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I FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1941 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE Tempting Plums on Pie Counter By SPECTATOR Two Federal judgeships vacant) Seldom are such juicy plums ready for the picking. One judgeship has been sufficient heretofore to excite most of our brethren of the bar, but TWO! My word' Appointments to the Federal ju diciary are made by the President, with the consent of the Senate, and are for life. South Carolina is now sure of ex citement. One Senator has been ap pointed by the Governor; an election for Senator has been ordered; and now two judgeships dangle before us. It is difficult to choose when so many tempting sweets are on the table. Virginia gave to the nation George Washington, Thomas Jefferson. John Marshall—and a great host of others. In national leadership Virginia sur passed all the other States in that creative statesmanship which resulted in the foundKng, enlargement, and strengthening of the nation and the national authority. Within recent years the proud old Dominion has giv- ample space for the naval unit would would indicate that the University has all the room it needs—and to spare. Yet the United States Govern ment has allocated a sum to help the University put up a building to cost 150 thousand dollars for the naval reserve training, and this grant will be supplemented by $31,500 from the State. In other words, the conclu sion must be that here we build to in crease the surplus or unnecessary space. One might say that the use of the nations money is no special problem for us. But we are putting up now $31,500 for that apparently unnecessary building and we must pay to light it and heat it, clean it, repair it and maintain it for the next hundred years. And why a naval unit here? Naval training is usually done near or on water. Or is our naval unit navigating the Columbia Canal? At least here is an expenditure nei ther checked nor challenged by any one charged with the administration of public affairs, though the wisdom of it must surely be open to question. An official statement from the Univ ersity tells us that if the new build ing should not be ready by September HOW MERCHANTS INDICATE ARTICLES EXCHANGABLE FOR corroN STAMPS H-D COLUMN By ETHEL L. COUNTS HOW TO USE COTTON STAMPS en an example of administrative effi ciency which should inspire our State. We used to think of Virginia and South Carolina as very closely as sociated, but Virginia has turned her mind to solving the problems of State Government—and County Gov ernment, too—while we seem more disposed to create problems. Vir ginia has just ended a fiscal year with a surplus of more than two mil lion dollars; South Carolina is carry ing on an actual deficit of about two minions, or is making such a deficit. A few years ago Virginia reorgan ized her State Government and sim plified the structure of it with result ant economy. A legislative commis sion is again at work to bring the government of that State even more to the forefront for efficiency. Very unhappily for us most of our political genius has found an outlet in the creation of offices and jobs, instead of in a study to give the taxpayer more value for his taxes. We have created Commissions, offices and jobs helter- skeRer for years. There is no com petent planning or arranging; we cre ate and legislate without regard for what we already have. It is just a haphazard piling on to increase the load borne by the taxpayer. The plan of expansion without ur gent need seems to have reached our institutions. If memory doesn’t play a trick our University had so much surplus room space that it rented quarters to the WPA last year and is today renting quarters to the army for the headquarters of the Corps Command. Having room to rent be available in the basement of the library. Why, then, put up the build ing? This R. O. T. C. is entirely an improvised affair and not such as should require permanent construc tion. And this construction comes when the nation should conserve its fund's; when the State is running a deficit; when all materials for construction and the labor to be used as well as the transportation facilities, should be most carefully husbanded 1 in the interest of a large national prepar edness effort. True this bears the name of the navy, but if it were an aggregation of admirals the construc tion seems to be an extravagance of both the Nation and the State. I do not doubt that the University could use more money for certain “Retail merchants dealing in cotton goods will be one of the most import ant groups in the Supplementary Cotton Program. They comprise tens of thousands of salesmen for America’s most important cash crop —cotton. With foreign markets for American cotton sharply curtailed by war—America’s merchants have a greater responsibility than ever be fore to help increase our domestic consumption of 100 per cent Ameri can grown, processed, and manufac tured cotton products.” This statement was made today by J. N. Beard, Chairman of the Cotton Industry Committee for Newberry county. In explaining how oui\ local mer chants could assist Cotton Stamp Customers and the general public to identify 100 per cent cotton products in the stores, he said “some retailers rubber stamp the price tag or label with a picture of a cotton boll, or the words ‘All American Cotton!’ Any method may he used which will defi nitely show that the merchandise is made in the United States entirely from 100% American cotton." “After participating farmers re ceive their cotton-order stamps, it is up to the merchants to see that farm customers and others can read ily find the American cotton products they are looking for. Adequate stocks and attractive window ' and counter displays will be to the mutual advan tage of merchants, farmers and the general public. “Merchants who segregate their stocks of All American cotton piece goods, women's dresses and house coats, men’s overalls and shirts, sheets, men’s pants, children’s cloth ing, men’s underwear, blankets, work departments—use is wisely and pro-, Kloves > Plowliqesstockings, andnum- - - ■ • • ■ ■ - - - 1 erous other cotton products in at- » /UlQ.nlu VC an.rJ a cl v< J i oi v-l axrill fitably, but physical or visible fea tures receive too much, perhaps to the impoverishment of scholastic ac commodation. Of course it is the vogue—more buildings, bigger build ings—and all the tangible things which make a showing. The spiri tual accomplishments and substantial scholarship don’t appeal to the crowds. North Carolina closed her fiscal year with a surplus of six million dollars. Ten years ago North Car olina was not regarded as an example of thrift and good management, but the Old North State has taken her affairs in hand in a business-like manner and now has a surplus. Fur thermore, North Carolina has paid tractive displays and advertising will contribute materially to the effective ness of the Program, and at the same time develop profitable new busi ness,” he said. YOU CAN’T RUB COLD CREAM INTO YOUR VEGETABLES! FOR PERFECT REFRIGERATION &&attoe&Jeef&uTupA-... USE ICE ! PURE ICE Provides Proper Moisture, Insures Appetizing Foods! There are four advantages that a housewife must consider in regard to refrigeration: 1. Air Conditioning 2. Air Purification 3. Correct Temperature 4. Proper Humidity. Pure Ice ALONE gives you all four of these important Features. Before you decide on your type of refrigeration, be fore any decision is made, weigh these factors in your mind and STOP to remember that only ICE gives you EVERY advantage and that Cold alone is not enough. Farmers Oil Mill PHONE 155 Points To Hare’s Fitness for Senate The Pee Dee Advocate. The Honorable Butler B. Hare of Saluda, would fit immediately into the picture and capably carry on the work of Senator Byrnes with least interruption. He is already in Con gress and in harness. It would be merely a mechanical operation for him to lay aside his congressional mantle and transfer to the other end of the Capitol and don the senatorial togs. He is popular and well known in both houses of Congress. He is the author of several pieces of eom- struotive legislation and is, there fore, familiar with legislative mach inery. His committee assignments have familiarized him with our for eign situation, he being particularly familiar with our problem in the Orient where it is said our greatest foreign danger lies at present. His speeches last year on the protective tariff system and our reciprocal trade policy mark him as an authority on the subject of the foreign trade—-a very valuable asset to South Caro lina and her neighboring states when the emergency is over and Congress begins to reconstruct a new foreign trade policy. off $32,000,000 of her State bonds. South Carolina should adjust her self to her income. Every year some institution or organization comes be fore the Legdslature with an injured expression and says “Why, in Massa chusetts or North Carolina they spend $50 per capita for this, that or the other, while South Carolina spends a measly little $30. Such a terrible state of affairs makes the memOers of the Legislature feel very guilty and they appropriate more money. Our way of operating the State is just as unsound as would' be that of a man with an income of $2,400 who felt that he must spend $5,000 in or der to keep up with his neighbor. Cotton farmers, take notice: A friend has sent me a study of “The Hydrolysis and Catalytic Oxi dation of Cellulosic Materials.” All this high-sounding combination of words is just a study of our cotton. It ought to make us farmers feel very proud, for it gives an intellec tual cast to farming which ennobles even the sweat on the plowhandle. The lawyers and physicians have no thing on us. We can talk as learned ly about cotton (and its chemistry) as anyone. If my friend Bill Cor- mack (Colonel W. J.) of the Utilities Division of the South Carolina Pub lic Service Commission, (in itself a mouthful) could use expressions like this hydrolysis and catalytic oxidation there is no telling the possible range of his eloquence. After all, before we get at the Oxidation of Cellulosic Materials, we must plow, plant, chop out, cultivate, pick, and gin the cotton, not forget ting that somewhere, some time, a bit of fertilizer must be used. It’s the same old cotton, boys, but going Into society. Strict Compliance Required Regards Wheat Under Tripple-A Marketing Plan (By Mark Sullivan) Now is the time for all farm fami lies to plan how they may get the greatest satisfaction from the use of their cotton stamps. Cotton stamps will be issued early in August to the farmers who have already signed the intention sheets to take part in the Supplementary Cotton Program. What will cotton stamps buy ? Why any new cotton goods made of cotton which is produced and manufactured in the United States. The stamps are in twenty-five cents denomina tion put up in books of five dollars. The whole amount can be spent at once or you can use one or two at a time. Before spending any stamps each family should 'have a “get-together conference” on planning to get the most value from cotton stamps. The housekeeper will want to check over her supply of sheets, mattress covers and pads, bedspreads, pillow cases, towels, scarfs, table cloths and mats. Then she will probably want to “dress-up” some of the upholster ed furniture in colorful, washable cotton slip covers; or hang cotton curtains and draperies at the win dows all over the house. j Cotton clothing for men, women, and children can’t be beat for its durability, its washability, and now its “style-ability” is just as attrac tive as any other material. Cotton fabrics can be suitable for all different types of clothing—from the sturdy denim for overalls to the softest voile for a dress-up dress. The stamps will go much farther in clothing the family if some yard goods are purchased and certain gar ments made by the homemaker. In clude provision for piece goods in your family plan. Even if you don’t have cotton stamps, you will probably want to take advantage of the excellent stock of cotton goods our local merchants are putting in fqr August. “Call for cotton when you buy.” Some hints on new processes for cotton fabrics will be given next week. TASTY RECIPE FOR NEW KIND OF PEACH SHORTCAKE Whatever you may want for an especially delicious dish these days, this new kind of peach shortcake, southern style, is bound to win the family’s enthusiastic approval. It’s made from a recipe prepared by the Georgia Extension Service, in the state famous for Its wonderful peaches, and has been thoroughly test* -! and approved by the Georgia- Carolinas Peach Marketing Board, The recipe: 2 cups flour. 4 teaspoons of baking powder. % teaspoon salt. 2 teaspoons sugar. M cup milk. 14 cup butter. Method: Mix dry ingredients, sl/t twice, work in butter, add milk slow ly and toss on floured board. Divide in two parts, roll to desired thickness and bake in hot oven for 12 minutes or until done on buttered biscuit pan. Split and spread with butter. Peel and slice fresh tree-ripened peaches fine (oor pulp them), sprinkle with sugar to taste, let stand in re frigerator to chill. When ready to serve place peaches between or on top, or both, and top the whole with whipped cream. But ter substitute may be used instead of butter. For those who like a sweeter short cake make plain spone cake, bake in two layers and serve as above For variation, make individual short cakes by cutting round pieces of the pas try with a cup or doughnut cutter. Stack with fruit, top with whipped cream and we are all ready for our company. CANDIDATE BRYSON HEARD AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN The parent-teachers association of Little Mountain schools held their annual rally there last Friday, at which time Representative Joe Bry son of Greenville spoke. Mr. Bryson is a candidate for the Senate. A good crowd was present to enjoy the chicken barbecue at the noon hour. J. Kess Derrick, house member, presided over the speakers, who, be sides Mr. Bryson, included) Judge Eugene S. Blease, Dr. S. J. Derrick and Senator M. E. Abrams. STATE SHORT COURSE The State Short Course for Home Demonstration club members and 4-H Club members will be held at Winthrop College July 21st to 26th. Each afternoon from 4:45 to 5:00 p. m„ a broadcast will be given over WBT on the doings of the Short Course, beginning Monday the 21st and running through Friday. Tune in and see what is going on. Ethel L. Counts, Home Demonstration Agent. With rapidly advancing costs of almost everything Americans have to face the tough problem of deciding what necessities they must give up in otder to continue to buy luxuries to which they are accustomed.— St. Louis Star. £ Washington, July 13.—I sat in the living room of a farmer in Pennsyl vania. I saw a triple A agent come in with a brief case of documents. I saw the agent hand the farmer the card, and the farmer sign the card and pass it back to the agent. I saw the agent countersign the card and) pass it back to the farmer. I heard the agent say. quite amiably and matter-of-factly: “That’s your mark eting card—you can sell your wheat now without any thouble.” I came back to Washington. I set out to find how come. I think I have it correct, though I can’t be positive. It is not just a single statute—I could read one statute and by concentra tion understand it. But this is the sum of the several statutes, passed at different times, and many regulations handed down by triple A. The net of all is this: Triple A tell.- every farmer how many acres of wheat he may plant. If any farmer plants more than Triple A dictates, he is fined 49 cents a bushel on the excess he raises. (Forty-nine cents is nearly half the recent price of a bushel—it is a penalty of nearly 50 percent.) Until he pays the 49 cents a bushel fine the farmer cannot sell the excess to anybody. He is not even allowed to feed It to a steer or hog, if tnat steer or hog is to be sold off the farm. He is not allowed to feed It to a cow, if the milk from that cow is to be sold off the farm. He is not allowed to feed it to a chicken, if that chicken or the egg thereof, is to be sold off the farm. All he can do with the excess, if he wants to escape the fine of 49 cents a bushel, is to feed it carefully to only such steers or hogs as he and his family will eat on the farm; or to those cows whose, milk and butter he and his family will eat on the farm; or to such chickens as, or the eggs thereof, he and his family will eat on the farm. Intricate Bookkeeping This is going to mean some pretty intricate bookkeeping on the farm. “Hey, Jim, don’t feed that wheat to the red hen—we’re going to sell her eggs. Feed it to the white hen—we eat her eggs. Remember what I told you—feed the wheat from the big bin to the white hen, and the wheat from the little bin to the red hen.” In order to police all this, make everybody pay his fine and catch the lawbreakers, they have a thing they call a “marketing card.” Every far mer who raises wheat must have one. It is a Government license, must be signed by the local Triple-A agent, and must bear also the signature of the farmer himself. No farmer, tn all the United States car sell a bushel of wheat without a license to sell, signed by a government official. Think that over. (Theoretically, a farmer who raises less than 16 acres does not need to have a marketing card. But, practically, he must—for no dealer can take the risk of buying a bushel of wheat from any farmer unless the marketing card is produced. The dealer must guard himself against “bootlegged” wheat.) There is just one way by which the farmer car. get triple A to relieve him from paying the 49 cents per bushel fine. He can give the excess wheat away. Not give it to a neigh bor—if he gives it to any neighbor or friend, he must pay the 49 cent* per bushel. But he can give it to—guess whom ? He can give it to triple A. I quote from a Department of Agri culture announcement issued July 2: “Under provisions of the wheat- marketing quota law, the farmer who produces wheat in excess of his farm quota has the choice of: (1) Paying a penalty of 49 cents a bushel on this excess; (2) storing the excess wheat in accordance with regulations, thus postponing the payment of penalty; or (3) delivering the excess to the Department of Agriculture for use in relief programs, thus avoiding payment of the penalty.” Could Plow Under Wheat There is, of course, another way. The farmer could plow under some of his wheat in the spring while there is still time to plant something else. I imagine some farmers must have done this. For administering all this intrica cy, measuring the farmer’s acreage, keeping records on him triple A has an immense army of agents all over the country., There is one or more throughout the country for administ ering the whole triple A program on all crops runs into tens of thousand's. What is the purpose of it all ? To compel farmers to raise less wheat. I said “compel”, and “compel” is the word. A fine of 49 cents a bushel is the word. A fine of 49 cents a bushel is a good compsller. As Representa tive Frederick C. Smith, of Ohio, put it the other day: “The Government’s farm program has become completely compulsory. * * * The strong arm of the law stands over the farmer ***.” Why does the farmer stand for it? Because he must. It is the law pass ed by Congress; it is part of the New Deal. I think I have got this straight. Some of it seems incredible. But the most incredible parts of it are told me by a competent person who as sures me it is “unqualifiedly 100 percent correct.” If there is any er ror, I am sure those alert and dili gent publicity men in the Depawnent of Agriculture will correct me, and I will print the correction. 5ENSE BUY UNITED STATES SAVIN G S BONDS AND STAMPS •1 To Relieve Misery of COLDS LIQUID, TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS COUGH DROPS Try “RUB-MY-TISM” A Wonderful Liniment 666 ON NA! 1 ATWl RPOSIOHK-F OR BANK America On Guard! Above is a reproduction of the Treasury Department’s Defense Savings Poster, showing an exact duplication of the original “Miqute Man” statue by famed sculptor Daniel Chester French. Defense Bonds and Stamps, on sale at your bank or post office, are a vital part of America’s defense preparations. PLENTY OF PEACHES Crop reporters are predicting the biggesit crop of peaches this year since the rcord-breaker of 1931. By even the most conservative estimates, they say, there’ll be plenty of peaches ' for all uses this summer. “Peaches come in white and yellow —with cling and free stones.” Usually it’s personal preference and the way you intend to use the peaches that decides the kind to buy. There’s little difference in food value among peaches except in vita min A value. But yellow-fleshed ones are rated as a good source of vitamin A. According to home eco nomists in the United States Depart ment of Agriculture, a medium-sized dish of yellow peaches will supply about one-third of the vitamin A an adiilt needs for a day. This vitamin, of course, is needed by both grown ups and children for good nutrition. Except for the very early ones, clingstone peaches usually are not eaten fresh. They are, however, es pecially suitable for cooking for pickling and for commercial canning. Most home canners prefer mid summer or late yellow-fleshed peaches. Some of the well-know var ieties of this class are Elberta, Sal- wey, J. H. Hale, Late Crawford and Smock. For those who prefer to can white-fleshed peaches, Belle Hiley, and Champion are three varieties that fill the bill. Nature is very beautiful—if you can find a place, where nobody has had a picnic—The Press. For Peak USFD CAR VALUES Wide assortment of many makes and models of dependable cars. ... Biggest values ever offered by Chevrolet dealers, because Chev rolet dealers lead in new car sales. BUY WHERE MILLIONS ARE BUYING Davis Motor Company 1515-17 MAIN ST. NEWBERRY, S. C.