The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 15, 1940, Image 6
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)
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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.”
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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.
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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-
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