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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY BUN FRIDAY. FKBRUAKT 7, 1942 1218 College Street Newierry, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year .. . One Dollar Published every Friday Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under tha Act of March 3, 1879. Cole Blease’s Popularity Due To His Personal Appeal BY SPECTATOR Cole L. Blease, long a stormy fi gure in the political life of South Carolina, passed away on the 20th of this month. Time is a great healer and has healed most of the wounds of the bitter and intense fac tionalism provoked by Mr. Blease, and what was called Bleaseism. South Carolina has produced three men who, since the Civil War, vir tually dominated the political scene —Wade Hampton, Ben Tillman and Cole Blease. Hampton redeemed the State from Radicals and Canpet-bag- gers; Tillman made the small far mer politically conscious and domi nant; Blease aroused the cotton mill operatives and made them a heavy influence in elections. Mr. Blease was a political fighter who believed in attacking the other side with all the weapons he had. He was a magnetic figure and sway ed the crowds. His political victor ies were due to his personal appeal and the power of a vigorous and compelling style which moved the masses. Mr. Blease never rode an anybody’s band-wagon, but drove his own wa gon. He was a picturesque figure and a dramatic one in our State life. Notwithstanding all the energy of his viteruperation Mr. Blease was a man of warm heart and generous sympathy. Toward the close of his eventful life he enjoyed the regard and esteem of his old foes, all of whom mellowed with age and found a fellowship in mutual good will. The General Assembly has before it a bill to allow quarterly payments of income taxes, as well as a bill to create a freight rate bureau. Both of these measures are highly desir able. By all means measures should be adopted to allow deductions from state income taxes the income vaxes paid the Federal Government, and the gasoline taxes paid to the State. Many States have such an arrange ment and it should be given to us. As a matter of fact, failure to give credit to us when other states allow this credit would seem to indicate that our representatives are not alert to our needs and rights; I know it is not a case of indifference. This has continued year after year, virtually unchallenged, yet it would be so easy and simple to correct a manifest unfairness. Surely South Carolinians are entitled to every consideration and every deduction accorded the citizens of other States. The National Cotton Council of America has been in Annual Session, this week, in Jackson, Mississippi. This great organization is composed of all the cotton interests, from pro- | ducers to spinners. Its magnificent effort to popularize cotton goods and to create new uses for cotton is largely responsible for the heavy domestic consumption, which has maintained the price. Out of a crop of eleven million bales our domestic consumption rose to more than ten million bales, an all-time high. Spectator has sent some notes of his trip through the country to Jack- son, Mississippi. Here they are: Man will make his home in strange places. Down in steep valleys of Tennessee are homes. You wonder how they ever get out. Well, miles after miles, up, up, up, down, down and on and on stretch the miles of rolling land but more people live in the fissures of rock in Tennessee than use this rolling land, you just can’t account for people and their taste. Coming from Marshall, North Carolina, to New Port, Tennessee, one develops a “crick” in the neck from constant twisting and turning. I have come the length of South Carolina across North Carolina, clean through Tennessee, and now the length of Mississippi. Memphis is in the corner of three States'— Tennessee, Mississippi and across the river is Arkansas. This country from Memphis to Jackson, Miss., must be the Great Western Reserve I studied about ns a boy—reserved for the next genera tion for this generation is not using much of it. I spent the night here, coming through the mountains and hills of South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Here I am at the very extreme of Tennessee, on the bank of the Wolf river and looking across the island to the great Mississippi River. Memphis is on a high bluff, but does not operate on that idea. It is the greatest cotton center, un less New Orleans be ahead of it. I always enjoy coming to Memphis. Coming from Harriman here yester day, I thought Tennessee must be thousands of miles wide. At Jackson, Tennessee, I asked a man how the farmers made a living. He said “on hog and hominy”. “But how?” I asked. “By eating what they make.” But what puzzles me is that the far mers here have better homes than ours. I’m always being reminded as I read or travel that we South Caro linians have been fed chock full of bunk. Month after month the Manufacturers Record has publish ed statements proving that we are not a favored State; on the contrary, i we get the short end of everything. | Until I came to this city—Jackson, Mississippi—I did not even think it could be spoken of in the same breath as Charleston or Columbia. Think of my astonishment at seeing a post office which makes Columbia and Charleston appear like a small town, so far as the Federal building is con cerned. And, mark you, we are sup posed to enjoy so much favor in Washington! Well, these people must enjoy twice as much favor! We South Carolinians as “in the bag”, and because of it we get crumbs, but with such a fanfare of trumpets as makes it appear that we are the salt of the earth. Maybe so —but without savor. Well, here is Jackson, the capital of Mississippi; and the cleanest looking town I ever saw. It reminds me of a trip I made once in a British Sunbeam from Lille (France) to Rotterdam (Holland). We visited Brussels (Belgium) overnight and gave Antwerp a liberal inspection, but Belgium and France look much alike, except for the sand dunes on the Belgian coast. Wnen we cross ed the line into Holland everything looked different, from cows, coun tryside, windmills to women. Almost at once we entered the little city of Breda, which looked as spick and span as though it had been finished, washed and occupied just the day be fore. So with Jackson; it looks clean, fifteen or twenty high build ings are new; the approach to the city from Memphis was a treat. How do they support the fine ap pearance? Well, I’ll inquire. Some body must have money or a long line of credit. I think our Legislature has made a good start. The leadership in the House was cbrtainly effective, for which much credit is due Speaker Blatt, Chairman Winchester Smith, Mr. Clyde Taylor, and others. Over on the Senate Side Mr. Jefferies has been capable, resourceful and steady in carrying out his program. With such a really fine start, I believe the Legislature could carry out the program I mentioned last week. Here it is: 1. General Appropriation Bill, without special deficiency bills. The billions required by the National Government make it vtmely and de sirable to retrench in State services. 2. Authorize the use of any sur plus as additional, but temporary, aid to the school districts, but only on condition that dollar for dollar the local district taxes shall be re duced. 3. Clear the road of obstacles to our own development by regulating awards of Punitive Damages. Or ganized Business does not presume to say what should be done; but let something be done by all means. Let the collective experience, wisdom and sagacity of the legislators produce a bill which they will enact into law. 4. Repeal the one mill State Property tax and provide that all Property taxes shall be levied in the respective counties on valuations de termined by each county for itself, all taxpayers being treated equally. 5. Ratify the amendment for Bi ennial Sessions, extending the terms of Representatives and Senators to four and six years respectively. 6. Authorize the Budget Commis sion to act as a Central Purchasing or Price Determining Agency for all State services, institutional and de partmental. 7. Provide for a State Wide Traf fic and Rate Bureau. 8. To amend the revenue acts so that Income taxes may be paid quarterly. 9. To amend the law so as to al low deductions of Federal income tax payments from taxable income for State income tax. CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT Spartan Grain & Mill Co. Recently purchased the flour mill formerly owned and operated by the Farmers Oil Mill at Newberry. Extensive improvements are already under way. The entire plant will be modernized tor the manufacture of improved quality flour and better service for grain farmers. Service will not be interrupted. A fresh supply of Spartan flour, Skyland, plain and Biscuit King, self rising and Spartan Mill Feed will be on hand at all times, Come to the Mil! r>u usual; you will be served promptly and courteously. Spartan flour is guaranteed Home Demonstration News By ETHEL L. COUNTS A fine Leader’s meeting was held at the Central School Lunch Kitchen on Friday afternoon. Twenty-seven leaders answered to roll call, repre senting all Home Demonstration Clubs except St. Philips, Long Lane and Hunter DeWalt. At the Febru ary meetings these leaders will dis cuss protein cookery, specializing on dried peas and beans. Any Club Members who would like to sign up for Civilian Defense and have not had an opportunity to do so will find blanks at the Home Demonstration office. Appetizing food sells nutrition to the family. Unless meals have in them the element of human satisfac tion, they may go half eaten. Every thing that makes eating fun goes to make up the element of human satisfaction in a meal. Good cooking, skillful meal plan ning, and attractive serving all help make eating fun. And of these three, perhaps the most helpful is good cooking. Learning to cook is more import ant today than ever before. For to day we know more about the food values that are gained or lost by cooking. And today fool proof rules have been worked out by the home economists. It’s easy to learn the bacis principles that make for successful cooking, that conserve food value, and that make the food taste best. It’s just been in recent years, for instance, that better methods of vegetable cookery have been de veloped. Today we ut.e little watei when we cook vegetables. We cook them a short time and never add soda to the cooking water. The lid is always off the pan when green vegetables are cooking. And the li quid the vegetables are cooked in goes into soups, sauces or gravies, if it isn’t served with the vegetables. Under war conditions, farmers are being urged by the U. S. Department of Agriculture to grow food, poultry, meats, vegetables, fruits, grains, etc., on every farm, in order that the farm family may have proper diet, at minimum cost, with surplus supplies for the urban population and our allies. It has been found that entirely too many of our young people, parti cularly those of tenant families, have lacked the variety of food needed to develop strong bodies and keen minds, and keep them in top condi tion, for where cash crops were pro duced to the exclusion of poultry, meats, vegetables etc., there was little or no money with which to buy food other than a few staples. The family therefore had to do without those foods essential to the mainten ance of good health. You .nay not be able to enlist and go to the front as a member of our armed forces, but you can perform your patriotic duty at home by res ponding to the call for production of food, not only for your family but for others as well. It was recently said by Dean I. O. Schaub, of the North Carolina College of Agricul ture, Raleigh, N. C., that “Agricul ture’s part in tha war time economy of the United States is to produce the number one war material— food.” If you agree with this statement, then dh your part, if possible, to make this contribution to your own and the national welfare. Home Demonstration Club mem bers are doing their bit when it comes to signing up for Civilian De fense. Now that they have signed they are wanting some action. Thru the efforts of Mrs. Herman Wright, Chairman of Women’s Defense Coun cil, and Mrs. Paul Long, president of the County Council of Farm Wo men, things are beginning to hap pen. If you are interested In a class in First Aid- or Home Nursing get in touch with one of the above named or your Home Demonstration Agent. We want to push these Classes along before gardening time comes for then we wil not fcave quite as much spare time. South Carolina’s garden goal for 1942 is 170,000 vegetable gardens or a 39 percent increase over 1941. 10. To amend the law so that gasoline taxes paid may be deductible from taxable income, whether for State or Federal purposs. Some of those matters are now be fore the House; others are pending in both Senate and House. We have many able men in our public service; they could easily en act that program into law. I am here attending the National Cotton Council. I have not seen the others from South Carolina, but I am expecting: Wyndham Manning, from Sumter; Alex Oliphant, Chester; J. Wade Drake, Anderson; H. Gordon Kenna, Columbia; J. B. Caldwell, Spartan burg; Edwin Malloy, Cheraw; Earle Stall, Greenville. Robert R. Coker of Hartsville is a Vice President of the Council and Fred W. Symmes of Greenville is Chairman of the Com mittee on Research. J. B. Murphy of Columbia is also expected, as is W. M. Agnew of Donalds. The following is the individual goal—multiply this by the number in your family: 100 lbs. green, leafy and yeflow vegetables per person per year. 135 lbs. sweet or Irlsn potatoes per person per year. 200 lbs. other vegetables or fruit per person per year. 100 lbs. tomatoes or citrus fruits per person per year. We need to study these amounts right now so that we will increase our garden to meet these demands. Our experience over a period- of years has taught us to do the bulk of our planting early as we usually have better seasons then. There is no limit on cane for syrup and with a sugar shortage threaten ing us we should plan for a liberal supply. There will probably be a sale for good syrup for there will be people in towns and cities who will feel the need- of more sweets than they can get from the limited supply of sugar. And then, too, remember that sugar has no food value and from our home made syrups we get iron to build up the body by making red corpusles, and also calcium and phosphorus for good teeth and Strong bones. CUT OIL COSTS SINCLAIR / S,fl ClAIR OPALINE ^ALINE ° r Op OIL Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil lasts longer because it is freed of wax and petroleum jelly—non-lubricatingsub- stances that thin out and evaporate at high engine heat. That saves you money because you don't have to add oil so often between drains. Try Opaline and prove its economy yourself. Strother C. Paysmger AGENT SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY In cooperation with our government, we are asking our customers to limit purchases of SUGAR to their immedi ate, essential needs. We have never asked any customer to buy other mer chandise in order to obtain SUGAR. Instructions have been given to our store managers not to require purchases ot other merchandise in order to buy SUGAR. There will probably come a time when our government rations SUGAR and we will then as now cooperate fully with our NATIONAL DEFENSE PRO GRAM. IDEAL SUPER MARKET W. O. WILSON—Carryteria PAYSINGER’S Super Market HOME STORE 1100 Caldwell Street Clarence T. Summer, Inc. I