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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1940_
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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
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troductions, calling cards, weddings,
etc. Very simply and interestingly
written.
WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY?
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SOLING methcH leaves no “re
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The new sole meets the old
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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. As
one of the most rampant and ram
bunctious of the old Antis I wish the
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"I ALWAYS BUY ARCADIAN NITRATE, the
American SODA, for the same good reasons
that I always trade in my home town. I know
that my neighbors will give me good quality
at a fair price. They want my friendship and
my business for many years to come.
“Since homefolks started making ARCA
DIAN right here in the South, we have been
getting better soda in a better bag at a lower
price. During the 11 years that the big Ameri
can nitrate plant has been operating at Hope-
well, Virginia, the price of nitrate of soda has
come down 40 per cent. And, under present
conditions, it’s good to know we have an
American supply of soda.
“Yes, sir, I say: Look for Unde Sam on the
bag! Always ask for ARCADIAN NITRATE,
the American SODA! Buy everything from
homefolks!”
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