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THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 Near North Hartland, Vermont, a boy was bom on a farm. He milked and fed the cow and horses, and pit ched hay in the summer time. His consuming ambition was to be a doc tor. But there wasn’t much chance, for his family was pooor and he had little opportunity for an education. His name was Daniel Willard. Finally the family raised enough money to send him to school. Not a medical school but an agricultural school, because it required less pre paration and cost less. But that was all right. It was school. It was a start. He pitched in with desperate earnestness. The light of the coal oil lamp was poor, but he turned the wick higher and kept on studying. Fina'ly, his eyesight became so poor he could no longer read. So he had to leave his cherished school. Back at farm work again. But he was not going to give up. The Central Vermont Railway cut across the comer of his father’s farm. As the boy looked up from his plowing he could see the train roar ing by. One day, as he stood watch ing it, he resolved to be a railroad man. But the railroad offices were far away and he had no money, so he went to the section boss and applied for a job. The section boss looked him over and gave him a job swing ing a pick and shovel. This meant ten hours a day and the pay was nine cents an hour. The boy weighed 120 pounds. He would have to work side by side with huskies. But he was determined to get ahead, and he ac cepted it. He made a rule that changed the course of his life. And this was to do more than he was paid to do. He found that the section boss had trouble making out his reports. The section boss could swing a spike sledge and flirt a crowbar, but a penstock was something different. The boy saw this and offered to stay after hours in the evening to help the section boss with his figures. To the section boss adding a column of figures was worse than running a handcar up grade. He appreciated the boy’s help. Then word came to the section boss that another road had an opening for a young man. Much as the boss wanted to keep Daniel Willard he felt it was his duty to recommend him for this job. Daniel Willard put into operation the principle he had discovered tamp ing ties—to do a little more than he was paid to do. He used it in running a donkey engine for a construction gang; he applied it when he became fireman 0 n a locomotive. Pretty soon he found himself in the executive of fices. You probably know what he is do ing now. President of the oldest railroad in America—the Baltimore and Ohio. DO YOURSELF A BIG FAVOR— AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS 1. Who pays the most taxes in Newberry? , 2. Who contributes the most to charity ? , 3. Who supports the schools with the largest contributions. 4. Who gives the most to our churches? 5. To whom do YOU turn when YOU want 'to raise mofney for any worthy cause or purpose? THE ANSWER, you well know, to all these questions is the MERCHANTS OF NEWBERRY. They do mot base their appeal for your Christmas trade on the fact that they deserve it, however, but on the fact that: 1. Prices are ik>w, quality con sidered, in Newberry stores. 2. Your dollars go further because you don’t have transpor tation, parking meter expense and the other woes of Columbia, Aeg> usta, Greenville, etc., to worry about. 3. A wide variety of quality Christmas gifts—the biggest col lection ever assembled ;i.n Newber ry—is here from which you can choose. 4. Dollars spent in Newberry come back to you. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR and shop in Newberry this Christmas. You can save maaoy sad time byfusing The Son ns yoor shop ping guide. Read each page care fully, each week, beginning now. NOTICE We wish to make several loans of $2,000 to $5,000 on improved City or Suburban property. A. J. BOWERS, Jr. REMEMBER the old car this CHRISTMAS! LET US — Wash and grease it Change the Oil Put in Anti-Freeze Install a Heater A set of Tires and otherwise better equip it for winter. And remember, the best year ’round gift for your car is PURE OIL products. C. D. Coleman Co. Phone 400 »sisisii3isi3)sississ TWO SIDES To EVERY QUESTION By LYTLE HULL COMMUNISM CUTS ITS OWN THROAT With dining-room decorum which Sven Emily Post might admire, the short-sighted politicians of Germany, France and England were politely serving up Europe’s people—well garnished with war propaganda—to the greedy maw of Gentle Joe Stalin. First item on the menu was Polish caviar. Joseph gulped it down and licked his lips. Up to this point his table manners had been excellent and until he snatched rudely for the Bal tic olives, the poor dumb-waiters had considered him merely a stomach ul cer case with an appetite for raw blood only. ’Twas at this point that Gentle Joe exposed their stupidity and his own. Spilling the soup, he grabbed the Finnish fish course with gluttonous paws and rigtot there he made his crowning mistake—the mistake which probably will, in the end, spell doom of the tyranny which the Bolshies have misnamed Communism, and of Stalin himself; for the only possible excuse for the existence of either was their supposed hatred of war and Im perialism. Gone now is the one argument with which Communism might have prevailed upon the peoples of Europe —driven to desperation by a couple of years of the present war. Gone is the claim that Communism is non- imperialistic; is the gentle, war-hat ing father of the common people; the champion of the proletariat. The Stalin government has peeled off the wooly hide which many thoughtless people believed to cover big, kindly Brother Bear. There were just plain pork chops underneath—and not very fresh at that. The tiny, honest, debt-paying, God fearing, common people’s nation of Finland has been attacked. The sil ver lining which backs every cloud la not now visible in that brave little country, but the lining is still there. In the days to come—when the man iacs of Western Europe have finished bleeding their people half to death— those few Finns whom battle and Stalin massacres have left alive, may be better off since the world now knows this horrid creed for what it is and will reject it for itself and for martyred Finland. Bolshevism, by this one fatal move, has cut its own throat. It may bleed slowly, but will be no anxious doctor nor gentle nurse, to ease the dying pangs of the most vicious, destructive and reactionary idea of government that half mad humans have ever invented. The Communist offensive is finish ed. That brutal ideology is on the defensive now against enraged peo ple; people who see the full red glare at last; people who, in this country at least will demand laws to put a stop to the activities of the red apos tles of death. Free speech is our law. Anyone can get on a soap box and criticize our government. This is right and constructive. It is against those who criticize and try to change our form of government that laws must be created. We must demand it of our congressman. As the law stands to day, anyone who advocates the des truction of our form of government by force, has committed a crime. We must have laws which make it a crime to preach destruction of our form of government by force or by any other means. We like our democratic ideology. We want no other kind. If those who advocate its change to Commun ism were ever to succeed, many thousands — possibly millions — of Americans, would lose their lives in a most unpleasant manner. Must we wait stolidly and stupidly for this “happy holiday”, or will we tell our leaders to pass laws which will for bid the utterance of treason and which will drive these mortal enemies from the shores and into our peni tentiaries? JEST ’FORE CHRISTMAS By Eugene Field Father calls me William, sister calls me Will, Mother calls me Willie, but the fel lers call me Bill! Mightly glad I ain’t a girl—ruther be a boy, Without them sashes, curls, an’ things that’s worn by Fauntleroy! Love to chaw green apples an’ go swimming in the lake— Hate to take the castor-ile they give for belly-ache! •Most all the time, the whole year round, there ain’t no flies on me, But jest ’for e Christmas I’m as good as I kin be! Got a yellow dog named Sport, sick him on a cat; First thing she knows she doesn’t know where she is at! Got a clipper sled, an’ when us kids goes out to slide, ’Long comes the grocery cart, an’ we all hook a ride! But sometimes when the grocery man is worried an’ cross, He reaches at us with his whip, an’ larrups up his boss, An’ then I laff an’ holler, “Oh, ye never tetched me!” But jest ’fore Christmas I’m as good as I kin be! HOUSE ancf HOM E Probably I should have warned you weeks ago not to trim your evergreen trees until Christmas time, and then save all the trimmings for wreaths and festoons in the house. Of course, if you already have trimmed them, you can still trim out branches from sect: ns where tihey won’t be missed. Mixed wreaths are lovely using sprays of fir, cedar and hemlock. Se lect well shaped sprays about six or seven inches^ long. Then begin at the top of your wire hoop and bind on the twigs with a strong wire. Make the wreath nice and full, turning the tips of the sprays first to the inside of the circle and then to the outside and keeping the woody stems firmly fastened to the hoop. After you have made your green wreath you can give it color by working in bunches of holly or rose haws or bittersweet or pepper ber ries, depending on where you live. To make long festoons for draping on mantels and over doorways, fasten the sprays of evengveens on strong, light rope, a clothesline is good. A lightweight wire or strong cord can be used to bind the sprays on the rope. Then wherever you fasten the fes toon, work in a bunch, of color. Small colorful fruits are charming worked into wreatKs. Tiny bright red apples, clusters of kumquarts, tangerines and grapes can be wired to the center of the wreath, and are most attractive in the rich green back ground. Keep your wreaths symmetrical, and add whatever color you use care fully, preserving a nice balance. Outdoors, fill your window boxes with sturdy branches of various ever greens. Place the ends of the branch es in moist sand no hold them where you want them, and to keep them fresh. Or outdoor window boxes are ef fective planted with small, well shaped evergreen trees. Sometimes these trees go through the winter in good condition, and can be planted out in the yard in the spring. However, whether you intend to put them out in the spring or want them only for the winter season, keep them well water ed. A handsome spray pine or spruce makes an effecive decoration for the front door. Work some pine cones through its needles, and tie it to the knocker with a splashy gay red bow. A string of round sleigh bells is another idea for your front door. Use the strap on which the bells are strung for your base, and fasten sprays of evergreen to it, to make a green background for the bells. Gran’ma says she hopes that when I get to be a man, I’ll be a missionarer like her oldest brother, Dan, As was et up by the cannibuls that lives in Ceylon’s Isles, Where every prospeck pleases, an’ only man is vile! But Gran’ma she has never been to see a Wild West show, Nor read the life of Daniel Boone, or else I guess she’d show, That Buff’lo Bill an’ cow-boys is good enough for me! Excep’ jest ’fore Christmas, when I’m good as I kin be! 1 And then old Sport he hangs around, so solemn-like an’ still, His eyes they seem a-sayin’: “What’s the matter, little Bill?” The old cat sneaks down off her perch an’ wonders what’s become Of them two enemies of hern that used to make things hum! But I am so perlite an’ tend so ear nestly to biz, That mother says to father: “How improved our Willie is!” But father havin’ been a boy hisself, suspicions me When jest ’fore Christmas, I’m as good as I can be! For Christmas with its lot an’ lots of candies, cakes an’ toys, Was made, they say, for proper kids, and not for naughty boys; So, wash yer face an’ bresh yer hair, an’ mind yer p’s and q’s, An’ don’t bust out yer pantaloons, an’ don’t wear out yer shoes; Say “Yessum” to the ladies, an’ “Yes- sur,” to the men, An’ when they’s company, don’t pass yer plate for pie agin; But, thinkin’ of the things yer’d like to see upon that tree, Jest ’for Christmas be as good as yer kin be! COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS HAVE CONTRACT GAMES The December evening bridge party at the Country club of Newberry was held last Thursday with Mrs. Herman Wright and Mrs. J. L. Fea- gle, co-hostesses. Winning the ladies' prizes were Mrs. Ben Buzhardt, high; Mrs. Jesse Mayes, second high; Mrs. Feagle, bingo. The men winning prizes were J. L. Feagle, high; L. G. Eskridge, second high; Tom Pope, Jr., bingo. a H-D COLUMN By MISS ETHEL COUNTS “The farm must be made a place of beauty so attractive that every passing stranger inquires, “Who lives in that lovely home?” Dr. Sea man A. Knapp, the founder of Ex tension work, uttered these words many years ago and still we find our selves far from the goal. This is the time of the year to put out foun dation plants and each of us should be making some definite plans for improvents. A few plants put out this year and a few next year and so on will soon give wondurful re sults. The following goals have been adopted by the County Council of Farm Woomen and your cooperation is necessary in order to carry them out: 1. Every home clean, orderly, with fences and outbuildings repaired and machinery under shelter. 2. Every home underpinned with solid foundations, lattice or vine-cov ered wire. 3. Every home “Tied to the Ground” with native shrubbery. 4. Nursery rows for propagation of shrubs in each garden. 5. Plant exchanges in each club. 6. At least one native shrub plant ed in each yard, dogwood, crab apple, or cedar. 7. Removal of signs and dump heaps on farm owned by a club mem ber. 8. “Clean up, paint up. Improve the home in some way each month with what you have on hand.” 9. “Leave your bit of the world more beautiful.” PAIN IN BACK MADE HER MISERABLE Read How She Found Blessed Relief Muscles were so sore she could hardly touch ^ Vi them. Used Hamlins Wizard Oil Liniment and found wonderful relief. Try it today if your muscles are stiff, sore, achy. 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