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PAGE POUR this NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1942 mn 1218 College Street Newberry, 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 the Act of March 3, 1879. ‘UNTIL I MET A MAN WHO HAD NOT CONDUCIVE TO HAPPY NO FEET’ DREAMS Exhorting his organization to even greater efforts, upon accepting the navy “E” for the new Kensington, Pa., plant of Aluminum Company of America, Roy A. Hunt, president of the company, recalled an old proverb that bears repeating in this time when America is beginning to feel the cost of the war, both in living stand ards and in lives. Declaring that demands upon us here in the United States are heavy and will become heavier, but that no matter how great the call may be made upon us for performance, our condition is vastly better than that of such nations as Greece, Poland and the other conquered countries of Eu rope, he cited the ancient maxfm: “I had no shoes, and complained; until I met a man who had no feet.” MUST EGIN AT HOME Again, the call goes out from Washington to the people to sacri fice. This time it comes from the president himself. As a starter he suggests that persons who are mak ing much money, have it all taken away from them, less taxes, up to $25,000 a year. This proposal will not worry many of us, for such amounts of money rarely swim into our ken save* by the newspaper stories on prodigal government spending. As official appeals of this nature have been blandly ignored by the peo ple in the past, so the latest one will probably suffer the same fate unless it is backed by something more than words. The president should set the exam ple by sacrificing a part of his own salary; his wife should do likewise. Until they do this, the country will have little faith in the White House’s suggestion to the people to get on the ragged edge of he war effort. Sacri fice, like charity, must begin at home. Either Hitler is in a tight fix on account of British bombings of Ger many and France, or he has discov ered that the German people are tired of the criminals at the head of their government. German peace “feelers” which ap parently have originated with third powers indicate that the war winds are not blowing to suit the Berlin gang. They may fear the rising tempo of rebellion in their own house; or British and American bombers may have wrought devastation so ter rible that the gangsters’ war effort has been badly crippled. Whatever may be motivating the “feelers,” the fact seems to be that things are not going well with the hakistocracy in Berlin. One’s guess as to the real trou ble with the axis boys is as good @s another. So if one guessed the smashing blows of American and British bombers against Germany he might not be far wrong. What our powerful bombers did for Rostock and Augburg is not conducive to pleasant dreams of conquest among the Nor dic elite. snipers from tH^,-bushes, without hope of a constructive policy for the fu ture.—New York Herald Tribune. CHURCHILL TO THE AXIS Spartanburg Herald. The radio address of Winston Churchill yesterday was by far the most optimistic utterance of the British Premier since the war be gan. It was a warning to Adolph Hitler that Russia would take care of him on the long front between the Black Sea and the Artie ocean and to Japan that British and American sea and air power would bring about her complete defeat. Mr. Churchill spoke soon after re ceiving news of the American-Aus- tralian victory in the Coral sea and while powerful bombers were follow ing the fleeing Japanese navy units. He had heard, a few ihours before, the Washington announcement that the recent American attack on Japa nese cities was made in daylight and that the destruction of property and life in the four bombed cities had been large. As he spoke he had vis ions of a stronger aerial attack on the cities of Germany which he de clared would be one of the principal features of this year’s World war. M. Churchill, even in the darkest days of the war, always “took a fling” at Hitler and Mussolini. Yes terday he spoke of II Duce as the great misealculator who had struck France in the back and who had led Italy into a war that caused the loss of her African possessions. He rirddculed Hitler as a colossal blun derer in his invasion of Russia and his ignorance of the Russian winter. He thought the fuehrer had “been very loosely educated.” Mr. Churchill’s address was heard around the world. It was one of encouragement to all United Nations and to those now held in bondage by the Axis. It strengthened bis hand with the British. NAVY COMMENDS CAROLINA MARINES QUOTABLE QUOTES I want to commend the Republican party for its declared intention of abandoning a policy of isolationism. Had the Republican party followed such a course 23 years ago the pre sent world war probably would not have occurred.—Rep. Ed. Gossart. If the country had followed the lead of the majority of the Repub licans in the House the nation would have been wholly defenseless at the time of Pearl Harbor.—Rep. Stephen M. Young. Under the Joe Martin policy Rep ublicans would have lost all chance of national leadership. They would have lost all chance of national lead ership. They would have become Washington, May 10.—The navy department announced today that 21 officers and 155 enlisted men of the Fourth Marines, and three officers and five enlisted men of the medical personnel attached to the famous leatherneck regiment, have been awarded decorations and commenda tions for heroism in the battle of the Philippines. The awards were army decorations but no information was available as to the meritorious actions for which the awards were made. Those receiving letters of commen dation included First Sergt. Richard Duncan of Charleston., whose next kin is Victor Duncan, a brother, of Detroit, Mich and Corporal Milton Poston Evans of Salisbury, N. C., whose nearest of kin is a sister, Mrs. Katherine L. Reavis, of Salisbury. s Power Combine Would Produce Rot Comparable To Dispensary Scandal By SPECTATOR This is a big country. We have heard that many times, but now and again protests are made to Washing ton because of some rule or regula tion which does not seem to fit our needs; or the protest may be by Cal ifornia. I do not know that it is pos sible to please every one. Just to consider one problem—cotton. We are told to reduce the number of acres planted to cotton. What shall we do with the other acres? Our mild and short winter suggests that we go into dairying and stock rais ing. But if we do, we shall compete with the Western dairy and stock farmers, just as would be the <• se if half their number should plant cot ton, in favorable regions. To us in South Carolina, and throughout the South, it all appears very simple, but not so to the entrenched interests with hich we should compete. To an official in Washington that conflict would present many difficulties, with thousands of telegrams from each side. And so it must be oftentimes in other matters. The protests have their importance, however, for very few men (have such complete knowl edge of our country as to know ex actly what is best in all cases. Just now South Carolina and other states are protesting about gasoline ration- ng; they demand that this be made nation-wide and they remind *he Na tional authorities that we were re stricted with electricity last year though we had no shortage; we were restricted in order to help other states. It is quite likely that the earnest protests frequently serve to correct discriminations which were never badly intended, but were harmful. One of the most serious difficul ties facing even a State legislator is that we have sudh a diversity of in terest as to bring about conflicts even within so small a territory a* our State. We had such a variety of opinion and interest recently on a bill to allow municipalities to license wholesale delivery trucks in certain circumstances. Just off-hand, it would appear to any legislator that there woliild be unanimity on such a measure, at least among the whole salers; but no measure within recent years has been more vigorously ad vocated and opposed than that. America, is still a new country ana we continue to blaze trails in busi ness. A half century worn now we may have uniformity, growing out of settled conditions; but today we re tain, at least in a measure, the ven- turesome and adventurous spirit of youth; and we try whatever seems promising of useful results to our enterprise. Being a Nation of goget- ters we go and get something with out knowing all the resultant effects on our neighbors. how to get around? We had the old Dispensary, you re member. On paper it was not so bad; even had certain pious pretensions; but some men got aboard whose piety couldn’t stand the strain—and bad odors came out. We may say calm ly and solemnly that the threatened State monopoly of power would some day smell worse than the dispensary. There are some excellent gentle men connected with the Santee-Coop- er; and some very chioce spirits are urging that the Santee-Cooper be al lowed to absorb other power enter prises. Let us not be persuaded by their virtues. They will soon be en graved in the hearts and cherished in the grateful remembrance of the next generation. It is the principle and the prospect which should give us concern, and arouse us to prevent State monopolistic practices . An impressive fact is that the San- | tee-Gooper has done nothing to justi fy expansion. Without in any sense or degree measuring up to the expec tations of those of us who urged it, and sponsored it, it now wishes to take over established properties al ready operating under capable man agement, but not making great pro fits. The Santee-Cooper has not had time to prove what it can do. I con cede that. But it should not bite off moie than it can chew; nor take big bites of hard things before it grows some teeth. A farmer friend asked me if the County Agents should arrange for a little rain. Perhaps the rain is being rationed out by the “TRIPLE A,” along with lime, peanuts and Aus trian Winter Peas—and cotton in surance. Next time you go to town, Brother, better drop in to see the “TRIPLE A” Administrator and sign up for moisture. LONG LANE HOME DEMONSTRA TION CLUB HOLDS MEETING The Long Lane club met Frday, May 1st. ' Mrs. O. H. Dickinson, president, presided over the meeting which op ened with the Allegiance to the flag. 1 The song “Blest Be the Lie’ was sung [ by all. Mrs. Hubert Carlisle gave the de- votionals and Miss Counts led in prayer followed by each member giv ing a sentence prayer. A duet, “My Mother’s Bible” was sung by Mrs. O. H. Dickenson and Mrs. Bernard Carlisle, accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Alvin Brown. The secretary, Mrs. Colie Cromer called the roll and read the minutes of the previous meeting which were approved. The gleaners, Mrs. Hubert Carlisle and Mrs. Bernard Carlisle read sev eral very interesting poems. Miss Counts discussed and demon strated how to grade eggs. The meeting adjourned to meet again June 5th at 3:30 p. m. The weatherman has no sense of proportion; he has us shivering one day and blistering the next. We dodge floods one month and dig up clouds of dust the next. We talk about it considerably but do nothing to correct this unbalance of weather. There ought to be a law about it, eh? Well, there’s a law about everything else. MARTIN-GO ETHE Mrs. S. M. Martin announces the marriage of her daughter, Frances to James Goethe, of Ridgeland and Fort Moultrie. The marriage took place May 10th at the bride’s home in Newberry, in the presence of her immediate family, with the bride’s pastor, Dr. J. W. Carson officiating. Our Santee-Cooper friends seem to have pulled a real “boner.” They offered, assured, promised that coun ties, school districts and municipali ties would be paid the same taxes now received from the two Columbia Classified Ads FOR SALE—Three C’s for killin insects on vegetables, flowers an fruit trees, is not a poison. Johnsoi McCrackin Co. 31 FOR SALE—Buy our Boll We-Go for poisoning the boll weavil. It has been tried. Johnson-McCrackin Co. power companies, if the Santee-Coop er acquired them. The assurance went so far as to indicate that this claim of the counties would be stip ulated in the forty-odd million dol lars worth of bonds. Now comes “THE STATE” of Columbia and pub lishes the Act of the General Assem bly under which the Santee-Cooper was acting. The Act specifically re quires that costs of operation, inter est on bonds, etc. be deducted first. Well, here we are. After paying all these costs the outlook is not promis ing. Again, we cannot ignore the cir cumstance that the Santee-Cooper is not regarded as being managed by technical men of the power industry. Every likelihood is that there might some day creep in a politician or ^.wo, and that the prospect for an adminis tration entirely free from politics is somewhat doubtful. If wc let the Santee-Cooper take over the South Carolina Electric and Gas Company and The Lexington Water Power Company, we pave the way for our Santee enterprise to take over all other power lines in the State. That is their purpose, as stat ed by one of the Chief men of the Santee-Cooper. Observe the set-up: The Santee-Cooper is under the su preme management of a Board of dir ectors; the directors are appointed by the Governor. i,et us leave out of this the present Governor and the present Board of Directors and look a bit to the future. The Santee-Cooper acts under laws passed by our legislature. The Companies now sell power total ling $23,000,000 a year. Jhey buy a lot of equipment; they employ many persons; they control the life-blood of much of the industry of the State. Isn’t that an appealing prospect for a political leader of grasping tenden cies Jobs, power, contracts! Doesn’t your imagination paint pictures of the splendid opportunities offered to those who know what’s what—and FOR SALE—A complete line of field seeds. Johnson-McCrackin Co. 3tc FOR SALE—Several acres, close in, desirable for residence and poul try or truck farm, very reasonable. Apply at Sun office. FOR (RENT—Garden plot, cheap to right party. Mrs. W. E. Pelham. FOR RENT—A three room apart ment on Glenn street with private en trance and private bathroom. J. J. LANGFORD & SON. FOR RENT—3, 4, or 6 room apart ment, furnished or unfurnished in the residence of the late Mrs. Laura Wise, Prosperity, S. C. See Mrs. B. T. Young, Prosperity or E. B. Pur cell, Newberry. 10-3tp. FOR SALE — 1938 CHEVROLET truck, good tires, new motor, extra long wheelbase. Very cheap. J. D. Butler, 2107 Adelaid street, Newber ry, S. C. 10-3tp WANTED—A boarding place for a 3 1-2 year old boy. Anyone interested please contact Mrs. Camp at the Newberry County nurses home. Phone 377 after 7 p. m. FOR RENT—2 rooms with con necting bath at 1405 Friend street. Keep the Home Fires .a i •' C. T. Summer, Inc. Keeping Newberry To The Front Individual support is a communi ty duty—a necessty to give work greatest possible effective ness. Who can measure the effect of dis interested public service upon the character and broadened vision of men working together for the up holding of the community and doing this wthout any thought of personal gan or desire for personal recogni tion. Every sutcessful business is in a constant state of reorganization. It is a sign of weakness rather than strength when the management is completely satsfied with methods and policies for any considerable length of time, and this is as true of a Chrimber of Commerce as of any oth er corporation. What we are all trying to do is to secure co-operation, to secure com munity effectiveness, to secure the adoption of sane industrial and com mercial plans, to secure adherance to such plans with the avoidance of un necessary agitation, and with the minimum of envy and discord. The nfan who will not lend his brains, hs energy and some of his money to the efforts of his fellow etizeiis in directing the constructive forces of his community along the course that is best for the city as a whole is not a useful citizen. No man has a right to refuse hs support to a community movement any more than the community has a right to refuse its protection to any man. Newberry Chamber of Commerce MT. ETHEL GARMANY ELECTS TEACHERS At a recent meeting of the Mt. Bethel Garmany school trustees, teachers were elected for the school year of 1942-43. Mrs. Furman Reagin was reelect ed principal and Mrs. Frank Mills teacher. Trustees for Mt. Bethel Garmany school are George Ruff, Luther Folk and B. B. Leitzsey. CUT OIL COSTS WITH SINCLAIR OPALINE Quaht Si *CUur 0r Oft OIL MS 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. Paysinger A G’E N T SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY NOTICE TO Delinquent Tax Payers! We are levying on all un paid taxes thru year 1939, if same is not paid by May 15th we will have to advertise same to satisfy for taxes due. Please come in and settle for same, and thereby save the cost of levying & advertising. C. W. SANDERS, Tax Collector, Newberry County.