The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 19, 1941, Image 4
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.
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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
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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.
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