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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1942 1218 Collegre Street Newberry, S. C. 0. 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 the Act of March 3, 1879. BEWARE OF THE FOLLY OF ’22 At its recent national congress the Daughters of the American Revolu tion opposed one of the articles of the Atlantic charter formulated by Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill They adopted resolutions which put them on record against disarmament. Their action is timely. It will prob ably save a war-weary people from a post-war danger. We know what happened to us at the naval disarmament conference at Washington in 1922. To promote harmony and peace in the world, we junked $400,000,000 worth of the finest fighting ships on earth. Other nations agreed to do that, but didn’t. They took advantage of our fervent devotion to peace and goodwill and went ahead with their armament pro. grams in violation of their agree ment most solemnly signed and seal ed. Japan was first among these peace-loving treaty-breakers. Disarmament is an ideal towards which we may work. Huge armam ents are a threat to world peace al ways. But WE must not repeat the folly of 1922. Until other states are ready to furl their war flags in “the parliment of man, the federation of the world,” thus giving visible proof of their sincerety, we should be short-sighted indeed to throw our guns away. THE NEXT JOB This country is at last winning the “battle of production.” We haven’t lived up to all our hopes and forecasts. But the tools of war are rolling out of plants in a steadily gaining stream. That stream will soon reach flood proportions. The next job is to win the “battle of ocean transportation.” We are trying to keep the actual combat fronts away from this continent, but we can’t do that unless we can pro duce the vast amount of shipping that is needed to transport and serve and supply United Nations’ troops on all the far-flung war fronts of the world. WELL DONE The magnificent defense of Bataan by American and Filipino fighting men brought forth all America’s en thusiastic, “Done, and well done, gal lant soldiers of democracy!” Bataan is lost temporarily, but it is become the symbol of the United Nations’ determined will to fight until the last foe of their land is “liquidated” or until he surrenders'. Bataan is a fruitless victory for the Sneaks. They know that only too well. Hit ting hard and fast now, they hope to win before we can get fully into action. But the day of accountability is ahead; the winning of a small peninsula today is an evil omen for the Sneaks—it foreshadows the re lentless pressure with which democ racy will crush their shabby empire. Bataan is another milepost on the road over which we are marching to end the days of a rotten despotism which thought it had snapped the world’s head off on December 7. THE PEOPLE TIRE OF THEIR TACTICS Two recent signs point clearly to the fact that the people are about thru with the shenannigans of labor and industry that are producing the stuff for our fighting machine. Fi rst, was the introduction in the House of Representatives of a bill to limit industry’s profits to six per cent. That $40,000-a-year secretary in an Ohio war plant started some thing. Equally significant was a Gallup poll which revealed that the over whelming majority of the people fa vor suspension of the 40-hour week for the duration. Included in this feeling of the public pulse was 30 per cent of the union labor members of the country. The interminable fights and squab bles that have been going on between labor and industry, seriously threat ening our war production, is coming to a head. Likewise, the gouging of i the tax payer is due for a reckoning. ] The people are not going to stand I by much longer and see their pock- Business Training at Newberry College To meet Government demands for well'trained Secretaries and Stenog raphers; to provide proper prepara tion tor immediate requirements of business positions; to insure a broad er background through a cultural outlook; The college offers day and night classes for ^beginning and advanced students. Business courses taken at Newberry carry the prestige of an accredited College. Students may enter special classes at any time. For further information call or write the college office. Telephone 245 James C Kinard, President ets picked by war profiteers and the lives of their sons and daughters jeopardized by labor and industry fights. A few more of the tactic* of which they axe guilty now and the country will demand what this paper ha* long advocated—outright draft of both labor and industry on a soldier’s fare. DON’T KID YOURSELF We Americans must not fool our selves. The Fascists and Nazis are at work ih this country spreading propaganda just as diligently as they spread it in France before The Fall. They are trying to under mine the morale of the American people by creating distrust of gov ernment, by spreading suspicion about congress and the President, by breaking down faith in victory, by poisoning the hearts of people with vague, unfounded fears. The other day a pamphlet came to the Gazette from Denver. It had no sign or mark of its author ship. It was a deadly bitter attack upon Washington for not going tc the rescue of the American troops in the Philippines. It was intended to give suckers the belief that the President and the army and the navy and the air force would rather save Great Britain than to rescue American boys under siege in Bataan. If you, Mr. and Mrs. Voter, fall for that kind of bunk, you are sim ply swallowing Fascist poison. This anonymous circular was one of the things which the Nazis are spread ing through the country. Its story is the kind of story that licked France, because the French, in too many cases half-way believed the deadly things that were printed about their own government. Buck up, brace up, wake up, Americans! Remember, with all its faults— and they are many—the confusion and corruption and paralysis that Lincoln faced was a part of the Civil war. These evils are the in evitable burdens of all wars. Roose velt is battling with the same kind of futility, and worse, that almost licked Washington, that brought Lincoln to black despair. And don’t forget that the hatred of Lincoln was so bitter in 1865 that his assassin escaped with a thousand accomplices. Lincoln won because his cause was just. Roosevelt is the only President we have. His cause is as just as Lincoln’s. The board of strategy which our government has set up is following the wisest plan we know. To question it to throw slimy sus picion upon our war plans is just one way to play the Nazi game, one way to slow down those very plans, to cripple our soldiers, to scuttle our ships. Don’t kid yourself. When you smear your government you are betraying your country.—William Allen White in the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette. Soldiers Will Come From War Stronger Characters NEW 10 COMMANDMENTS 1. Thou shalt keep thy mouth shut. 2. Thou shalt stay out of Wash ington; both thou and thy conven tions and thy car and thy family and thy family’s family and all thy correspondence an dthy personal problems; none of these shalt thou bring to Washington for they clutter up the works. 3. Thou shalt not harass thy son because he hath not a commission; neither shalt thou make him to feel the service of an enlisted man to be beneath his college education and thy colonial background; nither shall these things be held against him by other enlisted men if thou dost not make of them an abomi nation. 4. Thou shalt not hoard; only the squirrel hoardeth and this he doeth because he is a squirrel. 5. Thou shalt not get ants in thy pants toput on a uniform only be cause thou art vain and hast no courage to hoe thy row in the place where thou art most needed. 6. Thou shalt walk; even thus shalt thou aid to save gas and rub ber; thus shalt thou redeem the price of thy girdle and th ydoctor’s bill and thy very hide. 7. Thou shalt not strike; neither shalt thou walk out; neither shalt thou lock out; neither shalt thou si down on the job; in order that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God hath given thee. 8. Thou shalt not in thy confi dence measure the seas, for verily they who have thought to hide be hind the seas are full of prune juice. 9. Thou shalt not fret because of evil doers for thou hast not done so well thyself. 10. Thou shalt not lose faith; thou hast lost nothing beyond recov ery if thy faith be not lost. We won’t mind getting along with fewer razor blades if it means a clean shave for Hitler. Mix Lemon Juice AT HOME ll TO RELIEVE RHEUMATIC PAINS Money Back—If This Recipe Fails Good news travels fast—many of the thou sands of folks who now take lemon Juice for rheumatic pain—have found that by adding two tableepoonfuls of Allenru to one tablespoonful of Lemon Juice in a glass of water, they get faster relief for the aches and pains caused by rheumatism, lumbago. IV* no surprise either, for Allenru la a 15 year old formula to relieve rheumatic aches and pains, la fact—if it does not help —your money back. What could be fairer? Get Allenru today at any live druggist. Only *5 cent*—Do It Now. By SPECTATOR Recently I have feasted on scenes of beeuty. All about us nature is clothing herself in the gorgeous rai ment of Spring. One has only to open his eyes to enjoy the verdant appeal of the season. The town man sees all about him the flowering of bushes and vines and the close- clutching thrift which makes such a attractive border; he who goes a- bout the country will see the rich- robed majesty ol trees. The town streets, as well as the rural woods, give to all with eyes a bit of splen dor which only a dead soul can fail to enjoy. Walking along country roads a profusion of coloring pre sents itself in all the hues of April. But I saw a scene of transcendent loveliness, made possible by intellig ent and unflagging zeal and devo tion. I had the rare treat of a walk through Magnolia Gardens with the Master of Magnolia. Some months ago, Mr. C. Norwood Hastie took me with his on a work-a-day visit to the gardens on the Ashley. It was out of season, but a troop of work ers must keep busy all the year so that when “THE SEASON” comes, all the marvel of Magnolia is it its best. Like all good things its natur alness is the highest art. It seems suddenly to burst upon the world as would the crash of a great orchestra; but as in the case of the orchestra, the harmony which makes all seem so simple and natural springs from work almost without end. I walked through nurseries and testing ground with Mr. Hastie last autumn but now I walked through the world’s most beautiful garden with the owner, the master himself. Of course the won der of it all overwhelms one. A whole day is needed to accustom one’s spirit to the heavervy calm and peace amid the radiance of color. It is all there—^nature’s softer moods, seen in the pools of black water which reflects the trees and shubbery; and nature in full dress, bedecked with all her jewels and ir radiating in her beauteous self the glory of the Infinite. Of course I walked in a maze. Like walking through a great cath edral at Easter, one feels that this is a holy place; here the beauty of holiness envelops the onlooker. I was appalled and enraptured by all that I saw, but the kindly courtesy of my friend, still weak from a three weeks sickness, in showing me around in exerting himself as a man to his friend, was one of the incomparable delights of my walk through the world’s most beautiful garden. I lack in appreciation of our institu tions. Our general administrative set-up, however, is not one which puts the brakes on any institution; nor does it restrain the exuberance of its spending. What authority have we in law for a Parole Board? What legal sanc tion is there for leaves of absence from the penal institutions? All these things may be desirable; I am not discussing that; but shall we disregard the law, the Constitution itself, because something commends itself to our judgment? If that is the test, why have a Constitution? Why not adopt one amendment re pealing the whole Constitution.? The Constitution says: the Gover nor “shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons . ... in such manner, or such terms, and under such restrictions as he shall think proper.” He may or may not consult the Board of Pardons. The responsibility rests on the Gov ernor. In referring to reprieves, commu tations and pardons, does it by im plication authorize paroles and leaves of absence?Regardless of what may exist in other states, we must be controlled by the Constitution of South Carolina. We know what a pardon is, we know what acorn muta tion of sentence is; but what is a re prieve? A reprieve is a delay in the execution of a sentence. None of the three is a sanction for leaves of absence from the penitntiary, nor yet for paroles. A Parole is a sus pension of sentence, while serving it, subject to certain conditions, I need not dwell on this topic, but if the sovereign power of pardon, commutation and reprieve be vested in the Governor by the Constitution the General Assembly has nothing to do with it. No one but a Constitu tionalist is interested in suoh discus sion, and there are too few to count. “What will it cost to win back what the Japanese have captured.” asked a bright young mother. I told her that Congress had already authorized a huridred and seventy one billion dollars and that the President seemed to send in a small memorandum every week for two or three billion each time. “Oh,” she said, “I don’t care anything about the money; that doesn’t mean any thing^ there isn’t that much money in the world anyway, is there?” “What I want to know is how many men will it take to win,” she said. “How many men?”, I asked “Yes, how many lives will it take?” Yet you hear it said that the people are not aroused! This mother, out on the farm is thinking of the war in terms of young manhood, not in bil lions of dollars; or such trifles as sugar and tires and gasoline. Even those lads who come back,— AND THE VAST MAJORITY WILL GOME BACK,—will march and fi^ht and build themselves into hardy, vigorous men, despising the softness of those of us at home who suffer no dangers or real privations;; who sleep on easy beds, work a few hours and squeal like stuck pigs over a few little shortages. There is something about this ti- tantic struggle which makes a real man ask himself why he is still at home. Not all should leave; nor could all be outfitted, but most men must feel the urge to go; to join in the comradeship of great service to give all mankind a chance to live unfettered lives. We must win th war. It is a new experience for Americans to feel the heavy hand of a foreign power. This, like all wars, must be won by the people. An aroused, determined peo ple will not quail before any foe, nor will she quake with fear. Before the white heat of a people in fighting mood the Congress, the President, and all others will bow. If our lead ership is not vigorous, resourceful and successful it will feel the impact of an aggressive citizenship whose sons axe going to the front, or who already have met the enemy. Our leaders spend much time in confer ence. Let us hope that planes and guns are being produced in adequate quantities. The people back home are whole-hearted for vigorous war fare, but they want the boys to have the tools for the job. We can count on American fight ing men; to fight anybody, anywhere; but we must give them every wea pon and shell necessary for winning the war. How utterly trivial seem all the political issues when compared with the issue of war! While men meet men with bayonets or face the can non’s roaring blast what does it matter about the' petty things we have been fighting for in our politi cal contests? Soon we shall have the Democratic State convention. Orators will try their spell-binding by calling on the name of the Presi dent and reciting the wondrous works. We would do much better to call on the name of Jehovah and re call his wonderful works to the children of men. After all, who will tell of the help given to the farmer in his hour of destitution ? HAMMERING THE JAP Speaker Sol Blatt, in extending the time for the investigation of our penal institutions, has acted with propriety and sound judgment which characterizes him. I know nothing of the conditions which prompted the investigation. Of course I’ve heard many rumors and have met many people who indicated by hints that they knew a lot. In vestigations can’t hurt innocent peo ple, though rumors can. Under the chairmanship of Mr. Wilbur Grant of Chester the investigation has been under way for a month. Mr. Blatt is certainly right in as suming that the citizens should have all the truth and that the necessary time should be given for *a full in quiry into the penal institutions. Except for the budget commission, our institutions operate independent ly. A college, for example, virtually does as it pleases within the limit of its appropriation, and man even call on the Legislature to provide for overdrafts. Our colleges may grant pensions, set up retirement funds— ard all that, regardless of the Cons titutional provision which should gov ern. If the trustees do these things no one supervises or controls them. Without previous authorization they create new departments, new prof essorships—and what not—and send the bill to the State. Happily noth ing scandalous ever happens; nor do The first step which must be taken in carrying the war to the Sneakin- is an obvious one, say military men— to disrupt and to break the long- ex tended Sneakinese supply lines. Hundreds, and in some cases thous ands of miles of water lie between Sneakinese bases and areas they have conquered. Sneakinese lifeline consists of mer chant fleet and naval conveys. Once substantial inroads are made into these fleets, the Sneaks will have to battle against steadily mounting odds. Therefore, there is encouragement in the casualties our military forces have been inflicting on Sneakinese shipping. The toll of losses is im pressive. Up to March 19, the Unit ed Nations reported the sinking of 110 supply ships and damaging of 54, or a total of 164 put out of action. That, according to the most reliable estimates, is in excess of 20 per cent of all Sneakinese shipping which can be used for supply purposes. PHONE IN YOUR NEWS 0 T WILL PO YOU hiO/C GOOD UUL&S YOU USF ^ IT MINISTER SAYS CLERGY WILL WALK WITH HUMBLEST The following statement was re cently made by the Rev. Fred Tur ner, pastor of the First Methodist church, at Orlando, Fla. “We preachers are greatly favor ed group. Because the Christian church which we represent has so large a place in the life of the na tion and in the mind of the public, much consideration is shown us. And now the government has made provision for us to secure automo bile tires while members of our congregations and others equally de serving have no such right. This may react unfavorably to ward the ministry, except as we shall have such good judgement and true religion so that we do not &- buse this privilege. This is no time for any group, however much loved, to accept special privileges. If ethers must walk or. use worn tires, we should ask no more. We preachers will take our places by the side of the humblest members of our flocks, wherever that may be.” Following are a few of the boys of Fort Jackson who visited their par- ' ents and other relatives in Newber- ry over the week-nd. Haywood Pel- |bam, Pearce Davis, Franklin Arm- field, Clayton Smith, Elbert Aull, Jim Hickson and Jimmy Price. 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