The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 11, 1941, Image 4
PAGE FOUR
THE NEWBERRY SUM
Trouble In the Legislature Caused By A Lack
Of Unifying Leadership, Says The Spectator
For many months a pleasing voice
has been heard from WIS every day
commenting on political happenings,
with an informative and sagacious
interpretation. I am thinking of a
man whose daily comments were
heard and enjoyed by thousands of
us. I am referring to my friend
JOHN CAUTHEN and his fine pub
lic service over WIS, because I miss
him and because ,a peculiarly val
uable feature cannot be continued at
the moment. Through JOHN
CAUTHEN WIS has been the medium
for a contribution to our public af
fairs which is beyond all praise.
While speaking of my friend JOHN
CAUTHEN, I am reminded of his
faith in humanity, in spite of a con
siderable experience as a newspaper
man. When you meet bombastic and
pretentious people, or cheap swind
lers, or just those who crave the
limelight, as all newspapermen must
meet them in their work, you have
to fight to hold your faith. Things
are not what they seem ,might be
said by most men who deal witn the
public. Suppose a newspaper should
publish the truth, all the truth, about
everybody and every occurence. Well,
being an editor would become at
once a hazardous engagement. Edi
tors would have to wear breast plates
and carry guns and knives in -"ery
pocket.
The one business which everybody
could run better than the man on
the job is a newspaper. Almost
every man is a “natural-born” news
paperman, except those fellows vho
are paid to run the papers—or so
people think. Yet, next to the far
mer, newspapermen must have great
faith, or the rough and tumble of the
day would destroy even their illus
ions.
An odd thing about newspapermen
is that they remain in the back
ground, behind the stage, while push,
ing everybody else out to the front.
I suppose you know the editor of
your County paper. Some editors
become widely known because of out
side activities, like ' my handsome
friend Ben Davies who is, we might
call him, the State Printer, being the
executive of the State Committee on
Public Printing, though Brother Ben
is editor of two papers in the County
regnant—(Barnwell)—one paper be
ing published in the City of Barnwell
and the other in the thriving truck
center called Williston. Of course
Bishop Smoak is known for his Pro
hibition and other state-wide activi
ties, though he publishes a paper in
Walterboro which lacks only one fea
ture of achieving greatness.
Sometimes an editor makes a name
for himself by being such a hard-hit-
ter that we read with glee when he
knocks the tar out of somebody else.
Dr. Ball of The News and Courier and
Dr. Dreher of The Calhoun Times are
such brethren. But a great daily has
a large staff, usually unknown to the
public they serve day after day, tho
much of their hard work is done at
night, while we sleep. We all know,
at least by name, Dr. W. W. Ball, edi
tor of The News and Courier, but two
high-ups in making that paper are
Thomas P. Lesesne, the Managing
editor, and Thomas R. Waring, the
city editor. Sometimes J drop in on
them and upset their train of thought
and otherwise spoil the day for them,
but my conscience rebukes me. Around
the corner from this office is The
State, with Major McDavid Horton,
the editor, and James C. Derieux, as
sociate editor. And then a very re
tiring managing editor, Sam Latimer.
That is almost too much rank for a
journalistic private, but I do venture
to intrude on the city editor, John
Montgomery, and still oftener on the
long-suffering friend and listener to
all woes, Ralph Grier. Around an
other comer is The Columbia Record,
which Friend Buchanan edits and
manages. Mr. Caldwell Withers, the
city editor, is the one I usually an-
1 noy.
The most submerged of all news
papermen, or newsmen, are the news-
gatherers of the great press services.
The A. P. (Associated Press! always
get live, able men—and promotes them
so fast that they are gone to broader
fields before you can say Jack Robin
son. Alderman Duncan and Bill Her
bert have to bear with me sometimes,
though I dont worry them as much as
I used to chase Bill King. Bill went
to Hungary to seek safety and peace.
“Whats the trouble?” “Why don’t
those fellows get something done?”
“Are those fellows stalling for ex
tra pay?” Such questions I hear ev
ery day. They refer to the Legisla
ture. I have been thinking about the
legislature. What, really, is the
trouble ? The lack of a unifying lead
ership is the trouble. I know many
members of the House and quite a
number of Senators. Without any
effort I can think of six of eight sen
ators who enjoy the confidence of the
Senate in very large measure. In the
House I could name eight or ten mem
bers to whom a majority would lis
ten. Assuming, now, that we wish to
attend to the public business and not
fritter away time, is it not clear that
the influence to bring leaders together
must be the Governor? In the power
of leadership which is in the Govern
or’s office lies the hope of sound re
sults.
The House and Senate are standing
apart like two jealous spirits, almost
squared off like two boxers, whereas
the third spirit, and one necessary for
accomplishment, is downstairs, far re
moved from the whole problem.
In a very real sense our legislators
respond to the wishes of the people, if
the people will speak. You may have
all the wisdom of Solomon and the
dramatic fervor of Demosthenes, but
if a constituent writes against your
proposal, his representative will stop
to ponder how much, or little, that
voter counts in his county. If our
people are seriously interested in bi
ennial sessions; or if they oppose
punitive damages and the intangibles
tax, the legislators will reflect on
the political influence for or against
a measure, and will be governed by
the political factors. Being against
a measure, in the sense of disapprov
ing it, is one thing; and being mili-
tantly, politically and effectively
against it, is quite another matter.
Whenever any group of citizens
stands ready to make its attitude
effective, politically, that group will
receive very attentive regard from
the lawmakers.
Everybody in public life wishes
to stand in with the voters; so the
voters really rule when they rouse
themselves from their lassitude and
make their wishes known.
Weatherman, how about it? The
calendar says that this is spring.
What do you say? Give us a little
inside stuff; will there be any snow
in May? Here we are in April; time
to plant cotton, yet we sit by the
fire. If we plant now the lice will
eat the cotton bardaciously out of
the field—or will they? Say, what
about old Bre’r Boll-Weevil? Did
the long winter freeze him out? Or
has he gone on relief, eating surplus
commodities? Or has he got a job
on the Santee-Cooper? We farmers
want to get a line on him.
It would be much pleasanter to
talk about the beauty of nature and
the many occasions of good fellow
ship which we, all, enjoy. Every
highway is a scene of beauty and
from the coastal plain to the moun
tains, through the Pee Dee. or thru
lower Western Carolina—the woods
are bursting into the glory of
spring.
One need not travel far or expan
sively in South Carolina or Georgia
to enjoy scene of beauty which no
art gallery contains. We may stand
before a great painting and marvel
at the genius of the artist, but a
greater beauty, a richer, more res
plendent coloring can be had in any
part of the South by driving along
the highways.
NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING
We, the undersigned Jury Commis
sioners, of Newberry County, shall on
the 17th day of April, 1941, at 9
o’clock A. M., openly and publicly, in
the Clerk of Court’s office draw thirty-
six names to serve as Petit Jurors,
for the Court of Common Pleas
which will convene in the Newberry
County Court House on April 28th,
1941 at 10 o’clock A. M.
H. K. BOYD, Clerk of Court,
P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor,
R. B. BLACK, Treasurer.
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By ETHEL L. COUNTS
Yellow com is better than white
for all classes of livestock, but since
chickens are smaller units and very
sensitive to lack of the right ingre
dients, minerals and vitamins in the
ration farmers should grow at feast
enough yellow com to feed their
chickens.
Yellow com supplies vitamin A,
white com does not. This vitamin is
necessary to make hens lay weH; to
make the eggs hatch best; to make
chicks grow fastest; and to prevent
an eye trouble known as nutritional
roup, which is very familiar to com
mon roup except that the discharge
from the eye is whiter and does not
have the disagreeable odor as in com
mon roup.
About 45 bushels of yellow com to
gether with other ingredients wifi be
required to brood 800 chicks and grow
100 pullets out of this brood to laying
age, and one bushel is required for
each hen in the flock per year. From
those facts and the approximate yield
of com per acre, the farmer can tell
how much com to plant for poultry.
Yellow corn, as a rule, is an early-
maturing com and to get the largest
yield it should be grown on fertile
soil. Many farmers claim that yel
low varieties will not yield 1 as well
as the white varieties, but it seems
that if seed is used from yellow com
which has been grown in the state for
some years the yield is as good as
that obtained from white com.
Spring is here and we want every
thing to look spic and span. Paint
helps to freshen up furniture and es
pecially helpful in refinishing fiber
furniture. An inexpensive way to
transform an old piece of wicker or
fiber furniture is to paint it and then
put new covers on the cushion and
back pad.
As arms and back may be quite
soiled, scrub the entire chair with
warm soap suds, using a round vege
table brush to reach down into the fi
bers. Rinse well by dashing water
ever it or spray it with a hose; then
mb off as much moisture as possible
with a soft rag and allow the chair to
dry thoroughly.
Unless a paint spray is available,
apply paint with a brudh. Have it
well filled, with paint almost dripping
from the brush. Press bristles down
between fibers. Lay chair on side or
back as needed to have the surface
being painted in a horizontal posi
tion so the paint will run into cre
vices.
It is best to have the first coat of
flat “underbody” paint, as enamel
neither adheres nor covers dark color
well without thiri flat coat under it.
As purchased, this under paint is
thick and must be thinned with tur
pentine. A second coat of flat or
half enamel and half flat may be ad
ded. An eggshell enamel for the
outer finish is more pleasing than a
glossy one, yet cleans well.
Very light paint for this fiber piece
may be preferable to a medium or
dark color. In a bedroom a white
chair with homespun stripe in blue,
and white might be just the right
note. In a living room with a taupe
mg, either putty or beiee on the ctjair
would blend better than white, yet
give the light touch.
If the fiber furniture is preferred
in the original brown color but is
worn in spots, apply shellac.
SIMPLE WATER SYSTEMS !FOR
THE FARM HOUSE
“Probably the most useful equip
ment that can be installed in the farm
home is a water system”, says Miss
Ethel Counts, home demonstration
agent. “Such equipment, even though
simple and inexpensive, does much to
lessen the dradgery of the housekeep
er and adds to the health and happi
ness of all members of the farm fam
ily”, Miss Counts continues.
“Getting the waste water out of the
house is considered by many farm wo
men to be a bigger job than carrying
the water from' the well. For this
reason the kitchen sink is usually one
of the first pieces of plumbing equip
ment to be installed.”
Plans and specifications for install
ing water systems and kitchen sinks
are available in publications furnish
ed through the cooperation of the Ag
ricultural Engineering Extension Ser
vice, Clemson College. Farm families
interested in making installations of
this kind may secure copies of these
publications from the county farm
and home demonstration agents’ of
fice or by writing to the Extension
Service, Clemson.
General Fremont in 1843, enroute
to CSalifornia, abandoned a cannon on
account of the lack of ammunition.
ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
Pursuant to an act of the Legisla
ture governing such proceedures a
petition having been filed with the
County Board of Education by the pa
trons and resident taxpayers of Sil-
verstreet School District, No. 58, ask-
for an election of a school trustee in
that dia! rict, the term of the present
trustee having expired, the Newberry
County Board of Education is hereby
calling said election on Saturday, the
19th day of April, 1941, between the
hours of 8:00 A. M. and 4:00 P. M.
All patrons and resident taxpayers
are entitled to vote in such an elec
tion.
Newberry County Board
of Education. 2tc
.
FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1941
Urges Development
On Broad River
Columbia, April 4. — Immediate
construction of five hydro-electric
power projects on the Broad river,
north of Columbia, at an estimated
coat of $80,000,000 was urged today
by Leland Olds, chairman of the fed
eral power commission.
Looking into the future, Olds said
the output of the five projects,
about 220,000 kilowatt hours would
no more than meet the minimum
needs by the end of 1944.
“War,” he said, “is a consumer of
power with an unlimited appetite
for industrial products.”
The five projects suggested by
Olds and their estimated power out
put were Frost shoals, 50,000 killo-
watt hours; Lyles-Ford, 60,000;
Greater Lockhart, 60,000; Greater
Gaston shoals, 30,000 and Clinchfield,
20,000. The Clinchfield projects site
is in North Carolina.
Also mentioned was the Clark’s
Hill project on the Savannah river
near McCormick but he made no
specific recommendations in regard
to it.
SENATE APPROVES BILL
FOR REFUGE
Washington, April 4.—The senate
passed today on a bill authorizing
the secretary of agriculture to pur
chase approximately 30,000 acres of
the most suitable land in South
Carolina for a wild-turkey refuge.
Timber operations were rapidly
depleting the favorable habitat of
these birds, a senate committee found
and unless definite action were tak
en soon, '‘the opportunity to perpe
tuate these pure-strain birds will
have gone forever.”
The committee said that South
Carolina was the logical point for
initiating such a program as it pos
sessed more pure strain eastern wild
turkeys and more suitable areas for
management than, any state within
the range of this species.
WILL DIVIDES TENANCY OF
THREE-STORY BUILDING
A three-story public square build
ing at Holley, N. Y., has become a
“house divided within itself” with
tha death of Michael A Bocacio. Un
de* the terms of his will, Bocacio’s
son, Michael, receives the sole use of
the two upper floors. With another
brother, Michael operates a barber
shop on the second floor, while the
third floor is vacant. A meat market
and grocery are on the first floor.
GIFTS TO HOSPITAL
TOY LIBRARIES—AND OTHER
THINGS TO WATCH FOR
The Newberry County Hospital ac
knowledges with thanks receipt of
the following:
Mrs. A. H. Dickert, box of candy
for nurses.
Business Woman circle Presbyter
ian church, shamrocks with mint bas
ket for St. Patrick’s day, used on
patients’ trays.
•Mrs. E. G. Able, Flowers for re
ception room.
Lutheran Church of Redeemer,
Scripture verses for patients’ trays
every Sunday morning during month.
Miss Mary Burton, settee cushion.
Mrs. Foster Spotts, 4 lbs. pecans
for nurses.
Mrs. M. J. Carwile, Magazines for
news rack.
■Mt. Pleasant dub, Cash 50c, 3 qts.
peaches, 5 doz. eggs, 5 quarts black
berries, 1 pint jelly, 1 quart relish,
3 pounds turnip greens, 2 quarts ap
ples, 5 towels, 2 quarts soup mix
ture, 3 1-lb cans tomatoes, 1 pint fig
preserves.
Newberry county hospital reports
of births of nine boys and four girls
during the month of March and the
admission of 107 patients.
We have been asked by the chair
man of one of the Home Demonstra
tion clubs to let them know what we
needed and for this reason we are
giving below some of tile much need
ed articles of the hospital.’
Costumers, waste baskets, drapes
for windows over Venetian blinds in
reception room, small steel chairs and
rockers, bed trays, signal cords, Beau-
tyrest mattresses, floor lamps with
indirect lighting.
PATRONAGE DIES HARD IN
COUNTIES, SHE SAYS
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Toy libraries: they’re operating in
a number of New York state towns
—playthings are let out for two-
weeks periods, and repaired and dis
infected between loanings . . . spe
cially named and designed pen and
pencils for men “in the service,” with
clips at the very top so as not to
interfere with buttoning down pock
et flaps . . . remote control score
boards for bowling alleys—score
keeper writes on cellophane and fi
gures are transmitted to large
screen at the pin end of the alley
so all the spectators can know how
all contestants stand.
STILL GOING UP—PHRASE IN
THE BUSINESS PICTURE
New York, N. Y., April 1.—Still
going up. That’s the phrase for al
most everything in the business pic
ture. Exports dropped for February
but even in that non-agricultural
items showed a gain, though not
enough to offset big drops in farm
exports.
Department store gains dropped
slightly, too, but that’s in compari
son to that week that in 1940 led up
to Easter. Otherwise aU is on the
“up” side.
Non-agricultural employment in
February hit 36,584,000—'the highest
February level on record.
Refrigerator sales set new highs
for February.
Freight car loadings at best level
since November 9, 1940, and highest
for any comparable week sinCe 1930.
Furniture trade orders for Febru
ary were 46 per cent above the same
month last year and the best for any
February since 1929.
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While 71 per cent of the present
federal employees were selected on
the basis of fitness and 650 cities
have adopted the merit 'system, only
a negligible few American counties
have availed themselves of this mo
dern effective hiring policy, accord
ing to a report of Mrs. Melville
Mucklestone, president of the Na
tional Consumers Tax Commission.
“Patronage dies hard in the coun
ties,” she declared. She cited the
case of big Cuyahoga, Ohio, where
two-thirds of the present 2,500 work
ers got their jobs through political
favoi “despite the fact that for 28
years Ohio has required all county
employees to be selected on the ba
sis of tested merit.”
The wicked are always surprised
to find ability in the goodi—Vauve-
narigfles. ‘ .
YOUTH SAVES UP PENNIES TO
PAY FOR HIS WEDDING
Four years ago, Van H. Womble
of New Hill, N. C.—then 19 years
old—began saving his pennies to get
married.
He walked to the office of register
of deeds, Hunter Ellington, the other
day and handed over 500 pennies for
a license to wed Jessie May White,
20, of Graham.
Womble paid the officiating min-
ister with $10 in pennies.
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