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FRIDAY, JUNE G, 1941
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE FIVE
Farley Talks of Growth of Philately
I consider it a privilege to have
been invited to this delightful din
ner tonight and to participate in the
National Philatelic Auctions for Re
fugee Relief.
One of the most beautiful things of
our American way of life is that we
have both the heart and the disposi
tion to gather together in meetings
of this kind for the purpose of help
ing those who are helpless, and some
times almost hopeless, by reason of
forces over which they have no con
trol. It is indeed an attest for dem
ocracy and typifies those soul-con-
soling influences which make us so
proud of our citizenship today.
It is an honor to appear before
such a distinguished audience, and I
need not tell you that we face a grave
emergency when a large part of Eu
rope is under the ruthless control of
Totalitarian states aspiring to great
er conquests. The danger is real and
calls for every possible effort for de
fense. And, may I repeat, it is com
mendable that we assemble here to
do something for those whose defense
was not quite enough to meet the ad
versary.
During my administration as Post
master General, I had opportunity of
participating in many ceremonies
sponsored by Philatelic groups, and
I always found such meetings both
interesting and informative. I have
found stamp collectors to be patriotic
American citizens, and their interest
in and devotion to their hobby have
always been intriguing to me. The
philatelic auctions here tonight and
the contributions thereto by those
prominent in philately unmistakably
evince also an interest in and devo
tion to good citizenship.
When I became Postmaster Gener
al, I knew very little about a pos
tage stamp except that it was indis-
pensible in every day business. In
fact, were it not for the postage
stamp I probably would not have been
Postmaster General, for I am credit
ed with having written more letters
to the voters of this Country than
any other one man. I still believe
in letter writing as I think it is one
of the strongest ways, outside of per
sonal contact, in which people may be
brought together. ,
As many of you know, the Post
Office Department has a series of
what is known as ordinary stamps
for everyday business. These stamps
are of such size as will lend them
selves easily to business usage. It
also issues from time to time what is
known as commemorative stamps.
These stamps memorialize figures or
events prominent in American his
tory. I believe that the first real in
terest that I had in these stamps be
gan with the issue of the Mothers
Day Stamp in 1934. Any stamp com
memorating Mother is of interest to
all of us, of course, and I could not
have directed the issuance of this
stamp without thinking of my own
mother whose love and care meant so
much in my life. This stamp furth
er served to impress upon me the
significance of a small postal label in
carrying a beautiful thought and mes
sage to everyone in the land. While
I was criticized for putting what was
termed a 10-cent store vase of flow
ers on the potrait of Whistler’s
Mother, this stamp was very popular
and had one of the greatest sales in
postal history. I had the happy pri
vilege at the first press run of this
issue to have with me at an appro
priate ceremony, the First Lady of
the Land, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt.
Approximately one hundred com
memorative stamps were issued
while I was Postmaster General, and
1 1 believe that I may say, with becom-
i ing modesty, that we confined the is
sues only to those people and affairs
that justified national recognition. I
daresay that many will agree with
me that the 35 stamps issued for
prominent Americans was one of the
greatest groups of stamps to be is
sued by this or any other country.
These stamps represented a cross-
section of leaders in the arts and
sciences, and the person is erudite,
indeed, who can refer to his stamp
album and discuss with ease each
person memorialized.
I found that the Department for
many years had issued a book car
rying descriptions of United States
postage stamps from the first Issue
in 1847. This book was intended for
the adult or mature stamp enthusiast,
and the subject matter therein was
restricted to descriptive matter and
statistical facts with regard to the
various issues. I was convinced that
the value of this book to collectors
would be greatly enhanced if the
text was supplemented by actual
reproductions of the stamps. This
had not been possible in the past be
cause of the restriction of the law
prohitbiting the reproduction of Unit
ed States postage stamps in their
entirety. However, it was possible
to obtain a favorable ruling with
respect to the illustrating of stamps
in this Government publication, as a
result of which the edition of 1936
contained a full complement of
stamp illustrations which has made
this publication of unversal interest
to students and stamp collectors. It
was also my happy privilege to auth
orize a junior edition of this book to
sell at the very nominal price of 10c
in order that every boy and girl
might have a handy booklet depict
ing through stamps our country’s his
tory and tradition.
While the Post Office Department
has always been generous in furnish
ing display frames of postage stamps
to conventions and other meetings of
philatelic groups, many people were
deprived of observing and learning
the interesting things surrounding
stamp issues. It was my further pri
vilege to authorize the building of an
automobile truck which was com
pletely equipped with stamp models
and other exhibits picturizing the full
history of stamp issues. This truck
has passed through many cities,
towns and hamlets—more than 400,-
000 people have visited it. And I be
lieve that the appreciation of these
Government issues betokened an in
terest in better citizenship.
The Department, for many years,
has maintained a Philatelic Agency
which is for the particular use and
convenience of stamp collectors. The
sales in 1933 were only a little more
than $300,000 per year. In 1940 the
sales of the Agency were nearly
one and one-half million dollars. Not
more than 15 people were employed
in 1933, whereas today there are 42
people assigned to the Agency and
nearly 30 people do nothing else but
handle orders by mail. Not only did
th sales at the Philatelic Agency in
crease but interest in stamp collect
ing has grown to such an extent that
postmasters in many of the largest
cities report considerable revenue
from the sales of stamps through
their Philatelic window. In fact, the
postmaster here at New York, Albert
Goldman, reported more than $750,-
000 last year from the sales of
stamps to philatelists.
I, of course, would be foolish to
claim all the credit for this splendid
growth and accomplishment in the
field of philately. The number one
philateists is the President, Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, and his encourag-
ment and friendly counsel has meant
so much. The people of the philate
lic world have done their part too,
and I want to acknowledge a debt of
gratitude to the stamp columnists
and stamp magazines, many of whose
representatives and editors are here
tonight. In furthering interest in
your chosen hobby, you have done
your part well.
Last but not least, I may refer to
the Philatelic Exhibition room start
ed in 1935 in the Post Office building,
Washington. At the present time,
the collection of stamps in this exhi
bit numbers approximately 50,000
original specimens. There are, in ad-'
dition, some 1,500 die proofs of Unit
ed States postage stamps. One hund
red and eighty foreign countries are
shown, with a total of approximately
10,000 foreign stamps on display. A
better understanding of the scope and
importance of the Exhibition Room
will be gained from the fact that, in
the six years of its operation,a col
lection of postage stamps has been
assembled worth well over half a mil
lion dollars. It will be worth your
while to visit this room when in
Washington.
Through cooperation with the
Treasury department, legislation was
sponsored and finally , enacted on
January 27, 1938, removing the res
trictions heretofore in effect with re-
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gard to the illustrating of United
States postage stamps for philatelic
purposes. This has proved a boon to
philatelic publishers and has enabled
the news service of the country to
promote an advertising campaign of
immense possibilities to the Depart
ment in connection with the sale of
new issues of postage stamps. It is
now possible for the stamp columnists
to illustrate their articles with black
and white reproductions of postage
stamps.
I have endeavored in the forego
ing to render an account of my stew
ardship to the stamp collectors of
America, to whom I am deeply in
debted for many valuable suggestions
with regard to new issues of postage
stamps, and concerning the adoption
of measures that would react to the
benefit of philately in general. By
reason of this Departmental recogni
tion and support ,the stature and im
portance of philately has been rais
ed to new heights heretofore assum
ed to be unattainable. Stamp col
lecting is the peer of all hobbies that
appeals to persons of all ages and
conditions in life.
I see around me so many people
prominent in all walks of life and
doubtless many of you have hobbies
other than that of stamp collecting,
but I trust that my little talk to
night has served to present to you
the attractiveness of even just a cas
ual study of postage stamps.
I thank you.
Reasons Given For Memorial Day Dates
JUNE FARM CALENDAR
1515-17 MAIN ST.
NEWBERRY, S. C.
Brief reminders by County Agent
P. B. Ezell, for busy farmers show
much important work for early sum
mer.
Agronomy
As soon as moisture conditions per
mit, plant cowpeas, soybeans, velvet
beans, or crotaliaria in all com mid
dles and stubble land. Such acreage
of legumes wil aid in meeting the
conditions of the AAA farm program
and will produce food and feed, and
will conserve and build up the soil.
Horticulture
Apply quickly available nitrogen to
garden crops if not growing well.
Cultivate crops shallow but fre
quently to save moisture. Mulch to
mato plants heavily with straw or
leaves to hold moisture and prolong
fruiting season. Pack vegetabes and
fruits in the right kind of attractive
package and get better prices. Pant
tomato seed for a late crop. Make
plans now to have plenty of collards,
turnips, and “greens” this fall and
winter.
Insects and Diseases
Get the boll weevil early with pros-
square poison. Examine banded 1 ap-
p(le trees every 10 days arvd( kill
codling moth larvae. Stop the spread
of red spiders by burning weeds and
badly infested plants and applying
superfine dusting sulfur. Spray or
dust beans with derris to control
Mexican bean beetles. Refrain from
planting main crop of com late to
avoid “shatter worm” damage. Spray
or dust peaches to control brown rot
and curculio. Transfer and requeen
bees.
Agicultural Engineering
Check over the mower for needed
repairs. Remove and store binder
canvas after grain harvest, and cov
er all bright parts of machine with
cup grease to prevent rusting. Be
sure grain is thoroughly ripe before
combining it. Investigate possibili
ties of gaden irrigation from wells
or small streams, using pumps or
gravity flow.
HOW TO GET A JOB IN THE
DEFENSE INDUSTRY
From four to six million men and
women now unemployed will get jobs
in 1941 and another one to three
million will get them in 1942, .accord
ing to Eric Berger, associate editor
of Scientific Progress and Science
illustrated.
Defense jobs will turn up, he says,
in plants where they would be least
expected. “Manufacturers of mouse
traps are making army cots. Auto
mobile manufacturers, of course, are
producing tanks, guns and airplane
engines just as the rubber industry
is making gas masks, and bombers
are being fabricated at the Fisher
body plant in Kansas City. But soap
manufacturers are operating shell
loading plants, the Frigidaire com
pany is making 60-caliber • machine
guns, and manufacturers of bird
cages are turning out sMell fuses.”
In a 64 page booklet, “How to Get
a Job in Defense Industry,” the as
sociate editor of Scientific Progress
discusses the types of jobs which are
open or will be open this year and
the next in the aircraft, machine
tool, metal, ship building, munitions
and allied industries; white collar
posibilities, opportunities in the civil
military and naval services; and op
portunities for women. Besides he
tells much about the qualifications for
those numerous jobs and where to
apply for them.
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Observance of Confederate Mem
orial Day this year, the significance
of the selection of May 10 to dec
orate the graves of soldiers of the
“Lost Cause” was the subject of in
quiry by various groups of young
Carolinians especially. It is in
memory of Stonewall Jackson, who
died at Guinea Station in Virginia
in a little hut at that place on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac railroad, where he was taken on
the evening of May 9 after having
been inadvertently and mortally
wounded by his own men, who mis
took him for a Federal General. May
10 is like wise observed as Memorial
Day by North Carolina, Kentucky and
Texas, while April 26 is observed by
Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Early
blooming of flowers in the spring
was the reason of observing April 26
a Memorial Day, no doubt, in these
states. May 30 began to be observ
ed as Confederate Memorial Day by
Virginia soon after the close of the
war. In 1868 the same day was
adopted by the Grand Army of the
Republic as Federal- Decoration Day.
Upon the organization of the Ameri
can Legion May 30 was changed to
National Holiday. It is now a legal
holiday in all parts of the United
states except in the south, while Con
federate Memorial days are also
holidays in the South. Mississippi
and Tennessee observed June 3 (Jef
ferson Davis’ birthday) as Memorial
Day.
Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson re
ceived the name “Stonewall” at the
Frist Battle of Bull Run by the firm
ness of his troops and his own cool
ness in the heat of the conflict, when
General Bartow Bee urged his troops
onward in the conflict as he shouted
to them “See General Jackson stand
ing with his men like a stone wall.”
It was at this battle also where the
word “Skedaddle” originated, when a
Confederate Soldier yelled at the
fleeing Federals: “See how they
skee-daddle-all!”
General Jackson was a soldier of
the highest character in the Confed
erate waf. A short sketch of his
career is appropriated in this con
nection.
Bom in Virginia in 1824, he ent
ered the Military Academy at West
Point in 1842 and was commissioned
as second lieutenant ir. 1846. That
year he entered the Mexican war as
a captain, and was soon promoted to
major on account of his bravery and
courage. In 1851 he resigned his
commision and was appointed as
professor in mathematics in the Mili
tary Academy at Lexington, Vir
ginia. Upon the outbreak of the
Confederate war, he volunteered and
entered the service with the rank of
Brigadier General. He attained the
rank of major general at the First
Battle of Bull Run. Also victorious
at the Second Battle of Bull Run, he
captured Harper’s Ferry in Septem
ber, 1862, and in December of the
same year suppoted Lee at Sharps-
burg and Fredericksburg.
Stonewall Jackson was a deeply
religious man and often could be seen
in prayer before entering a battle.
A Newberry soldier, John B.
Chambers, was one of the men of
Jackson’s brigade who stood guard
at the little hut at Guinea Station
when his brave commander died.
Chambers volunteered for the Con
federate war in 1861 and was muster
ed in as a private of Company D,
Third battalion, South Carolina Div
ision.
He was wounded at Spottsylvania
Court House, Virginia, May 1, 1864.
As a printer on The Lutheran Visitor
and The Herald and News his rela
tion of reminiscences of the war of
’61-’65 would comprize an interest
ing volume had they been preserved
in some particular form. He had
learned the printer’s trade on The
Conservatist in 1850-57, the second
newspaper to be established in New
berry.
Hosea M. Barger, also printer in
the same company with Chambers,
served throughout the war. Grant
battled around Wilderness and Spott
sylvania May 6-21 opposing Lee with
out definite result; had 85,000 cas
ualties in his advance to Petersburg.
Fighting was so stubborn that minie
balls from rifles cut down a tree at
the stump 18 inches in diameter. The
writer saw the stump on exhibition
in Smithsonian Institution at Wash
ington while visiting there June 25,
1886, as it was described by William
A. Barre of* Newberry, his uncle,
who fought Grant under General Lee
in that terrific battle.
W. P. Houseal.
NABS LARGE TROUT WITH
BARE HANDS
Florence, June 1.—D. L. Yarbor
ough of Florence is contemplating
discarding rod and reel on his future
fishing trips in this state.
On Thursday while fishing in Little
Peedee river, near Galivant’s Ferry,
he caught a seven and three quarter
pound trout, barehanded.
After having caught a red breast
and staked it out Mr. Yarborough
was standing on the banks of the
Peedee river, rod ’and reel in his
hand, attempting to increase his fish
catch for the day when a trout came
poking around the already caught
red breast. Mr. Yarborough hurried
ly dopped his fishing tackle, and
made a lunge with his right hand
and nabbed the too inquisitive trout.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make final settlement of the
estate of Thomas A. Epting in the
Probate Court for Newberry county,
S. C., on Monday, Hie 16th day of
June, 1941, at 10 o’clock in the fore
noon, and will immediately thereafter
aak for my discharge as Administra
tor of said estate.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Thomas A. Epting, de
ceased, are hereby notified to file the
same, duly verified, with the under
signed, and those indebted to said es
tate will please make payment like
wise.
May 14, 1941.
C. K. EPTING,
Administrator
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