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VOLUME 6—NUMBER 23
Published Weekly
NEWBERRY, S. C. FRIDAY MARCH 26, 1943
The Rising Sun—1856-1860
I TELL MY TROUBLES TO A
SOLDIER
(By Ca.pt. A. A. Roe)
I’m a good loyal citizen of the U.S.A
I buy bonds and stamps on each pay
day,
I pay my taxes as they become due;
I think after all that, I should be
through.
I dont like the way this war is run
I’m denied all my pleasure and all
my fun,
I’m sick of rationing and regimenta-
tion;
I’m denied the right to an explana
tion.
I don’t know what we’re all coming
to,
I don't think those in charge know
■what to do,
I want to hold on to my “Bill of
Rights,”
I tell you Jim, I’m sick of this fight.
Thus I wrote to a solider friend of
mine,
He was somewhere, away out on a
firing line,
The other day he wrote me in reply,
Ever since then I’ve bean wanting to
cry.
The Soldier Answered
So you’re sick of the way the coun
try’s run,
And you’re sick of the way the ra
tioning is done,
And you are sick of standing around
in line,
You’re sick you say—'Well, that’s just
fine.
So am I sick of the sun and the heat,
And I’m sick of the feel of my ach
ing feet.
I’m sick of the mud and the jungle
flies,
I’m sick of the stench when the night
mists rise.
And I’m sick of the siren’s wailing
shriek,
I’m sick of the groans of the wound
ed and weak.
I’m sick of the sound of the bomber’s
dive
And I’m sick of seeing the dead alive.
I’m sick of the roar, the noise and
the din
And I’m sick of the taste of food
from a tin;
I’m sick of the slaughter, I’m sick to
my soul,
And I’m sick of playing a killer’s role.
I’m sick of all this blood, death and
hell.
And I’m even sick of myself as well;
But I’m even sicker of the tyrant’s
rule
In conquered lands where the wild
beast drool.
And I’m cured damn quick as I think
of the day
When ali this hell will be out of the
way;
Then none of this mess will havo
been in vain
And the lights of the world will go on
again.
JOHN ROSS ENLISTS
(Navy News Release)
John Gilliam Ross, 17, son of
Mrs. Maude G. Ross 824
Drayton street, Newberry, has en
listed in the Navy’s new program
for procurement of 17-year-old high
school seniors and graduates to train
for Naval aviation.
Ross, a native of Newberry, is a
student at Newberry high school
where he plays basketball and is a
member of the Beta club. Upon
graduation from high school and
reaching the age of 18, or shortly
thereafter, he will be called up for
active duty and training. After com
pleting all prescribed courses he will
qualify for the Navy’s “Wings of
Gold” and be commissioned as “A
Flying Officer of The Fleet.”
LIEUT. BOYD TRAINS SON OF
ROOSEVELT’S SECRETARY
“The State” of March 18th carried
a photograph of Steve Early, Jr., a
son of President Roosevelt’s personal
secretary, stating that he had left
Staunton Military academy to enter
the army and had been sent to Camp
Croft at Spartanburg. Lieut H. K.
Boyd, also stationed at Croft and at
home here for the weekend was ask
ed if he had seen Early. He replied
that he saw him every day—all day—
as he was a member of the lieuten
ant’s training platoon. Lieut. Boyd
said that Early was a fine youngster,
a hard and willing worker, and was
making a splendid soldier.
A Marine Speaks
Let Farmer Alone
“I am sorry there has been such
a lapse of time between letters.
But, as you know, it couldn’t be
helped. As you can see there are
r.pt to be more times like that. All
I can say is not to worry about me.
I’m not going to try to mislead you
’.bout my safety in times like these,
but I want you to believe that I am
not at all unhappy about it. So far
I am much the better for the war.
I can say truthfully that in most
operations the peroenrtaige of men
who don’t get a scratch is much
higher than of the ones who do.
There is no strain to dying in ac
tion. I don’t know what there is
beyond this or if there is anything,
but it is all right. I acquired more
religion in the past few months than
I have ever had, and I haven’t been
to church, either.
■ “The job of assuring a permanent
peace is as important as winning
the war because there is no victory
unless it is assured that it is a last
ing one. I don’t figure that I am
fighting the individual man just be
cause he happens to be bom in a
different country. I like to think
that w e are combatting an idea I
would feel no higher than the ani
mal we must become in combat if I
were fighting individuals.
“I think one of the main things
that must be done is to make sure
our natural resentment is not al
lowed to control us when peace is
made. The feeling of revenge is
dirtctly against everything we are
fighting for. By allowing it to
dominate our thoughts we would
lower ourselves to the level of the
people we ire fighting. Rather we
should bring them up to our level.
“In case of the Japanese, that is
going to be difficult. From what I
have seen of them, they don’t seem
to be exactly human. Of course
when I observed them I looked and
acted like an animal myself. They
might be different under different
conditions.
“I don’t know for sure that all
Japs don’t want to fight and that
all of them aren’t fanatical about
dying for their Emperor. I know of
some who were afraid to die and of
one who surrendered and blamed
the Jap Government for the war. I
have yet to hear an American blame
our Government for being out here.
Maybe I’m just not much of a man,
but I feel no personal grudge against
the Japs. I have buried friends of
mine, too.
‘“As for deceit and treachery of
the Japs as professional soldiers, I
can’t blame them. In order to make
war efficiently, treachery and de
ceit are necessary. It is not nice
business. I don’t believe in observ
ing asty rules when engaged in war.
It is hypocritical to do otherwise. I
don’t condone the Japanese two-face
way of doing things in peacetime.
That is why I am here to help put a
stop to it.
“I hope there never ds another
war, but if there is, I don’t think
that I or any of my children will
engage in it. If we muff again, I
am through. If the human race al
lows this to happen again after the
example they have before them,
they aren’t worth my efforts.
A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT
As bureaucracy expands, abuse of
public authority expands in direct
proportion. The latest example
comes from the state of Washington,
where war emergency powers have
been used by Federal officials to fur
ther the cause of socialized electric
power.
Recently, the Washington Water
Power Company of Spokane, offered
to supply power to two new war es
tablishments in its territory.
However, the Federal Power Com
mission “on the request of the Bon
neville Power Administration” has
ordered the Washington Water Pow
er Company to transmit Bonneville
power over Hs lines to the two war
plants, at greater cost to the govern
ment than if the energy were sup
plied by the private company, says
Kinsey Robinson, president of the
company.
By this action, the scope of public
ly operated electric power has been
further broadened, a contract enter
ed into in good faith by the Wash
ington Water Power Company with
Bonneville has been violated (the
contract provided specific conditions
under which Bonneville power w'ouhl
be distributed by the Washington
Water Power Co.), and most impor
tant, the public has been given an
other clear cut demonstration of the
potentialities of unregulated bureau
cratic authority.
When officials of a private com
pany indulge in questionable acts,
they are accountable to local regula
tory agencies.
(Speech of John E. Rankin of Miss
issippi in the House of Representa
tives.)
“Mr. Chairman, on yesterday the
distinguished gentleman from Illinois
quoted Aristotle on mathematics. I
wish to quote a philosopher of a
more modem day, Thomas Jefferson,
the wisest political philosopher this
country ever saw, said:
Were w e directed from Wash
ington when to sow and when to ,
reap, we should soon want bread.
It seems to me we have about
reached that time now, or we are
rapidly approaching it.
I make the prediction that the time
will come, if it has not already arriv
ed, when the American farmers will
curse the Congressman who voted to
place on the statute books these laws
that permit bureaucrats who know
nothing about agriculture to try to
run the farms of this country.
I make the prediction that the time
is not far distant when members of
organized labor, as well as the rest
of the American people, will curse
the Congressmen who voted to pass
the wage and hour bill, and those
other measures that seemed to give
labor some temporary advantages,
but which in the long run puts labor
at the mercy of its worst enemies.
You simply cannot improve on the
Constitution of, the United States in
the protection it provides for all of
our people; nor can you reverse the
laws of nature, or destroy the im
mutable laws of economics, by an ill-
considered or an irrational edict of
the labor board.
I make the prediction that the time
is not far distant, if it has not al
ready arrived, when the American
people will curse the members of
Congress who voted to impose upon
them this price-fixing, rationing sys
tem, and other unnecessary regimen
tations that are today paralyzing ev
ery activity a nd hampering our was
efforts.
If we would repeal those laws to
day and go back to the shme policies'
we followed in the first world war,
we would not only produce all the
people of this country need, but we
would have unity in our war efforts.
Then when we talked about democ
racy, which means real representative
government, with freedom and liberty
we would not be merely keeping the
word of promise to the ear and break
ing it to the hope.
Today, the people are being need
led to death by alien-minded bureau
crats. By going back to the same
American system, we would have
enough to go around. You would not
have black markets all over the
country, and you would not have the
money changers and their friends try
ing to hold the prices of the farmers’
products down below the cost of pro
duction at a time when we have the
greatest inflation in the amounts of
money per capita in circulation ever
known in all the history of this
nation.
Farm prices, when unrestricted, are
measured by the volume of the na
tion’s currency multiplied by the ve
locity of its circulation.
At the close of the last war we had
$53.21 per capita in circulation, with
a very high velocity of circulation.
The result was that cotton went to
35 or 40 cents a pound and wheat to
$2.50 a bushel, with other prices in
proportion. The result was the farm
ers produced everything we needed.
If the Government would stop try
ing to restrict farm prices, but let
them rise to the normal levels, and
cease these attempts to unnecessarily
regiment and regulate the people who
till the soil, they would produce all
the raw materials necessary for
food and clothing for us and our
allies, and we would have unity and
cooperation instead of division and
confusion.
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MOUNTAIN RAISES QUOTA
The Red Cross war fund workers
of Little Mountain met one afternoon
recently to turn over all money col
lected so far to the local treasurer of
the fund. Much to their joy and to
the satisfaction of the co-operating
communities it was found that over
$400 has already been given, which
puts Little Mountain over the top.
Some of the teams reported their
canvas incomplete.
*n order that the campaign get off
to a good start a rally presided over
by J. K. Derrick was held in the
school auditorium with the Rev. H.
C. Ritter of Newberry as the speak
er. Immediately after the rally the
teams began to solicit funds. They
report a generous and cheerful re
sponse.
Mrs. L, C. Derrick, local chairman
has been ably supported in this drive
by a large committee of men and
women.
Foiled!
A lawyer friend warns us that we
had better be able to prove that a
man IS an ape if we call him that in
print—that we might be called up
on to prove that point in court. Per
haps our choice of a word in this in
stance was unfortunate—we should
have called him a jackass. That
would have been easily proved in
court as everyone knows that he is
jackass, ajid a sub-marginal jackass
t that. However we are going to
let you know who we had in mind—
as, if you didn’t already know.
"I Have A Boy"
I’ve a wonderful boy, and I say to
him, “Son,
Be fair and square in the race you
must run.
Be brave if you lose and be meek
if you win,
Be better and nobler than I’ve ever
been.
Be honest and noble in all that you
do,
And honor the name I have given
to you.”
I have a boy and I want him to know
We reap in life just about as we sow
And we get what we earn, be it lit
tle or f^reat,
Regardless of luck and regardless of
fate.
I will teach him to show the best
that I can,
That it pays to be honest and up
right—a man.
I will make him a pal and a part
ner of mine,
And show him the things in this
world that are fine.
I will show him the things that are
•wicked and bad,
For j'l figur e this knowledge should
come from his Dad.
I will walk with him, talk with him,
■play with him, too;
And to all of my promises strive to
We will git.w ufi together, TO ■too be
a boy,
And share in his trouble and share
in his joy.
We’ll work out our problems to
gether and then
We will lay out our plans when we
both will he men.
And oh, what a wonderful joy this
will be,
No pleasure in life could be greater
to me. —Author "Unknown.
THESE TO CAMP MONDAY,
MARCH 29
To the army:
James D. Perry
William McKissick, Jr,
Robert C. Shealy
John V. Ruff
James Oscar Barre
Donald H. Clements
Joseph A. Walker
Jackson B. Davis
Robert E. Todd
Frank Williamson
Ralph Berry Rikard
Wade B. Padgett
James H. Ried
Vernon E. Williams
John D. Livingston
Furman D. Cummings
John H. Fulmer
Thomas E. Ravan
William Morgan
Jerry D. Sessoms
John Roland Dickert
Talmadge C. Clopton
Grady H. Adams
Bernard C. Bodie, Jr.
Lonnie M. Sanford
Henry G. White, Jr.
Nesbitt Proctor
Wanamaker M. Miller
James R. Keily
Luther W. Little, Jr.
Floyd M. Smith
George E. Scruggs
William C. Grant
Jason M. Jackson
To Marine Corps:
Haskell E. Wilbanks
Charles P. Moss
Alva Frank Moss, Jr.
To the Navy:
Fred Kibler Moon
Harold Othell Miller
GEORGE MOFFETT DIES
George B. Moffett, 51, formerly of
Prosperity, died at his home in At
lanta, Ga., Monday. He was a son
of Mrs. G. A. Moeffett of this city
and the late G. A. Moffett of Pros
perity.
Surviving are his wife, two daugh-
trs, of Atlanta, and a son in foreign
service. Besides his mother, the fol
lowing sisters survive: Mrs. A. L.
Longshore, Mrs. George B. Earhardt,
Mrs. J. D. Crooks, and Miss Julia
Moffett, all of Newberry; also one
grand-daughter, Lydia Whitmire, of
Atlanta.
Gets Navy Cross
Charleston, March 25—Lieutenant
Spencer D. Wright, USN, of 2029
Harrington street, Newberry, has
been awarded the Navy Cross by
Secretary of the Navy Knox 'or
heroism in the Solomon D yhds
Campaign.
Lieutenant Wright served as a
section leader of an aerial flight
during the initial attack on the Jap
anese positions in the Solomons. His
section covered the landing opera
tions on Gavutu and Tanambogo Is
lands.
Attacking a flight of Japanese
seaplanes on Gavutu, Lieutenant
Wright’s section shot down six fly
ing boats, then destrqyed a motor
launch on the sea. Lieutenant
Wright personally accounted for
tliree of the planes and the launch.
He then led his fliers in a strafing
attack on enemy shore installations
on Gavutu and Tanambogo, destroy
ing futl an dammunition dumps,
buildings and motor vehicles, and
hampering Japanese troop move
ments, thus paving the way for the
landing of the American ground
forces and contributing greatly to
the successful occupation of the two
islands.
RED CROSS DRIVE IS VERY
SUCCESSFUL
Up to Wednesday March 24 there
was turned in to the treasurer of
the Red Cross war fund, $8,640.
Various communities reported that
they had collected and had on hand
but not turned in $3,971.20, making
a total of $12,641.50. Amount of
money raised to date in Red Cross
campaign. Two or three communi
ties have yet to report. All com
mittees are urged to try to complete
tips campaign by March 27 and make
a report either to the Treasurer,
Mrs. John Norris, or to the Chamber
of Commerce.—L. C. Graham.
Home
Demonstration
News
“I won’t let rationing worry me,”
is a good garden slogan.
Now thait many people who have
never had gardens before are vit
ally interested there are many ques
tions arising along these lines. We
have bulletins on gardening written
especially for South Carolina, and
we also have canning bulletins. It
might be a good thing for new ger-
dener s to get a copy of these books
and look them over. We will also
be glad to answer questions or give
any help that we can.
There has never been a time when
the raising of food has been as im
portant as it is now. We should
study and plan carefully so as not to
waste seed which are precious at
this time. By properly preparing
a stic Victory Gardeners small plots
can b e made to yield sufficient veg
etables for many .homes with surplus
for canning.
To meet the county's minimum
food requirements, says Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard, we must pro
duce thirty per cent more food in
1943 than in an average year and
all of this in the face of the fact
that there will be less farm labor
and much less farm land under cul
tivation this year. ^
F. F. Hill, professor of economics
at Cornell University speaking at a
recent meeting said, “we must
change from eating 60 per cent
crop foods and 40 per cent livestock
foods, and become mose like our
Chinese who eat 90 iper cent crop
foods and 10 per cent livestock.”
The farmers cannot do the whole
job alttough they are willing to try
to break all previous records; part
and a large part of the responsibil
ity must b P taken by the non-farm
ing population—the dwellers in cit
ies, towns, villages and surburban
areas.
“Every uncultivated garden spot is
“an undiscovered country” of health
and plenty waiting for its Colum
bus.’” “Home-grown food is home
grown health, and home-grown
wealth and happiness.”
In order to boost our meat sup
ply we should all try a few chickens;
we are also prepared to give infor
mation along these Vines. If your
baby chicks or grown birds have any
respiratory troubles try spraying
them lightly after they have gone
to roost with the following prepara
tion: Disolve one cube of gum
camphor in one tablespoon of tur
pentine. To this add one quart of
| kerosene.
$1.00 PER YEAR
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DOWN MEMORY
LANE
Auto Accident
Wednesday night there was an
auto accident up East Main street—
a new 'Sttudebaker driven by Mr.
Owen Holmes and a Buick driven by
Welch Wilbur, Jr., collided—with
quite a good deal of damage to both
cars—but the drivers were uninjur
ed except for a few minor scratches.
It is not known how the accident
happened as is usually the case in
such accidents.
Better “look pleasant” when you
have your photograph made for the
new milage books you will buy after
May first—you may get more milage
if you do—the wiles of a smile are
incalulable.
Cotton was selling in Newberry
at 29 cents Thursady and cotton seed
at 81 cents.
Dr. C. D. Weeks returned Wednes
day evening from a business trip of
several days in Sumter.
New Business Opened Monday
Mr. P. E. Scott has opened up a
new line of general merchandise and
fancy groceries in his store in Cald
well street, recently vacated by the
Purcell company.
He will carry a fine line of fancy
and heavy groceries .and will have an
efficient delivery system which in
sures prompt service.
Messrs Cousins and A. A. Cleve
land are with Mr. Scott and are
busily engaged in placing the new
goods that are arriving on every ex
press. Mr. Scott is an experienced
business man and by his courtesy
and fair business dealings will re
ceive much patronage in this new
business.
Mrs. W. O. Wilson and Floyd
Smith motored to Edgefield Sunday
to visit friends.
Jno. F. Clarkson leaves Wednes
day to spend the Easter holidays
with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. G.
F. Clarkson at Antreville. His bro
ther Ansel Clarkson, will come to
Newberry Tuesday and they will mo
tor back Wednesday.
Messrs H. O. Long, Oscar W. Long
and Chas. E. Summer are spending
some time in New York city on busi
ness.
Does it pay to cull poultry? Rev
Mr. J. B. Harman of Little Mountain
says he had 60 hens and Inspecting
that some of them were “slackers”
went through the flock and culled out
29 of them. Mr. Harman says that
this did riot decrease his egg pro-
iuction at all and since then the egg
production has actually increased.
Why fed 60 hens when only 31 of
them are producers?
NO ACT OF GOD
No tales of fuel shortage have
been brought back from the fighting
fronts. In spite of disruptions in the
transport system and the loss of
priceless oil fields to the enemy in
various parts of the world, together
with shattering changes in produc
tion methods, the oil industry has
managed to produce the gas and lub
ricants needed by the armed forces.
Not « single tank, plane, ship or
truck has failed to move for lack of
fuel. This fact should give comfort
to every citizen, for oil is vital to
victory. And the American oil in
dustry has proven that it is equal
to the demands of military necessi
ty.
Increased output of 100 octane
gasoline stirred Secretary of the In
terior Ickes to remark: “I wish that
I might make public, as a tribute to
vour industry, the present (produc
tion of 100 octane, because it repre
sents a near miracle, the proportions
of which cannot, unfortunately, be
appreciated by anyone who does not
unders^ind the in-tricities of the re
finery equipment which is neces
sary and the complications of process'
involved.”
It was an act of God which gave
our nation her vast oil reserves. But
no act of God makes that oil avail
able for our use. The latter "was
done solely through the efforts of
men who dared to take risks, men
who strove to build and to produce
under the stimulant of possible pro
fit. They were encouraged' in their
activities by a government and a
people with boundless faith in the
competence of individuals. The ner-
formance of the oil industry in time
of national emergency has justified
with faith. It was built by indivi
duals.