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FRIDAY. JUNE 12, 1942.
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The Spectator
Can it be that I am now renewinft
my old love for the law? Recently I
have read with enjoyment three de
cisions of our State Supreme Court,
resting on opinions which are among
the best prepared by our jurists oyer
the long life of the Court.
Sometime back I referred to the
fine opinion of Chief Justice Bonham
in the Pacific Mills case; later I men
tioned the broad grasp shown by the
opinion of Justice Fishburne in the
Santee-Cooper case; more recently I
have read the decision in the case" of
the State vs. Grant, for which Jus
tice Stukes wrote the opinion. Ordi
narily I read Scotland Yard detec
tive stories, when time permits; but
I became so absorbed in this extra
ordinary case that I read it with keen
enjoyment throughout. Everyone con
nected with the case contributed to
the very able clarification of a deli
cate question. Judge Stukes speaks
in high commendation of Judge Grim,
ball and quotes him extensively.
Considering the case on appeal
from the Circuit Court, Judge Stukes
made a penetrating examination of
several Federal decisions which had
been cited, and by going to the root
of things he shed a flood of light on
some mooted questions. It was con
tended on appeal that, since there
were no Colored persons on the
Grand Jury which brought in the in
dictment; and none on the Petit jury
which tried and convicted the two
colored defendants, the Constitution
al guarantee of the equal protection
of the laws had been violated, as well
as the constitutional prohibition,
against the passage of a law by any
State which abridges the privileges
and immunities of citizens of the
United States; and which prohibits,
further, the enactment by any State
of a law which shall deprive any per
son of life, liberty, or property, with
out due process of law.
Justice Stukes brings out vividly
the fact that in order to be a juror
one must be a qualified elector; and
that only one colored person in Berk,
eley county applied for registration,
and he was a minister, or signed
•himself as such, being in such case
excused from jury duty. The opinion
brings out that some Alabama cases
decided by the United States Su
preme Court, and relied on for a new
trial, really did not require colored
members of the jury, as has been fre
quently said. The Federal Supreme
Court, at the moment, was motivated
more by the lack of opportunity for
the colored defendant to prepare his
defense adequately than it was to
act because no colored jurors were on
the panel.
Governor Jefferies will not stand
for election to . the office he now
holds. Governor Jefferies upsets the
calculations o most political prophets.
In view of his decision, the field is
narrowed. Richard Manning Jeff
eries will not run, but Wyndham
Manning, son of Richard I. Manning,
will run.
Mr. Jefferies accepted the Gover
norship at considerable sacrifice of
income and personal comfort. Years
ago, as a school teacher, he told the
pupils about the presidency and the
governorship. Once confronted by
the vancancy the deep respect he had
felt for the Chief Magistracy held
him tightly gripped and he couldn’t
turn aside. Amid the multiple acti
vities of a busy career he pondered
over the sacrifice involved, and there
emerged with irresistible force the
idea of the dignity of the Chef Mag-
stracy and ts compellng call to ser
vice. While he is still young, vigor
ous and purposeful I salute Governor
Jefferies with warm appreciaton and
regard.
To reject an able-boded draftee or
volunteer because of lack of school
training is a blunder, I think. So
many years of my life were spent in
classroms of schools and colleges
that I can’t be suspected of want of
appreciation of what we call formal,
or academic education. School train
ing is not necessarily, an aid to fight
ing. It may be imagined that high
school traning might be helpful with
the mechanics of welfare; but evqn
that is open to challenge.
Thousands of boys have a natural
apitude for mechanics, machinery
and electricity which the Nation
needs, even though they may not
have finished the third grade. Nat
ural apitude abounds in this coun
try. Let us use it. What we need
most in the vast majority of our sol
diers is the spirit of a fighter, with
the strength and endurance to over
come the physical difficulties of sol
diering. A few leaders, even squad
leaders, can make up for the educa
tional deficiencies of the others; but
there is no substitute for the quali
ties of dash and vigor which make
the soldier as we think of him.
Ex-Governor Olin D. Johnston will
oppose Colonel Wyndham Manning
for Governor, and former Chief Jus
tice Eugene Blease will oppose Sen
ator Maybank. The campaign will be
a lively one as all four of these gen
tlemen are veterans of the forum.
And the same may be said for the
candidates for Lieutenant Governor,
Messrs. George K. Laney, E. Coke
Bridges and Ransome Williams.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES
The Newberry Chamber of Com
merce lists below some of the things
which they have accomplished and at
tempted to accomplish in the past
eight weeks.
We assisted in organizing Newber
ry county for the collection of sal
vage; helped the Boy Scouts in plan
ning the collection of salvage paper;
with the cooperation of the mayor,
arranged for them to have a truck one
afternoon a week for the collection of
this paper and spent considerable
time and effort in helping the Scouts
to secure a warehouse in which to
bale and store paper. We have col
lected and sent in to the state com
mittee reports on salvage collected in
Newberry county. We have also help
ed in plans for Civilian Defense.
We sponsored our Victory parade;
with the help of the Boy Scouts and
dry cleaners, collected the flags from
the merchants and had them cleaned;
sponsored a movement in which we
were assisted by the Legion Auxiliary
for every merchant to have a flag in
front of his store.
We assisted in the arrangement of
the annual sale for the S. C. Guernsey
Cattle club held in Newberry. This
is the first time this sale has been
held outside of Columbia since the or
ganization of the club. We were in
strumental in bringing the Harrisburg
ball team here for its spring train
ing; have compiled information for
prospective businesses and farmers;
secured rooms and apartments for a
number of newcomers; and sponsor
ed, together with Mr. James R. Stew
art, a firearm school.
We have assisted in the War Re
lief Drive, also in the sale of De
fense Bonds and Stamps.
We assisted and secured other help
at the court house for three days to
assist the selectees in filling out
their questionnares.
We had printed and distributed wel
come cards for the Baptist Students
meeting held here in Newberry and
secured courtesy cards for Baptist
students attending this meeting; had
printed and distributed cards for Ap
preciation Day ball game between
Newberry and Harrisburg.
During this time, we have written
34 articles for the newspapers ift-
cluding a series of articles under the
heading of “Keeping Newberry to the
Front,” while a total of 48 articles
elating to the Chamber of Commerce
or some of its activities have ap
peared in the newspapers.
There have been 38 meetings held
in the Chamber of Commerce during
this time. The Secretary, together
with a number of Newberry mer-
chans, attended a meeting in Colum
bia at which a federal representative
discussed the General Maximum
Price Regulations, and has also at
tended many other outside meetings
We assisted in the arrangements
for the Topperweins’ exhibition
shooting; and arranged for a band
concert for Margaret Hunter park on
Sunday afternoon.
We have written over 325 letters,
cut about 15 stencils, and mimeo
graphed hundreds of copies from
same—to say nothing of incoming
and outgoing phone calls.
We are now working on several
projects but are not far enough ad
vanced to give out information as
yet.
By ETHEL L. COUNTS
Stony Hill and Pressly clubs are
going to take a summer vacation so
will not have any more meetings un
til September unless they decide to
have picnics in August.
Bush Rver club has had a nutri
tion class taught by Mrs. Marie
Bannister, the Home Economics
teacher. They finished up their
work with a supper at which time
they put into practice the things
they had learned and tried out on
their husbands. Reports are very
encouraging.
The state meeting of the Council
of Farm Women will be held at the
Jefferson Hotel on Thursday, June
18. Anyone wishing to go on the
bus from Newberry will be sure to
make reservation not later than noon
on the 13th. First come—first serv
ed.
WAR-TIME FRUIT CANNING
“Stretch your ration of canning
sugar to the limit,” Dr. Louise Stan
ley, chief of the U. S. department of
agriculture’s bureau of home econom
ics, urges the nation’s homemakers.
“The special sugar allowed for
canning fruit has been issued you in
trust—so that you may keep good
food from going to waste. Every jar
of fruit you put up helps lighten the
load on commercial canneries arid
helps relieve overworked transporta
tion facilities.
“But remember, sugar supplies
still are limited. Sugar still is be
ing brought to the United States at
great risk to the lives of many of
our counrymen. So use your cann
ing allowances carefully.
“'Keep in mind that sugar is not
needed in canning to keep food from
spoiling. But it does help fruit hold
its color and flavor.”
In the following paragraphs, Dr.
Stanley gives some sugar-saving
suggestions for the 1942 fruit can
ning season.
Pack Fruit Hot
Cook the fruit first in an open ket
tle, then pack it hot into jars in its
own juice. That way you’ll need
much less sugar than if you pack
the fruit cold, then cover it with
a sugar-and-water sirup. By sweet
ening the fruit slightly, then heating
it, you can draw out juice from the
fruit itself, in many cases make it
unnecessary to can any added water.
Incidentally, packing fruit hot in
to containers accomplishes two other
purposes. The pre-cooking shrinks
the fruit and makes it possible , Jo
make more economical use of limited
In the many efforts which we
have made, even though all have not
been attained, we are proud to say
that we have received the whole
hearted and loyal support of the
merchants, many different organiza
tions, newspapers, and many differ
ent persons in Newberry, for which
we are truly grateful and wish here
by to acknowledge our thanks.
L. C. Graham, Secretary.
'HJUat you Buy With
WAR BONDS
The power of the greatest Navy in
the world, our own two-ocean fleet,
rests in large measure on its back
bone—the Battleships of the Line.
They displace approximately 35,000
tons and cost up to $70,000,000. We
have something like a score of these
huge ships in the Atlantic and Pa
cific.
AUTO FTAMPS NOW ON SALE
LONG LAl^E HD CLUB
The Long Lank club met Friday
June 6th. In the absence of the
president, the vice president, Mrs.
B. H. Caldwell presided over the
meeting which opened with pledg
ing alegience to the flag, followed
by all repeating the council creed
of farm women.
Mrs. R. C. Wilson conducted the
devotional®, using the 23rd Psalm.
All repeated the Lord’s prayer.
Miss Ethel Counts gave a very
interesting talk and some very inter
esting and helpful hints on canning
After the business session all were
invited to the dinng room where a
delicious salad and sweet crackers
were served by the hostess, Mrs.
Leland Rikard, Mrs. Curtis Rikard,
and Mrs. S. A. Rikard. All adjouyn-
Eight huge battleships are under
construction and more are contem
plated. To finance these modern
goliaths of the sea it is necessary
for every American everywhere to
buy more and more War Bonds. We
can dc it if everybody does bis
share. Invest at least ten percent
of your income every pay day to
help your county go over its Bond
Quota. V. S Treasury Department
OTIS WICKER JOINS FORCE OF
DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY
ed to meet again at 3:30 p.
Contributed.
THINGS TO WATCH FOR
A coffee-maker of the drip type in
which hot water goes up via the
handle instead of a center tube—
A reverse periscope for cooking
ranges, so a housewife can peek in
on roasts and bakings without open
ing a stove door—a special long-
handled shovel for fighting incendi
ary bombs, with a supply of sand
packed inside the handle and quickly
releasable—a bristleless paint brush.
Miss Ella Mae Milan has returned
to her work in Baltimore, Md. after
visiting her mother, Mrs. M. L. Mil
am and ' friends here and at Colum
bia for the past two weeks.
you, Too,
CAN SINK U-BOATS
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Uoital State War Bonds t^fowps
U. S. Treasury Department
NOTICE OF DEMOCRATIC
ENROLLMENT
Notice is hereby given that the
books of enrollment in each Demo
cratic club will be open for enroll
ment on or before the first Tuesday
in June, 1942 and will remain open
until the fourth Tuesday of July,
1942, which will be the last day. of
enrollment. The club districts will
be the same as in 1940, and place of
enrollment will be the same as in
1940 unless otherwise designated by
the Executive Committeeman of the
club district. The Secretary and
enrollment committee of each club
are as heretofore announced.
NEAL W. WORKMAN,
County Chairman
Mrs. A. H. Counts, Secretary.
May 26, 1942.
Washington, June 6.—The $5 fed
eral automobile tax stamps will go
on sale at postoffices and internal
revenue collector offices on June 10.
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Guy T. Helvering, announcing the
date today, indicated that possession
of the stamp would be necessary for
getting new gasoline rationing cards
in areas where motor fuel is ration
ed. .
He said he had been advised by
the office of price administration,
“that, in the issuance and use of
gasoline rationing books, an impor
tant identification will be the serir .
number printed on the use tax stamp.
In those areas where gasoline is Joe
ing rationed and those areas where
gasoline will be rationed, possession
of the stamp evidencing payment of
the use tax on motor vehicles will
provide one of the necessary means
of identifying the coupon book with
the vehicle in the securing of gaso
line.”
Heretofore the government has'had
to depend chiefly on state and local
police to enforce purchase of the
stamps.
The new stamp will cover the
fiscal year beginning July 1 and will
replace the existing stamp issued on
February 1 and for which owners
paid $2.09. It will be serially num
bered and have spaces on the back
for recording the make, model, ser
ial number and state license number
of the vehicle.
The stamp will be gummed on the
face and the announcement said that
“it is the desire of the bureau of in
ternal revenue that the use tax
stamp shall be placed on the wind
shield in a location that will not be
in conflict with state requirements.”
The bureau noted that one exception
was New Jersey where state laws
require such stickers on the real
window.
Otis Wicker, better known as “Duke”
has joined the mechanical force of
Davis Motor Co. Otis is a skilled
motor mechanic with about 20 years
experience in the auto repair busi
ness. He invites his many friends
to call on him when in need of auto
repair service at the Davis Motor
Co.
jar space and rubbers. And it also
cuts down on the time you have to
process fruits in the water bath to
kill the bacteria that may cause
spoilage. A quart of pre-cooked ber
ries, for instance, need be processed
only 5 minutes. Berries packed raw
and covered with hot sirup need 20
miiipte processing in a water bath.
Juicy Fruits
To draw out the juices of fruits
such as cherries, berries, plums—
it very slowly, just to the boiling
sweeten the fruit slightly, then heat
■point. Keep it from scorching by
stirring it from time to time if you
set the pan of fruit directly on the
stove. Or set the pan of fruit in
another pan of hot water to precook.
Usually, it’s best to separate the
riper fruits from those that are less
ripe. Then you can crush these riper
fruits, heat them, and extract juice
from them. Preheat the less ri^e
fruit, which you have set aside, in
this juice. Add sugar to sweeten
slightly if necessary. Fill the jars.
Make sure there is plenty of juice
to cover the fruit. Process in a
water bath.
If you like crush all the fruit and
heat it as suggested above. Add
sugar or not as you like and can
this crushed fruit to use later in
shortcakes, frozen desserts, pud
dings, and pies.
Less Juicy Fruits
Certain varieties of peaches and
pears may not yield enough of their
own juice to make the canning liq
uid. You’ll get more juice from
these fruits if you slice them and
add a little sugar before you pre
cook them. If there isn’t enough
juice to cover the fruit in the cans—
use sirup to fill the jar—a sirup
made from 1 or more cups of sugar
to 1 quart water. Since you have
preheated the fruit and extracted
some juice from it, you will not need
so much sirup as you do when you
pack the fruit cold. To complete
■the canning, process the fruit in a
water bath.
If you like, half of the sweetening
you add to fruits for canning may
be honey. Or up to one third of the
sweeting may be corn sirup.
A Message From the Merchants Committee of The Newberry Chamber of Commerce
Uncle Sam Says:
YOUR CREDIT
GOOD
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You Pay Your Bills Promptly
On April 27,1942
THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS READS IN PART:
. . encourage the payment of debts, mortgages and other obligations.”
NOW THE LAW READS:
In Regulation was Revised Effective May 6, 1942, Charge Accounts, in Part as Follows:
a. No listed article shall be sold in a charge account with an agreement
that payment therefor may be deferred beyond the 10th day of the sec
ond calendar month following the calendar month during which such
article was sold.
b. When a charge account is in default, the Registrant shall not extend
credit to the obligator for any charge sale or instalment sale of any listed
article until the default has been cured.
c. A charge account shall be deemed to be in default if any article, listed
or unlisted, tor which credit was extended if such account has not been
paid for in tor full on or before the 10th day of the second calendar
month during which such article was sold.
or in Ordinary Every-day Words
Every Charge Account Dated on or before June 30
Must be Paid in Full on or Before August 10,1942,
or Your Credit Will be “Cut Off’.
(This dots not apply to installment accounts)
If you have a charge account with any Newberry Merchant we
urge you to settle your past due and present account before July
10 in order that your credit will not be cut off.
Your Merchant Wants You to “Charge It”
But he cannot do it unless you comply with the Law
Merchants Committee of Newberry Chamber of Commerce