The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 15, 1939, Image 8
PAGE EIGHT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1M*
THE NEWBERRY SUN
Spectator
COMMENTS
The Grim Reaper never rests.
Eight years ago the Farmers’ and
Taxpayers’ League, which had been
brought into being by J. Skottowe
Wannamaker and others as a mass
movement protesting against mort
gage forcjosures and oppressive tax
es, began a campaign of intensive
organization in all the - counties.
Niels Christensen of Beaufort be
came president, and a little later I
was associated with him, Pierre
Mazyck and Richard I. Lane in go
ing about the state.
No movement ever enlisted abler
or more devoted men. Most of those
men are living but how great has
been the loss in the passing of those
stalwart leaders<—(Df- Winchester
Smith of Williamston; Dr. A. R.
Johnston of Reevesville; Dr. D. M.
Crosson and J. E. B. McCartha of
Leesville; James B. Gibson of Dil
lon; James H. Manning of Latta;
Mortimer V. Haselden of Charleston
and I. H. Hunt of Newberry. And
now passes Niels Christensen, the
leader around whom we all gathered
and with whom we all worked'.
Still in vigor, abounding in energy,
enjoying his work, and meeting with
zest the calls each day, Niels Christ
ensen was cut off in a twinkling and
has joined the immortal throng un-
cier the shade of the trees.
Mr. Christensen made a name for
himself in his young manhood as an
earnest man willing to devote hjs
ability to the service of Beaufort
County and South Carolina. HU
twenty years in the State Senate
bore the impress of fine purpose and
intelligent zeal. He was a refreshing
example of a man of ideals who vol
unteered for the unspectacular rou
tine of legislative grind. Even at
that his unswerving pursuit of truth
and his unfliching courage earned
a high place in the respect and con
fidence of the state.
In behalf of the taxpayers of the
state Mr. Christensen rendered val
uable service. His standing made it
easy to rally the people, for his re
cord and his manifest sincerity com
manded respect from Beaufort to
Pickens. I think I may apply to him
that high tribute which the Master
paid to another “Behold an Israel
ite, indeed, in whom there is no
guile.”
I have suffered a personal loss, but
all of us have suffered a loss. Men
like Niels Christensen are rare. I
review our asssociation of years and
there stands out clearly the fine;
man, the modest but earnest and
energetic public figure, the chival
rous friend, the splendid gentleman.
Colonel Manning for the Senate?
Well, now, what is this? Is the
Colonel thinking about opposing
Senator Byrnes? That would oe a
battle royal, for Jimmie is a stout
campaigner and is, moreover, a na
tional figure of commanding stature.
The Colonel, too, is a figure to be
reckoned with in South Carolina. It
has been taken for granted that Mr.
Manning would be in th race for
Governor but there are rumors
about a Senatorial campaign, if he
listens to some of his friends.
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group, whether a Board of Trade or
Chamber of Commerce, in order that
certain common interests of the
community may be promoted through
the cooperative effort of the com-
rdunity; every trade ha# a State
or national association for the gen
eral interest of that special group.
Such clearing houses are supremely
useful.
There are farm groups, too, but
agriculture is an enormous interest.
So we come to this National Cotton
Council. It is an organization spon
sored by cotton p-oducers, ginners,
cotton merchants, warehousemen
and seed crushers. They have band
ed themselves through this Council
to promote the sale of cotton. There
are many approaches to that, but
that is the task—to increase the
consumption of cotton. There are
some other items in the program
which are important, such as getting
rid of discriminations against cotton
shippers and the makers of by-pro
ducts of cotton. You know, of
course, that cotton seed * 1 oil competes
with lard and butter. There should
be an open market for all whole
sale, legitimate products. But the
western dairying interests, which are
closely and efficiently organized,
have prevailed upon Congress and
various state legislatures to dis
criminate against cotton by-products
even to the point of excluding them.
The more cotton by-products that
are sold 1 , the more market for the
cotton farmer. If by organization
the dairying group can do that we
would be wise to organize to protect
ourselves and our products.
When we look back a few years—
normal years—and note that cotton
used to yield to the farmers of this
state a hundred million dollars a
year we see that we are losing
about seventy million dollars from
our trade. That $70,000,000 passing
through the merchants, insurance
men, fertilizer dealers, doctors, law
yers, dentists—and others—soon
reaches the banks, going out again
to facilitate constructive and gain
ful endeavors. We are losing that
and we have been losing that for
years. I do not think I exaggerate
in saying that we have lost a half
billion dollars since the war in‘the
shrinkage of cotton values. That
is the same as taking a half hillion
dollars out of South Carolina.
Our tremendous loss in revenue is
something to think about, but it
is more urgent that we do something
about it.
What can we do?
Every time I read the annual re
ports of great corporations I note
the new uses of old products. Tin
is used instead of glass and glass
instead of bricks; paper is used in
stead of cloth, ->tc. Now in the field
of chemistry we are just scratching
the surface. It is said that a cotton
foundation makes an excellent road.
We who have recently seen gum
trees of our swamps successfully
used for making paper should enter
into the game of new uses with zest.
Cotton is our crop; it is our de
pendence The advice so freely giv
en that we diversify is good and
sound and safe, so long as we don’t
all act on it. If one farmer or one
hundred farmers or ten thousand
farmers should abandon cotton and
engage entirely in raising hogs and
cattle, fruit and truck, potatoes and
peanuts—that might prove profit
able to them; but as a program for
two million farmers that would
make confusion worse confounded.
If one million farmers, were to
adopt that we should glut all the
markets and paralyze the agriculture
of all the nation. Even on a small
scale the man who tries many other
crops finds difficulty in marketing
his products.
We have a products to which all
the South is geared. Our labor, our
industry, our people—all are geared
to it. It is a crop which does not
spoil; it does not have to be picked
at night, or refrigerated, or rushed
to market to prevent spoilage.
There is not only the challenging
adventure to find new uses for cot
ton, but there is a vast possiblity in
using ordinary sales psychology, or
persistent, attractive promotion, to
further the use of cotton goods. We
live ^in a day of styles or modes.
Would our mothers have gone to
the beach or walked all over a sea
side resort three-fourths unrobed as
is done today? Is it immodest? No,
it’s the style! Well that allure of
mode can be used to put on clothes
as well as take them off. You have
observed the ladies with furs in
summer and low necks in winter?
And you see the mode of brown
stockings with white shoes? That’s
style, however incongruous. The
wise salesman does not fight the
style; he goes along with it. In us
ing the same appeal, cotton goods
can be popularized from Canada to
the tip of the Argentine.
Oranges are shipped three thou
sand miles across our continent and
sold in every country community.
Those fruit producers are organized;
they pay ten cents a crate on oran
ges to their association and the as
sociation is worth to them most of
the price they receive for the fruit,
for without the association there
would be almost no market.
Are we cotton people—we South
ern people—^interested in saving and
promoting 0 ur main crop? Then let’s
get together and do something about
it. That is why we have the Na
tional Cotton Council.
Let’s pep up farming; it is
drab. I have an idea, boys.
Recently a small warship was
Looking ’em Over
By LONNIE FRANKUN
Newberry High
Newbery High opens the season
Friday with Irmo in a game that will
give Coach Hedgepath an idea of
what he may or may not have this
season.
The Bull Dogs havs had three
weeks of hard work with forty men
out; they are light, but fast, and a
shifty team is expected. King, Ha
zel, Culbertson, Gatlin, and Mundy,
with others will do the work in the
back field. The line shows a couple
of vacancies. Robertson has been
shifted from center to an end with
Carpenter. Connelly is at one guard,
Parr and Turner look best at tackles,
and Fellers is at center.
The fans are expecting the Bull
Dogs to have a fairly good season.
Newberry College
A week more and Coach Laval will
trot out what outsiders say is a
great football team against Catawba,
risking a clean home record so far.
Coaches Laval, Hambright, and
Setzler have worked hard; so has the
team, yet injuries have slowed up
the men somewhat, but all are ex
pected to be able to start the opener.
Now, so far as the Indians are con
cerned, outside of a year’s experience
—and that should help lots—I can’t
see that Bill is a great shades bet
ter than last season. Just where
does he stack up so much better?
The same men from last season are
back; the untried freshmen are all
unknown quantities, so there you
are. In fact the two best line men
are gone, so where does he have
more than he did last season?
If Callanglo and Cappola can be
shaken loose very ofteh, then we go
places; if not, we don’t; that is my
observation. But we are good en
ough to win the Little Four and that
is in our class, so fans should turn
out and fill the stadium for every
home game.
In fact, I would like to see a Laval
night on the hill before Thanksgiv
ing.
Mid Carolina
Goldville and Clinton meet at
Wright’s Field Saturday at 3:30 in
the final game of the Mid Carolina
play-off; each team has three wins.
Goldville stopped Mollohon while
Clinton set Newberry back in the
semi-finals. Prater and Castleberry
will oppose each other and close, hard
fought battles have been the order
so far.
Dutch Fork
Jolly Street stopped Peak, Chapin
put O’Neal out in the Dutch Fork
semi-finals, and now Jolly Street
holds a one game lead over Chapin
in the finals.
The second game at Jolly Street
Saturday will find both teams at top
strength and the Streeters hit for
.330 with Chapin doing a .299, so
some good hard hitting may be ex
pected.
Just Ramblin’ Round
Will Joe DiMaggio hit .400? They
stopped him the first of the week.
Twenty game winners are many
this season. Some seven already
over the mark, and the season not
over yet.
Nova 5 to 2 over Galento; what
round, please?
Bob Costella couldn’t hit curve
balls and Washington sold him to
Minneapolis.
Jim Foxx out for the season—bad
appendix.
Georgia got all the Sally play-off
games.
Newberry to win six, lose four; no
bets taken.
into service. Instead of some officer
saying to a subordinate “Start her
up and get going,” order’s were is
sued from Washington to the Ad
miral commanding that naval sta
tion. He, in turn, issued a lot of or
ders and here’s what happened; A
day was appointed, and on that day
the admiral was there with sword
and gold braid. His flag was fly
ing. Other officers were there; sail
ors were there; the band was there.
They fired a cannon, marched around
—and all that. Then the little ship
was declared to be in service.
Now then, if only we had a man
of military genius to swankify our
farming operations. Let’s imagine
the military idea applied to a farm.
Here goes: At 4 a. m. a small cannon
should be fired and the flag raised
in front of the farm dwelling, All
“hands” should be present, with
mules, horses, tractors, hoes, etc. As
the farmer steps out jauntily all
hands should snap to attention, heels
clicking. A bit of music should en
liven the occasion, perhaps a mili
tary march, on victrola with ampli
fier, all taking a turn marching
about for ten minutesi. Then the
stem order “to your posts” would
send all and sundry to the fields,
pepped up for the battle with gras*,
weeds, boll-weevil, tobacco worms,
bugs, beetles—and what not, includ
ing drouth and rain.
Just fancy the hands stepping
about with hoes at “right shoulder.”
I wish I could persuade my dis
tinguished neighbor, Colonel Wynd-
ham Manning, to tell how to go
about this. He is a West Pointer,
yet a dirt farmer of Sumter County.
Just think of plow-boys with red
pants, epaulets and plumes! Oh, my!
Colonel, itlsi an. idea. If you’ll
work it out and pull it off on your
farm I’ll undertake to induce Hon.
J. B. Britton, an outstanding Sum
ter agriculturist, to mount a noble
steed and review the parade.
Tense Faces In Downing Street
LONDON, England.—Worried expressions appear on the faces of the
people who crowded Downing Street during the crisis to watch Cabinet
members arrive to discuss the European situation.
Racket-Busters
LAKESIDE, Mich.—Thomas E.
Dewey, District Attorney of New
York and Republican presidential
possibility, meets another notable
racket-buster—Judge George E. Q.
Johnson, former U. S. District At
torney of Chicago, who prosecuted A1
Capone, notorious Chicago racketeer.
BLATT DECLINES
TO RUN FOR POST
Barnwell, Sept. 12—Solomon Blatt,
Barnwell attorney and speaker of
the house, said in an interview here
today that after giving the matter
serious consideration he has decid
ed not to offer for the judgeship of
the second federal circuit to fill the
vacancy crated by the death of Judge
Hayne F. Rice, of Aiken.
Speaker Blatt has been mentioned
prominently during the last few
days' as a probable candidate for
the judgeship and he gave out the
statement regarding his decision af
ter being urged by friends to offer.
Mr. Blatt said he had received tele
phone calls from a number of friends
over the state urging him to become
a candidate.' He also received
pledges of support from political
friends in Barnwell county, he said.
The New Hope Zion Home Dem
onstration club held its August so
cial meeting Saturday night, August
26, at the school house, in the form
of a “Hot Dog” supper. About six
ty persons enjoyed this delightful af
fair.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Alderman from Ward 1 and
agree to abide the results of the pri
mary election.
J. D. (Tant) WICKER
MRS. STUCK ENTERTAINS
FOR BRIDGE CLUB MEMBERS
Mrs. E. E. Stuck was hostess at
bridge Friday afternoon, the party
being given at Mrs. R. G. Wallace’s
home on Caldwell street. The guests
included members of Mrs. Stuck’s
club and an extra, Mrs. Fitzgerald
Rutherford, playing for an absent
member.
Mixed fall flowers adorned the re
ception room. Two tables were plac
ed for the games. The high score
prize was won by Mrs. A. M. Sum
mer and bingo fell to Mrs. W. O.
Miller.
Avacado Princess
POMONA, Calif.—Pretty Marilyn
Kler, 18-year-old Pomona girl, la
chosen as avacado princess for the
Los Angeles County Fair. She will
appear In the famous Court of Agri
culture, which officially opens the
Fair on Sept. 15th.
ROOSEVELT GAINS SEEN
Washington, Sept. 12.—The course
President Roosevelt has followed
thus far in conducting affairs of the
government in connection with the
European war has cancelled Repub
lican gains, discou*aged GOP lead
ers said today.
One highly placed Republican as
serted that if Mr. Roosevelt contin
ues to gain general public approval
of his acts in connection with the
war developments that “he will be
renominated and re-elected.”
Mrs. Hal Kohn’s Class in Piano
will open Sept. 11th.
Special attention to beginners.
Phone 105 or 391 for information.
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We will also make direct loans on
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The FOSTER SCHOOL of Dance
of Columbia
SOUTH CAROLINA’S LARGEST
DANCING SCHOOL
Opens Branch Studio Here
TAKING OVER THE BAKER SCHOOL
Mr. and Mrs. Foster, directors, have just returned from New York where
they enjoyed another summer’s work with some of the world’s greatest
dancing artists—Vitale Fokine and Milkhail Mordkin. At other times
they have studied with the famous Jack Manning, Jack Stone and Angel
Cansino in New York; Ernest Belcher, Mary Grace Mohn, and Arthur
Prince in Hollywood, and many others.
Mrs. Fosrer will personally conduct classes here.
Offering All Types of Dancing
• , • 2 lessons per week, $5 per month.
1 lllfirin* I lesson per week, $3 per month.
* p re .School Children, 2 lessons per week, $4.50 per month.
Registration: Friday, Sept. 15, 3:30 p. m.
ADDRESS: FORMER BAKER STUDIO