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sa 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. WHAT A CONTRAST Recent news stories warn of wage increase demands by coal miners, railroad employes, and others. One shipyard labor group on the Pacific Coast announces that if labor deci sions are made favorable to a com peting labor group by the National Labor Relations Board, 350,000 ship yard workers will withdraw their no- stoppage-of-work agreements. A news picture appearing in the same paper carrying these reports, offers a striking comparison. It shows a 28-year-old Oregon flier meeting his wife and three-year-old baby at an Oregon airport. He is on a 15day leave home after 155 hours of combat flying “south of Manda lay,” during the past 13 months. He doesn’t reckon hours or wages on his job any more than millions of others in our armed services. It is inconceivable that any Ameri can worker who has a spark of red blood in his veins, would slow down production or strike for any cause whatsoever, when men on the front are fighting to protect him and his family in peace at home. Small wonder Congress is working on a bill sponsored by Representative Sam Hobbs, Democrat, of Alabama, to control illegitimate labor practices and outlaw racketeering. No wonder Captain Eddie Ricken- backer speaks so bitterly on the in iquity of strikes and hold-ups which hamper production. ■ No wonder the public is sick of labor leadership that keeps the coun try in turmoil and condones or pro motes work stoppages and disrup tion of production, in spite of all pro testations to the contrary COST OF DISILLUSIONMENT It has been popular of late to say that if industry fails to meet the de mands of the “common man” when this war is over, the government will. Suppose plans for full employment falter? Suppose government does step into the picture? It is predicted that socialisation would be the order of the day. If that happened, the common man, which means all of us, would begin to lose personal liberties. The right to strike, the privilege of going to the boss for a raise, the opportunity for personal advancement, the chance to go into business—these are the things that would begin to disappear one by one. The reason for tehir dis appearance would be simple. No man strikes against government. It would be impossible to go to the boss with a grievance, for the boss would be the government, a n d a socialistic govern ment is merely a collection of bureau crats. Under socialism, the man who has a new idea cannot go into busi ness for himself because he cannot compete with government. Disillusionment would co me when it was finally realized that government is not a producer; that every social security check, every government job, and every public official must be supported by the common man, the taxpayer. This is so because the com mon man is the producer. There is no one else to do the job. All so- called government guarantees must be made good by the efforts of the common man, from corporation pres ident to ditch digger. In the last analysis, there remains but one way to guarantee progress and personal securiy. And that way is to sustain free enterprise and con stitutional government at all costs. We must preserve the right of men to forge ahead, to make new discov eries, build new industries and ex pand payrolls. We must encourage industry to produce as never before from our vast latent natural re sources under the ownership of pri vate citizens, with the knowledge that this combination is the only source of progress and real national wealth. Failure to recognize these fundamen tal truths will result in servitude and suffering. being wasted in excessive wages, in cost-plus contracts for war work, in political mismanagement and in a thousand other ways. The excuse is often made that this is a big country, that waste is inevitable. But tha'- it not a valid excuse. There is no ex cuse for continuous waste. The demoralizing influence of gov ernmental waste undermines the fighting spirit of worker and employ er. It will inevitably slow the volun tary sale of government bonds be cause men and women instinctively mistrust a waster even when that waster is their own government. These are fundamental reasons why Congress must halt the wast eof pub lic money. It is not so much the amount of money that is wasted dur ing any given period that will hurt, it is knowingly permitting the waste. In these days of hundred-billion-dol- lar budgets, a single billion may not seem like much. But a wasted bil lion which is part of a trend toward more wasted billions, is a danger signal that cannot be ignored if we value our self respect, our freedom and our financial integrity. Senator Byrd has revealed the waste. The voters and Congress must apply the remedy. NO EXCUSE FOR WASTE Senator Byrd of Virginia has long and courageously opposed govern mental waste. The problem has be come many times greater as the war has progressed. Government spend ing has grown beyond the compre hension of man. It has grown so great, many of us are inclined to dis miss the whole subject with a shrug. And yet as Senator Byrd and others who put interest in their country above all else, know, government spending that leads to uncontrolled waste can ruin the strongest nation just as completely as can military defeat. A nation may survive spending. It cannot survive unchecked waste. Billions of dollars are being wast- | ed. No one can deny that. They are news from JOHNSON-McCRACKIN CO. Garden or Poultry Wire, 4ft., 2in. mesh, 1 ft., 1 in. mesh. Korean and Kobe Le^pedeza. CERESAN: Treat your coOon 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” BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMiPS AND KEEP ON BUYING THEM RAYS OF HOPE A LL night long, light streams from the windows of l. a railroad station ... like friendly rays of hope in a darkened world. For this is the night watch on the Southern Railway System. It’s quiet... for a moment. But only for a moment. Soon a headlight will pierce the darkness. Soon another troop train will come thundering by. Or another train of oil and coal cars. Or another fast Southern freight, loaded with guns and tanks and food and tools of war. Then a proud smile will light the face of the railroad man on the night watch. For he knows that the trains rushing by in increasing numbers are carrying fighting freight and fighting men toward certain Victory. . . toward a Victory to which he and his co-workers on the Southern Railway are making mighty contributions. And when the war is won, these men and women of the Southern will do another great job. For then the South will enter a new era of growth and opportunity. Its already mighty industry will grow by leaps and bounds. New products will come from its farms and mines and forests. Its cities and ports will throb with the ever -expanding commerce of a free world. Thus, in the rays of light streaming from a railroad station at night, we see the promise of a happier to morrow. .. the certainty of a new and greater Southland. President PREDICTS AXIS WILL GO DOWN IN DEFEAT BEFORE END OF '43 Chicago, Feb. 6.—Dr. Melchior Palyi, former adviser to Germany’s Reichsbank, predicted today that the war would end this year—possibly well before the end of the year. “The war cannot last long any more,” he concluded. “The question is not weather it will be over in 1943. The question is: Will it be over much before the end of 1943?” As soon as the Axis armies real ize that they hav e no prospect of winning and every prospect of be ing annihilated, he said, “their morale will break and the surrender of both Germany and Japan will become a matter of precipitated decision.” “They,” he added, “are close to" it already.” Dr. Palyi, in an article in the American Family magazine, outlin ed his views on he current status of the war this way: The United Nations have taken the offensive on every front, reduced tha battle of the Atlantic to “compara tively small proportions,” and achiev ed aerial superiority. German civi lian morale is “running low,” while the Reich’s economic system has been hurt badly by air attacks, and short ages of skilled workers and strategic raw materials. Hitler’s railroads are inadequate. Japan’s naval power has been “badly reduced” and stalemated. In an essentially industrial war, the economist wrote, the allies en joyed a great advantage. He re ported the allies had three to four fold superiority in man power, and a superiority in production that was best indicated in annual steel produc ing capacity—130,000,000 or more tons for the allies, against approxi mately 54,000,000 for the axis. In terms of dollars, he figured the Unit ed States alone was spending about three times as much on armaments as the axis. To bring this superiority of men and materials to bear upon the ene my, he added, the United States alone was increasing its shipping tonnage at the rate of 1,000,000 tons a month. “All this,” he stated, “goes a long way to prove not only that the final victory is certain, but also that it cannot be vrey far.” Auditor's Notice Returns of personal property, naw 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 tag; all persons between the ages of twenty- one and fifty outside of incorporated towns are liable to pay commutation tax of fl. All dogs are to be assess ed at $1 each. AH returns are to be made School Districts. Your failure make returns calls for penalty prescribed by law. .. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, . Auditor Newberry County REAL ESTATE FOR SALE I offer for sale the following prop erty of the estate of Warren T. Ep- ting: House and lot in Newberiy, No. 1517 Johnstone street, two blocks from the business district, facing the Lutheran church, known as the Summer place; The home 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 WA* &ONOS */%*ftS* TOP THAT m ~ ■ —*' What is your first thought when there is a fire? Isn’t it: “IS IT MY PROPERTY?” Avoid any Second Questions, such as— “Have I Enough Insurance?” “Where Will My Fanuly Go?” “What Will I do Now?” By carrying adequate protection through one of our Agency’s Policies. Our reputation for prompt service is as well known as our firm. Call, or pay us a visit today. Newberry Ins. & Realty Co. “Your Protection Our Business” E. B. (Ned) PURCELL, President SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM Poultry Wanted The Greenville Poultry Company will have a truck in Newberry Every THURSDAY from 10 to 11:30 a. m. CASH PRICES AS FOLLOWS: Colored Hens, pound 24c Leghorn Hens, pound 20c Roosters, pound *. 10c Turkey Toms, pound! 23c Turkey Hens, pound 25c Ducks and Geese, pound ! 12c Loading Point at Lake’s Machine Shop This will be a regular schedule,rain or shine Be on Time and Tell Your Neighbors Do Not Feed Poultry on Day of Sale Greenville Poultry Co.