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PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941 it/f Si mn 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year ... . One Dollar Published every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under th« Act of March 3, 1879. Colored People Will Be Greatest Sufferers From Outside Meddling By SPECTATOR Two weeks ago 1 had the pleasure of speaking to the Rotarians and Homestead League in Aiken. A gen. tleman who had heard my remarks about the posisbilities in South Car olina asked me to tell him about the opportunity to develop our lin^ re sources. He had been called on the telephone from New York by an in vestor who stands ready to invest three hundred thousand dollars if we really have the lime—and are not so cold to capital as to scare it off. I told my inquiring friend that there was an exploring geologist in Col umbia, that choice and fine gentle man, Mr. T. C. Williams, who could tell him about lime and everything else to be found 1 in the land and water of South Carolina. It was said by the greatest of all Speakers that a prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house; so it need not astonish us that not many peo ple throughout the State know that Mr. Williams saw with great vision the engineering development which might enrich the State through us ing the force and fall of the broad swift Santee River to produce power at low cost. He was not merely a dreamer; anybody can dream; rather is Mr. Williams that type of investi gating mind which distinguishes the man of science from the builder of air castles. When I told my Aiken friend to see Mr. Wiliams I told him that before anyone thought of the PWA or the WPA or political help in develpoing power, this man, whose energy of mind and energy of body merge into the highest creative imagination, had walked the length of the vast Santee swamp; had studied everything on the surface, and then had made a thousand borings in the swamp to find out what was beneath the sur face. If I knew one tenth as much as Mr. Williams I could write inform atively about our State for years and tell a story of the vast poten tial resources awaiting the touch of geniuses like Mr. T. C. Williams. The Colored People have made great progress within fifty years. The credit for this is due to the sym pathetic help of the White people and, also, in part, to some Colored lead ers who have had the sound judgment to work in harmony with the White people. No one can measure the in fluence of Booker Washington. He led his people and he persuaded the White people, whose confidence he enjoyed. The White people and the Colored people in the South have learned how to live and work without collision. The Colored people, with their own churches, and under the leadership of their preachers, have steadily developed, even remarkably so. Wisdom would suggest that out siders let us adjust ourselves and our relations. But outsiders, both White and Colored, are busy meddling. What will be the result? The pa tient, hard-working Colored man will pay a penalty for those ambitious meddlers who presume to dictate to the South what it must do for the Colored people. They claim that the Constitution says thus and so. Well, in a few words, let them be reminded that years ago the Supreme Court of the United States handed down a de cision on the race question. It was clearly within the Constitution, but certain Northern politicians declared that there was a higher law than the Constitution, and they appealed to that higher law. That higher law may be invoked this time by the South, when ever it may think it necessary—if at all. The South Carolina Legislature should disregard any opinion or de cision which is not directed to this State in a proceeding arising from this State. Some time some one may challenge this State in the Federal courts. Whenever that happens we can plan an appropriate course of action. Until then let the meddlers and other officious persons try other states. When the smoke clears, tlie chief sufferers will always be those poor Colored people who know nothing about all this meddling but must pay for it. I am far from being 1 an enemy of the Colored people; on the contrary, I have a special contempt for those who take advantage of Colored peo ple by trickery or sharp dealing. In this matter of equal pay for teachers I am tee-totally opposed to it—cer tainly now—and I would let the is sue arise and be tried in court, then taken directly to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Legisla ture must not allow itself to get ner vous about this ;nor must it be in timidated by threats of Federal courts. Let’s have the Courts act; it won’t be the first time—nor, perchance, the last. We are spending more on the Col ored people for various public bene fits than they pay in taxes. They are receiving more today than the White children were given a few years ago. So, in brief, let us face all the fiery darts of the wicked, undismayed and unafraid. No organization of any kind, whether in Washington or South Carolina, can run over us. The cringing and kow-towing. of some of our public men are nauseat ing. If we had a Ben Tillman no such foolishness would be tolerated. Even if our leaders are too acquiescent, at least let the rank and file stared firm like men. Now J. W. D. Zerbst has the dis tinction of having been the whole House last Friday. “Billy” Zerbst, as he is affectionately known, is the sneaker pro tempore of the House and. as such, presides in the absence of the Speaker. Last Friday, ac cording to news dispaches, Mr. Zerbst was present, the one and only mem ber of the House. There stood Mr. Zerbst ready to preside but with none to lift a voice. So Mr. Zerbst as a Representative from Charleston, ad dressed the Chair (himself, that is to all legal effect) and as Speaker pro tern, presiding, he put the question of adjournment to a vote, and as a membei he voted for it. I alwa;,. re- g.ird<d Mr. Zerbst as a capable man, but never thought of him as the whole House. Yet here he was in dubitably and incontestably the sole repository of the House, or, by him self. one half the General Assembly — all and singular, as aforesaid. Mr Zerbst is a very serious man and not given to quibbles or frivolity, or he might have moved to reconsider his vote and then called himself to order for trying to debate matters uidebatable. Si-ppose someone had moved extra pay. Wouldn’t that have been “some punkin” ? Let’s get on with the bienial ses sions matter. There is no reason why the issue could be confused Or be clouded. The people voted over whelmingly for it—so what? Several gentlemen, speaking a- gainst the bill to curb Punitive Da mage awards, said that business would come here, if we had the raw products to be processed. The South Carolina Planning Board says that we have several potential resources which should be advertised. Again, several speakers said that industries are not kept out of our State by Pun itive Damages. But the industries say that Punitive Damages are a de terrent; so which is right—the man who knows, or the man who the orises? DIAMOND TIRES EASY TERMS Quick Credit BATTERIES HOME RADIOS v Battery or Electric AUTO RADIOS GreystonE SERVICE STATION ^With the greatest of ease, Alfred Orhn, former national tki champion, startles the queen’s “court” at the great Winter Sports State Park at Grayling, Michigan, by leap ing over a Chevrolet Sedan. Miss Yvonne Bradley (third from the right) has been elected Snow Queen and, with her court, welcomes the colorful crowds of winter sports fans who arrive by the thousand in automobiles and snow trains. Six steel toboggan slides and acres of skating rinks are now in operation, and three ski towers and 75 miles of marked ski trails are planned for this huge winter sports development under the supervision of the National Park Service and the Michigan State Park Department. * THE NEWBERRY SUN Why Must They Starve? A National Committee Has Been Formed for Food Relief in Stricken Nations <$>- A National Committee of 400 leading Americans with former Presi dent Herbert Hoover as Honorary Chairman, has been formed to find a way to feed millions of starving people in the invaded countries. Al ready 1020 auxiliary committees in various cities, throughout the country have organized to support the movement. Of the 37,000,000 people in Finland, Belgium, Holland, Norway and Central Poland, great numbers are facing death from starvation and disease. America could put an end to this. The Committee states that no money, supplies or ships, are re quested, and that its purpose is to bring the facts before the public and invite an expression of opinion concerning the plan. 1. Will there be artual starvation in Europe this winter? Yes. Under normal conditions Bel gium imports 49 per cent of its food, Holland 33 per cent, and Norway 57 per cent. These imports are now cut off by British and German blockades. Central Poland Is from 30 to 40 per cent deficient because of the tri-parti tion of Poland. Finland, not occupied but partially blockaded, normally Im ports 22 per cent of her foods: she has also lost one-tenth of her best soil. In all countries unusually severe weather destroyed much of the grain crops, military mobilization prevented plant ing and harvesting, invasion destroyed storage and equipment, and disrupted transportation. Unless food is imported many thousands will starve, and many more will die from disease before the next harvest. These people need pro tection of native food from seizure by occupying armies as well as protection for imported foods. 2. Can this (amine be prerented with out helping Germany? Yes. The Hoover plan, which oper ated effectively in the last war, provides for absolute control of native and im ported food by a Neutral Commission, assisted hy a grea,t number of volun teer patriotic nationals. Supplies will go directly to the hungry people for whom they are Intended—and to no one else. 1939, permitting relief In Poland and other occupied areas, have been scrupu lously kept. 9. Will importation of (nod weaken the British blockade? No. Under this proposal Britain would pass food ships through the blockade—one by one. All food would be turned over to the Neutral Commis sion for checking and distribution. If Britain discovered that food was being misappropriated by Germany, or any one else, imports would cease. 3. Does this plan aid the Allies? Yes. Feeding these democratic peo ples will maintain their courage, sus tain allegiance to ideals, rebuild mo rale, increase England's prestige as a humanitarian nation and salvage na tive supplies from absorption. 4. Will Germany profit If it breaks the agreement? No. The plan provides for only 120,- 000 to 140,000 tons of imported food to be on hand at one time. The Germans use ten times that much each month. If Germany committed the maximum violation and seized the entire supply this would furnish them food for only three days, and relief would end. 5. Will Germany feed these nations? No. Every country at war measures Its supplies, military and food, by the necessities of war. Since Germany does not know how long the present war will last, It is not likely to feed these countries at the risk of depleting sup plies needed for the German army and people. 6. Will feeding workmen in these countries strengthen Germany? No. Workmen whose labor Is useful to the Central economy of Germany will be fed by the Germans—many of them in Germany Itself as deportees. But their women and children will be left unprovided for. A new Europe can not be built from physical and mental wreckage. 7. Will starving people revolt against Germany? No. Military resistance is Impossible when disarmament of a nation is com plete. A single tank can easily subdue an entire area. It is barbarous to even suggest that naked-handed women and children could Join in fighting against modern weapons. 8. Would Germany keep the agree ment? Yes. The whole plan is predicated upon the fact that relief will terminate if there are violations by Germany. Pestilence, already appearing in the occupied areas, respects no boundaries. It would sweep all countries—Germany as well as the rest. Germany knows this, and would keep the agreement if for no other reason than its own self-interest. Agreements made by the present German Government since the outbreak of the war In September. 10. Will increasing the general food supply in Europe release German products for making munitions? No. Under the Hoover proposal for complete control of domestic and im ported supplies, and the return of the 1 equivalent of basic foods already taken, less rather than more products would be available to Germany. When food arrives at ports of the five countries it will be received, cared for. and distrib uted directly to those in need by a neutral organization, made up of Amer icans and citizens from other countries which are not at war. 11. Did the British support feeding in occupied Belgium during the Inst war? Yes. At first Britain was opposed, but after public opinion became posi tive the British Government consented —with misgivings. When, however, the Belgian Relief Commission, under Mr. Hoover, functioned so effectively and fairly, responsible British leaders ex pressed unqualified satisfaction. After searching investigation had proved that no supplies were diverted to Germany they described relief operations as a miracle of organization. Eventually they contributed more than $100,000,000 to the project. ^ 12. Will this plan deprive Americans of food, or involve us in war? No. The people we relieve will pay for their own food. We ask no dona tions or government appropriations. If there should be no surplus of food in the United States, necessary supplies will be purchased in South America. | Nor is America asked to send its ships Into war zones. The neutral organiza tion, as previously was the case, will operate its own ships under its own flag. Rigorous censorship in these small countries prevents the people from pleading their own cause. But faith in humanity and democratic ideals can be restored—-to bear fruit in a better day —if the free people of America speak In their, behalf. You are invited to write to the Com mittee, and to request your friends to do the same in order that public opinion may find full expression. Com munications may be sent to National Committee on h’ood for the Small Democracies, j.’fl Lexington Avenue, New York. N. Y. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Mrs. Kate Neel Workman in the Probate Court $er Newberry County, S. C., on Tuesday, March 28th 1941, at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as executrix of said estate. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Kate Neel Work man, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same, duly verified, with my attorneys, Blease & Griffith, Newber ry, S. C., and those indebted- to said estate will please make payment like wise. ANNA LEWIS COLE, Executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Kate Neel Workman, deceased. February 15th, 1941. Chemists report that if you wrap green vegetables in a damp cloth or paper before placing them in ice box es, they will be kept rich in vitamins A and C. I 1 T ime to Knit And Crochet Visit M s. J. W. White & Co. for: Germantown four-fold wool in all colors. 20c per Ounce or 4 oz. Hanks 75c KNITTING NEEDLES CROCHET HOOKS Crochet Threads and Embroid ery thread in all colors. Mrs. J. W. White Opp. Central Methodist Church Caldwell St. Newberry, S. C. 1 Grave At Florence Recalls Story of Great War-Time Love (By STAN LEWIS in The News and Courier) FOUR ACRES of ground with a number of old oaks and 2,840 small grave markers hold a great deal of romance and a number of stories that will never be told, as these four acres comprise the national ceme tery which is located three-quarters of a mile southeast of Florence. Grave number 2,480, located in Section D of the cemetery is a story in itself. Chisled out of the stone is the short inscription “2480 Florena Budwin”. This is the grave of the only woman ever buried in a national cemetery. Her story as pieced together from old slaves who livedl in the vicinity of Florence and from daughters and granddaughters now women who attended some of the men who are buried here would in deed make another “Gone With the Wind" from the Northern angle. Late in December, 1864, during the War Between the States the forces of the Confederacy were op posing the Federal army a few miles outside a small Georgia town. Two young Yankee boys were fighting side by side in the midst of a hell of shot and shell. Their faces showed amazement and surprise. They knew war—they must, one was a captain but never before hadl the fighting been so fierce, with the blood, dying men, friend and foe alike, the noises, yells and Rebel shouts on all sides of them. * • • SUDDENLY, a Rebel yell caused them to turn. They were sur rounded. They threw down their arms, not in fear but in disgust and despair. Later, while marching in a long double file formation, with the able helping the wounded, sometimes even carrying them, the two young Yankees exchanged stricken glances; they had heard of the unbearable hardships of the Southern prison camps and of the supplies were being sent to the needy troops of the Confederacy who were beginning to feel the weight of the Northern forces. The camp was nothing more than a group of shelters and campfires pitch ed in a square with an elevated bank of dirt around it, on which sentries marched constantly back and forth. Many of the prisoners suffering from the cold and lack of food f«U easy victims to disease and were buried near the camp thus starting the Florence national cemetery. * * * AND SO DEATH STRUCK down the partner of the couple of Yan kee “boys". He died on January 25, 1865, of pneumonia. Upon the routine examination of the body, the doctor of the camp made the startling discovery that this soldier was a woman. She proved later to be Mrs. Florena Budwin, wife of the cap tain who had been killed on the march to camp. This woman had en dured the hardships of a federal sol dier just to be near her husband. After Mrs. Budwin’s death, the commanding officer of the camp asked several women who lived near by to dress the body in appropriate clothing for the burial. Florena Bud win was buried in the national ce metery with full military honors and to this day is the only woman ever buried in a United States national cemetery. Many northern tourists who visit the cemetery notice the grave-mark er and comment, but little postive in formation can be given them other than the entry that is in the burial register kept at the cemetery. “Flor ena Budwin, buried January 25, 1865”. And so, in Section D, Number 2,- 480, in the National cemetery near Florence, there lies one of the great est love stories of all. HIS ADDRESS UNKNOWN Charlotte, Fe/b. 16.—(Draft boatndi No. 4 here mailed a questionnaire to a man at the address he gave. The envelope was returned undeliv ered and on the back was scrawled this message: “Listen Ruben have done left me for three v months and I don’t know whear he is this is his wire telling ya this."—News and Courier. INDIGESTION may affect the Heart Gas trapped in the stomach or gullet may act like a hair-trigger on the heart At the first sign of distress smart men and women depend on Bell-ans Tablets to set gas free. No laxative but made of the fastest- acting medicines known for acid indigestion. If the FIRST DOSE doesn’t prove Bell-ans better, return bottle to us and receive DOUBLE Money Back. 25e. City Boy Turns Farmor- Brings in the Harvest Dearborn, Mich. — He’s gained in weight, this Michigan boy. He and 129 other lads from big city streets have averaged a weight gain of 13 pounds by working from spring to fall un der healthful conditions. They have just got in another harvest at Camps Legion and Willow Run and are figuring up the profits on their season’s work. In these two camps Henry Ford has been providing a spe cial opportunity for a certain group of under-privileged boys. These boys for the most part are selected from applicants who are the sons of men who served our country in the army or navy during the last great war. Ill health or death among these veterans leaves their fam ilies in difficult circumstances. Mr. Ford wanted to help these families by giving boys of 17, 18 and 19 years of age belonging to them, an oppor tunity to make more of their lives. , Ever since the frost left the ground last April these lads have been working two 320- acre tracts of farm land which provided for them. When .. .e last of the produce is sold there will be approximately $18,000 in earnings to be split in equal shares among the 130 youths, the director of the camps estimates. This will be in addition to the two dollars a day, plus food and lodging each boy received throughout the season. At camp the boys learn team work and self-reliance. Each’ camp is governed by the boys themselves. They elect a camp! leader, keep their own books,! market their own produce 1 ' through roadside stands and wholesale channels. Now that the season has ended, the boys are free to doi anything they wish, but they are offered an opportunity to enroll in the school system at the Rouge plant, or to do plant work at regular salaries. In starting the camps, Mr. Ford acted in the belief that it is up to business men and in-l dustrialists to accept as a social) responsibility the problems facing boys who found them-i selves, through no fault of their own, at loose ends. — t