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PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1940 nn 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. 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. Spectator It is being talked about the decisive vote against the legal sale of liquor will not be translated into effective legislation; that means will be found to get around this by some shrewd device of legislative manceu vering. Practical politicians are men who recognize facts; and the vote of our people was not only itself a fact; but it testified unmistakably to a fact, that is, that the majority of our peo ple are opposed to the legal sale of liquors. A politician may oppose this atti tude, but the prohibitionists have the numbers; they have the organization; and they have the directing ability to get a law passed voting out liquors. Anyone who thinks that the recent “dry” vote is a flash in the pan is not informed; anyone who thinks that a poweirful li<|uor lobby will thwart the will of the people is en tirely uninformed. It is true that I am a prohibition ist, but I am looking at this legisla tive aspect as a study in practical politics. What are the weapons for and against the enactment of prohi bition? For prohibition are at least ninety percent of the ministers—ac tively, vigorously and constantly for it are at least fifty percent of the ministers. The ministers are in towns, cities, villages, cross-roads, and even in the remotest places. Sun day after Sunday day in and day out, they denounce legalized liquor as a partnership with the devil; the wo men, certainly the mothers are over whelmingly with the ministers; the AVomen’s Christian Temperance Un ion, under the presidency of Mrs. Mims of Edgefield has never ceased to wage a n effective campaign; many of our newspapers are valiant fight ers for prohibition. Now those are forces of tremendous influence. And some of the finest business brains of the State are leading in the fight against licensed liquors. Here we se e the component elements of a mighty army. Next comes a leader ship which is singularly capable and appealing, Dr. Alexander of Flor ence, a man of force, outspoken, fearless, yet attractive and sympa thetic; Mr. Betts who has worked so quietly yet efficiently, is an ideal man —always in good humor, approach able, modest, fired by great zeal, but no fanatic. In fact fanaticism is al most entirely absent from the present fight. With /such a host and such a leadership wie see the triiumphahit? progress of the Church Militant. On the other side are some oppon ents of prohibition who are person ally th e most abstemious of men. Many of them I greatly esteem as friends and citizens. They are sin cere in their opposition, and the pro hibitionists hav e not cas t any asper sion on them. No doubt there are insincere men on both sides, but the rank and file may be credited with an honest difference of opinion. With warm regard for many of those who dissent from my views I almost marvel at anyone who can talk about his rights today. All our rights are created by law, so far as they may be discussed in a worldly sense. Until two years ago I was al lowed to drive a car with poor brakes, wabbling wheels and no lights. Now the law compel? me to submit this car for inspection. The law requires m e to have a car reasonably free from mechanical inperfections, which might endanger other drivers. My rights have been invaded and curtail ed, but the State is acting for the good of others. All law is like that. The prohibitionists declare that if they restrict some, it is for the bene fit of all. So, let us not make light of the case which will be presented to the Legislature; it is prepared in the sweetness of Christian meekness and grace, but it can develop the in vincible might of an irresistable force. A new business organization has come into being. Some months ago four men visited sixteen towns and cities of our S,ate and urged that businessmen form a closer union than had ever been known here. Follow ing that tour a plan of cooperation for - ' Chambers of Commerce was adopted and the repeal of the tax on Intangibles was the result. In coop eration was the South Carolina Fed eration of Commerce, Agriculture and Industry. Through the unremitting activity of a group of business men, inspired by the magnetic Norwood Hastie, virtually all business enter prises and all trade groups have en tered into an organization known as Organized Business, Incorporated, of which Mr. Hasti e was made president. Nothing more important has been projected in this state. Legislators here and in Washington are often at a loss to know how a proposed meas ure will affect the business of the country. Such an organization as this can canvass almost any situation from within its own membership. It frequently happens that a bill is in troduced which seems wholly desir able at first but which in its appli cation works a hardship on many. Such a condition does not always spring up from the selfishness of the promoters, but, more frequently, from the narrow range of one man’s ex perience or information. Seldom does the experience of a man, or even a group of men, include all the as pects of case. For that reason it is desirable to have an organization comprising such varied interests, as well as the same interest of great and small degree, so that there may not be acts of government, however well intended, which would bear op- presively on legitimate enterprise. In preparing a bill, or framing a law, one’s experience is like that of a man who wants rain. Perhaps his cotton has not opened and his hay calls for water. But his neighbor has no hay and his cotton is open. Likewise one man wants a sprinkle another wants a downpour, while a third could stand a trash-mover and gulley-washer. If one man controll ed the rain, he would lose the friend ship of most of his neighbors. And when the farmer wants rain the town man wants dry weather. It is so with legislation; and since , so few phases of business are repre funds to ordinary state purposes. The suggestion, so often made, that we may have to find four million dol lars, is founded on the assumption that the deficit already incurred will b e increased by any deficit arising from a decision of the Supreme Court, adverse to the diversion of Highway funds to ordinary state 'purposes. But must there be a second deficit? No, the Budget Commission is em powered to trim all appropriations so that they may not exceed expected revenue. The authority conferred on the Budget Commission carries an obligation to avoid a deficit. We may assume that the three gentlemen of the Commission will use the auth ority for the good of the State, and the protection of its credit. So much has been said about the lack of power in the governorship that I think this provision to reduce appropriations is something not gen erally known. The Budget Commis sion is composed of Governor May- bank, Senator Ward and Mr. Winches ter Smith. The Secretary of the Commission is the very alert and capable State Auditor, James M. Smith. The Governor, as Chairman, has the right to call the Commission, and to submit proposals to balance the budget. The State Auditor can tell the Governor almost every week the probable revenue for the State. It is of the highest importance that the Budget Commission exercises the powers conferred upon it. In the hands of three officials is th e power to protect the credit of the State, and I have no doubt they will take all ap propriate measures to prevent anoth er deficit. It is interesting to recall that the | Governor of South Carolina has a, power, which the President of the United States has not, in spite of his urgent request for it. The President must approve °r dis- \ approve an appropriation bill in its entirety. He cannot veto separate items. Th e Constitution of South i Carolina, hoverer, clothes the Cover- j nor with power to disapprove “any! one or more of the items or sections i of any bill,” while approving the re mainder. By some over-refined or narrow interpretation of that section, most legislators believe that this power of the Governor refers only to bills appropriating money. I think it j clear that it permits the Governor i not only to veto any item in the ap- | propriation bill, but any item in any other bill. It will be recalled that Governor Johnson vetoed the item for Commissioner Sawyer’s salary, though he approved the other items. President Roosevelt desires that pow- mmm oooo Facts That Concern Ym No. 22 of a aerie* ...BUT WHY COURT-MARTIAL THE WHOLE REGIMENT? There are bound to be one or two bad soldiers in every regiment. But why court-martial the whole regiment? The same applies to beer retailing. Out of hundreds of thousands of whole some, law-abiding beer retailers, there is bound to be a small minority who disobey the law or permit anti-social conditions. To protect your right to drink good beer, the Brewing Industry wants even this small minority of undesirable re tailers eliminated entirely. Beer is a refreshing, appetizing beverage — the beverage of mod eration. We want every beer retail estab lishment to be as whole some as beer itself. To that end, we have in stituted a “clean-up or close-up” < program — now in operation in some states and being extended to others. We’d like to tell you about it in an interesting free booklet. Write: — United Brewers Industrial Foundation, 19 East 40th Street, New York, N. Y. THE WEWBHar sew H-D COLUMN By MISS ETHEL L. COUNTS Before the first frost warning, wise homemakers plan to fill their last empty jars with pickles and relishes. They know that these accessories never appear on a chart of food val ues. But they find that pickles and relishes lend a tangy flavor to bland winter meals, and they offer a good way to use up the last of the garden surplus. There’s an old saying that “It is not everyone who can pickle well.” Today, as in olden days, it requires care and patience to mak e success ful pickles and relishes. But science now explains the hows and whys of making pickles. Along this line, the Federal Bureau of Home Economics offers suggestions about the ingred ients to be used in pickling at home. The first important points is to choose fresh, high quality fruits and vegetables. When they are to be used whole, have the fruits and vege tables of uniform size so the pickling will season them evenly. See that your spices are of the very best quality. Those left from last year will not have full flavor, unless they have been kept in air tight containers. Good quality, fresh vinegar is best; and cider vinegar has the most fla vor. For most pickles you’ll want granulated sugar rather than brown sugar. Use common salt in making a salt brine. You cannot get good results with salt that has chemicals added to keep it from “caking” in damp weather. Brined Pickles The brining process is used for making many different kinds of ickles—that .3, the vegetables are rst cured in a salt brine. After they come out of the brine, you can make them up into juicy dills, rich green sweet-sours, yellow mustards, or spicy mixtures of vegetables. Many homemakers use the “long brining” process with a 10 per cent solution of salt. Although this pro cess takes from four to eight weeks, it gives the pickles an excellent fla vor and there is no dangr of spoil age. You can even put diferent whole vegetables in the brine as they com e in season. Then when they are er so that he may veto little items, incornorated for favor in large and important bills. cured, soak out most of the salt so lution—and make the vegetables in to sour pickles, sweet pickles, mus tard pickles, chowchow, or whatever you like. Or you can use the “short brining” process for cucumbers and green green tomatoes when herbs, such as dill, are added for flavor. In this process a weaker salt solution is us ed, and the lactic bacteria on the vegetables have a chance to grow. These bacteria are the beneficial kind that cause fermentation—just as in making sauerkraut. The fermented pickles have a pleasing flavor all their own. Pickled Fruits* Pickled peaches, pears, crabapples, and other fruits belong in still an other category. They are made in much the same way as preserves, ex cept that the sirup is sweet-sour. Pickled Pears 8 lbs. prepared fruit 4 pounds sugar 1 qt. vinegar 1 pint water 10 two-inch pieces stick cinnamon 2 Tb. whole cloves 2 Tb whole allspice (more spice if desired) Wash the pears, pare, cut in half or quarters, and remove hard centers and cores. Boil the pears for 10 min- uts in water to cover. Use 1 pint of this water to dilute the vinegar from the sirup. Allow fruit to stand in sirup overnight. Drain, remove the spice bag and pack the pears in sterilized jars. • Bring the sirup to boiling, pour over the fruit, seal, and store in a cool place. Pears are plentiful this year and we had lots of requests for recipes— so here are some of the most com monly used. Pearmint 1 pk. pears (after peeled and cut) 3 lbs. brown sugar 1 tsp. salt. 3 lb. raisins pt. vinegar ^ 1 tsp. cloves, spice, cinnamon. Grind together. Mix and cook until thick. Pear Mince Meat 3 lbs. pears (peeled and ground) 3 lbs. sugar Cook until half done and add % lb. raisins and 1 orange ground up peel and all. Cook in double boiler— when done add nuts. Add spices if desired. Ginger Pears Hard pears cut into very thin slices 8 lb. pears 1 cup water % lb. ginger root 8 lbs. sugar Juice of 4 lemons Simmer until thick as marmalade. Pear Honey 1 qt. grated or ground pears 2 measured cups sugar 1 can grated pineapple 1 lemon or orange (grate off yel low before chopping or grating) Boil until thick, seal, process 10 minutes. ERSKINE TO HAVE CIVIL AERONAUTICS The plans are well on the way com pleting the arrangements for Civil Aeronautics at Erskine this fall. The ground instruction will be in charge of Professor T. J. Leslie of the math ematics department of Erskine Col lege. Mr. Luther Johnson of Green wood has contracted for the flying instruction. Ground classes will be held at Erskine while the flying classes will be held in Greenwood. The classes will begin October 1, 1940 and will end about January 1, 1941. Any Erskine student over 19 years of age and under 26 years of age who^is a citizen of the U. S. and has completed one full year of college is eligible to take this course. Each student taking this instruction must fill the qualifications of the govern ment and must have the consent of the guardian in case of minors. It is estimated that the cost of the course will be about $26.00 per student. It is planned to give thirty-five to fifty hours actual flying and seventy-two hours of ground instruction. It may be possible that ten percent of the students may be women. MANY ARE COMING FOR GAME MEETING Geoigia and North Carolina are expected to be well represented at the 10th annual convention of the South Carolina Game and Fish Asso ciation, to be held at the Country Club of Newberry, September 26. Word was received in Columbia yesterday that both states will send sportsmen to the gathering. This year’s convention is expected to bring leading hunters and fisher men from practically all of the state’s 46 counties to Newberry. West Jacocks of Columbia, secretary of the association, said many inquir ies are being received regarding the gathering at Newbrry. Sam A. Williams is president of the host Newberry chapter of the as sociation. SALT WILL RESTRAIN CANNIBAL POULTRY If mature hens and pullets ar e in clined to become cannibals, try the salt cure, says county agent P. B. Ezell, adding that management prac tices such as providing ariiple feeding space, dark nests, and green ranges are helpful. Sometimes the birds develop a ten dency to pull feathers and pick one another, and may pick one another to death. This condition is usually found where the birds are kept confined to the house, but in some cases it de velops when they are on range, the agent explains. “Recent experiments indicate that this picking can be prevented by In creasing the salt content of the ra tion. But it is well to remember that too much salt may kill the chickens. Where birds are picking one another badly, as much as four pounds of salt may be added to each 100 pounds of mash. This should not be fed many days, however, before the salt content is reduced to one pound or 1 1-2 pounds to each 100 pounds of mash. Salt may not pre vent cannibalism entirely, but indi cations are that it surely helps.” DRIVERS MUST STOP FOR SCHOOL BUSES Patrolman Bill Martin reminds drivers of the law of stopping when a school bus is taking on or letting off children. Persons failing to obey this law will be reported by bus driv ers and such are subject to prosecu tion. One bus driver turned over to Mr. Martin last week the license numbers of twelve cars that had failed to comply with the law. PROGRAM AT SILVERSTREET Amateur program at Silverstreet school Friday September 20, 1940, at 7:45 p. m. Talent from Prosperity, Newberry, and Chappells. Also H. B. Hendrix who is 83 years old. Admission 10 cents for grammar grades; 20 cents for adults. Sponsored by Trinity League. CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank the people of Newberry for every kindness and consideration shown my parents and myself during the past several weeks. Your thoughtfulness and your con siderate acts of every kind will al ways be remembered. DICK BOULWARE. 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