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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1940_ ©I mn 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. 0. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year . 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. NOTHING NEW IN CHAIN STORE IDEA There is nothing new in the chain store idea. Chains existed before the birth of Christ, and independent merchants have been sucessfully meeting their competition for more than two thous and years. As far back as 22 B. C., a merchant named On Lo Kars oper ated a chain of stores in China. In the middle ages the Fugger family of Augsburg had a general merchandise chain scattered throughout Germany. A Japanese drug chain which is still in existence, is several centuries old. In the English speaking world, chains were known at least as far back as the Elizabethan period. They were established by explorers and traders to dispose of the odd and un usual wares which adventurers brought back from the far corners of the earth. So far as this continent is concern ed, the chain idea goes back to 1670, when the Hudson’s Bay Company was founded. It still exists and operates many stores, large and small, thru- out Canada. And in the United States President Andrew Jackson was the proprietor of a chain of general stores in the Tennessee mountain country. The largest chain store company now operating in this nation, was started before the civil war, in the year 1859. Like practically all chains, it began as a single store. TEST YEAR FOR MARKETING COOPERATION The year 1940 will be a test year for agricultural marketing coopera tion, according to a survey of farmer opinion gathered by the Dairymen’s League News of New York. Prices and markets will be more stable, the consensus held, if there is continued and closer producer coop - eration; if farmers keep continually on the alert to resist attacks against cooperative marketing. If that is true, it’s up to the far mer now. And certainly in the light of the vast progress achieved by mar keting cooperation in the past few decades, h'e’ll support the movement wholeheartedly. No farmer ever had a better ally than a good producer marketing cooperative. And, so far as anyoone can see now, he never will. HARTFORD NEWS HIS CHANCE IS REMOTE The shake-up in the British war cabinet was not unexpected—it has been felt both here and in England that some of the posts were held by “stuffed shirts’’ who had to be given the gate in the interest of efficiency. But the dropping of energetic, popu lar War Minister Hore-Belisha, was a surprise. His downfall apparently came largely as the result of a run-in with the general staff. One belief of his was that the army must be made more democratic and that the higher officers should be younger. He put that belief into action, and it didn’t please the generals. Onjtop of that, it is reported that he fell out with Winston Churchill, who is by far the most colorful and aggressive figure now in Chamberlain’s caminet, and he usually gets his way. Should the Chamberlain govern ment fall—and there is no indication that it will yet—it’s almost a cer tainty that Churchill would get the prime ministership. So the chance of Hore-Belisha’s coming back is ex tremely remote. And that is a piece of ill fortune for Britain’s military machine. The Grange held its meeting Thurs day night, January 18, 1940. During the business period it was voted that convalescent cards be sent to Rev. J. B. Kilgore, patient at the Columbia hospital and Harvey Shealy, patient at the Anderson county hos pital, who was a member while in the Hartford community. The lecturer, Mrs. Kilgore, had a well-planned program. The program was as follows: Seven goals—Mrs. J. F. Hawkins. We need more music—Kenneth Eargle. Tips for the housewife—Mrs. W. B. Goggans. Song, “Rainbow At Sunset”—Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hawkins, Miss Annie M. Schumpert, and Miss Aileen Lomi- nick. Jokes—Mr. “Dick” Boulware. The little old woman who makes an apron—Miss Aileen Lominick. A contest which everyone enjoyed with Mrs. J. F. Hawkins winning the prize. The Grange closed in regular order after which refreshments were served. State Needs Another Tillman By SPECTATOR South Carolina needs a Ben Til- mar. The outstanding feature of this legal muddle over the highway funds is the failure of our leaders to lead. Or, it may be that they are leading in the wrong direction. There are a few -nen in public of fice and the compassionate few who would kill not only the goose of the golden egg, but would give the gold en egg to some one whose standard of living may not equal certain stand ards prescribed for those who feed and fatten at the public expense. The strange part of this standard subsistence idea is that half the self- supporting people of the country haven’t all the things we are called on to give away to others. Where our leadership in this state is lacking is that we have substitut ed personal honor, social qualities and oratorical gestures for vigorous leadership along fundamentally sound lines. Look over the budget of our state. Are we getting value in proportion to expenditure? The state is the creature of the people, the people are not the depen dants of the state. Perhaps in time of emergency we use any expedient, like a man seizing a floating log; but we are just about in the same condition as Italy and Germany. Sounds bad, doesn’t it? But what is the difference at bottom? Hitler and Mussolini say that the people belong to the state. Therefore the people must serve the state as the state ordains. Here we are claiming that we are the state; we, the people are the state. But we call on the state for everything. The next step will be for the state to tell us what to do, as the National Government is doing now. We need leadership here in South Carolina, firm, purposeful, informed, resourceful, even aggressive leader ship, to survey, appraise, study, es timate. or evaluate what the state is spending our money for. We are sipending, spending and spending without knowing what we are doing. venerable warrior peace, joy and the goodwill of all his fellow Carolinians. Time changes us and we bury the hatchets of our hectic youth. Cole L. Blease has been brought out for one of the places on the State Un-employ ment Commission by a lot of “Antis” and he is being strongly supported by Antis of yesteryear. I am glad to see this healing of old wounds. Mr. Blease supported Wyndham Manning for Governor and Mr. Manning has made a handsome acknowledgement of his grratitude to Mr. Blease. I agree fully with the argument that no man in public office has a lien on the place of delegate to the Na tional Democratic Convention. We are becoming less and less democratic every year. Why should anybody have a reserved seat at the Convention ? Well the Senate did not wait out the pitcher, but swung at the first pitched ball and is now on first base. Well, that’s something. Here’s hop ing that the runner, now on first, won’t go to sleep on the bag; we need a run. So, whoever is coaching the Senate, won’t you please get the run ner to try a little Ty-Cobbing and slide for home? The admirals and other men of war are having a field day. To be able to submit vast plans for new ships— and all that—must delight the soul of any bureaucrat in the military (and naval) service. Those boys are just as happy as a woman with a new mail order catalogue. Oh, boy! The courts have tied up the propos ed use of gasoline revenue. I have never opposed the diversion parti cularly on legal grounds, but on grounds of sound financing and wise policy. No matter what you may think of the highway department the job before us is to do a certain job, and we have not finished. To think of this as a matter of the highway department is to go wide of the mark. The department is a group of public servants and will readily conform to the law. But the problem of the highways is one which grows on me. Each year brings more cars, more buses, more trucks. All that means more swift movement on the roads jn both directions. That may sound foolish, or simple, but re cently a man having occasion to trav el frequently between Sumter and Georgetown told me that he usually drives from Sumter to Manning by Paxville because it is wide and built for swift traffic, while the more dir ect route from Sumter to Manning (and three or four miles shorter) is by Alcolu. The direct road was built (the Sumter County part of it) years ago and is narrow and full o sharp durvas. My informant tells me that he always takes the longer route by night for greater ease in driving and for safety. Here, then, is a piece of road, possibly eight or ten miles long, built some years ago, that was a s pi undid highway for het traffic of 1930, but really is not suited to the needs of 1940. LAND EXCHANGE NOTICE Notice is hereby given that J- ^■„ Dominick has applied for exchange lands under the Act of March 3, 1925 (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- °L ln S’ S'! , 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, ?, nd ° n 4 1 ? 6 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. VALENTINE PARTY AT NEW HOPE ZION Save up your nickles and dimes to have a good time at the Valentine party which will be given at New Hope Zion, on Saturday night, Feb ruary the 10th at 7:30. Everybody come! Sore Throat Gargle With trill Iriiii tliml -J4»re'6 ivhat customers utt us our Miss Louise Buzhardt of Monticello, spent last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Buzhardt. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Lester visited Mr. Lester’s brother, Eugene, Mon day who is in the Columbia hospital. We are very sorry to know that Mrs. B. C. Nichols is in the Colum bia hospital, where she underwent an operation. We all hope her a speedy recovery. We all sympathize with Mrs. J. A. Amick in the recent loss of her sis ter, Mrs. Martha E. Amick of the Macedonia section of the county. Of interest to a wide circle of friends was the marriage of Miss Louise Summer of this community and Mr. Sam Koon of Little Mountain. The wedding was solemnized by the Rev. Brockwell, Saturday evening, January 27, at 8:00 o’clock. They will make their home at Little Mountain. Misses Annie M. Schumpert and Aileen Lominick are spending the week-end at their respective homes. Well, Congress finds the money for WPA and PWA and a dozen other agencies of spending, but it cuts deeply the farm benefits. The National Goovemment is find ing millions for many so-called ser vices which are of no great useful ness. Anything advocated by the President commands a large support, just on political grounds. Congress swallowed all the doses prescribed by Mr. Roosevelt, even to the dis ruption of the earning power of the nation; it now lamely and weakly follows the bellwether into whatever pasture he leads. Farm income and a man’s bread and meat are above any political party. No party means anything to day. According to the standards of Woodrow Wilson, Wade Hampton and Ben Tillman we have no Democratic Party. What we have is a lot of shrewd politicians who have captured the South and are embracing all sorts of fads which are destroying the initiative of the people. There was a big hearing here this week on the proposals to repeal the statute which imposes a special tax on income derived from interest, div idends, etc. This is a fine effort, sponsored by the Chambers of Com merce of tHe state and the South Carolina Federation of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry. The House invited two citizens (not members of the Legislature) to present arguments for and against thg repeal of the law on intangibles. Hon. R. Beverley Herbert, widely known and respected, argued for the Mr. J. K. Breedin argued for Miss Helen “j, day night with Miss Evelyn Wertz of ^ ^ Newberry. BOOKS THAT MAY BE READ FROM WPA BOOKMOBILE The new book of Etiquette by Eich ler covers all questions, such as in troductions, calling cards, weddings, etc. Very simply and interestingly written. WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY? —because our INVISIBLE HALF SOLING methcH leaves no “re paired look” on your shoes— The new sole meets the old sole with an invlr.il.' ^ joint. Popular Pr '. / s Dennis Shoe Shop UCD POLISHES (News and Courier) Pedestrians have some rights, but just what are they? Courts have said that when a -pedestrian starts on a green light, he has the right of way to the opposite sidewalk, that a ped estrian has a right of way at inter sections not governed by traffic sig nals or by policemen in uniform. Is that the law in South Carolina? Not even a policeman in uniform crossing a street on a green light seems to have a right of way over some drivers. For instance, a police man in uniform was crossing on a green light and a driver was making a right turn on the same green light. The driver sounded his horn furiously (this is known as driving with the horn, and not with the brake) and the policeman discreetly stopped, out of the path of the automobile. A driver schooled in good manners would have stopped for that police man who was a pedestrian without respect to his right of way. He would have stopped to make sure that the man on foot would no' be endangered. There are drivers who are courteous to pedestrians; their number could be much larger. There is another irritating prac tice of some drivers. They inch up on the red signal and dart off when the caution signal comes on. They block the patch of pedestrians and frequently cut them off in the middle of their crossing. Drivers who do this sort of thing are plainly in the wrong and ought to be cured. There is dan ger enough in the streets for persons on foot. It was an elderly bishop who said that nowadays were two classes of pedestrians—the quick and the dead. Cole L. Blease has been one of the notable figures produced by our state. He had the individuality, the vigor, the punching power and the personality to attract men. and he fought his battles on the strength of his personal force and program. Mr. Blease is now in the fullness of mel low wisdom and rich experience. 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