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PAGE FOUE 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year $1.00 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. WHERE HOT DAYS ARE WELCOME Hot summer days are not relished by the natives in the upper latitudes of the United States, but farth er south in Dixie, Sol’s heat is as welcome as the flow ers in May. In the region of cotton, hot suns are making the cotton plant “jump”, and bringing it to a boll. Al ready the pink and white blossoms and the "squares” have dropt from the stalk, and small spheres (bolls) hav e succeeded the beauty of bloom anS blossom. In another forty days the “fleecy staple” will be ready to pick and thousands of nimble fingers will fly back and forth from stalk to sack snatching lock after lock from the prickly burrs. These same hands will pile the cotton on sheets or pack it in baskets and then stow it away in the cotton houses for a few days. Soon afterward trucks and wagons laden will flow over the highways in long streams to the gins, whose musical humming will float out upon the soft . . . Southern air all day long and often far into the night, transforming Dixie’s staple crop into a product that can be utilized in the manufacture of clothing and in hundreds of other ways that will contribute to the comforts and happiness of man. The harvest at last is over. The fruits of the long summer’s toil are bound in heavy bales and shipt to all parts of the world. The planter has his reward in bank, and ther e is time at the farmstead for relaxation and “serene comtemplation” of the mellow calm that pervades the countryside during that most wistful of seasons, Indian summer. And the planter gives thanks for the “hot days” of summer. CONGRESS SHOULD THROW IT OUT OF THE WINDOW During past months w e have more than once pro phesied in these columns that sooner or later, the prodigal waste of public funds by the new dealers would forc e them to. pounce upon the little taxpayer in order to keep up their wild and extravagant spree of spending. That prophecy now is about to be fulfilled. Having “soaked” th e rich and the corporations un till they can get no more, the plunderbund plans to rifle tb e pockets of the low-income earner and those of the salaried state and federal employees to get the money necessary to continue their orgies of extrava gance. As an omen of what’s coming to these groups, read this paragrahp from a recent Washington news dispatch: “Roswell Magill, acting secretary of the treasury, announced today (July 21) the administration was studying the feasibility of lowering personal income tax exemptions.” A later dispatch added the cheering information that salaries of state and federal employees also would fall under the tax-gatherer’s axe. ^ If there was real need for the money that would flow into the treasury from these souces, there might b e some excuse for levying additional taxes; but everyone knows that millions of federal monies are being flung around in the most shameful fashion for political purposes and to corrupt the electorate. If and when this new tax proposal reaches con gress, it should be thrown out of the window without debate!* . PEOPLES’ TRIUMPH OVER | SHABBY BEDFELLOWS Judge Howard Smith’s astounding victory in the Virginia eighth congressional district Tuesday wasn’t merely a personal success—it was a popular triumph of Democracy over one of the shabbiest aggregation of political bedfellows the South has known since re construction. The first of these charming gentry were teh im ported administration stooges and decoys of a mixed political complexion— The second was the snake in the grass, the at tempt to giv e Communists a toe-hold in Virginia De mocracy— The third was the big bear of the C. I. O. John L. Lewis. Under the courageous leadership of Judge Smith the majority of the Democrats of the eighth district routed these fradus parading in the garb of Democ racy. And so today— “The grizzly bear, whose potent hug Was feared by all, is now a rug!” Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and wipe your “toots” on the “rug".—From The Midland Virginian, i Palmyra, Virginia. COMMENTS on MEN & THINGS By Spectator A lot of information is floating around. Surprising what you can pick up. About a month ago a knightly gentlemen borrowed a mailing list from me. H e found just what he want ed—and will probably return , my list when his secre tary remembers it. These Secretaries . . . Well, let’s pass over that; they are to blame for all the boss’ errors; that’s part of the job, you know. A week ago a distinguished legislator asked me how much the state spent in 1892, 1895, 1898, 1908. I need an accountant to dig up the items. In those years the legislators passed separate laws for appropriations, instead of one big bill. The one big bill is convenient, but it also leads to a lot of debt. Glancing over the appropriation bill for 1909 I was impressed by the total—$1,631,949.19. The Legisla tors felt called upon to pay a little extra money for “extra services”, so they added $490. Four hundred and ninety dollars! Pikers! Cheap skates, surely. $490! Why a legislature of today would pay $490 to a porter for extra, special and heart-gladdening re membrance. And think it 6mall change. This year we are spending $37,000,000, (according to Ben Adams) or $41,000,000 (according to Neville Bennett). Take your choice. The difference is $4,- 000,000, but that is a “small skimpsion” to the free handed fellows of our day. In 1900—well, say in 1909 we had no automobiles (just one occasionally. When my old friend Edgar Cato sold his black mare and bought the new “Model T” we “gathered” from all points of the compass to look it over). We had no paved roads, no radios,—just a rar e movie, no barbecue sandwiches, ‘no hot-dogs at filling stations—because no filling stations,—no air planes, no ice cream cones, mighty little “dope”, no girls smoking cigarettes; no ladies forever looking in little mirrows and touching their faces. (They used to wash and powder at home and that lasted till they got back). Still, we thought we were civilized, even advanced, and cherished secret vanity over our culture. We read the papers and went out to hear Doctor Snyder or Professor Clinkscales in the school house. flut now those simple days are over. We rise to great cultural heights, listening to some crooner or eating hamburgers by the side of the road. O tempora, O Mores! L started to tell about the information that is floating about. A gentleman called to see me recently in earnest quest of some information. H e had work ed out a plan and had sought in vain for some data. He came to me. And, do you know, I showed him every detail that he wanted. Where was it? In the annual report of J. Roy Jones ,'Jtate Commissioner of Agriculture. There’s lots to be learned by reading the State report*. Every man under his own vine and fig tree. That points to ownership of the jilace, peace, plenty and contentment. Spectator delights to talk about it and rejoices in his own vine and fig tree. Literally, true it is, for he has several fig trees and a wide-spread ing scuppernong vine—not to mention seveial water melon vines. And, of course, plums, peach trees, an apple tree and pear trees. Nut trees, too. Just think of all the little things which make a home place—the house, the yard and the surroundings and trees. I have a pomegranate tree, too, but for years my ownership was just nominal, as small boys of the neighborhood always harvested the fruit. However, those small boys are young men now, so i- have a chance. After all is said. I’m not so keen on those pomegranates. Years ago I read in a Latin lesson, (dug it out, you know, by main force and awkward ness), I read that agirl—Proserpina—had eaten the seed of wicked pomgranate and was compelled to live for a time in the infernal regions. In view of all that I don’t particularly “hanker after” pomegranates. In this day and time one can have infernality without deliberately eating a pomeganate. Coming back to the vine again. A watermelon vine betokens the fleeting joys of life, for no one plants melons in the same spot two years. I hunt melons and find them a quarter of a mile from th e house this year or a half mil e in another direction next year, and so on. Nature co-operates, too, so that the neighbors may not get the low down on your me lons. But the grapevine! There she stands! Always in the same place, even for the children unto the third and fourth generations. The grape vine—symbol of permanence. That’s why we wish for every man his own vine and fig tree—but not watermelon vine. There is a lot at stake in races for Governor and Senator. In the senatorial race there is a principle in volved. Are we to elect a Senator to represent this State in the affairs of the nation; or shall we choose a man to follow the lead of someone else? Is a Sen ator expected to act on his own judgement and con science; or is he expected to be a sort of Mary’s little lamb? This is too big a country to be ruled by one man. All the brains and experience of our Senators and Representatives and Judges are needed for the great task of governing a vast territory of such var ied interests. I would rather have a one-man govern ment with full responsibility in him than a so-called representative government composed of men who do not use their own brains, but merely register the thought of some one else. THE SUN REVIEW of NEW BOOKS PAUL B. CLARK, PH. D. 1736 Woodburn Ave. Covington, Ky. NEW TESTAMENT HISTORY AND LITERATURE. By Henry Martin Battenhouse. Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York. This is a history of the New Tes tament not only for collective stu dents but also for those independent thinkers who want to follow a good guide in criticism or evaluations of the problems that arise in such a study with some assurance that help will be found. Part I takes up the character, nature, canon, manu scripts, and translators of the New Testament; Part II tells how the Gos pels originated while Part III treats them one by one; Part IV describes The World into which Jesus Came; Part V gives a brief Life of Jesus; PartVI carries a story into the Apos tolic Age and connects it with church History. A good bibliography fol lows; also a rather complete Index. The author has here a very unus ual book; he is fully aware of dis turbing problems like the synoptic question, apocalyptic influence, etc. but he has not allowed these to as sume undue proportions. He intro duces the reader to the rich literary and religious heritage that the de vout find there always to their satis faction. As a text the book is in tended for a year’s course of one hour per week, or a semester’s course of two hours. Those interested in private study would do well to begin with this book and let it serve as a guide for a full life-time of study. It is well organized; the author writes clearly. There is no lost motion in unwar ranted conclusions and yet one does not have to agre e with all the author has to say. The book de serves a very wide reading and close study. IN THE STEPS OF MOSES THE LAWGIVER. By Louis Golding. Mc- millan. New York. 356 pages. Price $2.50. The facile pen of Mr. Golding, writer of note in fiction, short stories, verse, travel and belles letters, com- blnes in this volume the facts and fictions of the Jewish, Christian, and Mohammend&n worlds of religion and culture as each depicts the character of the great law-giver and and deliverer. The author deals with the story of the Bible in orthodox fashion, not unmindful of many de batable questions of recent and re mote scholarship; he supplements this storry with extracts from the Talmud^, Josephus, Philo Judaeus, and actual travel experiences of his own and his companions. The book deals (with the Iif e of Moses in Egypt and as far as Sinai. The tale of Mo ses is carried to the finale on Mount Pisgah in a book entitled: “In the Steps of Moses the Conqueror.” Such insights of the author’s imagination that picture Moses thus: “Rameses the Second was the Pharaoh of the Oppression. He was the father of the Princess who found Moses in the bulrushes. In the earlier part of his reign his capital was Memphis. It was to Memphis that, after a little time, Moses was brought by Pha raoh’s daughter,” page 42; that her tname was most likely Bint-Anath, page 47, that he was doubtless edu- c *ed at Heliopolis, rather than Thebes or Annu, page 52; that Moses went campaigning for Rameses II in Abyssinia, etc.—make the book very interesting for th e traveler, for the student of Egyptian or Hebrew his tories, for the lover of fiction that borders on reality, for the general reader. The author does not find the actual place where Moses was born; this is left obscured. The book ends with a realistic descrip tion of the giving of the Law on the Mountain while the people are in the plain. There are 24 illustrations. HARTFORD COMMUNITY PICNIC A very delightful series of events took place at Hartford school, Thurs day p. m., August 4. In the after noon several thrilling softball games were played between the Sanitary Dairy Team with Mr. J. F. Hawkins, as Cafpjain and Haft-tford Baseball tea m with Prof. Hubert Long as Captain. After the games a delicious picnic was spread which was enjoyed by all, especially by the men folks. The crowd was then invited into the school house for a short program. After a few numbers by a string band, songs by Community Singers, and a recitation by Junior Beden- baugh. The guest speaker, Rev. Mc- Eachem, of Whitmire, was introduc ed. Mr. McEachern, who had been a missionary in Japan a number of years, gave a very inspirational ad dress on the need of high ideals in life. After the address another song was sung by the Community Chorus and the people went home with a happy remembrance of the evening. “You are a stranger only once at Hartford.” CARD OF THANKS W e wish to take this method of thamking the relatives and friends who gave us their help and sympa thy during the illness and death of of dear husband and father, D. A. Rivers. Especially do we thank Dr. T. H. Pope and Rev. J. B. Harman for their services. Mrs. D. A. Rivers and family 11,988,000 BALES 1938 COTTON CROP I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the House of Representatives and pledge myself to continue my efforts in behalf of all the people, and abide the results of the Democratic primary. J. CLAUD SENN I hereby announce myself a candi date for reelection to the House of Representatives and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Demo cratic Party and the results of the Democratic primary. THOMAS H. POPE, JR. I am a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives and I agree to abide by the results of the Democratic primary JOHN J. DOMINICK, M. D. COMMISSIONER I hereby announce myself a candi date for Commissioner from District No. 2, and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary. C. B. (Cy) SCHUMPERT I hereby announce myself a candi date for Commissioner of District No. 2, and pledge myself to abide by the results of the Democratic pri mary. JOE N. WILSON I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner of District No. 2 and agree to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. S. W. SHEALY I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Commissioner from District No.' 1 and pledge my self to abide by the results of the Democratic primary. PAUL HAILE GAME WARDEN I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as Game Warden and agree to abide the results of tie Democratic primary. HERMAN WISE MAGISTRATE I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election as magistrate at Newberry, and agree to abide the re sults of the Democratic primary. BEN F. DAWKINS I hereby announce myself a candi date for Magistrate of District No. 4 and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary. W. D. HATTON HASTE IS URGED IN MAKING APPLICATIONS S. W. Shealy CANDIDATE FOR Commissioner Dist. 2 IPIsIP Has Honest, Progressive Platform First For Economy TO THE PEOPLE OF THE SECOND DISTRICT: I come to you, the same S. W. SHEALY who ran for Supervisor two years ago, asking your sup port on the things I stood for then and which I stand for now. % I believe that a public servant should co-operate to the fullest with the Sup ervisor and other commissioner, the Delegation and all other county agen cies as long as he thinks they are right. But I want to go further and say that if I think they are wrong I will certa.nly not go along with them. I will not be a rubber stamp for any one but I believe I am reasonable enough to see both sides of any mat ter and am willing to sit down and reason things out. I advocate rigid economy In buy ing and all who are interested should have an equal chance of selling the county its supplies by means of sealed bids. I believe considerable money can be saved by close buying of supplies. I advocate, through savings which I am sure can be made, the employment cf a number of men from each town ship, for 10 days to two weeks after Washington, Aug. 8.—A govern ment prediction today that the cot ton crop this year would be 700,- 000 bales larger than expected sent prices dropping close to the level at which the government must make price-bolstering loans to farmers. The federal crop reporting board estimated that the crop would total 11,988,000 bales. Some hours later the AAA received reports that the closing average price for today on the 10 spot markets was 8.36 cents a pound, 15 points below the previous close, and only eight points above the 8.27-cent price at which loans would become mandatory under the law. AAA officials said th e loan pro gram would be mandatory if the average price dipped below the 8.27 figure, even if it rallied later. The AAA has the decretionary power of setting the loan rate at any figure between 52 and 75 per cent of “parity”, which at present is stated to be 15.9 cents per pound. However, officials intimated that if a loan program became mandatory, th c minimum rate probably would be chosen, as was done in the wheat loan program. The indicated production was in excess of private estimates as well as expectations of AAA officials. A factor in the forecast—based on the August 1 condition of the crop— was an estimated average acreage yield of 217.9 pounds, the highest since 1898 with the exception of last year, when a record crop of 18,- 946,000 bales was produced. The 1938 crop was reported to be 78 percent of normal, the best Aug ust 1 condition since 1918, with the exception of 1937. WPA GETS TEETH SUPPLY 22,000 Sets ar e Purchased for New Yorkers New York, August 2.—Som e per sons on relief who have been wait ing as long as two years for false teeth soon will be able to chew again. The WPA formerly supplied false teeth made by dentists on relief rolls, but there were’nt enough to fill the need. Today the WPA announced a con tract has been signed with private dental laboratories to supply 22,000 sets of false teeth for home relief recipients in New York, at the rate of 136 dentures a day* * Announcements CONGRESS _ I hereby announce myself as a can didate for congress in the third con gressional district of South Carolina and pledge myself to support the nominees of the party and abide by the results of the primary. BUTLER B. HARE, Saluda, S. C. HOUSE Yielding to th e solicitation of friends I hereby announce myself a candidate for the House of Represen tatives and agree to abide the results of the Democratic primary. J. KESS DERRICK I hereby announce myself a candi date for Th e House of Representa tives and agree to abide by the re sults of the Democratic primary. R. AUBREY HARLEY August 1 thru August 31. Farm tenants, sharecroppers, laborers and other families who live in this county and who can qualify under the provi sions of the “Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act”, may make application for Federal loans to finance purchase of family sized farms this year, said E. H. Spearman, county FSA Rehabilitation Supervisor. This county was designated to hav e the tenant purchase loan program In addition to the other services of as sistance to low income from fami lies included in the FSA Rural Re habilitation program. Families in this county who wish Federal aid to purchase a good farm may visit the local Rehabilitation of fices in the Newberry Hotel building, in Newberry. Information and ap plication blanks may also be secured from the county agent, P. B. Ezell, in the county building. Application forms and information may be se cured from the vocational agricul ture teachers at Silverstreet School, Bush River school and Stoney Hill school. The application period will be open for a short time only so all who are interested ar e advised to act without delay. Applications made in this county are submitted for exami nation of the local FSA Advisory Committee, composed of residents of this county. Approved loans will be celrtified by this committee 'within the limits of the funds available for the present fiscal year’s program. Land must be bought at reasonable prices and must be capable of afford ing an abundant living for the fam ily and margin of profit necessary to meet loan payments. FSA will not list land for sale, said E. H. Spear man. Options may be taken for lands only after the application per iod is over. The FSA will recognize no obligation to buy until appraise! of land and official approval of the purchase proposition. Farm and home plans will be made out for each farm considering the available family labor and the pro duction possibilities of the farm to be bought. No loans will be approv ed in this program where the farm and home plan does not reveal suffi cient probable income to justify ade quate farm buildings. All services of the Rural Rehabilitation program will be made available to farm fami lies who acquire lands in this pro gram, concluded E. H. Spearman. HARTFORD NEWS The annual community picnic which is sponsored by the H. D. Club and the Grange was held last Thursday evening at the school house. The principle speaker of the evening was th Rev. John McEachern of Whit mire, who made a talk on “China”. Several songs wer e sung by a cum- munity chorus. Music was played by the Kilgore band. Little Emory Hayes Bedenbaugh favored the aud ience t with a Dummy Dann reading. A large crowd attended and the eats were plentiful. Of interest to a wide circle of friends was the marriagle of ,Mr. Thomas Wicker of this community and Miss Bonnie Bowers of the St. Lukes community, last Saturday FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1938 LOCAL BOY SCOUTS AT CAMP OLD INDIAN Two Newberry Troops are now in camp at Old Indian, Blue Ridge Council scout camp, local scout offi cials disclosed recently. Troop 60, under the leadership of Hugh Moats, and Troop 69, with Dewey Kinard as leader, are now en camped at the council’s official camp near Tigersville, S. C. Troop 60 has been placed in cabin 11 and Troop 69 in Cabin 12. Both these cabins are new buildings and are located back of the lodge. Carl Martin and Charles Pruitt, scouts from 60 and 69 respectively, were named honor campers during the encampment. First place in Friday’s inspection also went to Troop 69, as Newberry campers continued to bring in honors. Local scouts in camp are listed be low: Troop 60; Hugh Moats, Mr. Ed wards, and Rev. Mitchell, leaders; Richard Addison, Oliver Cromer, Jim Kelley, Joe Jackson, John Willis, Jack Duckett, Claude Senn, Burley Hawkins, Kenneth Beatty, H. C. Day, Earl Shealy, Talmadge Ellison, Louis Price, J. W. Farmer, Carl Martin, Jerry Sessoms, Elon Mills, Aral Ful mer, Charles Bartley. Troop 69: Dewey Kinard and Mr. Wood, leaders; Charles Layton, D. P. Leppard, Frank Jones, John Layton, J. W. Padgett, J. B. Williams, Oscar Ruff, Nathan Kinard, Charles Lepp ard, Haskell Corley, Charles Pruitt, Dallas Willingham, Harry Willing ham, Grady Humphries, James Bow ers, Thomas Ward and John Fulmer. evening in the presence of a few friends and relatives. They will make their home with the groom’s father, Mr. J. H. Wicker. Those who are attending the en campment at Camp Long in Aiken county this week are as follows: Messrs. Kenneth and Earl Eargle, Curtis Chapman, Albert Owens, Ray Foy, Willie Hawkins, Carl Amick, Jacob Fulmer, Owen Holmes, and Le roy Wessinger; Misses Mildred Les ter, Helen Goggans and Virginia Can non of Columbia. Misses Margaret and Mildred Les ter and Virginia Cannon and Messrs. Carl Amick, Gilder Cromer, and Ja cob Fulmer spent Sunday in Sum- s ter. Misses Elberta and Agnes Eargle || of Pelion, spent the weekend with Miss Esther Eargle. Miss Evelyn Wertz spent Thurs day night with Misses Helen and Pauline Goggans. Mjr, Leroy Wessinger weekend in C Cannon. Mr. Leo Wessinger spent the week end at Mollohon with Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bouknight. The guests of Mr. and Mrs. “Abe” Warren Sunday afternoon were: Mr. and Mrs. Will Boozer and fam ily, of Kinards, and Mr .and Mrs. Sam Pat Bowers of Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Long, and baby, of Little Mountain, spent Sun day with Mr. and Mrs. J./ H. Eargle. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Nobles and Billie Nobles visited Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Goggans Sunday afternoon. harvest time, to do such work on the roads in their communities as clearing ditches, removing bushes to give clear vision of roads, and otherwise pre paring the roads for the winter rains and from the damage from such. I believe the county should go to some length In aiding the farmers in terracing their lands. I believe > savings could be made to an ex- ' tent that the county could afford to do ..this work, or at least aid in it so that the cost could be cut l from $2.75 per acre to $1.75 or even less. If it could possibly be done I would like to see the coun ty do this work free of any cost to poor farmers. I want to stress that I will be fair and honest in dealing with the peo ple, and four-square in the business of the county. My record is known and I would appreciate your vote and support. My vote two years ago in my home community shows what my home people think of me and my re cord. My record is an open book and I wan.- the county’s business to b e an open book so that everyone may know just what is going on.