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THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FOUR 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year Published Every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1987, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. JOHN AND FRANKLIN Third-term slock has been given a big boost with old John Lewis’ tirade against the president. From our cool, yea, at times frigid, seat, we find ourselves warming up a bit to ward FDR. It is evident now that even Mr. Lewis can’t bully him, in spite of the votes he might control. The administration of relief has been a disgrace, and some New Deal erack-pot schemes have been worse than a disgrace. The president’s tol erance with the Reds of the nation has not been to our liking, nor do we admire his spirit of vindictiveness against any who disagree with him. There are a lot of things about FDR which we do not like but we are not ready to concede that he is a hopeless failure. In reality he is a great man, a brainy man, and a man who will at least try. His has been a great burden and if we will view his whole record in an unbaised manner we believe the good he has accomplished and the good that will come from his policies in the long run, will offset the bad. But the thing which recommends FDR so strongly is the fact that old John Lewis doesn’t like him. We couldn’t be for anyone John likes and since he might bestow his support surreptitiously we’d be safer sticking to the president. MORE HATCHING BY THE HATCH ACT DUE The Hatch act of last year, forbid ding federal employees from cam paign fund solicitation by any other federal official or employee, has one loophole. As Senator Hatch himself points out, the law, in its present form, does not prevent some one outside the government services from making solicitation. A big party man who is not in the service can force contributions just as easily as one who is an official. This situation has arisen in Mass achusetts, where the chairman of the State Democratic Central committee recently warned state employees that they were expected to attend the Jackson day dinner in Boston. Not being federal employees, the political job holders were not protected by the Hatch act, and, since the committee’s chairman is not a public officeholder, he would not come under the law any way. A bill introduced by Senator Hatch January 8th would include thousands of state employees under his act. Tickets to the Boston dinner cost $26, and the state chairman indir ectly threatened that political job holders would be “purged” if they failed to attend. Evidenty, some more hatching by the Hatch act is overdue. WASHINGTON When I consider how this flag of mine Was fashioned by a woman years ago, I wonder how this nation of our time Was builded—^whether growth was fast or slow. I study history and try to learn How a small army shook an English throne; How our rude fathers could unite and turn Into a world-republic of their own. As thus I think of souls who knew no fear While working for the Union night and day, I stand in humble silence, for I hear A voice out of the past which seems to say: “Your land produced strong heroes, great and small; But Washington by far surprassed them all.” —John Walker McCain, Jr. Oar laafalbl. Half-Soliac ha. M look’'— bo ridge or risible seam. Tow comfortable shoes restored to sow appear aace os popular prices. Dennis Shoe Shop SHOE SIPPIIES IKES POLISHES THE RUSS CLAMPS DOWN ON THE NEWS In May, 1939, Foreign Minister Molotoff of Russia, wiped out censor ship of foreign news dispatches. At the beginning of the new year, after five weeks of unsuccessful military operations against Finland, a rigid censorship was clamped down, not only upon cable reports, but also upon all mail to and from foreign countries. This action makes it impossible for authentic news reports to be sent to this country. This is particularly true about things pertaining to the Finnish invasion, for it is reported because Soviet officials are not satis fied with news sent out relating to the conduct of the war. The day before the mail censor ship started, a French news agency reported uprisings in several Soviet industries. The dispatch says this was followed by the wholesale arrest of workers and soldiers. At the same time a report from Switzerland said several Russian staff officers would be tried for mis conduct and misplanning of the at tack on Finland. Doubtless Comrade Stalin and Com rade Molotoff are ashamed of their cowardly attack on Finland, and don’t care to see any more of their disgraceful failures in the war spread before the public. YARNELL POINTS WAY TO LASTING PEACE Rear Admiral H. E. Yarnell, who comanded the Asiatic fleet from 1936 to 1939, does not believe that the proposed embargo by the United States against Japan will bring war between the two countries, but does believe that three major points must be settled befoore there will be last ing peace in the orient. They are: (1) A stable and independent China. (2) A Japanese government led by men who realize that the establish ment of an empire in China is futile. (3) Assurance by the United States and the rest of the world that, there will be no reprisals against Japan for its conduct of the war. Meanwhile, the United States con gress should proceed with the pro posed embargo against Japan. This will be the quickest way of bringing the Tokio gangsters to their senses, and at the same time take our coun try out of the criminal partnership with these thugs in their war on China. COUNTY PROPERTY WANTS FOR BIDDERS Only two bids were submitted for the building now occupied by the county agent’s office and that occu pied by W. H. Davis and Son garage. Hal Kohn offered $5,500 for the up town building which is located next to his own building, and E. M. (Bud dy) Lipscomb offered $2,101 for rhe lower Main street building. The buildings are owned by the county and it is not known at this time whether the delegation will accept either bid. $305,525 IS GIVEN FINNS NEW YORK, Jan. 28—Herbert Hoover, national chairman of the Finnish relief fund, announced today that newspapers of the nation have raised $305,525 to aid the destitute in Finland. Because of cooperation of the press, he said, “it was possible to al most overnight begin meeting the emergency for which the Finnish re lief fund was organized.” GIRLS BETTER BEWARE OF GRAN’PAS, WARNS COURT Clergymen and socialists have fre quently condemned marriages where one of the couple was much older than the other. On record last week was the opinion of Chief Jus tice Glenn Terrell of the Supreme Court of Florida which contained as sharp a judicial tongue lashing as has been heard in any court on Dec- ember-May marriages. Affirming a decree divorcing Albert Diam, 79 years old, and Erma, 47, Justice Terrell declared: “They reached the point that everything the one did irritated the other. Both wound up in the hospi tal; they annoyed each other to dis traction talking about their ailments. “But this often happens when an old man plunges into the matrimon ial pool with a young woman. They are the product of different cultures. “He lives in the past; she lives in the future. She chews gum while he smokes his pipe. At the table she calls for calories and vitamins, while he calls for hog and hominy. “She can dance all night, but na ture drives him in with the swallows. Unless he be her father there is lit tle about an old man to excite the interest of a young woman, and un less he is in the market foor a good nurse, there is no basis for an old man to become enamoured of a young w-'man.” Welfare Program Promises to Swallow H-D COLUMN By MISS ETHEL COUNTS 4-H Clubs The Whole State By SPECTATOR Is there such a thing as Southern cookery? As a boy I had hominy for breakfast and rice for dinner. That was, and is, the usual low-country practice. With hominy were eggs or ham (and gravy) steak, etc., hot bis cuits or waffles, sometimes broiled sliced tomatoes or fried sliced apples. Dinner (at mid-day or at two o’clock) began with rice, with gravy. The well-managed home of years ago be lieved in home-mede hot biscuits for breakfast, but cold bread was fre quently served for dinner and supper. Here we are. Rice and hominy— nothing better when cooked prop erly, but raw rice and raw hominy are fit only for chickens and pigs. The best grade of rice sold is call ed Carolina rice, even though pro duced in Louisianna. Yet we are losing the art of preparing it. Our youg women can piddle about with a chafing dish and spread mayonnaise on bananas, but they can’t cook rice properly. Even in Charleston, I re cently was served a bowl of chicken soup with rice, with the rice almost raw. I know that a foreign cook pre pared it, but I wonder if all the cul inary art of the South is confined to homes—and just a few of them. One of the peculiar customs is that of crossing a continet to attend a funeral. Sometimes a man will neglect his father and mother, or his daughter and son, while they are alive and might rejoice to see him, but when death comes—and he can do no good—he travels hundreds of miles to the funeral under a stern compulsion of duty and affection. I visited the Santee-Cooper scene below Moncks Corner this week. It is a stupendous job of evacuating and moving dirt. For some reason the buildings for the patrol and the ob servation platform remind me of a camp in France, back in the S. O. S. Say, buddy, did you ever go to Is- feur-Tille, GievTes, Tours, St. Naz- aire or Le Mans? Well, this Santee job should warm the heart of my friend Bob Connor, for its an engi neer’s project. Let us hope that all the beating of drums and blowing of trumpets among our warlike admirals will not keep Congress from amending the Labor Relations Act and holding down the Labor Relations Board. Furthermore, let’s not get intoxicat ed with the idea of bigness. The big ger the ship the greater the loss; and the heavier the ship the sooner it sinks. The history of most inven tions and improvements shows that the best things are given by outsid ers. That is true oaf naval experts, too. Our admirals may be gallant fighters; let us hope so; but as tech nicians they are probably far from the top. More airplanes and sub marines are what we need—and small ones at that. We have no ifar-flung empire to call for giant crusiers.. If we really are a pacific people let us contrive the armament for defense. Defence at sea is bet ter within a hundred miles of your own home base. Let the other fellow get far off from his base. Finland commands our respectful homage and admiration, but let us make no loans. Any money sent to China and Finland puts us into the war. As a warlike measure loans to China might be justified on the ground that sooner or later some body must teach the Japs a lesson. We wish the Finns all the success in the world, but let Uncle Sam “tend to his own business.” Say, how does it strike you, farmers, this piling on of hundreds of millions for the navy and more hundreds of millions for the army and now a proposed loan of sixty millions for Finland—and at the same time cutting farm benefits about three hundred millions? What do you think of the hund reds of rpillions still being spent for W. P. A.—and all that—while hold ing the farmers down? What do you farmers really think of it? The State of South Carolina spends for higher education a total of $1,- 049,687. This is allocated as follows: The University $292,375 The Citadel 138,812 Winthrop 261,875 Clemson 130,000 Med. College (college work) 143,500 Colored College 83,125 These expenditures are greater than this State should spend and a wise, statesmanlike leadership is needed to survey our needs and our means and cut the garmet according to the cloth. One thing is true of all the institutions indicated: they look to the future. I could not be so ignorant as to expect a hundred per cent of constructive service from these expenditures; indeed, they may not yield twenty per cent to the State, but if they yield anything of value it is constructive, even at ex orbitant cost. We have another set of expenditures which are for in stitutional charity, and our State spends $1,711,172 for that, distrib uted as follows: St. Hos. for Insane $1,143,717 St. Sanatorium 220,000 School for Feeble-minded .. 174,308 County Health Service 112,220 Crippled Children 44,000 Childrens’ Bureau 17,455 Now that our barns and banks are bursting with wealth we look about us to see where we can scatter more freely the hard-earned tax money of the farmers, merchants and other men who work and pay taxes. And so we fix up something else: $2,000,- 000 (two million dollars) for welfare! And of this, $461,850 is spent in or der to give the rest of it away. Every member of the General As sembly, barring nobody, knows per- Rich indeed are the boys and girls who breathe the Spirit of America. Nowhere else in the world do young people lead lives so useful, or look forward to such bright futures. Working, learning, and laughing their lives are filled with promises and accomplishment—with hope and freedom. Today as we view world happen ings we can appreciate more than ever the true meaning of Head, Heart, Hand and Health and be thankful that we live in such a coun try. For here in America we can hold our Heards high, speak our thoughts and live at peace with one another, with alert minds and ready Hands we can create the opportunity to rea lize the desires of our Hearts. We can find Health through better living. The 4-H clubs are coming along fine with their project, “The Club Girls’ Living Room.” They have had lessons on cleaning the Living room, Placing the Furniture, Pictures for the Living Room, and Where to Keep Things. Each club girl is en couraged to help with the home can ning and to plant shrubs and trees which will add to the beauty of the home surroundings. The club members are also inter ested in the 4-H Shelf on the Travel ing library and each club is planning to help make the number of books in crease. This is a fine piece of work and these young people should be encouraged in their efforts. The club girls at Peak have already sent in their contribution—who will be next? Grandmother prided herself on be ing a good “cook.” But the modern homemaker takes equal pride in act ing as sort of an “engineer” who un derstands how the food is used in making the body function as it should. She talks intelligently about nutrients—the necessary substances in food that may spell the difference between good and poor health. Scientists have found that the lack of certain nutrients will cause pel lagra, rickets, nutritional anemia, and many other less conspicuous body dis orders. While these findings have been a great boon to society in gen eral, they do not mean a great deal to the average homemaker—unless her family is suffering from an acute case of one of these “deficiency” dis eases. However, nutritionists have also discovered that persons who think that their diet is perfectly all right may actually have a mild or border line case of a deficiency disease. Al though they may not be suffering from any of the extreme conditions— they might be able to enjoy better health if they had all of the nutrients that they needed. There arc three minerals that are given the most attention by nutri tionists are the ones that seem most likely to be low in the average diet. They are calcium, phosphorus, and iron—each of which is essential for health. Tog her, the calcium and phos phorus form a large proportion of the bones and teeth. But some of the calcium also stays in the blood stream and is necessary for the pro per working of the heart and for the coagulation of the blood. Phosphorus also takes part in many of the chem ical processes that keep us alive. Iron is associated with good red blood, because it is used to form the hemoglobin. It is this hemoglobin in the blood that keeps the fire of life burning in the body. As Gove Ham- bridge, editor of the 1939 Yearbook of Agriculture says, “When you don’t get enough iron, the effect is a little like cutting down the draft of a fur nace.” Leaders’ meeting for Home Demon stration Clubs will be held Tuesday afternoon, January 30th promptly at 2:30 o’clock at the Courthouse. The next Chorus practice will be held on Saturday afternoon February 10th at 2:30 o’clock at Willowbrook club house. WEEK IN FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. John M. Dominick and son, McSwain, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wilson spent a portion of the week of January 14th with Mr. and M^s. S. V. Shelvin at Lake Wales, Florida. fectly well that such a sum for that purpose is ridiculous and constitutes a travesty. In private many a mem ber says freely “This welfare busi ness will swamp us,” yet here is the item: two million dollars and seven years ago, in the deepest gloom, we were just as well off as with all this fol-de-rol. I believe that the people would applaud the man with enough courage to wage a campaign to knock it clean out. 17, says the honorable thermome ter. Now, Brer Boll-weevil, whata yuh gotta say to that? The welfare program is not only endangering the proper growth of necessary services but it is about to swallow the whole state. It is a glaring instance of a warm human compassion without balance or sense of proportion. Give all thou hast to the poor seems to be the idea but thousands upon thousands of these dollars are paid for so-called social workers whose activity tends to fill the ranks of the impoverished. To be frank, we are encouraging pauperism and stimulating it. We need some one with the courage to head a cru sade against the department. Is this not the Department which camoflaged its cash balance by buy ing nearly thirteen thousand dollars in stamps and even a hundred dol lars worth of seat covers? Lets hear about this! Also, with that as a guide, what other such fan tastic expenditures, are being made in the name of welfare? LAND EXCHANGE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that J. J- Dominick has applied for exchange of lands under the Act of March 3, lf25 (43 Stat. 1215). The applicant of fers the Government all of that tract of land located in Number 5 Town- ship, of Newbery county. South Car olina, on the waters of Joshua Branch of Guilder’s Creek, designated as U. S. Forest Service tract no. 579a, bounded on the south and east by the lands acquired by the United States from Newberry college on the north east by the Singleton lands, on the northwest by the lands of T. B. Amis, and "n the west by the lands of Mrs. T. E. Eison, containing 262 acres, more or less, and in exchange desires to obtain approximately 271 M board feet of stumpage valued at $1,572 to be cut from the tract designated No. 76 conveyed to the United States by the Carolina Fibre company, lying west of the right-of-way of the At lantic Coast Line railroad, within the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. The purpose of this notice is to allow all persons claiming said lands, or hav ing bona fide objections to such ap plication an opportunity to file their protests with the office of the Region al Forester, U. S. Forest Service, Glenn Building, Atlanta, Georgia, on or before the date of the last publi cation thereof. H. O. Stabler Acting Regional Forester First publication, February 1st; Last publication, February 23rd. Danger in Prying He that pryeth into the clouds may be struck by the thunderbolt. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1940 Bureau Says You Must Answer Census Queries l Next April the 16th decennial cen sus of the United States, its terri tories and possesions will be taken. A civilian army of 120,000 census takers will call on every family in the nation and ask them questions about themselves and their belong ings—a job that will cost $45,000,000. Last week the U. S. Census Bur eau, a division of the Commerce De partment, published the list of ques tions that will be put to 132 million Americans. They reveal that this census will be the most sweeping ever undertaken since the first U. S. census was taken in 1790. Altogether, 299 different questions will be asked. Of these, 26 questions aelating to population, everyone or or in behalf of everyone. In connec tion with this population list, there will be ten supplementary questions that will be put to one out of every 20 persons. In addition, there will be 31 questions, concerning IT. S. hous ing (to be asked tor the first fme), and 232 concerning the nation’s farms. To those who think they can safe ly refuse to answer census questions, the bureau issued a warning. For such a refusal, fedsnl law provides a maximum fine of $100 and impris onment up to six months. For giv ing wrong information, the maximum penalty is a fine of $500 cr imrrisvn- ment for one year. Marlene Dietrich, film actress, who recently became an American citizen, voted under her legal name of Mrs. Maria Magdalene Sieber at Beveley Hills, Calif. o<^>o<>oo<>>ooooc M X>ooo<>X“>:">?* , >x>oo*>x>o < >>x>o*>ooo»>>i>oooooO' Loans To Farmers and Stockmen— 4W\ Cost Less When you borrow from the Clinton Production Credit Association Make your application NOW, get the money as you peed it, and pay interest at rate of 4 , / J per cent for time only that you use the money. HOME OFFICE: Jacobs Bldg., Clinton, S. C. Rex Lanford, Secretary-Treasurer Local Representative: O. H. 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