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PAGE FOUV THE NEWBBWtT SUN FRIDAY. JANUARY 30, >942 1X18 College Street Newberry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year .. . One Dollar Published every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 8, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. MANY HAVE LOVED HIM Those South Carolinians who have come into the state by way of adop tion since the setting of the sun of Cole Livingston Blease’s political heyday, frequently are astounded at the living loyalty that exists in the hearts of many South Carolinans and at the same time the bitterness in the hearts of many others aimed at Cole Blease. Cole Blease has drawn the curtain. He is dead. But he lives on just as surely as the memory of man continues. The sons of the sons of Cole Blease men will W telling their children the stories of this stormy petrel of South Carolina politics. It is apparent that more children, both white and black, have the name of Cole Blease as their first name than are the namesakes of any other political fi gure of this state. The events of time and death are too close at hand for an evaluation of the net results for good and bad to be calculated out of the life of Blease. This evaluation must of nec essity be left to those who knew the man and his era. The adopted South Carolinians would not dare to be so bold as to undertake this. However, it may be said, that Blease was a country boy who achieved much. His friends are as noted for their loyalty as his enemies were noted for their bitterness. And of enemies and friends, he had many of both. There were those in this coun ty with heavy hearts as they learn ed of the passing of Mr. Blease. And there were those with that feeling of disgust in their hearts as they saw death the master of the situation and the man they disliked very much continue a public figure even to the JOHNSTON APPOINTEES IN DECLINE (News & Courier) When John H. Dukes relinquishes membership on the state's board for •the administration of the work men’s compensation act, it will be a further depletion in the ranks of the men who were appointed to office during the regime of Olin D. John ston as governor. Most of the Johnston mem already are out. Three appointed by him remain on the compensation board (known formally as the “SouthCar- olina Industrial Commission”), they being Coleman C. Martin, John W. Duncan and I. L. Hyatt. Until the appointment of Senator Wise by Governor J. E. Harley, only one member of this five-man board was the appointee of any governor tout Johnston. William B. Todd, of Rocky Bottom, was appointed by Burnet R. Maybank when he was the state’s chief executive. For several years there has been considerable agitation in regard to the industrial commission. A spe cial house committee two years ago conducted an exhaustive investiga*. tion of the body, but nothing came of it. Representative Thoms H. last working day of his life only to take his death bed on a week end holiday. Whatever may be said of him, it must be remembered by friend and foe that he was one of those Southern statesmen and poli ticians, the like of which is vanish ing from the south, to live again only in memory. He was of that type that places absolute loyalty upon friendships and destruction upon its enemies.—Lancaster News. Pope, of Newberry, directed that inquiry. Dukes, Duncan and Hyatt bave constituted a majority on the com mission, with Todd and Martin, a minority on many matters, it is said. Dukes is an amiable fellow who managed to stand in well with the senate. When Maybank sought, at the 1941 session, to invoke an act of 1939 and name a three-man board, composed of Martin, Todd and Dun can, leaving Dukes off, the senate never confirmed the three appointees; it simply shelved the entire thing. The last years of the life of Cole L. Blease were quiet ones indeed. After his elimination from the contest for governor in 1938, he re turned to his law office on Washing ton street. In 1940, he was elected to the Unemployment Compensation Commission, and was exceedingly grateful. Although there was not a great deal for him to do, he went daily to the offices of the commission, lo cated in a building which had been used by an ice cream manufacturing concern and the front window* of which still bear the concern’s name. The former governor and United States senator, who until the end gave considerable attention to his clothes, participated in the delibera tions of this three-member board, received visitors andl talked remi- nescently with them of other days in South Carolina politics. He lived at the Jerome hotel. The death of Blease left the fol lowing surviving former governors: Martin F. Ansel, of Greenville; D. C. Heyward, of Columbia; Olin D. Johnston, of Spartanburg, and United States Senator Burnet R. Maybank, of Charleston. COTTON REACHES 20 CENTS FIRST TIME SINCE 1929 New Orleans, Jan. 22.—Twenty- cent cotton a PP e ared on the spot board in New York today for the first time since March, 1929, with middling 15|16th-inch quoted there at 20.28 cents a pound while new season highs were reached in the fu ture market here on the day's ad vance of 81.55 to $1.90 a bale. New York middling was up 36 points today while New Orleans closed 35 points higher at 19.32 cents a pound, displaying the great est strength here for middling 15|16th since September, 1929. aitli Everybody knows that ice-cold Coca-Cola has quality, the quality of genuine goodness,—the taste that charms and never cloys. It brings an after-sense of complete refreshment. All you want and you want it all. You trust its quality The Fanner Gets It In The Neck Again, Says Spectator Every time something is suggest ed for the farmers we hear a loud groan, but the farmers get little more than lip service. Our great industries are protected by a high tariff, although various regulations and scales almost offset it; and labor has been petted’ and coddled by the Government a ll the while. The farm ers, backbone of the nation, and all that twaddle, get very little. Now comes another case in point; thous ands of farmers are hard hit. They appeal to Washington. Senators and representatives talk and talk— and the farmers receive nothing. Ap parently the President wasn’t even interested. Now we read in the pa pers that the President has called in Congressmen and told them that he wants from four hundred million to six hundred million dollars for labor, to help tide labor while ' shifting jobs. He proposes to pay to each man 60 per cent of his former wages, up to* $24 a week! And for the far mer? Well, every time the farmer is under consideration we are told that we must not upset the budget, we must not bring about an unbal ance of the budget. In course of time the farmers— and others—will learn that this fs a labor Government we have and La bor will be its pet as long as Labor votes as one man. Throughout the period of preparedness, and now in actual war, the Labor vote buys ad vantages and favors for Labor. The Associated Press account of the President’s effort for Labor said “President Roosevelt discussed the relief problem with Congressional leaders and obtained their agree ment with apparent ease . . . and leg islation will be introduced and push ed through as swiftly as possible.” And who pushed through relief for the farmers? Yes, who? And where is the relief? What Roy Jones and J. Skottowe Wannamaker and the thousand farmers who came to Co lumbia asking relief? So far as harmony in the Legnsla- ture is concerned, and the avoidance of controversial issues, what will the House do to occupy its time It has already passed the appropriation bill; nothing is left for it to do ex cept pass County Supply bills—and the House as a whole pays no atten tion to them. Harmony for the sake of harmony isn’t worth much; har mony in attending to the State’s business is sonfething else. A «aere do-nothing attitude is (like the fel lows who spend a lot of time keep ing fit” Fit for what, we sometimes wonder. A thumbtwirling exercise by the House would not appeal to the active minds of that body; nor would it impress the State favorably. Measures of importance should be enacted into law. Mere differences of opinion are unavoidable among men of independent minds, but It is usually possible to find common ground somewhere and' to compose differences through the spirit of ac commodation. South Carolina should take appro priate measures to regulate the award of punitive damages. Let’s bring out a suitable measure. If it is de feated let the members go on record. Every man who opposes a sane and fair regulation of punitive damages should be willing to boast of his vote when he gives his record to his constituents next summer. The right of a working man to sue has been regulated and now he is under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. Why is not that same principle good for all of us? Several times Spectator has p«int- ed out that South Carolina has re ceived the small end of Government appropriations for preparedness. The Manufacturers Record publishes a full list of all contracts and awards. Here in our little State we read now that Congressman X or Senator Y has telegraphed that the War De partment or the Navy Department has done this, that or the other, and we feel good all over at the great influence of X or Y and we marvel at how many millions he gets for us. It is very impressive and fin epoliti- cal capital—until we learn that we are usually at the small end. Remember that South Carolina is on the Atlantic and has three mag nificent harbors, Charleston possess ing suecial advantages as a port for the Government. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor folk are fabored enormously by the Government. North Carolina and Georgia have no harbors to compare with Charleston and Port Royal. Well, the January number of the Manufacturers Record publishes in teresting figures. Here they are: (First figure represents contracts awarded during 1941; second, 1940.) Alabama, $260,254,000; $64,974,000. Arkansas, $263,885,000; $20,634,000. Florida, $130,332,000; $119,209,000. Georgia, $170,013,000; $93,946,000. Kentucky, $125,316,000; $31,364,- 000. Louisiana. $210,292,000; $63,296,- 000. Mississippi, $78,951,000; $45,695,- 000. North Carolina, $105,994,000; $62,- 918,000. Tennessee, $170-959,000; $68,918,- 000. West Virginia, $109,822,000; $152,- 370.000. South Carolina, $69,302,000; $61,- 393,000. I haven’t a record of the North aijd West. Even among Southern States we don’t rate. Compared with the voting centers we probably are still lower relatively. But if our representatives are favored, look at the showing! A young farmer came to se» me last week to ask how a man can make a crop if the army takes all the able-bodied young fellows and the WPA takes the others? The man who spoke to me is one of the pro gressive young farmers of Claren don county. He has invested in a lot of farm machinery and has gone about this matter in the most ap proved and business-like style. But what can he do if he can’t get help to work his crops? If the farpier is to do his part somebody must think of him and his needs. If the WPA is competing with the farmers let us do away with the WPA. The Senate and the House of our General Assembly needs a steering Committee, or a group to take charge of putting through desirable legislation. Theoretically that would be done if we had two responsible political parties in the State- but there is no certainty of that. Con gress, for example, has several fac tions of Democrats and one or two Republican groups, yet finds Hself unable to do anything wthout the President’s help. Apparently the only chance even in Congress is for the President to submit a plan of what he wants. In our State, then, it would have to be the Governor. I He must initiate legislation and unify the general effort. We agree, most of us, that our state must build for prosperity on a broader industrial base. In other words, we need more industries. Virtually all concur. Shall we do something to bring this about? Al most all of us agree that we should. What should we do? Weil, we might ask the investors and mana gers why our neighbors fare better than we. Is there something wrong with us? Are our people not the kind of people they wish to do busi ness with? I think our people are all right. We have a peaceable people, of pure American stock; we have good water, good climate, good schools. What say the investors? Let me make it clear that I didn’t myself discuss this with any inves tors. But I have discussed the gen eral subject at length with several industrial engineers, men who have travelled over the nation and tried to persuade investors to locate their plants here in South Carolina. They have told me—and still say—that South Carolina’s practice of puni tive damages is very hazardous and might any time jeopardize th» en tire capital of an enterprise. N«av if this is true, shouldn’t we do some thing about it? True, it may be, that the total awards may not be so heavy as to be alarming, but one cannot measure the effect by judg ments of record, for thousands of cases are settled out of court for wear of Punitive Damages. The very fact, and the fact alone, of such a practice, restrains some investors from 'coming here. This matter could be eagily corrected if a dozen leaders of the General Assembly would only lead. In our lawmaking body we have some first class fight ing men in the ranks; and we have several sergeants and a couple of lieutenants; but we are short on captains. We have members with enough ability to be captains, but they have not yet been fired with a great, compelling ardor for a rebivi- fied State, able to keep step with neighboring states in the march of progress. Or, if our genious is not that of the Middle Age Knights of Chivarly, let us be Americans of Americans, to the manor bom, mer chants, men of business, and let us sell South Carolina to the nation, not merely as a glamorous spot of joyful living, but as a land of opportunity, a State whose people are cordial and cooperative, ready to welcome in substantial manner those who come to develop her latent wealth. "It*s My Duty To Keep Well From Now On ... " lOTTieD UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COIA COMPANY »Y NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Women who are doing their share in the nation’s war effort. . . women who’ve volunteered for one of the many kinds of civilian duty, can’t RISK lack of vitality due to impn> per diet. That’s why PASTEURIZ ED MILK is playing an increasingly important part in keeping America fit! Our milk is part of your daily program for keeping well by building resistance against winter ills and low vitality. Drink it at every meal . . . See how much more energetic you teel. Neel’s Dairy ATTEND STATE TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE IN COLUMBIA The following from Newberry who attended the state-wide temperance conference of South Carolina which was hid at the Washington street Methodist church in Columbia Tues day, January 20 were, Revs. C. A. Calcote, J. W.. Carson, Aubrey Estes, A. T. Usher and Mrs. H. L. Parr. Announcing the Opening of Jim’s Grill (R«c«ntly known Fred's Place) SPECIALIZING IN: Hot Lunches Sandwiches of All Kinds Hamburger Sandwiches, Jim Special, with best meat Fresh Coffee. Cold Drinks, Candy, Cigarettes \ - • . / Wo invite the public'to call around and try Jim's Grill JIM’S GRILL Nance Street Next to Firehouse Phone 9183 Newberry (Shirr anil Always Monuments are something which one pur chases but once, usually. Because they are to’serve for all time, their selection is a matter of substantial importance. One hesitates in deciding how much to spend, what type of stone to choose. In these per plexities we can be of genuine helpfulness with suggestions. “A HOME CONCERN” Nrwbrrrg Hmtnmrnt (Ha. J. B. COWARD, Prop.