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THE NEWBERRT SUN
FRIDAY, MAT IB, 1941
1218 College Street
Newberry, S. C.
0. 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 the
Act of March 3, 1879.
Lindbergh Charges Citizens
Are Kept in Dark by Govt.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
Not since the rights of citizenship
in this country of ours were first es
tablished has there been so much
cause as there is today for pride and
thankfulness as each of us utters the
words: “I am an American!”
We enjoy precious rights in the
United States, ones to be found in
few other lands. Freedom of speech,
freedom of religion, the right to move
freely from place to place, the right
to engage in the occupation of your
choice, the right to start your own
business and take your own chances
—we Americans are used to these
and other principles that we seldom
give it a thought.
But there’s an opportunity this
month to pause and remember the
above considerations. For the con
gress has set Sunday, May 18, as
citizenship recognition day, in recog
nition of the 2,500,000 young men and
young women who have reached the
estate of American citizenship dur
ing the past year. Posts of the Ameri
can Legion throughout the country
and many other groups and individ
uals will co-operate in giving this oc
casion its full meaning.
And not just the 21-year-olds
should celebrate their citizenship at
that time. In the midst of a troub
led world, all Americans, young and
old can profit by re-dedicating them
selves to the importance and mean
ing of American citizenship, and to
other rights and duties in this so
ciety of free and enterprising men
and women.
Citizenship recognition day belongs
to all Americans.
of the window.
If they don’t get support from
home, then the Washington bureau
crats will win and the people will
have to keep on paying taxes for
defense plus taxes for wasteful
spending—taxes to keep the para
sites living in luxury and ease at
the expense of the rest of the coun
try.
Some fellows can get mighty re
ligious on a fifty-cent church supper
for twenty-five cents.
UNEMPLOYED ^OT AS BAD AS
IT SOUNDS
WANTED: TO HEAR FROM BACK
HOME
As congressmen prepare to vote
billions in new taxes for defense,
many of them are sending a fervent
if unspoken prayer to the folks back
home. Their constituents, if they
will do it, can help them out of a
tight spot.
The legislators have been trans
lating the tax proposals into terms
which fit the pocketbooks of their
constituents. Their only hope to
keep the tax burden from rising en
tirely out of sight is that they can
cut down on some of the wasteful
non-defense expenditures.
But the solons are between the de
vil and the deep. The minute they
begin to talk about cutting expenses
of a government bureau with peace
time functions, the bureaucrats in
that agency buzz around them like
flies around a jam pot.
On the other hand, the people are
willing for taxes to be increased to
the extent necessary to arm us. But
the legislators know that the heavier
taxes will fall due next March, in an
election year, and they are afraid that
the dose will be too heavy for some
voters.
What the lawmakers actually want
is support from their constituents
for a reduction in non-defense ex
penditures. For the first time in
many months the congressmen are
actually hoping for a letter and post
card demand from back home—that
non-defense spending be thrown out
The number of unemployed in the
United States during the week of
March 24 to 30, 1940, says a prelim
inary tabulation of the 1940 census
returns, was 8,016,466, including per-
Sbns seeking work on public emergen
cy projects of the WPA, CCC, and
NYA out-of-school work program.
The unemployed, as ordinarily de
fined, include not only persons tot
ally unemployed and seeking work,
but also persons on public emergen
cy projects designed to aid the un
employed. Thus, the number of un
employed is obtained by adding to
the 5,110,270 persons reported In the
census as seeking work the 2,906,196
persons on the' payroll of federal
agencies conducting public emergen
cy programs.
This is the most satisfactory me
thod of computing the unemployed
that can be used until the final census
tabulations are available.
The figures obtained by using this
method should! clear up confusion
about the volume of unemployment
which has arisen from some misinter
pretations of the census figures and
has resulted in varying estimates of
unemployment for the census week,
ranging from 5,110,270 to 9,279,476.
FEW WANT PAYLESS POSTS
News and Courier.
There was no swarm of candidates
for the four open places on the state
welfare board which were filled last
week by elections in the general as
sembly.
It happens that members of this
board receive no stipend, and are,
on occasion, subject -to assaults in
the assembly, as was the case this
year when Senator R. M. JefferieS, of
Colleton, and Senator James Hugh
McFaddin, took aim at the welfare
board.
One reason the assembly postpon
ed the election of members of this
board for a week was the paucity of
candidates. By last week, however,
men had beer found who would con
tribute their time and thought to
rather thankless jobs. One of them
was able Dr. James C. Kinard, presi
dent of Newberry college, who was
elected chairman.
One thing about sitting on the wel
fare board, however: you don’t have
to worry about losing a paying job
if you decide to go counter to the
wishes of the wheel-horses in the
assembly. You might lose your place
on the commission, but there is no
pay to lose.
Minneapolis, May 10.—Charles A.
Lindbergh charged tonight that “the
principles of democracy” were denied
the American people in the last na
tional election and said he doubted
that “any country in Europe has been
less informedi about the intentions of
its government than we have been here
in America.”
Lindbergh, who recalled that a gen.
eration ago his father was speaking
on platforms in Minnesota against
American intervention in a European
war, addressed a rally sponsored by
the America First Committee.
“There was once a time in Ameri
ca when we could impose our will by
vote,” Lindbergh said.
“Many of us thought we were still
operating under that principle at the
elections last November. Both po
litical parties had adopted platforms
against intervention in this war . . .
But it now seems doubtful that we
even had two parties last November,
at least, as far as the presidential
candidates were concerned. The peo
ple of the nation were not given the
chance to vote on the greatest issue
of our generation—the issue of for
eign war. And yet we are told that
we must go to Europe to fight for
the very principles of democracy that
were denied to us in our own nation
last November.”
Collapse Only Chance
Lindbergh reiterated: his belief that
England cannot van the war and said
said the idea that the entire continent
of Europe can be blockaded into sub
mission is “ridiculous.”
“Short of an internal collapse, of
which there is no sign today, the only
way Germany could be defeated is
by an invasion,” he said,
“Even if invasion were possible,
which I do not believe, the resulting
devastation would be so great that
Europe could not recover for genera
tions, if it could recover at all.”
He said that if the United States
would attempt to invade Europe ag
ainst the opposition of the German
army “then the United States must
become a regimented and military na
tion that surpass^ Germany herself
in totalitarian efficiency.”
“In that case,” he said, “we might
as well realize that ‘our way of life’
is a thing of the past.”
Lindbergh declared that President
Roosevelt has infringed upon the
right of a free people to know where
they are being led by their govern
ment.
Denies He Is Pro-Nazi
‘ I doubt that any country in Eu-
rope has been less informed about the
intentions of its government than we
have been here in America,” he said.
“I doubt that any country there has
been more misled about the actual
developments of the war.”
Lindbergh said he had been called
a “pbo-Nazi” in 1938 for saying that
the German air force was stronger
than any combination that could be
brought against it. In 1939, he said,
he was accused of being un-American
for saying that the war could not be
won by sending “a few thousand air
planes and cannons to Europe.” When
in 1940 he said the phrase “steps
short of war” were a mask for war
itself, he was called a Hitler agent,
Lindbergh said.
“When I tell you today that we
are not in a position to win this war
for England, I am charged with be
ing disloyal by the same politicians
and idealists who denied all the other
etatements when I made them,” he
said.
Says Charges to Continue
“But they cannot point to a single
one that has not turned out to be
true. These charges undoubtedly will
continue in the future, and I do not
know how much longer free speech
will be allowed in this country. But
as long as our laws permit it, I in
tend to continue telling you what I
believe.”
Asserting that he was only repeat
ing what his father, then a congress
man from the Sixth Minnesota dist
rict, had said a quarter of a century
ago, Lindbergh declared:
“What happens in Europe and Asia
is of secondary importance to what is
happening to us here in our own land.
It is far more essential for this coun
try to have farms without mortgages,
workmen with their own homes, and
young people who can afford families,
than it is to crusade abroad for free
doms that are tottering in our own
country.”
CULTIVATION OF KUDZU
Cultivation of-kudzu set out this
spring is one of the most important
requirements for its survival and
growth, according to J. H. Talbert
of the Soil Conservation Service.
Unless clean cultivation is given,
competition for moisture by other
types of vegetation growing along
the rows will seriously retard its
growth the first year, Mr. Talbert
adds.
If necessary, weeds and grass
should be hoed out of rows and suffi
cient plowing should be done along
the rows to control other vegetation,
to keep the soil well broken and to
keep the vines dragged back to a re
latively narrow strip along each row.
By cultivating in the same direction
each time, there is less danger in
breaking the vines.
Besides controlling weeds and grass,
the practice of clean cultivation will
keep the soil in good shape and will
permit vines to take root at the nodes,
or joints, and develop new crowns un
til there are enough plants to spread
like a huge green net over the erod
ing fields. Soil thrown on runners
by the plow also induces root forma
tion.
Before a kudzu field may be used
for hay or pasture, there must be
many more rooted plants than were
originally jet out. These new plants
will develop of their own accord if
the soil is cultivated during the first
year. However, these new plants
come from the joints, which cannot
root unless they come in contact with
moist cultivated ground.
Many farmers plant a cultivated
chop in the middles between the rows
of kudzu the first year. Cultivation
of this crop will control weeds and
grass and keep the soil in good con
dition for the establishments of kud
zu plants.
MISS CARRIE BELLE SOWELL
Miss Carrie Belle Sowell, 50, died
Monday afternoon at the home of her
brother, H. G. Sowell. ,
She is survived’ by the following
sisters and brothers, Mrs. D. L. Smith,
Mrs. W. A. Douglas, Mrs. J. A. Hunt-
ley, all of Chesterfield; H. G. Sowell,
Newberry, T. B. Sowell, Elloree; J.
K. Sowell, T. F. Sowell, all of Ches
terfield.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 5 o’clock from Shi
loh church at Chesterfield, with the
Rev. Mr. Whitaker in charge, assisted
by the Rev. ’Mr. McIntyre. Interment
followed in the church cemetery. The
body remained at the McSwain Fun
eral home until around 1 p. m. Tues
day.
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Cotton For A Texan
SAMUEL J. SHANNON
Funeral services for Samuel Jack-
son Shannon, 78, who died Monday at
his home in the Beth Eden section af
ter a long illness were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o’clock at the resi
dence with the Rev. H. O. Chambers
officiating, assisted by Dr. J. W. Car-
son. Burial followed in Rosemont
cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Susan
Elizabeth Neel Shannon; two sons,
James N. Shannon of Camp Stew
art, Ga., and Samuel P. Shannon of
Newberry; two daughters, Miss Lor-
ena Agnes Shannon and Mrs. Eugene
Lawson, both of Clinton.
NEW! “BACTERIOSTATIC”
FEMININE
HYGIENE
now finding groat favor
among women...
Many doctors recommend regular use
of douches as a precautionary meas
ure for women who want to be clean,
dainty—for women troubled by offend
ing odor or discharge.
Some products may be harmful to
delicate tissues. But not Lydia E.
Plnkham's Sanative Wash! Pinkham’s
Sanative Wash Is gaining great favor
because It’s NOT a harmful germicide.
Instead-it’s a mighty effective “bac
teriostatic” (the modern trend). It not
only discourages bacterial growth and
Infection but thoroughly cleanses, deo
dorizes. Very soothing—relieves minor
irritations and discharge and has a
tonic effect on delicate membranes.
Inexpensive! All druggists.
NEWS FACTS ^GEORGE
When Alice Erie Beasley of LaGrange, Tenn„ the 1941 Maid of
Cotton, arrived in Washington to appear in a aeries ot all-cotton fashion
shows, one of the first visits she made was to the Department of
Agriculture where a complete cotton house is on display. Miss Beasley
is shown above pinning a miniature bale of cotton on the lapel of
Grover B Hill of Texas. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
R.HERMANN H STRACHMANN LEFT
A PENCILED NOTATION ON THE UNDER
SIDE OF THE SECOND STEP FROM THE
TOP OF A SEVEN-FOOT STEP-LADDER-
BEQUEATING A *15.000 ESTATE TO
MRS. GOTTS ~ AND GOT iT
NEW YORK.
A FARMER OF**
VHCWnA,KANSAS
WAD A BELL HOP
ARRESTED VJ HEN
HE OFFERED TO
CARRY HIS SUIT
CASE TO HIS
HOTELROOM —
NOT FAMILIAR
WITH THE CUSTOM
HE THOUGHT IT
WAS BEING-
STOLEN/ ✓OLrrfr*-
Classified Ads
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FOR SALE—1 nave three very good
varieties of cotton seed for plant
ing at reasonable prices. See me
if you want something good. H. 0.
LONG, Silverstreet, S. C. ll-4tc
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching—pure
bred — Buff Orpingtonis — White
Leghorns — Yokohomos — Black Jap
anese Games Silver Spangle Ham
burg® — also Bantam and Duck eggs
— Pigeons — Rabbits and: Guinea
Pig® — Prices Reasonable —
R. DERRILL SMITH
Newberry, S. C.
FOR RENT—Six room house on
Calhoun street. Rent reasonable.
See Tom P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun
Street or Phone 220-J. 16-3tp
NOTICE—On the nights of May 10th
and Uth, dlogs killed 10 hogs in our
pen®. Please keep your dogs up. All
dogs coming on our property will be
killed. THE NEWBERRY ABAT-
TOIR.
SALE OF STOVES—Coleman gas
stoves, kitchen ranges, oil stoves,
circulator heaters. All offered 1 at real
low-down prices at the Eskridge
Hardware selling out sale. Good
selection. See these stoves.
FOR SALE—3-row Riding cultivator,
and grain drill at Eskridge Hard
ware seJling out Sale. Make us a
price on them.
SHOW CASES—We are offering 2 28
foot Display cases cheap at the Esk
ridge Hardware Selling Out Sale.
CERESAN—Get yours now and treat
your cotton seeds. The sooner the
better. Jo h nson-McCrackin Co.
MAILING ENVELOPES in a dozen
sizes; also mailing tubes; mailing
tags and labels. The SUN office.
Phone 1.
Corn, oats, horse and mule feed, hay
and straw. Johnson-McCrackin Co.
Hybrid corn seed, feed pop corn, seed
Irish potatoes, Cattail Millett,
Crowder peas and all field seeds.
Johnson -McCrackin Co.
FOR SALE—Coker’s 100, strain two,
Cotton Seed, delinted and treated.
Price $1 per bushel. Also old fash
ioned Strawberry Seed Corn, $2 per
bushel. O. H. Lane, Newberry, Route
1. 25-2tc
WE HAVE FOR RENT—
One large office, screened and heated.
Also, vault space for valuables In
boxes or suit-cases.
Also, private lock boxes in vault.
All vaults are fire-proof with stand
ard vault doors containing combi
nation locks.
28-4tc Bowers Insurance Agency
WANTED—Veals, Cows and Hogs;
also your Cow Hides. Se us before
you sell. The Newberry Abattoir.
FOR COKER’S Pedigreed Seeds, place
your orders with Johnson-McCrackvn
Co., Newberry, S. C. JI7tnf
SKRIP'BLACK INK—in quarts or
smaller; numbering machine, and
stamp pad ink. The SUN office.
Phone 1.
RIBBONS—for adding machines and
typewriters. We put them on for
you. The SUN office. Phone 1.
THIN PAPERS—for Lawyers and
others, any size, any grade, any
weight. Plain or margin ruled.
The SUN office. Phone 1.
Europe Crippled By
War Economy
Italians Return Tin Cans; While Bri
tish Use Soda to Conserve Sugar
Cotton At Play
Washington, May 10—Italian house
wives return empty tin cans much like
Americans leave empty bottles for
the milkman . . . Japanese cargo ship
builders have abandoned steel in favor
of wood . . . new auto tires are dis
appearing in Europe.
Those and other commercial and in.
dnstrial quirks have been reported by
the commerce department as evidence
of economic changes resulting from
the war. In addition to new develop
ments abroad for sidestepping short
ages of essential materials, there
have been reports of several inven
tions of military importance.
German scientists are reported to
be experimenting with a silent air
plane engine which would) enable
bombers to approach the enemy ob
jectives at night without detection.
Berlin claims were cited, reporting
“a certain amount of success has al
ready been achieved” with the silent
motors and that silent motors were
used in the Polish campaign.
“It is also asserted that several
ships in operation in the North Sea
have been successfully equipped with
them anul that the experiments are be
ing made on both gasoline and Diesel
engines," the department said.
Germap engineers also are said to
have developed a new electric express
locomotive capable of hauling eight
ears at speeds exceeding 100 miles
an hour.
Britain has urged housewives to
use sodium bicarbonate in' cooking
fruit to conserve sugar supplies.
German production of metallic con
tainers has been sharply curtailed’ be
cause of military needs. Many com
modities now appear in glass contain
ers.
A metal shortage in Japan has
caused the use of wood instead of
steel in building small ships for “near,
sea” service. Cost of a wooden Jap
anese ship was reported as being half
that of a steel vessel of the same di
mensions.
In Italy, according to the commerce
department, housewives give their
empty tin cans for each new one when
purchasing canned goods.
E. G. Holt, leather and rubber ex
pert for the bureau of foreign and
Larine Day, ^ Metro - Goldwyn
Mayer featured actress, chooses
cottons for playtime wear In the
picture above'she wears a red and
white polka dot jumper short en
semble. The white tailored akin
of soft cotton has a deep V-style
neckline.
domestic commerce, said it was vir
tually impossible now for a private
citizens of European countries to get
new automobile tire®. He said reports
from abroad told of wholesale stop
page of civilian use of automobile®
because of military requirements on
rubber and gasoline stocks.
Some new tires are available in Bri
tain, but motorists are r> \d to nave
old tires retreaded.
The Italian government has order
ed all owners of auto tire® and tubes
of the government's right to requi
sition them for military use at any
time. Transfer of privately owned
tires from one person to another is
forbidden.
—
Court House
Offices Will Be
CLOSED
Wednesday
Afternoons
In keeping with past custom,
offices in the Court House
will be closed Wednesday af
ternoons, beginning June 4,
and continuing through the
Summer months.