fires were caused by smokers and hunters, 2 by railroad. 1 campflre, 1 brushburning and 2 inI cendiary. We may readily see from J the above report that these fires could have eliminated by a little more carefulness on the part of the public. We especially warn smokers, to be I? ? more careful while hunting in the 1 wood 8. Anyone seeing a fire, we would ap--i predate them calling the following numbers" as some of our good friynds J have already co-operated with us by calling some member or tne organization: 1 Company Rangers office 166, Residence '512, Camden Tower 2004; C-asaatt Tower 2003; Warden McKlnnon* 2013; Westville Tower 2012; 2002; Warden McLeod 2014, is the request of W. C. Perry, county ranger. Wr Leag Metaaee Rales ^ I are Reduced Every Eveiiag after Sevea aad 1 &/ fltuf Sun day/ I It co?tt little at any tlma to Toics-visit with out-of-town frifndi and relatives, But both Btation-to-Statioa and Parsonto-Personlongdistance rates ar4 imeliftr low tft?r Itvii ai night until 4:90 A.M. Ovor woofc through to 4:50 A, If. Monday. At thes? times you cm talk akmt?.? *' 1 ?100 miles for 33 cents 200 miles for 65 cents 300 miles for $1,15 ? 1 FEEDS GAINES DOG FOOD :^jtj* STURDY DOG FOOD r_ qp SPARTAN DOG FOOD J PURINA FEEDS AND MASHES SPARTAN FEEDS AND MASHES RACE HORSE OATS TIMOTHY AND CJUOYJEItHAY ^ ? , ^ ^ RYE AND WHEAT STRAW WHITAKER & CO. j Rutledge Street Phone 4 BUILDING TOOLS I Whether you are building a home, repairing a roof or fix-ing a broken window you will need the right tools for . the work. See us for your building needs. We sell only r the best. BARRINGER HARDWARE CO. " ~ _ PHONE 21