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PAGE FOUR 'X'HB SLi, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1938 Ulbp §>un 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. o~fT ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year fl.OQ Published Every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. HUGH SPEAKS OUT As a general thing, a commence' ment oration is a dull and sterile thing. But not so—when Hugh John son makes it. Speaking to a graduating class a couple of weeks ago, he told the youngsters in the most dismal ad dress we have ever read that this generation “received a bright estate, unencumbered by mortgages, which we are passing on to you burdened by overwhelming debt, inefficient and al most insolvent.” Before he finished he got on this share-the-wealth doctrine that Harry Hopkins has espoused and is preach ing to his cohorts. The general said this doctrine means “that all those who can and will extend their efforts to produce and advance must do so for no other reward than the satisfaction of sup porting those who can’t or don’t care to make th e effort. It is not a suffi cient incentive to make our system work.” In an article in Red Book for July Mr. Johnson compared this increas ing army that is looking to the gov ernment for support to the crowd that David gathered in the cave of Adullam . . . “every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt and every one that was discon tented.” The general is right. There is no incentive to productive work if the ambitious must support a horde in idleness. MIGHT BE NEEDED It has been remarked that the pre sent administration does things to defeat its own schemes. It gives the farmers a bonus but imposes a wages-hours law to increase the cost of what the farmer buys. It offers the railroads a handout to keep them out of bankruptcy and then backs down when the railroad brotherhoods raise a rumpus about a proposed salary cut to further ease the burden. It preaches peace and permits the shipping of bombing planes to Spain and China. It taxes business un mercifully and imposes all kinds of obnoxious tews and regulations. It pleads for cooperation and uses the people’s money to undermine the utili ties. At the beheast of the president the federal reserve board recently re duced the reserve requirements of commercial banks in th n federal baks and thus made available $750,- 000,000 more for lending (the banks already had much more money than they could lend safely.) Comes now Mr. Marriner S. Eccles, governor of the board, and says that the restrictions of the government as to loans are so strict that many businesses cannot borrow. Why then, we ask, make more money available if the terms under which it can be borrowed are so strict that those who need it worst can’t get it? Still, it might be wis e to have vast funds lying idle in the banks. The government is preparing to spend over 11,000 million dollars next year. WHERE IS OUR NEUTRALITY? The criminal air attacks which the unspeakable Jap has been making on Canton and other cities in China have aroused horror and disgust in Ameri ca, but we should do well to take the ‘realistic’ view of the part which American industry has in this bar barous business and make an effort to prevent its further participation in aid to Japanese thugs. On June 13 war planes raided Canton for the sixteenth consecutive day. These bombardments killed be tween 6,000 and 10,000 non-comba tants. In the same paper that carried this news Sertator Pop e of Idaho, excoriat ing the American merchants of death, was quoted as follows: “This morning’s newspapers tell of another horrible bombing of Canton. In the operation th e United States furnished more than half the gasoline and oil necessary to carry out the venture." We are supposed to be neutral as to foreign wars but our neutrality becomes a mockery when American industry is permitted to line up with gangsters to carry on a war against helpless non-combatants. A way must be found to end this mockery. We must do more than express hor ror over the barbarous massacres in order to prove our neutrality. We must not allow our industrial mach ine to be the means of exterminating whole cities of civilian peoples. CRUMBS FOR THE FARMER Recetly newspapers exulted over the news that South Carolina farmers in 1937 realized a gross income in crease of six per cent above that of the previous year. A sizable portion of this increase, not brought out in the headlines, was in the form of government benefits. As compared to increased jncome which thousands of new deal politi cian* get from time to time, how ever, the farmer got the crumbs that fell from the new deal table. One example will suffice to show that the “boys” in Washington have not been backward in the matter of getting their income boosted—and at a rapid rate: Henry M. Bankhead, brother of Senator John Bankhead of Alabama, had a job in the bureau of foriegn and domestic commerce. On September 1, 1937, his pay was raised from $7,000 to $7,500 a year. . ... .;. ...ar wre,. later lie w...s p o- ...o.ej .o a higher rating and his pay again boosted to $8,000. A - $500 increase in the brief per iod of four weeks will cause the six- per cent farmer to wonder how the trick is done. WE MUST ASSIST RECOVERY Congress has gone home to its fishing, fence-mending and other summer pleasures, leaving the rest of us to shoo away flies, dodge the bill collector and cuss the govern ment. The lawmakers have done only six months work for which they will receive a full year’s pay. And that’s not to be sneezed at in a de pression. It will tend to produce sleep o’nights and a feeling of brotherly love, peace and good will to all men. The rest of the country will have to handle Dr. Roosevelt’s depression without benefit of congress. The twelve millions out of work need sympathy and cash, but both may be a long time coming. Congress might have remained in session the full year to show its sympathy for the downtrodden and earn its pay. However, congress is gone and it’s up to th e rest of us to do something to put the country on its feet—it has been on its head too long. We might start by getting out on. the stump and fighting for the Townsend old- age pension plan. Within ten years practically every man and woman in this country will be drawing a gov ernment check of some kind. Since the Townsend plan is the juiciest sugar-rag that has been offered the proletariat, we’d better go after it while congress is' in a liberal and be nevolent mood. Spectator As the 4th approaches I wonder if it is just an occasion for blowing off steam or whether a grateful people will renew their loyalty to the spirit of unselfish service which inspired the founders of the republic. Many people in this country were 100 per cent for the King; they never joined the patriotic rebels whom we today recall with such fervor. Come weal, come woe, they stood by the King. What sort of people were those an cestors of ours who fought against the encroachment of the King? Had they suffered? Well, when it comes to Government control and taxes our patriots of the Revolution lived in the Golden Age; they knew nothing about taxes. They could have “stood in” with the King and enjoyed pfrosperity. But they were men of sterner stuff than we. We, in similar circumstances, would compromise; w e would stand in with the others so as to get all we could. This nation became a reality be cause some men thought in terms or principle; to them the question was one of right or wrong. I don’t like to hear people aay “all history teaches,” etc.; for no man of us, how ever widely read, has knowledge suf ficient to be so categorical, but I think I’m safe in saying that we re member with appreciation those who sacrificed most for a principle. Wood- row Wilson may have been ai poor politician, yet he will live because he threw everything, including himself, into the fight to save humanity. Per haps he was in error; he was sincere. A practical politician makes trades; he gets what he cn; a- states man clings to his principles and im mortalizes them by his sacrifice. The Son of God was the world’s greatest failure, as men saw it, yet his sacri fice on Golgotha has been the transforming influence through nine teen centuries. He succeeded through bitter defeat. He exemplified His own teaching. “He that would lose his life for my sake shall save It.” There is something in this Sena torial race which makes me wonder. Senator Smith has not always run with the crowd; he has not tried to get all the loaves and the fishes; he has balked at times because he just couldn’t follow the pack. Was he wrong? Did we elect Coton Ed six years ago to follow somebody? Was this great nation built on me-toos? Did the great George Washington try to make this nation a one-man affair of friends, sons, sycophants, coat tail swingers and servile flatterers? Let us South Carolinians ask our selves whether we hav e in as the stuff of our forefathers, who through sac rifice made this nation, or whether we condemn a pubic servant who has shown some of the spirit we profess to praise on the Fourth of July. Was he wrong? Well, he was act ing like a MAN, wasn’t he? I am no negro-hater; I have much consideration for those colored men whom I know well; they come to me in trouble and I am happy to have heir confidence; but the charge that Senator Smith is capitalizing on the negro issue unduly is not true. We here in South Carolina know that no 'aw of our state will endanger white supremacy but we must not be so ig- iorant or credulous as to assume that he leaders of the two million negroes iow in the Democratic Party are not isking for anything. I have no axe to grind; I am not a candidate; I am not seeking favors ’’rom any candidate; I have nothing o gain by speaking the truth soberly xcept the satisfaction of treating my readers fairly and I say as one Carolinian to his fellow Carolinians that the northern Democrats have made trades with the negroes and that we of the South must pay the bill. This is no idle statement. When Smith walked out of the Democratic Convention he did exactly what you would have wished him to do. Of course th e prayer of the Colored Minister could be as acceptable to God as anyone else’s prayer, made in the proper spirit; I am not raising race issues between men and God; but the Colored Minister was not in vited for the spiritual blessing which might come from his prayer; he was invited because he was a negro and in the effort to influence negro votes. H? wasn’t invited to pray for God, out to the negro voters. Smith did right. Which of us will deny it? The Colored Minister may have been the victim of the political schemes of th e Northern White De mocrats; he may have invoked the blessing of God in all fervor; I am not condemning him; but the White men who put him on the platform tried to make a Colored Minister and the Great Jehavah bring the negroes into the Democratic Party. And now Methodist bretheren; you have been afraid of this in your own church through union with the Ndrth, what say you of the big wigs of our De mocratic Party today? Governor Johnston has asked a question which deserves considera tion. What would be our chance to get the Santee-Cooper appropriation if all our Senators and Congressmen had acted like Senator Smith. Well, if the Santee-Cooper is just a gift to the other gentlemen then indeed have we a dictatorship in Washington. There are 48 states, South Carolina being one; and there are nearly two million South Carol inians in the United States. Are we entitled to anything; or does the Gov ernment dish out favors to those who bow and scrape to it? If our men in Congress have taken part in setting up a dictatorship, which owes its existence to Congress, yet ladles out soup to favorites, I say our Congressmen have served us badly. Either we are entitled to all we hav e received or we have set up a dictatorship. The truth is—as I’ve pointed out before—we have not even received a fair share. Now how much toadying would it take to get our just and proportionate part? Are we choosing a Senator to get a few crumbs or to be a Senator? The 4th of July might well be an occasion for asking ourselves serious ly whether we cherish the institutions of our forefathers and are men enough to preserve them inviolate; or whether we are cheap traders, men without convictions and princi ples, with hands held out for the loaves and fishes. Are we a sovereign State and proud of it; or a conquered province begging the conqueror’s favor? Have you beard our candidates speak? Every candidate has certain peculiarities of voice. Among the Senatorial group—“Cotton Ed” has a voice that was not intended for or atory. As a speaker the Senator has to overcome the drawbacks of a ham pering throat. ll e gets results, just the same, though, by hard work. Governor Johnston, at his best, has a clear voice, though not appealing. Edgar Brown has the best voice of the three, just as he has an attractive appearance of guilelessness and great amiability. 1 want you to strain your imagin ation until it hurts—just imagine Wade Hampton or Ben Tillman or Cole Blease promising to stand in with the Administration for a few hand-outs! And from old South Carolina came Andrew Jackson, who asked favors of nobody, and John Rutledge, who left the chief justice ship of the United States because he wouldn’t ask favors; and John C. Cal houn, who lost the presidency because he wouldn’t toady. Yet with a his tory like that we are told that we ought to jtand with bent bock and hat in hand, asking for favors—fav ors with our own money! Enroll now! Every Democrat must enroll this year in order to vote in the primaries. Don’t delay; do it now! Business men, urge your employees to enroll. Show your interest in your citizenship by engaging actively in enrolling all Democrats. Let every man and woman enroll in a Democratic club. See your neighbors and let’s get our people on the Club rolls. The only influence or power re spected by most politicians is the ballot. Use your ballot! Spectator seems to have maligned some of his fellow scribes. He rejoices in them for their fine work and doffs his cap in apology, and assures them of his appreciation and respect. BOUGHT WITH A PRICE From an editorial in the Charleston News and Courier: Your “Democratic” administration is this day feeding probably more negroes than ever the Southern slave holders fed. These negroes in the North—“Democrats” they are—are paid by your government double the wage that white laborers are paid in South Carolina. Or course Southern negroes mi grate to the Northern cities. All they, men and women, have to do when they go to them is to be “good Democrats” and get a living, which you taxpayers furnish them—your Mr. Hopkins sees to it that they do not “starve.” Can you blame a ne gro for migrating? These Northern Democrats are no longer hiding from you Southerners that they mean to boss you, rule you, with bought negro votes. They are telling you so in practically so many words. NOTICE TO ALL MERCHANTS ALL BUSINESS MEN AND AL! FRIENDS OF THI CIVIC LEAGUE All merchants who wteh to cooper ate with the Civic League in the Boos ter Celebration at th e Margaret Hun ter Park on Friday evening, July 1, are requested to contribute prizes for th e many contests and events of the evening. Please telephone Mrs. R. D. Wright at 393 or Mrs. J. P. Shealy at 138. Telephone Monday or Tuesday, please. A list of all who contribute a prize will be published in both papers. Any member of the Civic League will be glad to receive your prize. REVIEW of NEW BOOKS PAUL B. CLARK, PH. D. 1736 Woodbum Ave. Covington, Ky. LIFE OF HORACE MANN, by Mary Peabody Mann. National Education al Association of the United States. This Centennial Edition has been brought about by the generous sup port of the Committee on the Nine tieth Anniversary of the Central Syn agogue of New York City. “The members of the Synagogue have sup- ported this project as their contribu tion toward a finer way of life for all Americans through universal, free public education.” This particular edition is a reproduction in facsimile from the original jne published in 1865 by Walker, Fuller, and Com pany, Boston, Mass. This particular edition of the Life of Horace Mann is published as a part of the Centen nial celebration of Mann’s entrance into the field of education on July 1, 1837, as secretary of the newly cre ated Massachussetts Board of Edu cation. The purpose is the “spread ing throughout America a knowledge of Horace Mann and his inspired leadership which in importance to democracy may be compared with that of Washington or Lincoln.” And perhaps nobody today or in any other day knew Horace Mann as did Mary Peabody Mann his wife. Chapter I deals with his early life and the influence of Calvinism; Chap ter II depicts him as educator; Chap ter III takes up his nomination as Secretary and in this chapter and in IV w e find numerous citations and excerpts and letters; Chapter V tells about the second marriage and the trip to Europe; and the last chapter deals with his nomination for Gov ernor of Massachussetts and for the presidency of Antioch college, etc. He revived the common school system and this was really the work of his life; he stirred the people to reform by his reports of the ignorance of the people and the incompetence of the teachers of that day. He holds a place in the New York Hall of Fame. THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY, by Ordway Tend. Association Press. This timely, vital and arresting volume gives the meaning of demo cracy and contains a splendid read ing list for further study of the sub ject by Benson Y. Landis. The pur pose of the book is to make clear the relation of democracy to the yearn ings of men of good will for the good and abundant life. The book is not intended to be exhaustive in any sense; selected issues that are very pertinent today hold the limelight. It is not a book that sets up a com plete economic and social reform; the task is to view today’s task and op portunity in terms of the possibilities and actualities of today and tomor row. The constant aim of the book is to subvert the prevalent anti-demo cratic doctrines and movements by making the tasks of contemporary life more democratic—good for the individuals for productivity, and for national integrity. Wide interest centers around such topics as Demo cracy Under Attack, What is Chris tianity?, What Is Democracy?, Am erica’s Democratic Origins, Limits Upon the Democratic Process, Pro ductivity and Planning, Constitution al Limitations, etc. The reader will become "Ware that good will is fine so far as it goes but “Good will alone is not enough to achieve this (neigh borliness among all men). Added to right desire and giving it effect, we need intelligent and inventive social action in many fields, governmental and voluntary structures and agen cies of operation that use democracy as their method, and valiant leader ship that is clear visioned, bold, and filled with democratic faith.” A splen did little book. THE PLACE OF ST. THOMAS MORE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE AND HISTORY, by R. W. Chambers. Longmans, Green and Co. This delightful little book is a re vision of a lecture delivered before the Thomas More Society by R. W. Chambers, Quain Professor of Eng lish language and literature, Uni versity of London, and has a fine foreword by Lord Russell of Killo- wen, President of the Society. The book has four sections: (1) More and His Father at Lincoln’s Inn; (2) The Memory of More; (3) More, Henry VIII, and the Reformation; (4) Human Law and Divine. The book centers around the place that Thomas More should be accord ed by th e verdict of history; the facts are that his place in history has al ways been so obscure, and perhaps his literary work has done mere than anything else to obscure his real place in history. The author asks: What then is More’s place in HIS TORY? “Surely this—that he suff ered death rather than agree that Di vine and Human law were united hi the state of which Henry was Head.” The volume is worthy of careful reading whether you subscribe to the author’s point of view or not. The point of More’s place in litera ture and history is vague; we usual ly think of his “Utopia” and let the whole matter rest there. MISS COUNTS ADVISES ON CORRECT LIGHTING The New Hope-Zion Home Demon stration Club held its regular meet ing at the school house Thursday af ternoon, June 23, at 4 o'clock. The meeting was opened by au singing Carolina. Mrs. Carrie Hipp conduct ed the devotions, using John 10. The flag salute and council creed were re peated in unison. Miss Counts gave a beneficial talk on correct lighting. This talk was especially appropriate here because these members will be preparing for electricity in the near future and Miss Counts stressed the importance and economy in buying the right things first. She demonstrated the proper shades for lights to prevent that harmful glare. A home made reading lamp was also demonstrated. Miss Counts reminded the club of the flower show to be held in the fall and urged each member to prepare for this by planting and taking spe cial care of the fall flowers. Th e treasurer’s report showed that $40 had been cleared from the supper served the Fish and Game Associa tion recently. A generous supply of farm produce was gathered at this time and sent to the Newberry County Hospital. It was announced that J. E. Mainer and his “Crazy Mountaineers” would appear at New Hope-Zion School hoi’se on Thursday, July 7, at 8 o’clock with 15c and 25c admission. At the close of the meeting, the hostesses, Mesdames George Hentz, Hugh Hentz, Earl Crooks, and Tom mie Rawls served refreshing punch and cookies. The next meeting will be held at the school house July 28, at 4 o’clock. Commissioner Dist. 2 S. W. SHEALY Candidate for Commissioner Opera House Mon. and Tues. TOWN JUNIORS LICK OAKLAND VILLAGE TEAM Commissioner Dist.1 E. Lipscomb let Oakland down with 2 hits Friday morning and the Town Juniors racked up a 12 to 4 win. Lip scomb lead his team at bat with 2 for 4 while C. Mims had 1 for 3 for the losers. Batedies: Town, E. Lipscomb and Wicker; Oakland El rod and Mims. Town 12 runs, 6 hits, 2 errors. Oakland, 4 runs, 2 hits, and 5 er rors. The Town Seniors won from Oak land 15 to 6 Friday getting 16 hits off Carpenter’s delivery. B. Duncan and Burnette led the town attack while Holsonback and Carpenter fur nished the stick work for the losers. Batteries: Town, Culbertson and B. Duncan; Oakland, Carpenter and Tay lor. Town, 16 hits, 15 runs, 7 errors. Oakland, 6 runs, 9 hits, 3 errors. NOTE: At the end of the second week of the summer program 124 boys have taken part in the games,! 34 from Oakland, 32 from West End,; 31 from Mollohon, and 28 from the town. Coach Hedgepath extends an invitation to the boys to come over. Mollohon is leading the junior lea gue with a percentage of 1000 while the town and Oakland are tied for the first place in the Senior league with a percentage of .666. Th e program gained 30 boys over the first week. Lutheran Church of the Redeemer E. Bryan Keisler. pastor The Sunday school begins at 10:30. Harry H. Hedgepath is the superin tendent and C. E. Hendrix is the as sistant. There are classes for all ages and competent teachers for all classes. PAUL HAILE Who Offers for Reelecetio NEWBERRY BOYS ORDAINED AT EHRHARDT James Lee Shealy, E. A. Felker, and C. L. Richardson, all of Newberry, were ordained as Luhteran ministers Sunday, June 26, at Ehrhardt. Rev E. Z. Pence, pastor of Holy Trinity Luth eran church at Little Mountain, and President of Synod, conducted the or dination. Rev. Felker has gone to Fairfax and Rev. Richardson to Ehrhardt where they will begin their ministry. Rev. Shealy left Wednes day for the State Hospital where he took up his duties as chaplain of the institution. At two services on next Sunday morning the Holy Communion will be administered. The hour for the first service is 8:45. That for the other is 11:30. At both services the pastor will be assisted by the Rev. Prof. R. A. Goodman, D. D. At the second service he will direct the meditation. During next Sunday afternoon the plastor will be happy to administer the sacrament to those of the congre gation who are ill and who request such administenatton. The Senior Luther League meets at 6:30 for its Bible Study class con ducted by the pastor. The Book stud ied is the Epistle to the Colossians. Those who plan to atend are asked to read the entile epistle, noting the connections in which the word “ALL” is used. The study next Sunday even ing will center around that word. The Women’s Missionary Society meets next Monday afternoon and evening in various homes. For spe cific announcement look in next Sun day’s announcement sheet. The pastor has been all this week in Spartanburg conducting a Preaching Mission. He expects to return late Friday evening. Barbecue Adams Camp ON LAKE MURRAY Chapin—Little MounUin—Prosperity Good Roads July 3 and 4 Barbecue Meats—Hash—Fried Fish— and All Trimmings For 50c Only Fresh Barbecued Meats each d*y- Dinner or Supper, Meet Your Friends at Adams Camp. WE WELCOME YOU ALL Holiday Notice Monday, July 4th being a National holiday, this Bank will not be open for trans action of business. S. C. National Bank 'it f/* TUlOlNiE isms. COACHES ON ALL THROUGH TRAINS Insure ci cool, clean, restful trip at lour cast momiE PULLMAN CABS • DIMING CABS B< comfoi^able in the safety of train .traurl r Traffic R ftnnmiri tn ftvaa og Ticket Agente tor' Turn. Schedule* Pullmea Heeervetioae/eud other travel lirformetirae SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM