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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN un 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year fl.00 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. WHY EXPECT US TO DO MORE Sweden, next door neighbor to Fin land, has positively refused to give the Finns military aid in thejr terri fic struggle against the invading hordes of bolsheviks. Apparently the Swedes do not believe they will be next on Stalin’s list of victims. If they did their troops would be on the march today. Americans whose sympathy for gallant Finland is getting out of bounds should note the Swedish atti tude. If Finland’s nearest neighbor will give ro help in this dark and try ing hour, how can anyone expect America to intervene? Europe has been a battleground for centuries, and her small nations al ways are the worst sufferers. The rape of Finland is another massacre of a people who undertook to set up a democracy in a world that is insane most of the time. The criminal at tack that Russia is making on Fin land merits the condemnation of the world. But America must steer clear of Europe’s . . . wars, however much her people may sympathize with the victims of brutal aggression. We do well to maintain our own de mocracy and in this way continue a good example of the workability of rule of the people before the world. ITS W ORTH RECORDING The president of the United States says the press ought to apologize to Mr. Justice Hugo Black. When the Alabaman was appointed to the sup reme bench, many newspapers said biting things about him because he had been affiliated with the Ku Klux. The other day Mr. Justice Black, in a unanimous decision of the sup reme court, saved four Negro defend ants from the electric chair when the court ruled that they had been sub jected to duress in order to obtain confessions of an alleged crime. Mr. Justice Black won the applause of the president who suggested the apology from the newspapers. The press probably won’t apologize. But it can commend the justice for his change of heart towards the Ne gro. Fifteen years or more ago he was a member of an organization one of whose silly practicies was terrorizing and persecuting the minority race in his state. To tum, therefore, like Saul, from persecutor to defender, is worth re cording, and there won’t have to be any apologies made by the news papers for printing the news. ITS BECAUSE THE READER READS IT Few “hard-headed” business men, if they were at the head of a great newspaper, would pay out cable tolls for what appears to be news trivia from abroad. Oh, yes they would, too. The bosses of big newspapers are hard-headed fellows. They know what they want—or rather what their read ers will read. There comes trickling over the wires the ‘news’ that a certain duch ess is “credited” with inventing a soldiers mitten with a zipper attach ment that keeps the gunner’s trigger finger free for action. Or the cable announces that a nice young man, who was clerk to a Lon don fish-monger, has eloped with the daughter of Lord Stuckup. Every day the dailies carry similar items from abroad. They don’t ap pear to be worth the cost of the cablegram; yet they are printed. Why? Because people read ’em! NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING KING COTTON IS NOT DEAD SAYS COL. MANNING Columbia, Feb. 26.—A director of the National cotton council now only in its second year, confidently pre dicted today that “cotton is coming back in a big way” and that “we fully expected to bring domestic con sumption to a full 10,000,000 bales by 1941.” Wyndham M. Manning, of Sumter, South Carolina’s representative on the council’s directorate who has re cently returned from the organiza tion’s second annual convention at New Orleans, asserted that a reali zation of “a common cause” was bringing the various cotton interests together in a “united front” to boost the use of cotton. “The national cotton council has struck its stride; the national cotton council is up and doing,” Manning said in a statement. “King cotton is not dead; he is very much alive.” He recited “a few of the many definite steps taken by the council to increase the use of American cotton and cotton seed products” and said that the progress of the council and its program for the next year show ed “definite progress made and brightened hopes for the future work.” Until recently, Manning said, cot ton has been the least advertised commodity on the market. He point ed out how the council was striving to change this situation and said “it is safe to say that cotton and cotton seed products have never before se cured the advertising that it deserved. ABOUT 3000 CARS INSPECTED Spectator Attends The Cotton Council Meeting And Is Enthusiastic. By SPECTATOR Last Friday marked the complet ion of the inspection period by the highway department inspection lane which has been in operation here for the past three weeks. The lane has been moved to Union where opera tions will continue through March 14. Over 3000 vehicles were inspected during the visit to Newberry and of this number approximately 96 per cent were awarded certificates of approval, according to a statement by Supervisor John K. Bradley. Be cause of the limited time a few cars were unable to make adjustments and return to the lane before it closed. The unit will visit Newberry again at a later date to be announced. W. D. RUTHERFORD We the undersigned Jury Commis- sioners of Newberry County, shall on the 7th day of March, at 9 o’clock, A. M., in the Clerk of Court’s office, openly and publicly, di;aw thirty-six names to serve as Petit Jurors, for the Court of General Sesions, which will convene in Newberry County Court House at 10 o’clock A. M., March 18th, 1940. At the same time and same place we shall also draw twelve names to serve as Grand Jurors for the next year. H. K. BOYD. Clerk of Court, R. B. BLACK, Treasurer, P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor. February 23, 1940. W. D. Rutherford, 80, died Sunday morning after an illness of several months at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T. J. Abrams and Mr. Abrams. He is survived by the following daughters and sons, Mrs. T. J. Har riet Abrams, Whitmire; Mrs. W. E. Jessie Crooks, Newport, R. I.; Mrs. J. M. Hannah Pool, Newberry; Drayton Rutherford, Annapolis, Md.; W. F. Rutherford, Newberry, and one sister, Mrs. F. W. Higgins, Bishopville. Funeral services were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Abrams Monday at 11 o’clock, conducted by the Rev. G. S. Duffie. Interment fol lowed in the Henderson family ceme tery near Blairs. MANY WORK ON SANTEE A total of 3,884 persons were em ployed in the construction of the Santee-Cooper project up to Febru ary 15, it was announced Monday by W. J. Cormack, educational director for the project. Of these, 2,273 are employed by the works project administration in clear ing the site and 1,265 by contractors on the two dams, the spillway and the power house. The South Carolina Public Serv ice authority has 178 employees; the Harza Engineering company ninety- eight; the project engineer’s office sixty-two; the PWA auditor’s office seven, and the federal power comm ission, one. KEISTER WILLINGHAM IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL J. Keister Willingham entered the Columbia hospital Wednesday morn ing where he will undergo a major operation Friday. He expects to be in the hospital about three weeks. J. A. DARBY OF WHITMIRE DIES James Andrew Darby, 56, of Whit mire, died Sunday afternoon at the Newberry County hospital after a short illness. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. El- oise Darby of Whitmire; two sons, William of Newberry and Duane Darby, of Whitmire. Two brothers, J. I. Darby, Fort Mill, and D. D. Dar by of Newberry, and three sisters, Mrs. R. P. Franklin, Newberry; Mrs. Ethel Murphy, Newberry, and Mrs. Ellen Brineger, Coolome, N. C., also survive. Funeral services were held at the Whitmire residence Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock with the Rev. G. S. Duffie officiating. Interment followed in the Odell cemetery. PAIN IN BACK MADE HER MISERABLE Read How She Found Blessed Relief Muscles were so sore she could hardly touch t them. Used Hamlins Wizard Oil Liniment and found wonderful relief. Try it today if your muscles are stiff, sore, achy. Rub it on thorough ly. Feel its prompt warming action ease pain; bring soothing relief. Pleasant odor. Will not stain. Money-bacic guarantee at all drug stores. HAMLINS WIZARD OIL LINIMENT . V For MUSCULAR ACHES and PAINS RHEUMATIC PAIN —LUMBAGO Rev. Albert D. Betts, Executive Secretary of the South Carolina Fed erated Forces for Temperance and Law Enforcement is one of the most earnest workers for righteousness in our state, and he is one of the most amiable gentlemen in the world. No one wishes more truly than he a wise approach to the liquor question and he is devoutly praying for Divine guidance in his efforts; but Mr. Betts would be most deeply in error if he believed that liquor stores would be less harmful than the present license arrangement. Mr. Betts, fortunate ly, has convinced himself that the li quor - store proposal i~ undesirable, otherwise he would fail to profit by a costly experience which we have al ready had with the State posing as a liquor dealer. Mr. Betts is too young to remember the State Dispensary at first hand, but his respected father could tell him a volume about it — and I am sure he would not praise it. What about the State selling li quor? Twenty-four years have pass ed since the people voted to close the State liquor shops. Twenty-four years! And a man of forty today was only sixteen then and not inter ested in the matter. So, the majori ty of our voters know nothing about the “Dispensary” — as the State li quor shop was called. We must tell them. Benjamin Ryan Tillman, an Edge- field farmer of great personal force and dominating spirit, became Gov ernor. He was a teetotaller, I think, and regarded the liquor habits of men as a vice, but one which should be made to contribute to the State, es pecially to support the schools. He conceived the idea of having all liquor sold by State stores, called “dispen saries”. so that all the profit might be enjoyed by the State. Governor Tillman was a clean man and meant well. The liquor law of our State was as good a law as can be written. Some of it could well be revived to day, so far as regulations are con cerned. Fairness of argument com pels me to admit that the law was patriotically conceived. And in some communities the plan was better than the present license plan. For ex ample, I live in a county which never had more than one Dispensary. That was in the county seat. The Dispen sary with us was always operated by good citizens; we never had a liquor ring and we never had any graft or corruption. Today the same county has five or six liquor stores—all clean and orderly—but five or six. Of course if we had only one he might soon become the political boss of the county. I don’t think I ever heard of much corruption in the liquor stores (dis pensaries), but Mr. Betts is unaware that the chief classic contributed to the investigation of the “Dispensary System” was the remark of the Dis- pensar of my town. When asked if he “pushed the sales” of any brand of liquor he said “Whose bread I eat, his song I sing”, meaning that he did promote sales of those brands which contributed to him “on the side. 1 Mark you, he didn’t do anything cor rupt; he didn’t drum up trade; he didn’t advertise; he just sold one brand in preference to another. Since it is argued by the propon ents that sales by State stores would remove the motive for gain I think they overlook ordinary human nature. And we are all full of human nature. Where, then, was the trouble ? If the State owns and operates retail liquor stores, some one must be the State manager There’s the place where the trouble starts. Just, imagine a Commission having control over the liquor business of the 1 State! I would not be unfair; perhaps there were honest men from time to time serv ing on such Commissions, but we had a “Dicker Gang” which made all our politics smell of liquor. And the world has learned more of graft and corruption since then. Liquor pays big profits; it pays big fees; it pays big commissions; it pays big bribes; it gives big favors; and it always creates a great stench. Li quor stores would pollute the State from the mountains to the sea and build up a ring of corruption and poli tical domination that would de bauch the public affairs of all the state. To choose between the present ar rangement and a system of state-own ed liquor stores is easy for us who remember that in 1898, 1900, and 1901 a man could hardly be elected to any office in South Carolina if he did not declare himself a supporter of the State Dispensary System! It seems incredible; but it is the truth. Not that these men were themselves cor rupt; far from it; but it shows the power of the liquor ring. We of the street may choose and compromise and be puffed up with our wisdom and practicality, but why should the Church choose between evils? How high can the church hold the torch while grovelling in the muck ? Now and then some politician, wish ing to appear, informed and import ant, tells us of all that Mr. Roosevelt has done for us. According to recent reports here is the story. From Ap ril 8, 1935 to December 31, 1939 the Government spent in the South $58 per capita; but it spent S94 per capi ta in the Central States, and $100 per capita in the Eastern States (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer sey). I attended the National Cotton Council Convention in New Orleans recently. Others from South Caro lina were: Wyndham M. Manning of Sumter; J. Wade Drake of Anderson; Thomas N. Durst of Columbia; C. N. Gignillait Jr., of Columbia; J. B. Caldwell of Spartanburg; C. R. Sprott, Jr. of Columbia; J. C. Miller of Jefferson; W. T. Mikell of Colum bia; J. B. Murphy of Columbia. This Cotton Council is not just a lot of ballyhoo; nor is it a grand fathering of men who want to talk. Most fatherings are afflicted with orators, real and would-be; they orate and declaim on all occasion, to hear the music of their own words; this Cotton Council is a working body, and a group of individualists who think for themselves, but listen attentive ly to every proposal. The Council is trying to create a greater demand for cotton. There are many avenues of approach and the Council is studying and working on all of them. For example, engi neers are experimenting with cotton for a road base. Months of study and experimentation do not guarantee success; at the moment we appear to be losing in that quest; but the study will continue. Let me point out again that the Council is not a body of uninformed propagandists; nor is it a lot of visionaries; it is a group of clear-minded, hard-headed business men who are seeking substantial re sults through the same methods em ployed by the great industrial giants such as Ford, DuPont — and others. Under appropriate committees the Council is trying to stimulate the use of cotton in styles, etc., having cotton festivals, against cotton by-products. For example, many states and the National Government have laws dis criminating against cottonseed oil products. This is their fight to pro tect the dairy interests against our competition. Undoubtedly we can consume ten million bales of cotton within the United States if we cotton people, if we Southern people, for we are all cotton people, will work as persistent ly for cotton as the Florida and Calif ornia people work for fruit markets, or the pork interests are now working to promote sales of pork, lard, etc. This can be done; let’s get busy in our own interest. I happen to be a member of the committee on Scientific Research. My eyes are opened by the laboratory technicians; they are studying cotton, from stalks to hulls. The Council is cooperating with many great research foundations which are studying cot ton. The Cotton Research Foundation and the Mellon Institute are hard at work on cotton, university laborator ies are at work on cotton, fiber, seed, oils and hulls. The Mellon Institute has assigned eight technicians to the study of cotton. I wish Carolina would study cotton. Cotton is not a dead King; nor is he deposed; cotton will come back. Domestic Consumption of cotton was more than a million bales great er in 1939 than in 1938. That is par ticularly significant and full of pro mise. The promotional activities of ’he National Cotton Council contri buted to that happy result. The Coun cil publicized cotton merchandising chains, as well as independent units. The Council used eighteen million agate lines of publicity to further the use of cotton last year. Twenty-five million people depend wholly or in part on cotton — a great consuming market in itself. The Council has endorsed Secre tary Hull’s reciprocity treaties and points out that the South is vitally interested and that no serious dislo cation has resulted from 22 such treaties now in effect. The Council is fighting the Pink Boll Worm which is worse than our boll weevil. We must not delude our selves about the barrier; he is travel ling this way. Of course, the Council fights the legislative barriers which have been raised against cotton by products which both Congress and many states have erected. This is a day of trade promotion. We are using every facility of great laboratories, as well as cooperative merchandising. WAR PUT TOBACCO ON THRON NOW MAY RUIN IT Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 17.—It t* France in 1917, and an Americ doughboy said to an English Tomi or French Poilu—it doesn’t mati which—“have a cigaret, buddy”. It was innocent enough rema: made with '.characteristic Americ kindmess and hospitality, in a spi of friendly goodwill for a new all; And the Frenchman or the Englii man, with a “merci” or a "thank accepted and lighted an Americ cigaret. Just a couple of unknown soldie enjoying a smoke in a peaceful p: lude to possible death. But that guileless gesture (maj the American cigaret wasn’t int duced to the English and French i actly that way, but chances are was), repeated in France and Ei land thousands of times, was one the forces which caused an agric tural revolution in Southeastern Ur ed States. For the popularization of Amt can tobacco during the first Wo war played a major role in unseat! “King Cotton” in some of the Sou em states and in crowning in stead “King Tobacco.” The leafy monarch has ruled n these many years, but ironica enough, is about to be forced to i dicate by the same power which he ed put him on the throne—war. In short, the English, faced w the “cash and carry” provision the neutrality act—they must p cash for what they buy and trai port it to their shores—decided conserve their exchange to make possible available for armame: with which to wage a new World v Something had to be sacrificed, a it was tobacco which went under e bargo. ^Scratchins Refiev Itch Fa — -or Money B Forquick relief from itching of eczema, pimpl athlete’s foot, scabies, rashes and other ( temally caused skin troubles, use world-famoi cooling, antiseptic, liquid D. D. D. Prescriptic Greaseless, stainless. Soothes irr tation a quickly stops intense itching. 35c trial bot proves it, or your money back. Ask ?o druggist today ior D. C. D. PRESCRIPT!o GAME WARDEN TESTS SOUGHT FOR THE STATE Columbia, Feb. 26.—A civil service examination for the selection of game wardens will be one of three legislative proposals to receive prin cipal attention in the immediate fu ture from the South Carolina game and fish association. _ The executive committee decided today that the legislative program should include that ard a universal fishing license and a closed season, size and string limits on game fish. The board also endorsed a resolu tion adopted by several chapters of the association seeking later dates for the duck shooting season in this state and approved a concurrent resolution along the same lines and asking for a three bag limit on wood ducks or summer ducks, introduced in the senate by Senator W. Brant ley Harvey of Beaufort. GOVERNOR DENIES EATING Governor Burnet R. Maybank said Monday that the governors of five states, including Governor Maybank, who met in conference last week in Fort Lauderd^e, Fla., did not attend a dinner which had been planned a- board the Nazi merchant ship Arauca. A dispatch Sunday said the gov ernors were to have luncheon aboard the German vessle, which put into Fort Lauderdale to escape persuing British warships last December. MRS. J. S. HEAD DIES IN AIKEN Mrs. J. S. Head, 82, sister-in-law of Mrs. Mary West of this city, died at her home in Aiken Monday. Funeral services were held at the First Baptist church at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment fol lowed in the Graniteville cemetery in Aiken. Those attending the services from Newberry were, Mrs. Corrie West, Mrs. Lucile West and Miss Tilla West. Miss Annie Laura Davis, *who teaches in Pineview, Ga., was a week end visitor in the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. P- Davis. Mrs. E. M. Lipscomb and two children. Buddy and Carolyn, spent the week end in Columbia with San ford Epps. FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1S4« CITY LOTS FOR SALE On March 2, 1940, the undersigned will offer for sale, on the ground, at public auction, to the highest bidder, thirteen (13) lots on East Johnstone Street; twelve (12) lots on Adelaide Street; two (2) lots on Jones Street; beginning on Johnstone Street at 10 o’clock, on Adelaide Street at 11 o’clock; on Jones Street at 12 o’clock, for ONE - THIRD (1-3) cash, with privilege of paying more or all in cash, balance in one year, with inter est from day of sale at seven per cent, per annum, to be secured by mortgage of lot purchased. Purchaser to pay for revenue stamps and for re cording deed and mortgage. Plats of lots on file with the undersigned. H. C. HOLLOWAY, FRANK R. HUNTER, Selling Agent. I also offer for sale, privately, the following lots: Swittenberg house and lot on College Street; Bedenbaugh house and lot on Vincent Street; Hutchinson (2) houses and lot on Drayton Street; Shealy house and lot on Adelaide Street; Daniels house and lot on Crosson Street; Longshore house and lot on Railroad Avenue; va cant lot on Snowden Street; Spear man Row (8) houses and lots; five (5) tenant houses and lots Benedict Street; twelve (12) tenant houses and lots on Holloway Hill; Gilliam house and lot in Pike; Jackson house and lot in Pike; Cromer (2) houses and loi in Pike; Gilliam house and lot in Horseshoe Alley; DeHart house and lot Silverstreet; two (2) brick store buildings, Chappells. H. C. HOLLOWAY. Insert Feb. 15, 23; March 1. Much nervousness is caused by an ex cess of acids and poisons due to func tional Kidney and Bladder disorders which may also cause Getting Up Nights, Burning Passages, Swollen Joints. Backache, Circles Under Eyes. Excess Acidity, Leg Pains and Dizzi ness. Help your kidneys purify your blood with Cystex. Usually the very first dose starts helping your kidneys clean out excess acids and this soon may make you feel like new Cystex must satisfy you completely or money back la guaranteed. Get Cystex (siss-tex) to day. It costs only 3c a dose at druggists tnd the guarantee protects you. NOTICE We wish to rent a six- room cottage at 1416 Glenn street, City. A. J. BOWERS, Jr. Have You Borrowed Money on your > LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES? The South Carolina National Bank Newberry, S. C. In case you have borrowed money on your life insurance, we will be glad to discuss our plan with you for refinancing your loan at at tractive interest rates. NO EXTRA COST VITAMI (CAROTENE) SMITH BROS. COUGH DROPS (.BLACK OR MENTHOL-St) -AN URGENT MESSAGE- to women who suffer FEMALE WEAKNESS Few women today are free from some sign of functional trouble. 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