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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY BUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1940 LITTLE MOMENTS IN BIG LIVES. ' Kessler INTO THE SUNSET (Continued from page five) Barry stopped at his own creek and went soberly to work. Day after day he labored all day long with sand and gravel, washing his gold in a deep frying pah. Encountering one pocket after” another during three consecu tive days, each as rich as the one he had come upon the first day, he ac cepted his good fortune quite as a matter of course. “Must be more than two thousand dollars already! That’s more than I’m going to need. I’ll get started tomor row morning.” When he departed at daylight, still heading north and west, but begin ning to swing a bit more westwardly, he carried his gold inside his bed roll. Down in a long valley at the head of a vast, rippling grassy plain— cow country, this was—he tarried at the boisterous little town of Five Springs. Some days before, a young man answering Laredo’s description three others of his stamp w : ',h him, had stormed into town, paid his wild way in gold dust, had gotten into a brawl and had stormed out of Five Springs again, headed west. Barry followed on. Whenever he heard of depredations, of lowlessness and cruelty and wan ton killing—and these were not un common—he sought his Cousin Jesse in the neghborhood. But Cousin Jesse rode on, ever westward. Both Barry Haveril and the home country back into which he rode had changed during three years. Barry was a good two inches taller; his was a sinewy slim figure swaying grace fully in an accustomed saddle; he jingled spurs with the best; he used a revolver as though it were a part of his own body, as much so as his hand. He passed on, and found that this was rapidly becoming cattle country; looking down into the lower lands he was always seeing herds, and occas ional cowboys. Within half a day’s ride from the creek where he had found gold, he came upon a brawling, squaling, lusty raw brat of a town. This was Red Rock when first Barry saw it one late summer noonday. Everything was commotion and dust and excitement, with the hum of cross cut saws, the thud of hammers and the racous voices of impatient, sweating men. Barry tarried twenty-four hours in this bedlam and was glad to get the noise of hammering and sawing and cursing out of his ears, and the smell of the place out of his nostrils. He had begun to see landmarks on every hand that he knew as well as he knew his own boots. But over the first ridge, looking down into Pleas ant Valley, he encountered the unfam iliar again. Down a winding trail, riding like a man in some new-fang led rding habit, a girl with flying hair like the waving watermanes was the final note. The trail was steep and crooked, he high above, she far below. Al most as soon as he saw her he lost sight of her around a bend. Once he heard her horse’s hoofs clanging against (the rocks though he could not see her. Then he did glimpse her at the exact instant when she pulled her horse in so sharply that it slipped on four bunched feet. That was be cause three men had suddenly appear ed before her in a little open place, the three abreast, blocking the way. He saw her whirl and start back toward the valley. He heard a man’s voice shouting; he was one of the three forcing his horse after her; he saw the widening noose of the man’s rope circling above his head — and heard the girl’s scream. Barry Haveril shot down that steep frail. The two men holding her were so utterly taken by surprise that they stood stupidly and gawked; the third slightly behind them and thus nearest Barry, young and bleakeyed, whip ped out his gun, and fired, and his first bullet struck Barry’s saddle horn and wined off into the forest like an angry bee. His second bullet went almost straight down into the ground as he was toppling from the saddle, for Barry had fired as he saw the other’s gun flash out and found its target unerringly. The fallen man’s horse bolted down trail and crashed into the little knot, human and equine, blocking the way. In a moment of utmost confusion with the girl almost breaking free, Barry saw the two men reaching for their guns. One of the two jam med the muzzle of his gun between her shoulders. “You shoot, damn you, an’ I shoot!” he called out. “Call it a draw, then so you clear out,” Barry retorted. This girl with the wind-blown hair and violet-grey eyes and the lines of her that fitted into his ideals like a beloved one in a lover’s arms, was the loveliest thing he had ever seen. At that instant Lucy Blue, like a lit tle wistful, vanishing ghost, began fading out of his life. “I do thank you!” she cried out, then unnerved. “You, one man against those three devils! And — and—” “I’m going to see you again, you know,” said Barry. She pointed. “I live down there. You can’t see the house; it’s hidden by the pines. Yes. You will come to see me.” She spurred off down the trail. He went on his way, headed for his DRAFT MORE LIBERAL THAN IN 1&i7 TOWARD CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS Washington, Nov. 10.—Although stiffer than the World war law in most ways, the present selective ser vice act takes a far more liberal and intelligent attitude toward conscien tious objectors—for which reason the whole question is likely to be much less of a problem than in 1917. The World war draft law hardly admitted there could be such a thing as a conscientious objector. A ra tional policy for dealing with objec tors was not worked out until the war was nearly over. Hard treatment was lonely cabin and thinking of her. Then at last he came into a coun try where nothing had changed. And then he saw a little trickle of bluish-grey smoke making its thin wisp upward from his chimney! He rode up to the cabin and dismounted, throwing open the door violently. Squatting before his fire-place, busied with frying pan and coffee pot, was old Timberline. “Howdy”, said Timber, as though they’d parted yesterday. “Jus’ in time for supper. When Barry went straight to his bunk and threw himself down and laughed and kept on laughing, Tim berline could only suppose that he was drunk. the rule; 17 objectors were sentenced to be shot (although all these senten ces were commuted) and 503 were sentenced to prison. Many of those in prison were given extremely brutal treatment. Today things seem certain to go much more smoothly. Out of the 17,000,000 men obliged to register, authorities so far have listed only thirty-two cases of objectors who re fused to fill out their cards. Special Form Prepared This is largely because the prob lem was recognized in advance. While the draft act was before congress the whole question was care fully studied. Both war department and congress freely admitted that while they might not agree with the stand of the objector, they were go ing to have to deal with him and might as well work out a common sense way of doing it. Accordingly an elaborate program was set up. A special form of supplementary to the general selective service ques tionnaire has been prepared. De signed to permit filing of information pertient to the conscientious objec tor’s claim for exemption, it must be filled out and submitted along with the general form when a prospective conscript’s number is called. It inquires into the objector’s re ligious training and beliefs, his gen eral background, hs participation in church and other activities. Refer ences qualified to testify as to the ob jector’s sincerity are asked. The conscientious objector never comes before a military tribunal. If called up, he states his case to his local draft board, which has authori ty to assign him to non-combatant duty in the army or to some form of war work in civil life. He has the right to appeal from his board’s decision, and may get a hearing before the Department of Justice—which has set up a special unit under Linton N. Collins, special assistant to the attorney general, to handle all such cases. If in the end his plea is overruled and he simply refuses to serve, he gets tried by a civil court.. Churches Set Up Office Meanwhile, the three religious de nominations whose tenets most strongly oppose the taking of human life—the Quakers, the Mennonites and the Brethren — have opened an office here in charge of Paul Comly French, former Philadelphia newspaperman, to see that the conscientious objector gets a fair break. Far from oppos ing this, the war department is co-op erating and has assigned a staff offi cer to work with French. French is by no means out ko pro mote objection to the draft. He sees his principal job as explaining to all objectors just what the law’s provis ions are. His first task, for instance, was to make clear that since the law recognized the objector’s rights the objector was under a moral obliga tion to register. • For example; a week or more be fore registration day, French went to massadhusetts to talk to a g^oup of 70-odd pacifist students from var ious New England colleges. He found most of them rather confused about the situation and talking rather vag uely about how they would go to jail rather than register. He spent two days explaining things to them; all registered, as a result, stopped talking about jail, r.nd prepared to make their pleas in the regular manner if and when their names were called. Right now French is conferring with the authorities regarding the kind of work conscientious objectors may be assigned to. He points out that in England a great many objec tors are serving on such ultraperilous assignments as naval mine-sweepers —they refuse to take life, but they do not refuse to risk their own lives. In addition, various government experts here are considering the sort of work objectors might do in the fields of soil conservation, public health, and so on., FASHIONISTS CHEER CHRIST MAS COTTONS Corduroys And Velveteens To Hold Spotlight At Yuletide Parties New York City—Leading fashion experts here added another note of cheerfulness to the National Cotton Council’s Cotton Christmas plans with the announcement that the mors smartly dressed women in every sec tion of the country will choose cotton corduroys and velveteens for holiday party dresses and evening gowns. Both velveteens and corduroys were recommended not only for dresses but also for full-length and short wraps for day and evening. The fashionists predict that “moth er and daughter” dresses in pastel velveteens will be especially popular during the holiday season. For evening the best colors are wines, royal blue and black. A bright colored velveteen wrap is popular with an evening dress in the dark, rich colors. Fur colored corduroys, such as kidskin gray, are smart for wear with fur coats. These corduroys are equally as good for wear on cool days at resorts as in town. Lighter as well as the darker brown corduroys har monize well with brown furs and leo pard, while the golden shades blend with leopard and ocelot. There is no let-up in the demand for corduroys and velveteens, it was said, despite the fact that manufac turers are in mott instances running behind on delivery scheduled. (TO BE CONTINUED) Announcing... The Arrival of the New 1941 Oldsmobile with Hydra-Matic Drive No Clutch to Press No Gears to Shift The new 1941 OLDSMOBILE offers you Hydra- Matic drive. A combination of Fluid Coupling and Automatic Transmission. The car that has everything modern. Come in today and try it out SEE THE 1941 WILLYS The car that’s economical to own. Now on Display at our Showroom. W. H. Davis & Son 914 Main St. Newberry <»Xr»»»»»»X>‘>Xr»»»Xr>XxXr>XrXrXrX>0000<X>C>000 MAKE THEIR OWN LIVING Croppers Face Requirements of Han. cock. Chesterfield Clemson, Nov. 10.—“I do not ad vance money to my croppers for buy ing food; before a cropper moves to my farm he knows that he will be required to make his own living,’ says C. W. Hancock, Chesterfield county farmer, stating briefly the first fac tor in his success with his tenants. “Croppers are given the same op portunity as I have for providing their food and feed requirements,” he continues. “Those who do not grow gardens or other food crops or keep chickens, hogs, and cows to supply their needs for livestock products cannot remain on my farm.” In his forty years’ experience in handling a farm under a tenancy system, Mr. Hancock has learned that croppers can provide for themselves by proper organization of crops and livestock and good management. While cotton provides the main source of income for Mr. Hancock’s cropper families, the sale of poul try, eggs, hogs, and other livestock products throughout the year is sig nificant and the money received from those sources is used in pur chasing needed articles. Croppers generally obtain employment off the farm during periods when they are not busy with their own crops. In the production of livestock and livestock products, Mr. Hancock finds a sufficient acreage of pasture land important. Therefore he pro vides each cropper with a sufficient acreage of improved pastures for his livestock, makes no charge for use of these pastures, but requires the cropper to provide the labor for main tenance of the pastures. Agreements between Mr. Hancock and his croppers are made early, usually in August, which allows ample time, for planting fall crops. This is significant in- the case of planting wheat and other food crops, as well as certain Ljod crops. Besides providing the opportunity for producing the food' and feed requirements for farm use, the Hancock system provides living for the croppers. Lumber for building and improving houses is sawed on the farm from available farm tim ber thereby saving the expenditure of cash for this purpose. Croppers are asked to cooperate in improving and taking care of houses as well as tTie premises. ALEIW1NE-MILLS Mr. and Mrs. W. Shelton Alewine of Newberry announce the engage ment of their daughter, Mary Cath erine ,to Beamon Lominick Mills of Pickens and Newberry. The wedding to take place December 25. Lampy, “What would you suggest to cure a chimney from smoking?” Goffy, “I’d give it one of your cigars.” Kryl Here Tonight (Friday) The concert engagement of the Kryl Symphony Orchestra, America’s only touring concert organization which will be heard at the Newberry high school November 16 must cer tainly be ranked the most important musical event of the year in New berry. This organization of artists and fine musicians, assembled from the finest orchestras and musk schools of our nation, has been attracting extraordinary attention wherever it has appeared. As a matter of fact, it is a rare opportunity for the people of Newberry to hear this superb musical organization on their coast to coast tour where they are playing in the leading colleges and universi ties and appearances in the larger cities. Bohumir Kryl, colorful and artis tic conductor of this outstanding Symphony orchestra is truly hailed and acclaimed with ardent enthusiasm for his wonderful interpretations, variety of program and as a true ar tist of the highest musicianship. It has been truly said that he is one of the present day giants in the field of music who is endeavoring to assist and further the cultural and social development of the American people for good music. He experiments tn emiplying both color and contrast in his brilliant interpretatioss of the works of the great masters are to the layman’s ear sometimes startling and unusual, but to the music world, no disposition to reject his conceptions have been voiced, but always accept ed for their true value. Indeed, Bohumir Kryl is far less bizarre than have been the many contemporary musicians and conduc tors whose positions were never questioned but have long ceased to contribute and have withdrawn from musical life entirely, but we still find Kryl Symphony Orchestra with and contributing to the music life of America. Fortunately, the Newberry Cham ber of Commeice has suceeded in se curing this internationally famous and striking music organization . . . there is every reason to believe that the brilliant performance to be given here November 15 will duplicate here the remarkable popularity it has ach ieved and received everywhere it has appeared on its present coast to coast, nation-wide and international tour. Constant Reminder “Cheer up! You’ll forget all about that girl and be happy agaiii.” “Ob, no, I won’t. Ive bought too many things for her on the install ment plan.” CUTS- F*r «««ppfnc bl—la —— mi Minor eats mmI laeeratlona ami far healing tna aronml. apply trid Irnii IliniTiil isLq@n:i /' NEVER WANT T K FRESH r th' m**a#d q *oy— m might be PRE&MT of A COTTON CHRISTMAS (An Editorial) For the second year the National Cotton Council is sponsoring a Cot ton Christmas program. But this year instead of being confined to the Cotton Belt, the program is being extended to cover the entire United States. Firmly convinced that Cotton Christmas is a “natural” fbr selling cotton goods, leading advertising or ganizations whoses services are dis tributed in every state have volun teered their cooperation. Equally convinced that Cotton Christmas and similar merchandising events offer one solution to the grave problems of surplus and under-con sumption which confront the raw cotton industry, the Cotton Council has under way an even more vigor- our promotional program than that of last year. But regardless of Council efforts the success of Cotton Christmas in the Cotton Belt depends largely on the cooperation given by this and hundreds of other communities scat tered from Virginia to California. To these communities the success of cot ton merchandising efforts is most vit al, for they are the communities de pendent upon cotton for a livelihood. The response of Cotton Belt com munities to 'ast year’s Cotton Chris- mas and to National Cotton Week, in dicates the Belt’s awareness of the necessity of supporting the raw cot ton industry in these major under takings designed to better the posi tion of the cotton farmer and con sequently that of every one in the Belt. Cotton Christmas presents an un usual double-barrelled opportunity to bring happiness not only to the recipients of our gifts but also to the millions of our fellow Americans who depend on our purchases of cot ton products for a living. We Wonder We often wonder about the famed soil chemist who announced that aut umn leaves, left on the lawn, improve the ground. Did he convince his wife ? —Portsland Oregonian. ■Stag ®®3sX3®« ooo Facts That Concern Itbu No - 23 of a teru. CUT DOWN THE APPLE TREE? You’ll probably find a few bad apples in a bushel of good ones. That’s the way it is with beer retailing in America. There are hundreds of thousands of wholesome, law-abiding beer retail establishments that sell good beer — the refreshing, appetizing beverage of moderation. At the same time, there is a handful of undesirable, anti-social taverns. Unfortunately, these few out law establishments bring discredit to the entire beer industry. To protect your right to druik good beer, the Brewing Industry wants such anti-social retailers eliminated entirely. It has instituted a “clean-up or close- up” program—now in effect in some states and being extended. We’d like you to know about this socially important program. 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