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FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1942
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Newberry, S. C.
0. F. ARMFIELD
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One Year ■ One Dollar
Published every Friday
Entered as second-class natter December C, 1S87, at
the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the
Act of March S, 1879.
"Britain has had forced savings
for over a year,” s ays Business Week
“Canada just broke down and put it
in the new budget. We are going to
have it soon. It’s a question when
and what sort. Several agencies are
already working quietly on blue
prints.”
The government, in both its legisla
tive and executive branches, has so
far shown remarkable ability in
avoiding coming to grips with the
forced savings issue. Secretary Mor-
genthau has said that he hopes that
voluntary sales of War Bonds wit
prove adequate to absorb excess con
sumer income. For the most part,
Congressmen have looked upon the
forced savings idea as a political ogre
of horrible mien, which might cost
them votes next November. How
ever, the bulk of economists seem to
be convinced that, whether for good
or ill, some type of forced savings
will eventually hjive to be adopted.
The arguments in behalf of forced
savings are simple enough. This
year, the national income is reaching
an all-time high, due to the $67,000,-
000,000 which is being spent for war
production. The pockets of the peo
ple, especially those in the lower in
come brackets, are better lined with
currency than they ever have been
before. At the same time, the sup
ply of goods available to civilians is
steadily diminishing—and it will keep
on diminishing until the war ends un
less an unlooked-for production miVa-
cle occurs. The combination of more
money and less goods adds up to but
one thing: inflation. Even today, de
spite government price ceilings and
controls, an ominous “black market.”
similar to the European black mar
ket, is growing in this country. Un
scrupulous men are bootlegging tires,
sugar, metals and other controlled
items precisely as liquor used to be
bootlegged in the prohibition era, and
they are demanding and receiving ex
tortionate prices. A ten-dollar tire,
for instance, will bring $50 and often
Cotton Beach Frock
Handblocked cotton in shades of
dull rose is used to make this beach
frock worn by Gene Tierney, love
ly film star. The skirt ties on,
and underneath are matching shorts
to form a play suit when the skirt
la removed
more in the black market.
Economists of all the schools agree
that inflation can be prevented only if
some means is found to absorb and
make inactive a large part of the
public’s income. Taxes, the theory
continues, offer only a partial solu
tion—Congress obviously feels that
the new tax bill.which is unprecedent
ed in severity, comes pretty close to
the limit. On top of that, it is gen
erally believed that the people will
balk and yell for relief if taxes go
much higher. Sales of War Bonds
have been excellent, but they haven’t
closed the so-called “inflation gap,”
Therefore, the argument goes, forced
savings constitute the answer.
In England, the forced savings plan
seems to have worked reasonably
well. Under it, tax rates are hiked
to the hilt—but part of what the Eng
lishman pays will be returned to him
after the war. In other words, he
simply builds up a Credit with the
Government, which will be rebated
once the guns stop firing. It is like
ly that if and when forced savings is
adopted here, we will follow the T2pg-
lish'plan in essentials.
There are other possible methods.
For example, Congress could pass a
law making it obligatory for every
one to put ten per cent of his savings
in War Bonds. Then, to further en
courage savings, deductions would be
allowed for private-savings in mak
ing income tax returns. Whatever
method is finally decided on, the main
point will be to take money out of the
channels of trade—to keep it from
purchasing goods. The less the con
sumer buys, in other words, the more
we will have for war punposes.
There is still another argument
which the forced savings advocates
use persuasively. When the war
ends, war production will naturally
end—and there is going to be a dif
ficult period while w e make the ad
justment from a war economy to a
peace economy. If people have money
saved, the argument runs, this ad
justment will be eased. To quote
Business Week again, it would “act as
a kind of automatic unemployment in
surance.”
There seems to be little active op
position to forced savings'—many eco
nomists hope that Tt won’t prove nec
essary, but admit that before long it
may prove unavoidable. In both con
servative and liberal circles, there is
unanimity of opinion to the effect
that inflation must be avoided at all
costs. The very credit and solvency
of the nation is the issue at stake. So
don’t be surprised if the Government
tells you one of these days that you’re
going to have to save a definite per
centage of your earnings.
Some of the best informed commen
tators are now arguing that there
must be revolutionary changes in the
organization of the Government if the
war effort is to be advanced with
maximum speed and the least delay.
They point out that Washington red-
tape makes really quick and effective
action impossible in many vital mat
ters. On top of that, they say, some
of the best men in the government
must give too much of their time to
questions of detail, instead of ques
tions of war policy.
There is also a god deal of criticism
of the military organizations them
selves. The critics say that the Army,
Navy and Air Forces still don’t op
erate in complete harmony. Lack of
cooperation between Army and Navy
chiefs, it will be remembered, was one
of the main reasons for the debacle
t Pearl Harhgr, according to the
Roberts report. Since Pearl Harbor,
considerable progress in the right di
rection has been made—but appar
ently a good deal more is necessary,.
t it’s common sense to be
thrifty. If you save you are
thrifty. War Bonds help you
to save and help to save
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The Marine Corps pays fifty cents
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Judge Blease Gets
Repeated Applause
At Spartanburg.
Candidates for state and federal of
ficer brought their appeal for votes
to residents of the Spartanburg area
last Thursday, speaking at the
Spartanburg court house during the
morning and at Gaffney for a Chero
kee county audience of about 200
last Wednesday afternoon.
At Gaffney, Eugene S. Blease,
former chief justice of the state su
preme court who is running for the
senate said laws against sabotage in
this country are “not enough” and
declared persons convicted of the
crime should be hanged.
The former chief justice also de
clared he was a “champion of white
supremacy” and said the negroes
dominated political machines in the
larger centers of population. The
South, he said, should be allowed to
solve the negro problem in its own
way.
Senator Burnet R. Maybank, who
is running for renomination referred
to his record of friendship for the
farmers ad laboring people and
pointed to his consistent support, of
President Roosevelt. Some of the
Roosevelt haters, he said, would go
to any extreme to block the presi
dent.
The senator said he had worked
untiringly for the people of the
state and told the crowd that his
office had handled 49,000 requests
and inquiries from South Carolina in
the nine months he had been in the
office.
Olin Johnston, former governor,
who is running for governor again,
reviewed his public record & said the
state had made much progress dur
ing his administration. The other
candidate for governor, Wyndham M.
Manning of Sumter, s aid that if he
were elected governor, he would see
to it that there would be no abuse
of pardons and commutations. He
said he would co-operate fully with
the legislature in giving the state
a harmonious government.
In Spartanburg Judge Blease lash
ed out sharply at the record of his
opponent, who spoke immediately be
fore him at a rally on the lawn . of
the Spartanburg •courthouse, which
attracted an estimated audience pi
some 350.
Many of the crowd appeared
to be in sympathy with Judge
Blease’s utterances and cheers
were heard at various stages of
his 30-minute address
He attacked what he called “May-
bank’s farm policy of “plowing un
der” the cotton crop. Then he charg
ed Senator Maybank over his own
signature had been quoted as saying
“the situation here in Washington.,..
has literally become a disgrace.”
“He’s in the senate; he ought to
correct it,” Judge Blease said.
At another point in his address the
speaker turned to the war abroad.
However, he reminded, “we have ene
mies here.” He named these enemies
as waste and extravagance.
He also criticised the army’s policy
of rejecting negroes because they
lacked sufficient education. “A negro
doesnt need to be educated to use a
razor,” he cried, then added, “ if they
haven’t got enough education to go
to the army, they’ve got enough ed
ucation to go to cotton fields and to
dig ditches.”
The senate aspirant remarked that
a paper in Charleston, Senator May-
bank’s home town, had commented
that if, as Judge Blease said, he did
not intend to “buy bis way into (he
U. S. Senate, he’s cut out a tough
job for himself.”
The candidate said he picked qp
one of the Spartanburg papers—
the Maybank Herald, I think you call
it”—and saw that it asked, he said,
“how can Blease expect to be elected
and where is his campaign fund
coming from?”
He also referred to the Greenville
News as “The Maybank News.”
The Speaker charged that U. . S.
Senator Kenneth D. McKellar of
Tennessee had sent out an endorse
ment of Senator Maybank and de
clared. “I don’t want McKellar’s en
dorsement and his negro political
machine.”
“I’m not looking for a political
machine to be elected with,” he as
serted, “I want to be elected by the
white 'people of South Carolina.”
The speaker commented on states
allowing negroes to stay in the same
hotels with whites and declared that
Washington “would hear” something
about “white supremacy” in event of
his election.
NOTICE
To dog owners
in town
Please keep your dogs at home off
of other people’s property, thus
saving us the necessity for drastic
action, f Thank you tor your co
operation.
Herman S. Langford, Mayor
Turning to the farm situation,
Judge Blease said “we’ve got to en
courage the farmers. We’ve got to
give them labor; we’ve got to give
them machines; we’ve got to give
them fertilizers.
In conclusion he declared “too
much money is being spent in politics
in South Carolina.” Commenting on
questions raised as to how he expect
ed to be elected without a machine
and money behind him, he asserted.
“I’m going to do it with honest men
and women.”
“I’m not going to make any big
promises . . . but I tell you when I
make a promise I’m going to keep
it.”
At another point in his talk he had
remarked that “they say Blease is
slinging mud. I deny it, but if I am
I got it from Washington and Char
leston.”
In addition to addresses by Judge
Blease and Senator Maybank, these
candidates were heard:
For comptroller general—Lott Law
son and E. C. Rhodes of Columbia, D.
A. Smith of Walhalla, Q. E. Britt of
York County.
For Lieutenant governor: Senator
George K. Laney of Chesterfield, R.
J. Williams of Mullins and E. Coke
Bridges of Heath Springs.
Senator Maybank, opening his ad
dress, said in the nine months he had
served South Carolina in the United
States senate, his office had handled
49,000 requests and questions from
the people of this state. He said he
had done his best to further the
state’s interests and that he had used
every effort in his power in the de
velopment of Camp Croft, the airp_ort
the water works and sewer system.
After citing other accomplishments
he asserted he had backed President
Roosevelt, but declared “I’ve never
been a yes man and I never will.”
He said he was glad the gasoline
rationing program had been so ar
ranged that farmers could move their
peaches and regretted that the pro
gram had imposed any hardship on
those who use their automobiles in
making their livelihood.
The senator said he felt the gaso
line rationing program should have
been nation-wide, declaring “it’s not
a war of 17 Atlantic states. It’s a war
of all 48 states.”
“There should be national gasoline
rationing, if gasoline is going to be
rationed . . . and those who depend
upon gasoline for a livelihood should
be furnished ahead of joyriders.”
He asserted we are engaged in a
“war that is going to last a long,
long time ... .a war we were unpre
pared to enter.” He said we’ve got
to build ships, tanks, and planes and
advocated “an equal sacrifice to all”
in order to best .promote the war
effort.
Senator Maybank said he had fav
ored the increase pay bill for men in
the armed forces and in conclusion
commended the people of the “great
Piedmont region for their faith and
loyalty.”
First speaker in the governor’s race
was Wyndham Manning. He opeped
his talk with the observation that so
far the political, race in which he
was engaged had been pleasant and
devoid of mud-slinging. “So far as I
am concerned, there will be none” he
said.
He mentioned the fact that he had
been a member of the state legisla
ture for four years and had studied
on its own merits each question which
had confronted him.
He deplored abuse of the governors
right of issuing pardons and commu
tations & thereby setting a' ae ver
dicts of our courts, declaring chat the
fact that this was the governor's sole
right should make him all the more
careful in exercising the power. “1
pledge myself to do so,” he declared.
The speaker said “ the governor’s
first duty is to so conduct himself In
effice that the people will have a co-
ordniated government.
“There’s plenty of fighting abroad,
we don’t need to have any here ' in
South Carolina,” he said.
“The people have come to the con
clusion that gasoline rationing has
been bungled,” he said, adding, “I
think it has been bungled.” He ad
vocated coperation between the state
government and its people in present
ing protests in Washington and said
he thought the traveling men “had
acted well” in making their protests.
“I pledge my cooperation with the
people to right these things,” he said.
Turning to the war, the speaker
said the boys now fighting want to
know that when they come back they
can resume their normal business and
that the state will do its part by
them. “That’s the kind of an admin
istration I pledge to you,” he said.
“I figure Its up to us to so con
duct the government” that when they
do return “they can find their place
in the community.”
Former Governor Johnston was the
next_speaker and toward the close of
his address he uttered these remarks:
“I believe that our people are tired
of the average man taking the rap
in the gasoline rationing program. I
want to warn the small business man
in the gasoline market to be on hjs
guard for the next few days. I have
information that the local distributors
of gasoline and the filing station op
erators are scheduled to take the
rap.
“On or after August 1, the gaso
line price will drop about 2 T-2 cents
per gallon. The big Western oil
industries are planning a drive to
fill the tanks of the local distribu
tors and filing station operators with
gasoline at the present high price.
While the R. F. C., and agent of the
federal government, will subsidize
the large oil industries in the west
so that they will not lose one cent.
“We need leaders to cry out
against the discrimination against
our state and people. When the pre
sent two and one half cents was put
on the gasoline price, the distribu
tors and dealers received not one bit
of profit. It all went to the big oil
the shift is to be made back.to a
companies in other states. Now that
lower price, the distributors and the
filling station dealers are to bear the
entire loss. The government sets the
price of gasoline and I warn you dis
tributors and dealers if you have any
gasoline left in your tanks on the
day the price changes you will have
to bear the loss in price. It is high
time that all states be made to bear
the same sacrifice in gasoline ration
ing.”
At the start of his speech he spoke
of his war record under General
Douglas MacArthur and said it was
the experience of having bomber and
fighter planes zooming over .his out
fit ffi World War I that led him to
conclude that the next war to a large
extent would be won in the air.
This led him, he said, to advo
cate airports in South Carolina to
speed the progress of aviation. He
said he had advocated development
of the rural electrification program
a better school system and a better
marketing system fof South Carolina
peach growers.
The speaker challenged any one
to show one instance where he had
not cooperated with the schools.
“Naturally Olin Johnston is go
ing to have some people fighting
him when he’s fighting for the peo
ple of the state and not some big
bankers,” he declared.
The former governor said it was
a “shame and disgrace” that some
farmecs last year were unable to
market their peaches. In this con
nection he said he favored a more
“adequate refrigeration system.”
He said hp had advocated $30 a
month for old people, but that he
didn’t think the state should match
dollar for dollar with the federal
government The state’s part, he
said, should be determined by that
stats’s wealth.
He added that, he felt it wrong to
rationing South Carolina gasoline
users when other states went un-
rationed . . . “especially when we’ye
got a pipeline,” he said, adding that
if one state is going to be rationed
all should be.
“I mean to serve all of the peo
ple of this s£ate to the best of my
ability at all times,” the speaker de
clared.
DETRIMENTAL TO MORALE
•Many daily newspapers in their
editorial columns frequently urge
all manner of means to promote the
morale of the country in these war
times. Their endeavour is praise
worthy. The United States needs
the support of the papers. But it is
feared that the press, by its lurid
presentation of disaster news, tends
to undermine the good work it is do
ing editorially for national morale.
Pick up your daily paper any
morning. Blaring headlines tell of
crime, misfortune, destruction and
death, splattered over the front page.
Column after column of stories re
tail their depressing wares of chaos
and disorder.
Inside pages are little better. As
if to accentuate the luridness of the
news in text, here are found events
of the worst description in actual
pictures. The minutest details of
“chaos and old night” are portrayed.
Often these pages are a dismal pan
orama of tragedy, cruelty, and mis
take.
The morale of the country is defi
nitely depressed by sensationalizing
the news of crime, calamity and mis
fortune. Antidote to the poisonous
miasma which rises from the printed
page to dispirit the people is plain—
news handled so as to lift and en
courage.
FORGET IT
Much “goofy” political preaching
is being broadcast ’ by Democratic
national headquarters to embarrass
isolationist senators and representa
tives up for re-election this year.
The headquarters seem to have al
igned themselves with some other el
ements in the party which seek to
purge the congress of all who were
opposed to increased armaments
prior to Pearl Harbor.
It must be assumed that each iso
lationist was sincere. He was op
posed to war, just as the rest of the
country was. He didn’t want to gee
■the United States get into another
European war. Further, he was dead
set against Americans fighting on
foreign s oil again. The war was just
another struggle waged for power
by foreign dictators and autocrats—
so the isolationist reasoned— and he
took his stand against what he con
ceived to be national danger. He saw
any other course leading to partici
pation in the struggle. All isola
tionists were deceived, of course.
Not till Pearl Harbor did they real
ize their woeful mistake. The dirty
attack made upon our naval base
there blew isolationism to bits and
the isolationist rallied to the defence
of their country.
So, if Democratic headquarters in
sists on defeat for isolationists and
those who had opposed huge arma
ments, it will find itself in pretty
much of a hole if someone challenged
its atttacks, for its happens that
President Roosevelt himself made
some of the most pointed isolationist
rearks prior to the Day of Infamy
at Pearl Harbor.
January 12, 1939, the president
said:
“No responsible officer advocates
building up our air force to the total
either of planes on hand or of pro
ductive capacity equal to the forces
of certain other nations.”
Speaking on October 30, 1940, just
before the election, the president as-
serted *
“While I am talking to you moth
ers and fathers, I give you one more
assurance. I have said this before,
but I shall say it again and again.
Your boys are not going to be sent
into any foreign war.”
In May 1940, Mr. Roosevelt brushed
aside as “utterly stupid” the sugges
tion that the European struggle and
its implications on the Pacific
strengthened arguments for a two-
ocean navy. He said: “Such a con
ception of the nation’s floating de
fense was just plain dumb.”
Isn’t it about time for Democratic
headquarters U> forget isolationism—
—and sol&tionists ? _ . „
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make final settlement of the
estate of Mrs. Anna L. Epting in the
Probate court for Newberry county,
S. C., on Monday, the 24th day of
August, 1942, at 10 o’clock in the
forenoon, and will immediately
thereafter ask for my discharge as
Administrator of said estate.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Mrs. Anna L. Epting,
deceased, are hereby notified to file
same, duly verified, with the under
signed, and those indebted to said
estate will please make payment
likewise.
C. K. EPTING, Administrator
July 21, 1942.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement of
the estate of Robert C. Livingston,
deceased, in the Probate Court for
Newberry County, S. C.,* on Friday,
the 28th day of August, 1942 at 10
o’clock in the forenoon, and will im
mediately thereafter ask for my dis
charge as administratrix of said
estate.
All persons having claims against
the estate of Robert C. Livingston,
deceased, are hereby notified to file
the same duly verified, with the un
dersigned, and those indebted to said
estate will please make ipayoient
11 If dX
ANNIE LIVINGSTON,
Administratrix of the estate of
Robert C. Livingston, deceased.
July 23, 1942—4tc.
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These beds cost approximately $22
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Announcements
I llereby announce myself a candi
date for re-election to the House of
Representatives and 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 No71
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 the
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.
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