Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN PACE POUR GROWING RUBBER IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE To make us less dependent on Far Eastern rubber, the U. S. Government has appropriated $500,000 for research in Central and South America. It requires seven to nine years to produce a rubber tree. Tapping needs a sharp knife, a deft touch, much practice and a skill that holds the j steel point to within 1/25 of an i inch of the wood. This picture was taken on the Ford plantation, 600 miles up the Amazon, where in 1929 the Ford Motor Company began to invest upwards of $21,000,000 in the development of plantation rubber in Brazil. Latex now comes from this plantation to the company’s rubber plant in Dearborn. Nitrate of Soda The American Nitrate Sold in Newberry by L T. COUSINS Office Phone 212 Farmers Bonded Warehouse PROMPT FARM DELIVERY NOTICE To The PUBLIC The S.C. Highway Patrol Has Been given an Office in The basement of The COURT HOUSE The Patrolman who has been in the Office of the Sheriff each Thursday will be in the new office begin ning Thursday, May 22, for the purpose of giving driver’s license exams*, transferring registration, etc. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1941 Spectator Thinks Lack of Harmony Between The Governor and Legislature Is Regrettable Govemor Maybank and the Legts '■’/urc seem to beat war. The Barn- 11 County Sheriff appointment brought matters out into the open,, but the want of agreement between the chief executive and the leaders of the legislature has been a regret table fact for some time. It does not take a prophet to predict tliat the face our problem frankly and require that ail men shall do their full share to protect the nation? Some we call to the colors; some we tax and regu late in the national interest, and some we coddle and yield to like pampered pets. If our country is seriously concerned about this war wthy allow either half-hearted parti- Governor’s broadcasts will not im- cipation by any industry, or deliiber- prove his relations with the law-mak- ate obstruction in the form of e,-s - j strikes? It is said that the Gorem- It is not necessary to go into de- merit can’t make a man work. That tails or to take sides; what stands out clearly is that there is such a want of harmony as to make this a deplor able condition. Some day a Governor must assume the leadership of the State, but that leadership must be exercised through cordial and ready cooperation between the Governor and the General Assembly. Tfiere must be a relation of friendly under standing and a spirit off service in a common cause. Unless a Govemor can completely dominate a legislature by the force of his personality or the strength of his following throughout is odd; if the government can draft soldiers, conscript industrial plants and fix prices, why can’t it draft all of us and put us to work? The unpal atable truth is that we are playing at war and playing politics at the sama time. We need a little iron in our resolution; a fimi grasp of essen tials. a clear vision, a direct and vig orous course of action. We have no right bo call one group to camp •while wheedling, cajoling and begging an other group to provide the munitions of service. The nation is becoming impatient over the vacillation of the the State, he can only succeed through Government in dealing with strikes. the give-and-take method of working together. B. R. Tillman dominated the, General Assembly because he was a popular idol in nearly every county. Then he had the personal force to make his popular strength effective.. Men of Tillman’s masterful manner are rare in a State’s history, and should be rare in a representative democracy. Our government does not and should not rest upon the gen ius and vigor of one man, but apon the willingness and readiness of a group of men to subordinate pride of opinion for the general good. When you fall into deep water, or are thrown in, or even if you delib erately dive in, you must make the necessary effort to swim or you’ll drown in a short time. It may be an accident, or a mistake that caused you to be in the water, but there you are! So about this war and our part: We are already in so deep that now we must do all we can to keep afloat. Whatever the lack of grasp of the true condition by our leaders—and our leadership has not always been wise, perhaps;—we must stand to gether today. Better to say, we must move forward together, for we have been standing too long. A dictatorship is not needed in this country, but a clear-visioned leader ship is needed. A government like ours can be relatively efficient when the people are fully informed and aroused. No government is abso lutely efficient; and no business Is free from errors, but our government could he more efficient in this crisis by keeping before it the supreme needs instead of trying to play poli tics in time of peril. Whenever the United States drafts men for military service it declares to its citizens and to the world that a condition of such gravity exists that all private business, home comfort, individual liberty, are to be surrend ered temporarily for the welfare of the whole nation. The very essence of the draft is the paramount inter est of the nation and the ugency of •the need. Because of that about a mi 11 ion men have been ordered to sac rifice home, income, comforts, friends for the good of the nation and per haps three-quarters of a million more volunteered and are in the navy, mar ine corps or army. These men, all these men, are as much citizens as we are. They represent themselves and all the rest of us as the forces of defense. Why, then, do we not Do we prepare for military involve ment, with all the power and re source at our command, or do we play politics in a time of danger? evil; yet upon my telling a know ing man about it, he laughed and said “Oh, that’s nothing but a little grease.” So, mayhap, in life many of the things which so easily beset us are not so ominous or calamitous as we think. The A. A. A. of South Carolina ad vocates a loan of sixteen cents a pound on cotton as full parity. Well, the farmers could get a lot more than that if they would pull off a sit-down strike. May 10th was our Memorial (Dec oration) Day for the Confederate soldiers and sailors, while May 11th with Mother’s Day . They had •one thing in common :both sacrificed with out stint for others. Perhaps both failed, but earned immortality for a noble effort. Theirs was a failure glorified by supreme dedication and faith. We honor ourselves when we pay tribute to therp. There is a gran- duer sometimes in defeat far trans cending our paltry successes. Trifles sometimes grow in our minds to big things. It isn’t clear whether’ the mind (as we think of it) or the nerves (as we think of ttiem) causes the trouble. It is possible that what is a trifle to one man may be something big and important to an other. Let us see: Every problem is big when confronted by ignorance. A few dhys ago I had a flat tire. In due time it was vulcanized and the gloom was dispersed by the shin ing sun again. Then a day or two later the tire was low. We pumped it up. It “stood up” all right for three days, then softened a bit. We pumped more air, but next morning it was low again. So what? A man Who knew something tinkered five minutes at the tube and all was fix ed. That had bothered me until I be gan to magnify it, but it was Just a small affair after all. Now then, here’s something else again: A flat tire is one thing, but a shimmying car is a horse of another color—and not always soon “cured”, though the younger geenration won’t understand this at all. Most of them have seen a horse, hut that’s all they know about it. I had my car oiled and greased anc washed and polished until it iwked like the cat’s whiskers all combed and curled. I started out, the power flowing smoothly and the gentle purr of the motor being a delight to the ear. Of a sudden the car seemed to buckle. I thought I had at least 3 flats. Investigation showed all four standing like the Rock of Gilbralter. I took a fresh start and all the fool ishness began again. Now that’s no simple matter, with miles and miles yet to go to reach the far country of my destination. Finally, thorough ly exasperated, and full of a devil- may care spirit (whatever that is) I pushed down on the accelerator res olved to perish gloriously. As soon as the car saw this resolution of mine it quit all the nonsense and ran along. Returning, it buckled once, but I gave it the gun (aviation stuff you know) and the mind triumphed oyer the matter yet again and my per sistence was rewarded. I thought something was wrong; it looked mighty serious to me, espec ially when one or two experts sug gested direful possibilities of unlimit- Our Anderson friends, The Inde pendent and The Daily Mail have been signally recognized by the Na tional Editorial Association for the best community service rendered by daily papers anywhere in the United States during 1940. “Anderson is my town”, sang the llovable Willilam Banks, when editor of the Daily Mail. During that time I had the honor to write sometimes for The Daily Mail and still feel some kinship for that alert daily as well as for the progressive and sub stantial city and county through which it circulates. Spectator thinks that all South Carolina is honored through Mr. Wil ton Hall and his two wide-awake dailies. The Pee Dee Adlvocate tells with pride that the county levy in Marlboro will be nine mills less for 1941. What others county can tell us some good news? MUSICAL MILLERS AT JOHN STONE SCHOOL TODAY The Musical Millers, featuring Sam Poplin, will give an entertainment at Johnstone school house today (Fri day) beginning at 8:30. The event is sponsored by the Ladies’ Mission- ary society of Cannon Creek church. The Musical Millers is a very popu lar radio team, heard daily over WIS at 7:45 a. m. The public is urged to come and enjoy this entertainment. Charges are only 30c for adults and 20c for children which prices include taxes. Remember, today (Friday) at Johnstone School House on the Pros perity highway at 8:30. South Carolina Fruits and Vegetables Have Become Popular All Over the Nation Committee Is Being Formed to Push Marketing of State’s Products Columbia, May 18.—South Carolina growers of fresh fruit and vegetables are getting ready to move more of their produce into the principal mar kets of the country, George E. Prince chief of the division of marketing of the Clemson extension service, declar ed today as he scanned lists of trade leaders to form a committee to help achieve the objective. What he seeks, Prince says, is a man from each commodity group in the state whose acquaintance in the trade will be wide enough to assure effective coo.peration in execution of the pi-ogram now being formu- liaited. The committee was requested by a gathering of representative grow ers after an all-day conference in Columbia Wednesday. The gather ing endorsed a program designated to help state producers take advantage of the nation-wide fresh fruits and vegetables campaign being inaugu rated’ May 22 by the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea company and to en courage other merchandisers to un dertake similar efforts that will help Carolinians tap the nation’s 400,090 retail grocery outlets. “An effort like this on the part of South Carolina growers is long overdue,” Prince said. “If we can get the right kind of men to serve on the committee I’m now forming. I have no doubt that weT do very well in promoting the sale of our produce. “We’ve got everything on our side. We’re only overnight from the greatest consuming centers in the country. Our peaches have earned a splendid reputation for the state and growers of other products also offer quality produce. “True, we do suffer competitive ly in some fields, but the important part about that is all the factors now operating against us are factors that study and cooperation can eli minate. “What we need to do is to find out what produce housewives want and give it to them the way they want it. They, with their market basket over their arms and the family food money in their pockets, are the folks that set our standards. They determine the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables we’ll have to send to their cities and they deter mine, too, how we’ll have to pack and grade. "I am hopeful that if we can get the right kind of men to serve on this committee, they will go out and leam for us what these women want and that they wiM be so re spected by growers in their trade that when they pass information on, their word wtil be respected and growers will conform to their sugges tions. “The business is there. Never in history have folk been so conscious of diet essentials available in fresh frudts and vegetables. Not in ten years have they had so much money to sperd for food. “All we’ve got to do to get this business is to go after it intelli gently, and Urn sincerely hopeful that state growers are going to move in and do a job.” HOUSEKEEPING AIDE HOLDS OPEN HOUSE Kidneys Must Clean Out Acids Excess acids, poisons and wastes In your blood are removed chiefly by your kidneys. Getting up Nights, Burning Passages, Back ache, Swollen Ankles, Nervousness. Rheu matic Pains, Dizziness, Circle,'.’ Under Eyes, and feeling worn out, often are caused by non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and Bladder troubles. Usually in such cases, the very first dose of Cystex goes right to work helping the Kidneys flush out excess acids and wastes. And this cleansing, purifying Kidney action, in Just a day or so, may eas ily make you feel younger* stronger and better than in years. A printed guarantee wrapped around each package of Cyatex in sures an immediate refund of the full cost unless you are completely satisfied. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose under this positive money back guarantee so get Cystex from your druggist today for only 35c. 'i UTTLf MOMENTS IN BIG UYES Kessler Cap Wuiam SVapks*. pqes'ide^t of f?ADtO, AT TUE AGE- OF TWELVE VubGKED IAJ A GQOCE-py &TOQ£r. IK) cJAOKSOA). MI0M/6AA), R3CHA 61P4.M- UAJTIL P.M. AMD VALk'ED 3>x MILES* TO AMD EfcOA VLbC2i<L. The public is cordially invited to attend an “Open House” at the local Headquarters of the Newberry Coun ty W. P. A. Housekeeping Aide Pro ject on Tuesday, May 27, 1941. The Project Headquarters are located at 912 West Main street, over the Walt Davis Motor company. The entire plan* and all its facili ties will be open for inspection, and the functions and accomplishments of this important organization will be illustrated and explained. Actual training classes for the Aides will be observed. Mrs. Mattie G. Smith, Newberry county supervisor, will be on hand; also Mrs. J. B. Shackleford, foreman of the project. ® The Housekeeping Aide, serving Newberry county, adds much to the happmess and prosperity of our citi zens. Through this projects, young ladies are trained according to mod em methods of Housekeeping and Home-Making; all scientific recom mendations as to sanitation, Food Preparation and home management in general are used. These young ladies are called “Aides”, and are sent into the homes of worthy or needy families to assist with the house work and at the same time teach to others what they have learn ed about proper methods. Innumer able homes are receiving the benefits of this project, and its value to the county is difficult to estimate. Mrs. Smith, the local supervisor, works directly under Miss Polly Long (Union) Area Supervisor for four counties: Newberry, Union, Spartan burg and Cherokee. Mrs. Arrie Lan- ham of Spartanburg is the district supervisor, having under her jurisdic tion 14 counties. The “Open House” on Tuesday, May 27, 1941 will be a most interesting and enjoyable af fair, and both men and women are expected to attend. The Headquar ters will be open in the morning from 9:30 until noon; and in the afternoon from 2:00 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. Maid of Cotton Design -■ When love and skill work together | expect a masterpiece.—J. Ruskin. ' Designed especially for the Maid of Cotton by Pacific Mills, this new cotton boll pattern will he worn by Mist Alice Beasley, the 1941 Maid of Cotton, during the Memphis Cotton CarniraL The cot ton bolls make the classic shirtwaist pattern above distinctive. Adding to stylo detail are the pleats and pockets. Brasses of the new cot ton fabric are a part of the Maid of Cotton’s personal wardrobe, and are being offered nationally by five manufacturers. a Monumjpttt When someone we have loved has passed away, we face the problem of a suitable memorial-a memor ial in keeping with the depth of our affection and the character of the one we wish to honor. Sympathetic help and guidance may be had here in such a selection, plus the best of materials, and prices that are always reasonable- We would like to show you samples of our work. Nmbpmj fHmwmrttt (Ea. J, B. COWARD, Prop.