Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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little red hen in modern ized VERSION i.m (From The New York Times) “Who will get me a hired hand?” aked Farmer McGregor. “Not I”, said ithe Employment Ser vice. ‘‘We are having trouble locat ing welders at *140 a week, and pre cision tool jiggers at $23 a day, and we don’t know a soul that can cradle wheat.” “Not I,” said the local draft board. “You better find a school kid.” “Not I,” said the high-school prin- cipal. “This week we’re helping the grocer .paste ration coupons.” “Not I,” said the county agent. “We are busy now teaching women to make plum jam without sugar, syrup, molasses, or plums ” “Not I,” said the local defense plant. “We are on a cost-plus basis, and absenteeism costs *10,000 a min ute.” “Not I,” said the Manpower Com mission. “We are working on your problem, but just at present there is a shortage of stenographers." “Not I,” said the War Production Board. “You haven’t made ti»e prop er application.” “Not I,” said 1 the Food Coordinator. “I will issue a directive soon.” “Not I,” said the Lend-Lease au thority. “We are powerless to act under existiit: regulations.” “Not I,” *- >d the congessional delegation. “Without fear of suc cessful conltradiction, we may infer that democracy is at the crossroads, and the flag of freedom must be un furled from the pinnacle of the globe with blood, sweat and tears until man can again bask in the free dom. we fought so valiantly to per petuate.” “Not I” said the neighbors. “We are 'working in the shipyards.” So Farmer McGregor with the as-, si stance of his grandmother harvest ed his wheat. “Now,” said Farmer McGregor, “who will help me eat this wheat?” 'Twill,” said the county Chairman, the dealer®, the machinery people, the employment servic, the draft board, the county agent, the defense woilfbrjl, the high school 'teachers, the Manpower Commission, the War Production Board, the Food Admin istration, the welders and sdvipfitters, the Lend-Lease Authority, the neigh bors, the Army, the Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, airplane spotters, WAAC’s, WAVES, SPARS, WAAFS, Russians^ British, Chinese, South Americans, Hindus, Eskimos, Mrs. Roosevelt, Congress, the Martime Commission, 'the United Service Or ganizations, the Natonal Associa tion of Manufacturers, Secretary Ickes, the American Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations, and everybody else from Sitka to Casablanca, from Is tanbul to Vladivostok, from Maine to California, until the hubbub was unanimous.” INLAND SAILOR GOES TO SEA AFTER 33 YEARS SPENT ASHORE Glenwood, June 12.—Andrew J. Wilson’s weaithersquint, bright blue eyes took a final look at the acres of rolling land, studded with buildings and interlaced with ten miles of pipe, which had been his domain for 33 years. He grinned. At the age of 78 years and eight months, he had persuaded the war department he was needed. He had received orders to report for ocean duty as a chief engineer with the merchant marine. T his was the beginning of another great adventure, he said, and his eyes twinkled. So far his life was mark ed by two periods—.the 30 years on Crept Lakes steamers, mostly as chief engineer, and the 30-some years landlubber, ng here as chief engineer at the 500-acre Glenwood Manual Training School for boys. He began his trade of building and installing machinery in a marine shop at his home town, Port Huron, Michigan, in 1881, and has held a marine engineers license since 1888. Ye®, the tang of salt air would be new to 'hi® nostrils, he said, for he never sailed on the ocean before. “The war department asked me if I wanted a passenger ship, a freight er or tanker,’ he said. “I told ’em 1 didn’t want a tanker but would take the others.” He got a bit grim as he thought of the ocean routes he would take and the cargo he’d haul, food and medical supplies going and, perhaps, wound ed soldiers, returning. His own grandson was a technician fifth grade at Font Leonard Wood. Merchant marining today, he said, was a far cry from his earlier exper iences. There were the peaceful “triangular trips”, for instance— loading coal at Buffalo, flax seed at Duluth, grain at Chicago and back again to Buffalo. AMERICANS TAKE TIME TO SEE ATTRACTIONS OF AUSTRALIA Somewhere in New Guinea, June 12.—It is not unusual now to hear an American soldier announce that he intends to remain or return to New Guinea after the war and enter the mining, plantation or trading busi ness. This is a strange contrast to a few months ago when the Yanks seeking out ✓the Japanese slogged through knee-deep mud or huddled in a wattery slit trench. Then they wanted to bid farewell forever—the sooner the better—to what they un animously called “the land God for got.” War correspondents in the same frame of mind devoted thousands of words in condemning the mud, in sects and swamps. However, during the current lull in operation®, .soldiers and corres pondents have had an opportunity to visit outt-of-the-way spot® and see the beautSful side of old New Guinea. I reached this 72 acre island para dise by sailing by lugger. Here there is comfort and—at present—peace in the midst of a bitter war. Master of this Closest thing I’ve found to Jas. Hilton’s Shangri-la is Cambridge graduate Cecil Abel, whaovas bom on) this island where 53 years ago his father established a mission head quarters and made cricket instead of head-hunting the principal recre ation c# the natives. ' Abel ha® a sprawling, cool home on a hilltop with all the conven iences of a city mansion. He has bis own cattle, sheep, pigs and goats and grows an abundance of fruits, and vegetables. Intelligent natives speak'ng English with a British ac cent, take care of your slightest need and prepare and serve tasty dishes on linn covered' tables with old Eng lish china and sterling tableware. Abel’s home, while not elaborate, ha® electric lights, a telephone and soft beds—and the greatest luxury of all for this country-—modem plumbing including a hot shower and a flush toilet. Before tlhe war, this interdeivomi- national mission—with many Ameri can supporters—had a large staff of Europeans, including a doctor, agri culturist, engineers, nurses, a stone mason, boot cobbler, and a printer. The mission operated twenty - one posts and out-stations at plantations along the eastern coast of Papua and had extensive holdings of coconut and rubber trees. The mission has its own modern sawmill and farm. Sawmill workers are predominantly commuters; how ever instead of traveling to work on buses, trains and street cars, the Papuans, who usually live in villages •cn the larger islands a few mile away paddle their outrigger canoes to sea, frequently battling rough seas. Last month, the natives of this area purchaser from their meager in comes nearly *1,000 in Australian government bonds. Most of the con tributions were small, of course, but almost everyore participated. One withered old nativewoman—a mat weaver—.gave ad the money she pos sessed, $7, which she had saved from pre-war needle work. The natives have a ready market in Allied troops for curios, but most of them are too busy to weave mats, baskets or turn out grass skirts. Abels pet project is the construc tion of a stone church as a memorial to his father. The shell is now com pleted after several years work of cutting each stone by hand. On the Papuan mainland I also paused off the beaten path at clean, well-equipped government station®. Usually there is a village nearby where the natives gather at night to sing and dance. There are many oddities here for the American troops. For instance, there is a luminous mushroom which gives off a bright green ray for as long as 24 hours after being picked. There are butterflies and moths with a wingspread of as much as 15 inches which the soldiers are collecting and mounting. Some ;*ets have sold for as much as *20. It’s a strange—hut familiar—sight to see a soldier carrying a butterfly net, but this profitable spare-time hobby is becoming more popular dai-, ly. Even the moo i, which bring® nuisance raids and robs troops of Sleep, is being described by the sol diers as the biggest and brightest they have ever seen. During a rec ent raid, I saw several Amercans whose blackjack game had been stop ped by “lights out” order move their table outside where the game was continued. “Anyway, I’m not too old for work,” Wilson said, “and I’ve lived my life, so if I get torpedoed and go down it doesn’t matter. I’ll at least be sav ing the life of some young fellow.” The Sun “Sets” This will be the last issue of The Sun for the duration. The army has called our last employee, the third in little over a year. The Sun is but one of hund reds of small newspapers which have “bit the dust” since the army began to call out their em ployees, and more will certainly follow. We have put in six pretty hard years in building up the paper to where it has received a measure of recognition and of course we hate to quit. But, we know the nation will survive without the Sun—it cannot live without vic tory in this war. SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE REFUNDED All unearned subscriptions will be refunded. Come to the office anytime that it is convenient and get your refund. You can easily determine what we owe you by a glance at the label on this issue. However, it is well to bear in mind that because you paid a dollar recently it does not follow that a dollar is now due you. We have been rather lax in collecling subscriptions and your subscrip tion may have been somewhat in arrears when you paid. Sub scribers out of the county who are due refunds will receive them by mail just as rapidly as we can handle them. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO SOLDIERS In order tha soldier boys may not miss the home news for even a short time, and realizing that it may not be convenient for all those sending papers to the boys to come to town and have their subscriptions changed, we have arranged with The Observer to carry out such unexpired sub scriptions. Your boy will not miss an issue of the home town paper, and in case he was already receiving both papers his unex pired time with The Sun will be used to extend his time with the Observer. THOSE WHO OWE US can help “the cause” by reading the label on this issue and re mitting any amount in arrears. There are many of these and we wlil appreciate your cooperation. REMAIN IN THE PRINTING BUSINESS No, we are not going to take any “big job” in Washington. We love Newberry and its peo ple and we intend to stay here. We will continue to do printing and perhaps fix a few unbrellas and mend old pots. Or, if your lawn needs mowing, just call us! LIQUOR BUYS *259,585,000 Hugh C. Stanton In The News and Courier. We lost 13^,000 lives in the Undied States last year on account of dirink and as we have 135,000,000 people, you' see (that is one thousand for each million that we have. We lost in action in the firt Worl ', War 54,510 men, and we lost less than' CANDID CANDIDATE SAYS that number in the Spanish American War, and our casualty list of a few days ago was 78,(IbO killed in action, missing, prisoner®, and wounded. So you can readily see that since the Civil War, for the following sev enty-five years, we had a less number of our soldier® killed in action in the three wars than we lost in one year from the alcoholic beverages. Now, if liquor kills seventy-five times as many of our people as out- wars, which seem®' to be our worst enemy? We have 1,800,000 people in South Carolina, and ait the rate of 1,000 killed for each million population, we would have lost 1,800 of our people in this state last year from liquor at a direct money cost of $53,500’000, & an indirect cost of an additional *53,- 500,000. It took the value of all the cotton and all the tobacco raised in South Carolina last year to pay for the liquor and its subsequent losses to our people. In the past nine years our liquor bill has gone from five million to fifty-three million and the total amount spent in the nine years has been $236,336,310. And remember the additional loss in hospital bills, cof fins, sickness and other cause® to which you must attribute the results of this liquor evil, which amounts to another $236,336,310, making a total of $472,672,620.00. I see in a newspaper: “In the re cent war loan drive the retail whis key delaers of South Caro lint', pur chased approximately $259,585,000 worth of bonds, and they well might, considering the sales in nine year®, 8236,336,310. Prostitution among girls under 21 increased 64.8 per <rf- 124 “HITLER’S CHILDREN” One colored antillery man am uses his comrades every time he pulls the cord on his massive gun. When he gets ready to fire, he sings out: “Mistuh Hit ler, count your children again.” HE NEEDS SALARY JOB PAYS Stanford, Ky., June 19. They’re calling C. Hays Foster of Stanford the “candid candidate”. In announcing for the Democratic nomi nation for state representative from Lincoln county, Fos'.er declared: “My reason for seeking the office is the same reason that all other can didates make races for, viz: Because I would like to have the salary this office pays: . . and have some fun while earning it.” “I cannot say,” he continued 1 , “that my decision was reached because so many friend's from all sections of the county urged me to run. As a matter of fact, not a single person has asked me to make the race. “My financial condition is known to the public and I pledge that I will not have a single dollar to buy any one’s vote.” NEGRO WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN Daisy Johnson, an aged Negro wo man was killed by a Southern Railway passenger train Friday night about ten o’clock. She and another Negro woman were walking the tracks in the vicinity of the Farmers Ice and Fuel company, proceeding west in the same direction as the train, when the accident occured. per the cent in 1942 over 1941, with sex fenses 104.7 per cent; vagrancy, per cent; disorderly conduct 69 cent; drunkenness 39 per cent, fingerprint records of the FBI show” “Arrests of young men under 21 for assault increased 17 per cent in 1942 as compared with 1941; for rape 10 per cent; for disorderly con duct 26 per cent and for drunkenness 30 per cent during 1942. Age 18 pre dominated in frequency of arrests for both sexes. “The wartime increase in crime and 1 delinquency among -women and girls spotlights the need for redoubl ed efforts to keep the home front clean, wholesome and strong.” HUGH C. STANTON Put every dollar above the necessities of life into War Bonds. Payroll Savings is the best means of doing your best in helping your sons and friends on the fighting fronts. Fig ure it out yourself. GAINS SAFE HOME AFTER LONG FLIGHT Arrives at Camp Bragg at End of 6,000 Miles Without Mishap Inspects Fields The State, 16 Word was received in Columbia yesterday by relatives of Lieut. E. P Gaines that the young aviator had arrived safely at Camp Bragg, mak ing 6,000 miles without any trouble whatever. Lieut. Gaines crossed the continent by air, starting from Camp Bragg, Fayetteville, and travelling to San Diego, Calif., making ail inspection of landing fields for government air stations. Mi®. C. T. Paysinger received a telegram from the War Department Tuesday morning informing her that her grandson. Tech. Sgt. Fred Pay- singer was slightly wounded on June 13, in the European War Area. Sgt. Paysinger was a radio operator in a flying fortress. Don’t spend your pay in competition with your neigh bors for scarce civilian gevds. Save, America, and you will save America from black markets and runaway inflation. Buy more Bonds every payday. How many bonds? Figure it out yourself. KAISER CHANGES DIAPERS WHILE MOTHERS BUILD SHIPS (From The Intel-national Tepnster) As a student of industrial prob lems. Henry J. Kaiser has, as usual, come up with aiuyther answer. He is establishing a million-dollar nur sery. What has this to do with indus trial problems? Well, it is the solution of one of the greatest causes of absenteeism. Kaiser found that it was impossi ble to prevent absenteeism among women with small children. And wiilh the increasing shortage of men Kaiser has turned to women bo keep his ships rolling down the ways like sausages out of a meat grinder. .Kaiser analyzed the absentee situa tion and found the reasons for it. He did this without sitting on a raft and listening to sea gulls. He reached the conclusion that the pi-oblem of child care must be solv ed before the absences of their mothers could' be overcome. So be decided to install a system of nurseries. They won’t be in emp ty barns or deserted warehouses. Each nursery will be a new build ing, especially designed and equipped for the care of small children. Here the children can play and eat under expert supervision while their moth ers are backing up ther fathers on the fighting fronts. A nominal charge of less than $1 per day will be made for each child. And as another move to ease the domestic cares of working mothers, Kaiser bias installed a kitchen at which women can buy the main course of their dinners, already cooked, as they quit work. Without having to worry about shopping or the safety of their chil dren, the women shipbuilders can now spend their full time in the big battle to beat the German subma rines. If it would help, Kaiser would probably see that the beds were made. He is already chailging the diapers. This is typical of the foresighfed- nes® Kaiser lias always shown. He wants production and he gets pro duction. He has revolutionized ship building methods with a speed that has left industry aghast. He has proposed similar methods for airplane construction. When Kaiser starts a project, he doesn’t haggle over wages and he doesn’t try bo cut comers on the unions. He calls in the union rep resentatives', tells them what he wants and asks them to draw up a contract guaranteeing top scales for all his workers. He asks only that there be no work stoppages to interfere with his production. The method of adjust ing all disputes in stride is provid ed in the agreement with union rep resentatives and everybody goes to work. Kaiser is constantly looking ahead to assure his source of materials. He has geologists ait work investigating the deposits of ore in the Pacific Northwest. Out of his pioneering, steel mills may spring up close to his western shipyards as another link in his chain 1 of production. Kaiser leaves nothing to chance. He is building a new industrial em pire on a foundation of good wages and labor union cooperation. The steel industry is opposing Kaiser’s plans to open mines and construct mills on the Pacific Coast. So far, it has controlled steel pro duction and centered it in the East. The prohibitive cost of shipping ore west effectively blocks competi- !ion from western mills. If Kaiser fnds his own ore deposits on the tim bered slopes of the Cascade moun tains or the Sierra Nevada®, he can laugh at the steel combine. It is rather significant that at this time Kaiser Should encounter trou ble from the unions that are mots Closely connected with the steel in dustry of the East. The labor tumble consists of the unjustified attack of CIO.unions on the contracts held by Kaiser with the AFL. The steel. industry can not stop Kaiser so now the steel un ions step forward. The shipbuilders and the airplane manufacturers are also sore at Kaiser. He started competition and he showed them up. So, naturally, they encourage any move that would cause Kaiser trou ble and reduce his remarkable pro duction record. They don’t stop to think that if Kaiser builds less ships our troops will get less supplies. Kaiser has been a tonic to Ameri can industry in n emergency. There is every reason to believe he will be a similar tonic in our peace time economy. The unions of the American Feder ation of Labor will continue to sup port Kaiser and contribute everything they have to his industrial revival. “GO TO WORK OR GO TO JAIL” SAYS SHERIFF FELLERS Sheriff Tom Fellers has requested ue to say that the recent law passed by the legislature in regard to per sons not employed will be strictly enforced. He asks that anyone who has knowledge of such a person no tify him. The need for labor on the farms has become so acute that the County Agricultural committee requested county and city officials to clamp down on loafers. The law provides a jail sentence for anyone refusing to work and Sheriff Fellers and the city police force have agreed to en force the law strictly. Good wages are offered by farmers and ilhey need help at once. Those who will not, from a patriot ic standpoint, go to work at once, will be forced to do so or go to jail, Sheriff Fellers said Wednesday. JOHN MAYER HEADS SPANISH- AMERICAN VETERANS — John A. Mayer was this week el ected Commander of the Spanish American Veterans Post at a meet ing of the Post in Columbia. Mr. Mayer has long been active in the affairs of this organiation, having attended national meetings in several cities of the country. LUTHERAN PASTORS MEET The monthly meeting of the New berry County Lutheran Pastors’ as- soeiation was held at Newberry col lege, Monday, June 21. The discuss ion of the subject “Changing Pastors In Parishes” was led by the Rev. P. D. Risinger. Following this dis cussion a business session was held and the following officers were elect ed for the next 12 months: the Rev. J. B. Harman, president; Rev. P. D. Risinger, vice -president; and Rev. J. Shelton Moose, secretary-treasurer. By a unanimous vote $8 of the money in the treasury was donaed to New berry col’ege. The next monthly meeting of the association will be on Monday after the third Sunday in September. IN ARKANSAS Young Metts Fant, one of the 18- year-old draftees has “landed” in Arkansas and has been assigned to the medical department of the army. His address is: Pvt. Perry M. Fant. Jr., 34657729. Co. C. lOSlh Med. Trn. Btn., Platoon No. 1, U. S. Army, Camp Robinson, Ark. ACCEPTS POSITION AT CHS’N Miss Marie Feller®, daughter of Sheriff and Mrs. Tom Fellers, who has been employed in Schoolfield, Virginia for the past several months has accepted a position at the Stark General Hospital, Charleston. VISITING MOTHER First Lieutenant HaiCk Mims, lo cated at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas is spending a ten day leave with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Mims. JOINT COUNCIL MEETING The joint council meeting of the Beth Eden Parish is to be held next Sunday, June 27 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. All members of tlie Councils of Beth Eden, St. James, and Colony churches 1 are urged to be present Matters of great import ance are to be acted upon. IT’S the BRAIN THAT COUNTS” At 9 p. m^ Friday evening, in Hol land Hall will be shown a sound mot ion picture titled: “It’s the Brain That Counts”. There will also be a display of posters prepared by the class in Alcohol Education. Students of the Summer Session and also the generad public are cordially invited. ARMY TAKES 5 OUT OF 85 Out of the 85 negroes sent to the Camp Ja'-kson induction station Mon day the army accepted only 5. HARDEN KEITT IS SERGEANT Hardin Keitt, son of T. E. Keitt, has been promoted from Corporal to Sergeant. He is attached to the 53rd Bomb Squadron at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho. RAISE YOUR OWN MEAT.—PIGS Crossbred from Pure Stock, the kind that grows off quicker. $10 at my farm on the Pomaria road. T. E. DAVIS. Sunday guest in tlhe home of Char lie Summer for Father’s Day were: Mi®. J. W. Hahiwanger, Sr., and Mrs. J. W. Haltiwanger Jr. and Mr. and Mr®. C. S. Haltiwanger, of Columbia. —