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THE NUWBEKKT SUN FRIPAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941 NAVY ANNOUNCES LENIENCY IN PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Majiy Applicants Reacted in Past Because of Minor Physical Defects May Re-apply for Re examination. A relaxation of physical standards for enlistments in the U. S. Navy and the Naval Reserve was announc ed this week by the Navy Depart ment. In commenting on this action the Navy Department announcement stated that numerous men who in past months have sought to enlist and have been rejected on the basis of minor physical defects will, be cause of the modification of physical standards, be encouraged to re-apply for enlistment in either the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve for the duration of the emergency. The Navy Department has re quested that any person knowing of young men who had been barred from enlistment in the Navy or the Naval Reserve because of minor physical reasons should bring this modifica tion in physcal requirements to the attention of these young men. Applicants with varicose veins will be acceptable under the changed standards, this varicocele condition to be corrected, if the condition is painful, at the Naval Training Sta tions to which the new recruits are sent. Hydrocele, another defect that fornnerly ruled out numerous applicants, will be corrected; if necessary, after enlistees arrive at Training Stations. Applicants suf fering from hernia will'be accepted provided their I. Q.’s are 75 or better. Recruits suffering from hernia will be treated at the Training Stations and will be enrolled for schooling during their peroids of convalenoense. Other physical defects which formerly prevented men from being accepted as recruits, but which are now waived, are seasonal hay fever; correctible nasal deformities or nasal deformities of such a degree as not to interfere with duty; undernourish ed and underdeveloped applicants, providing the condition is not due to organic disease; and minor surgical defects which cam be corrected with in a month. Applicants who possess 18 natural serviceable teeth, with at least two molars in functional occlu sion and not more than four incis ors missing, will be acceptable. Den tal treatment will be given at the Training Stations. Any applicant who has been re jected because of any of the defects noted above is urged to re-apply for enlistment in the Navy or Naval Reserve immediately. All applicants accepted with de fects requiring correction will be hospitalized. After correction of these defects recruits will be return ed to their Training Stations at the earliest practicable time. These modified physical standards will apply for all applicants for en listment in either the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve with the excep tion pf applicants for enlistment in classes for prospective commission ing. STILL VISIBLE A recent report indicating the cost of government overhead has opened up a whole new fieldfor the economy minded. The report shows that the cost of administering the defense program has been *1 tor every $6 spent. While no one questions the fact that mistakes were to some extent unavoidable in setting up a defense program as huge and complicated as ours has become, yet there seems to be little reason why, once they were made, they are not unmade imme diately. Government bureaus with overlapping duties not only , 5 aus confusion and slow up our defense effort; they cost money and increas ^Santa^Claus’ whiskers are still visible in the defense setup. STOCKS OF SUGAR FROZEN Limit to New Deliveries Fixed—Ac tion Designed to Prevent Hoarding Washington, Dec. 13.—The OPM today froze sugar stocks in the United States and limited new deliv eries by importers and refiners to 1940 levels. The move was designed to “prevent possible hoarding or speculation”. Emphasizing that there was no immediate or imminent sugar short age, officials said the order would assure normal supplies to industrial and civilian consumers and would prevent further increases in some 600,000 tons of sugar already built up as reserve supplies this year by jobbers, industrial users and whole salers. Under the order, all such stocks in excess of 60 days supply are frozen immediately and no receiver may ac cept delivery of additional sugar from a refiner or importer if his stock on hand exceeds thirty days supply. Further, no receiver can accept delivery of more sugar in any one month than he received during the corresponding month of 1940. TIME-BUYING CURB SHOWING RESULTS Nugent Says Rapid Strides Being Made to Head off Inflation Washington, Dec. 13. — The fed* eral reserve board’s installment buy ing restrictions, imposed September 1, have already had an important affirmative effect in the government’s drive to head off inflation, according to Rolf Nugent? special adviser to the Office of Price Administration. Nugent, who is also consumer cre dit expert of the Russell Sage Foun dation, sad that “information pres ently available” indicates that “con sumer credit is now liquidating at a rate of about $2,000,000,000 a year”. This, he added, represents a rever sal of an opposite trend, since ‘^throughout the year 1940 and the first eight months of 1941, consumer credit expanded at a rate of about $1,200,000,000 a year.’ Therefore, Nugent concluded, the effects of the restrictons are simi lar to those of a $3,200,000,000 tax program, and “it can be said that consumer credit control is contribut ing as much as the new federal tax law to the battle against inflation”. Nugent also pointed out that in stallment buying restrictions have other advantages, notably that they can be directed against products that compete with defense commodities for vital materials and skilled man power, and that they exert a more even pressure upon demand than or dinary methods of tax collection. A whit, woman had employed a negro preacher to do some house cleaning. “Now,” sh '“?t rue ted him after the wc...; had been godng on smoethly frr ''"retime, "you can take out the p . 'eves ar.l the jar dinieres and clean them.” The negro lock.;! olank. “W’at is dem,” he inquired, “Ah nebber year • of dem?” I The white woman indicated the | two objects. “That’s a portiere,” she said, “and that’s a jardiniere.” The preacher grinned delightfully and repeated the words over to him self. “Dem is sho’ elegant words,” he said, “Ah’ll put ’em in mah ser mon next Sunday.”—Neks & Courier. ST. PHILIPS HIGH SCHOOL WILL PRESENT CHRISTMAS PLAY The St. Philips high school will present a Christmas play Thursday night, December 18 at 7:30 o’clock. The public is invited. Miss Kate Wheeler of Prosperity, a teacher in the Greer city schools was a visitor in Newberry last Sat urday. The power of 25,000 men is em bodied in a modem locomotive. a jto viAtmaA Gifts He Will Appreciate . . . Your Christmas shopping for the “men tolks” will be a real pleasure this year, for we have on display a really smart variety of American made, quality merchandise, and you will find just what you are looking for at a price to fit your purse. There is something satisfying in selecting gifts you know will please, and it will give us pleasure if you will per mit us to assist you in making your selections. SHIRTS BY ARROW There is no better mascu line gift than shirts — and this year you can give him shirts not only notable for their immaculate style, but —guaranteed not to shrink. TIES We have just the right ■patterns and colors . . . The kind men like to wear. HICKOK JEWELRY We have all the smart studs, pins, cuff-links that he’ll need for sports or for mal wear. PAJAMAS Real masculine nightwear. In a variety of styles, colors, and patterns. UNDERWEAR Cleverly styled and built for the utmost m comfort. ROBES A really beautiful assort ment in silk or flannel. A handsome gift. BRACES The kind that permit your trousers to drape properly. HANDKERCHIEFS Colors that will add that finishing touch to man’s at tire. SWEATERS New designs and new co lors. With sleeves or without. SOCKS An attractive assortment of plain colors and effective color combinations. GARTERS Useful and inexpensive. SCARFS Correct styles and colors for day and evening wear. BELTS A sturdy belt with or with out an initialed buckle — a welcome gift. GLOVE AND MUFFLER SETS Warm, all - wool matching glove and muffler sets in va rious solid colors. GLOVES A handy gift ... in a va riety of leathers. Warm— Smart—Durable. Johnson Hagood Clary ^ “A Step Ahead In Styles” Prices Subject to Federal Tax W. L TURNER JEWELER SMALL PAYMENT DOWN $1 Weekly P E F EM ★ ★★ The present that not only is appreciated by the ontr who receives it, but benefits every one in America. CITIES ARE “SATURATED” Large American Metropolitan Areas Have Quit Growing, Me- . Croskey Believes Kansas City, 'Dec. 13.—Most large American cities have reached a sta bility point in population and their chief problem in the future will be to make those cities attractive places in which to live and work. That is the opinion of T. T. Mc- Crosky, executive director of the Chi cago plan commission, who *poke re cently at a civic gathering here. Because of decentralization, a declining birth rate and immigration restrictions, moat large cities have reached their point of maximum pop ulation, McCrooky said. But despite the American credo of bigness, a city need not die merely because it ceases to grow, he said. The emphasis in the future must be on building to correct the infirmi ties that have replaced growing pains and the development of cities along planned lines to make them attrac tive and pleasant. The first step in preparing for the future—when the government ceases to make airplanes and tanks and men are searching for other employ ment—should be taken now, McCros- ky believes. He urges that cities now draw up plans for the future looking toward “fluid” transportation systems and express highways with no traffic lights, no cross traffic and few feed er roads. Another essential, McCrosky be lieves, is for cities now to begin re drafting the zoning laws to conform with a long-time city building plan. PENITENTIARY CHAPLAIN FINDS JOY IN CONVERTING THE WICKED By CHARLES L. LESEMANN in News & Courier CHARLESTON CHURCHES TO STAY OPEN {DAILY DURING THE PRESENT WAR CRISIS Charleston, Dec. 15.—The Rev. Dr. George J. Gongaware, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of Charles ton, started a successful move here for all churches to remain open daily for prayer and inspiration services during the present crisis. His suggestion was adopted at a meeting of the local Ministerial un ion and put into practice today. The 18-year-old dream of a motor road from Alaska to the Straits of Magellan may come true before many years. They highway has been large ly completed from Texas to Buenos Aires. ENSE BUY UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS ON SAI F AT WI R POST0FF1CE OR RANK AMERICA ON GUARD! Above k a reproduction of the Treasury Department’s Defense Savings Footer, showing an exact duplication of the original “Minute 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 prepara turns. “AH humanity is a great mysttery and the human heart is desperately wicked. There are many lapses in all, regardless of color or race, and a human sympathy is necessary to any just diagnosis”. Thus writes the Rev. Zacharias Pierce Hamilton, chaplain of the South Carolina penitentiary, in his recently published booklet, “Prisoners and Their Social Problems”. Mr. Hamilton lives at 5 Poplar street but goes to the state peni- tentiary at Columbia every week to conduct Sunday services for the more than 2,000 prisoners and con sult with them individually in their cells. A minister of mercy, a mes senger of Christ who has dedicated Ws life to the saving of souls, Mr. Hamilton has been chaplain of the state penal institution for the last two years. He was appointed by Governor Bumet R. Maybunk. “I like my work very much,” Mr. Hamilton said. “It’s the supreme satisfaction of any Christian to know that you have saved someone for the Lord and prepared him for the other world.” Mr. Hamilton occupies a bedroom and office near the penitentiary cell blocks. The Sunday services are held alternately for white and negro inmates. In visiting the prisoners in their cells, Mr. Hamilton talks with them about their troubles and en deavors to shed the light of Christ on their problems. Consultation With Condemned The state requires that prisoners condemned to die have ministerial consultation for a period of ten days prior to execution. Mr. Hamilton remains with the condemned during this time and accompanies them to the death chamber. The first execution that Mr. Ham- Iton witnessed was that of a negro. It caused him to feel nervous and nauseated. * “Frequently visitors at executions collapse,” Mr. Hamilton said. “But never a woman has fainted. The wo men seem to be able to stand it bet ter than the men.” Mr. Hamilton said he would favor abolishment of capital punishment, because often there is doubt as to the guilt of the condemned man. “We have to carry out capital punishment as a duty that the state requires,” he said. In many instances life imprison ment is greater punishment than death, Mr. Hamilton believes. “Most of those who go down would rather be electrocuted than linger here,” he said. According to Mr. Hamilton, the book of Revelation is helpful to con demned prisoners because it gives “pictures and visions of heaven”. After receiving Christ, they usually look forv ard to their execution and passage from the world. “They shout for joy and have a change of heart,”’ the chaplain re lated. They show all the elements of conversion, joy, faith, surrender and gladness.” Of the convicts whom Mr. Hamil ton has convented, six have announc ed the intention of entering the min istry. “Frequently I meet men throjgh various parts of the state who were in the penitentiary and they thank me and say that they were saved and that they expect to take their new life right on,” Mr. Hamilton said. “I met one man reading his Bible who had no religious affiliation before he came to the penitentiary, and he gave every evidence of being reformed and he said that he in tended to study the ministry.” Pledge Cards at Christmas This Christmas, abo^c 400 prison ers will be given cards bearing the following words: “I want to celebrate Christmas by giving my heart to Jesus Christ, and promising to live for Him the balance of my life.” The prisoners who sign these cards with their names and numbers will be call ed on by Mr. Hamilton. Statistics show that the Baptist faith is predominant among convicts at the South Carolina penitentiary. Fifty-three per cent of the prisoners who have religious affiliations are Baptists. Twenty-seven per cent are Methodists. Some of the prisoners are re bellious to the Gospel, and these, Mr. Hamilton 'has to approach in - round about manner, circumventing their feelings and being careful to meet them in a receptive mood. “We don’t let them go because they’re rebellious,” Mr. Hamilton said. “The more definite the case, the more satisfaction there is in the sal vation.’” Mr. Hamilton recalled the case of a negro who 'became so embittered that he went to the electric chair without audible repentance. To the very last, the man refused to accept Christ. A quarter of an hour before he was scheduled to begin his death walk, Mr. Hamilton pleaded with him. “I told him he would be in hell in fifteen minutes, unless he accepted Christ, because that was the only diagnosis for it,” he said. “It is nev er too late to be saved, but they have to give their own hearts to the Lord. Our prayers can’t help those who won’t give their own consent. The earlier they repent, the better it is for them.” Mr. Hamilton described as very sorrowful burials of the unclaimed bodies of prisoners h« Tickleberry, the 'penitentiary cemtery. Last Visits to Death Cell “One of the saddestrthmgs in the world is to see executions in which the family refuses to take the body.” he declared 1 . “When we have to bury one of those poor fellows with no singing, no flowers, no sad heart, just the dull thud of earth upon casket, the sadness of it and the aw fulness of it impresses us. There is sadness too when the relatives come to visit the condemned the day before the execution. Lack of the proper training is responsible for the mak ing of most criminals, Mr. Hamilton believes. “I think that home environment is the greatest cause of crime,” he said. “Of those who are really con firmed criminals, whose experiences in life have landed them where they are, only one out of twenty-four say that they had a good home.” Ninety-seven and a half per cent of the women prisoners appear to be (Continued on nexxt page) Coal For Christmas ?? SURE!! A ton of coal would certainly be an appre ciated gift, but what we really want to get over to you is that you should inspect your pile right now and let us know if you need coal to carry you thru the holiday season. Do this today. It would certainly be a chilly Yuletide without plenty of coal. Newberry Oil Mill PHONE 155