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f PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1941 Letters to the Editor Opinions Expressed Here Are Those of the Writer. SAYS CARNIVAL SHAMEFUL We rarely ever print a letter in this column unless we know the name of the writer. This letter reached us by way of the mails and since there has been some criticism of the re cent carnival here, we print it as the view of some Newberry citizen: To the Editor of The Newberry Sun Dear Sir: I will greatly appreciate it if you will print the following article. I think it is time for some one to state the facts about the city officials of Newberry. To begin with it is a shame and disgrace for our city to permit such low type shows as is now located behind the Court House to come to this city; and to make it worse The American Legion is spon soring it. If a man uses a gun in a hold-up he is arrested and punished according to law: yet this city and American Legion is backi ig this show. Just as an example of what goes on I wish to quote the words of a friend of mine. This incident was seen by this friend of mine and here is what happened: A Negro was walking by a show man who runs one of those “fixed” wheels. He was called over and ask ed to try his luck. This Negro like many other victims started with 10c. He was so confused he didn’t realize what he was doing, he triedrtime and again, each time he lost. Finally he ended up by losing his whole week’s earnings which was $12.50. I contend it was stolen, tjiere’s no other word for it. Right there in day light this Negro was a victim of a crooked machine run by a crooked man and sponsored by Newberry and the American Legion. Some people may say that we don’t have to play these machines. I ad mit that, but that doesn’t alter the fact that the whole scheme is a de fraud and cheat and the disgraceful part is that we allow such things to exist. The same thing occurs every year at our county fair. I say it is a dis grace and shame to permit it and it is time for the citizens of Newber ry to demand that such be stopped. TIMBER FOR FUTURE INDUSTRY X CCC enrollees provide for future yellow pine forests by planting open lands unfit for agriculture on the Sumter National Forest in South Carolina. At the forest nursery near Newberry over one million seedlings were grown by the U. S. Forest Service last year to provide planting stock. The largest tree planting program ever undertaken on the South Caro lina National Forests was brought to a successful close during March, ac cording to a statement by R. J. Rie- bold, Forest Supervisor. Final reports indicate that 5,206,- 000 young pine trees are now grow ing on the Sumter Forest as the result of the tree planting activities just concluded. Practically all of these trees were planted in the Pied mont section of South Carolina on the Enoree and Long Cane Ranger Districts according to the Forest Supervisor. These trees were plant ed on worn out and abandoned fields, many of which were badly eroded. These fields were purchased by the Forest Service in connection with timber lands being acquired and be cause of the worn out condition have been retired from agriculture and planted to pine trees. Forest tree planting has been an important activity on the South Carolina National Forests since they were established in 1934. In no single year during the past have more than 800,000 trees been planted. The plant ing of over 5,000,000 trees this sea son, therefore, represents a great in crease over what has been accomplish ed in the past. This large program according to Mr. Riebold, was made possible only through the splendid cooperation of the Soil Conservation Service, State Commission of Fores try, and the COC. Small pine seed lings, one year old, were furnished in large quantities by the Soil Conser vation service from its nurseries at Rock Hill, Ohapel Hill, N. C., Ameri- cus, Georgia, and 'Hiomsby, Ala. Approximately 1,000,000 pine seed lings were grown in the Sumter nur sery by the State Forester and made available to the United States For est Service. In addition, another 1,- 000,000 tree seedlings were grown in the Enoree Nursery operated by the Forest Service on the Sumter Na tional Forest wear Newberry. All tree planting was done by CCC en rollees from Camps F-l at Walhalla, F-6 at Newberry, F-7 at Bradley, and F-ll at Modoc, South Carolina. The large planting program was initiated on December 1 and contin ued through the winter months until early in March. The tiny pine trees, or seedlings as they are called, are grown from seed in a nursery for one year. During the winter months when the seedlings are not growing, or are dormant, they may easily be trans planted from the nursery to the For est. Tree planting during the dor mant season is always more success ful, according to the Fo-est Super visor. In addition to planting during the winter or dormant season, Forest Ser vice Experiment Stations have work ed out a planting technique which in sures a high survival rate. Much cre dit is due the Southern Forest Ex periment Station, located at New Or. leans, La., and especially to Mr. P. C. Wakely, silviculturist, for working out over a period of twelve or fifteen years the detailed procedure for tree planting. Due to the splendid train ing program in the CCC camps, this rather complicated proceedure has been mastered by the CCC boys. As a result, Supervisor Riebold has re ported that practically all of the trees planted in the past have lived. In fact, careful checks made one year after trees were planted indicated that on certain plantations 95 per cent of all trees planted were living at the time. According to the Supervisor, this is a splendid record when one considers the womout, eroded type of land on which the trees are planted. The Counties in which most of the trees were planted in the Piedmont section include Abbeville, Greenwood, McCormick, Edgefield and Saluda in the Long Cane District of the Sumter Forest, and Newberry, Union, Laur ens, Chester, and Fairfield Counties of the Enoree District, Sumter Nat ional Forest. District Forest Ranger H. W. Wagner is in charge of the Long Cane District with Headquar ters in Greenwood, while, until re cently, District Forest Ranger John C. Billingsley was in charge of the Enoree District with Headquarters in Newberry. Ranger Billingsley is now First Lieutenant Billingsley in the National Guards. Ranger George K. Schaeffer completed the planting pro gram on the Enoree District. All tree planting is dene under the careful supervision of technically trained Foresters. In addition to the District Rangers who are Foresters, there is a Technical Forester who acts as “planting boss” on each District. Mr. Marvin E. Nixon (now with the Soil Conservation Service) was plant ing boss on the Long Cane District, and Mr. Fred Hestbeck supervised the planting work on the Enoree District. There was no tree planting done on the Francis Marion National Forest, located in Berkeley and Charleston Counties, according to Mr. Riebold, as planting on this Forest is not nec essary. With protection from forest fires Nature has abundantly reseed ed this Forest so that there remains not one acre to be planted artificially by hand. Located in the flat, coastal plain section of the State there is no erosion problem on the Francis Mar ion Forest. Chesterfield Representative Blasts Organized Business, Inc. By SPECTATOR And still the increase in appropria tions goes merrily on. Look at this: We brought over a deficit in 1939; another one came in 1940; a third one—and the largest—is now in the making. This third deficit will be of ficially on June 30 of this year, when •the books are closed for the fiscal year. It won’t be as bad as might have been. That fortunate circum stances, however, is not due to the wisdom of the Budget Commission (last year’s Commission) which, with every opportunity to act wisely and prudently, preferred to bury its head in the sand, ostrich fashion. No, “that fortunate circumstance” is the war which engulfs mankind in a sea of blood. Well, the deficits are there, just the same. Yet what are we doing? Spending more! Of course the leg islators don’t get the money; of course they are asked, nay verily hounded to death, for more and more appropriations, but what man was ever able to buy all that his children want ? Hard-(headed, successful, patriotic men, once seated in the legislature, seem to lose the sagacity which has made them successful in their pri vate business. They can resist every agent, every automobile salesman, all the alluring ads in the papers, the persuasive tones of radio boosters— and even the ladies of the missionary society and the earnest pastor—but our public services spiifl a brand of syrup all around which entangles their feet and leaves them defense less. The proposal to use Highway funds to pay the fees of lawyers who con tested the constitutionality of the Acts diverting highway funds Jias two sides, of course, strangely unus ual though it strikes one, at first blush. We live in a time of so many unusual happenings that it may be hopelessly out of time to i^otest anything by anybody, anywhere. Now let us see. No creature of the State has any right to challenge any Act of the General Assembly. We who are outsiders may do so, unless the court should take the untenable posi tion that we have no interest in the matter. linterest, indeed! Any citi zen has the right to invoke the aid of the courts when an Act of the General Assembly violates a consti tutional provision. If not, then where are we? In the matter before us the Gen eral Assembly directed that Highway funds be used for ordinary purposes. Many thought such an Act unconsti tutional. And the Supreme Court so ruled, when the issue was presented to the Court. In such a case who should make the test before the Court. A citizen, a taxpayer, or a bond-holder, but not the Highway Department. As a matter of fact, the Highway Department did not bring the suit, for, as I’ve said, a State Department can't challenge the Legislature in Court. The challenge was made by citizens. This is no claim against the State and the State cannot lawful'y pay any such bill. Another objection—and a serious one—is that the General Appropria tion Bill is a bill to provide for the operation of the public services. It is no place for private bills or individ ual payments. I opposed, and still oppose, the diversion proposals, but I cannot en dure this effort to make the State pay for a suit against the State. Columbia has a real problem with thirty-six thousand soldier boys at her door. And the boys in khaki have a problem, too. Have you ever been billeted m a camp or reservation? Most of these boys come from homes, from towns and farms. In camp all are togeth er—a mass of humanity. The army supplies an abundance of nourishing food, but even those who live in homes enjoy “going out” occasionally. And in this day of “glorified ham burgers” (according to a sign) most young fellows like hamburgers, hot dogs, barbecue sandwiches, and the like. So the army lads crave a lit tle society. Most of them had sweethearts back home, or could call “heh” to a half dozen girls in the course of a day. Now they are hud dled in camp and can’t “heh”, ex cept when they “heh” in the city. The city sees several thousand men within a few blocks, all trying to while away the time. The problem of the dty is to know what to do for or with so many soldiers; and the problems of the soldiers is to know what to do with so many hours. What a soldier needs is a first-class loafing place, to put matters in sim ple language. Call it recreational centers, if you like, he wants to have a hang out, a headquarters, where he may go and talk, play, sing, dance, write, read, eat—or do nothing. But don’t crowd him; don’t rush him; let him look around and pick out what he wants. He doesn’t want to be mothered or brothered or sistered. He is on his own and wants to feel at liberty. In camps his hours are scheduled, and the discipline, routine and mili tary courtesy are always present. When he “goes on leave” he wants to feel free, unfettered, a man among men. The House has been considering a bill to restrict verdicts in claims for punitive damages. As you know, in South Carolina we have developed a practice which sues a man because of his money rather than because of the real injury which has been sustained. There are cases which justify puni tive damages, but in the ordinary suits, brought because of injuries either to a person or to property there is no reason for punitive dam ages. The real damage or injury suffered can be covered by ACTUAL damages; there is no reason to allow additional damages for punishments, as the word ‘punitive’ signifies. A number of men in South Carolina compose what is called “ORGANIZ ED BUSINESS, INCORPORATED, OF SOUTH CAROLINA”. Its mem bers and associates number into many thousands, including chambers of commerce and hundreds of busi nessmen. There is hardly a com munity in South Carolina which has not one or a dozen active members of “ORGANIZED BUSINESS”. These men are trying, to- the best of their knowledge, to remove obstacles to the growth of our State. Certainly they are not promoting any selfishness or improper scheme. Yet in the House of Representatives during the debate on this matter, Representative James E. Leppard of Chesterfield rose and declared that “ORGANIZED BUSI NESS constituted the greatest monu mental bunch of in the world”. That takes in a lot of ground, including outstanding citizens in Mr. Leppard’s bailiwick. Perhaps those gentlemen may have good memories that will suggest a course of action not pleasant to the courtly and ur bane representative of Ohesterfield- ian Democracy, even if not of Ches- terfieldian chivalry. But not satisfied with an indictment of Organized Business as a whole, Mr. Leppard de nounced Mr. C. Norwood Hastie of Charleston (President) and Mr. J. K. Breedin (Director of Public Rela tions) as “racketeers”! Save the mark! These two gentlemen, in try ing to break up a racket, . are called “racketeers”! Well, perhaps a man who breaks up a racket is a “racket eer”. In that sense the learned gen tle aan has contributed to our sense of lexicographical discrimination in a manner worthy of the highest praise. With the first day of “Spring Weather” I was reminded of a quest of mine for coooanut ice cream. Years ago I spent a night in Guaya quil, Ecuador. Some one on the ship recommended cocoanut ice cream. The idea appealed to me. I tried ev erywhere. “Ya< no hay, senoo*”, meaning, “There isn’t any now”. We sailed away. In Balboa, Panama, Ohristobal, Colon and in Buene Ven tura (Colombia) I tried, tried and tried; but “no hay” was the usual response. All this “no hay” business intensified my craving for the stuff. Later, while walking in Havana I espied a sign “Helados de Coco,” which is the Spanish for cocoanut ice cream. I ate a diish of it, spoiling it by eating a big piece of cocoanut cake. I didn’t think much oi the “helados de Coco”; but several years ago I found delicious cocoanut ice cream. Where? In Columbia, South Carolina! If that man won’t adver tise it I can’t help him. GENEROUS AMERICA When it comes to giving time and •money to relieve human suffering in other lands, the American people are generous indeed. Records in the State Department show that between September 1939, and March 1, 1940, a total of $26, 806,718 was collected by 320 organi zations in this country to assist the stricken populations in other nations. All but six milEon dollars has al ready been sent abroad—chiefly to j Great Britain, but also to Poland, France, Greece, and in some instances even to Italy and Germany. On top of these contributions the American Red Cross has sent bo allied nations and some neutrals funds and food amounting to $23,000,000. DIAMOND TIRES EASY TERMS Quick Credit BATTERIES Battery or Electric HOME RADIOS AUTO RADIOS GreystonE SERVICE STATION H-D COLUMN By ETHEL L. COUNTS How to Grow Sorghum for (Quality Syrup Sorghum syrup is rich in many vi tamins and minerals essential to good health. For many years prac tically every farmer in the Piedmont grew sweet sorghum and supplied his family with wholesome sorghum sy rup. In recent years, however, most farmers have failed to continue this practice, and many farmers have ev en forgotten how to make sorghum syrup. Plenty of good sorghum syrup for home use would play a vital part in better farm living, and would save many dollars now spent for other sweets for the family table. The following brief suggestions are offer ed; 1. Choose a variety of sorghum that is known to produce quality sy rup in your locality. 2. Select a well drained soil that will produce a good crop of com or wheat. Acid soils are not recom mended. 3. Prepare land as for corn. Plant in rows 3 to 4 feet wide, and 4 to 6 inches apart in the drill. Do not sover as deep as com. Plant on a firm seed bed. 4. Apply 400 pounds of mixed fer tilizer per acre at planting. Side dress with 100 to 200 pounds of quick acting nitrogen fertilizer per acre when about 40 days old. Do not use barnyard manure on sorghum for svrup, since it affects the quality of the syrup. 5. Cultivate same as for com. 6. Harvest when seed are between soft and hard dough stage. If too green or too ripe, an inferior syrup will likely result. 7. Strip the oane and remove all seed heads carefully else a dark col ored syrup of inferior flavor may result. 8. Grind the cane and make it into syrup on the same day the cane is striped and cut, if possible, other wise the next day. Old cut cane makes poor syrup. 9. The syrup making operation is one of the most important factors governing the quality of the syrup. In communities having no syrup mills, the county agent will be glad to furnish plans for a mill and in formation on making quality syrup. Nitrate of Soda The American Nitrate Sold in Newberry by L T. COUISNS Office Phone 212 Farmers Bonded Warehouse PROMPT FARM DELIVERY SUBSTITUTES FOR VITAL DRUGS MAY COME FROM COBS, HULLS NOTICE There has just been a completion of 116 miles of lines serving ap proximately 300 members of the New berry Electric Cooperative, Inc. We are now beginning to work up additional Rural Electrification lines. Anyone desdring service should make application to the Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc., located at 927 Friend street, Newberry. If you are interested in receiving rural electricity make your applica tion now. St. Louis, April 11.—Inexpensive substitutes for novocaine, antiseptics and possibly sulfanilamide and its derevaties may soon be made from corncobs, oat hulls, and other farm waste materials, an Iowa State Col lege scientist declared today. Dr. Henry Gilman, professor of chemistry at the Ames, Iowa, school, said that substances known as “fur- ans”, which can be extracted from al most any of the farm wastes, have a wide variety of applications in med ical treatment as yet not appreciated or developed. “Experiments now being made in dicate that some of these chemicals may be more effective than novo- caine and cocaine as local anesthetics for minor operations,” Dr. Gilman said in an interview at the closing meeting of the American Chemical society. Several of the substances, he add ed, have also been found to be excel lent antiseptics equalling in germ killing power many of the drugs now in use. The greatest promise for the chem icals, -however, is in their dose rela tionship to sulfanilamide, sulfopyrid- ine, sulfathiazole and other drugs of the “siulfone” group which have proven so effective in the treatment of a number of diseases, the Iowa State chemist said. “The furans are organic compounds with a chemical arrangement simi lar to the sulfone group of drugs,” he explained. “They are close chemical cousins. They are not identical but are complementary, which gives us good reason to hope that drugs can be made from them which will be useful in the treatment of disease.” The two great advantages in the development of these chemicals are the cheapness of the raw material and the ease of making them, Dr. Gilman said. At least 40,000,000 of -oat Hulls, straw, bagasse from sugar cane proc essing, corncobs and cornstalks are available annually and the basic chemical materials can be extracted by merely cooking the material in a solution of water and acid. NEW BOOKS FOR LIBRARY AT SPEERS STREET SCHOOL The P. T. A. of Speers Street school purchased Cadmus Books for the li brary. There are 50 books in this selection. These books have been pre pared lor circulation by W. P. A. Library Aide. A desire to read good books can be brought about only where Children read books they en joy. For this reason only books of proven delight to children were chosen for the Cadm .s Program. Speers Street School library now has more than 900 books. Some of these books are: Peter and Gretchen, by Viola May Jones. Candlelight Stories, by Veronica S. Hutchinson. Stumpy, by Frank B. Linderman. Bluebonnets for Lucinda, by Fran ces Clark Sayers. Miki, by Maud and Miska Peter sham. Sandman, His Stories, by William J. Hopkins. Down, Down the Mountain, by El lis Credle. Karoo the Kangaroo, by Kudt Wiese. Bird Stories, by Edith M. Patch. Boy of the Desert, by Eunice Tiet- zens. AH the Camel, by Rhea Wells. Black Face by Thelma H. Bell. 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