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SPEAKING HIS MIND We <Jo not agree with all this Cor respondent to The News & Courier says, but isn’t his frankness refresh ing! “This gasoline rationing is nothing more than just another act of our dictators trap setting, another means of placing the gasoline in the hands of the politicians and those who have the money to buy it up ahead and store it away, then when the poor man goes to a station to buy a few gallons he’s told “sorry can’t let you have it.” “Watch citizens: Mr. Politician, of fice job holders and others have their own pumps or fifty gallons at their back doer steps, they will not walk two blocks back and forth to their office jobs wfith some living just around the corner from their soft seated office jobs, yet Roosevelt ex pects WPA workers carpenters and other mechanics to walk five and ten miles to their work and are then too tired to do a just days work, but that is all right as far as these New Deal disciples are concerned, just so they are riding. “Does Roosevelt walk? No: He is the great advocator and enforcer of gasoline rationing which is unconsti tutional. He says, “joy and pleasure riding must be cut out”. I note parti cular that he fails to cut it out and deprive himself and friend of a joy ride. Last Sunday he took the Duke of Kent for two automobile rides through the rolling countryside, but if the people of South Carolina have a family reunion or relatives visit them on weekends they have to sit around and swelter in the heat with long faces as if there was death in the family. Still it is OK for him to spin around and cool out Has he any right to be enjoying the pleas ures of life, regardless, and taking the civil rights away from American citizens? We contractors want him, Henderson, and all others connected with this unconstitutional act to get this: We do not intend to have our business and our means of support jeopardized and thrown to the "bow wows” and our work held up by any limitation to gasoline that is neces sary to carry on our business. We have jobs going on at a distance of 150 miles round trip daily for five days a week, driving a passenger carrying three, four and five mech anics back and forth, and we intend to have gasoline* for such necessary purposes. Henderson states that, ‘the filling stations better have gas for the government needs when any of their cans or trucks drive up for it,’ it better also be available when we contractors drive up for it aral no unjust and unconstitutional excuses accepted. We as free American citizens have our rights and privi leges and do not intend to have these rights unconstitutionally impared to hand out necessities of ours to some ungrateful warring nation to as soon as they get a breathing spell stab us in the back or declare war on us. Neither do we intend to have our rights and privileges taken away from us by the New Deal dictatorship and its associates. “Hitlerism is rapidly being inject ed right under our nose in this coun try and the people sleeping haven’t knowledge enough to see it. Europe is wading in blood from such folly, and because their oligarchy govern ment has entirely left God Almighty out of their program and running matters accirding to man’s withes. America is following suit, and unless America awakes and return® to God with bended knees and kicks man out of our affairs as lord and king we will be too late found trying to get on them in less than six months be cause one man orders so and so done. Tomorrow if Roosevelt was to say, 'I will change Christmas to July because the weather is more pleasant then,’ there are fools enough in America who would submit because Mr. Roose velt said so. “Christians, if not others, you bet ter take warning. It is not long be fore the trumpet will sound and time will be no more, then all lovers of this dictator government putting heart, soul, and body into it, will be found trying to hide yourselves under a wash pot. “A. K. Hammet.” Barnwell, S. C. THE EARTHQUAKE ARMY TO RELEASE RESERVE OFFICERS 67,100 to End Active Duty After One Year—Men of Air Arm Not Included Washington, Aug. 31.—The war department announced a policy today of releasing reserve officers at the end of one year of active duty “so far as is practicable,” if the officers wish to discontinue active service. The policy means that many of the 67,100 reserve officers on active duty will return to private life along with 200,000 selective service train ees and regular soldiers who are to be released in the next four months. Because of rapid expansion of the army air forces, reserve officers in that arm of the service will be re tained for “at least an additional twelve months without their consent”. H was stated, but others “should be released as rapidly as their services can be spared or suitable replace ments can be trained.” The policy prescribes that not more than 50 per cent of the reserve From the Walterboro Press and Standard “On the night of the 31st day of August, A. D. 1886, Walterboro was visited by a terrible earthquake about nine and a half o’clock p. m. People rushed from their houses, frightened. Severe shocks continued during the entire night at intervals of one and two hours. Some houses were wrecked, chimneys fell, and plastering in nearly every house was thrown from the walls. People did not return to their houses for several weeks to sleep, on account of continuous snocks and rumbling sounds which contin ued for several weeks. But one week ago we had' two slight shocks. Provi dentially, no lives were lost, but great damage to property. Surely this was a night of terror. I was sitting in my bedroom when the shock came; what it was we did not know; it looked as if the house would be tom and thrown to pieces every moment. I rushed out into the yard with my lit tle boy (Madison) in my arms, Mrs. Howell with baby (Carrie); the whole earth was racking, and seemed to be giving and sinking. Screams and prayers of the people could be heard in every direction. Every moment we expected: to be engulfed and destroy ed. No pen can describe the awful night: may we be spared from anoth er. Was it the hand of God? Man’? insignificance was surely demonstrat ed on that night of nights; days pass ed before we couldi hear from other parts of the country. Charleston, S. C., was a wreck,—a great many lives lost. Summerville, suffered severely, three lives lost; great damage to property. “Yours fraternally, M. P. HOWELL.” October 3rd, 1886. The above was written on the fly leaf of the family Bible of my father, M. P. Howell, Sr., in. his own handwriting. August 31, 1941, will mark the fifty-fifth anniversary of this terrible earthquake. M. P. HOWELL. Ruffin. 1. Items of Local and Personal Interest Mr. and Mrs. Tommy West of Tam pa, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Cool ey and son-, Tommy, of Elkin, N. C., spent the weekend with Mrs. C. J. Purcell on Main street. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Kinard and dau ghter Miss Ruby Kinard and J. H. Shirey spent last Wednesday with Mrs. Kinard's sister, Mrs. B. T. Bo wen and Mr. Bowen in Sumter. Mrs. E. E. Melton has returned from New York where she spent 10 days with her daughter, Ernestine, who was studying for an M. A. degree in Busjness Education at Columbia University. Mrs. Harry Anderson also visited her sister in New York. They stop ped in Washington, and visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vaughn at Arlington, Va., for a few days. Miss Mary Boozer, Miss Margaret Davis, Miss Edith Wilson and W. C. Carter left Monday for Saluda where they will teach this session. Miss Juanita Swindler left Sunday for Ware Shoals where she is on the faculty of the Ware Shoals schoool for this session. Miss Pauline Summer left Monday for Winthrop where she is a senior this year. She was accompanied by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. 0. Sum mer. Ensigns Joe Purcell and Dicker- son S. Mullins of San Diego, Cal., spent the weekend with Mr. Purcell’s mother, Mrs. C. J. Purcell on Main street. Misses Frances Wallace and Mary Johnson will leave Monday for Coker College at Hartsville. Cam Wallace will leave Monday for Charleston where he will be a student again this session at The Citadel. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lominack spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Pet Lomm. ack in the county. Mrs. H. H. Ruff, Mrs. Davidi Half acre and Mrs. Sallie Lominick were business visitors in the city Tuesday. Miss Ruby Dennis left the past weekend for Inman where she will teach again this session. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Baker and little son, Kenneth, Jr., of Clinton visited relatives in Newberry Tues day. was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Danny Lambeth ar rived Saturday to spend a few days with Mrs. Lambeth’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith, before gong to Georgetown where Mr. Lambeth will be a teacher and coach in the George town high school. Clayton Smith of Fort Jackson spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith. Miss Julia Catherine Ruff will leave next week for Lynchburg where she will teach again this session In the high school. Mrs. Edythe Wright of Charleston spent the weekend and Labor Day with relatives in Newberry. Mbs. Wright holds a position with the Kerrison Department store in Char leston. Mr. and Mrs. Brady Bledsoe and children of Washington, D. C. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bled soe on the cut-off. Misses Gertrude Smith, Bonnelle Cromer, Evelyn McGraw, Ruth Fea- glue and Mable Havird left Tuesday for Pelzer where they will teach in the public schools. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Todd spent a few days last week in the mountains of North Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. Olin Hentz and three children, of Anderson arrived Tues day for several days visit with his mother, Mrs. E. O. Hentz on College street. Miss Louise Harmon left last Friday for Easley where she is on the faculty ' of the Easley high school. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lominack and son Raybom, visited Frank, Jr. at Camp Stewart during the weekend. Miss Mary Wightman of Holly Hill spent the weekend and Labor Day with her mother, Mrs. F. G. Wight man and sister Carrie Wightman. I Miss Elizabeth Holt left Sunday for Charlotte, N. C., where she'will teach art in the Charlotte city schools. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hicks spent the weekend with their son, Tom, Jr., who is ill at the hospital at Gamp Stewart. Miss Doris Armfield of Charleston was a weekend visitor in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield and family. Miss Betty Bridges of Washington, D. C., spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Lathan on Main street. FOR SALE — Thoroughbred Chow puppies, mother has registry pa pers. Inquire at 1307 Glenn street. Phone 349. officers on. duty in each regiment, bat talion or company may be required to serve longer than twelve months, and not more than 75 per cent of those on duty in corps area service commands and war department administrative units. This, it was explained will permit the training of other reserv ists not yet called to active duty. BUY IN NEWBERRY Bsi* TWENTY KIVK CK2VT NON-TRANSFER ABLE COTTON OKI) 1211 SUBvUCT TO CONDITIONS PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OP AGRICULTURE With Your COHON STAMPS Mrs. F. G. Wright of Charleston was a weekend and Labor Day visitor in the home of her mother, Mrs. T. W. Smith on Boundary street Misses Helen and Cornelia Clary will leave next week for Winthrop college. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Stevens and three children of Lancaster, visited friends in Newberry last week. Mrs. Myrtle Culclasure and Mrs. Mattie Smith were visitors in Cofum- bia last Saturday. Miss Leila Norris will leave the first of the week for Columbia where she will teach in the A. C. Moore Grammar school. Miss Pearl West will leave next week for Columbia where she will teach again at the high school this session. Mrs. Jno. T. Norris, Sr., spent last week in Conway with her daughter, Mrs. Lee Morgan and Mr. Morgan. Arthur Eargle left Monday morning for Goldville where he has accepted a position in the Goldville high school, teaching Mathematics and Manual Training. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Epps of Charleston will move to Newberry September 13. They will occupy the Goggans home on Crenshaw street. The Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Roof are planning to be away from the parish for a few days, but will be back for the regular services Sunday, Septem ber 7. Sergeant Henry Ralph Fellers of Fort Jackson spent the weekend with relatives in Newberry. Charles Fellers, a junior at Clem- son, who has been at the Pee Dee Ex. periment Station in. Florence this summer spent the weekend with rela tives in the city. Mrs. Kate Williamson of Charles ton was a visitor in Newberry Mon day. Paul Floyd left Tuestay for Char leston where he will be a student at the Citadel this year. King Boyd, Robert Houseal, Keitt Purcell, Cam Wallace and Jim Todd will leave next Monday for the Citadel where they will continue their studies. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vigodsky and family returned to Newberry the past weekend after spending the summer at Hendersonville, N. C. Miss Gladys Stilwell and Miss Lil lie Mae Werts of Silverstreet will leave this week for Spartanburg where they will teach in the Spartanburg high school. Mrs. Henry Wheeler of Prosperity Jacqueline Abrams of Columbia spent the weekend and Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. Pinckney Abrams. Eddie Tolbert will return this week end after spending his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Tol bert in Savannah, Ga. Sam Brock of Carrolton, Ga., spent the weekend with Jim Todd. Misses Marion Fellers and Elizabeth Mower will leave this week for Whit mire where they will be members of the faculty of that school for the 1941- 1942 session. HOME FROM HOSPITAL The many friends of Mrs. S. J. Derrick wil be glad to learn that she returned to her home on the College campus, Tuesday of this week after being a patient in the Columbia hos pital, and is doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wise of Ander son were weekend visitors in the home of his mother, Mrs. Eugenia Wise. ' Miss Sara Linda Goggans will leave next week for Winthrop college where she will be a student this session. Miss Ella Mae Milam, of Baltimore, Md., spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. M. L. Milam. Mrs. C. C. Elder® and two children moved Tuesday from Davidson, N. C., to Pope Terrace, Newberry, where they will make their home. Mrs. Eld ers will be remember as the former Miss Katherine Spearman. 'Misses Jane Goodman, Caroline Lane and Macie Davis left Monday for Clinton where they will teach in the Clinton city schools. Robert Milam of Columbia spent the weekend with his mother, Mrs. M. L. Milam. Mrs. W. J. Mitchell of Columbia was a weekend visitor in the home of her sister, Mrs. M. L. Milam; William Milam left Tuesday for Sally where he will be principal of the Sally High school. Mrs. Milam will join him the last of the week. Tom Summer, who underwent an operation at the local hospital about two weeks ago, returned to his home last Wednesday. Miss Jean Johnson of Saluda spent the weekend with Miss Carolyn Har man. Mrs. J. R. Green spent the weekend and Labor Day with her daughter, Mrs. Henry Niles and family in Oamden. Miss Virginia Hayes was a visitor in Greenwood Monday. Mrs. Paul Anderson left Sunday for a visit with her relatives in Mc Cormick. Miss Sallie Lee Cromer left Sun day for Liberty where she will teach in the Liberty High sihool. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tedford of Edgefield and son, Billy, are spend ing this week with Mrs. Sallie Belle Miller. Jack Workman, of Washington, D. C., is visiting Judge and Mrs. Eugene S. Blease. Misses Nancy and Agnes Mayes and Rosemary Bowers will leave next week for Winthrop College to con tinue their studies. Kirby Lominack returned to At lanta, Ga., Monday after spending ten days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lominack. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stone, Wash ington, D. C., arrive! Sunday for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Clara Stone. Mrs. Lola Schumpert who has been visiting the Stones in Wash ington returned to Newberry with them. Theo Neely, son t>f Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Neely will leave September 15 for Front Royal, Va.. where he will at tend the Randolph Macon Military Academy this year. Forrest Carpenter, Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter will leave Sep tember 15, for Charleston, where he will attend the Porter Military Aca demy again this session. George Scruggs will leave the 15th of this month for Radford. Va., where he has accepted a temporary civil service appointment with the Ordin ance Division of the War Department. Mr. Scruggs has been employed at the Newberry Observer for the past year. Miss Rose Dreher of Goldville was a business visitor in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Hayne Workman and two daughters, Carabelle and Mildred of Clinton, were visitors in Newberry Tuesday. Miss Kate Wheeler of Prosperity left Sunday for Greer where she will teach during the 1941-42 session. Miss Grace Wilbur was a visitor in Newberry Friday. ■Misses Lucille and Katie Mills of Prosperity were visitors here Satur day. Mrs. T. H. Roper of Columbia, Mrs Frank Collins and son, Frank Jr. of Newport News, Va., are visiting their mother, Mrs. D. B. Chandler on Drayton street. Mi®. Bob Livingston of the Bush River community was a visitor in Newberry Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Carpenter and children of Columbia visited Mr, and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter Labor Day. Mrs. O. H. Harvin cf Piney Woods is visiting her mother, Mrs N. C Toole. Notice To All Candidates City Democratic Primary The Executive Committee has fixed the final date for filing pledges and paying assessments at Noon Mon day, September 15 th. The Secretary may be found first floor Exchange Bank Building. J. OLIVER HAVIRD, Chairman HENRY I. CANNON, Secretary iimimQ Cotton -a Fighter Worth Defending • The mustard seed has nothing on rollon when it comes to faith or a fight for life. And not even the British or Creeks can “take it” better than cotton. Droughts ma> foree the young plant to shed leaves, squares, and hulls; but the instant the drought is broken, it sets new squares and bolls at new joints on the fruiting (tranches. So it grows, taking advantage of each short spell of favorable weather, continuing to pro duce flowers and hulls through one picking after another until killing frost brings its life to a close. The rollon industry is tough, too. Crises of price, of insert infestation, of penalizing legis lation, are survived just tike the plant survives droughts. The only certain death is the killing frost of Inst markets. Produrtion problems ran be licked; it is failing markets alone which ran destroy its vitality. In tropical climes the cotton plant is a pe rennial. So is the cotton industry as long as markets keep it warm. We in the Cotton Belt can keep out frost and winter's death by buying cotton produrts. When we buy rollon we build our future. m.Q