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“As a nation, Americans haven’t
been fighting this war—not by a long
shot,” said Life recently. “A com
parative handful of boys and officers
have been fighting bravely and
eagerly. But at home the fighting
hasn’t even begun. Most of America
i* earning big money, eating well,
rolling up new betting records at
the horse races, dashing around the
country on rubber that is absolutely
irreplacable . . . The only battle the
U. S. Citizens have won so far is the
battle of the newspaper headlines.
Meanwhile the axis pushes in, rings
us with steel, accumulates real bases
all over the world.”
That is a pretty tough statement,
but the facts certainly bear it out.
The incredible optimism concerning
the war that still seems to prevail in
some quarters is not shared by real
military men. As General Somervell,
the Army’s chief of supply, said in
a 4th of July speech at Detroit, the
United Nations have taken a terrific
shellacking in every comer of the
world. And most of us, he added,
have no idea of the magnitude and
difficulty of the job is ahead. The
hard truths that Hitler and his bro
ther dictators have done more to
change the map of the world than
any conquerors in modem history.
The Russians showed great valor in
the defense of Sevastopol. They
were hopelessly outnumbered in both
men and equipment, and after the
first few days the Luftwaffe had
command of the skies. The Red
army made the Germans pay tre
mendously for their victory, and, ac
cording to the Moscow account, Sev
astopol was left a pile of useless
ruins. But Sevastopol was a vital
position,, and its loss is extremely
important. Now Germany can re
lease many battle-trained soldiers for
service elsewhere. Sevastopol is a
key point in Hitler’s drive to seize
the oil resources of the Caucasus,
and to shatter the U. S. supply line
to Russia. That is why the German
commanders figured it must be taken
no matter how great the cost.
At this time it is impossible to ex
plain the British defeat in Libya—
the facts are not awilable and the
Cairo censorship has been complete.
As Mr. Churchill frankly admitted,
the British had the edge in numbers
and in arms. The fate of Libya was
settled on a single day—when 300
heavy British tanks went into action
and only 70 were left at nightfall.
No comparable losses, Mr. Churchill
said, were inflicted on the enemy.
Rommel seems to have lured the
British into a trap. The British
commanders seemed confident that
Rommel could not fight an offensive
action in the desert heat. But Rom
mel did.
As yet, we have not fully appre
ciated the extraordinary fanaticism
of Axis leaders and troops. With
them it is “win or die.” They take
incredible chances. They fight under
the worst climatic and geographical
conditions. They violate classic rules
of warfare. The commanders, are,
apparently, completely callous when
it comes to the shedding of blood of
their troops. These axis hordes can
be compared in many respects to the
brutal hordes of Ghenghis Khan. To
stop them, to defeat them, will re
quire a comparable fanaticism, held
in a very different cause on the part
of all the United Nations.
From the U. S. point of view, the
Jap landings in the Aleutians cannot
be passed off casually, as some of the
optimists have tried to do. It is
true that a few rock islands, shroud
ed in fog, off the tip of Alaska, are
not important in themselves. It is
also true that Aleutian and Alaskan
outposts could be used for devasta
ting raids on the U. S. proper. Gen
eral Billy Mitchell once said, in ef
fect, that whoever controls Alaska,
would win the next war. There is po
reason to suppose that the Japs raid
ed Dutch Harbor and siezed remote
Attu and Kiska just for the sake of
what military men call a diversion-
The Jap commanders have shown, all
along, that everything they do is part
of a carefully-prepared plan and
that everything has a bearing on
their grand strategy. It will be hard
to drive the Japs out of th< ir Aleuti
an footholds. The Axis is seeking
to encircle this country now, and It
has made gigantic progress. That
circle must be broken—and it WILL
be broken when more of us realize
that this is a war to keep our women
from being raped by yellow-bellied
bastards from Japan!
PRICE ACCEPTS GOVT. WORK
Hon. Julian Price of this city, a
member of the house of representa
tives for the past two years, has ac
cepted the position as Examiner <for
the Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion of Washington with headquar
ters in Charlotte, N. C-
JULY
28
Is Last Chance
You
Cannot Vote
Unless
you
ENROLL
The Spectator
I have had visits from several gen
tlemen who are offering themselves
for public office. I find the word
candidate objectionable Just as “pol
itician” now sounds bad. If popular
government is to succeed it must be
carried on by honorable and capable
men. Handshaking and story-telling
should not play any part in it. Of
course we are all human, very hum-
and the human part of us is frequent
ly influenced by mere trifles. A cam
paign for public office is expensive
in time, energy and money. We ape
allowing our public offices to be
bought, by electing those who ca?
spend a lot of money. One of the
recent and expensive practices is to
sena a car to bring in the voters.
That costs several hundred dollors
even in county campaigns. We ought
to stop it. Another thing: it costs
so much in fees to become a candi
date that a (poor man has a small
chance. In order to become a candi
date for Governor each candidate is
assessed $600. We have hundreds of
capable men in South Carolina who
have not $600. They therefore, are
barred; the State cannot use their
ability. And it is so now in the
counties. There is a theory that the
winner can afford to pay a large as-
essment; but how about the loser?
The assessment is, after all, one of
the smallest items in the bill, but it
starts high.
A gentleman asked me what kind
of a man should be elected to execu
tive office and to the legislature. I
know in a very general way, and
you know too. We need a level
head, a calm spirit, an honest pur
pose with trained intelligence and
knowledge of the state. We need
men who come as states-men, not
as representatives of this group or
that group, or some other group.
We need men to think of the state
as a whole, of all the people. Since
no one man knows ALL the State
and ALL the people, we need men of
wisdom, sound to the core. Most of
us will agree to that. The difficulty
comes in applying it. Some men are
smart in their own business but not
worth anything in the legislature.
They don’t seem to adjust themselves
to public affairs. Other men who
are worth almost nothing in private
life sometimes develop into useful
public officials. I mean SOME men,
in both cases. Theoretically I am all
wrong, but it has happened that way.
Who would have picked out General
Nathan B. Forrest as a military
genius? But there are students who
speak of him as the greatest natural
leader in America’s military annals.
In voting many of our people are
swayed by something as trivial as
that which fired the spirit of little
Jimmy and made him envy little Joe.
Said Jimmy to his mother: “I wish I
was Joe.” The mother said: “Why
do you want to be poor little Joe?
He is poor and ragged; he has no
money and has to work to support
his mother; while you have a pony;
a bicycle, a nice home, good clothes
and money.” “Yes,” said Jimmy,
"but Joe can wiggle his ears.” I
wonder sometimes, whether, in our
choice of men we are like little Jim
my. As a rule, a man of no judge
ment at home will not become a
Solomon in Columbia; nor should wo
send a man of no ability or character
to Columbia to make the laws for
all the state and to spend the taz
money of all the people.
The State of South Carolina closed
its fiscal year on June 30 with about
three and a half million dollar sur
plus. Sounds like a lot of money,
but it is less than ten per cent of
what the state is spending. Any man
now enjoying a flood tide of pros
perity thru bumper craps and prices
or high wages will find that he must
pay ten per cent or more in taxes!
Besides, when money comes plenti
fully and easily one should pay -off
his debts and build up his reserves
for a defense against the time when
the lean kine will eat up the fat
kine, as Pharooh’s dream foretold of
the famine in Egypt. Three and. a
half million, even if wisely conserv
ed, and increased to eight million by
next year would not take up the slack
in our state revenue if a two-year
slackening of business should put . us
back to conditions of 1938. I do not
refer to 1934, when the depression
poverty struck us so hard that the
state operated on less than six mil
lion dollars a year. I’m taking 1938
which was far from the pinch of 1934.
In fact, by 1938 our public spenders
had so far forgotten the famine In
Egypt that they spent $40,000,000
and put the state in debt with a def
icit of about $3,000,000. Would it be
out of order to point out that the
present happy condition of having a
surplus is not the result of wise
leadership, sound statesmanship . or
anything else but just luck? Well,
that’s life, isn’t it? Luck? Yet
our happy financial condition is bas
ed on the blood and suffering of peo
ple thruout the world and includes
the loss of thousands of our own,
people. It is blood money, i n very
truth, for it came to us entirely a? I
the fruit of war. If we are wise
public stewards we’ll remember that
we are now enjoying the smile of
fortune, but fortune, you know, is
very fickle. When the war closes,
great factories will have to adjust
themselves to the production of
peace time goods. Unemployment
will unavoidably be heavy, certainly
for a time. Surely we need hot
claim the gift of prophecy to pre
dict that this mighty strain of the
nation cannot continue in times of
peace. We should not cut down on
what we are now spending, remem
bering that when the change comes
we shall not wish to close schools or
colleges. Let us be prudent now,
with careful regard for the future.
Many people won’t pay any atten
tion to that. It will seem to them
just calamity howling. What do you
suppose the neighbors thought of
Noah when he worked on the Ark?
We are short-sighted by nature,
which, perhaps has its advantages.
Mrs. Mattie Smith, Mrs. Ruth
Mathis, Mrs, Stuck, Mrs. Edna Fea-
i gle and Miss Mary Wheeler attend
ed the district meeting of the Depart
ment of Public Welfare which was
held in Greenville Wednesday.
The friends of Dorothy Dawkins, 9
year old daughter of Mr. and M 1 "®-
Ben Dawkins, will be glad to learn
that she is improving at her home on
Fair street from an injury she re
ceived when she slipped in a bath
tub while visiting Mrs. Rudolph Os
wald in Columbia July 7th.
ON THE OFFENSIVE
AMERICA!
★ ★ ★
Wars ara won by attacking, not by
sitting in a fort!
And today Amarica is taking tha
offansive against the Axis with hard-
fighting, non-stoppabla man and
matarialsl
Wa'ra taking tha offansiva, too,
against tha anemy at home—tha infla
tionary 6th column that blows prices
sky high.
You can help in both fights by saving
at least 10% of your money in U. S.
War Bonds every pay day. Attack tha
Axis with your dollars today.
You can start with as little as a 10c
War Stamp and you can get a $25.00
War Bond (maturity value) for only
$18.75—at your local post office, bank
or other convenient sales agency.
U. S. Treasury Department
War Bonds Guard Home Front
~ ^ r ,w *''** owu ***** jjc Been inrougnoin me
United States, emphasizes a new theme in the War Bond sales
campaign. The present goal of the Nation wide drive is to per-
■aade all citizens.to mm 10 perceet of income in War Bonds
and Stamps. U. S. Treasury Dipt.
was smo
COTTON QUIZ
ANS.— 'fes! AGA? REPELLENT
COTTON CLOTH HAS BEEN INTRO
DUCED FOR. MILITARY USE.
IT IS TREATED, LACQUECEP
AND LOOKS LIKE AN OlL'l '
CLOTH RAINCOAT.
Home
Demonstration
News
Take extra care of your poultry
equipment, especially metal equip
ment, for the duration of the war.
The WPB has forbidden use of iron
and steel for “hovers for brooders,
chicken crates, feed hoppers, incuba
tor cabinets, wire baskets, grain
storage bins, and other items.”
Clean and put away all brooding
equipment carefully as you finish
brooding for the season so as to have
it in good condition for next year.
Do not waste feed sacks. Keep your
mash and grains in bins or barrels
and save the sacks or return them to
your dealer. Egg cases and fillers
are scarce. Don’t destroy them ' or
let anyone else do it. Continue to
save aluminum leg bands. Only
those used prior to 1942 are of value.
If you kill, sell o,r buy a chicken
with an aluminum (ban odtiit SHL H
with an aluminum band on it, cut
the band off. Send these old bands
to your hatcheryman. They will be
collected from him.
Feathers have become an import
ant was commodity. “The WPB has
frozen the supply of all waterfowl
feathers less than 4 inches in length,
and their use is restricted to military
needs—mostly for sleeping bags.”
It is probable that the regular poul
try dressing can supply the demand
for chicken feathers. However when
home-dressed birds are dry picked
it may be advisable to save the body
feathers.
Broilers and fryers will be Victory
Food from July 16 to 25 when the
AMA will stage a nation-wide mer
chandising drive. The purpose is to
focus the consumers’ attention on
poultry when supplies are in season
al abundance, and thus shift con
sumption from pork and other meats
needed for lend-lease and other war
time purposes.
FROZEN DESSERTS
Frozen Fruit
Run canned or fresh peaches or
apricots through a meat chopper.
Sprinkle with lemon juice. Return
sirup to the mixture, if canned fruit
is being used. Sweeten fresh fruit
to taste. Freeze.
Fruit Mousse
1 cup whipping cream
1 cup fruit pulp
1-4 cup sugar or 1-2 cup corn
starch.
2 egg whites
1-8 teaspoon salt.
2 teaspoons lemon juice if desired.
Whip the cream. Combine the
fruit pulp with sweetening and stir
until well blended. Fold the sweet
ened fruit into the cream. Fold in
the egg whites which have been
beaten with the salt. Freeze with
out stirring either in mechanized re
frigerator or in ice cream freeze^.
Honey Ice Cream
Honey can be substituted for sug
ar in ice cream recipes in the basis
of equal measure. A plain honey ice
cream may be made as follows:
Mix 1 quart of thin cream
with three-fourths cup of
delicately flavored honey &
freeze.
Our fighting men are doing
^ their share. Here at home
the least we can do is put 10%
C of our income in War Bonds
^ for our share in America.
COTTON QUIZ
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FAMILY OF
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BEFORE FROST
Classified Ads
FOR RENT—Apartment for rent
furnished or unfurnished. Mrs. Tom
P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun St., New-
berry. Phone 220-J. 18-25-2
ILLNESS CAUSES VACANCY of
Newberry Raleigh route. Splendid
opportunity for man or woman to
continue established route service.
Write at once. Rawleigh’s, Dept.
SCF-162-203, Richmond, Va.
FOR RENT—Furnished Garage ap
artment for the summer. Mrs. T. E.
Davis, 725 Caldwell St., Phone 96.
WANTED—Someone to thresh some
five hundred bushels grain. H. C.
HOLLOWAY.
FOR SALE—Three C’s for killing
insects on vegetables, flowers and
fruit trees, is not a poison. Johnson-
McCrackin Co. 3tc
BARBECUE AT JOLLY STREET—
As usual a barbecue at Jolly Street,
Saturday, July 4th. Meat and hash
for sale at 12:00 o’clock. No pig foot
stew night before. td.
COTTON SHEETS—For the best
Cotton Sheets see Johnson-McCrack-
in company. 4te
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
We will make a final settlement of
the estate of Mary Emma Roberts,
deceased, in the Probate Court for
Newberry county, S. C., on Thursday,
the 16th day of July, 1942, at 10
o’clock in the forenoon, and will im
mediately thereafter ask for our
discharge as executrix and executor,
respectively, of said estate.
AH persons having claims against
the estate of Mary Emma Roberts,
deceased, are hereby notified to file
the same, duly verified, with the un
dersigned, and those indebted to said
estate will please make payment
likewise.
Mary Jane Fellers, Executrix
John A. Mayer, Executor,
Of the Last Will and Testament
of Mary Emma Roberts, deceased.
June 10, 1942.
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Announcements
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the House of
Representatives ana agree to abide
the results of the Democratic Bri
mary election.
J. KESS DERRICK
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the House of
Representatives and agree to abide
the results of the Democratic primary
election.
R. AUBREY HARLEY
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
I hereby announce myself a candi
date fo re-election as Commissioner
for District No. 1 and agree to abide
the results of the elections.
WILBUR EPPS
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for election as commissioner for Dis
trict No. 1 and agree to abide the re
sults of the election.
HOMER W. BOWLES
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for Commissioner of District
No. 1 and pledge myself to abide the
results of the Democratic primary.
J. HORACE CROMER
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT NO. 2
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Commissioner
from District No. 2 and agree to
abide the results of the Democratic
primary election.
S. W. SHEALY
I hereby announce myself a' candi
date for Commissioner District No. 2
and pledge myself to abide the results
of the democratic primary election.
JOE N. WILSON
MAGISTRATE DISTRICT NO. 2
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Magistrate for
District No. 2, for re-election and
agree to abide the results of the
Democratic election.
BEN F DAWKINS
MAGISTRATE AT POMARIA
I herey announce that I am a can
didate to succeed myself as Magis
trate for District No. 4 (Pomaria)
and agree to abide the results of the
elections.
W. D. HATTON
FOR CONGRESS
I hereby announce that I am a can
didate to represent the THIRD CON
GRESSIONAL DISTRICT of South
Carolina in the Congress of fhe
United States and pledge myself to
abide by the rules and regulations
of the Democratic Party.
BUTLER B. HARE
FOR CONGRESS
Your support and influence
in behalf of my candidacy
for Congress in the forth
coming Democratic primary
will be appreciated.
JOHN C. TAYLOR
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