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English Keep Heads, Hearts Up, Letter Says From Great Britain Greenville, Feb. 18.—An example of Britishers’ courage under fire and their faith in eventual victory is shown in a letter received by Eh-. Alexander R. Mitchell of Greenville from a cousin, John Calder, seventy- nine years old, in Bath, England, near scenes of heavy bombings. Following is a part of a letter writ ten January 8 and received recently by Dr. Mitchell: “It is not easy to think or write about anything outside of the over shadowing subject of the war, but I don’t want to talk about that in its general aspects. You are being kept pretty fully informed by your press. Indeed, you and all the world are learning from its matters which the peculiar attitude of the censorship would probably bar my telling you directly. We are going through a very stem and trying ordeal of which this west country is getting its full share, but roth with standing the con tinuous and concentrated attacks by Hitler’s bombers on our principal ci ties and our civilian population, our people are keeping their heads and hearts up and we feel very confident that we shall win through in the end. Of course, the help of America means a very great deal to us, and we are hoping to get this in ever increasing volume and as quickly as possible. You will have seen from your newspapers that in addition to London and many other towns, both Liverpool and Bristol have been heavily bombed and that repeatedly, and we here feel constant anxiety as to the welfare of my sisters m Liver pool and my nephew, Robin Broachle- hurst, and his wife and three young children in Bristol. So far they have all mercifully escaped personal in jury, though Jennie has had the roof of her flat blasted off; Daisy has had the incendiary bombs in her garden, fortunate just missing the house, and Robin has had one side of his home blown out. Jennie had a narrow es cape when a school building near to her flat got a direct hit from a high explosive bomb and 100 people who were sheltering in the basement were all killed. “Here in Bath we have been com paratively peaceful though we oc casionally get the fringe of the Bristol raids twelve miles distant. We get frequenty aid raid warnings at night and hear the planes over head and the sound of bombs and gunfire, but so far but few bombs have actually fallen on the city, though a few houses have been wrecked and others burned and a good deal of damage has been caused round about the neighborhood. Our maids sleep in the basement ana un til recently when a raid warning sounded at night Ciss and I used to leave our bedrooms and come down to a couple of shakedown in the lower part of the house, but we founa that we could not stand this night after night, and now unless the bombs and guns sound very close at hand we just stay put in our beds and hope that neither a high explosive nor incind- iary will find its target on our roof. Short on Sugar “It is very good of you to think of sending us over some stores and we greatly appreciate you offer, but though we are strictly rationed in regard to nearly everything we are suffering no real hardship. Many things which we formerly got as daily matters of course, are now practically unobtainable. Luxuries. At present we are getting one shilling, six pence worth of meat per person, per week and two ounces of butter, but we can supplement this with a very small allowance of margarine; eggs, too, are very scare and dear. We make out our meat allowance with rabbits, which are not rationed and are quite good food. One thing that we chiefly feel the Shortage of is sugai, of Opera House Thursday Petticoat Politics The Higgins Family Added—Selected SHORTS Matinee 10c-20c Night 10c-30c Friday and Saturday GENE AUTRY in “In Old Monterey” with Sarie and Sallie & Smiley Burnette Added—A DONALD DUCK Comedy and “MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN Matinee 10c-15c Night lOc-20c Monday and Tuesday The Laugh Parade of 1941! “ROAD SHOW” Carole Landis, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard Added—NEWS and COMEDY Matinee 10c-20c Night lOc-30c Wednesday 10c — Bargain Day — 10c “The Devil Command*” Boris Karloff Admission — 10c All Day J 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' * (Rev. C. J. Matthews) Common honesty was never more needed or desired aniong men than today. Man’s word is no longer hia bond. Many have the false and de praved conception that the world owes them a lining. Where is the sense of sacredness of obligation? We steal the rights of others. Park cars wrong in the streets. We steal by withholding from others the things that rightfully belong to them. Our children and our neighbors have a right to live in a decent environ ment. A right to a normal growth and development physically and spiritually. We often steal that birthright through unholy influences and examples, which destroy integ rity, undermine character, and erase all spiritual impulses. The thrill and allurement of the “Jack Pot" on Bank-night, and the thrill and allure ment of the “Jack Pot” of the back alley crap game are one and the same. Both have the same purpose and pursuit. Through legalizing slot machines and gambling devices, we have stolen the right of our children to grow up free from damning lust for that Which costs them nothing. Through legalized 1 gambling, lewd shows and licensed profanity our county fair continues to rob our peo ple of ideals and virtue. The last fair was a stench to heaven, and a reflection upon any people. “How long, O Lord, how long?” Thou shalt not steal from they fellowman. Thou shalt mot steal from God! Thou shalt not rob God of His tithe. Thou shalt not rob God of His Sabbath. Thou shalt not rob God of His time for our own selfish ends. Thou shalt not use God-given talents in the service of the flesh and the devil. HUFFSTETLER-EARGLE Miss Edith Huffstetler and Mr. Owens David Eargle were married on February 8, 1941 at the residence of the officiating minister, the Rev. J. B. Harman. Mrs. Eargle is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie S. Huffstetler of Glenn street, Newberry, and Mr. Ear gle is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Eargle of Rivers stret of this city. They will continue their residence in Newberry where Mr. Eargle holds a position with the Mollohon manu facturing company. HAPPY ENDING Des Moines, la.—Iowa mourning doves can come out of mourning now. Committees in both houses of the Iowa legislature recommended death for bills which would have provided an open hunting season on the birds. which we are allowed only one-fourth pound per week so that we have to eat puddings and such things pretty well unsweetened, and have next to nothing of fruit preserving, etc. This is a real deprivation. “You mention tea and tobacco as proposed gifts to us. As a matter of fact we are quite well off for tea; our consumption of this is not very large and a week or two ago we received from my cousin, Alice Huger Smith, in Charleston, the gift of a chest of five pounds weight and this in addi tion to our ration will keep us sup plied for a long time. As for tobac co, the price of this has risen enor mously but I am able to get quite en ough to satisfy my greatly diminish ed needs, to which I have cut down to a couple of pipes per day, quite as much as is probably good for me. The customs duty on tobacco, unless it is being sent to our troops abroad, is very heavy and there are many troublesome formalities invoked in its importation into this countr>, so please do not think of sending me any. Brief Honeymoon “Three of my nephews, two Broc- klehursts and one Minopris (i. e. Harry and Jack B., Daisy’s two younger sons, and Hilary, Jr., my late sister Leilia’s youngest boy) are serving in the army. Harry got married just before being called up last year to a very nice girl, a daugh ter of friends of our family, but the poor things have had no married life as yet as Harry had to go on active service a few days after the wedding and with the exception of a few al most neglible spells of leaves has been away ever since. Now Jack, the youngest boy, has just become en gaged to the granddaughter of an old friend of mine, a girl whom I have not seen but whom George and Daisy like very much. Jack is away on active service, and when his marriage will take place I do not know. Nancy, George and Daisy’s only daughter, is driving an ambulance wagon in Liverpool and we are feeling very anxious about her safety, as she has to be out at night sometimes for twelve or fifteen hours at a stretch while the raids are in progress. “Neither Ciss nor I have been at our best lately. At the end of No vember, I was gripped with an at tack of neuritis in my lame leg which immobilized me in bed for some time and which still prevents me from be ing very active. Then while 1 was laid up Ciss had a bad fall, breaking her collar bone and injuring her shoulder and chest, and had to be tightly strapped up in bandages for six weeks, but we are now both re covering from our troubles. “I hope that this long letter won’t weary you. I thought you would like to know how things, either for better or worse, are going with us at pres ent. Keep up in younr thought* and prayers.”—News and Courier. THE NBERRY 0UH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY tl. 1941 AN APPEAL FOR COMMON HONESTY (Rev. C. A. Qakxrte) It is related that Diogenes walked the streets of Athens with a lantern in hand in open daylight searching for an honest man. That was in 360 B. C Jeremiah (600 B. C.) said: “Scour the streets of Jerusalem, search the squares and see if you can find a man of honest mind and integrity.” All the honest and up right people are not dead today, but there is a wide-spread looseness of honesty as any right-thinking citi zen would attest. The past was no golden age of honesty, and today there are more people who pass as respectable but are lacking in the sense of honor and honesty than has ever been before in this generation. Let me illustrate. In a leading South ern hotel in 1939, 10,800 towels, 1,620 sheets, 6,000 pieces of silver, 100 wol- len blankets, 1,248 bath mats, 2,400 pillow cases, 100 silver cream pitch- ! ers was “lost” through the “taking” ways of Southerners. The criminal population of this country is 4,500,000, which is 3 1-2 times the enrollment of our colleges and universities. Our annual crime bill is SI5,000,000,000 which is $120 for every man, woman and child in United States. That is 4 1-2 times as much as we spend on education, and 50 times as much as the entire up keep of all the churches in the Unit ed States. We have 2,300,000 crim inals under 24 years of age. Our national liquor bill last year was $5,- 000,000,000, which is about 1-2 the national food bill. Last yea* we spent $15.33 per capita for education, and $38.60 per capital for liquor, while we gave $6 per capita for the support of our churches and their causes. We gave 10.5 times as much for liquor as we did for the entire support of all our churches. Arc we honest with the best interests of our communities, our nation, our young people, our churches and to ourselves when the above not only true, but on a sky-rocket increase? Where and by whom v, ill the halt be called? One would hesitate to say that our brand' of honesty is directly producing all this, but one thing is certain: It is being permitted to flour- ish around us and in our midst. One would not say that church members are responsible for this, but one thing may be true: that participa tion in such, the consent of silence to it, the lethargy of inaction before it, may converge to loom up and damn us sooner or later. This country was bom Christian. It can only stay Christian as professing Christians remain true to the faith of our fathers. Prof. Adler of the Univer sity of Chicago states that it is go ing to take more than scientific ad vancement and prosperity to save cur Democracy. That is what we min isters have been trying to say all the time. Dr. Wade DuBose formerly of Spartanburg writes: “The church is asleep at her post, while the world is on fire.” He concludes, “It is high time we awake and beseige the throne of grace to help us.” “LOVE THY NEIGHBOR” Well, here it is at last! The pic ture you've been waiting for, the battle of the century between those feuding radio comedians, Jack Ben ny and Fred Allen. Also in the picture is Mary Martin, who sings “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” as only Mary can sing it. The Merry Macs, that famous ra dio quartette, also carry off honors in several numbers. Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Jack’s raspberry voiced valet on the air, is in the picture in all his glory, with his girl friend, Theresa Harris. Verree Teasdale and Virginia Dale are two other special features. It all starts on New Year’s Eve, when Jack is preparing a radio pro gram, and runs fast and furious un til the end, when the feud starts all over again. Don’t miss “Love Thy Neighbor”, to be shown at the Ritz Theatre Mon day and Tuesday, February 24 and 25. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Shealy are happy parents over the birth of a daughter, Mabel Elizabeth, bom February 14th at the Providence Hos pital, Columbia. Mrs. Shealy is the former Miss Margaret Lester. Both mother and daughter are doing fine. Mrs. Guy Long, and small daugh ter, Mildred, of Orlando, Fla., are spending several weeks with Mrs. Long’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Neel of Silverstreet. GOING UP Lamar, Colo. — Dark-eyed Evelyn Hatchett, 19, sought admission to a pilot training course Jan. 2 but was rejected because she was an inch too short. For a month, following the advice of Dr. L. E. Likes, C. A. A. medical examiner, she stretched, bent her head back, and ohinned a bar, morn ing and night. Now she’s 5 feet 2, and will begin the course February 16. BRIDGE PARTY AT CLUB All lady members of the Newberry Country club are invited to attend a bridge party there Monday afternoon at three fifteen. MS? condition, give you o LfBSRAl AliOW- ANCC on your old watch! TRADE IT IN TOR A NEW 1941 W. L TURNER JEWEL R,R SMALL PAYMENT DOWN $1 Weekly NEWBERRY BOYS IN MARINE CORP Harry (Shorty) Buzbardt, and Praotom McAIhaney, both Newberry boys, left for Savannah Tuesday for a physical examination for admittance to the Marine Corps. Word waa re ceived here yesterday that both had passed the rigid physical exams, and were to be sworn in today. They will be stationed at the Training School for Officers, Marine Corps, at Quantico, Virginia. Harry is the son of Mrs. Epsie Buz- hardt of Boundary street, and for the past several months has been an employee of the Clary Clothing Co. Preston is the son of Mrs. Josie McAIhaney, also of Boundary street, and has been working with the City Filling station. Both Horry and Preston are grad uates of Newberry College, in the class of 1940, and are popular New berry boys. POSTOFFICE CLOSED SATURDAY The postoffice will be closed Satur day, February 22, Washington’s birthday. All windows, however, will be open from 8:45 until 9:45 Satur day morning, and in the city will be one general delivery of mail; there will be no rural delivery. BETH-EDEN, LUTHERAN PARISH Rev. M. L. Kester, Pastor POULTRY TRUCK Will Load In Newberry Every Thursday FROM 10 TO 11 O'CLOCK Truck will be located on vacant lot back of new court house, in front of Lake’s Machine Shop. WILL PAY THE FOLLOWING PRICES: Colored Hens 14c Leghorn Hens 10c Roosters 6c Capons 14c Turkey Hens 15c Turkey Toms 12c Ducks and Geese 8c GREENVILLE POULTRY COMPANY Greenville, S. C. SCOUTING PROGRESSES IN NEWBERRY DISTRICT 300 ATTEND FAREWELL ST. JAMES’: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Harold) Long, Supt. 11:00 A. M.—The Service. BETH-EDEN: 2:00 P. M.—Sunday School. Mr. Hamilton Folk, Supt. 3:00 P. M.—The Service. 4:00 P. M.—Council and Women’s Missionary Society will meet. COLONY: 10:00 A. M.—Sunday School. Mr. H. B. Cousins, Supt. Growlfour Ownl&getables Buy Your Garden Seed In Bulk From U* and Save the Difference! Stock of New High-Test Seeds now Complete Cabbage Plants (Local) per 100 10c Cabbage Plants (Shipped) per 100 20c Bermuda Onion Plants per 100 10c NEWBERRY DRUG CO. Phone 74 At the regular monthly meeting of the Newberry District of Scoutsrs, plans were made far the continuance of the Scout -work in Newberry dist rict for the next year. The meeting was held at the Chamber of Com merce office Welnesday afternoon. Present for the meeting were Dew ey Kinard. T. E. Epting, C. A. Cal- cote, J. H. Clary, Jr., Wright Can non, Ted Bremer, Albert McOaugh- rin, Luther Aull, B. O. Creekmore, Prof. Chas. L. Trabert, and bvaxey Stone. Bob Black, assistant Scout Executive, represented the Scout of fice in Greenville. Troop registration, physical exam inations for the boys, and the organi zation of new troops in the county were matters which were discussed by the group. B. O. Creekmore, dhairman of the local district, presid ed and introduced Mr. Black, who ex plained th * work of the Blue R'dge Council, comprising nine up-state counties, including Newberry. Mr. Calcote pointed out the need for more troops to reach especially I the rural youth and expressed the ' hope that early organization of troops might bring the program to boys in these communities. At the conclusion of the general discussion, the Rev. H. O. Chambers was elected Commissioner and the Rev. James Mitchell Deputy Commissioner. Scout work in Newberry District is progressing steadily with the boys taking an aqbive interest in com munity service and advancing their respective ranks, and 1 yet the group felt that the “surface hasn’t been scratched yet”, and renewed efforts will be made throughout the year to increase the number of Scouts and the quality of Scouting in Newberry during the coming year. “ROAD SHOW” AT OPERA HOUSE Hal Roach’s.latest comedy produc tion, “Road Show”, which will be shown at the Opera House Monday and Tuesday, February 24 and 25, has a cast which boasts Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hub bard, Patsy Kelly, George Stone, Charles Butterworth, and many others. The hero of the show, Drago Games, is >played by John Hubbard, who showed a brilliant flair for com edy in “The Housekeeper’s Daugh ter”. Adolphe is cast as Col. Carra- way, while lovely blonde Carole Lan dis plays the role of Penguin Moore, owner of a carnival to which Drogo and the Colonel attach themselves on escaping from a swank sanitor- ium. Charles Butterworth, too long absent from the screen, plays the part of Whitman, the eccentric nep hew of Carrarway who has never got ten over a childish love for real life- size fire engines. With most of the action of “Road Show” centered in a carnival setting, Mr. Roach presents on the screen a typical country carnival with steam calliope, ferris wheel and merry-go- round. This is a comedy to be seen. (Continued from page one) the men of his command. He stated that many mothers had approached him in recent days with the reminder that they were depending on him to “take care of my boy”, and stated that he would do all In his power to see that every man on his battalion was not only well taken care or, but that they would all return to their homes safely. He added! that he knew beyond any doubt that his men were capable of doing whatever job they were given in the finest man ner and that they would conduct themselves in a fashion which would reflect honor not only on the army but on the community from which they come. He closed with the state ment that he knew his men could be counted on to do whatever was nec essary as their part in an effort to assure Americans that “government by the people, for the people, and of the people shall not perish”. The meeting was closed b> the singing of God Bless America, led by Mr. Hicks. i-. " Jack Workman, a student at Drone’s Business School in Colum bia, spend the past weekend with Judge and Mrs. Eugene S. Blease. BRIDE-ELECT HONORED Last Saturday afternoon, Mrs. J. G. Long of Silverstreet and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix of Newberry complimented their sister, Miss Belle Sanders of Greenwood and Silverstreet, bride- elect of March 1, with a miscellan eous shower at the attractive home of Mrs. Long. The living room was effectively arranged in a setting of spring flowers, and the dining room table was covered with a beautiful lace cloth, and centered with a bowl of nandina berries and foliage. Mrs. Long greeted the guests at the door, then presented them to the bride-elect whose chair was marked with a lovely corsage of daffodils and breath of spring, tied with a grace ful bow of yellow tulle. Several contests were enjoyed and the winners of the prizes gave them to the honoree. Ah exciting moment came when the bride-elect was blindfolded, & told to draw a striking likeness of the groom-elect. When the handkerchief was taken from bar eyes, she was thrilled to-find many lovely and use ful gifts had been placed around her feet. A 'wish book was given her where each guest had written a wish for her future. HAL’S ADLETS: FERNS, many varieties, fresh every week end, 10c each. See our ferns before you buy. Amaryllis bulbs, the large type flor growing in pots, 35c each. Gladiolus bulbs from our own nur sery, 20c doz, and up. Fine varities which we know will bloom well in Newberry county. Picture frames for the Olan Mills cabinet photos, 11x14, m gilt or sil ver. Bring in your picture and let us show yon how one of our frames will glorify it. Potted plants, nicely in bloom, 50c up. Cut flowers, roses, gladiolus, carna tions. Many shipments each week insures fresh cut flowers. Rubrum and gold band lily bulbs, for out of doors planting. Try a few. They are 26c and are fine. For spring stimulation of your growing things: Vigoro, 10c and up Agrieo 45c and up. B1 tablets 10c. Verna /i Hal Kojin. Letters to the Editor Opinions Expressed Here Are Those of the Writer. FARMERS I am glad that there are yet mil lions of hard working famn peop’e in our land and can’t help but be lieve that our day will come yet when we make it come thru wise and intel ligent handling of our affairs our selves, and thru the National Grange and other mutual farm organizations. We are burdened to death tho with high salaried men and women trying to tell and! show us how to operate a farm successfully, most of whom came from farms that depended on outside income. I realize that we are on the dole to a certain extent and perhaps we would starve without tbis subsidy. I don’t believe however that we would. I think we need to go back to work harder than ever and quit riding so much. As I said, only those who know how to farm can ride along with those who show us how wheth er they know or not. Why not cut all farm add out and see what hap pens? Today a good friend of mine said: “I’m getting tired of working, I’m going to quit and make the govern ment keep me up.” He sees so many sucking the old cow to death that he can’t help but feel this way and I don’t much blame him cither. But, farm frienhs, let’s not say that. Let’s fight on for independence and all that it means to the farmer. Union workers in comparison to us farmers get good wages. When un ions strike wages usually go up. Some time ago Hitler had trouble with the unions in Germany (at that time the best organized labor in Eu rope.) They didn’t worry him long for he seized them with all their re sources and organized a labor front. So let’s remember things can hap pen here in America and as a so-call ed friend of mine said not long ago to me: “Don’t get to big for your britches, my union friends of Ameri ca.” Well, we all talk and wonder about the war, but don’t know much except that we want to be prepared here if it comeg instead of having all our equipment in England or elsewhere. America first and then England for safety sake. Now one must go to church, the Central Methodist church, to 8$t in to the movies, and) were they good last Sunday night- I just had lots of fun and really enjoyed the slight variation even tho I love the pastor. Dick Boulware. Matt Adams Sign Shr p, Newberry’s only licensed sign shop. Work deliv ered when promised, at reasonable prices. Phone 105 or call at shop over Hal Kohn’s. I RITZ Thursday, Friday Errol Flynn, Olivia De Haviltamd Raymond Massey, Ronald Reagan "Santa Fe Trail" NEWS Comedy—“All Well Ends Well” Adm.: Mat. 10c-20c Night 10c-30c Saturday William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Britt Wood', Jane Clayton "The Showdown" Chapter I The Geen Hornet Strikes Again. COMEDY Adm: 10c-20c All Day Monday, Tuesday Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin The Merry Maos and Rochester "Love Thy Neighbor" News Comedy—Meet the Fleet Adm.: Mat. 10c-20c Night 10c-30c Wednesday John Lite!, Frieda Inesoort, Billy Dawson, Christian Rub "Father's Son" COMEDY Adm.: Mat. 10c-20c Night 10c-30c