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THE NEWBERRY SUN
“If The World Survives”
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to his friends at Warm Springs, Ga., mere episodes in the vast drama of
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KAf* Pilot's Last Words to His Mother
Exchange.
Among the personal belongings of a
young R. A. F. pilot in a bomber
squadron who was recently reported
“missing, believed killed”, was a let
ter to his mother—to be sent to her
if he were killed.
“This letter was perhaps the most
amazing one I have ever read; simple
and direct in its wording but splendid
and uplifting in its outlook,” says
the young officer’s station command
er in a note reproduced with the let
ter in the London Times. “It was
inevitable that I should read it—in
fact he must have intended this, for
it was left open in order that I might
be certain that no prohibited infor
mation was disclosed.
“I sent the letter to the bereaved
mother, and asked her whether I
might publish it anonymously, as I
feel its contents may bring comfort
to other mothers, and that every
one in our country may feel proud
to read of the sentiments which sup
port ‘an average airman’ in the execu
tion of his present arduous duties.
I have received the mother’s permis
sion, and I hope this letter may be
read by the greatest possible number
of our countrymen at home and
abroad.”
“Dearest Mother: Though I feel no
premonition at all, events are moving
rapidly, and I have instructed that
this letter be forwarded to you should
I fail to return from one of the raids
which we shall shortly be called upon
to undertake. You must hope on
for a month, but at the end of that
time you must accept the fact vhat
I have handed my task over to the
extremely capable hanus of my com
rades of the Royal Air Force 'as
many splendid fellows have al»^ady
done.
“First it will comfort you to know
that my role in this war has been
of the greatest importance. Our pa
trols far out over the North Sea have
helped to keep the trade routes clear
for our convoys and supply ships,
and on one occasion our information
was instrumental in saving the rives
of men in a crippled lighthouse re
lief ship. Though it will be difficult
for you, you will disappoint me if
you do not at least try to accept the
facts dispassionately, for I shall have
done my duty to the utmost of my
ability. No man can do more, and
no one calling himself a man could
do less.
“I have always admired your amaz
ing gourage in the face of continual
setbacks; in the way you have given
me as good an education and back
ground as any one in the country;
and always kept up appearances with
out ever losing faith in the future.
My death would not mean that your
struggle has been in vain. Far from
it. It means that your sacrifice is as
great as mine. Those who serve
England must expect nothing from
her; we debase ourselves if we regard
our country as merely a place in
which to eat and sleep.
“History resounds with illustrious
names who have given all, yet .heir
sacrifice has resulted in the British
Empire, where there is a measure of
peace, justice and freedom for all, and
where a higher standard of civiliza
tion has evolved, and is still evolving,
than anywhere else. But this is not
only concerning our own land. To
day we are faced with the greatest
organized, challenge to Christianity
and civilization that the world has
ever seen, and I count myself lucky
and honored to be the right age and
fully trained to throw my full weight
into the scale. For this I have to
thank you. Yet there is more work
for you to do. The home front will
still have to stand united for years
after the war is won. For all that
can be said against it, I still maintain
that this war is a very good thing,
every individual is having the chance
to give and dare all for his principle
like the martyrs of old. However
long the time may be, one thing can
never be altered—I shall have lived
and died an Englishman. Nothing else
matters one jot nor can anything ever
change it.
“You must not grieve for me, for
if you really believe in religion and
all that it entails that would be
hypocrisy. I have no fear of death
—only a queer elation ... I would
have it no other way. The universe
is so vast and so ageless that the
life of one man can only be justified
by the measure of his sacrifice. We
are sent to this world ) acquire a
personality and a character to take
with us that can never be taken from
us. Those who just eat and sleep,
prosper and procreate are no better
than animals if a i their lives they
are at peace.
“I firmly and absolutely believe
that evil things are sent into the
world to try us; they are sent de
liberately by our Creator to test our
mettle because He kno-% s what is good
for us. The Bible is full of cases
where the easy way out has been
discarded for moral principles.
“I count myself fortunate in that
I have seen the whole country and
know men of every calling. But with
the final test of war I consider my
character fully developed. Thus at
my early age my earthly mission is
already fulfilled and I am prepared to
die with just one regret, and one only
—that I could not devote myself to
making your declining years more
happy by being with you; but you
will live in peace and freedom and
I shall have directly contributed to
that, so here again my life will not
have been in vain.”
as he left them Sunday, remarked
that he would be back in March “IF
THE WORLD SURVIVES.”
What did he mean by that?
The President doesn’t let intrig-
uingly suggestive phrases like that
often fall from his tongue.
“If the world survives” indicates
that he has fears he has not yet voc
alized.
It witnesses to a sort of melancholy
to which Mr. Roosevelt is not ac
customed.
• Does he sense situations at the
moment which inspire fears within
him that the worst is about to be
enacted overseas, that England is
about to get on its knees, that Hitler’s
resources with which to contend
against the world are so far out
ahead of similar assets of all other
powers that these latters are hope
less and helpless?
The President is, of course, far
more intimately informed of the
world situation than any other indi
vidual in the United States.
He is in constant contacts by every
means of communication not only with
foreign sources, but with heads of
the various governmental departments
in Washington whose business it is to
keep on their toes and to assemble,
measure, dissect, analyze and inter
pret every available bit of informa
tion leaking out of the zones of war.
Much of this information possess
ed by the President must be kept as
confidential. Only to a limited hand
ful, is he in position to discuss these
secrets, so many of which may have
vitally to do with facts upon which
either eventual victory or defeat may
delicately hinge.
But it may be taken for granted,
we think, that the President used
that phrase, “IF THE WORLD SUR
VIVES,” not indifferently, thought
lessly or casually.
It must have been that he had
thought it through, and decided it
would be a good term by means of
which to arouse speculation in the
public mind as to his own deep
thoughts, such speculation as this
which The Observer is indulging.
News, at any rate, from England
is none too uplifting.
Granted the amazing victories
which the British have won and are
winning in Egypt and the Greeks in
the European war.
The Germans, not the Italians are
the factors and forces against which
the .democracies must contend if they
are to survive. It is Hitler who must
be reckoned with, not Mussolini.
And Hitler is gaining, not losing, in
potential war strength and resources.
These fearful losses which his
naval arm is inflicting upon the Bri
tish are appalling and highly dan
gerous to the existence of the British
isles.
The raids which his airmen con
tinue to make on important industrial
communities of the Midlands are dis-
stressingly devastating.
In these vincmages, England main
tains its munit on plants, its airplane
factories its industrial establishments
of everty kind linked with war sup
plies and the prosecution of the de
fense of that country.
And in addition to all of these im
mediate severities which British peo
ple and British economy are suffering.
Hitler is using the countries he has
conquered, their peoples, their fields.
WE DON’T LIKE SIDNEY
HILLMAN
Lancaster News.
We don’t like foreign born Sidney
Hillman, labor member of the de
fense commission, because he is al
ways raising a rumpus where he has (
no business doing so. Right now the'
clothing workers czar and the next
Secretary of Labor when Frankie can
find a means of ousting Madam Per
kins without a combat with Eleanor,
is in a fight with one of the most
respected native born American this
country has ever known. Sidney does
n’t like the idea of Henry Ford, the
pioneer of fair labor practices be
fore Sidney Hillman could speak any
thing but rabble language, as if he
can now, to get contracts in the de
fense industry. Ford has been giv
en a $2,000,000 contract by the de
fense commission to build 1,500 mid
get scout cars for the army.
The project in question was clear
ed by William S. Knudsen who is the
production chief of the defense com
mission. We think that Knudsen was
rio-ht in granting Ford the defense
REVIEW
of NEW BOOKS
PAUL B. CLARK, PH. D.
1735 Woodbum Ave.
Covington, Ky.
WHAT SHALL I READ?
What shall I get to read? How of
ten have we heard this question ask
ed and so feebly answered? I suggest
that the reader pass on the sugges
tion that it is superb to read “The
Gospel of Mark” by Dr. Erdman, pub
lished by The Westminister Press,
Philadelphia, and can be purchased
for Otie Dollar. Dr. Erdman opens
up this book'of action and drama as
few men do, unless you read the equi
valent of four or five books. You
get a clear picture of what is in Dr.
Erdman’s mind about Jesus; He is
“the mighty, wonder-working Son of
God.” And Dr. Erdman is alert to
stress what this age needs—“a word
of divine authority, and a new vision
contract. The only mistake that the [ of the present, limitless, redeeming
commission is making is the failure power of Christ.” How could a Mes-
to give men like Ford more defense j siah be killed? Dr. Erdman goes in
contracts. For past records reveal
that Henry Ford and the Ford Motor
their factories, their agriculture, their Company know how to get things done
industry, their whole economies, to
the end of fortifying the strengthen
ing his own war machine.
He is multiplying his submarines,
his armed raiders, his airplanes, his
tanks, his guns, and every conceiv
able instrumentation for waging
whatever kind of warfare he may
elect.
When it is considered that he has
such a large proportion of the entire
resources of the continent upon which
to draw in order to achieve these ends
of increasing the already vast exten
siveness of his war machine, it be
comes obvious that England must be
whollv outclassed in its potential re
sources and capacities to keep pace
with such swift tempo of augmented
war preparations.
These things, and more, the Presi
dent knows, and because he knows
these and intimately knows, also, of
other factors withheld from public
knowledge, it may well be that he is
in the doldrums, terribly downcast as
he looks across the horizon of the
next three months and calmly under
takes to measure the awful possi
bilities of this short period from the
standpoint of the survival of Eng
land.—Charlotte Observer.
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Offer Prayer For British at Lothian Rites
Washington, Dec. 15.—A special
prayer for the -mbattled people of
England was offered by the Rt. Rev.
James E. Freeman, Episcopal Bishop
of Washington, at funeral services
today for the Marquess of Lothian,
British ambassador to the United
States, attended by high officials of
this nation and Washington diplomats.
In the vaulted dimness of the Na
tional Cathedral, whose pulpit' stones
come from Lord Lothian’s homeland
and are inscribed with the first words
of the Magna Carta—“The Church
of England Shall Be Free”—Bishop
FVeeman prayed God to “strengthen
and sustain” the British people “in
this hour of their need.”
“Guard and save them from the
violence of their enemies,” he pray
ed. “Give to them increased faith,
courage and devotion to thee. Ease
their burdens, heal tueir wounds,
calm their fears, give comfort and
peace to those who are afflicted, and
preserve to future generations the
gifts and virtues of the British em
pire.”
■file brief service in the rites of
the Anglican church included no
eulogy or mention of the achieve
ments of the 58-year-old nobleman
who died in the early hours of Thurs
day, soon after he had addressed an
in a business like manner without the
assistance of rabble rousers like Sid
ney Hillman. The American laborer
should get a fair deal. He will get
a fair deal from Henry Ford without
New Deal or soap box orators, better
known as labor agitators who have
caused more suffering among the
laboring class of people than any one
thing, interfering in his behalf.
America needs to get her defense
house in order. Men of the Ford
calibre will get the job done. In this
instance, the past is the conclusive
nroof of the future. We are for the
laborer. . . the men and women who
have the production of this great na
tion in hand. We have worked all
our lives. We expect to continue to
do so. But, we are opposed to Sidney
Hillman muddling the job of Ameri
can defense.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor
BETHANY (Oakland):
Sunday 10 A. M.—Sunday School
Mr. E. B. Hite. Supt.
It A. M.—The Services and Coun
cil meeting.
Tuesday 6 P. M.—Christmas Exer
cise bv Sunday school.
Wednesday 6 A. M.—Community
Christmas service.
SUMMER MEMORIAL (Mollohon):
Sunda.r 10 A. M.—Sundav School.
Mr. M. Eugene Shealy, Supt.
fl ® U r 1 /inference and
cother League.
7 P. M.—Preaching Services.
Tuesday 7:30 P. M.—Christmas
Exercise.
NATIVE OF NEWBERRY
DIES IN TEXAS
Funeral services for Paul Adams,
51, who died at his home in Witchita
Falls. Texas, Saturday, were held
here Tuesday from the McSwain Fun
eral home. Mr. Adams had been in
failing health for the past two years.
Mr. Adams was bom and reared in
Newberry, being a son of John C.
Adams. He had lived in Texas for
the past quarter of a centurv where
he engaged in the automobile busi
ness. Mr. Adams is well known
here, where he has many relatives
and friends.
Surviving, besides his widow who
was the former Violet Beardsley, are
his father, John C. Adams of this
city, five sisters, Mrs. Cannon G.
Blease, Miss Mattie Adams, and Mrs.
McHardy Mower, all of this city,
Mrs. James Browning of Clinton, and
Mrs. Albert D. Haltiwanger. of Ral
eigh, N. C.: two brothers. Henry ,D.
Adams of Columbia, and Ellisor Ad
ams of this city also survive.
appeal to this nation to give more
aid to Great Britain in her war
against Germany and Italy.
A caisson escorted by a troop of
cavalry bore the body from the
rambling, red brick British embassy
to the Episcopal Cathedral in a pro
cession which moved slowly along
Massachusetts avenue, lined on both
sides by throngs of watchers.
After the church service a private
cremation service was held. Tomor
row, with full military honors, the
ashes will be placed temporarily in
a vault at Arlington cemetery, the
neaiby National burial ground for
American military heues. Whether
the ashes will be taken to his native
England for eventual burial has not
been announced.
AFTER 1 TAKE MY
SCHOOL BOOK HOME
I’M COMING OUT TO
, PLAY.... WILL YOU
BE OUT TOO,JUNIOR?
to detail on this point, unravelling
the cruel suffering of the Servant of
God. The book is thoroughly ortho
dox and is a real asset in interpret
ing Jesus. *
To others I would suggest that
they read up on the family name. Sup-
nose the name is “Griffin.” No matter
how it may be spelled in any parti
cular case, they all sprang from
common sources. The Media Research
Bureau, 1110 F St., Washington, D.
C., for $2.00 will mail any-one what
they have compiled on the Griffins,
Griffings. and kindred spellings. Be
among those who are interested tn
boasting about lineage, but remem
ber it does not nay to‘boast unless
vou can “bolster,” that is, know what
is known about your ancestors.
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They are to be classed as popular
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-... ..me. i tic secviiu oowil goes a
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productions, as well as Latin and
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FOR SELF-EXAMINATION. By
Soren Kierkegaard. Augsburg Publi
cation House, Minneapolis, Minn.
This fine reprint, a translation from
the Danish by Edna and Howard
Hong, reminds us of the original date.
“Summer 1851.” The book has a
limpback. Contents: I. What is re
quired in order to look at oneself
with true blessing in the mirror of
the Word? (5th Sunday after Eas
ter). II. Christ is the way. (Ascen
sion Day). III. It is the Spirit which
gives life (Pentecost Sunday).
The world today needs to return to
think the thoughts again of this
intellectual giant, who, though dead,
influences the thinking of Barth and
Brunner abroad and many in Ameri
ca. The writings of this Dane are
always brilliant experiential to
the core. No author tries harder to
get himself out of the way, so chat
the reader will not be conscious of
him and thus find an obstacle. In
this book the reader is taught how to
fathom his „wn inner nature to the
very depths. The author keeps the
reader saying to himself, “It ts I,”
or “It is not I” until he does forget
the author and finds real value in
what he reads. And Kierkegaard is
repeating his thesis, it being—There
is value in God’s word. Here is a mind
of the first magnitude. “Thus sits that
solitary man,” he says. “He sits, or
—if you will have it so—he walks,
perhaps up and down the floor, like,
a lion imprisoned in a cage; and yet,,
that in which he is imprisoned is a
remarkable thing—he is of God or
by God imprisoned in himself.”
MattlSTi If • •*