Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

PAGE FOUE THE SUN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1938 . j k .#ttn 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. BILLIONS AND SENSE To say that the federal government spent a billion dollars in the first six weeks of the new fiscal year, or that it will spend eight and two-thirds billions in the entire year, doesn’t mean much because billions are beyond the comprehension of most people. , But translated into a little different terms it begins to mean something. It means, for example, that the federal government this year will spend $67 for every man, woman and child in the nation. It means that $67 will be collected in taxes, or borrowed, for every person in the land. It means that $67 per person wiil be withdrawn from the regular channels of trade from the tills of store keepers, from the pockets of farmers and workers all over the nation. Worse still, it mean# that orce again the govern ment will spend more than its income, or out of the $67 about $22 will have to be borrowed. Thus another two or three billion will be added to the debt, Any individual who lived beyond his means for nine successive years would long since have found his credit gone. He could not continue to charge things by simply saying that he faced an. emergency. He’d have to face the sheriff. Uncle Sam is getting nearer to that point every day. THE GALLED JADE WINCES When Mr. Roosevelt ran for president in 1932 he sought over-and-above board Republican support. He got it in full measure. Again, when he ran for re-election in 1936, he ap pealed for Republican votes. He got them in over whelming thousands. Without the Republican votes cast for him in those two campaigns, Mr. Roosevelt could not have been elected. In those days the taste of Republican support was good to him. Now, however, it appears that he has lost his appe tite for the dish which he formerly relished. For ac cording to the news dispatches from Hyde Park, the president has condemned Republican intervention In Democratic primaries. Is seems to be a monstrous thing when members of the opposite party go into the pri maries to help oust new deal rubber stamps. The good doctor himself is responsible for this sin. He deiberately and successfully lured the Republican army into his camp during two campaigns. He may castigate the practice now but h e will find little sym pathy among Democrats when his estwhile friends turn against him and go over into another camp where there are more congenial bedfellows. SIT DOWN AGAINST WAR u In an elaborate and solemn ceremony” the world youth parley ended its meeting at Vassar college last Thursday by signing the “Vassar Pact” against war. The pact made by the youth people pledges signers against—• Aggressive war, bombardment of <yjen towns and civilian population in wars of aggression, and so on. Notably absent among the signers were youth from fascist nations—Italy, Germany, dapan. The pact doesn’t mean much for that reason. Those who signed came from countries wher e war is gener ally regarded as barbarism. Fascist nations glorify it. But you can’t blame youth for trying to lessen the dangers and brutalities of war: they put so much into the infernal business and get so little out of it. When a boy is slaughtered on the batlefield, gov ernment will, upon request, send his body home in a cheap khaki uniform in a cheap oblong pine box that costs about $10. A flag that is worth probably a dol lar will be sent along gratis to cover the box during commital service. If the body is buried on the field, all the hero gets is a cheap wooden cross for a headstone. That’s all the young fellow gets out of war. H e gives up a life of promise to his country and draws in return a ghastly blank when he is shoved into the trenches. It will take more than Vassar pacts to stop this sav age slaughter of youth. I believe it can be done, how ever, if the people concerned in nations where war ap pears imminent would stage sitdown strikes and re fuse to march or shoulder a gun. Suppose war between Germany and France appear ed inevitable. If the factory workers, farmers and young men who must do the fighting would simply sit down and refuse to budge, there would be no war. That would be the biggest surprise the military gangsters ever had and they’d remember the lesson. COMMENTS on MEN & THINGS By Spectator Who killed cock robin? Any one who can answer that will be able to explain what happened in our first primary. Many of us expected the Maybank, Manning, Blease, Bennett—one, two, three, four, but what happened to John Hughs Cooper? I ask that seriously. No other man in the race made better speeches; yes, no other man in the race made better speeches; no other man in the race was so agree able, winning and appealing, personally. I think the times were not propitious for Mr. Cooper. This was a campaign of issues and groups. Mr. Cooper didn’t fit anywhere. It is a pity that so attractive a man and so capable a speaker should come upon the scene when all the omens were unfavorable. Look it over. Mr. Maybank is not only an attrac tive man, but he comes with the glamor of a fine record as Mayor of Charleston; he adds to that his friendship with Mr. Roosevelt and bis refusal to leave this State for a big Federal job. Then add that the Santee-Cooper project, which fills our minds at the moment. Take Mr. Manning. He was runner-up four years ago; he has been an avowed candidate during all these intervening four years; he has had the governorship almost in his grasp, by common consent, even before the campaign opened; he has thousands of the best men In the State who have committed themselves to his candidacy since the election four years ago. Then add to that the splendid impression Mr. Manning has made as a gallant soldier who modestly retires from the glare of publicity except so far as public service bring# him before the public; a man who can fill high places, yet accepts a call to a humble service member of the Farm Council of the State, representing his county. Now, then, there is Mr. Blease, a man honored by the voters of Newberry, City and County, and by our State with more elective positions of high responsibili ty than any other citizen of the State. Such a man is to be reckoned with, for his honors are a badge of distinction. Comes Neville Bennett next. We have not produced many men of his type. No mixer, no joker, but a ser ious man, a young man of brilliant mind, a man whose exceptional service in the Legislature won for him the general opinion of being the best informed man in Sate matters on the floor of the entire house. Neville Bennett threw himself Into the campaign as a crusader against vice and gambling. He used all his ability as a speaker to denounce the city administrations. Now, consider Ben Adams. He held his flagellating switch and smote the enemy hip and thigh from Dan to Beersheba. Mr. Adams is attractive, as attractive as Mr. Cooper, oratorically, and behind this campaign were four years of Mr. Adams crusading against cer tain E. R. A. and W. P. A. methods. From Charles ton to Pickens, Mr Adams was hailed as the champ ion of a great element of our people. In his Legisla tive races in Richland County Mr. Adams was con spicuously successful and was endorsed by farmers as well as by organized labor. Mr. Easterlin was a crusader in the name of Pro hibition. Strange about that. Messrs. Bennett and Adams are Prohibitionists, too, as I recall. But in this campaign Mr. Easterlin carried the torch for Prohibition, though the drys don’t seem to have sup ported him in proportion to their known strength. Mr. Blackmon became known for his attacks on some of the other candidates. He was vigorous and outspoken. Our friend Cooper was a gentle, sweet spirit in a roaring maelstrom. How do you explain this: Richland bounty, home of Messrs, ^dams, Blackmon, Blease and Cooper gives Burnett Maybank 5,713 votes, while all the others received a total of 6,843? Methinks I do smell a mouse. It is interesting to read and reflect on the votes re ceived by the candidates. Did the C. I. O. fight Ben Adams? This was predicted. Well, in Greenville County Mr. Adams polled fewer than a thousand votes, while Maybank had about 4,000 and Manning more than 6,000. Neville Bennett received more than 2,200 and Blease had nearly 3,000. That doesn’t show any C. I. O. concentration. It was remarkably well distributed. But let’s see about the Senatorial race: Johnston had about 6,500 and Smith about 10,000. That, again, proves that the effort to corrall the votes of textile workers didn’t pan out. In spite of Presi dent Roosevelt and all other special claims. Cotton Ed polled a majority in Greenville county. Well, I think we must admit that Neville Bennett upset some apple carts. We admit that the veteran Cole Blease retains a stronghold on the State. He made a quiet campaign, but he was third. Suppose he had spent $26,000 on his campaign, with all the presentday methods of extracting votes. Well, Coley received the biggest vote for the least effort. A Boston fisherman tells of a whale taking a friend for a one-mile ride and letting him out unharm ed. By the way, whatever became of the Loch Ness Monster?—N. E. A. REVIEW of NEW BOOKS PAUL B. CLARK, PH. D. 1735 Woodburn Ave. Covington, Ky. THE ACHIEVEMENT OF PER- SONAUTY. By Grace Stuart. Mc- millan. This /most thoughtful book is a real contribution in that it’s a thor ough study of personality in the light of psychology and religion. It is scientific and scholarly from cover to cover and the writer gives every evidence of wide reading in the best literature on psychology and other fields of culture. The charm of the book is the acknowledgement that life is not lived in isolation within the “trade eyes” of psychology alone, nor in any kind of separateness or partialness in the realm of specialized research; life, according to the book, is lived in contact with other lives and other environments and all fields of learning. The Chapters are: I The Life-Force; II The Organization of Personality; III The Need for Love; IV The Need for Significance; V The Need for Security; VI The Mo ral Conflict; VII Life-Energy and Love-Energy; VIII The Need for God; IX Reconciliation with Reality. Index. The significance of i these chapters is their inclusiveness; they contain far more than “id” plus "ego” plus "super-ego”; far more than the size of the volume would suggest. Chap ter III is an interpretation of the con tribution of Freud; IV is an evalua tion of Adler and V is an appraisal of Jung. Here is a critic of Frued and Adler and Jung who gives proof of first-hand contacts with their works and has evaluated the contri bution of each in a most constructive and instructive way. The chapters on morality and God and reconciliation are further evi dence of the return of metaphysics, the downfall of sheer Behaviorism and the lapse or passing of Human ism. One quotation: “Before men can lose themselves, go beyond them selves, and live outside themselves, they must have selves to lose and go beyond.” Page 97. The book will have a wide reading. MORE CHAPEL TALKS. By Elbert Russell. Cokesbury Press. Elbert Russell, Dean of the School of Religion, Duke University, gives here 55 discussions on the good life from the Christian point of view, cal culated to help students in and out of school with certain religious, mo ral and intellectual problems. The themes range from “Keep the Com mandments” to “The Urge of Im mortality.” Each topic is clearly stated, logically dealt with, and ap plied with force. The author does not offer the book as a crutch but as an interpretation of experiential religion in Christ. He speaks of his deep experience and he speaks out of it; he knows the field of religion and the world of intellectual and moral prob lems that the student in these days has to face. Each reviewer will see the book differently but the chapter that seems to give the purpose of the book, the view of the author and book in brief, is Chapter 6, “Empty ing and Filling Words.” Here the at tempt is made, arrestingly indeed, af ter commenting on Warschauer’s “Historical Life of Jesus’’ in pictur ing Jesus’ life ending in futility and yet trying to compensate himself by calling Jesus capitalizing names, to stop "a sign of decay of tho noun when one has to say a “good mother” or a “noble lady” or even a “stubborn mule.” There is no economic gain in taking out of the can the paint with which tb covei the outside of it. I feel the same way . . . (about) ‘Holy Bible' or the ‘Sacred Scriptures’ Or th e ‘Blessed Lord’ or a ‘Sanctified Christian’.” The word Itself ought fo conyey the idea, according to the author. The whole book Is an emp tying of the outmoded and a filling-in process unto all th e fullness of Christ, with sweetness, tolerance, and a passion for trutfh. This content, full of meaning, is what the author purports to give. NEWBERRY COOPERATIVE CONCERT ASSOCIATION BE GINNING ACTIVITY News of H-D Doings In The County At an early date the annual mem bership drive for the Neberry Coop erative Concert Association will take place. Plans are now being formulat ed for this endeavor, and it is hoped that this drive will meet with even greater success than those held in the past. lu joining the Newberry Coopera tive Concert Association a /person should not think that he is only “buying a ticket” for a series of con certo. That has been the major ac tivity of the group in the past, of course, but the purpose of the group includes more than this one activity. As the membership increases, and as those who belong understand the greater purposes and opportunities of the group, it is hoped that it will be come a powerful influence for good music in the community. Th e following statement of pur pose is a copy of Article Two of the nization at its last meeting: Constitution as adopted by the orga- 1. To cultivate in the citizens of Newberry, Lexington, Fairfield, Un ion, Laurens, and Saluda counties the appreciation of good music. 2. To cultivate in the students of the colleges and public schools of these counties a love and apprecia tion of good music. 3. To foster and encourage the or ganization and training of choruses, glee clubs, music clubs, bands and orchestras in the schools, colleges and communities in thes e counties. 4. To provide tor its members an opportunity to hear good music in the form of concerts, lectures, and reci tals. 5. To promote annually a music festival for the purpose of encourag ing musical organizations, develop ment of talent, educating the com munity to good music", and cultivating its musical taste. 6. To encourage the teaching of music, history of music, and music appreciation in the public schools of th e community. 7. To accept, receive, and hold gifts, contributions, bequests, and devices for the promotion of any of the fore going purposes. 8. To do any and all things subject to the limitations imposed below (in constitution) having as its object charitable, educational or benevolent purposes. A study of this statemennt of pur poses should indicate the worth while nature of the organization. Its sup port is a matter of civic responsi bility. Vacation days are almost over and we will all get back to our regular routin e of work. The Home Demonstration Club members and the 4-H club girls and boys enjoyed a few days stay in the city of Charleston for their annual outing. August the 12th to 16th the Older Youth Igroups of the state had a pleasant week at Camp Long. The Hartford group was well represente- ed with twelve attending the entire week, fourteen part if the time, and all of the 40 members spent one day there. More countieh should have these Older Youth groups. We will be glad to help you organize one. A small group of leaders were at Camp Long from the 22nd until the 26th enjoying an intensive program on Conservation. Girls attending were Misses Sara Ma e Kinard and Janie Belle Wilson. Boys attending were Harold Bedenbaugh and Ken neth Eargle. All Home Demonstration Clubs will begin a new year’s work with the September meetings. All 4-H clubs will be reorganized as soon as the schools open. Any community desir Ing a club will please communicate with the Home Agent. , The Piedmont District Council meeting will be held at Mt. Zion In stitute, Winnsboro on Saturday the 11th. Newberry County Council is now in possession of the attendance prize. Join the group on this day, have a god time and help your coun cil keep this prize. Pears are plentiful this year and probably you ar e wondering. how to use them. Try the following recipe?#: Ginger Pears Pare the fruit, remove cores and cut into small pieces. For each pound of fruit use 1-2 to 3-4 pound of su gar, 1 or 2 pieces of Ginger root, and 1-2 lemon thinly sliced. Combine the sugar and the fruit in alternate layers, and allow to stand ovenight to extract juice. Heat slowly to boil ing, stirring constantly. Add the ginger and the lemon rind, which has been cooked until tender in a small LOST — You have been losing a lot if you have not been trading here. DeVORE’S MARKET, Phone 33-W, Caldwell Street. EDGAR TOSSES A COUPLE OF SPANNERS (By Spertator) Edgar A. Brown threw two span ners into the machinery ,of South Carolina politics during the last sev eral aays of the campaign. Mr. Brown withdrew from the race, say ing that he recognized defeat as it approached and wished to prevent a useless second 4>rimary. ' Consider ing the vigor of Mr. Brown’s cam paign, this withdrawal exploded like a can of T. N. T. over a submarine. Following Mr. Brown’s withdrawal came the second heavy charge from the Barnwell Senator. Either Gov ernor Johnston is the victim of a lot of poor advice, or, while tired and sleepy, he takes action that is not cautious. Now Senator Brown is as quiet and likable a, man as you’ll find in a day’s journey; but to send him such a telegram as the Governor sent him is just about as unwise as poking a lion with a stick Senator Brown replied to the Gover nor and the loud blast from Barn well still echoes from the tumultu ous billows of Charleston to the crags and peaks of Pickens. quantity of water. Boil rapidly un til somewhat thick, taking care to prevent scorching. When the fruit is clear, tender, and a rich amber color, fill into sterilized jars and seal. This is a good way to preserve Keifer pears. _ Pearmint 1 pk. pears after peeled and cut 2 lb. raisins 3 lbs. brown sugar 1-2 pint vinegar 1 tsp. salt 1 top. cloves, spice and cinnamon Grind together, mix and cook till thick. Pear Preserves 1 quart pears (sliced or chopped) 1 cup water or juice 1 1-2 cups supar 2 or 3 slices of lemon (if desired) Pare fruit (if hard, cook until tender in water). Make syrup of li quid and sugar, add fruit to partly cooled syrun and bring gently to boil. Boil rapidly until clear and tender, cool rapidly. Stand in syrup to plump. Pack fruit in sterillized jars and add reheated syrup to within 1-2 inch of top. Seal immediately. Pear Jam 4 lbs. hard, green pears 4 oz. ginger root 8 cups sugar 6 lempns Soak ginger-root over night; in morning boil 15 ' minutes, cool, peal and chop very fine. Wash and re move skin and cores from pears, chop fine, add the grated rind from 3 lemons and juic e from all 6 lemons. Ad sugar and boil till thick. Pour in to sterilized jars and seal. Ethel L. Counts, County Home Demon. Agent POEMS ACCEPTED Mil- Religious poems written by Mil dred Werts and Gustave Houseal, both of Newberry, were selected for the new Lutheran Anthology, whch was recently published. Of the 1600 poems, only 380 were selected to be used. Mr. Houseal’h poem was entitled “Christ My Light**. BISHOP CANDLER ASKS SUPPORT Support by South Carolina Metho dists of the Methodist Union which was connsumated recently by the var ious conferences of the church is con tained in a statement issued in At lanta, August 27, by Bishop Warren A. Candler, senior bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. “Atlanta, Georgia, August 27, 1938. To the Methodist People in South Carolina: “Although I dRl not favor the union of the Methodist churches in America I think it the part of wisdom for our people to stay-in the church and not cause a division now that union has been legally adopted.” Warren A. Candler Bishop Candler, who passed his 81st birthday August 23, is the senior bishop of world Methodism, having been elected to that office in 1898. For a long period of years he was super intendent of the South Carolina con ferences and South Carolina was the last Episcopal district which he ser ved before retirement in 1934. Mrs. Helen Edwards of Columbia spent the past weekend and Labor Day in the city with Miss Constance Armfield at 2107 Mayer avenue. I have read in some of the papers that South Carolina is as enthusias tic over Mr. Roosevelt as in, .1936. That isn’t my impression. The State Democratic Convention was an indi cation of the outgoing tide; Cotton Ed’e re-election another. GEORGIA, DO YOUR DUTY; WE HAVE BLAZED THE WAY. I don’t like buncombe. When Mr. Roosevelt stabbed Senator George in the back he held out his hand to Mr. George and said “God bless you, Walter; let us always be friends.” All right, but what sort of thing is that sort of friendship ? Now let Senator George retaliate on all oc casions and say “God bless you, Mr. President; let us always be friends.” Even so. Mr. Roosevelt expected Cotton Ed to win by 40,000, he says. Then the Administration lay down on Olin eh?' At any rate, after taking a nasty and unfair thrust at Senator Smith at Greenville let us hope that Mr. Roosevelt will not say “God bless you, Ed, let us always be friends”. I would appreciate more a frank remark like this: “Well, Senator, I did my utmost to beat you and I’m sorry I failed; let’s do the best we can—until next time”. WANTED. TO RENT—Responsible party wants to rent six or seven room house. Write “X” care of The Sun. New Schedule Buses Leaving Newberry for Columbia 7:58 p. m. 11:13 a. m. 1:58 p.m. 5:43 p.m. 7:13 p. m Greenville 9:32 a. m. 1:17 p.m. 3:17 p.m. 5:47 p.m. 8:47 p.m Spartanburg 8:50 a. m. 1:17 p. m. 4:42 p. m. 5:47 p. m. Rock Hill Augusta Greenwood 12:50 p. m. 7:14 p. m. 9:32 a. m. 5:32 p. m. Lancaster 11:15 a. m. 5:45 p. m. BUS STATION CALL 500 FOR OTHER INFORMATION Cut Out and Save for Future Reference mm 'm Outstandingly Beautiful Monuments. . . Years ot experience fits us to give you a memorial which will fittingly mark the last resting place of loved ones ... beautiful memorials which will last on and on. You do not have to buy a memor ial sight unseen-rather let us show you some ot our work. We have pleased scores of others; we can please you. Newberry Stone Co.