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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944
r-AOt FOUR
RAILROADS NEED MEN
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARMFIELD
Editor ard Publisher
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter
December *5, 1937, at tht poetoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
THE SPECTATOR
Well, here’s the story:
“CHANNELS”
The Colonel calls the Major
When something must be done.
The Major calls the Captain
And starts him on the run.
The Captain then gets busy
And strives to make things suit
By shifting all the baggage
On a “shavetail” Second Lieut.
The said Lieutenant ponders
And strokes a beardless jaw,
Then calls the trusty Sergeant
And to him laps down the law.
The Sergeant calls the Corporal
And explains how things must be
And the Corporal calls the Private
And That, my friend, is ME.
And so it is, me lad.
The House passed a resolution of
Representative Long of Union, rela
tive to the Northern meddlers with
Southern racial matters. The resolu
tion is worth hearing and I now
quote it:
“WHEREAS, Yankee slave-traders
and New England shipmasters insti
tuted and commercialized the vile
North American Slave traffic, bring
ing the Negro from his native Africa
and selling his body at a profit to the
plantation owners of the South dur
ing the infancy of the Republic, and
“WHEREAS, Since emancipation
the population of the American Ne
gro race has increased in large num
bers, especially in States of the
South of the American Union and,
also, by migration and abode in
States of the North of the Union, and
“WHEREAS, Since the War be
tween the States the South has cheer
fully and emphatically renounced the
doctrine of slavery of any race or
people and has reconstructed her
land and racial relations by wise and
heroic toil and sacrifice following
that devastating War, and
“WHEREAS, It is recognized that
the States of the North and the
States of the South, each, due to
geographical, climatic, racial and
other differences have their respec
tive political, social, economic and
other diversified peculiarities and
problems that may be satisfactory
solved only by local self-government,
and
“WHEREAS, The White race of
the South and the Negro race of the
South have been residing side by side
in tiie same Section in comparative
peace, harmony and mutual helpful
ness, without material disturbance or
friction, for a ong period of time
during which, with their different
talents and imitations they have been
contributing to the preservation and
growth of the Nation, and
“WHEREAS, It is beieved that the
true destiny of the Negro race, like
that of the White race, lies in the
jealous preservation and promulga
tion of its own integrity and charac-
iberistics; and that any mixing or
amalgamation of the races prompted
by eo-mingling upon the basis of so-
called political or social equality
would be destructive of the identity
of both races, giving birth to an in
ferior mongrel race ruinous of our
country, and
“WHEREAS, Certain persons in
high official and semi-official quar
ters acting in concert with strong
subservient influences of the North,
actuated by malice or ignorance or
both toward the South in general and
the White Race in particular taking
traitorous and treasonable advantage
of the critical situation brought about
by the War, and seeking by insidious
Hitrtteranpes and actions to stilt up
trouble and bring conflict and strife
between tihe White race and the Ne
gro race of the South, thereby kind
ling a fire that they may not be able
to put out, and shaking the South
from center to circumference, and
“WHEREAS, Thereby agitators of
the North are playing into the hands
of Nazi philosophy of Conquest to
first divide, then conquer; and by
their treasonable utterances and con
duct are giving Aid and Comfort to
the enemies of our common Country,
these United States of Americi, and
“WHEREAS, History and Tradi
tion prove that the wisest and safest
(polity is to allow each race to work
out its own destiny in the South by a
process of progressive evolution with
in the confines of its own racial bor
ders, and in a spirit of mutual re
spect, confidence and helpfulness,
without outside interference, and
“WHEREAS, The stench of Scala
wag and Carpetbagger days is too
strong and fresh in our recollection
to now retrace our steps in that Ra
cial direction, NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVEL BY THE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
SENAE CONCURRING:
FIRST: That we indignantly and
vehemently denounce the intentions,
utterances and actions of any per
son or persons and of all organiza
tions seeking the amalgamation of
the White and Negro races by a co
mingling of the races upon any basis
of equality, as being destructive of
the indentity and characterisiicts
and integrity of both races, and as
being Un-American and hostile to the
existence and preservation of the
American Union of States, and
SECOND: That we re-affirm our be
lief in and our allegiance to estab
lished White Supremacy as now pre
vailing n the South, and we solemnly
pledge our lives and our sacred hon
or to maintaining it, whatever the
cost, in War and in Peace.
THIRD: That insofar as racial rela
tions are concerned we firmly and un
equivocally demand that henceforth
the demand agitators of the North
leave the South alone.”
SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN:
If you are at the “front”, where
the guns roar and the bombs crash;
or if the gleam of bayonets is a part
of your service, there is a serious
ness, a directness about life which
must fill you with wonder about the
quibbles of those of us at home. You
at the front are our special repre
sentatives: we owe you as a solemn
obligation to keep this country a
good place in which to live.
We shouldn’t let any one, or any
group, derive unjust advantages from
the war.
There are people who remind me
of the big hog which forces his way
into the trough and stands in it
while he eats. He could eat lust as
much by standing outside, but a hog
is a hog and crowds the others out,
when he can.
Most of our people are good peo
ple; they miss you from home; they
miss you on the street and at your
work; perhalps they miss you at
church. Most people are working
ihard. The war has reached all of us.
From nearly every home some one
has gone, or is about to go.
The great industrialist has a boy,
or several boys, wading the watery
roads or slopping through the mud.
The wage-earner’s boy is shoulder to
shoulder with the banker’s son; and
here at home the hearts of all are
with you.
Those of you now in camp at home'
have all the wearisome training with
none of the glamor. Our debt is the
same to you, of course.
We Americans have always been a
happy people. We have been the
most favored people of the world. We
have no classes; we are equal. We
are not a-U rich, but most of us have
a lot of fun enjoying a full life.
America has always been a land of
smiling people; we have come and
gone without hindrance; we have
saved or we hare spent, as we wish
ed. We have started little or big
businesses sometimes succeeding,
sometimes going to the wall. We have
not had secret police and investiga
tors snooping around. We have ask
ed for no favors; all we wanted was
a chance, just a fair opportunity, to
work—and we worked for the op
portunity.
The war has made changes. That
is natural; but let us try to restore
and revive the America we know.
Our politicians are a little confus
ed about you. My own idea is that
most of you don’t care about voting;
that you expect us to look out for
your interests back here. The poli
ticians, however, from Mr. Roose
velt on down the line, are trying to
make a great issue of the vote. You
and I know that this is a lot . of
hullabaloo for themselves, not for
you.
People talk about a war for de
mocracy. We must discourage na
tions from aggressive warfare. If
all the Nations had stood together
after the First World War they
could have prevented this war. Our
own country is largely to blame for
this, because we refused to join the
others in maintaining the peace of
the world. We talked, but it was
empty. This is a world of realities,
though we Americans live in the
clouds in world affairs. Mr. Stalin
is providing for safe and reliable
neighbors; he isn’t trying to give a
quart of milk to everybody in the
world. That’s the sort of day
dreaming we Americans do; that is,
our leaders do that.
What we need is a safe America;
let’s stop trying to dabble in Central
and South America, Europe, Asia and
Africa. Of course we must have
some sort of workable agreement, a
cooperative agreement, for maintain
ing peace throughout the world, but
beyond that let us look out for the
people of the United States.
This is a great country and we
do things in a big way. We havv the
biggest buildings the greatest rail
roads the largest number of automo
biles refrigerators and bath tubs. We
lead the world in home comforts in
public schools, in bank deposits; also,
we produce more muddling states
men than any other country. We de
light in fooling ourselves; and we
dream dreams all night and believe
them the next day. If you have
been with the French, the Italians or
the British, don’t you find them
looking out for themselves? I don’t
mean to dispardge them; but are
they trying to bleed their peoiple
white in order to reform the world?
The biggest question for us is
this: Are we to have a real old-time
America when all this war is over?
Is it true that every boy may hope
to become President in this land of
freedom and opportunity? Or must
his ambition merely be to become
Vice President, until all the Roose
velts have crossed to the Celestial
City? What do you think about
this? Dm not interested in the poli
ticians and their ideas, because they
are always watching to see which
way the cat jumps. Let’s beat the
cat to the jump and show them a
thing or wo.
What say you ?
MRS. MARY E. BROCK
Mrs. Mary Emma Brock, 59, wife
of the late Elijah E. Brock, died in
Whitmire late Wednesday night. She
was stricken with a heart attack and
lived only a short time. She is sur
vived by the following children, Wil
liam P. Brock, Mrs. R. S. Pruitt and
Miss Letha Brock. Eight grandchild
ren and a number of other relatives
survive.
Southeastern railroads are in need
of more than 7,000 new employees
if they are to continue to handle the
ever-increasing volume of wartime
traffic ,the Columbia, S. C. District
Office of Defense Transportation an
nounced today.
Critically needed employees include
more than 4,000 men and women
needed to perform maintenance of
ways and structures; 800 needed for
maintenance of equipment and
stores; and more than 2200 heeded
for innumerable other classifications
of wailway work, according to the
ODT.
Of the number, a large percentage
need not require any special skills
and a considerable percentage of the
needed manpower is for light and
heavy labor work; some of which can
be handled by women OLT says.
“Although no serious tie-ups have
yet occurred in the transportation of
war materials or essential civilian
goods,” the ODT pointed out, “there
has been considerable local conges
tion at any points caused by lack of
manpower and unless offset by
remedial action ,the congestion is
bound bo become serious.
“A shortage of freight handlers at
transfer points throughout the south
east has led to serious delays in load
ing and unloading cars, while short
ages of operating personnel on many
occasions have resulted in badly need
ed equipment lying idle for lack of
manpower to maintain or operate it.
“The maginificent job that is being
done by the railroads—by both men
and management—has won much
public acclaim. It is well deserved
acclaim for the railroads are carry
ing a greater load than ever before
in their history and doing it with
limited equipment and a shrinking
labor supply.
“However, this record is being at
tained only at the cost of increasing
strain upon our railroad workers.
Present manpower is being stretched
very close to the limit of its endur
ance. Yet, the number of railroad
workers continue to grow smaller
owing to the other wartime demands
on manpower.
“Railroad transportation is so vital
to the war effort that a shortage of
railway workers is a problem to be
faced with alarm. There are few
occupations which have a more di
rect connection with the drive to vic
tory than do those of keeping essen
tial traffic moving.”
BONUS FIGHT NOW MOVING OUT
IN OPEN
Washington, March 7—A backstage
battle between veterans’ organiza
tions over this war’s “soldier bonus’’
moved into the open today as ad
justed compensation legislation, spon
sored jointly by five service groups,
was offered in both houses of Con
gress.
Acting on behalf of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the Army and
Navy Union, Disabled American
Veterans, the Military Order of the
Purple Heart and the Regular
Veterans Association, Senator John
son (D-Colo), sponsor of the Senate
bill, said he would ask for hearings
by the military committee.
Parallel bills ware introduced
yesterday by nine House members
Reps. Lesinski (D-Mich), Sullivan
(D-Nev), Hagen (Fl-Minn), Isac
(D-Galif), Carlson (R-Kans), Case
(R-SD), Rogers (R-Mass), Bates
(D-Ky), and Dingell (D-Mich).
The legislation sponsored by the
service groups and proposing a
maximum bonus of $3,500 each for
men and women of the armed forces
for home service and $4,500 for over
seas service, is much more liberal in
its benefits than the socalled “G-I”
bill, sponsored chiefly by the Ameri
can Legion, now pending before a
senate finance subcommittee headed
by Chairman Clark (D-Mo).
Warren H. Atherton, of the
American Legion, has announced
thffllt the organisation will conduct
a nationwide drive on Wednesday,
March 15, to obtain signatures en
dorsing the bill.
The five-service group measure
would provide for adjusted service
pay of $3 daily for home service
in the armed forces and $4 daily
for overseas service, with an extra
credit of $500 for those wounded.
CHANGE IN STATUS OF
AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
There has been a change in regard
to the release of agricultural work
ers in the state of South Carolina.
Any agricultural worker who has
not worked or been associated vdth
agriculture in the past sixty days
can be issued a statement of availa
bility by the United States Employ
ment Service provided he is not un
der contract. In the event an agri
cultural worker is under contract,
this contract must be. completed be
fore he can be considered for a per
manent release from agriculture.
Any agricultural worker referred
by the Employment Service for tem
porary employment during seasons of
idleness on farms is not to have this
time considered in the sixty day
period. Also any agricultural work
er working for a period without a
referral from the Employment Ser
vice is not to have this time counted
in the sixty day period.
The Employment Service is glad
to give temporary referrals during
periods of idleness on the farm and
urges agricultural workers to help
the war effort by helping in the pulp-
wood, lumber and other industries
during his slack season.
It is uVged that all farm owners
and farm workers have blanks SC-
F-l and SC-F-2 filled out before tak
ing temporary work. This is for
the protection of all concerned and
will eliminate misunderstandings.
The Emplofment Service will be
glad to furnish blanks and give any
information desired by either farm
owners or workers.
REPEATS A QUESTION
(The State)
After issuing warnings that meat
ration point values would be “ad
justed upward" in the next few
months, the OPA suddenly reversed
its field and announced reductions
in pork and certain beef cuts. Then
came the information that Canada
was planning to abandon meat ra
tioning temporarily which OPA ad
mitted was the cause of its earlier-
than-premeditated announcement, but
took pains to explain that the Cana
dian decision did not influence the
action. However, the OPA will have
a tough time wiping that suspicion
from the minds of the public.
And now, after so much talk about
the scarcity of fats and waging cam
paigns to save them for the manu
facture of explosives, the rationing
agency announcs that lard will be
freed from rationing during March
while fifty million pounds will be re
leased for the manufacture of soap.
The reason given for loosening up
on lard is that the slaughter of hogs
has increased, boosting production.
This may be very true but the public
will wonder whether the considera
tion is not due to some other planned
Canadian relaxation. And, if there
is evidence to this effect it will be
an addition to the long list of inci
dents that raise public doubt of the
realism and efficiency of our ration
ing.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—I HAVE 7 MULES
FOR SALE. H. C. HOLLOWAY.
FOR SALE—Stove and fire wood.
Coker 100 & 4 in one wilt resistant
cotton seed for planting. H. O.
Long, Silverstreet, S. C.
LOST—Thursday afternoon a Wal
tham pocket watch with gold
ohain. Finder please return it to
200 Hardamen street and receive
reward.
LOST—Brown leather bill-fold con
taining $28, birth certificate, social
security card, tire record, gas
stamps and 3 pictures, last Satur
day afternoon. Finder please re
turn to W. S. Alewine at the Post-
office and receive reward. 3tp.
WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks
or any kind of old rags, also scrap
iron and other metals. See W. H. i
STERLING.
FOR SALE—Arrostock Maine grown)
seed Irish Potatoes. Johnson-Mc-
Crackin Co. 3tc
MAN WANTED for Rawleigh Route
in Newberry and Southeast New
berry County. Real opportunity.
We help you get started. Write
Rawleigh’s, Dept. S C B-162-0,
Richmond. Va.
FOR SALE—Fresh stock field and
garden seeds. Johnson-McCrackin
Co. 3tc
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 today.
MRS. A. H. COUNTS, Sun office,
Phones 1 or 414-M.
NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING
We the undersigned jury commis
sioners of Newberry county, shall on
the 9th day of March, at 9 o’clock
a. m., in the Clerk of Court’s office,
openly and publicly, draw thirty-six
names to serve as petit jurors for
the Court of General Sessions, which
will convene in Newberry court house
on the 20th day of March, 1944, at
10 o’clock a. m., at the same time and
iplace we shall also draw twelve
names to serve as grand jurors for
the ensuing year.
H. K. Boyd, clerk of court
P. N. Abrams, auditor
J. R. Dawkins, treasurer.
February 28th, 1944.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF THE
ESTATE OF MISS CARRIE STREET
Notice is hereby given that the
creditors of the estate of Miss Carrie
Street are required to render an ac
count of their demands, duly attest
ed, to the undersigned, or her attor
neys, Blease & Griffith, Newberry,
South Carolina.
(MRS.) CHRISTIE YOUNGBLOOD
Administratrix of the Estate of
Miss Carrie Street, deceased.
March 4, 1944—10,17,24,31
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HtAO-CLtMSON COLLEGE ■ D*PT OE ZOOLOGY
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ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
Question: Do any S. C. birds lay.
their eggs in nests of other birds,
their young being reared by the fos
ter-parents? Answer: The Cowbird.
Q: Do any snakes whip their vic
tim to death with their tails? A: No
snake in the world is known to kill
victims in such manner.
Q: Does a snake lay eggs, or are
its young born alive? A: Some one
way, others the other way, but no
species of snake does both.
Q: Do we have a snake with sting
ers in its tail? A: No snake known
in the world has a stinger in its tail.
Q: Can any S. C. snake “stand up’’
enough to raise its head three feet
above ground? A: All snakes may
raise the head slightly but three feet
is rather high. I would think that
one-third of t)he total length of the
snake would be about its limit with
out support.
Q: Can snakes strike (bite) under
water? A: Yes, but not nearly so
freely and efficiently.
Q: Can any snake which can form
its body into shape of a hoop there
by roll along as a hoop does? A:
No. This is also erroneously asserted
of our legless lizard.
Q: Can a snake “charm” its vic
tim? A: Only so far as terror,
fright, anger or curiosity dictates. It
is not anything that the snake does
but purely the psychological reaction
of the “victim.’
Q: What is the formaldehyde solu
tion for preserving specimens _ of
snakes, lizards, frogs, etc.? A: One
part of “commercial 40-percent for
maldehyde”, to ten parts of water is
a usual strength. A large specimen
should be punctured from two to
six times along length of body so the
solution can penetrate to all the tis
sues.
Q:. What poisonous snakes do we
have in S. C.? A: The complete
list: Crowned Tantilla; Coral Snake;
Copperhead Moccasin; Cottonmcuth
Moccasin; Dwarf Rattlesnake (also
a subspecies of this); Diamond-back
Rattlesnake; Banded Rattlesnake
(and an eastern subspecies of this).
Several of these are scarce or are
found only in limited parts of the
state.
Q: Is there any one distinguishing
feature of all poisonous snakes which
makes them easily distinguishable
from the non-poisonous ones ? A:
No. Not quite; it is a complex of
several characters but no one which
is easily ascertained and is wholly
dependable.
—Photo by Wynn Richards
Mr*. Andrew F. Schoeppel, wife of the Governor of Kan*a>,
will be featured next in the cotton industry’* “Firtt Lady” portrait
ferie>, this striking picture appearing in the March issue of Harper’s
Bazaar. Mrs. Schoeppel is wearing a suit of navy cotton gabardine
designed especially for her by Vera Maxwell of New York, famous
custom designer. The coat, of natural eponge, also was created by Miss
Maxwell. Ten-year-old Barbara Bradstreet, who appears with Mrs.
Schoeppel, is wearing a cotton corduroy jumper and blouse of white
cotton nainsook. Her tasseled hat is of corded vari-colored cotton.
Mrs. SchoeoDel's hat is a new version of the large hat by Stetson.
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