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V PAGE POUR THE NEWBERRY SUN Racial Attitude of the South Is Not to Be Shaped by Any Outsiders, Says Spectator Our legislators can show some ex cellent work in their County Supply Bills. The governmental affairs of the counties are in the hands of their county delegations. Most delegations are harmonious and work coopera tively, certainly on county matters. In the matter of county finance many legislators find the opportunity to do effective work. There is very little debate or trouble about it; seldom does one find obstructive or dilatory tactics by a member of a delegation. If the entire Legislature would work with the same speed, directness and efficiency of the County delegations, the sessions would be free f^om pro tracted debates, political playr—and all that. Really, as is known, there is a great difference between men in mass and men taken individually. It is this mass psychology, as distin guished from the individual case, which makes a wondrous difference to our State. I have called attention to Marlboro County and the reduction of eleven mills in this new county budget. At once I’m reminded of the record in both Sumter and Horry counties, which had no levy for county pur poses one year. Some heartening information has been gleaned which will be joyful tidings tc the taxpayers affected. Consider Clarendon, for example: In 1940 the millage for bond purposes was reduced from 22 to 9. This was dui'ing the service of Senator Taylor Stukes and Representatives Miller Mellette and James Hugh McFaddin. This year the County Supply Bill has been reduced about $14,000, which will permit a reduction of 8 mills. This is the record of Senator James Hugh McFaddin and Representatives Miller Mellette and Charles Plowden. The total millage for bonds and or dinary county purposes, exclusive of school levies, in 1937 was 37 mills; in i 1940 it was 22 mills; and in 1941 it will be about 14 ipills. That is good service and our people in finding fault with the Legislature on State matters must not overlook some ex cellent work in home affairs, v Williamsburg is trying to make a reduction, which I’ll tell about later. Those thrifty Irish Presbyterians don’t throw away money, as a rule. Over in Bamberg—the County owes nothing, as I recall. There the spirit of thrift and sound financing has always guided her delegations. I must concede the point made by Representatives J. Carl Kearse, that since Bamberg County has operated for years on a budget of 5 1-2 mills, not much can be cut. About the same can be said for Sumter, but Repre- but they loom large, tower above, sentative Lemmon expressed the hope that a reduction might be made. Bamberg and Calhoun are little fellows—in mere physical aspects— even look down on most other coun ties like stray rye in an oat patch. Whenever anyone talks about consoli dating counties because of theoreti cal economies the question suggests itself: And what about Calhoun and Bamberg? Should we merge them info neighboring counties, or tie the neighboring counties to them? Well, what do you say? Colleton is a big county, but vir tually without great taxpaying in dustries. I prevailed on Senator Jefferies •‘to tell me how things were progressing in the greatest tourist center in the State. A reduction of between 4 and 5 mills is expected. In 1940 eleven mills were taken off. At the end of 1941 taxes will have been reduced between 25 and 30 per cent in Colleton, and the County’s finan ces are in the best condition known in recent years. The Senators made a remaik which ought to be universal application: "By a continuance of the policy of the State in taking over roads and making la: er contribu tions to teachers I hope that the farmers and home-owners of Colle ton will not have to bear any unreas onable tax burdens.” Reference has been made to reduc tions in Aiken in recent years. What say the big rich counties of Green ville, Anderson and Spartanburg? And Fairfield? A year or two ago Spectator lold of the record of Senator Wise of Chester, a record of careful admini stration. Although Chester is Scotch and Presbyterian, Senator Wise, a Baptist, holds the County purse strings tight enough to suit them. Doctor Olin Sawyer, Senator from Georgetown, and a veteran of the Legislature, spoke like a man in th$ Senate when he refused to be alarm ed by a decision of the United States Supreme Court on the race question. Forms of law have their uses, but there are considerations deeper and more vital than court decisions. The Southern people, both White and Col ored, have made substantial progress in working out their problems. Those problems must be solved by the peo ple of the South and by them, only, True it may be that Northern socie=- ties of negroes made political deals with Northern politicians calling themselves Democrats and they may be trying again to collect for their 1 political support of politicians run ning in the name of Democracy, but the White men of the South will not be coerced by statute or court deci sion; they will either solve this problem peaceably and for the benefit of all, or they may feel driven to some extremes which might be re grettable in the extreme. Certain of our politicians may talk about the sanctity of law and the respect due to a court; but no one claims infallibility for law-makers or courts. In matters of racial con cern and racial attitude of the South is not to be shaped or controlled by any group of men, whatever may be their position, or whatever may be the sanctity which covers them. England’s experience with Ireland is a recent case in point. All the law in the world and all the courts can’t compel men to smother a deep-seat ed, ingrained racial feeling. Our pol iticians will find that the independ ent thinker on his farm will not yield one jot or tittle under pressure. Our Negroes might well say that all the Northern friends who are stir ring up the race question would drown themselves in the sea. If this agitation continues it will embttte!' the relations between Whites and Ne groes and set the negroes back a quarter of a century. R..d About This "IMPROVED" FEMININE HYGIENE "Cleanliness” should be the watchword of every girl and woman afflicted by discharge. And thousands have discov ered dally douching with Lydia E. Plnfcham's SANATIVE WASH most EFFECTIVE. 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The engineering genius who gave the automobile industry the self starter and a score of other inven tions expressed a belief that the anti submarine device would be completed and in operation “within a reasonable time.” “We have been working with the navy for six years,” he said, refer ring to General Motors reseaen di vision which he heads. “It’s not go ing to be too hard to beat the subs.” Kettering also said that the prob lem of interception of night bombers “is being licked now” in England by detection devices now in production.” He did not indicate whether the de vices were being improved to the ex tent that they would guide fighter planes to German bombers whether there was moonlight or not* Detect ors now in use by the British are said by observers to airect pilots to within several thousand feet of Ger man planes, closer detection depend ing on light conditions. Explaining the job of combating submarines, Kettering said it was the practice of German U-boats to eome to the surface to recharge their bat teries and then wait in the path of a convoy whose position and course had been reported by scouting planes. “When the convoy comes along, thfc submarine moves right with it, he said. “It stays some distance from the nearest ship and can’t b eseen. Then, just at daybreak, it submerges to ^over the conning tower and makes its attack. After it puts torpedoes into several ships the escorting des troyers are too busy rescuing peo ple in the water to stop it from get ting away. “AH you have to do is locate him when he’s on the surface at night and you’ve got him. Detectors will find hi mwben he’s under water.” Of each ten British merchant ships sunk, four are estimated sent to the bottom by submarines, four by air attack, one by surface raiders and one by mines. “If we can stop that first four, warships and airplanes can concen trate on the rest and probably do a great deal in cutting the other loss es,” the inventor said. Kettering told a group of return ed American war correspondents that one of the big advantages the Ameri can navy had over other navies was in the engine being installed in new submarines. “With that engine, our subs can go seventeen to twenty knots and more on the surface—fast enough to keep up with the fleet. The subs other countries have go along at ten or eleven.” Informal Pique t T -- Anna Neagle, captivating Eng lish actress, wears a peasant-like bolero frock of bright, royal blue cotton pique, with a white blouse peppered with dots of the blue. The white trim of the open-toed pumps adds a corresponding note to the white stripe accenting the hem of the flared skirt that’s nip ped in at the waist with corselet banding. THREE WARNINGS ON WAR Mark Twain: A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen and at the first will have a hearing and be applauded, but it will not last long; the others will outshout them. Before long you will see this curious thing: The speakers stoned from the platform and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts are still as one with those stoned speakers but do not dare to say so. And now the whole na tion, pulpit and all, will take up the war cry and shout itself hoarse and mob any man who ventures to open his mouth, and presently such mouths will cease to open. George Washington: Excessive par tiality for one foreign nation and ex cessive dislike of another causes those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and od ious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests. Will Rogers: Europe tells us chey want our moral leadership and moraj responsibility and tells us we’re so big, and so strong, and so wonder ful, and so marvelous. But they’re the same folks that call us Uncle Shylock and money grabbers and bla tant and ill-mannered, and all the time talkin’ about how we won the war. I don’t see how them two ideas work together. I think we should be sympathetic toward European na tions and all that, but we don’t have to marry Europe. And when the coun try finds itself married to Europs there ain’t none of this divorce in Re no by noon. Say, listen, your’re tied up and gin’ to find it hard to break loose. And then they’d sue us for nonsupport. That yearling was fattened on cottonseed meal an’ cooked in cot tonseed shortening. No wonder it tastes so good to a cotton man. FRIDAY, JUNE JS, 1841 MISS FELLERS DIES Funeral services for Miss Essie Fellers, 70, who died suddenly late Thursday afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. C. Neel at Silver- street were held Saturday morning at 11 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Neel with Dr. E. Bryan Keisler in charge, j Interment followed in Colony ceme-, t'ery. In addition to Mrs. Neel she is sur vived by two brothers, C. A. Fellers of Wadesboro, N. C., and V. B. Fel lers of Columbia; six nephews and five nieces. Comes from Behind to Win Indianapolis Classic MRS. ANNIE SUBER DUNCAN Mrs. Annie Suber Duncan, 60, wife of N. C. Duncan, died Thursday at a Columbia hospital after several weeks illness. She was a woman of many fine traits of character and was a faith ful member of Beth-Eden Lutheran church. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the Leavell Funeral home with the Rev. M. L. Kester in charge. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. In addition to her husband she is survided by two sisters, Mrs. Charles S. Suber and Mrs. W. E. Elmore, both of Newberry. HUGE BULL FROG Capt. George Doyle astonishes citizens by showing them a picture of a huge bull frog, which,- stretched out, measured eight feet from tip to tip and whose legs are said to weigh in the neighborhood of eight pounds each. Captain Doyle received the pic ture from Charles E. Hooper, presi dent of Jumbo Frog farms, who said that after several years of cross breeding, they have developed the largest tilless amphibious animal of the genus Rana. Mr. Hooper said that everything of the frog could be i^sed except the croak and hop. Ac cording to the president, the frogs can be seen at Prime Holman’s pond, Riley, S. C., or at Lake Inspiration, both near St. Matthews. —Georgetown Times. There are many strange and in teresting things to be seen in Cal houn county, if one knows where to look for them. For instance flown below Lone Star, on what used to be old Cave Hall plantation, the ap pearance of gigantic round wells. Probably not over twenty-five or thirty feet in depth, perfectly circu lar in shape and the sides are clear cut and perpendicular. Some of them hold water, but most have dry bot toms. What caused them is a mys tery and will probably never be solved. Along the same line, there is the matter of what is known as “The Old Dam”. About a mile or so from where a part of Half-Way Swamp creek empties into the Santee River, one can see the remnants of an ancient dam and mill site. This creek is very large at this point, and as the dam was about half a mile long, plenty of power must have been developed. It is surmised that the dam was built by slave labor, but no definite information can be obtained. Even an old-timer like W. P. Shirer says that he does not know the whys and wherefores, origin, use or purpose of this dam, and he is not a young man, was bom and raised in the communi ty and owned the property upon which the dam is situated.—Calhoun Cur ios, Calhoun Times. GEORGIA EXPECTS FINE PEACH CROP DESPITE DROUGHT Macon, Ga., June 8. — Georgia peach growers and marketers are preparing to pick and sell the state’s “largest and finest” crop in 10 years, despite the drought conditions, the Georgia Association of Peach Grow ers asserted in a special report to day. Harvest of some varieties has al ready begun, the report stated, with a total peach crop of 12,885 cars predicted by the end of the season. Better distribution of the crop will be attempted by the Georgia association in cooperation with simi lar organizations in the Carotlnas. Sales promotion efforts will be dir ected from an office here and are ex pected to be the most intensive in years. Three separate national selling drives will be launched by the or ganization. The first, to open July 2, is expected to include peak move ment of the Hiley peach crop, July 24 to 30 -will include the probable peak of the Elberta peach move ment and the third campaign, sche duled from August 7 to 13, is expect ed to coincide with heaviest move ment of South Carolina peaches. LAURENS FARMERS MAKING SUCCESS GROWING BARLEY Driving his teammate’s car from 15th place to a spectacular victory in one of the most dramatic races ever held at the historic Indianapolis Speedway, Mauri Rose won his first 500-mile race on May 30th. Starting the race in the coveted pole position by reason of his hign- est qualifying speed of 128.681, Rose was well up with the leaders when his car developed engine trouble after 155 miles and was forced out of the race. Lou Moore, owner of the car which Rose had been driving, asked Rose to relieve Floyd Davis, who was driving another one of Moore’s cars and Rose drove to victory at an average speed of 115.117 miles per hour without a tire change or tire trouble of any kind. This was the 22nd consecutive year that Fire stone Tires have been on the winning cars in this great race. One by one, Rose passed' the other cars in the race until he had his car in 4th position. At the 380 mile mark a broken wheel eliminated Wil bur Shaw, defending champion and three-time winner, who was leading the race at that point. Driving spec tacularly around the turns and bril liantly on the straightaways, Mauri Rose soon overtook the other leading cars across the finish line in a final burst of speed. After completing an extra lap around the 2 1-2 mile track. Rose pulled into the pits to let Floyd Davis drive the winning car into victory lane. Davis, however, already was waiting in the winner’s pen to congratulate Rose on hls re markable exhibition of driving. This is only the second time in the history of the Indianapolis Sweep- stakes that two drivers have shared the championship as co-winners. Rex Mays, popular California driver, won second place money for the second consecutive year. He was followed across the finish line by Ted Horn, Ralph Hepburn and Bergere, in that order, all of them riding on Firestone tires. TEXTILE WORKERS GET PAY INCREASE Washington, June 8.—A wage in crease of 5 cents an hour for 300,000 textile workers, the' largest single group to receive raises under the wage-hour law, was announced today by Gen. Phiip B. Fleming, wage-hour administrator. Effective June 30, a minimum of 37 1-2 cents an hour must be paid in the industry. This will raise the pay of the lowest scale workers from $13 to $15 for a 40-hour week. Since October, 1939, the minimum wage has been 32 1-2 cents. Hearings to Be Held Fleming said the new wage order would contain no provisions restrict ing purchases in company owned stores or rentals of company owned homes, hut that a wage-hour repre sentative would conduct hearings in various textile centers with a view to possible amendment of the order in this respect. Manufacturers have opposed regu lation of pay deductions for such pur poses, while labor spokesmen have demanded that the practice of deduc tions be abolished. Industry Employs 650,000 About 650,000 persons are employ ed in the industry which manufac tures cotton textiles, towels, sheets, pillow cases, silk rayon, linen, cord age, and twine. Officials said the following groups of workers would receive pay in creases: Cotton workers—207,000. Textile products (sheets, pillow cases, etc.)—28,700. Silk and rayon—47,000. Cordage and twine—5,000. Jute textiles—1,500. NEGRO EDUCATORS WILL SEEK VOICE IN SALARY CONFERENCE Laurens, June 8.—A number of Laurens county farmers find profit in growing certain varieties of barley for feeding purposes, according to C. B. Cannon, county agent. For example, W. G. McDaniel pro duced this season 390 bushels of hood ed beardless barley on six acres, or an average of 65 bushels the acre, which Agent Cannon says is equival ent to 55.7 bushels of corn in feed value per acre. On two acres seeded to Marrett’s Awnless barley, Mr. McDaniel har vested 46.25 bushels to the acre, the equivalent of 39.6 bushels of corn. Orangeburg, June 7.—The execu tive committee of the Palmetto teach ers association meeting at South Car olina State A & M colege this after noon passed a resolution requesting the president of the association to call a special joint meeting of the house of delegates of the association with the executive committee some time in June to consider plans regarding teachers’ salaries and raising of a special fund for futhering steps that might be taken in behalf of negro teachers in South Carolina. The president of the Palmetto state teachers association was also author ized to approach the proper authori ties and request permission for the executive committee of the Palmetto state teachers associaiton to sit in the special session of the governor’s committee considering the teachers’ salaries June 11 at Columbia. The resolution, concerning the call ing of a special session of the house of delegates of the association as reported by a special committee was as follows: “Believing that there will be a need for a joint meeting of the house of delegates with the ex ecutive committee some time in June, be it resolved by the executive com mittee that the president plan to call such a meeting to consider fur ther needed action regarding the re quests at the Palmetto state teachers association to the legislature.” The resolution came as a result of a day’s discussion by the executive committee concerning the special committee called by the governor to meet in Columbia, June 11. The executive committee also voted after much discussion to empower the president of the association to ask the governor for special permission for the committee to sit in on their delib erations of the governor’s committee June 11. The executive secretary was in structed to matfe the necessary ar rangements to secure charter for the association which was approved by the house of delegates at the last an nual session in April. Tentative, plains were . discussed for the boding of the next annual session of the association. The meeting will be hed in March, 1942, at Columbia. he time and place for district meet ings was also discussed and tenta tively arranged. Executive committee members of the Palmetto state teachers associa tion present at the meeting on Satur day were: J. P. Burgess, president, Orangeburg; H. C. Brewer, vice presi dent, Hartsville; C. C. Woodson; Spartanburg; S. L. Finley, Chester; C. C. Bing, executive secretary, Al- endale; Ida E. Green, treasurer, Flor ence; M. F. Whittaker, president S. C. State College, Orangeburg; J. E. Blanton^ Voorhees N & I school, Den mark, principal; J. R. Bonds, Charles ton; U. S. Gallman, Newberry; and I. M. A. Myers, Columbia Miss Ernestine Melton, who has been teaching in High Point, North Carolina, is home for a month’s va cation. Miss Melton had as her guest last week Miss Evelyn Ballentine of High Point and Manassah, Virginia. JUNE IS NATIONAL DAIRY MONTH A “HEALTHY” IDEA We’re cooperating with the entire dairy industry to make you aware of the healthful qualities of dairy products. So, for health’s sake, do your part! Drink at least 3 glasses of milk daily .... and remember, NEEL’S PASTEURIZED MILK tastes better, and is richer. Don’t Take the “Elat” Out of “Heat” . . . Serve Delicious PASTEURIZED When summer appetites are functioning at a snail’s pace, you’ll discover NEEL’S DAIRY foods just the thing to give them renewed vigor. They hit the right spot every time! Neel’s Dairy PHONE 376-w