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/ t»AGE PtttJlt THE NEWBEERt SUN Friday, November 20, 1942 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year One Dollar Published Every Friday In The Year Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at the postoffice at Newberry. South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. THEY MIGHT BE ALIVE TODAY Admiral Moreell, chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Yards and Docks, in an address to the American Fed eration of Labor convention at Toron to, put the American workmen—and labor leaders—squarely on the spot. Among other things, he told the workers that “you cannot have your cake and eat it too. You exist by virtue of the fact that this is a dem ocratic country and, therefore, you have to preserve and protect demo cratic institutions. When the coun try is in peril, as it is today, all rules must be relaxed or waived complete ly. It is just as sensible for you fellows to take the position that a brick mason cannot, in time of emer gency, help out with the placing of a eteel beam, as it is for a marine to take the position that, because he is trained as a machine gunner, he can not use a rifle or unload a landing boat. What a hell of a war this would be if such rules were applied to the boys on the firing line. “. . . . no one can live without la bor, but they certainly can live with out labor unions. They are living without them in Germany and in Italy, and in Japan .... and they will damn well live without them here if all of you don’t get in there and pitch.” Here are the sentiments of millions of Americans. They are written on the wall in the blood of American sol diers, sailors and airmen who have died because strikes and slowdowns in vital industries reduced our pro duction of the machines of war—men who would have been living today had they but received a new plane, a tank, a gun. PENALTY OF UNCONTROLLED DEBT In the year ending June 30, 1943, the Government expects to have to pay bills which will total around $75,- 000,000,000. All of this vast sum can not be secured by taxation. A good part, $25,000,000,000 or more, will have to be borrowed. The govern ment will have to borrow it in many ways, chiefly from the commercial 1 banks. Banks managements are accom plishing their part of the war financ ing task with unsurpassed excel lence. But the public is not doing its part fully, as yet. There is a defi nite limit on the amount of govern ment bonds the banks can absorb without endangering the security of the country. Sale of billions of dollars of war bonds must be made directly to the public if we are to preserve the American system of representative government and free enterprise. Further, and of even greater impor tance, as Harry Scherman pointed out in a recent Post article entitled, “In visible Greenbacks,” the amount bor rowed is not as vital as the halting of borrowing beyond essential war purposes. Ultimate economic collapse is the penalty of uncontrolled debt. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cooley and son Tommy, of Elkton, N C., were week end visitors in the home of Mrs. Cooley’s mother, Mrs. C. J. Purcell. A DANGEROUS ASSUMPTION Too many people assume that an all-out war has to be fought by an all-out dictator government. This is not true. And it could never be true because modern war requires gigan tic production and governments are not producers. At best, they can force the citizen to produce under compulsion, after the citizen has failed to do so for one reason or an other. America is outproducing Europe’s slaves because free men are doing the job. If they are allowed to fin ish the war as such, there is not the slightest doubt as to the outcome. Victory will be ours. Our industries are rolling at an unheard-of pace. But they could do even more if bu reaucrats and the people would once and for all realize who must keep mines and factories going full blast. Let government place the orders un der proper supervision-—American in dustry will do the rest. Our armament and plane makers, our utilities, our railroads have prov ed they can accomplish miracles. The oil industry has been ready for months to begin production of o-m- thetic rubber, awaiting only the “po" signal from officialism. Our metal and timber resources are being utiliz ed to the fullest by the ingenuity of private management, and the coal in dustry has provided the nation wipi the biggest stock pile of fuel in his tory. All of these things have been and are being done by private citizens. They, and not the bureaucrats, should get the credit. BLUNT TRUTH Agriculture is one of our most es- assential industries, but it remains the orphan of the war effort, not withstanding the political uprohr that has surrounded its problems. Manpower is the most critical of these problems, plus a lack of faith by the dirt farmers in the ability of the Washington swivel-chair farm ers. The Dairymen’s League Coopera tive Association of New York recent ly published some figures relative to thousands of producers going out of business, that make grave reading for the consumer. The blunt truth is that our farmers either will be giv- the opportunity to produce, or we will starve. And if we wait much longer, we will suffer severely be cause it takes years to replace a good milk cow that has been slaughtered for beef. JOHN THOMAS BOLAND John Thomas Boland, 90, died at the home of his son, Claude Boland, early Saturday morning after several month’s illness. Surviving are the following chil dren, Mrs. J. S. Stoudemayer, Mrs. C. M. Free, Claude Boland of Pb- maria, Mrs. S. F. Rampey, Piedmont and J. D. Boland, White Rock; also 22 grandchildren and 24 great grand children Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning at tl a. m. from St. John’s church with Rev. Shelton Moose officiating. Interment follow ed in the church cemetery. It’s no hardship for moden American women to give up their silk and nylon when cotton hosiery is so smart and serves so well. For war days when we’re walking more, cotton hose are both stylish md comfortable. And they’re particularly smart' with tweed or tailored clothes. Pictured, upper left, is a novelty mesh weave in beige; upper right, all-around hose for sports and utility wear; and lower right, a heavie., ribbed hose for daytime wear. Typical of all cotton, the ho-'e ere stronaer when wet than dry, enabling frequent w askings. • Courtesy Cleveland Mew* LOCAL FARMERS HARVESTING IMPORTANT CROP By J. H. TALBERT Soil Conservationist Lespedeza sericea is gradually be coming an important crop in New berry county. Farmers in this coun ty who harvested sericea seed dur ing the past week were D. L Ruff, C. T. Smith, C. L. Lester, Dick Boul- ware, and others. The demand for these seed will be great next year, as farmers are realizing the value of this crop from the standpoint of hay and seed crops as well as for erosion Janey closed the bedroom door and locked it. Alone at last! She threw back her head and heaved a deep sigh. Then she peeked out of the corner of her eye at the mirror to see whether she really did look like Hedy LaMarr. Quite a lot, she decided. And now to business. She drew forth from the bottom of her top bu-. reau drawer the sheet of pink writ-! ing-paper and the envelope that she had been saving for this day. She! sat down at the table by the window; and dipped the pen into the bottle of green ink that her sister Rose was such a pig about. She wrote, with; beautiful ara-l besques, “Dear; Mr. Morgenthau,”' and held her head back to admire this effort of the best pupil in penmanship class. “Here are my stamps for a bond. $18.75. I started last Christmas when I got $3.00. Not counting 50 cents, I have earned all the rest, working one or more days a week at a local gro cery store, and I’m quite proud to say I worked hard to get it.” Janey stared out of the window at Peterson’s house and beyond at the big yard where the kids were play ing football. She held her pen ele gantly in air. “Sitting here looking out the win dow, I see a peaceful little town, and I wonder how the world can be in such a turmoil and the people of this world can have such hate for their fellow men. So I’m proud to send these stamps because I know I’m helping to make the whole world peaceful again like our little town.” She signed her name with an im portant flourish, not forgetting a con spicuous “Miss” in front of the “Janey.” After she had sealed the letter she went on staring out of the window. It really was awfully peace ful. Overhead she heard a plane go humming by through the sunny aft ernoon air. Then the voice of her best friend, Betty, called from outside—“Jan ey!” In an instant Janey was on her feet and tearing downstairs and out. She was not Hedy LaMarr nor a deep philosopher any more, but exactly twelve years old. (Letter from an actual communication In tn* Sica of the T«a»ury ^Department.) Grown-ups and children alike should all help the “breadwinner” of the family to budget for War Bonds. Let’s all join a payroll savings plan and "top that 10% by New Year’s.” . V. S. Tnanry Dtparlmtnl control. Kudzu is becoming a very popular crop in this county, especially so on those farms which have a stand al ready established, such as on the farms of C. B. Parr, D. L. Ruff, Ralph Whitaker, J. F. Hawkins and a few others. Areas have been selected on ap proximately 50 of the farms that have been planned by the Soil Con servation Service during the year for the planting of kudzu. Since this kudzu is to be planted duimg the late winter the land should be prepared just as soon as possible, It has beqn found that the best method is to lay off furrows on the contour 20 feet apart. An application of compost ap plied in these furrows with 200 lbs. of heid phosphate applied in the fur row on the compost is the next step. The compost and acid phosphate should be cover d by ridging on the furrows, constructing beds approxi mately 10 feet in width. With the harvesting of crops prac- ticaly completed, many farmers in Newberry county are making plans for constructing terraces this fall and winter. In many cases heavy tractor terrac ing equipment will be used to build the terraces, but satisfactory terraces can be built with equipment on the farm. Equipment which may be used for terracing where larger ter racing units are not available includes turn plows and long-wing terracing plows; home made V-drags, and drag pans. An important .point to remember in terracing land is to have a safe place to empty terraces. A wooded aera, a well sodded pasture, or a natural draw protected by a well-established, close growing crop such as lespedeza sericea or kudzu are good places to empty terraces. Typical examples of the advantages of terraces may be found on farms located in every section of Newberry county. MANURE-SAVING PROGRAM FOR SPRING PLANTING ADVOCATED South Carolina farmers anticipat ing fertilizer shortages for 1943 spring crops may prepare now to make the best possible use of their farm manure, County Agent P. B. Ezell says., Since most of the avoidable losses of farm manure are due to improper handling, four rules for farm opera tors are suggested. These rules are based on the general principle that it pays to save all the manure, and that air must be kept out if the fertilizer value is to be kept in. 1. Use bedding material or litter that will not only keep stock clean but will also conserve manure values. Good litter should absorb liquids, re main well in place, and not be dusty or excessively coarse. 2. Provide flooring that will save the liquid part of the manure—con crete if .possible. 3. Compact the manure to exclude air. The easiest way to do this is to let the animals tramp it down. 4. See that manure piles, if not covered, are high and narrow and protected on the sides. Excess of air inside the pile results in excessive heating and loss of organic matter and nitrogen. Fertilizer values of manure, of outstanding importance during war time, are not its only benefits. Ma nure use also adds humus to the soil and improves tilth, water-holding ca pacity, aeration, temperature rela tions, and activity of micro-organ isms. Long-time benefits are thus predicted for American farmers who learn from wartime shortages to con serve manure value. PUNCHES CLOCK AGAIN...FOR BOY IN JAP PRISON Retired machinist back in harness puts 20% in War Bonds Oscar used to be a first-class ma chinist. Five years ago he retired to live out the rest of his life on a pen sion. The other morning he showed up again at his old plant, which now makes war equipment, and asked for his old job back. When payday came, he signed up with the Payroll Savings Plan to put 20% of his pay in War Bonds. Seems Oscar’s boy was on Bataan. The Most You Can Save Is the Least You Can With people like Oscar making real sacrifices to help win the war, is it too much for you to put aside as little as 10% of your pay for War Bonds? Sign up for at least 10% at your place of business today 1 "On the level folks, we’ve ell got to buy more War Bonds! Let’s top that 10% by New Year’s." "Hey, you’se folks, don’t forget to go over th’ top with that 10% by 1CH f*r every pmy LiV Abner says— Gawshl There ain’t much time b’fore New Year’s— and we gotta sign up far War Bonds with 10% of our pay by that timel DRED W. DOWD Dred Washington Dowd, 60, died Sunday morning at his home on Riv er street. He had been in ill health for some time but bis death qame un expectedly. He was bora and reared in the Mount Tabor section of the county but has lived in Newberry for a num ber of years. He is survived by one brother, James M. Dowd of Leesville, end on e sister, Mrs. Emma Frick of Newber ry: also a large number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held a 3 o’clock Monday afternoon from Mount Tabor Lutheran church with the Rev. D. M. Shull officiating. Interment was in the church ceme tery. The nephews served as pall bearers. HOLIDAY NOTICE Thursday, November 26, Being Thanksgiving Day We Will be Closed for Bush ness, The South Carolina National Bank Newberry, S. C. Newberry College New War Emergency Courses In Business Administration Newberry college offers its second five months’ war emergency business course, with certificate, to prepare students for civil service positions. Course includes; Vocabulary building in army, navy and aviation terms, with basic studies; development of Typing skill in code work as used by military forces, and mechanics of army and navy correspondence; Business English, civil- ian and military correspondence; Busi ness Law and Spelling; Office Procedure and Practice; Office machines, with in-** structions and practice in cutting sten cils, mimeographing and manipulation of calculating machines. Also is offered a sixty-day course in military typing, $10. Special shorthand courses at corres pondingly low rates. Classes begin November 15. Students should register as soon as pos sible at the college office. Telephone 245 for any further information desired.