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FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1941
THE NEWBERRY SUN
H-D COLUMN
By ETHEL L. COUNTS
The following from Susan Thayer
gives us something to think about:
There’s and old saying about the
dark that takes on a new meaning
now that such great darkness has
descended upon the world.
“Better to light a candle,” it runs,
“than to rail at the dark.” Better
to do the small things that you and
I, as women, can do in their own
homes—our own communities—our
own towns—than to sit still and moan
because we can’t make a speech to
the whole world or help draw up the
laws in Washington.
Representative democracy, like
many other desirable things, begins
at home, and that is where your in
fluence is supreme; here you set the
pattern and determine that atmos
phere. Teach your children respect
for other individuals and their opin
ions. Teach them the meaning of
justice and tolerance and teach them
discipline by insisting on obedience to
reasonable authority. If this <lnd
of teaching was given in several mil
lion homes the future of America
would be assured!
OFFICE NEEDS
OF ALL KINDS
Ledger Outfits
Account Books
File Guides (Letter & Legal)
Thin Papers of All Kinds
Manila Folders (Letter & Legal)
Rubber Bands
All Kinds of Inks
Paper Clips—Thumb Tacks
Pencils—sjiy kind or color
Pencil Sharpeners
Typewriter Ribbons
Adding Machine Ribbons
Adding Machine paper—any size
Clip Boards & Arch Boards
Manuscript Covers
Stapling Machines
Carbon Papers
Library Paste
btdex Cards—any size
Clasp Envelopes—any size
Expanding Files
Mimeograph Paper
Columnar Pads
Index Tabs
Typewriter Erasers,
And many other items.
We put ribbons on your type
writer or adding machine.
THE SUN
Phone No. I
FOR SALE—Wood range in First-
Class Condition. A . H. Dickert,
1000 Boundary street.
To those interested in antique glass,
you are welcome to see my collec
tion from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m.
at my home. Verna Kohn 25-3tc
RIBBONS—for adding machines and
typewriters. We put them on for
you. The SUN office. Phone 1.
THIN PAPERS—for Lawyers and
others, any size, any grade, any
weight. Plain or margin ruled.
The SUN office. Phone 1.
Cotton stamps may be used to buy
sheets and probably no other house
hold article is so generally needed.
The second cotton week for this year,
August 14-23, should be a good time
to get excellent vaules in cotton
household articles as well as cloth
ing.
Knowing how to judge quality is
important whether you buy sheet
as a wedding present, shower gift, or
to release some of your old worn-out
supply. And using what you know
is the best way to get your money’s
worth.
“First of all decide what kind of
service the sheet is going to get, so
that you know what type to buy. Is
the sheet for every day wear, one
that will need to take the rough and
tumble of the growing child’s bed? Or
do you want a finer, softer sheet—
more of a luxury article ? A heavy
muslin sheet, for example, is strong,
sturdy, and durable; a percale sheet
is better choice when appearance
counts more and cost is not so im
portant.
“After you have decided the type
you want, study the sheet labels to
compare thread count, wefght,
amount of sizing, breaking strength,
length and width, and to learn wheth
er the sheets are ‘firsts,’ ‘seconds, or
‘run of the mill”. Within each type
of sheet, highest quality uusally goes
with highest thread count, highest
breaking strgenth, and least sizing,
and means there’s less than 2 per
cent. Be sure the sheets are wide
enough to tuck in well on both sides
of the bed you’re buying them for.
In length, 99 to 108 inches are the
most satisfactory. This allows plen
ty to tuck in at the bottom of the
bed, and ample for a good fold-over
at the head. It means more com
fortable sleeping, longer wear from
the sheets, and more ,/rotection for
the blankets.”
24c Cotton Necessary to Give
Farmers Parity, Says Jones
Wide, unbleached muslin sheeting
bought by the yard and hemmed at
home is likely to give you “more for
your money” than ready made sheets.
Home laundering and drying in the
sun will bleach the material in a few
washings and not weaken the fabric
as much as commercial bleaching.
All Home Demonstration Club
members are interested in the meet
ing of the Piedmont District Council
at Rock Hill on Wednesday, Septem
ber 3rd. The Newberry Council has
a fine opportunity this year to win
the attendance prize. Our Council
president, Mrs. Paul Long, urges all
clubs to make transportation ar-
rangeents mfor those who can attend.
URNISHED APARTMENT FOR
RENT—Contains two large rooms
id a private bath. Apply to Mrs. T.
, Johnson, 1237 Calhoun street,
tione 220-J.
3KRIP BLACK INK—in quarts o.
smaller; numbering machine, and
stamp pad ink. The SUN office.
Phone 1.
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COUGH DROPS
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A Wonderful Liniment
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The Home Demonstration club
members haven’t been on a trip this
summer. They haven’t attended camp
or had any tours but now we are
planning for a big event—the morn
ing of September 9th a train of 8
cars with plenty of good ideas and
helps will be in Newberry from 8:30
until noon. All members of the fam
ily want to take this in so let’s plan
now to spend the full time learning
how to promote Better Farm Living.
It will also be a good time to hand j
shake with your friends—in other
words let’s make it an old time re
union.
Which community will have the
largest representation? Count and
let’s see.
Columbia, Aug. 9.—“So much has
appeared in the papers recently about
parity for agriculture ‘and price fix
ing that I feel it encumbent upon me
to state the position of agriculture, in
general as I see it,” says J. Roy
Jones, president of the National Con
vention of Commissioners of Agri
culture and South Carolina Commis
sioners.
“The Democratic platform, in 1932
promised parity to the farmers of
the nation. With the exception of
very recent weeks, since that date,
the farmers have never received par
ity for their products.
"Parity at present is based on the
average price of commodities for the
period of 1910 to 1914, inclusive, and
for cotton it is figured at around 16.49
i per pound. Now that cotton is sell
ing for around 17c a pound the av
erage person should be perfectly sat
isfied with present conditions.
“A careful analysis will prove that
even 17c a pound cotton lacks a long
ways of giving the farmer parity.
Since 1913 the costs of commotfities
which the farmer buys have advanc
ed in price 80 per cent, while during
the corresponding period the average
price of cotton advanced less than 50
per cent. From 1929 to 1941 the
price on commodities which the far
mer buys increased 11 per cent, while
the price of cotton and other basic
crops decreased 33 1-3 per cent.
“If we compare the net results we
find that farm equipment and sup
plies cost the farmer today, in terms
of farm products, 45 per cent more
than they did during a ten year per
iod of from 1920 to 1929 inclusive.
“In short if the purchasing pow
er of the farmer who raises cotton is
put on an equality with the commodi
ties which he is forced to buy, a care,
ful analysis shows that Middling cot
ton should bring 24c per pound if the
farmer is to receive price parity.
“Bear in mind that the Government
has taken over the control of the far
mers’ operations. They have cut his
acreage from 46 million acres to 23
million acres, and at the same time
the farmer has paid his taxes, Inter
est, insurance, overhead and upkeep
on the same farm when he was allow,
ed to plant 46 million acres of cotton.
“In addition to this, farm labor
has doubled in price within the past
ten years, and it would seem to me
that those who feed and clothe this
nation should be put on a basis equal
to that of labor and industry. We
all know what labor is getting today,
and we all know what industry is do
ing, and it is very unfair to not give
the farmer an even break with other
divisions of our national income.
“While I have given the foregoing
facts as regards cotton, with which I
am more familiar, the same is true
of all other agricultural commodities.
For instance, using the same com
parison with wheat, which I have
used for cotton, the price should de
$1.64 per bushel, corn should be 99c
per bushel, oats 55c per bushel, hogs
12c per pound, steers 14c per pound
and other agricultural commodities
in proportion. I might 'also add that
controlled production on these com
modities is practically in the same
proportion as are the figures I have
quoted.
“It should also be borne in mind
Those who have been notified to
report to the mattress center to
make mattresses or Comforters are
hereby notified that the center will
not be open atfer the end of August.
When you receive your notice bear
this im mind and come at once or
you may be dissappointed.
C. I. Boozer, L. D. Nichols and Sam
Williams spent Sunday at Montreat,
N. C.
1941-1942
Opening Of The
Newberry City Schools
All new students and all conditioned students are requested
to report for examinations and classification at 9 o’clock Wednes
day morning, September 3rd.
All students except those of grades 9, 10, and 11 will meet
Thursday morning, September 4th, at 9 o’clock for lesson assign
ments and other preliminary work. Members of the 9th, 10th, and
11th grades who wish to rent textbooks or who wish to discuss
with the teachers and principal cconcerning course of study must
report Thursday morning.
Regular work will begin Friday morning, September 5th at
9 o’clock. Every student must report at this time.
All new students (beginners and students entering the city
schools from other districts) are requested to enroll before the
opening date of the schools. Students may enroll by calling at
the office at the High School between the hours of 9 A. M. and
4 P. M,
Students must show that they have been successfully vaccinat
ed for smallpox,
O. B. Cannon
Supt. Kewberry City Schools
| that the parity prices about which I
have been speaking are, on agricul
tural commodities, in their orginal
form, and we all know that by the
time they are processed the ultimate
consumer pays many times, in pro
portion to the finished product, what
the producer gets for it in its raw
state.
“I have frequently used the com
mon place example in showing that
a nationally known brand of shirts
) sell for $2.50 apiece, whether cotton
is bringing 6c or 16c per pound,
which is proof conclusive that the
price paid for the raw product en
ters, only to a limited extent, into
that which the consmer pays after it
is finally processed. It will thus be
seen that parity prices to the farm
er with a controlled floor and ceding
would affect the consumer only to a
very limited extent.
“But the most important thing fac
ing the farmers today is the question
of price fixing. I am in thorough ac
cord with this general idea for no one
wants to see runaway prices as we
had in the decade following th» last
war, At the same time I want this
price fixing to be on a fair and equit
able basis, so that the producer and
the consumer will be equally protect
ed. If a floor is put under agricultural
products, at the same time, there
should be a ceiling put into effect.
“In so far as the farmer is con
cerned, price fixing has been in Jbrce
for him for many years on every
thing he buys. If he goes to town
and buys a tractor the price is fixed.
If he buys a gallon of paint, the
price is fixed. If he buys a plow
point, the price is fixed; but when he
goes to sell a bale of cotton, a bush
el of corn, or a hog, he has to take
just what the buyer want to pay him,
and with no controlled speculation,
this price varies as much as 100
per cent during a season.
“I am, therefore, hopeful that our
Congress will view this situation in
this light, and while 1 feel that an
impartial board dealing with price
fixing would be far better than plac
ing it in the hands of one man, at the
same time I hope action will be tak
en which will protect both producers
and consumers.
“Quite recently Leon Henderson
fixed the price of yarn a t 39c a pound
and cotton immediately broke $2.00 a
bale at a cost to the cotton farmers
of the South of 20 million dollars.
However, the price of tractors, plow
points, and other articles which he
buys remained constant without this
radical fluctuation.
“The present outlook for the cotton
crop of the South is around 10 mil
lion bales and unless the farmer can
receive present parity prices for his
cotton his purchasing p«wer is going
to be very materially reduced. While
some may not realize it, this is going
to have its effect on business condi
tions generally, and particularly so
when the tremendous governmental
spending eventually ceases.
“On behalf of ariculture I ask ab
solutely no favors, but I do think the
farmers of this nation are entitled
to be placed on an equal plane with
labor and industry. The foregoing
figures based on presentday prices
certainly do not reflect this. I might
add that the figures which I have
S. C. Progressing In
Soil Conservation
Clemson, Aug. 16.—Twelve soil
conservation districts now in opera
tion in South Carolina include 12,-
461,360 acres, or about two-thirds of
the state’s total, said Dr. Hugh H.
Bennett, chief of the Soil Conserva
tion Service, U. S. D. A., Washing
ton, D. C., who complimented South
Carolina farmers on being leaders in
the nation’s fight to conserve her soil
and water resources against the rav
ages of uncontrolled erosion.
Dr. Bennett was speaking at the
third session of a three-day confer
ence of the supervisors of the 12 con
servation districts. During this con
ference various problems and meth
ods of procedure in soil conservation
were considered. Dr. T. S. Buie, reg
ional supervisor, and Ernest Carnes,
state supervisor, were present during
the sessions.
In South Carolina, Dr. Bennett
pointed out the seriousness of the
erosion problem is indicated by the
fact that more than half of the farm
area is affected by erosion, and on
more than 3,600,0000 acres the ero
sion is severe.
Through the agency of soil conser
vation districts, however, farmers of |
the state are tackling the problem
vigorously. The 12 districts include
all or portions of 32 of the state’s
46 counties. The soil conservation
districts are a locally-governed, dem
ocratically-operated agency for ap
plying conservation practices to the
land.
In discussing South Carolina’s
conservation work, Dr. Bennett re
counted that more than 400,000 acres
of farm land in the state had been
converted from up-and-down-hill to
contour cultivation in both districts
and demonstration projects, 249,000
acres had been terraced, 97,000 acres
strip-cropped, 53,000 acres turned to
woody plantings and 24,750 acres to
grass, and more than 12,000 acres of
woodland had been improved.
“In the final analysis, it is up to
all of you folks who live and farm
here on the land to really see that
conservation is applied to your farms,
once you have been instructed ih the
methods and the implements have
been made available”, Dr. Bennett
said.
TROOP 66 SCOUT NEWS
Troop 66 of Newberry held its
weekly meeting Monday at 8:00 p.
m. The Scoutmaster being absent,
the assistant Scoutmaster Billy Chap
man took Charge. The meeting was
opened with the pledge of allegiance
to the flag. The different patrols
then challenged each other to duck
and chicken fights. Reports were
made out and announcements made.
After that we went out doors and
played games. The meeting was
closed with the circle of Scouts and
the Great Scoutmaster’s Benediction.
Howard Parks, Troop Reporter.
Mrs. H. B. Senn and sister Mrs. C.
C. Agnew of Donalds, who is visiting
Mrs. Senn, will leave Tuesday for a
few days’ visit with Mrs. Seim’s
daughter, Mrs. W. W. Colbert and
Dr. Colbert, Jr., in Charleston.
quoted come from one of the best
economists of this country.”
JUST KIDS— sod, w.ter
By Ad Cftrter
PAGE THREE
Items of Local and Personal Interest
Among Newberrians attending the
anniversary celebration in Saluda
Saturday were J. R. Clary and daugh
ter Dorothy, Jake Wise, O. F. Arm-
field, Judge and Mrs. Eugene Blease,
Mrs. Margaret Neel, and S. C. Grif
fith.
Misses Lula Mae and Marguerite
Epting of the Tranwood section were
business visitors in Newberry Satur
day.
Miss Ethel Cromer of "Greenville
is visiting Mrs. H. O. Stone and Miss
Lila Summer.
Mrs. Dave Hayes left Wednesday
for New York where she will spend
about ten days with her brother, W.
R. Smith.
Mrs. Caroline Schenck, Mrs. Edna
Mayer, and Mrs. Dewitt Lever went
to Camp Cherokee, near King’s Moun
tain, N. C., Saturday with Richard
Sanders in his bus to bring the 11
children back home who had spent
two weeks at the camp.
Mrs. E. V. Cannon and son Walter
of Columbia were visitors Sunday in
the home of Mrs. Mae A. Aull and
family.
Fred Lester, Bob Todd, Francis
Aull, Oliver Cromer, and Roger Ford
left Monday morning for a weeks vis
it at Pawley’s Island near Myrtle
Beach.
Luther Aull and Frank Armfteld
spent the week end in Palmyra, Vir
ginia, with Mr. and Mrs. Roy L. Arm-
held.
Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Caleote and
two children, Allen and Mac, re
turned to their home Saturday after
spending two weeks with Rev. Cal-
cote’s mother, Mrs. K. Caleote in
Ackerman, Miss.
Mrs. D. W. A. Neville and three
children returned home Tuesday after
spending about ten days in Montreat,
N. C.
Miss Beth Boulware returned to
her home in the county Sunday night
from a weeks visit with her aunt,
Mrs. Parker Martin at Folly Beach
near Charleston.
„ Miss Doris Armfield of Charles
ton, spent the weekend with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield
and family.
Olin Wessinger, Jr. and Bill Bla
lock spent last week at St. Augus
tine and Jacksonville Beach in Fla.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wessinger spent
last week at Folly Beach near Char
leston.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Ringer carried
James Ringer to Charleston Sunday
where he joined a friend for Daytona
Beach where they will attend a foot
ball coaching school.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith and Mr.
and Mrs- C. M. Smith, of Kinards
left Tuesday for a weeks visit at
Myrtle Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Williams of
Savannah, Ga., are visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams.
Mr. a nd Mrs. D. J. Williams and
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Williams of
Savannah, Ga., spent Thursday, Fri
day in Spartanburg with Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Hendrix.
Miss Virginia Anderson visited
friends in Sumter Sunday.
Mrs. Dick Floyd left Sunday for
Mountain Sanatorium in Kleckley, N.
C. where she will undergo treatment
for a few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols and
two children, Barbara and Susan,
were visitors in Charleston Sunday.
Mrs. Cannon Bliease spent 'last
week at Hendersonville, N. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Graham and
daughter, Viriginia, Misses Jean
Copeland, and Mary Nancy Robert
son spent several da/s last week at
Myrtle Beach.
/ Misses Virginia Anderson and
Mary Birge Kohn left Tuesday for
Jacksonville, Fla., where they will
spend a week with Misses Christine
Braren and Jean Smith.
Cecil Boggs of N. R. A. Basa, At
lanta, Ga., spent last weekend with
friends in the city.
K. L. Martin of Fort Jackson is
spending two weeks with his wife in
the city.
Miss Grace Sease of Prosperity
spent Saturday in Newberry.
Misses Cleo and Eula Epting of
Pomaria were business visitors in
Newberry Saturday.
Mrs. J. W. Gary and daughter Mir
iam of Whitmire were business vis-
tors in Newberry Friday.
Miss Louise Buford of Clinton
spent Saturday in the city.
Mrs. George Harmon and daughter
Martha, of Prosperity were visitors in
the city Friday.
Mrs. J. A. McKeown of Whitmire,
spent Monday in Newberry.
Mr. J. H. Clary and son, Roy, left
Sunday for St. Louis where they will
purchase fall merchandise for the
local store.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Clary and
two children, Susan and Benetta, of
Cameron are visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Clary this week.
Mrs. Mary King and Miss Virginia
Gamieson of Union spent last Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday at Myrtle
Beach.
Mrs. B. V. Chspman and three
children, Billy, Lawrence, and Viv
ian left Sunday for New Castle, Pa.,
where they will visit Mrs. Chapman’s
sister, Mrs. John Botham and Mr.
Botham.
For Electrical Jobs
Phone 120-J for any Electrical work you want
done. I will come promptly and do the job right.
Will handle any size job in town or country.
CHEVIS I. BOOZER
Phone 120-J Newberry, S. C.
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