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tHE EHBl^RESRRY SITIf FRIDAY, SEPTtMBKK u, 1942 111S Collect Strwt N«wb«rry, S. C. 0. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publiahar One Year One Dollar Published every Friday Entered aft second-class matter December I, 1987, at the pest office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1879. On the first day of September, the greatest war the world has ever known entered its fourth year. Those three years have witnesed a series of almost uninterrupted triumphs for Hitler and his satellites. The time table of conquest makes almost in credible reading—Poland fell in 28 days, Denmiirk in one day, Norway in two months, Belgium in 18 days, France in 43 days. Of all the nations Hitler has invaded, Russia alon e re mains. It is very likely that histor* ians of the future will write that Russia was the savior of the free world. Whatever happens, the mag nificent resistance of the Red Army will mark one of the brightest and bravest pages in the long and sangui nary history of combat. Chi December 7, 1941, Japan joined hands with the Axis. And the jap timetable ofconquest is comparable to that of Hitler. Guam was taken in five days. Wake Island was conquer ed in 14 days, after a superb defense by a handful of United States Mar ines. Malaya, with its supposedly im pregnable naval bast at Singapore, fell in 54 days. The Philippines were forced to surrender in a little less than five months. In short, the war so far has consisted largely of a ser ies of disasters for United Nations' forces^—and a series of great victor ies for the dictators. That is simply a mater of record, and it does no ser vice to the democratic cause to at tempt to hide the truth. Basicaly, he cause of all this is simply explained’ The enemy was ready for war, and we and our Allies were not. The enemy understood precisely what total war means—and we did not. In Germany and Japan there are no strikes. There is no shilly-shallying on the part of the officials of the government. There is a grim and all-encompassing effi ciency’ The Axis means to destroy us utterly, and every .source at its command is devoted completely to that end. So much for the debit side. On the credit side there is also a great deal to say at the end of three years of war. The quality of the United Na tions' fighting men is first class. Only a little of the long and bloody story is now known—but that little is magnificent. The RAF ofter Dun kirk, the Russians before Sevastopol, the Dutch airmen and sailors in the East Indies, the U. S. Army in Ba- tan, the Marines in the Solomons— in those campaigns free men wrote with their blood a glorious saga of courage and achievement. The Ger mans and the Japs have paid a tre mendous price for their victories. There is much to be said for Amer ican war production. The burden of supplying the troops of all the United Nations falls squarely on us. No other nation has even a tithe of our potential productive capacity. And it can be said to the everlasting credit of American indutry that the change, over from production for peace to production for war, was generally made swiftly and effectively. But there are many bad spots still. We have not yet achieved, in many vital lines, the essential production goals which have been laid down. There has been mismanagement in labor, in government, and in industry itself. These bad spots must be erased "be fore we can carry the war fully to the enemy. No American should feel op timistic today. He should feel, in stead, that infinitely more must be done before victory can be assured. He must not forget that this war can be lost if we fail to coordinate our efforts. It is a favorite saying in Washing ton that“the American people don’t yet realize the gravity of the situa tion.” But, as many columnists have been pointing out, Washington offi cialdom has created confusion and in decision in the minds of the people. The conflicting “official reports” that still seep out of Washington con cerning such baic issues as rubber, fuel, gasoline,the draft, etc., have at tained the stature of a national scan dal. Only lately, through Elmer Davis’ Office of War Information, has a start been made toward clari fying official policy. Every poll in dicates that the American people are wiling, ready and even eager to make any necessary sacrifice—if only their leaders will tell them simply and clearly what sacrifices are needed. We are just beginning to fee) the economic effects of war. Non-essen tial businesses are closing fast. Whole occupations—such as that of the salesman—are being virtually wiped out. As store inventories run down, it will be impossible to Buy such once-plentiful commodities as radios, stoves water heaters, and any number of other conveniences. Taxes will be even heavier next year than they ;are now, and it seems inevitable that a sales tax and some form of enforced savings will soon be adopted. In many fields, the labor shortage is acute. These are but a few of the consequences of total war. As the warenters its fourth year, Germany & Japan dominate an im mense part of the globe. They have gained through conquest, gigantic quantities of vital raw materials. Despite its losses, the German Army is still the most potent military ma chine on earth. But, at the same time, America’s growing military power is at last being felt. The U. S. Army is increasing fast in num bers, and it is being superbly equip ped. he U. S. Navy and Air Forces have demontrated that they have splendid striking power and brilliant leadership. The courage of Allied fighting men is beyond question. To paraphrase Winston Churchill’s phrase, if we give these fighting men enough tools, they will finish the job. MISS DOROTHY DAWKINS CELEBRATED TENTH BIRTHDAY THURSDAY Little Miss Dorothy Dawkins was hostess to about thirty-five of her friends at a delightful party at her home on Fair street on last Thurs day afternoon in celebration of her tenth birthday. During the after noon contests and games were en joyed. The living room where the children were received by the little hostess, was attractively decorated in late posies. After several games and contests, the children were invited to tfie lawn where delicious ice cream, cakes and candy was served by the hostess’ mother, Mrs. Ben F. Daw kins, assisted by Misses Wessinger and Dominick, cousins of the honoree. Out of town guests who enjoyed this pleasant event were little Betty Lou Oswald of Columbia and John" & Joe Dawkips, twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dawkins of Prosperity. Dorothy received many lovely and useful gifts. r .. .You can , spot it every time I IKE “winning a letter”, keeping out in front of the ^ others takes an extra something. Coca-Cola has it, —in taste ... in quality ... in refreshment. The finished art that comes from 57 years of practice goes into the making of Coca-Cola. A special blend of flavor-essences merges all the ingredients of / Coca-Cola into a unique, original taste of its Everybody recognizes this clean, exciting quality taste in Coca-Cola. There are many ways to quench your thirst, but only Coca-Cola refreshes like Coca-Cola. Contentment comes when you connect with a Coke. ' f ^ It’* natural for popular names to acquire friendly abbreviations. That’s why you hear Coca-Cola called Coke. Coca-Cola and Coke mean the ■' same thing ... the real thing... “a single thing coming from a single source, and well known to 'he community”. ^ The best is always the better buy! The Spectator A government analyst tells some things of interest. I offer several items from a survey recently publish ed. One item (just a few millions j is impressive because if its large meas ure of futility. I refer to press agencies which try to glorify bureau crats and which mystify the public. About the first thing done in Wash ington when an office is created is toget a publicity staff to pour out stuff. Here are the items collected for our edification: ITEM I—27 million dollars a year is being spent on information and pub licity service of the Government, most of it unneeded. 19 mil'ion dollars is payroll. ITEM II—Bureaucracy is reaching incredible heights and brazenness. Bureaucrats, past masters in govern mental finagling, fight to keep their jobs. And succeed. Many agencies wholly unnecessary to the war are scrambling for priorities to keep their personel from BEING DRAFT ED or ASSIGNED TO WAR JOBS. ITEM III—WPA music concerts hav e thus far COST TAXPAYERS 125 MILLION DOLLARS. Yet recently when USO suggested free WPA con certs for soldiers, WPA balked, re fused, insisted federal music projects could not give free concerts for sol diers and sailors. ITEM IV—In 1930 if cost $46.70 per Indian to administer Indian affairs. In 1942 it costs $98.98. Indian Bu reau employs 12,510 persons to look after 364,000 Indians—ONE EM PLOYEE FOR EVERY 31 INDIANS. While Indian population was increas- creasing 10 per cent, appropriations were increasing 106 per cent—from 17 million dollars in 1930, to 35 mil lion dollars in 1942. ITEM V—A recent news story said that the cost to construct a TEM PORARY army camp in Carolina was $1 per cubic foot. That’s what it cost to build the magnificecnt Lin coln Memorial in Washington. It’s made of the MOST EXPENSIVE MARBLE. Cheeseburgers are offered at road side lunch places. Cheeseburgers! Well, what is that? Is it connected by blood or marriage with cheese or burgers? 'Not necessarily A ham burger has no ham. What sort of “burger”would it be if it had ham? Ham between bread is a ham sand wich; cheese between a roll is a cheeseburger. So the roll must be the BURGER. A hamburger must be a sort of thing which originated in Hamburg, just as a sandwich is some thing which Lord Sandwich used to take to Parliament as a quick lunch. The noble lord is immortalized by this sandwich burger or burgerized sand wich, as you may prefer, though he seems not to have achieved lastjqg renown otherwise. What, by the way, is the differ ence between a Hamburger and a Salisburg steak? Are they half- brothers, or cousins, or are they just German and English? Should we 100 .per cent Americans eat hamburgers while fighting the Germans? Or is the cooking of a Hamburger symbolical with putting a German on a hot spot, while the onions asphyxiate him? Do we ini biting, chewing and swallowing a hamburger fancy ourselves as des troying something German? Let’s be American and eat meat balls, or a ground meat sandwich. Not that it matters what we call it, provided it’s served ALL THE WAY. of wars.” And s o, with love for his •people and his country; and with faith in Jehovah, this young Ameri can in Khaki, goes forth, like David believing that the war is the Lord’s. Our men in the services are doing splendidly. On every battle front and in every engagement the armed services are upholding the finest tra ditions of our people for personal dash, for fortitude under hardship, for sustained power, for the un flinching courage of heroes. With all these soldierly qualities, together with the guidance of the King we can press on with confidence. Unfortu- natetly we at home are not giving ourselves fully to the war. While our boys are giving themselves un reservedly in battle, we are quibbling over wages; over hours, over all sorts of petty interests, which should be forgotten in a mighty enlistment of us, all, for Uncle Sam. An all-out military effort must be based on and all civilian effort at home. This is more than a war for Uncle Sam; it is a war to conserve all the fruits so far gathered from the earthly ministry of the Prince of Peace. Mr. Farmer, how about making a crop next year? Can you do it? Is the scarcity of labor worrying you? Could we farmers do a bit of co operative farming? There are over draft-age “hands” in every communi ty. Can we pool our “hands”, and tractors for a vigorous effort to gether? Perhaps we may learn to reduce our production cost through such a method. At any rate, is it not time to put on our thinking caps? I have read a letter from a soldier to his mother and father. This lad came home from the far west to re cover from an illness. He was due to leave home on a certain day for the long trip back to his unit, but he didn’t want to go thru the ordeal of good-byes, so he slipped off a day ahead and then wrote to his home folk. I quote a few sentences at random: ‘Please forgive me for not saying good-bye. Don’t worry about me. I’ve enjoyed spending my fur lough at home. Also enjoyed the good home cooking.” I know that We can believe that. And we all know that the lad’s mother was never hap pier than in trying to satisfy the hunger of her soldier son. I quote again: “A soldier must fight for his country. I’ll do my part for Uncle Sam. I’m proud of being an Ameri can. We should be proud and thank ful to live in America. God leads America with Him; we have no fear With war, there’* less Coca-Cola. So Coca-Cola, first choice, sell* out first— sometimes may not be in the red cooler. Worth waiting for... those times when “The ‘Coke’s’ in”. SOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY When the depression threw mil lions of men out of work, women, boys and girls went out in all sorts of service. Even that left so many millions without a means of liveli hood tnat our Government tried every expedient to enable everyone to earn his bread and meat without sacrifice of personal dignity. Of course we went far afield, as we enthusiastic and idealistic Americans always do. We made a career out jf these make shift jobs, established minimum pay, maximum hours, holidays—and all the trappings of an established _or- der of things. We did some things which seem today very childish, even foolish; but the emergency and the motive should excuse much. When war was declared and unemployment was no longer a national problem we should have discontinued our impro vised scheme of National Samaritan ism and concentrated on the great task of saving our civilization. Not so, however. All the boondoggling declared itself on a war footing and pompously engaged in so-called war- work. Some figures have come to hand and, as Shakespeare sajs, “Thereby hangs a tale.” You hear about the war-training of the NY A well, the record shows that each person trained by the NYA cost $167, as compared with $23 aver age in vocational schools. Now we can understand why all those draw ing NYA salaries and allowances snould try to convert this agency in to a war agency. We are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on services which are not necessary and we are spending billions unnec essarily on war contracts. Even the vast wealth of this country can’t stand such an outpouring. In saying that we are spending billions unnecessarily I am not using words carelessly, but an explanation is desirable. It takes us back to the opportunity of a year ago, even nine months ago, to face a situation which wasclear even then. Let me digress a moment. Just af ter the Irirst World War we were told that plans were on file for mob ilizing all our resources of men, money and industry if war should again embroil us in its terrific dis locations and hardships. Everything was ready; only the button must be touched to marshall all our forces for war. Recalling the profiteers in business, and the ten-dollar-silk- shirt boys of labor, and the wild orgy of spending and speculation-—all these things prompted the formula tion of a war plan which would pre vent inflation and profiteering. Where are all those beautiful plans? year ago our Government began holding down some prices. Steel and copper were among the first, as I recall. And the Nation Card of Thanks TO MY FRIENDS OF NEWBERRY COUNTY: Since I cannot extend to all of you in person my thanks for the votes, influence, encouragement, and assistance given me in the race tor the United States Senate, I wish in this manner to tell all of those who aided me of my sincere thanks for what you did. The confidence the people of Newberry County have expressed in me and the principles for which I have stood have touched me much. I hope, as 1 believe, that my campaign was of benefit to the people of South Carolina and to our great country, as well as to those of my home county. May we all stand United for what is best for our people, and at this time es pecially may we give our undivided efforts to support our country in these days of war tragedy SINCERELY, Eugene S* Blease has saved many millions of dollars by the controls set up by the Gov ernment. But how did the Govern ment expect to control even those prices, while multiplying taxes and wages ? In those first days the whole Nation would have applauded a ceiling for everything. Many saw the very simple truth, and Mr. Ba ruch was constant in his advocacy of thorough-going control. Instead of that a policy of temporizing and va cillating was in effect—and still is. And the efect was a persistent fight for higher wages, with short hours. After a time the farmers’ friends entered the fight, tho the farmers’ increases are at a speed which is more like that of a turtle than the rabbit-like springs of wages. But I haven’t explained the bil lions yet. Well, some months ago, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy told a Committee of the Senate that over-time pay, based on 40 hours for the week, would cost the navy at least five billion dollars on contracts amounting to sixty billions. Well, the contracts today amount to double that, at least, and the total au-horiza- tions exceed two hundred billions! So figure it out for yourselves how much the war is costing us unneces sarily, for if a ceiling had been put on everything no one could have called for higher pay. And if we had been more patriotic & less political the forty hour week would have been raised to forty eight hours, at least for the War. New Zealand, the home of much of the social experi mentation of recent years, changed from 40 hours a week to 54 hours for the period of the War. Obviously we are paying abulously for our failure to think straight and act promptly. What would be our fate if men at the front adopted an eight-hour day, with a forty-hour week? Is it right for us back home to en joy short hours, big pay, security and ease, while men suffer hard ships, perils, mutilations, and even death, for us? WILEY HASKELL CALDWELL, JR. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Caldwell of Florence announce the birth of a son, Wylie Haskell, Jr., at the McLeod In- firmiary on Saturday, August 29th. Mrs. Caldwell is the former Miss Isabel Blackwel of Florence. Mr. Caldwell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Caldwel of Newberry. FOR SALE—Genuine Oliver mower repair parts at DAVIS MOTOR CO. 4tc. WANTED—Wire coat-hangers, will pay 1c each for them. Bring them to us or phone 310 and we will pick them up. Newberry Steam Laundry and Dry Cleaners Co. 4tc WANTED—Will purchase or rent typewriters from individuals. See, write or telephone Miss Alvadele Wilson, P. O. Box 168, telephone No. 64, Newberry, South Carolina. COTTON SHEETS—For the beTt Cotton Sheets see Johnson-McCrack- in company. 4tc Are you entitled to wear a “target” lapel button? You are if you are investing at least ten percent of your in come in War Bonds every pay day. It’s your badge of pa triotism. WANTED TO BUY—Scrap Iron, Copper, Aluminum, auto radio parts. Rags, Inner-tubes and Zinc. Loca tion in alley leading to Standard Oil company bulk plant. W. H. Sterling. NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of Effie G. Dominick, de ceased, in the Probate Court for Newberry county, -S. C., on Tuesday, October 6, 1942 at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge . as administrator of said estate. All persons having claimsaonhpgdt All persons having claims against the estate of Effie G. Lominick, "de ceased, are hereby notified to fiile the same, duly verified, with the undersigned, or his attorneys, Blease & Griffith, Newberry, S. C., and those indebted to said estate will please make paymetn likewise. J. W. LOMINICK, Administrator of the estate of Effie G. Dominic, deceased. Newberry, S. C., Sept. 3, 1942. i *4- .. ■ & ■»;> ■ This mask gives protection against attack by gas. Opaline Motor Oil protects engines against attack of heat and friction. Make protection your first thought when you buy motor oil for your car. Make sure the oil does not , contain any “5th Columnist” wax and petroleum jelly—those non-lubricating substances that turn water-thin in heat. You can be sure by buying Sinclair Opaline Motor Oil. Opaline is freed of wax and petroleum jelly by an extra refining process. It protects your engine on the hottest day. And it lasts so long it saves you money. Play safe and save money. Ask your nearby Sinclair Dealer for Sinclair Opaline ' < Motor Oil. , Strother C. Pay singer AGENT SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY To The Farmers of Newberry ... and t Surrounding Counties Bring your COTTON to the FARMER’S BONDED WAREHOUSE, Federal license No. 2-1294 for prompt Service. Having been approved by the CCC and having received contracts for the 1942-43 Gov ernment loan, we are now ready to put your cotton i,n loan and issue check here at the Warehouse. If you want to sell, two buyers on yard at all times are paying top prices for both long or short staple. —YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED. FARMERS Bonded Warehouse ' ' 4 * JNO. W. -ROBERTSON, Manager