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THE NEWBBRBT SUN PAGE POUR Widow Says Husband Feared Submarine 0-9 Would Crack New London, Conn., June 28.— The widow of one of the thirty-three men who lost their lives in the sub marine 0-9 disaster last week, told a navel board of inquiry today she ov erheard her husband tell a friend that if the boat submerged deeper than 200 feet “it would never come up again.” Mrs. Angeline Tillery, widow of T. W. Tillery ^nachinist’s mate, first class, said that several days before the 0-9 left for Portsmouth, N. H., to begin diving trials, her husband and another sailor were talking about the submarine at their home. She said she was lying on a couch, and her husband apparently believed she was asleep. t Mrs. Tillery said she overheard Wer husband say there was “a hole the size of a hand” in the submarine and that “if it went down more than 200 feet it will never come up again.” Members of the board of inquiry pointed out that every witness ex amined thus far had testified that the 0-9 was in good condition when it arrived here from Philadelphia af ter being reconditioned and when it departed for Portsmouth. Asked if this information “will ease your mind,” she replied: “Well, it’s hard to say how I feel. My husband was on it and I only told you what I heard." March Field, Cal., June 27.—The army air corps’ $3,500,000 B-19 bomb er did everything asked of it today on its maiden test flight from Santa Mo nica. Major Stanley M. Umstead, the ar my’s No. 1 test pilot, nosed the huge crafe into the air nine seconds after gunning the four motors at Clover field. He brought it to a slow, gentle landing on a long runway of this ar my air base. Wind velocity at both fields was eighteeft miles an hour. More than 5,000 army officers and men swarmed onto the field as the sky giant — officially described as the world’s largest bomber — taxied to ward a hangar. Officers appeared highly pleased at the performance. The plane was in the air fifty-six minutes. Major Umstead grinned broadly in admitting he might have been a little nervous as he took off. The four-mo tored bomber, which has a 212-fool wingapread and a 132-foot fuselage, wobbled' slightly as it left the ground. Umstead said the character of the takeoff was not dangerous, however. He simply over-controlled the ship, ♦which has afl extremely sensitive re sponse to manipulation. Landing characteristics, the major said, indicate the B-1& can be taken onto any ordinard first class field. The brakes, which gave trouble in preliminary taxiing worked perfectly, as did the landing gear. Umstead said that in landing he was not sure at what speed the ship would continue to be air-borne, so his landing was tentative. He came in slowly, set the plane down on the two rear wheels of the tricycle landing gear, and the front wheel of the gear gently touclr- ed the ground. The judge advocate, Commander Allen R. McCann, asked Mrs. Tillery if she believed any commander would take out his boat “with such a hole in it.” “I only know what I heard,” she insisted. “I hope it may help the boys on some other boats.” Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, president of the board, inquired: “Do you fell that there has been the least attempt to cover up any unsatisfactory condition on the 0-9.” Mrs. Tillery fought to keep her voice steady, and answered almost inaudibly: “I don’t know how I feel,” Mrs. Tillery replied. “All the boys feel that the boat was not in condition to go out so soon.” The commanders of three sister ships of the 0-9 testified before the board that their boats, reconditioned at Philadelphia when the 0-9 was re fitted were in excellent condition and that they had “full confidence” in them. Lieutenant John S. McCain, com mander of the 0-8, said his ship had been given a “fine overhaul” and he would “take it down at any time”. McCain said “in my opinion, after submergence, something happened” to the 0-9. “Wrong action, and then it was too late to rectify the mis take”. Aboard were seven men, in place of the ultimate crew of ten. The plane carried less than one-fifth of its 11,000 gallons fuel capacity. Build ers’ statistics rate it as forty-one tons empty, eighty-two tons fully loaded. The sky monster left Clover field at 12:01 p. m., after its surprisingly quick takeoff, which required only 1,500 feet of the 3,800 foot Clover field) runway, it flew out to sea, circled back over the Douglas plant at Santa Monica, where the workers who built it might see it in the air, and headed for March field. It landed at 12:57 p. m. “Boy, what a load off my mind that was,” chirped an unidentified private “My heart was in my mouth while it was landing.” MARLBORO CROPS Johnston Herald. W. G. Hazel, editor and publisher of the Pee Dee Advocate, of Bennetts- ville, spent Sunday here and at Sa luda Mr. Hazel remarked that crop pros pects in Marlboro county are the brightest he has known at this sea son of any of the thirteen years he has been in that county. Rains in April brought up good stands of cot ton. Corn and other crops have been favored by weather conditions to the extent that healthy, vigorous growth is the rule throughout the section. Preparations for the army maneuv ers this fall have brought considerable activity in towns and county, says Mr. Hazel, and farmers and other land- owners have signed, 100 per cent, to permit use of their lands by Uncle Sam’s troops. Nearly 151 thousand acres are involved. BREEDIN PREDICTS A LASTING BLOW Asks Protest to Washington to See That S. C. Ports Get Equal Treatment Discontinuance in July of Charles ton’s water passenger service and much of its rem.Viing coastwise freight service will prove “a lasting blow to business in South Carolina,” J. K. Breedin, managing director of Organized Business, Inc., said in Charleston recently. “Approximately 85 per cent of all South Carolina domestic water borne commerce and almost 100 per cent of all South Carolina import and export commerce is being moved through ports of other states,” he said. “Pas senger business has dropped to a point where it is practically nil. Pos sibly we South Carolinians have gone to sleep on the job permitting other ports to take our trade from us . . ” “We should all rise up in protest to the powers that be in Washington and demand that our ports be given the same consideration as other ports.” Mr. Breedin pointed out that Gov ernor Burnet R. Maybank has been active in efforts to have adequate ser vice through Charleston and is now at work in the case of the scheduled Clyde-Mallory curtailments. In 1940, Mr. Breedin said, the gov ernor protested to Clyde-Mallory ag ainst diversion of the Iroquois and curtailment of sailings here from three to two weekly. He protested against discontinuance of the Clyde- Mallory service from here to the Gulf coast. He conferred with E. R. Oliver vice president of the Southern rail ways on the handling of more ton nage through Charleston. With a Clyde-Mallory official he discussed the matter of service between Charleston and all ports on the line. In 1941, the governor’s office pro tested Clyde-Mallory i-iscontinuance of Clyde-Mallory service between Charleston and Boston. He protested against the withdrawal of the Sem inole from the Charleston-New York run. HOME AGENTS HEAD PROGRAM BOOSTING COTTON BAG RE-USE Initiate Nationwide Campaign on Cot ton Bag Bed Protectors Memphis, Tenn.—Home demonstra tion agents in 24 states where Sur plus Marketing Administration mat tress projects are under way are do ing their part to boost the consump tion of cotton bags by distributing more than half a million folders giv ing instructions for making bedding protectors from cotton bags. Arrangements concluded between Mrs. Ola Powell MalcoIr\ head of the home demonstration service in Wash ington, and the National Cotton Coun. cil and Cotton-Textile Institute call for a distribution of the cotton bag bedding protector folder in every state where the federal maittress pro gram is functioning. “The home agents cooperating in the program are doing double duty in the campaign to increase cotton consumption,” a Council - Institute spokesman said. Not only are they assisting in the distribution of the mattresses; they are also teaching the recipients of the mattresses a lesson in household thrift through the re-use of cotton bags as bedding protectors.” Free Instruction Persons participating in the mat tress projects are given instructions in making cotton bag bedding protec tors at sewing centers in conjunction with the mattress distribution. The bags are furnished by the persons re ceiving the mattresses, who obtain them by buying their sugar, flour, feed, and other items packed in cotton wrappers. , The folders distributed by the home demonstration agents give de tailed directions for making protec tors for springs, mattresses, pillows, blankets, and mattress pads. States cooperating in the bedding protector program thus far are Ala bama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kan sas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Okla homa, South Carolina, South Dako ta, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Vir ginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. That IS Diflierent Mrs. Imski: Now, Henri, don’: go so far out in the water. Little Henri: Yes, ma; but yoti let daddy do it. . Mrs. Imski: But^ that’s different. You pa has his life insured. Knew Him Amateur Magician: Will the gentle, man in the front row kindly lend me his hat? The Gentleman: Not till you re- turn the lawnmower you borrowed. Enjoys the Conversation Stranger: Are you taking summer boarders this year” Farmer: Yep. With better prices for things we don’t have to, but my wife likes to hear ’em talk that fun ny city dialect. Feared Trade-In Father (to 4-year-old): Why, what are you carying for, son? Junioi: Well, you said you and mommie was goin’ to get a new baby, and I’s ’fraid you will trade me in on it. The Newberry Insurance & Realty Co. * Offers for Investment Its CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK At $50 per Share Dividends Payable Semi-Annually Prospectus Furnished on Request Newberry Insurance & Realty Co. E. B. Purcell, President Newberry, S. C. PHONE 197 Maiden Flight of Giant Bomber Successful REJECTS BILL TO HOLD MEN FOR FLEET Washington, June 27.—Despite an urgent plea from higb navy officers, the senate naval affairs committee declined today to approve a bill un der which the fleet’s sailors and ma rines could be held in service beyond their term of enlistment. Senator Walsh, Democrat, Massa chusetts, explained that committee men felt this would be a breach of contract with the men. The commit tee did approve, however, a bill under which future volunteers would be placed on notice that they could be held in service after their enlistment period if congress so decided. Rear Admiral C. W. Nimitz, chief of the bureau of navigation, had said that because of the rapid expansion of the navy, its experienced person nel was being spread out very thinly. Therefore, he said, the navy ought to be empowered to retain men if con gress declared a state of emergency. Before the committee acted, there had been reports that the army might seek similar powers with respect to its men. It was uncertain, however, whether such a request would be pres sed in view of the committee’s atti tude. Meantime, a controversy broke out in the house military committee about a report which had been prepared by some members of the comittee and which leveled sharp criticism at me thods of obtaining strategic materials for the defense program. Representative Faddis, Democrat, Pennsylvania, headed a sub-committee which drafted the report after a long investigation. It was submitted 1 to the full committee today for approv al, but administration forces object ed that less than half of the commit tee was present and thus publication of the document was blocked tempor arily. THE PUBLIC DEBT NEW (By Dr. Gus W. Dyer, Vanderbilt U.) The creation of a huge public debt is a new experience for this countvy. The policy 6f borrowing and consum ing billions of dollars in wealth In peace times and charging up the in debtedness to unborn babies is decid edly questionable if not positively im moral. We are under a moral obli gation to make contributions to the unborn. We certainly have no right to force babies to come into the world with big mortgages tied around their necks. The amounts of the national debt in different years were as follows: 1855—$35,588,490. 1865—$2,677,929,012. 1875—$2,156,216,649. 1885—$1,578,561,179. 1895—$1,096,913,120. 1905—$1,132,357,095. 1915—$1,191,26^,068. Between 1881 arid 1916, the national debt was nearly as much as two bil r lion dollars. In 1919 it was $25 432,- 034,419. This increase was dde to the world war. But under the admin istration of President Coolidge the debt had been reduced to $16,931,068, 484 in 1929. We went through the very serious world depressions of 1873 and 1893 without any appreciable increase in the national debt. Before the present preiparedness policy was inaugurated, the national debt had been inceased to nearly 50 billion dollars. It will, perhaps, reach one hundred billion within a short time. This will mead an average indebtedness of about $3,333 on each American family. Are we true to the trust that we hold for those who are to come after us? UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION SUBSCRIPTION DRIVE It is the desi/e of the Federal Government and of local authorities that every able citizen in the United States participate in an effort to raise funds for the operation of recreation clubs for military men throughout the nation. Teams are now working in Newberry and in the three mill villages adjacent to the community. However, it is possible that many cit izens who would like to donate to this worthy cause may not be contacted by the teams. In view of this fact, the following subscription blank is offered and it is the hope of the local U. S. O. Committee that these coupons will be used by any interested citizen who wishes to have a part in this work. Subscription to:— UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION FUND. Name Address Amount Did “Diamond Jim” Have Stomach or Ulcer Pains? It is hardly likely that Diamond Jim Brady could have eaten so vora ciously if he suffered after-eating f iains. Sufferers who have to pay he penalty of stomach or ulcer S ains, indigestion, gas pains, heart- urn, burning sensation, bloat and other conditions caused by excess acid should try a 25c box of Udga Tablets. They must help or money refunded. FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1941 The Liberties We Enjoy Today Were Earned On Battlefields and in Prisons, Says Spectator pay a few taxes to help cover the cost of defending ourselves against the French and Indians. Our people resisted because the tax was imposed without their consent. But today a mighty force is loose in the world which respects neither God nor man; which makes all men the property of the State; which despoils and diahon- ors womanhood; which erects a mon ster in the form of government before which all must bow in homage. But bending in homage is only a cere monial act. What this new order would require is the complete sub servience of the individual to the State in all his relations. In very truth it is the negation of all for which men have fought for centuries. The human spirit is not seeking power or force or efficiency, primarily, but liberty of thought, freedom of speech, independence of movement— the opportunity of the inidvidual to develop all his powers and to live the abundant life' of unfettered oppor tunity. One of the commonest expressions of today is “I won’t stick my neck out.” Pevhaps every good thing we enjoy came to us because somebody stuck his neck out. Old John Hamp den stuck his neck out and lit a torch in England 'which even we in America carry proudly today. That handful of men in Philadelphia in 1776 decidedly stuck their necks out and risked the gallows, but a glorious country of free men recalls with gra titude the audacity of those patriots. Our fathers may have looked ragged and starved at Appamatox; they may have endured beyond the limit for their cause; and) they sank their all in defeat; but the Confederate soldier lives imperishable not only for his bravery in the flash and roar of the cannons, but because he gave himself The Fourth of July is with us again. In 1776 our people fought the British to earn our freedom; today we are strongly determined to defend the freedom of Britain. At both times our national purpose is interpreted as a love for freedom and as a defi ance of injustice and tyranny. Looking back to 1776 we must con clude that our forefathers were a very sensitive lot of men. In this day al most nobody but a few editors would be so relentless against the violation of a principle. As a matter of fact, we submit to many violations of our Constitutions, State and National, and do not fight. But the men of VK6 and the Southerners of 1860 were men who fought for their political princi ples. They were not “SAJ'ETY FIRST” men T>y any means, but red- blooded and contentious o^er even small things, if a principle was vohred. They livea under the Inspira tion of such men as John Hampden of England, who defied the King in his majesty and refused to pay an un just tax. Those men took life serious, ly and regarded their rights and li berties as something worth fighting for. Our liberties today were earned for us, were indeed achieved for us on battlefields and in prisons, in suf fering, privation and sorrow by those who counted honor and principle most and stood ready to battle for them. Let me repeat. All that irritated our forefathers of 1776 was small in comparison with the threat which hangs over mankind today. We fought England because she wanted u» to and everything for a cause. In this country were many men who would heve prospered more if there had been no revolution; many indeed there were who would have been more prosperous if there had been- no Civil War, but today we revere the memory of those who regarded freedom as worth more than prosperity and who became impoverished that we today might have what Lincoln called a “government of the people, for the people, and by the people” and that such a government should not per ish from the earth. We have many likable, genial spir its in our State. Life isn’t always easy; sometimes it is hard and drear and full of discouragements, but go to a service club luncheon or a trade convention or even a religious con vention and observe the warmth of good fellowship and the general well being of all present. Is there any other country in the world so happy as ours? Well, that’s why it is worth saving. The National Government used to seem far off. The World War (No.l) acustomed us to Uncle Sam. Then a new generation came on who knew neither war nor Uncle Sam. But the United 1 States, the President, the Con gress, the Supreme Court, the Armed Forces, Europe—all are close to us again. Sundlay I went out to El Recuerdo. The Manager of the farm and I walk, ed around looking at cotton, corn, and tobacco. The little boy and' his little sistar went with us. We tarried at the peach and plum trees for a “spell” and “ate our fill,” as somebody said. As we walked down the rows of to bacco my partner called attention to a barefoot track in the “middles.” It was made by a lad a few days ago while poisoning the tobacco. That lad is today in Norfolk in the Navy. Two years ago another lad walked up and down those fields. Today he is in the Marine Corps, somewhere up North or on the broad Atlantic, ab oard! a ship of war. A few more years ago there was another one of those brothers who knew about the broiling sun and the steam of the corn middles. Today he is in the army. Three brothers—just a little while ago boys on the farm; today members of Uncle Sam’s three fight ing services—all volunteers. The operation of the National Wage-Hour Law is being extended. A store engaged in retail trade within the State would not be under the Federal law because its transactions are entirely intra-State and not in- ter-State. But whi>i of wholesalers? That question at once raised the Issue of bringing into the State goods man ufactured or processed elsewhere. Then another problem arose: What is the diffeence between a wholesaler and a retailer? Some stores are thought of as retailers, but sell in case lots or such other quantities as would not ordinarily be regarded as retail. The Administrator of the Law has decided that hereafter unless 75 per cent of the sales are at retail the store must come under the Federal Wage-Hour regulation. Until this new order the test was 50 per eent. If, then, more than 25 per cent of -the sales are not retail the rule of forty hour law and thirty cent minimum will prevail. What is a sale at retail? Well, a retail place of business is- one charac terized by numerous small sales or such as are patronized by the general consuming public. They sell goods I for direct consumption and not for re-sale or redistribution. With regard to chain stores, each physically separate store will be judg ed sepaately, not as a part of a chain, but a warehouse serving the chain would stand as a wholesaler. A lumber camp and bunk house are regarded as part of the main op eration and will be under the same regulation. After any exertion, a pause is always welcome. Doubly so if you enjoy ice-cold Coca-Cola with it. Ice-cold Coca-Cola is pure and wholesome. You taste its quality . . . fee/ its refreshment. So when you pause throughout the day, make it t/io pause that refreshes with ice-cold Coca-Cola. 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