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PAGE P0U1. THE XEWHEKRY SUN FRIDAT, PECEMBliK 12, 1941 Emergency Should be Met by the United Efforts of a United Nation, Says Spectator Well, the papers say that we’ve said our last word to Japan and President Roosevelt told the report ers that Japan must say when, how and if—as to war, 1 presume. War, eh? About what and for what? We don’t like the cocky lit tle Japs and we think they need a sound drubbing. Most of us would like to see the starch (and tar) knocked out of the little yellow men. But that is not usually an adequate ground for war. Of course, in these spacious days of neutrality every thing is possible. The Germans are not at war with most of the coun tries they have over-run; the Japs are not at war with China; we are not at war with anybody. Up to this minute no nation has committed an act of war against us. We, however, are committing acts of war every day. Let’s keep our recod straight. Now as to Japan: What has she done to us? Nothing. She is said to be eager to seize Asiatic posses sions of Holland, Britain and France as W ell as some small independent countries in Asia. But is that an act of war against the United States . We are ourselves occupying ter ritory in the West Indies, also in Ice land, Greenland' and South America, not by force it is true, but in order to checkmate the Germans. All this smart stategy is giving to civilization a serious set back. Thru- out many ages men have tried to adopt certain rules for war. Japan and Germany (Russia, too, in Fin land) as well as Italy, flagrantly disregarded all the known rules of diplomacy leading to war. I’m sorry this country is following in their footsteps, using so-called neutrality to participate in war. We have been proud of a certain forthrightness, amounting to blunt ness, in our relations with other nations. I wish we had not depart ed from it for the devious methods of cunning and shrewdness. I wish we had said to the Japanese: We shall protect the possessions of Bri tain and all other powers and we shall go to war, if necessary. And we might have said to Hitler: We i have no quarrel with your people ‘ but if you try to strangle small in dependent nations and endeavor to crushtEngland, we shall declare war. Why should we adopt the methods which we condemn in others? I don’t want to be misunderstood. If we are to be crusaders for the maintenance of independence thru- out the world, let’s go about it openly and righteously As a man I should like to see Japan, Germany and Italy beaten to a frazzle; but I should like to see our nation take high ground, with simplicity and singleness of aim, and without so much effort to out-smart some one else. Driving along the roads I see children waiting in the cold for the school bus. Sometimes I take note that I have not seen the bus any where. Many complaints are being made about the irregularity or unre liability of school buses. I do not know anything about the truth of what I hear, but several children have told me that the bus comes at 7:30 one day; 7:50 next day and 8:15 the third day. This is unfortunate. I don’t know whether a school bus could operate on a schedule; the driver would be expected to wait for the children if he saw them coming down a connecting road and this would occasion delays. Beyond a doubt the school bus drivers could explain the cause of the irregulari ties, but without “finding fault”, something should be done if possible. Little children should not have to stand in the cold and rain thirty or forty minutes waiting for a school bus. Better by far that they should walk to school. • Another matter connected with school buses: I meet school buses running about “on trips”, carrying this class or group here, there and the other place. It is worth much to the children to go to Columbia and Charleston—those within a hundred miles of the eanital and the seaport; just as it would be interesting for the children to visit our great in dustrial centers of the piedmont; but the primary purpose of the school buses is to carry the children to and from school; buses should not be us ed for baseball, football, tennis^—and all those desirable school activities, in conflict with their primary pur pose. It may be said, perhaps, that no improper use is ever made of any school bus. I should not deny it; but it is a fact that the buses are bought and operated with the tax payers’ money in order to transport children to school and then home again. No use Should ever be made of any school bus that interferes with that purpose. (Just to keep the record stiaight, Mr. Spectator, many drivers of school buses are also the owners.—Ed.) An ex-army officer, Col. C. Brown ing Smith of Greenville, thinks that Labor Unions should be incorporat ed and subjected to regulation as are commercial corporations, newspapers, radio stations—and others. He makes the point that these organizations now number ten million members and handle many millions of dollars. They , have become powerful in elections, I before legislatures and before Con- i gress. They have great power thru their influence with the Presidency itself. Colonel Smith is not oppose ( ing Labor, but he things the argu ments for certain regulation of the press and radio are even more power fully applicable to great numbers of men organized, disciplined and work ing together, like a trained army. Beyond a doubt ten million members of organized labor have more poli tical influence than fifty million un organized citizens. There is much in what Colonel Smith advocates which we should study carefully as citizens. Ordinarily, Labor has been well led. Here in South Carolina we have no hot heads in the leadership of labor. Labor among us is led by thoughtful men who are good citi zens, identified with all our useful public activities. Rut Labor as an organization of national scope, in- i fhience and power is too big an en- ' terprise to run loose, while all other enterprises are regulated. The common cold, baldheadness and obesity are frequent afflictions and we don’t know what to do. As a member of the National Cotton AND NOW- Let’s Get Going on n u IR n Our Store Is Everybody’s Santa Claus Select Your Gifts. We will gladly wrap them with ribbons and enclosure cards, in the holiday man ner, ready for giving, at no added cost. CARPENTER’S NEWBERRY, S. C. Council I should think highly of the common cold, bay-fever, sinus trouble —and all other ailments which re quire constant use of cotton hand kerchiefs. However, at the risk of disloyalty to my ootton brethren and associates, I wish we could do some thing to prevent colds. I note that the titanic efforts of thousands of baldheaded barbers have not sufficed to check the multi plication of shiny domes under the hats. As to obesity, we still wonder why one man can eat ten pounds of barbecue, rice, and bread, without letting his belt out a single notch, whale another man, upon just smell ing barbecue, begins to swell at the girth. When a strike ties up a factory producing defense materials or wea pons, is it exactly fair for the Gov ernment to take over the manage ment Are we to assume that man agement is always wrong? Or must we undertsand that the owners of the plants have no rights? Can the workers force plants into Government management merely by striking ? , Should not the Government handle labor as firmly as it deals with man- i agement ? 1 understand more than my apparent innocence would Indi-1 cate, but I do not acquiesce in war preparation or national emergency being used for pet economics and so cial (socialistic is more correct) manipulation. If we have an em ergency it should be faced by a unit ed nation, united in support of equal rights to all men, among them being the stockholders and bondholders of our big enterprises. Great Corpora tions do not belong to their em ployees nor do they belong to the Government of the United States; they belong to those who own their stock. I fear we shall have the worse struggle ever known between Capi tal and Labor, and the larpentable truth is that our Government has pre cipitated all this trouble—and what seems likely to follow. It seems to think that the only human rights are the rights of the employees. Thous ands of us have lost thousands of dol lars as stockholders. We were—and are—workers; we worked for wages and invested our savihgs. There are l hundreds of thousands of us, ordin- ary people, who have put their sav-1 ings into enterprises. We are for gotten. We shall probably insist on being remembered. We, too, are men and women; we, too, have rights; and we are thoroughly disgusted with calls for unity when the only unity we see is the unity of those who are being petted and pampered by Wash ington politicians whose primary in terest is that of building up their personal power on the foundation of mass support by labor. The influence tending to disunity in this nation is the exploitation of National Defense for political ends. Things don’t ring true in our nation today. Too many suspect the mo tives of men in power; too many won der if true Americanism is directing us; or whether we are being duped. Never before have we needed a principle to guide us. Policy we have, I suppose, for policy is a program which may shift like the wind. What we need is a principle which will be a light to draw all men in faith and trust. I repeat the wish expressed last week that the Congress may forget politics and elections and cease being a mere echo. BUSH RIVER SCHOOL NEWS The honor roll for the-second six weeks at Bush River is as follows Grade 1: Dannette Wise, Carolyn Craven, Ned Workman, Joyce Greene, Minnie Sue Riddle, Faye Davenport, William Flow, Eugene Metes, G. W. Merchant, Ted Tim merman, Nelle West, Theressa Ept- ing, Betty Walton, Joan West, Low ell Henderson, Billy Bunton, Irene Motes, Barbara Mills, O’Neal F.oon. Grade 2: Betty Bishop, Jewel Cro mer, Patsy Crowder, Tommie Daven port, Glenda Henderson, Henry Longshore, Horace Longshore, Mar tha Bee Shealy, Irene Shapes, Lewis Turner, Anne Walton, Sunie Wicker. Grade 3: James Robert Bishop, The Boys In Service Are Ready for the v Enemy, Lonnie Franklin, Jr., Writes Us To the Editor: Here we free Americans are on the front lines again after such a long time. Our troops fought in 19i8 to free the world from aggres sion by power crazed maniacs and they won their point but things al ways have a way of popping up at the most, unexpected times so here we go again. Our troops are already in action against Japan and our have already tasted war in country free. Your army is ready for the enemy regardless of where they strike. . Give u» your.-support and we will see to it that this coun try is always free. We will fight to the last man to uphold the ideals on which our great country is founded. Our outfit, as most of you already know, is anti-aircraft so we will probably see plenty of action before this war is over. But again may I n in it’s remind you that the. city of Newber- •r in its ■, . j » Mary Jane DeHart, Harvey Dickert, _ _ Clyde Holt, Ruth Holt, Evelyn Lev-! on American people while I sit here nr IVfnrcrnrot .loan MnrsHnll Rot-t-V ' writing tkis. What are We to diO about it? As the Ann McCarty, Richard Moates, Bet ty Sue Senn, Christine Smith, John Earl Smith, Eleanor West, Catrrie Lou West. Grade 4: Adelle Bedenbaugh, Billy Bowers, Angus Dickert, Dalton Hor ton, Peggy Horton, Azilee Morris, Faye West, Elizabeth Wicker, Chas. Bobb. Grade 5: Bobby Bryson, Edith Epting, Connie Spoon, Jack Beden baugh, Myra Epting, June Matthews. Grade 6: Ralph Baker, Eleanor Cromer, Louise Duncan, Carolyn Long, Sarah Long, Betty Longshore, Tillman Mills, Sylvia Oxner, Mildred Wise, Narvice Wise. Grade 7: James Barr, Naomi Crapps, Norman Cromer, Martha Singley, James Wicker, Darr Wise. Grade 8: Azilee Baker, Cornelia Mills, Dollie Mae Senn, Narvice Shealy, Margery Smith, Juliette West. Grade 9: Hazel Ballentine, Carl Cromer, Randolph Johnson, Anna Belle Moates, Harold Pitts, Edna Wertz. Grade 10: Jack Matthews, Eliza beth Workman, Argent Senn, Lucille Rice. Grade 11: Edna Baker, Alfred Little, Dallas Merchant, Josie Na bors, Margaret Oxner, Rachel Wise. The following is the Perfect at tendance for the same period: Grade 1: Carolvn Craven, Joyce meanest stage. Bombs are dropping ^oWin“^vi^ b^ause^thS t^ve never been known to let anyone down. We don’t intend to start famous newspaper and radio correspondent, H. V. Kalter- bom said last night, “Japan made the gravest mistake of life.” I am forced to agree with him. Many of our own people think we have been asleep while all the rest of the world was at war but we were far from it. America has the best trained Army, Navy and Air Corps in the world. I admit that we may not have all the equipment now, either. With this is mind, may I say “so , long” for the time being. We will be in there fighting and we will expect " er you to be doing your part^too. Sincerely, Lonnie Franklin, Jr., NOVEMBER HONOR ROLL AT O’NEALL SCHOOL that we need but what we have is Dennis. Grade 11: Nelson Connelly, Clara the very best and the latest that any country has ever seen. Speaking of equipment, what has stalled the German advance in Afri ca? Nothing more than American tanks. They are said to be the fastest and most maneuverable in the world. We haven’t got as many of these as we would like to have but we are getting more and more each day. Japan left us no way out other than fighting to a finish with both her and the other Axis powers. She has forced the fight on us and Am ericans are definitely not the kind to back dtown when the going gets tough. One thing that the American Army never teaches it’s troeps is to retreat. Whenever you see or hear of our armed might—dt in always forward and never backward. As we go into this war, we are going in Gree.ie, Minnie Sue Riddle, Faye i with the one thought FREEDOM in Davenport, William Flow, Sara Dav-|™ind. Every loyal American should ginia Bishop J. C. Greene, Randolph Johnson, Frances Little, Mary Lou Longshore, Robert McLeod, Anna Edna Rice, Florence Shealy, Nancy Lou Wertz, Ruth Young. Grade 10: Christine Craven, Louise Rice, Kathryn Shealy, Janie Shealy, Margaret Wallace, Elizabeth Work man Horace Boozer, Jack Matthews, Pet Moates, Winford Price. Grade 11: Alfred Little, Robert Merchant, Beatrice Motes. enport, Ted Timmerman, Nelle West, Betty Walton, Joan West, Lowell Henderson, Billv Bunton, Irene Motes, Shirley Miller. Grade 2: Betty Bishop, Jewel Cromer, Patsy Crowder, Shirley Greenefc Glendla Henderson, Martha Bee Shealy, Irene Shipes, Franklin Singley, Anne Walton, Henry Long shore, Bobby Jean Franklin, Sunie Wicker. Grade 3: James Robert Bishop, Clyde Holt, Ruth Holt, Evelyn Lev er, Richard Moates, Charles Riddle, Christine Smith, Carrie Lou West, Janette Evans. Grade 4: Billy Bowers, Thelma Craven, Alvin Cromer, Joe Daven port, Dalton Horton, Peggy Horton, Wyman Lindley, Willie Mae Mitch ell, G. W. Moates, Faye West, Eli zabeth Wicker. Grade 5: Bobby Bryson, Robert Lee Turner, Paul Motes, William Senn, Wilbur Motes, Richard Long, Dorothy Long, Ruth Craven. Grade 6: Ralph Baker, Eleanor Cromer, Ellie Flow, Tommie Flow, Gladys Greene, Carolyn Long, Sarah Long, Betty Longshore, Charles Moates, Georgia Morgan, Harry Shealy, Mildred Wise. Grade 7: James Barr, Winfield Biphoip, Joe Bolt, Alvin Counts, Nao mi Crapps, Norman Cromer, Johnnie Davenport, Phoebe Epting, Junior Motes, Simon Motes, Martha Sing ley, Boyd Smith, James Wicker, Darr Wise. Grade 8: Azilee Baker, Mary Frances Bishop, Colleen Buzhardt, Dollie Mae Senn, Narvice Shealy, Margery Smith Ted Wallace. Grade 9: Hazel Ballentine, Vir- Used each year for 13 BILLION MILES in I'/z million cars realize that his country needs him now and I think that he will. This is a great country. In it we enjoy both physical and political freedom. We are one people united under the same flag and fighting for the same cause. Lets keep this Grade 10: Frano ^ Miller, Carolyn Boozer, Jean Bedenbaugh. Grade 9: Hubert Bedenbaugh, Vilette Shealy. Grade 8: Rachel Bedenbaugh, Ruby Pugth. Grade 7: Betty Jo Aull, Mary Ruth Dominick, Kibler Bowers, Ralph Moore. Grode 6: Dennis Bedembaugh. Grade 5: Wayne Boozer. Grade 4: Anne Bedenbaugh, Reba Bowers, James Willard Crooks. Grade 3: Keith Bedenbaugh, Dru- cie Connelly, James Robert Hamm, Doris Moore, Marion Moore, Bobbie Jean Rankin. Grade. 2: Barbara Ann Hendrix, Charles Jumper, Una Summers. Grade 1: Billie Bowers, J. P. Fel lers, Jr., Shirley Hawkins, Dorothy Jean Werts. • > ' ANDREW EVERETTE PRICE Mr. and Mrs. Van Price are re ceiving congratulations over the ar rival of a son, Andrew Everette, born at the Newberry county hospi tal. Thursday, December 4. Mrs. Price was the former Miss Nina Cromer. /i r * jgff rjs HC Strother C. Paysinger AGENT SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY I I I / i B v g g ■ s? ■ I I Santa Says: “at Sears-Roebuck Order . 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