The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, March 26, 1943, Image 5
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TOE NEWBER8T SUN
The Spectator
Women of today know too much.
That bald statement lam willing to
defend at all hazards. You will re
call that I’ve lamented the knowing
ness of the women on other occasions.
It works against us men. To rehash
my point, the women think we men
are just a lot of stuffed shirts. Years
ago we really rated, but not now. If
we continue to educate the women
they will cease to look up to us at all
—and that would bring the whole
world down with a resounding crash.
Now just to show you: A fine look
ing young husband of about forty
went home to hte pretty wife of
about thirty-five, carrying proudly a
five pound box of chocolates which
he gallantly offered to his bride of
some years. Did she appreciate it?
Did she fall on his neck in joyous
recognition of his generous thought
fulness? Did she hail him as one of
nature’s noblemen, a true knight of
chivalry? Did she beam with pride
and gracious acclaim over this proof
of affectionate regard? Nay, my
brethren, none of these things. She
spurned the lovetoken and exclaimed
“Rill, you’ve had a drink”! My word!
Wouldn’t that jar you? It jarred
Bill all right, and a heavy gloom set
tled on his handsome countenance.
Bill was not merely out of luck, but
his love-inspired remembrance was
metamorhosed from delectable sweet
ness to the bitterness of gall.
And the lovely lady would have
none of Bill’s chocolates. At last ac
counts poor old Bill—'Unappreciated
■scorned in his high purpose to be
nice and sweet in himself—and with
his own sweetness exemplified in his
offering—yes, poor old Bill, in des
peration, sat down with his chocolates
and ate them himself.
Now doivt you see? If a man is
under suspicion when he tries to be
nice, the only course for us men is
to revert to the customs of long ago
and enter our homes like roaring
lions, or a bull in a china shop—or
what other manner might strike ter
ror to, the hearts of tjie women and
comple them to gaze upon us with
appropriate awe and becoming re
spect.
A couple of fine days and all na
ture seems to beckon us outdoors. It
appears timely to giv e my annual
warning to my brethren of the farms:
Watch your step; don’t be harried
away by the first breath of Spring;
more cold weather will come and
more cool nights will make you and
your cotton shiver. Prepare your
ground; get everything in apple-pie
order, in readiness for the right mo
ment. But don’t figure so hard on
outwitting the boll-weevil that you
rush into the arms of cotton lice.
Well, I’m glad Congres sis wak
ing up. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt have
oeen carrying into all sorts of strange
md Un-American ways—and have
succeeded in planing some noxious
weeds among u». We might as well
be frank; and frankness permit's us
,o say that with some little wheat
tfr. and Mrs. Roosevelt have fed us
a whole lot of chaff.
We South Carolinians have not
been New Dealers. The hard, com
mon-sense of our people has never
endorsed the fancies and foolishness
>f the New Deal. But our politi-
:ians have sworn allegiance to it—
iome of them have. Why? Because
hey wanted jobs; they wanted to
;tand in with those who were hand-
ng out jobs and favors. And the
politicians have been the spokesmen
in public meetings. In .the State
Convention of the Democratic Party
n 1938 the New Dealers were so
severely man-handled that they beg
ged that the Convention not slap
President Roosevelt.
I do not know how long I may
write “SPECTATOR”; nor how long
jhe papers will carry Spectator. They
have courageously done so during the
palmiest days cf .the New Deal and
may not flinch now from the dis
pleasures of the time-serving, office
hunting, power-grasping, salary-seek
ing politicians.
Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt have done
some good; and their personal per
suasiveness has counted for much.
But they are the New Deal; and we
must not disagree with the New Deal
while heartily supporting Mr. and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
Some of our people have done some
extraordinary fence-straddling; they
condemn the New Deal, but march
down the. road with the Roosevelt
banner flying. Without Mr. Roose
velt the New Deal would fall into
small bits at once. If the New r Deal
deserves your support, then support
Mr. Roosevelt; but if the New Deal
does not deserve- your support, then
the only honest course is to oppose
Mr. Roosevelt. He is the New Deal
and without him there will be no
New Deal.
Mr. Roosevelt has never respected
what we regard as the principles of
the Democratic Party. He has de
liberately built up a PERSONAL
FACTION by tie-ups with the North
ern C. I. O. and the Northern Colored
vote—all in addition to the usual
Democratic vote.
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Au<fu4.ta
Augusta Travers—you know, the
one who runs the little hat shop down
on Main Street—she’s always been
dead set against gambling in any
form. Never will forget when I was
a kid and she found little Hammy,
her youngest nephew, playing mar
bles for keeps out back of the shop.
Took it on herself to give him a whal
ing and point out the evils of gam
bling. She’s a strict woman, Auguirta,
real strict. Good as gold, of course.
But mighty set against the lighter
things of life.
Well, so you could have knocked us
all over with a
feather when Au
gusta started her
gambling cam
paign for War
Bonds and
y£\ Stamps, right out
in the window of
l?' her shop. First
she got hold of the
photographs of
every boy here in town who’s joined
up, and pasted them on a big board
in the window, with little American
flags at the corners. Half the town
was down there watching her do it.
She left the middle empty. Then she
brought out a placard she’d had
printed up and put it in the middle,
and this is what it said; “These are
the Local Boys who have enlisted in
America’s War—They are betting
that you are buying War Bonds and
Stamps—Hitler and the Japs are bet
ting you aren’t—Place your bets in
side.”
My wife couldn’t wait to get her
self down there and inside Augusta’s
shop to see what in the wide world
had happened to her, turning right
around about gambling like that.
You know my wife. She kind of likes
to talk. She went right up to Augusta
and said, “Augusta Travers, seems
like something’s come over you.
Why, I never thought I’d see you run
ning a gambling campaign in your
own shop.”
Mean to tell me it’s a gamble
whether this country buys enough
bonds to win this war?” Augusta
asked.
I forgot to say. Wasn’t just a hat
my wife brought home. Was a hat
and a S25 bond.
(Story from an actual report in the
files of the Treasury Department.)
Remember: It takes both—taxes
and War Bonds (and more War
Bonds)—to run the War and combat
inflation! U. S. Treasury Drptrtwunl
The Congress deserves our endorse
ment for repudiating President
Roosevelt’s order limiting salaries.
Most of us will never reach the limit,
but we cannot endorse President
Roosevelt’s dictatorial methods of
asserting himself regardless of the
law.
Some of our politicians will wave
the flag of Party loyalty; they will
tell us that we must stand by he
Party. We always have. It is r
Roosevelt wtho does not. Nor need
we follow him in all the far-flung
excursions into communism and fad-
dism. Mr. Roosevelt ' as two Repub
licans in his cabinet. No competent
Democrats could be found, apparent
ly. And he rammed Henry Wallace
down the throats of Democrats for
Vice President.
When you hear the wail of the
politician for Mr. Roosevelt, let me
ask you South Carolina Democrats
what you think of the New Deal. Do
you want it to continue? Speak your
own thoughts. Is this what your
father and he Red Shirts fought for?
Is (this what Ben Tillman fought for?
Is this what Cole Blease advocated?
Let us consider, those who followed
Hampton, Tillman or Blease, are you
ready to support a lot of favor-hunt
ing politicians in supporting the
New Deal? Is it Democracy, gentle
men? THINK IT OVER.
Everybody is talking inflation.
Well, what is it? We have inflation
now. Of course inflation is some
thing which may come by degrees.
The enormous volume of money in
circulation raises prices; and a short
age of goods raises prices. We now
have plenty of money and a degree
of scarcity. I say we have plenty of
money; Im talking statistically, not
possessively. One of the incidents of
the war is our glib discussion of big
figures, when talking of money. Even
a pauper can talk of billions as glib
ly as a banker.
The government controls, such as
rationing and price-fixing, are help
ful in preventing a run-away with
-prices, but the swelling demand will
force prices up, however gradually.
Inflation, then, is here, but in
modified degree. If all the price and
quantity controls were suddenly re
moved prices would rise quickly.
Those with money would double their
purchases and promote higher prices
and greater scarcity at the same
time. We have inflation, but a mild
type so far.
The Senate hearing on the bill to
allow the Santee-Cocper to absorb
the two Columbia Corporations did
not bring out a single fact that com
mends the proposed purchase to my
mind.
As I’ve said and written, I have the
friendliest regard for some of the
leaders of the Santee-Cooper, but that
regard should not deter us from op
posing with all vigor a proposal
which may result in the formation of
a powerfful political ring, witfhout
any compensating benefit to the
State.
A quesionnaire was prepared and
submitted which tends to explore the
whole proposal. Just as a citizen, I
find myself wondering WHY the
State should allow the formation of a
political-power combine, or a power-
political combine? WHY? I keep
asking myself WHY? And now I
ask you WHY? Does it ring true on
its face? Does it convince YOU that
it is public necessity and will serve
the public good?
When South Carolina organized
the Highway Department it was be
cause of a State-wide demand for
roads and bridges. Many have dis
agreed with Hie Highway Depart
ment, out most have wanted the roads
and bridges. Whether a majority of
our people wanted the Highway De
partment I do not know; I have no
idea. But that a great number of
citizens wanted it cannot be doubted.
Now WHO wants the Santee-Cooper
to swallow the two Columbia Power
Corporations? WHO? I ask you
again. Some one man, or a small
group, say a dozen, INSIDERS,
hatched out this whole business and
THEY called the CO-OPS to join in
by PROMISING them lower rates.
THEY called in the Co-ops, the IN
SIDERS did. How many of the
Cc-ops are now served by the Santee-
Cooper? Well, far from a strong,
state-wide demand for this POWER
TRUST or OCTOPUS, a mere hand
ful of men ON THE INSIDE are
trying to SELL the idea, with all the
arts and blandishments of super-
salesmanship. Friends, unless you
know more about it than I do, it is
a good thing to strangle aborning.
The gentlemen who drew the bill
must not object if I point out very
obvious possible cdurses of action
which would be much against the
pdblic interest; which would invali
date even the flimsy hope we may
have now of receiving kilowat-hour
taxes, if the Columbia Corporations
were absorbed by the Santee-Cooper.
Today, under private control, they
pay the State $274,000 in that one
tax; but the bill before the Legisla
ture exempts from taxation what
ever the Santee may build on the
Columbia properties. The Santee-
Cooper might readily decide to dis
mantle and junk the present ma
chinery and install a new plant, thus
from the taxpayer would be taken
even the little that he hath. The bill
was written by adroit & astute law
yers; they knew what they were
writing, so we should know, too.
COTTON GINNINGS
Newberry county ginned 16,093
bales of cotton from the 1942 crop,
compared with 5,634 bales from last
year’s crop.
UNANSWERABLE
Spokesmen for the Northeastern
Dairy Conference have asked a few
questions which agricultural critics
will have a tough time answering:
“How can farmers be the cause of
inflation when they are selling their
farms to go to work in factories?
“How can farmers be the cause of
inflation when dairy herds are being
sold because of insufficient returns
to pay bills and hire labor?
“How can farmers be the cause of
inflation when the farms have been
and are continuing to be stripped of
all hired labor by the attractiveness
of factory jobs?
“How long would the protected, in
dustrial worker stand it if be work
ed 80 hours per week instead of 48;
if he worked for approximately one-
half of what he is now getting and
then was called insulting names?”
Mrs. C. M. McHugh and small son
Jack Lee, have returned home to
Clemson, after spending a week with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S- Pruitt.
Mr. McHugh came down for the week
end to return home with Mrs. Mc
Hugh and son.
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PIECE GOODS
You can’t have a smarter ward
robe than one prepared by your
own hand and you can’t get
smarter material than we are
showing right now. It is smart
to do your own sewing in war
times and buy bonds and stamps
with the mqney you save.
A New Shipment Has Just Arrived
CAROLINA
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...You can spot it every time
T HE fashion magazine, “Harper’s Bazaar”, publishes two
pages showing a row of young models... each in an
original dress creation. Each is drinking an original cre
ation in refreshment... ice-cold Coca-Cola. Thumb the
pages of magazines and you see Coke in picture after
picture. ^Tote how shops and stores feature “Coke-Bars”
for their customers’ refreshment.
Coca-Cola had to be good to get where it is. The finished
art of 57 years’ experience is in its making. The result
is a different kind of refreshment—all the difference
between something truly refreshing and just something
to drink.
The only thing like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola, itself—the
trade-marked product of The Coca-Cola Company.
There’s no comparison.
♦ * *
It’« natural for popular names to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear Coca-Cola called Coke. Both
mean the same thing ... “coming from a single source, and
well known to the community”.
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Here, Miss Bonnie Cashin, designer for Adler
&. Adler, Inc., New York, relaxes in her studio.
Just a few moments to relax with ice-cold
Coca-Cola puts customer, designer, and model
In good humor.
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