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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBEHRY SUN 1218 Colleere 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. BEHIND THE LINES The most far-reaching speech of the ‘past generation from the stand point of preserving individual liberty under our American form of govern ment, was made by United States Senator O’Mahoney of Wyoming, Democrat, on December 8, 1942. Without rancor or partisanship, he stows that we face a danger at home, not so much from our enemies “as from the idelogy which made those enemies prepare and precipitate the war, the ideology of the authoritar ian state.’’ We are rapidly drifting toward the totalitarian idea that the state is the master and that the individual has no rights which the state must re spect. The Senator traces the growth of bureaucracy in our country up to the moment, and shows that it is but a short step from the point at which we now are to the European theory of the authoritarian state. “If we believe, as the founders of this nation did, in a separation of the powers of government into legis lative, the executive and the judicial, and if we look for the restoration of that balance after the war, then it is imperative that we should at least make ourselves acquainted ydth the recent trends of government,” said Senator O’Mahoney. He then cites from the record to demonstrate how executive orders and acts of bureaus have developed a new executive legislative function. He shows how “a new manifestation of the expanision power became evident, namely the tendency, by interpreta tion, to expand the power and au thority given by statute. The recent remarkable salary limitation by the Director of Economic Stabilization is a case in point. Again fhe re-writ- ing by regulation of the provisions of the recent price control amend ments to encourage agricultural pro duction, by which the intent of Con gress was defeated to make effective the intent of the bureaus, is another illustration. “To say that Congress intended to surrender its legislative function would, of course be the sheerest non sense. “Advocates of a new order oppos ed to democracy hav e reached their conclusions because they believe that the modem world has become so complex that people can no longer govern themselves as they did in the handicraft era, but must be govern ed by experts who will tell them what they ought to do and also what they must do." Senator O’Mahoney then points out that government by executive order and bureaucratic pronouncements which sidetrack congress, is danger ous because a pattern can be set “whereby weak executives surround ed by tremendous concentrated pow er, will become the instruments of a permanent bureaucracy.” WATCHDOGS OF THE TREASURIES Begining the first of January with the Victory Tax, and the 15th of March with income taxes, millions of Americans will get over the idea that taxes are something that just “the other guy” has to pay. This will be one of the best things that ever happened to the country. Millions of citizens who never took an interest in government before, will begin to watch the financial poli cies of government to se e that pub lic money is not wasted. Boondoggling political schemes will be less popular as vote-getters. SOME WILL DIE A brief news item from a West ern city reports an auto accident. The iriver was burned to a crisp. In his car were found heat-seared contain- rs that had held gasoline. Before ..as rationing these containers would ct have been there; that man would ot have died. A five-gallon can of gasoline in .be home, in the garage or m the jack of a car can bring almost in stant death to anyone in he vicinity. Gasoline does not merely bum. Its fumes in a confined space have the force of dynimite. They will explode without warning, the detonator often being an invisible spark incurred by static electricity. As spring and summer apprised, the temptation will be strong to “save” a little gas for a rip t j the mountains or the seashore. A per centage of those who succu ib to this temptation will meet a horrible death. In all prbability there will be cases where entire homes am destroyed & members of familiee killed or maim ed. They will hav e learned about gasoline—too late. But there are millions of others who will avoid tragedy by heeding the warnings of fire prevention experts; experts who have studied the dangers facing the gasoline hoarder. These experts have pointed out that no gasoline contain er is really leak-proof. A little wa ter in the bottom is sufficient to rust through the best can. They also point out that gas fumes in a base ment in which a furnace is operating are nothing less than a time bomb. Even pouring gas into the Cur tank may pro .’a disastrous, for here again static electricity flas'ii-ir from tank to funnel could result in instant ob livion. These warnings have been issued in an endeavor to save lives and prop erty. They are not appeals to patriot ism. Good excuses by the gas hoard er might avoid the issue of patrio tism. But no amount of rationaliz ing can avoid the prospect of death AN UNPLEASANT PICTURE L. A. Warren, President of Safe way Stores, and a nationally known figure in the food supply field, has presented some interesting figures for public conideraticn. Following the government’s announced plan for rationing of canned goods, Mr. War ren said: “Somewhere along the line a lot .of canned goods have disappeared, don’t believe that food has been con sumed. It is around, either in packed pantries or in warehouses of sipecu- 1 lators, or still in the canneries. ^W; / ...You can spot it every time K TiRY woman knows it’s the extra touches that make a house a home. Ice-cold Coca-Cola is something she likes to add to brighten the most important part of a home, the people in it. Coca-Cola is served with pride. Everybody will be pleased. Its quality carries on, never losing the freshness of appeal which first delighted you. Call for Coca-Cola by its full name or by its friendly abbreviation. Coke. * It’s the real thing. * * * Wartime limits the supply of Coca-Cola. Those times when you cannot get it, remember: Coke, being first choice, sells out first. Ask for it each time. “One of the situations is the disap pearance of the pea pack. The pack in the past has been between 22,000,- 000 and 23,000,000 cases. This year the government said it wanted 12,- 000,000 cases. So the pack was up ped tc 35,000,000 cases. Yet the sup ply of caned .peas has disappeared in ixty days.” AH people must join in plans to save or distribute needed food sup- ilies. Grocery stores are doing tneir best to apportion food fairly to meke .upplies go around, before compul sory rationing is inaugurated. All of us can coooperate and help in this necessary task. We all know what a run on a bank will do. A run on a food supply will accomplish the same result—misery for all the people. STRENGTH OF DEMOCRACY Under a dictatorship, the cost of war can be shrugged off with print ing press money. Under a democra cy, the cost of war is second only in importance to winning the war. The cost of war can destroy democracy just as mercilessly as a military de feat. Sound money and a sound credit structure are the heart of * free society. This war must be financed and won without undermining the nation’s credit. Every citizen must realize that taxes and War Bonds are the on ly weapons that can win the war on the home front. During the coming year the government will spend 1.6 billion dollars every week. This means real hardship, because this vast outlay will not be used to create wealth. It will be blasted out of ex istence in the smoke of bombs and shells and in the wreckage of planes and ships. In the months to come, thousands of banks will be pushing the sale of Bonds as never before. The banker realizes the necessity of sound fi nance. He knows that the value of the money in his keeping and the in dividual freedom of the people who own that money are at stake. They are the strength of democracy. And he knows that by his efforts to sell War Bonds directly to the people he is doing his part to save both. TWO-WAY COOPERATION NEEDED plut Ux In these days of wartime shortages, there may not be as much Coca-Cola as before. But still enough for many pauses that refresh. It’s wise to buy ahead for the home refrigerator. The best is always the better buy! • OTTICO UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY IY NEWBERRY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Government authorities have asked producers and distributors to cooper ate to the maximum of thier ability in the task of supplying necessities to civilians and military personnel They have been told that they must also prepare to supply the ie neces sities to other nations, all from the resources of the United States. This is a big order. It can only be ful filled if cooperation comes from both sides, from the government as well as from the private citizen. It cannot be fulfilled if the private citi zen is threatened with jail every time he makes a mistake. It cannot be fulfilled unless common sense is a part of government policy. A good example of how to create more chaos recently came to light in the nation’s capital. A large depart ment store has been named defendant by the Office of Price Administra tion in legal proceedings for alleged violation of price regulations. In view of the facts, the question of whether the store was actually gull ty is more or less academic. Ac cording to news reports, the store’s price bureau now has on hand three bound volumes of price regulations which total 13,423 pages of closely printed, smaU-type text, and contain an estimated 11,275,000 words. The store is now spending more than $40,- 000 a year in direct costs to main tain its own “price compliance” bu reau. This bureau has 27 full-time employes. Working full time in ad dition to these, is a mimeograph op erator who in the last six weeks has turned out 50,000 forms. A regu lation involving the price of toilet paper took a lawyer and three store executives five days at full time to make it understandable. In another case, picked from scores, 106 pillows were purchased. Before they could be sold, 104 different and distinct forms had to be filled out establish ing 104 price ceilings because there were 104 different styles among the 106 pillows. The manager of the store in ques tion has been in business 31 years. He said that: “We are not antago nistic toward the price ceiling, nor do we want to be arrayed against the OPA.” This manager is like thousands of other retail merchants throughout the country. He is like millions of farmers who produce the food we and our Allies eat. They are trying to get a job done. They will get it done quicker and more ef ficiently if they are not treated as criminals by a lot otf bureaucrats. All they ark is a common-sense plan reasonably enforced. There are signs that we ar e on the way to achieving that end. TRAIN FOR DEFENSE JOBS Miss Margie Fuller of Newberry has completed the course in ship fitting at the West Columbia Resi dent Center and is now employed in the Charleston Navy Yard. Miss Elizabeth Hawkins. Ned Mor ris, John Richardson and Jewel Dunn left Monday to enroll as trainees in shipfitting at West Columbia. Mrs. J. C. Harmon spent Sunday in Columbia with her husband, Mr. Harmon. > FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1943 Maid Of Cotton Picks Cotton Bonnie Beth Byler, 1943’s charming Maid of Cotton, proves she knows the cotton industry from the ground up in this photograph snapped on her farm near Lepanto, Arkansas. Back from two week’s training in New York and a visit to the nation’s capital at Washington, where she participated in inaugural ceremonies for the president of the National Press Club. V'-s Byler begins her official tonr as Maid of Cotton late in F'ohr- o row is visiting at her home at Lepanto, in between app • ' y Mid-South army and navy posts. MT. PLEASANT CLUB The meting of Mt. Pleasant club Was held in the school auditorium Wednesday afternon, Feb. 3. After the meeting was called to order by the vice president, Mrs. Raymond Ringer, the song, When You and I Were Young Maggie, was sung. The council creed and flag sa lute were repeated. The 46th Psalm was read by Mrs. Woodrow Ringer who conducted the devotional. Miss Ethel Counts made a very in teresting and timely talk on, Brood ing Chicks. The following points were stressed; over crowding of chicks, over heating, chilling, food, water, ventilation and cleanliness. Miss Counts also led in a general discussion of Rationing, a subject ot vital interest now. She advised us to spend our money for food most necessary for health of our families. To make every dollar count for most good. Reports were made by chair men of agriculture, finance and pub licity. A donation of $4.15 was given to be forwarded to Mrs. J. Aubrey Estes for the blood-plasma fund. Plans were formed for a valentine party to be held at school Saturday night, Feb. 13. The hostesses Mesdmes J. D. Crooks, J. S. Suber and Catharine Graham served ‘peaches with whipped cream, pound cake a nd spiced tea to the fifteen members present. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Vogel and Mr. and Mrs. Duane Livingston, of Spar tanburg, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs. D. A. Livingston on Summer street. COTTON QUIZ DOES COTTON help KEEP YOUR HOME WARM . IN WINTER 7 — AN5 — Window shades of ^COTTON CLOTH REDUCE >HEAT LOSS THROUGH WINDOWS MORE THAN^. hf 30*A of All heat loss ) is THBniiqW WINDOWS^ NEWS FROM JOHNSON-McCRACKIN CO. Garden or Poultry Wire, 4ft., 2in. mesh, 1 ft., 1 in. mesh. Korean and Kobe Lesipedeza. CERESAN: Treat your cotton seed now. McCormick-Deering Repairs for binders and mowers. Repair now. We have No. 3 Tin Cans. Buy while you can get them. JOHNSON-McCRACKIN COMPANY “Things For The Farmer” I 1 Classified Ads | FOR RENT—Apartment for rent. Mrs. Tom P. Johnson, 1237 Calhoun street. Phone 220-J. 3tp INCOME TAX RETURNS—I am prepared to assist you in filing your income tax return. Will be either at The SUN office or my home. Phone 414-M. MRS. A. H. COUNTS 3tp FOR SALE—Coker Four-In-One wilt resistant and Coker 100 wilt resist ant Cotton Seed, first year from breeder; price $1.50 pfer bushel. Made 48 bales on 35 acres last year. Better buy quick if you want first year seed at reasonable prices. H. O. LONG, Silverstreet, S. C. 2-5tfc INCOME TAX INCOME TAX RETURNS prepared. Call at 1100 Main street or Phone 53 for appointment. 2tp. WANTED—Still buying PECANS— large or small 1941 or 1942 crop.— Bring us any amount. R. DERRILL SMITH, Wholesale Grocer, Newberry. WANTED TO BUY—Scrap Iron, Copper, Aluminum, auto radio part*. Rags, Inner-tubes and Zinc. Loca tion in alley leading to Standard Oil company bulk pia^t. W. H. Sterling. WANTED TO BUY—100 bushels feed oats. H. C. Holloway. 13-20p REAL ESTATE FOR SALE I offer for sale the following prop erty of the estate of Warren T. Ep- ting: House and lot in Newberry, No.' 1517 Johnstone street, two blocks from the business district, facing the Lutheran church, known as the Summer place; The hom e place of Warren T. Ep- ting, 322 acres, in Pomaria and New- Hope school districts: The Samuel Epting place, 60 acres, in Pomaria school district; The Pitts place, 56 acres, in Trin ity school district. For further information, see the undersigned, or Blease & Griffith, attorneys. ERNEST W. EPTING, Executor 1 I Auditor's Notice Returns of personal property, new buildings, transfer of real estate, poll and road tax, are to be made at the County Auditor’s office, beginning: JANUARY 1, 1943 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28, 1943 All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1 poll tax; all persons between the ages of twenty- one and fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay commutation tax of $1. All dogs a re to be assess ed at $1 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your failure to make returns calls for penalty as prescribed by law. .. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Auditor Newberry Cpunty