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I Comments On Men and Things ' (Hy Spectator) I I"" w* an efficient people, we *fV,ans > I used to think that we capable people iu Hie f<fM Tin* la( k of tt(ie(*UHto Plttnt'a 1artillery for the A, E. F. In the World War was a bit unsettling ^ t.utluisla8tic boasts of Ameri10 fflcieiu v. Then I had experiences ^Vinv country while in South Amer* lhat caused my patriotic butupk* glu..ss to suffer a slump. Produc,|?Ua snaUsts are giving us hard [oocks today. So one wonders. have read with enjoyment muny ,oullis of the devoted labors of the ,C t c'hemist. Dr. Charles H. Herty, hut recently 1 read of his conversation .!th a German chemist. Dr. Herty. a Georgian and full 'of the spirit of Georgia, asked the German what ho bought of the turpentine Industry in Georgia- The Geripan snorted. "You have no turpentine Industry; you have just a butchery." He meant that our Southern treatment of the pines was utterly wasteful; that we were decoying values instead of husbanding our resources by more sclentliic methah, our method, to the scientific mind, was like that of the man who would burn down his home In order to kill the rats. Were we efficient? Perhaps the ailgwer should depend on the conditions. A mau needing Are wood might cut iny tree in a vast wilderness of trees, where the supply seems inexhaustible. But he had Just a few pieces of standing timber he would be foolish to cut and slash indiscriminately I recall the farmers of France hauling t*ig/Vhd branches In their carts, carefully using everything. Our people in many communities are so full of the old idea Of exhaustless wood sup pi v that they disregard tops of cut timber and let them remain on the ground to rot. I've thought of the amazing abundance of America as contrasted wltli the husbanded resources of Europe. One of my disilluslonments came to me below the Equator. One of my jobs was the feeding of 3.400 people. Our budget was not elastic, though the demands constantly grew. ' necessary to stretch the pounds and soles, as their money was called. Iord-tvd salt meat, butter and cheese from b- I'nited States. At that time three great steamship lines had a weekly service each from New York to Caliao and Valparaiso. And yet, (would you believe it?) my countrymen shipped meat and butter and cheese by a line which stopped at the Panama Canal. These things had to be hauled across the Canal Zone by rail loaded, unloaded, reloaded, stored until another ship came and then re-shipped. With three regular lines or direct ships to choose from my countrymen choose a line going only, part of the way. It was hardly necessary to load the stuff on a lighter for delivery to the dock; It would have come of Its own accord and under its own power, if some one had whistled. That wasn't very efficient, was It? Now we have a great war on our hands Are we efficient? By the standards of a dictatorship we are decidedly not efficient. A dictator does what he wants to do and tramples down all opposition. The dictator may be a good man, but he allows one wlll^ to gown and one opinion to be expressed. He proceeds to act, if he has the means. We are people of a free speech. So we proceed to make loud and constant pr tests. That sops the government because our protests stir up congress. The dictator goes ahead forthwith and saves time; whereas our government has to heed us. We don't really want a dictatorship, but we are willing to submit to a little more firmness based on a clear understanding. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." That was spok.-n as applying to spiritual freedom. but It applies to all the phases of our living. One might almost become philosophical and speak or write on the unity of truth, but I'm not making an ambitious plunge into the vast deeps of thought; it is much easier to swim on the surface. You and l are more enslaved by our Prejudices and habits than by law or employment. Our mental attitudes makes or unmakes most of x>?. Perhaps we are llko the man who called all his family about him and told them that he was dead. They tried to prove to him that he was ulive. Finally the doctor came and drew a little blood. He said to the patient "See the blood"? "Yes." said the man, "that only proves that a dead man can bleed". Some of us are about that prejudiced. I've been enjoying a book on clienturgy. That, you know, is chemistry applied to a study of our ordinary products. For example, you've heard j the story of Dr. liorty and the uso of slash pine for pulp in the nunuI facture of paper. Wo call that chent, urgy. Today at almost every railroad siding in coastal Carolina can be seen cars loading slash pine for the paper mills. A great industry has been brought to the south, even to South Carolina and Georgia, through the studios and experiments of. Dr. Herty, a Georgian who deserves u monument in every state. Our fathers and grandfathers had a waste product on their hands?cotton seed. It was just a nuisance, good for nothing. Perhaps they thought it might servo as a stable bed In the place of pine straw. That began its career as a fertilizer. Then someone ; pressed the oil out and today wo have a vast industry based on the one time despised seed from cotton, j Millions of pounds of substitute butter aii/e made from it and its nourishing qualities are now known and apj predated by dietitians. Chemists are studying the cotton plant of the south, trying to multiply it& serviceable qualities through a better understanding of cellulose, its base. I The dream of men like Dr. Herty j was not merely to find new uses for a product, but to find out what the product was itself. I look at the beauj ty of the trees along the roadside, travelling from the Santee river to Charleston. They are trees?nothing ! more. Sometimes we recognize a long leaf pine or distinguish between a live oak or a water oak, but we don't get much farther, unless it is to rec! ognize black gum trees In the swamp. That reminds me. I got out of my car to watch a long freight train go 'by. I still like to look at a train. A man asked "What in the world 'are they hauling those old gums for?" I Well, as I'm told, those old gums ' rise to the dignity of mahogany 'sometimes, just as our cotton seed joil is sometimes referred to as olive 'oil. Men have learned of fine qualities In that once-abundant old gum that cluttered up all our swamps. While the man who can see in gum trees pieces of furniture and wood paneling fit for a king is head and shoulders above most of us blind, unperceiving on-lookers, a man of science sees connections and relations which spring from the kinship of things. What makes the tree? The Sun. What is coal? Tree? which decayed millions of years ago. What is petroleum? As a result of the sun and the trees and the decay of millions of years. So, coal and petroleum and trees and sun are blood kin. How does all this Interest us? Well, the men of science are getting down to the common ground on which many things stand, or from which they developed. When the very nature of a thing is understood men can use it more freely. So a great chemurgist says that we may soon use the sun as power for our cars. One man snorted at that. "All right," said the scientist, "What do you use today?" "Gasoline, of course". "Well, what is gasoline but something drawn from the decayed vegetation which is eun buried in the ground? We may use the sun some day without first burying it for millions of years. We Americans can make something that will serve as well as rubber. Our great national fault is that we delay everything. Even that grows out of the very richness of our country. We have everything in such abundance $at * we don't have to squeeze it otrt drop by drop. Other people, forced by lack of plenty, to pinch it out, are more inclined to find more economical uses, as well as many substitutes. Our people must have fresh butter, or at least refrigerated butter. I ate canned American butter all the years I lived on the Pacific coast of South America. American organic chemists got a late start, but they see our nation supplied with all that we need by using the growing crops. Instead of exhausting the stores of wealth in the ground, or in the forests, they see a time when the growing crops will supply us, not only with what we use today but with thousands of new articles?all reducetng the cost of living, while making life fuller, richer and more abundant. Truly we may appropriate the spiritual teaching, "Ye shall know tho truth and the truth shall make you free." TRE8PA8S NOTICE Any persons shooting, fishing or otherwise trespassing on my property, lotting cattle run thereon, making tires, or permitting fires set by them to run or burn thereon, or pasturing thereon, removing therefrom any trees, wood, straw or shrubbery, will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. My property is located in District Five, near Center school house, Kershaw County. MATTIE BLACKWELL. 25-27 pd. SOUTH CAROLINA JERSEY SALE VERY SUCCESSFUL Newberry, Sept. 12.?The 1942 South Carolina Jersey sale, most outstanding sale of its kind ever to be held In this state, Is noteworthy In the entire nation, recoguizod authorities declare. The fact that the top-selling cow led all breeds at the record prlcp of $2,000, that another cow sold for $900, and that the average for the 38 animals auctioned was $272 all prove the quality of Jersey cattle being bred In South Carolina, says L. B. Gardner, Southeastern representative of the American Jersey Cattlo club. "This has been one of the most successful of a long line of consignment Bales ever held In South Carolina by any breed", says C. G. Cushman, Clem son extension dairy specialist. the two top cowa In the Bale ^ were bred hud developed In tho state is tribute sufficient to tho fact that , South Carolina breeders of dairy cattle can breed the best." Referring to "IJesign Alice Chic", tho top-price cow in the sale, Mr. Cushman adds, "She was classified by an official judge of tho American Jersey Cattle club last week as ex-1 cedent, with a score of 96 per cent | perfect, and Is one of ttie highest, scoring cows in tho United States. | Not only was the cow bred in South ; Carolina, but all of her ancestors were as well." "Design Alice Chic", bred by Wheel- j er Brothers of Saluda, and offered for sale by C. R. Hannah of Oreer, was bought by J. L. Hutchinson, Jr., Ross- , ville, Ga., for his Happy Valley farms. ', The second-price animal of the pale was offered by Ward Crlmm of Moore and bought by George Clausaeti of Augusta, Ga., for $900. Six bull calves furnished by breeders In the state were placed at the sale with winners in the American Jersey Cattlo club's national victory campaign in which 1,000 purebred Jersey bulls were glvon away. An average hot water bottle contains as much rubber as goes Into two pairs of soldier's over-shoes. Mediterranean Air Bombs ALLIED WARSHIPS CONTINUE to operate in the Mediterranean. They have brought another convoy to Malta. There were grave losses of British warships, but the enemy also suffered losses and the needed supplies reached the sturdy islanders. Other ships oi the British Mediterranean Fleet have bombarded the island fortress of Rhodes. These pictures show ships of the previous Malta convoy, a few weeks ago. Above, escorted by a cruiser, two of them see Axis air bombs burst close. Below, an escorting battleship of the "Malava" class is target for more enemy bombs. Supplement Fruit Canning With Pears Clemson, Sept. 12.?A bumper crop of pears Is reported throughout the state, says Director 1). W. Watkina of the rieitiHon Kxtenslou Service. "This rariles a challenge to the housewife to make the fullest' possible use of them In fortifying the pantry for the year ahead," Mr. Watkins adds, "la most sections peaches have been too high for much canning this year, and apples are liable to be the same. Therefore It Is up to every housewife to make the fullest possible use of this abundant pear crop in providing needed fruit for the family." llome agents have the latest re* clpes from Winthrop college and from the U. S. Department of Agriculture for putting up pears in various ways, according to Miss I. Landrum, state homo demonstration agent. They will furnish details on pear canning upon request. VWHEN kidneys function badly end ** you suffer a sagging backache, with dizziness, burning, scanty or too "eauent urination and getting up at 1 nipht; when you feel tired, nervous, '"I upset . um Doaa's Pills. ^ n's are especially for poorly working kidneys. Millions of boxes "* used every year. They are recommended the country over. AA yom neighbor! IvIIFil L?!J|IK1 I piM JoRellev* ' ^ rM^666 MHP 1YIIli TI'lil'liB'li jfiiniS . V. * The right to COME and GO when we please rrlHIS is a fight-to-the-finish we are in?a I grim war for survival The stakes are the highest in all the history of mankind. And one . of them is the American's traditional right to come and go when he pleases. Our enemies say that they will erase this birthright of ours; that, they'll tell us when we x can come and go. But they'll find that it's easier said than done. No goose-stepping Nasi; no squint-eyed Jap is going to tell Americans that they can't run down to the seashore or vacation in the mountains or take the children to visit Aunt Mary back home. For we are going to win this war! How? With the bravery and the brilliance of our men in uniform. With the toil and sweat of millions of loyal workers in forest, field, factory and mine. With our genius for invention, organization and production. With the willing sacrifices of every patriotic American. Yes, we will win this war?even if we have to lay aside for awhile our right to come and go when we please. Thai's why the officers and employees of the Southern Railway System have solemnly pledged their all to the winning of the war. That's why \ our entire transportation plant; all our resources of man-power and experience are enlisted for the duration in the service of the nation. That's why we put the transportation needs of Uncie Sam first?before aay and every civilian need?that your right to come and go ? when you please may be preserved for you and ?_ for the generations of Americans yet to come. In the first seven months of this year we have carried almost 600,000 men in uniform, all moving under orders. They traveled in 24,915 coaches and Pullmans; in 1,564 special trains and 5,563 extra cars attached to our regular passenger trains. And these figures do not include the additional hundreds of thousands who have traveled over our lines on furlough or in small groups on transfer orders. That's why our trains are often late?troop trains and war freight have the right of way. That's why they are often crowded?so many boys want to visit home at the same time. That's why we have pressed old coaches into servicein our desperate effort to help everyone to come and go when they please. That's why we have had to lower temporarily the standards of service of which we have been so proud. And that's the way we know you want it to be. Your willing sacrifices of some travel comforts and conveniences are more than a personal contribution to the war effort. They are an inspiration to those of us who railroad to plan for the day when victory comes; to plan for a better Southern Railway System better to "Serve the South". For, with victory, we know that a new day will come to our Southland; a new day of prosperity and happiness and peace; a new day with freedom to come and go when you please. That is worth fighting for! President. . SOUTHERN RAILWAY " 1 SYSTEM rl If " - * ** * ^ rTi ra B. SQ11XHERN S E R 32 E S XHB S ? H