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THE NEWBERRY SUN
Friday, February 7, 1944
PAGE FOUR
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA^
O. F. ARMFIELD
Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1037, at tht postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
BEGINS AUSPICIOUSLY
New council was sworn in Tues
day night, December 28, ; mid a “feast
of reason and flow of soul.” There
were fulsome congradulatioms and
gobs of good-will scattered about
the ancient council room. Everybody
was happy—an auspicious start had
been made.
This news will be heartily receiv
ed by Newberry people as it por
tends well for the future. We now
have a god council and a good man
at its head; the outlook if not rosy
is certainly rose-tinted.
Mayor Purcell has a piece in this
issue. He talks sensibly and to cue
point and no one doubts his sincerity.
If he fails it will not be because he
did not try.
Council in this happy frame of
mind will naturally want to spread
happiness wherever it can and an
opportunity to do this is presently
at hand. 'Hie military personnel at
Newbery college wants the oppor
tunity of spending a pleasant hour
each Sunday at our local picture
houses. This would break the monot
ony of a long day for them and bring
them much pleasure. These boys
will within the next few months be
on the decks of fighting ships in the
far stretches of the seas fighting
for their folks and the folks they
left back here in Newberry. We do
not believe that Newberry is so nar
row and hide-bound as to withhold
a single pleasant hour from them.
The only opposition to Sunday
movies comes from the Ministerial
association. We do not believe that
the ministers “deep down” are op
posed to Sunday movies under cir
cumstances as they exist here but
are forced to make some pretense of
opposition to appease a few of the
more pious of their congregations.
The Ministerial association will
let the matter drop if council allows
the shows to open, we feel sure. We
do not believe they are unreasonable
men. They accept the services and
goods of men who labor on Sunday
newspapers, ice, telephone, lights
and power, and many an other. They
will not want to appear inconsistent.
COMPLACENCY
High Government officials are
much concerned over what they like
to call “complacency” in we rank
and file people. One definition of
that word is “inward satisfaction.”
There is no inward satisfaction
that we san see but there is a lot
of inward distrust and lack of con
fidence. We are not at all sure that
those who direct the war effort are
unselflishly doing all that they can;
we get no inspiration from Wash
ington. We have been fooled time
and again from the very beginning;
we have been so befuddled and con-
fused by the actions and statements
of congress, the president and bu
reau heads until we can’t tell “head
from tail.”
No, our people as a whole are
far from complacent. The war hangs
like a pall over every mother and
father, or wife or sweetheart with
a loved one in the service and there
is no sacrifice they would not make
to bring it to an end. Only leader
ship is needed to bring out the last
ounce of effort in all of us. We are
willing to do anything but the feel
ing of futility which comes over us
when we are confronted with strikes
in vital war industries, snarling and
bickering in congress, outlandish
profits, is sickening and depressing.
CONVINCED AT - LAST?
The president’s action in taking
over the railroads is perhaps an in
dication that at long last he is aware
of the temper of the country.
The nation followed the president
pretty solidly on his war policy un
til he began to weaken in the face
of John Lewis’ gangster methods,
but after John defied all government
authority and got by with it confi
dence in the president and in con
gress began to wane.
If there is any one thing most
needful in time of war it is a strong,
determined policy on the part of th e
national government. That kind
of government can be had only
when politics are forgotten and all
energies directed toward winning
the war; politics and war don’t mix
any better than oil and water.
A war-time government should
brook nothing, absolutely nothing,
that would in the least interfere
with full prosecution of the war.
The shameful scenes in Washing
ton must indeed make the boys on
the fighting fronts wonder what they
are fighting for. If it continues the
morale of our soldiers as well as
moral at home will soon drop to a
dangerous low.
TO BE EXPECTED
That wild statement that our cas-
lalties in the next three months
vould reach astronomical figures is
jaid to have been made by Jimmie
Byrnes. Jimmie has been buried for
some time now and no doubt wanted
o get back on the front pages. At
any rate it is comforting to know
that the statement came from one
of Jim Byrnes stature Mr. Byrnes
elevation to high places in the
Roosevelt circle has not done any
thing for his ability. He has always
been a one-horse politician and al
ways will be.
TIME’S UP!
This is the fourth issue sent to
those to whom unearned subscrip
tions were refunded and this will be
the last. If you want the paper to
continue it will be necessary to send
a remittance as we cannot continue
to send the paper free. It is against
government regulations.
All labels have now been dated up
and a quick reference will tell you
just how you stand.
BIRTHDAY OF MY SON
(By Hon. John P. Murdock in the
House of Representatives)
In the little western town of
Ridgeway, Mo., on October 27, 1913,
as I hurried to my classroom, Char
lie Stoner, president of the school
board, greeted me with a firm hand
shake and said, “I’ve heard the good
news. You must be a proud and
happy father today.”
Said I, ‘“Well, Mr. Stoner, it is a
fine baby boy, and we are very hap
py to have him, and I think you may
say I am a happy father. If, in the
years to come, the boy grows up to
oe what we hope for him, I will then
be a proud father.”
That was a pedantic remark, for
ohrough the years, as I remember,
each recurring birthday has brought
an increasing pride in that boy as be
grew to manhood, up to this day the
thirtieth anniversary of his birth.
By a strange coincidence on Dav
id’s 39th birthday I received from
the War Department for him the
Purple Heart, awarded “Lt. David
N. Murdock for military merit and
for wounds received in action re
sulting in his death on August 11,
1943.”
Yes, today is the capsheaf of all the
pride I have ever known for the boy
but mingled with that pride are two
conflicting emotions. I pleasantly
remember his athletic champion
ships, his musical accomplishments,
his scholastic recognition, and the
human touch which won him only
friends. I suffer through his two
years of war as I recall his coming
up “the hard way” from the rank of
private, almost to a captaincy, all
on his own merit & worth, without
asking or permitting any effort at
any kind of pull in his favor. I nev
er knew what the expression “com
ing up the hard way” in a military
sense meant until it was exemplified
by my own son.
As I look at the Purple Heart I
suffer again through his African
campaign and the Sicily campaign,
with all the beach landings under
fire, and the desert and mountain
warfare which taxed David’s mag
nificent physique. My pride is again
uppermost as I recall his leadership,
whether as corporal, lieutenant, or
company commander.
From one of his sergeants, now
in Walter Reed Hospital with shrap
nel still in him, I got the story.
Said the sergeant, “Lieutenant Mur
dock was tops as a commander. He
was always looking out for his men,
and when me and my buddies went
into battle facing death we could al
ways do it with more courage when
Lieutenant Murdock led us on.
Our David met his death death by
a spray of machine gun bullets, and
missed the captaincy he had earned
“ i the hard way”. Yes, the Purple
Heart on his birthday brings to me
pride, memory, suffering—but his
friends furnish comfort;
“Your son and thousands of them
like him have forged a barrier with
their bodies in order that we here
any live in peace and security.”
David died while serving to pre
serve our free institutions. What
greater sacrifice could he make?”
David’s was a hero’s death. There
can be no greater honor than to die
for one’s country and the things it
stands for, as we believe in our
country’s aims, for the principles of
freedom and justice and liberty and
equality for all mankind.”
“David gave his life a glorious
sacrifice that human liberty might
endure. It is an unutterable tragedy
that such sacrifice must be, but a
transcendent triumph that men
there are who are willing to make
it.’,—John R. Murdock
Table Stakes
The company cook brought in a
plateful of extremely thin slices of
bread and butter, which rather dis
mayed the hungry outfit.
“Did you cut these, Sergeant?”
asked one.
“Yes, I cut them,” came the stern
answer.
“O. K.” replied the soldier, “I’ll
shuffle and deal.”
! No Part Pay
The only reason a great many
American families don’t own an ele
phant is that they have never been
offered an elephant for a dollar
down and the balance on easy weekly
payments.
AMERICAN HEROES
BY LEFF
Private Raymond R. Judd, of Navarre, Ohio, volunteered to swim
the swollen and rapid Konombi River, New Guinea, in broad daylight,
under heavy enemy fire. Armed only with a pistol and hand grenades,
he assisted in towing a rope to the opposite bank to aid the crossing
of the river by a platoon of infantry who secured a bridgehead on *
the opposite shore. He has been awarded the D. S. G It’s up to us
to bny the War Bonds! Give them for Christmas.
COULD
EASILY HAVE
PORK
MORE
If our farmers could raise a few
hogs on the side without getting on
their knees to ration board bureau
crats to dispose of them there
would be plenty of pork for every
one. Few farmers are going to go
through the red tape of requiring
points and reporting to ration
boards in order to raise a porker or
two for the market and no one can
blame them. The mess of crack-pots
who run the OPA are the same in
competents who ran the New Deal
through these past eight years. They
have never done anything except
ohialk up failures but are now tell
ing everybody how and what they
must do.
All of us know that rationing is
necessary but jve also know that a
little common sense in applying it
would take some of the sting out of
it and help our farmers out at the
same time.
Large packing houses art bossing
OPA and it is to their interest that
.he meat of the country pass through
heir hands.
POMARIA BOY IN EGYPT
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The CAT'S Meow' 1
No Stomach Pump
0'’Leary called downtown to see
Mrs. O’Brien to tell her that her
husband was locked up for being
drunk.
“Why didn’t you bail him out?”
“Bail him out,” he yelled, “why
you couldn’t pump him out.”
Puzzle
The cook, Nora, had announced her
engagement to a frequenter of the
kitchen, named Mike. But a year
passed and nothing was heard of the
nuptials. So one day the mistress in
quired :
“When are you to be married,
Nora?”
“indade, an’ it’s niver, I’m think
ing,” the cook answered sadly. “I
won’t marry Mike when he’s drunk
and he won’t marry me when he’s
sober.”
Loyalty
The story goes that Winston
Churchill recently hailed a cab in the
West End and told the cabbie to
drive him to the BBC, where he was
scheduled to make a speech to the
world.
“Sorry sir,” said the driver, “but
ye’ll ’ave to get yourself another cab.
Ye see sir, Mr. Churchill is broad
casting in an hour and I wants to
get ’ome to ’ear ’im.”
Churchill was so pleased that he
pulled out a pound note and handed
it to the driver.
The latter took one look at the note
and said, “Hop in sir—t’hell with
Mr. Churchill.”
Too Good for ’em
First Communist: “Nice weather
we’re having.”
Second Communist: (grudgingly)
“Yeah, but the rich are having it,
too.”
Jeep vs Jap
Elderly Lady: “I’m worried about
my grandson. He writes that he is
rvnning around with a Jeep.”
Her Companion: “Don’t worry, a
Jeep is a little automobile used in
the Army.”
Elderly Lady: “Oh well that
changes things, I thought a Jeep was
a female Jap.”
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Do you feel
left out of it"?
ARE YOU missing the
(chance to share in this war
—missing an experience
you’d value all your life?
Right now, in the WAC,
you could be doing a vital
Army job. You could be get
ting valuable training, meet
ing new people, seeing new
places while serving your
country.
More Wacs are needed at
once. Get full details about
eligibility, training, pay, the
jobs Wacs do, how they live,
fco to the nearest U._ S.
Army Recruiting Station.
(Your local post office will
give you the address.) Or
write: The Adjutant General
Room 4415, Munitions Build
ing, Washington, D. C. Do
it today!
Middle East, Jan. 7 (Special to
the Sun)—South Carolina vegetables
and fruits are far superior to those
of Egypt where he now is stationed,
in the opinion of T-5 Carl E. Wig-
gers, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Wig-
gers, route 2, Pomaria.
Cpl. Wiggers, a veteran of nearly
18 months Army service, has been
overseas for six months, engaged in
motor transportation work. He has
done much convoy duty in this area.
Wiggers, Who is a ’39 graduate of
the Pomaria High school, played
basketball and baseball while in
school.
“The climate here is a lot like our
state, about as cold, though here,
they don’t have our light snows. It’s
odd to see oxen pulling wooden
ploughs and children grubbing the
ground while we use horses and trac
tors in my home state on the farms.
“We raise larger and more tasty
vegetables and fruit at home, too.
Yes, I’ve seen the Pyramids and
Sphnix but the State House at Co
lumbia would be a sight for sore
eyes, right now.”
Cpl. Wiggers has two brothers in
the service, Opl. Samuel C. Wiggers
with the Air Forces in Tex: s and j
Pfc. • Bernard E. Wiggers with the
infantry in New Guinea.
RECENT DONATIONS TO
HOSPITAL
The Working Together club of
Boundry Street School, Miss Annie
Bynum, teacher: 16 water glasses, 3
ice tea glasses, 7 bath cloths, 3 bath
towels, 2 pkgs. paper napkins, 6
tray covers, 1 comfort.
Little Brownie Troop I, Mrs. Jack-
son Bowers, Jr.: scrap book for
children.
St. Phillips Home Demonstration
club: 26 cakes toilet soap.
No name: 6 cakes toilet soap, 7
wash cloths.
Mrs. George Stone: beautiful poin-
settia.
Young’s Fruit Store: bag of
oranges. j
Mr. E. A. Carpenter: fifteen beau
tiful gifts for each member of the
hospital staff.
AM NOW PREPARED to assist you
in filing 1943 Federal and State
Income tax returns. If you are
entitled to a refund the sooner the
return is filed the sooner the re
fund is made. Come in oday. Mrs.
A. H. Counts, Sun Office, Phones 1
or 414-m.
Not Him!
Wife: “That brazen M-s. Vamp
boasts she has been kissed by every
.nan in this town except one.”
Husband (absently) “I wonder
who he can be?”
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In Appreciation
On the threshold of this New Year we wish to
express our appreciation for your patience in
bearing with us in getting your work out. We,
as almost everyone else, have labored under try
ing conditions the past year but each inconven
ience we suffer on the home front contributes to
the fighting front and of course we all want to
get this war over and our boys back home.
We ask your continued cooperation and for
our part we pledge our 'best to you during the
coming year.
A Happy New Year to you and yours.
Newberry
Monument Co.
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