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Malvern Hill Club Met The Malvern Hill Homio DemonstraLlon Club held Its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. W. D. Drunson on Friday, May 31. The president, Mrs. W. J. Denton, presided, and callod the meeting to order by singing that grand and favorite old song "America." The devotional was rendered by Mrs. Troy Denton. Our project song for the month, "Grandfather's Clock," was sung. As our quilt we started making in February Is completed, we voted on number of tickets to sell and price of tickets. Each member was asked to sell at least ten tickets. Mrs. W. J. Denton haa asked Rev. C. P. Blackmon, pastor of Malvern Hill church to preach us a sermon on citizenship. She announced dato for this sermon. At this tlmo Miss Fewell showed ' ????? I the members a little homo-made cooler for keeping milk, butter and the like cool. This Is a very nice and handy little cooler to be used out In the country where electricity and Ice Is not convenient. Miss Fewell asked the members to visit some of the government projects. She mentioned several of these projects which she had visited and told 1 of the splendid wortc that Is beln fostered by these projects. We filled out our record cards for the year. We then adjourned to meet In June with Miss Margaret Fewell. The hostess, assisted by her daughters, served delicious refreshments.?'Secretary. , John Cudahy, American ambassador to Belgium, Is In Berlin to reestablish direct communication with the state j department, which have been cut ofT since May 16. I Nation's War Strength Reviewed By Bailey In answer to uiuny Inquiries, Sena torJoHlah W. lhtlley, of North Caro- L Una, has released the following statenient relative to the defenae policies of the United Hiatus: 1 have fully supported the President's standard of aiding the Allies with "measures short of war." JBy "short of war" I understand that he means meusures that do not Involve us as a belligerent In the war. This country Ih not prepared to do more than It Is doing at the present time either with measures short of war, or with war measures. Our country has a surplus of agricultural products and 1 am In favor of supplying these to the fullest extent as demand arises. The following statement Is submitted In order to inform those who are writing me as to the state of the national defense: As to the airplane pilots, we have only 2,800 pilots In the army. We are planning to IJft this to 7.QOO, but the training of pilots will require a great deal of time. We have In the navy only 2,602 pilots. We are planning to* lift this number to 16,000, but this will require a great deal of time. In the army, we have only 2,800 airplanes and less than 800 of these are up-to-date. We plan to lift the number to 8,000, but It requires a great deal of time to build a modern, fighting airplane. Less than 600 of these 2.800 airplanes are combat planes of fairly modern design, but they are lacking In armament equal to that of the German planes. The army hopes soon to be receiving forty planes a month of the best type. Over against this, we should bear in mind that Germany today is said to be turning out 3,300 first line planes each month and proposes to step up her production of 6,000 per month. In the navy, we have * 1,765 airplanes. We are preparing tb increase this number to 10,000. Of these 1,765 planes, only 1367 are adequate for hattie and we have ordered only 734 additional. We are now producing about 450 first class training pursuit and bombing planes per month. The authorities hope that production may be gotten up to 800 a month by January, 1941. We now have a capacity to produce 8.000 planes of all types per year. It is proposed that we shall increase this capacity to from 30,000 to 50,000 a year, but this will require a great deal of time in the assembling of material. expansion of plants and the production of the necessary machine tools, not to mention actual construction. The authorities do not hold out the hope that we can get the production up to 30.000 planes a year within 12 months. As to the navy, we have, as the president said, probably the strongest navy in the world, but even so, our navy is sufficient to defend our shores on only one ocean front. . It is now in the Pacific and wo should be well aware that there may be need for defense in the Pacific at any time as well as in the Atlantic. There are those who think that if we should be engaged in the Atlantic or in Europe, we would be attacked in the Pacific. We are proposing to increase our navy and the process is going on with the building of battleships but the building of a battleship usually requires four years and sometimes longer We will not have a two-ocean navy within several years. As for the army, we have in the regular army 298.500 men and officers. This is a small army, but it is good as far as it goes, but is wholly inadeouate cornnareH with the aire Of dcdern armies now engaged in war. We could not spare 75,000 men for war in Europe. In addition, wo have a National Guard of 251,000 men and officers. The National Guard is a trong organization. We have in the Reserves? men and officers, 192,000. That is to say, in the army, the National Guard and the Reserves, we have a total of available fighting force of less than 750,000 men and officers. Compare this with, the newspaper statement of today that In the German line of battle In Prance there are two million znen. As for tanks and combat cars, we have only 603. As for anti-aircraft, we have only 463, hardly more than sufficient to defend two cities It costs from $40,000 to $60,000 to build on?- anti-aircraft gun. In field artillery, we have only 235 guns. Of antitank guns, we have only 228. Of semiautomatic rifles, we have only 40,000. The foregoing will indicate that we are totalis unprepared to engage In a ssar at this time. For those who consider that we might ?cnrt our civilian sons to Europe. let me say that the rule is that it requires not less than six months of intensive training to make a good soldier of a civilian. In the World war, we called for recruits throughout the country, but they were not placed in the battle line until sixteen months after we had entered the war. That is to say we entered the war the first week In April 1917, and onr soldiers, other than those in the regular UNITED STATES NAVY RECRUITINQ SUB-STATION AT COLUMBIA A United States navy recruiting substation has been opeued in the city hall building, room 16, Columbia, C. Opportunity for early enlistment exluta for young men between the ages of 18 to 81 who are mentally and physically qualified, The United States navy offers the opportunity to learn a trade, travel and further your education with good pay. Men who are interested may call at the recruiV lug station between the hour* of 9:00 a. no. and 4:80 p. m. ?> ?>. army, were not engaged in combat until July, 1918. Sixteen months were required to train and equip them, and we never did equip theiu, but depended upon the Allies. If we -propose now to send our sons we should understand that we cannot prepare them for the Held of battle within six months, and cannot equip them in less than a year. The foregoing facts speak for themselves. I am without reservation for the whole program of National defense, including that portion of it intended to get rid of the disloyal elemeut in this country, and, of course, including the expansion of industry and pjunts with a view to producing the guns, the planes, the ships, the tanks and equipment that may be necessary. I do not think it prudent for this country to get into the war as a belligerent. We are utterly unprepared and one may look abroad and see (pr himself what it means to go Into a modern warfare unprepared. One should consider that the Allies are just as short In man power as they are in mechanical power. The newspapers report that on the continent of Europe, they are outnumbered more than two to one. 1 am opposed to sending our boys to fight In Europe. I respect the views of those who are urging us to get into this war, but I am asking them to inform themselves on the subject of our utter uupreparedness at present and our incapacity to be well prepared within twenve months. And I may add that we may be spared involvement in this war as a belligerent. All of us must know what It means. If we do not, we can look abroad through the newspapers and see for ourselves, but under any circumstances I think It ought to be universally agreed that we cannot afford to get into the war now that little or no good would accomplished and we would certainly run the risk of indescribable evil. As to matters of strategy, what articles maybe sold, what shall be re served for domestic defense, how far the United States may wisely be committed to a situation so grave, I consider that grave deference must be given the expert authorities, the staffs of the army and navy. They know a groat deal more than we do, and they are experts. Weeklu News Letter From Liberty Hill ! Liberty Mill. Juue 18?A Urge audience attended services Sunday morn- j lug at the Presbyterian church, conducted by Elder John G. Richards. A special feature of the church music wah two selections by John Richards MeCrae. of New York City, who arrived here ou Saturday for a Ylalt of several days with hie parents and grand parents. He will alng at Wlnthrop College on June 26, and is also to sing j at the First Presbyterian church lii Sumter while he Is in the state. Kev. John 1$. ltlchards, a rising young minister,' who since finishing his studies hus held a pastorate at Waynesboro, Ga., has gone to Corinth, Miss., where he will be pastor of the First Presbyterian church in that city ?said to be a strong city church. Kev. Richards Is a son of Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Richards, and has many relatives and friends who are pleased ut his rtlpld rise In his chosen field of work, where his energy and ability will have more room to expand and grow in usefulness. Mrs. H. S. Higglns and daughter, Miss Willie Lee Higglns and Miss Adella Cunningham and Vernelle Hammond were Columbia visitors one day last week. Mrs. A. C. Cureton and sons, Ellison and John Belton, were visitors last week of her father, Rev. J. E. Jones of Chester. W. Z. Hilton paid a visit to relatives 1^ and near the capital city last week. V K. C. Jones, Jr., of Lancaster, prdmI lnent Knight of the Road, and ardent and active disciple of Isaac Walton, spent the week end in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. JoneB, Senior. Mrs. V. W. Clarke, of Camden, is visiting her sister, Mrs. John G. Richards. Mrs. R. C. Jones and daughters, Misses Louise and Callle, and Mrs. E. L Jones and Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Drennan visited relatives at Mayesville last week. They went to the Bland gardens and lakes and other places of interest in that delightful I section of the Palmetto state and reI port a very pjeasant and interesting visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Richards, 3rd, and baby, of Florence, spent Friday until Sunday with his sisters, Misses Lizzie, Sophtyr(>and Lai Richards at their home here. They also had with them on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Heriott and daughters, Misses Carolyn and Suzanne. T. P. McCr ae. of San tee-Cooper project spent Sunday at home with his family. Mrs. O. W. Deaton, of Rock Hill, was a visitor in the home of her sister. Mrs. J. H. Clements on Sunday. She came down to see her little daughter. Sue Perry Beaton. Accompanying her was Miss Clements, who, as a member of the Winlhro>p College band, attended the New York World's Fair and saw many interesting ti wonderful things; ~ During the thunderstorm last ?m lightning etruck the big oak tree the back yard of the home of R. ( Jones, exciting the family, but dota no other damage of account. Misses Rlghton and Edith Richci and Rev. and Mrs. F. A. Drennan u Mrs. E. L. Jones have been at Mpf Beach for some time enjoying the n breeze and sunshine of that popa) resort. E. L. Jones and M. B. Wl llams of Camden went down on 6a day but returned in the evening, John E. Vincent Injured Mondq John E. Vincent, former ptdbSN^fl at Kershaw, and at present emjtejyjH an a chain gang guard here, waspib-B fully injured about 10 o'clock Mesiijn morning while directing the operatkfl 6T duffip trucks on the ehaflrrJ near the Belair section of the conxtM It is understood that he was accidM tally struck by a truck. The ext(d of his injuries have not been &K?fl tained as we go to press. He wiffl carried to the Marion Sims Memorial Hospital here shortly after the injow was sustained.?Lancaster News. 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I QUESTION: DO BEER AND ALE REALLY AID THE FARMERS? QUESTION: JUST WHAT ARE BEER AND ALE MADE OF? QUESTION: HOW MUCH DO BEER TAXES CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST GOVERNMENT? QUESTION: DO BEER AND ALE MAKE JOBS FOR WORKERS? QUESTION: HOW IS THE BREWING INDUSTRY COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS? I AriSW^ni ovcHmn dwi aicoaoiic cw tent is low. Temperate, moderate nations of the world...end their people...prefer b^r. ANSWER: Since re-legalisation t^?e brewing industry has bought 26,000,000,000 pounds of farm products. That has helped farmers. particularly during the depression years* ANSWER: Beer is made by a natural fermentation process .. . from mahed barley and other grains, hops, yeast, water. Nature makes beer. The brewer makes it (food beer (sad ale). ANSWER: Beer contributes $1,000,000 a day... $400,000,000 a year...to help P*7 *** costs of government... local, state and federalEverybody benefits from this contribution. ANSWER: Beer and ale have already made a million jobs. This employment is wide-spread ... all over the country. More than 100 otker j industries benefit from beer and ale. I ANSWER: The Brewing Industry is actio*' ly on the side of law and order. A "self-reguls^ tion" plan to eliminate retail abuses has already been put into effect in a number of states tocooperation with law enforcement authorities. Tnfs plan is being extended. We would like to tell you about it. Write for an in terse ting fr* booklet. Addreas:. United Brewers Industrial 0 Foundation, 19 East 40th Strest,N?wTork,N.T?__^ : m. > ' EsSSiifS