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PACK THREE FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1941 Spectator Suggests The Weatherman Has Lost His Sense of Proportion Any tanner needing rain might apply to Spectator. He has had plen ty and to spare. Just as I indicated a short time ago, the weatherman has lost his sense of proportion, or else is the sort of neutral who helps the boll- weevil, just as the United States is neutral in this war, but leases and lends seven billion dollars, while giv ing hundreds of millions in other guises. The weatherman being con nected with the New Deal naturally hands out things with a liberal hand. When he dished out cold he seemed to think we lived in Alaska; yvhen it came to drought, he was so dry that Bishop Smoak of Colleton en dorsed him, supported by Brother Armfield of Newberry and Brother Ketchin of Winnsboro; and when it comes to rain! Oh, boy! Methinks he is a wayfaring man turned Baptist, and, like most converts, inclined to be over-zealous. At any rate, now is the time to form a society of the Stalwart Amphibians of America, every mem ber of which must keep a canoe lashed to' the front porch and be practiced in the management of it. A successor to Senator Byrnes may be appointed before this num ber of Spectator appears, but there is much speculation over candidates who will appeal to the voters. Spec tator has assumed that Senator Ed gar Brown would run for the Senate and Colonel Wyndiham Manning would run for Governor. Ex-Governor Olin Johnston is quoted as saying that he will run for something. If Colonel Manning should enter the race for the Senate,' that would upset many calculations. Really it wodld clari fy the situation if Mr. Manning would declare that he will run for Gover nor and not for Senator, though Mr. Manning is under no obligation to speak until he cares to do so. Our physical requirements for army service are ridiculous. We see about us robust men who engage in work or play, but can’t be accepted by the army. An absurdity which is so bad as to be laughable is the case of a professional baseball play er of the Boston American League team. This man, recognized as a star in the big league, has a batting average of .319 against big-league pitching. That average indicates that he is a star batter. In order to be a star batter in the American League one has to have quick percep tion. True this man wears glasses: but any man, with glasses or with out glasses, who can make an aver age of .319 in the big leagues could see much more quickly and accurate ly than ninety per cent of the men accepted. A newspaper carried two big head lines recently. One said the Russians were beaten; the other said the Ger man were crushed. Unfortunately both can’t be true. But wouldn’t it be fine if both headlines were true? Are we efficiently taking hold of the job of preparing our country militarily; or are we bungling along? Are we using brains, imagination and executive grasp of a vast undertak- mg; or merely glossing over our short comings with words? If one reads the critics, then we are the world’s champion blunderers; but if we listen to some political orators we are doing a swell job. I don’t like the expression “swell job”; it is too often about small, even trivial achievements. I’ve tried to look at this with a sense of proportion; to get away from the din and hubbard of the crowds, and especially the experts who are exporting every day and who, as I see it, add more to our confusion than to our information. We are a nation of propagandists and every where you turn; whatever you hear; whatever you read, seems to be some thing cooked up for the * 1 occasion, rather than a calm survey of facts. In general, I am convinced that our production is increasing rapidly. We are in a better State of defense than we were a year ago. But if we ask whether our industries have made a lightning transformation from peace time production to military output the answer must be “no”. What interests me most is whether our leaders know what to do. Some times I wonder what Hitler would do, if he had all the raw products, wealth and productive capacity of this country. There would be no bickering^ no strikes, no confusion of aim or purpose. There would be full production of all pssential military needs for definitely determined stra tegic plans. Why shouldn’t we be just as cap able of efficient effort, without lost motion or blundering? Congress has just appropriated $10,384,821,624 for the army. Now Hitler needs a great army and air fleet, so Hitler spends most of his money for his army and planes. What do we need above all things? Planes, more planes, bombers, thten small, fast boats to run down submarines. Neither rank nor uniform is necess ary to see that. Yet ten billions for the army! And the same newspaper which carries that dispatch from Washington also tells us the aston ishing news that South Carolina Civ ilian Pilot Training Schools may be reduced because there has been a drastic cut in the program, due to shortage of funds! It so happens that fifty thousand fighting planes may make necessary a half million pilots. But without clear vision and grasp of our requirements, according to importance, we are apparently pro ceeding without definite correlation of effort. Are we in danger of spending bil lions on services of secondary import ance, while parsimoniously cutting down on the real defense units of prime urgency? As I have said, we are making progress. The index of industrial production was at 116 in May of last year, but has risen to 150. Produc tion of durable goods rose from 119 to 175. Steel operations are one half of one percent above the 100 percent of theoretical capacity. 65 to 75 per cent of the steel production is for some phase of defense. Rail Road carloadings for the week ending June 21st were 885,558 cars, the highest number since November, 1930. As an illustration of what this stimulation of business means to the national treasury let me cite the case of an enterprise engaged in some war orders. Taxes for its business year ending April 30, 1940 were $209,418, 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 THE NEWBERRY SUN LONG-McCREADY The marriage of Miss Frances Long to Donald H. McCready, which took place Thursday night, July 3, was a beautiful ceremony, performed in the presence of only a few relatives and close friends. The ring ceremony was read by Rev. C. A. Calcote, at the Presby terian Manse. For her wedding costume, the bride wore a becoming navy blue dress with white accessories. Her corsage was pink rosebuds. Mrs. McCready, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Long, is a graduate of Newberry High and of the Commercial Department of Newberry College in 1940. Since that^ time, she has been connected with the National Youth Administration, and with the Roses Stores. Mr. McCready is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. R. McCready of Rochester, Pennsylvania, and is a graduate of the Rochester High School. He is a member of the Sig nal Corps, Eighth Division, Fort Jackson. PRITCHARD-EARGLE The marriage of Miss Margaret Pritchard to Sergeant Marion Eargle, which took place Friday, July 4, at 6:00 p. m. at the Mayer Memorial Lutheran church, was a beautiful and impressive ceremony. The bride’s pas tor, the Rev. V. L. Fulmer perrorm- ed the ring ritual of the Lutheran church. The chancel of the church was dec orated with white gladioli, daisies, but for the year ending April 30, 1941 they were $2,194,927. . SOUTH CAROLINA MAGAZINE is a magazine devoted to South Caro lina. It is handsomely illustrated and printed on book paper. Mechanically it compares favorably with our best weeklies and monthlies; editorially it brings out the best we have in South Carolina. SOUTH CAROLINA MAGAZINE is sponsored by a Board of Directors composed of well known citizens, all of whom are prominent in business or professional life. The Managing genius of the publication is A. F. Funderburk of Chesterfield. As was said of Sir Christopher Wrenn, the great British architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral, “If you seek a memorial or monument to him, look around,” or something like that. Well, if you would know What sort of man Mr. Funderburk is, look at this product of his “blood, and sweat and tears,” to quote Winston Churchill. I never heard Mr. Funderburk in any lamentation, but I know from some hard experience that he must nearly strain his heart out in the work of getting out so fine a maga zine every month. Such a splendid enterprize should not be allowed to fail; and such a worker as Mr. Funderburk, with his. vision, his genious, .his unremitting toil, should not labor among us un recognized and unrequited. and ferns, with illumination coming from white, candles glowing in tall floor candelabra. White satin bows marked the pews for the relatives and close friends of the couple. Music for the service was furnished by Miss Mary Layton, pianist, and Mrs. Roy Creekmore, soloist. Miss Layton played Trameurai, and Mrs. Creekmore sang “I Love You Truly” and “All For You”. Conventional wedding marches were used for pro cessional and recessional, and Liebes- traum was softly played while the vows were being spoken. Both Miss Layton and Mrs. Creekmore were dressed in pink marquisette and wore flowers in their hair. Miss Layton wore an orchid gladioli at her waist. While the pianist played “To An Evening Star” from Tannhaaser, (Wagner) the usher groomsmen, Ray Bouknight, Bailey Humphries, Lewis Pitts, and Harold Hendrix lighted the candles, and rolled back the white carpet in preparation for the bridal party. The bridesmaids, who entered dou ble file, were Misses Rachel Fuhner, Carrie Lee McSwain, Veri Wessinger, and Mrs. Rosa Lee Corley. The two former wore dresses of blue net, the others yellow. Their dresses were made with basque waist and very full skirt; high neckline^ with ruffled round yoke. They wore gladioli in their hair, and carried old fashioned nosegays. The flower girls, Misses Mary Bouknight and Annie Ruth Eargle, were attired in blue and yellow net, respectively, their dresses fashioned like those of the bridesmaids. The maid of honr, Miss Winifred Fellers, of Cho, preceded the bride. She wore a dress on the same lines as the other girls in the wedding, hers being pink chiffon. The ring bearer, dressed in a white linen suit, was James Verley Fulmer. The bride entered the church with her brother, James Pritchard, by whom she was given in marriage. Her brunette attractiveness was accen tuated by her wedding gown of white mousseline de soie, made with basque waist, featuring a high neckline and round yoke of lace. The very full skirt of her dress, which ended in a train, was made with lace inserts. Her full length veil was fastened to her head with a lace coronet, and was trimmed with lace matching her dress. She carried a large cascade bouquet of white gladioli. The bride was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Har ry Moose, of Fort Bragg, N. C. All men in the service were dressed in formals, and wore buttionieres of white carnations. The couple left after the ceremony for a few days wedding trip. Mrs. Eargle will remain in Newberry until fall, then will join her husband at Fort Bragg, N. C. Mrs. Eargle is the daughter of Mrs. Lera Pritchard of Newberry. She is a graduate of Newberry high school and of Newberry college in the class of ’40. For the past year, she taught school in Chapin. Sgt. Eargle, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Eargle of Newberry at tended the Newberry City Schools, and has been in U. S. Army for five years. Many pre-nuptial parties were giv er for the popular bride. Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsey and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hollandl left Fri day for Daytona Beach, Florida for the weekend. Mrs. Mae A. Aull will leave Mon day for Columbia to attend the state conference of attendance teachers at the University of South Carolina. She will be gone for a week. DEAR MAE GENE, The funniest thing happened here on June.10, but until X was over at the swimming pool a few nights ago, talking with the pool manager, Otho Williams, I hadn’t heard about it. It was during high school commence ment. The lights at the High School went out, and also the lights down at the Margaret Hunter Park. At the schoolhouse, the commencement speaker was making his address to the class and continued—the only light being the glare from two spot lights shining on the white ceiling of the high school auditorium. Down at the park, there were several parties from the county and town in swim ming. All were scared when the lights went out, and several started yelling “Help!” Luckily, Otho had parked hjs car where he could drive it up behind the tower and shine the lights across the water but he still had no way of knowing whether or not any one had “gone under.” He was wor ried, for a swimming pool full of peo ple is a responsibility on a stormy night with very little illumination. Finally He thought of an idea. As each person goes into the pool, they are asked to register. So Otho blew his whistle and told everybody to come to the side of the pool, got the registration book, and called the roll! Sometimes he would call a name, and the person ,not hearing the first time wo rldn’t answer, and Otho said his heart would just sink. But finally the roll was all called, everyone answered ■to their name, and Otho was a relieved person. In a situation like that, won der how many of us would have had the presence of mind' that he did? I don’t believe I would, would you Mae Gene? . . . We went down to Columbia one day last week, just for the purpose of going through Fort Jackson. I hadn’t ever been through, and it is a place that everyone in South Carolina should see. It is much larger than I expected, and even at that, we didn’t begin to cover it all for fear of get ting lost. Mae Gene, did you see in the paper several days ago the fact that the barracks are air-conditioned ? Don’t you know the soldiers enjoy that! I wish you could have been with us on the trip, for I believe you would have enjoyed it too . . . It was amusing to see in Columbia the large group of soldiers, most I imagine, of whom were draftees, standing at a Columbia theatre, wait- JUST KIDS —Tommy’s Viewpoint! *7 Ad Cuter —^NOW MR SMUTH^IKMOW YOU /\RE, PARTICULAR TA&TES-ANd’THE 3UIT YOU HAVE: OH IS TREE-E-E THIlia OFTHElSEASOH *• EXCEPT FOR THET ' T FITS voo uke a sloye - er-hovj SttAlU ICALL THE TAIIOR* ETC-ETC.? j ft' [insect Damage Heavy 1 On Late-Planted Corn Severe insect damage frequently occurs to the unfolding leaf funnels of late-planted corn, particularly in fields from which oats have been harvested, says County Agent, P. B. Ezell, explaining that the insect causing this damage is the corn-ear worm alias shatter worm, tomato fruit worm, tobacco budworm, vetch worm, and porn budworm. Farmers planting th^ir main crop of corn early have largely avoided this type of damage. Unless very favorable conditions exist during late summer, when this insect is abundant late-planted corn often is a failure. For small roasting-ear patches, Mr. Ezell advises a quick-maturing variety on a productive soil with adequate fertilizer to insure vigor ous and rapid growth. An arsenical poison has given promising results in South Carolina on small roasting- ear patches, but it is not to be con sidered for large acreages. IS THIS YOU? Your reporter must apologize to Johnny Norris for making a mistake in this paragraph last week—the mistake of saying that he lived on Calhoun street. But after all, isn’t that a mistake that most anyone might make? Besides Mr. Norris, the other description was Ted W. Bre mer. This week the first description Is the lady seeing your reporter carry ing some ice cream Monday after- 1 noon and wanting to k; -vw if 4hat was the “quart of ice cream” given each week. This lady lives on Nance street, and was crossing 'Main street when she spoke Monday. Next on our description list is the young lady who parked her car on Main street early Tuesday momipg, and went into a local department store. She is a blonde with blue eyes, and was wearing a white dress with fitted wa(rt and gathered full skirt. She lives on Main street. If either of the above descriptions could be you, come by tHe Sun office by Tuesday and receive your ticket for a quart of ice cream from Stokes’ Drug Store, compliments of Stokes’ and The Sun. ing for the picture to open. The ironi cal thing about it—the sign under which the soldiers were standing read: “Caught In The Draft.” Don’t you envy the College “N” Orchestra? I know you saw them at Blyrtle Beach Ps^viliop before ,yo|u left there. They played July 3, 4 and 5 in Culpepper, 'Maryland, at a horseshow, and from there went to Ocean View Beach near Norfolk, Virginia, for three weeks. I know they must have lots of fun on all those trips. I have often wished I might play in an orchestra—just for the ex perience and chances for travel . . . Work is still going on at our new theater, Mae Gene, but Fulmer Wells just won’t tell when it will be com plete—or even give an idea about it. I guess he just doesn’t know. I’ve 'been meaning to ask Fulmer what the name of the New one will be, but everyfcime I see him he is in such a rush that I don’t have time to ask. He is just to busy a man to talkl When I find out, I’ll let you know, for I’m sure you’re interested too . . . Did you happen to read in last week’s Sun about Anita Aull making the dean’s honor list at the University of South Carolina? You know, M. G., when a person goes all the way through grammar and high school two years and two terms of college, and doesn’t make below an A until she undertook so many extra and dif ficult subjects by being a transfer student, she is really smart. And tihat’s just what Anita did. She lives in Columbia now, but she fin ished Newberry high school. At Col umbia College she was one of the smartest students, and then transfer red to the University. Because of the difficulty of her courses on account of transferring, she made her first B plus . . . The army came back through Newberry last week. You remember when the Thirtieth Division went to Tehniesstee for maneuvers about a month ago? About half of them came through Newberry, and now they’re back at the Fort." They all looked so tired andl sleepy, but some of them were still lively enough to throw their addresses at people stand ing watching them go by . . . Did you ever know >Miss Minnie Gist? She has been teacher of the young men’s Sunday school class and a faithful church member at the Presbyterian church for a long time. We were all so sorry to hear that she is critically ill. She is one of the finest persons I know, and I hope she will be well soo'.i indeed . . . I was talking this morning with Mrs. Dave Williams, Mae Gene, and she and I were discussing which we would prefer—^mountains or beach. We found that we both have a mutual love for the mountains. Mrs. Wiliams used to spend her vacations in Ashe ville each summer until she was mar ried. That was about thirty years ago. She was telling me of her first automobile ride, which was in Ashe ville. A party she was in rented an automobile—complete with chauffeur and guide and rode around thrilled while the town looked on with envy. Think of the difference in going for an auto ride then and now. (COTTON JOE 1 was the one who asked Ma U she didn’t want one of those cotton "play suits” to do her housework in this summer. 1 didn’t figger that w^en she got it, she’d make It live np to its name. JOf G//H 7*0 GALLONS OF GAS-.. DON'T BOTHER. TO CHECK THE WATCH. Did “Diamond Jim” Have Stomach or Ulcer Pains? 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