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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.
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Kettering Predicts Device
That Will Doom Submarines
Detroit, June 8.—Charles F. Ket
tering, one of America’s foremost in
ventors, predicted today that German
submarines would be driven from the
seas by development of a device to
catch them on the surface at night.
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
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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.
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