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PAGE FOUR THE HEWBEHRY SUV FRIDAY, APRIL S, 1942 We Should Be Nice and Friendly— As the Japs Were at Pearl Harbor^ Is Opinion Given by the Spectator So many mass meetings are being held throughout South Carolina call ing for the full force of a united ef fort to win the war that I can’t keep up with them. Bamberg citizens have called for a check on profiteers and racketeers. All this lack of thorough-going participation springs from a weak or confused leadership. Let the people continue to press their demands for all our time and force. How can we play politics in Washington while thousands of om boys face the enemy at sea in the air, and on land in Britain, Asia and Australia? This is no time to be New Dealers or Old Dealers. We are Americans who have already suffered numerous defeats and many sinkings at sea. The one task before America is to win the war. The fathers and moth ers, the wives, brothers and sisters, the sons and daughters of men in our fighting services have the right to demand that WE AT HOME shall not fail to support the men on the firing line. They can’t fight by hours, nor dictate time and a half for overtime in coming to grips in battle. And while they risk their lives without flinching and without stint, so we at home must not be less purposeful, nor less heroically dedi cated to win the war. The mass meeting at Marion was inspired by the sacrifice of a soldier boy of Mar ion who gave his life for our Coun try. Do you wonder, fellow citizens, that with that fresh sacrifice of fine, vigorous young manhood in the hearts our fellow Americans of Mar ion should not be tolerant of politi cal by-plays in Washington ? If we must force the hand of our Govern ment, we must remember that the big price of this war will not be paid by profiteers, racketeers or boon- dogglers, but by those who go forth to battle, risking their lives, suffer ing every kind of hardship, danger and privation—all to bring victory to our Nation. When we look at the boys we send to face the enemy, and all his contrivances of destruction, how can we talk of social gains, a forty-hour week, and all that sort of thing? The sons of labor are in the ranks, too, of course, and thousands of their homes suffer the heartache common to all homes today. All are united before the enemy; let us be united back home in the war effort to give them planes and munitions. The Japanese complain that the Americans are fighting a war of hate and revenge. Well, of course, that is all wrong. We should be nice and friendly—as the Japs were at Pearl Harbor, when the Yellow demons slipped up treacherously and killed more than three thousand of our people. So let us be friendly, in the manner that the Japs best under stand, carrying fire and sword, plane torpedoes, mines and machine guns. The Japanese have a terrible thrash ing due them and we must eame.-tly hope that they will not be able to escape it. I’ve read that the Charleston Cen tral Labor Union demands a federal investigation of Organized Business, Incorporated, and its president, C. Norwood Has tie, because we advo cate the passage of a bill, introduced by Representative Smith of Virginia, by which the Nation would use its in herent sovereign power td" make some men work, if some must fight. Well, obviously, the man who ought to be investigated, arrested and cast into prison, is Representative Smith. 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As a matter of fact, the Charleston Union, by condemning the Smith bill, is doing what we did; that is, it is expressing its opinion. Is the Char leston Union entitled to an opinion more than we? Are our friends and brethren of Labor entitled to all the hours, wages, laws, enforcement boards, and rll the opinion, too? May we not have, at least, the right to an opinion? Our Charleston La bor friends and fellow citizens are not as narrow as that, I know. In Charleston, and throughout South Carolina, there is a good feel ing among us, which makes this State a shining example of peace, tolerance and good will. We don’t challenge or deny the right of labor to petition as it pleases; and it exercises that right in a big way, as we all know. But the rest of us are American citizens also; and we also are supporting the Nation with taxes and sons and ourselves, if drafted, and we cherish all oijr rights as citizens. Organised Business, Incorporated, asks nothing for itself. It does not petition the Congress for high prices, nor for exclusive privileges or con sideration; we do not ask that every one 'be compelled to deal only with us. What it is trying to do is as much for the benefit of the sons and daughters of Labor as for any one else. It seeks to develop new busi ness in South Carolina; to create new opportunities for emrployimemt; to develop markets for our products. In many of our efforts we have co operated with Organized Labor, and we hope a program of constructive effort will always find us working together. I take occasion to ask my friends of Labor what a federal investiga tion would uncover. As to our ac tivities in Organized Business, we speak and write so that all maj know what we advocate and what we oppose. As to Mr. Hastie him self, our friends will find a citizen who is trying to serve his city, has State and his country. They will find a man paying a lot of taxes; but, above all, they will find a man who offered himself/ without pay; who has sent two sons to our coun try’s service, both serving as privates in the great army of embattled Am erica. Some of us who are over age have volunteered more than once and ask nothing except a call to duty. Perhaps in a few months some of us in Organized Business and some now in Organized Labor will walk side by side in Khaki, drawing twenty-one dollare a month and re newing a cultivated taste for gold fish, corned Willie and bully beef toute de suite. Any farmer who compalins of a lack of moisture must be hard to please. Likewise, I hope the hydro electric plants have all the water they need. Aftr all, there hasn’t been much dust lately. That’s some thing to be thankful for. Greenwood, Orangeburg and Aiken have held meetings protesting against strikes in munitions plants, or others engaged in preparations for war. The President squarely op poses any increase in the base of forty hours a week, with time and a half for overtime. I can’t under stand that attitude when we recall that soldiers in the War Zone have no time and a half or double time. It ought not to require disasters near us to shake off the political cloak. Classified Ads FOR SALE—Several acres, close in, desirable for residence and poul try or truck farm, very reasonable. Apply at Sun office. LOST—In .new court house, O’Neall High School ring, engraved on in side with initials DPH. Finders please notify The Sun office. FOR RENT—One unfurnished ap- . artment, also one unfurnished room, partment, also one unfurnished room Apply to Mrs. J. W. WHITE. 1003 Caldwell street or phone 181-J. CERESAN—Get yours now and treat your seed early. JOHNSON- McCRACKIN, CO. 16-4t AUTO KEYS—Made while you wait at DAVIS MOTOR CO. LOOK HERE—Add 2000 to 3000 miles to the life of your tires by having them re-grooved, thereby cut ting out road friction which wears your tires so rapidly. DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY. JoRtliev* Misery lev * ^ • C$666 UQUIX tULETS. SALVE. MOSS MOM I Keep the Home Fires / GzawmicaSCOhAm C. T. Summer, Inc. The demand of some farmers for a price and a half for after hour delivery of eggs and milk and double prices for all delivered on Sundays, I think ought to be endorsed by our Government. Labor leaders meet with the Presi dent, I’m told, every week. They must be a sort of extra, private cabinet. However, much the Presi dent may regard himself as leader of a “PARTY TIED UP WITH LA BOR’’, as his Attorney General said, the American people are not taking kindly to it and will force Congress to untie the knot. The attitude of the people is becoming more and more emphatic in the many resolu tions recently adopted. Heretofore the people have bowed so submissively before the Presidential dignity that all appeals and demands have been addressed to Congress. Of late, however, the resolutions and peti tions, the demands and the protests, have been addressed to the President and to the Congress. The tie-up between Mr. Roosevelt and Labor will not be able to with stand a barrage on Congress. If this is a land of equal rights and opportunity the people will shed their last drop of blood for it; but if this is a ©uuntry dedicated exclu sively to Labor or to Labor and other New Deal beneficiaries, the new set up will crash before the resentment of the majority of the people. Surely the present danger is sufficient to make us one people, united in a great effort to save the Nation, but the spirit of service and sacrifice must be the rule of all. We certainly cannot let the peril of war be used to build up or maintain political groups or favorites. SERVICES IN A. R. P. CHURCH THIS WEEK Special worship services will be held in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church this week. A worship service will be held on Wed nesday evening conducted by the pastor. Friday evening and Satur day evening, Dr. C. B. Williams of Due West will preach, also on Sab bath morning and evening. The com munion will be conducted Sabbath morning. All the evening services will be at 8 o’clock. All of the members of the church are urged to attend these services, visitors are cordially invited. To Serve You Better “Skeets” Martin, one of our em ployees, is back from six weeks’ training in methods of scientific care of your car. This is another service of BUDDY’S Service Station. Drive in and take advantage of it. Don’t Fret About It — Just leave your car here and we will take it through the station & have it inspected for you. No charge, of course. The latest annual report of the Tax Commission tells something about the counties which surprises me. I live in a county of about one large industrial plant—a lumber mill. Other lumber plants there are, some grist mills, but decidedly ours is not an industrial county. It is perhaps almost the least favored by large taxpayers. I thought Abbe ville much better because it has a cotton mill, rail road shops—and all that. But under the head of “MER CHANTS, SUNDRY MANUFACT URERS AND PRINTERS” the ass- sessed valuation for my county is $260,170.00, whereas Abbeville shows $149,190.00. Beaufort shows $181,- 266.00, though how. Beaufort exceeds the Abbeville valuation and Baimt- berg’s $162,610.00 I can’t understand for Bamberg proudly claims both Bamberg and Denmark. Colleton, which boasts the Bishop’s big paper, and is the hive of tourism, shows only $195,650.00. A real surprise to me was Kershaw there, with its boulevards, but Camden, a queenly city, and Bethune far away. Of course the town of Kershaw is partly in Lancaster County. Little Claren don, with $260,170.00 surpasses mighty Union with a real city, and with Jonesville and Buffalo thrown m—Union County showing $227,110, while Williamsburg shown $290,265. I looked up Barnwell, second or third capital of the State, depending on whether a Governor can put Col leton over Barnwell, recalling that Barn-well has the Speaker of the House, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Chair man of the Ways and Means Com mittee of the House. Well, Barn well County shows only $151,285, though that proud County boasts the towns of Barnwell, Blackville, Wil- liston and Dunbarton. Among the big boys, consider Charleston, with $2,873,245, although outside of Charleston there is only McClellansville, (and North Char leston) while Greenville big city and industrial giant that it is, and- sur rounded by good towns, shows only $3,000,145, while Spartanburg Coun ty, rich, proud and ambitious, with all the good towns which thrive with in her borders, shows only $1,909,- 620. Sumter has $774,805, and no large town is found in Sumter coun ty except the hustling little game cock City of Sumter, yet York Coun ty, with rich Rock Hill, solid old York, pushful Fort Mill, and sedate Sharon—shows only $609,335. Well, now, what about all this? What does it signify; or does it sig nify? NOTICE OF SALE OF ACCOUNTS Pursuant to the authority vested in me under the orders of Court m the case of Sumter Machinery Com pany, Inc., vs. Farmesr Oil Mill, I will sell, for cash, at public auction, before the Newberry County Court house door, on April 6th, 1942, at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon, all of the accounts receivable or other debts due to the Farmers Oil Mill, total ing $7,916.77. A list of said accounts may be examined at the former of fice of Farmers Oil Mill, at 714 Drayton Street, Newberry, S. C.; and in the meantime, all of those desiring to pay accounts, may make payment there to R. Aiken Feagle. Z. H. SUBER, 2t Manager of Farmers Oil Mill. Wanted! Scrap Iron, copper, brass, aluminum, batteries, rags, auto radiators, zinc, inner tubes, burlap bags, waste paper, etc. Location in alley leading to Standard Oil Station. W. H. 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