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HTTLi MOMENTS IN BIG LIVES
Kessler
Textile Mills Of
Lead Rest
South Carolina
of Nation
All Existing Active Spindle Hour
Records Smashed During July
Washington, Aug 20.—Shattering
all existing records once again,
South Carolina’s textile industry held
fast to its commanding lead over all
other states and during July rolled
up the largest total of active spindle
hours in its history, the census bur
eau reported today.
AH Records Cracked
Not only did the total of spindle
hours reach new heights, but the
number of active hours per spindle
in place in South Carolina shove
ahead of the previous record estab
lished during May.
South Carolinas busily humming
industry ran up a total of 2,677,839,-
388 active spindle hours in July, a
compared with 2,520,063,820 a month
earlier.
North Carolina was the only other
state to go over the two-billion
hour mark, but with more spindles
in place and active than South Car
olina, it fell short of the huge total
compiled by the Palmetto state.
The Census bureau reports that
South Carolina had 5,474,986 spindles
in place on July 31, as compared with
5,469,360 a month earlier. Of these
5,305,810 were active some time dur
ing the month, representing a slight
decline from the corresponding figure
of 5,306,906 during May. North Car
olina, on the other hand, had 5,784,-
228 in place and operated 5,615,924,
but its total of active spindle nours
amounted to but 2,596,280,419, more
than 81 million hours less than its
southern sister state.
South Carolina’s mills average a
total of 489 hours for each spindle in
place, increasing from an average of
461 hours a month earlier and
surpassing the record of 488 hours
established in May. This 'compares
with North Carolina’s average of
449, and a national average of 433
hours.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER
E. Bryan Keisler, Pastor
Sunday school begins at 10:30. Har
ry H. Hedgepath is the superintend
ent and C. E. Hendrix the assistant.
There are classes for all ages and
competent teachers for all tlasses.
At The Service which begins at
11:30 the Pastor’s subject will be,
“Loosed Tongues”.
The pastor has been conducting a
preaching mission a t Rincon, Ga., this
week. He is expected to return to
Newberry late Thursday evening.
“See You In Church Sunday.”
Government of the People Mere Illusion Unless
People Exercise Ballot Freely and Sincerely
BY SPECTATOR
I saw a notable sight one day. I
was in Tennnessee taking a bus ride.
The bus was crowded—scores of
people looking for something they
could find at home but won’t have it
there. A young woman, of perhaps
thirty—was sitting on that dinky lit-
for the Steward. Two sitrapping
young bucks were comfortably seated
at the front but said young bucks
continued firm and unmoving in their
comfortable seats. Down the road an
elderly woman came aboard. Said
bucks continued as firm and immov
able as ever—or even more so— out
the young woman gave her seat to
the elderly one. And all the men
stood for it; I should say they sat
for it. So the young woman joined
the eight men already standing and
she stood for a half hourl
Seldom have I seen one woman
give her seat to another woman; but
never have been young fellow's so
utterly indifferent to the most ele
mentary idea of courtesy.
tie seat pulled down at the dashboard Greek who was elected public gar
bage man by his enemies. He accept
ed, saying that if the position could
not honor him he would try to dig
nify the position. He must have been
a big man. A big man must be one
who fills his place so completely that
he is always regarded as bigger tnan
the job. Frequently we see a man
whose position overshadows him.
People say “Yonder goes the Chief
mogul of such-and-such an enter
prise”. The job is bigger than the
man and even hides him. But when
you think of Washington, Lee, Cal
houn, Wade Hampton or Ben Tillman
you don’t think of a position or office,
for any office seems too small for
the man. Washington.—Well who
was he, or what was he? A general,
A president? He was more than that.
He was Washington, and all the hon
ors just merge into the greatness of
the man. Most people don’t remem
ber anything about his generalship
or his administration as president;
but nearly everybody thinks of him as
a figure of heroic stature, a man a-
bove and beyond the petty details of
place or the routine of living.
Who remembers anything about
the offices held by Joh.i C. Calhoun?
Or his great arguments? He towers
above all other Carolina statesmen
until he is becoming a mythical fi
gure of renown.
Who today thinks of Lee as the
The Press and Standard of Walt- fff strategist; as the aggressive
erboro is working hard to bring into fighter always attack.ng the enemy?
being a Chamber of Commerce for Who thmks of him as the president
Waiterboro. By all means the busi- of Washington, College? Lee was so
nessmen of Colleton’s capital should ^ eat “ man that any position would
band themselves to promote the wel-' 8 ?.^ <*1 crowd and cramp his person-
fare of their good town. al,t y wlth,n narrow confines.
Hampton and Tillman are not re
membered as United States Senators
or as Governors. Those men were
of a size too great to be measured
by an office.
So, perhaps, a man is a big man
who fills his office; who exalts hiS
office; but he is a great man when he
so far surpasses all the requirements
of office as to be imeasurably above
and beyond it.
I was driving up through the
mountains, winding and twisting, and
squeezing my way along narrow
turns, when I saw a disabled truck
parked on the shoulder near a
curve. The truck was facing the road,
but the front wheels were “cut” so
as to keep off the main drive. I won
dered what misfortune, or perhaps
calamity, had happened. As I ap
proached, all my fears were put at
rest; I knew that no one had been
hurt because there were four “pop”
bottles by the front wheels, so I
knew that the country was safe.
Klan Chief Hits At
State Official
Blackwell ‘Will Hear From Free,
White People’ iB«i Adams
hero worship than our fathers were; I Any man or newspaper calling at- Says In Capital
at least it seems so to me, Tp say tention to our high cost of govern- 0101?
that a man is great covers too much 1 ment will find himself sharing the Columbia, Aug. • fn • ’
territory; we may more modestly say experience of the Disciples who re- ^ ral " ~^ a ^ on 0 ^ e . ^ , u ? „
that he is big. What makes a big marked “We have toiled all night South Carolina, sard tonight Secre-
man? Is it a big job? Does the job I and caught nothing”. Government of ^ ^ ^ WC i «
make the man big, or does the man ' all kinds costs heavily. I don’t know | 1 ? a ^„^ 0<m . ree ’ w 1 e P a< *P e 1
magnify the job? Perhaps your re- ! what to do except to do without *942 for refusing, as a mem er o
member the story of the illustrious something. Each one of us could add commission on s e ouse an
twenty-five per cent to his cost of grounds, permission for the klan s
living and defend it as a wholesome I meeting on the capitol grounds
expenditure. But careful men don’t I Columbaan spoke at a rally of
buy everything that is, or seems,
desirable; only governments seem to
do that. That is true here in South
Carolina, a* well as elsewhere. It is
true of counties and municipal gov
ernments, as well as the State. It is
true of the nation.
There are lots of things below the
surface. In geology we expect to
find interesting formations below the
level on which we walk. OftenUmes 1 jerking his thumb over his shoulder
klansmen which followed a parade of
approximately 75 automobiles along
Main street.
Adams criticized Blackwell, who
will come up for reelection next year,
for his refusal to allow “free white
people the use of the state grounds
or a gathering.” Blackwell has been
reelected repeatedly without opposi
tion in the past.
The meeting was held at a street
intersection adjacent to the capitol.
there is more going om beneath^ the j the building, Adams said, “It's
Miss Bessie Campbell, who teaches
at Traveler’s Rest spent the weekend
at her home in Newberry.
For Electrical Jobs
Phone 120-J for any Electrical work you want
done. I will come promptly and do the jot right.
Will handle any size job in town or country.
CHEVIS I. BOOZER
Phone 120-J Newberry, S. 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 2
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. Newberry City Schools
This
Man
is
PUBLIC
BENEFACTOR
OU know this man. He
may live on your street. If
it weren't for him, our streets
would be seas of mud after
every good rain. Our houses
would be less comfortable.
They would cost more money.
He is the man who wields
the paint brush, swings the
hammer, drops the plumb
line, levels the transit. He
plans. He designs. He
builds. He finances.
But you—the buyer—are
the man who sets the pace
for construction today. To
morrow, you step it up.
Your imagination, your in
dividual initiative creates the
need and the opportunity.
American industry matches
you, stride for stride.
That's America. That's our
system of free enterprise.
The American frontier spirit
of individuals pushing the
frontier back. Each of us
clears the way for ourselves,
and that helps our neighbors,
too.
Invest now—in your own
home—in your own com
munity.
Courtesy Nation's Business Magazine
In interpreting the Federal Wage
and Hour law the administrators try
to be reasonable and lenient, but
even our country newspaper—job
printing offices are being scrutinized.
There is no problem about the paper,
but most county papers do consider-
1 able job printing. So far as the job
j printing is for delivery within this
state there is still no problem. But
suppose the office does some printing
for delivery out of the State? Over
there in Rock Hill, York, Lancaster
and Fort Mill, for example? Sup
pose the business houses of Charlotte,
in appreciation of the excellence of
the work done in the offices of
Messrs. Huckle, Grist, Barton and
Bradford should overwhelm those
gentlemen with job work? All have
papers and all have job offices as ad
juncts. So long as the work is for
delivery within this state there is
no difficulty; but if the orders pour
in from Charlotte—then what?
A bulletin says:
“The publisher of the typical news
paper described in the exemption em
ploys few employees and most of
them work only part of the week in
publishing the newspaper. The re** of
the week they are employed in dat
ed work, usually job printing.
“For enforcement purposes, ai. em
ployee in such cases will be consider
ed exempt if he spends more than
50 per cent of his time in work dir
ectly necessary to the publication of
a newspaper which meets the re
quirements of Section 13 (a) (8).”
“In our opinion, therefore, except
as hereinafter stated, employees em
ployed in connection with the publica
tion of a counity weekly or semi
weekly newspaper described in Sec
tion 13 (a) (8) must be considered
within the exemption, even thougih
they work on job printing during the
part of the week in which they are
not engaged in publishing the news
paper and even though some of the
job printing is produced for custo
mers who use the printing in inter-
J state commerce.”
“If any employee spends one-half
or more of his time on job printing
work in a particular week and the
newspaper exemption does not ex
tend to him, the question then arises
whether the job printing work done
by the employee for that week is
work covered by the Act. The test
for covered work hinges on whether
any of the job printing material on
which this employee works, is print
ed for interstate’ commerce. As is
true in other fields, if an employee
in a particular workweek on goods
which at the time of production his
employer ‘hopes, intends or has rea
son to believe will move outside the
state,’ the employee is covered by the
Act for that workweek.”
“A weekly newspaper of 2,800 cir
culation, the greater part of which is
in the counity where the paper is
printed and published, does consider
able job printing work. Examination
of the books by an inspector discloses
that while practically all of the em
ployees do some work on job print
ing much of which goes into inter
state commerce, all of the employees
spend more than 50 percent of their
time in connection with the publica
tion of the weekly newspaper. AH
the eployees, therefore, are exempt
under Section 13 (a) (8).”
street level in matters political than
on the level. Let us repeat, there
is a lot of stuff that is decidedly not
on the level; and agreement here, a
combination there—and all that.
A government by the people isn’t
Worth anything unless the people ex
ercise their choice freely and sin
cerely. I do not know that any one
deliberately sells hi-j vote for so many
dollars, but we have developed and
are still developing, the practice of
sending cars out to bring in the
voters. $100 to $500 may be sent to
a county to get the men to the polls.
To the polls for whom? Surely for
those who pay for the cars, or the
gasoline. Ben Tillman wasn’t elect
ed that way. Wade Hampton and his
followers didn’t wait for a hired
carriage to take them to the polls. We
voters should regard our ballot as
something which symbolizes our citl-
zenshipn We ought to get to the bal
lot box under our own power, or
with friends who take us at our re
quest. We ought not to be hauled
about by friends or paid workers of
candidates. If the voters don’t re-
the first time I’ve ever known that
building behind me is a private insti
tution.”
Many women were among the robed
but unmasked persons 'who sat on
front fenders in the parade, which
was led by a city police escort.
1941 NEWBERRY COTTON GINNED
The first bale of 1941 cotton in
Newberry county was ginned last
Saturday, the bale of middling
grade weighing 449 pounds. The
bale was placed in a warehouse un
til the owner George Reeder, negro
farmer of Silverstreet, decides to sell
the new lint. »
ATTEND OPPORTUNITY SCHOOL
COMMENCECENT AT CLEMSON
The commencement for the 264
students of the annual Opportunity
school sponsored by the state educa
tion department was held Friday
night at Clemson College. The two
students from Newberry county were
Constance Hamilton and Janie Mae
gard the right to vote as a solemn t Vaughn.
responsibility, government by the j Those from the county who attend-
people is a mere illusion. I €( j exercises were, Mrs. Mae Aull,
j county attendance teacher, Mrs. Myr.
Friends of Mr. Ollie Sligh regret tie Culclasure, Mrs. Mattie Smith,
to know that he is a patient in the ^ ss Azilee Livingston from the de-
0 . T , , , „ ,, . „ partment of Public Welfare, Senator
St. Joseph hospital, Atlanta, Ga. Mr. I and Mrs Marvin Abrams amJ dau(rh .
Sligh underwent two operations in t er ( Josephine, of Whitmire, James
the past ten days. j Morris and Sarah Riser of Newberry.
How big is a big man ? What makes
a big man ? We are less inclined to
In offices everywhere, people
turn to refreshment right out of
the bottle without turning from
work. It takes but a little min
ute to enjoy ice-cold Coca-Cola
-a minute busy people welcome.
You trust its quality
plus tax
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IV
NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY