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THE NEWBERRY SUN k tour 1218 College Street NEWBERR'. iOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Everj’ Friday In The Year Entered as second-class matter December <5, 1!'37, at tlit postoflice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1870. NO “BASKET CASES” A rumor that many “basket” cases were being brought back to hospitals in this country, brought a strong denial from the surgeon general of the army. Not only had there been no such cases brought back to this country but so far there have been none in any theatre of war, he said. A basket case is so called when a soldier loses all members, both hands and both feet. The surgeon general also said there has been amazingly few cases of soldiers losing even two members. He further emphasized the falsity of the rumor by stating should there be cases where a soldier lost all members he would likely not survive the ithock. Rumors like this are planted by the enemy and they always manage to make them sound most horrible. Anything not read in the newspapers or heard on the radio should be in vestigated before being repeated. However, if the government were more frank in reporting unfavorable news less attention would be ipaid to rumors. TRUE DEMOCRATS On this page is an advertisement by the Southern Democratic party, setting forth its principles and ob jectives, and inviting membership. There is a refreshing note about the forthright manner in which the aims of the new party are set out; no pussy-footing, no beating around the bosh. The founders dome to the point in brutally frank language. They are against Roosevelt and for a white man’s party and say so, simply and frankly. As we understand it the Southern Democratic party intends to parti cipate in the regular Democratic (primaries and will encourage anti- Roosevelt candidates to enter the lists in policy making offices. There is widespread dissatisfac tion in this county over much of what the New Deal has done, or failed to do, and iwe expect to see many Ncwberrians in the ranks of the new party. Democrats have heretofore contiued in the party of the Roosevelts because they had no where else to go. The new party now opens the way to affiliation with true Democrats to rid the na tion of misrule. Many of the men who brought the new party into being are known to us personally and we know they have no axe to grind. As the adver tisement points out there are no dis- grui.tled politicians or sore-heads or office seekers in the official set up of the new party. They are true South Carolina Democrats who are not willing to stand with folded- arms while the scalawags rape the South of cherished traditions and ideals bought with Southern blood and untold hardship. There is no “big money” behind the new party, hence the suggestion that you may contribue if you care to. But whether you contribute or not make certain that you fill in the blank in the advertisement and mail it to the address given. Your membership and encouragement will mean more than your contribution in money. In joining the new party you are not “bolting” the Democratic party for indeed the old Democratic party is dead so far as the South is con- cemed. Roosevelt and his crowd have stripped it of everything it meant to a true' Southener—it is now the party of anyone of any col or or breed willing to bend the knee to a socialistic bureaucracy run by little men who think only, of self and to whom Southern tradition is a joke. The immortal words of Tom Paine are no less true today than when he uttered them in the dark days of the revolution. Trying times are indeed upon us and the sound com mon sense of the conservative South is needed to bring order out of a world of chaos. HOSPITAL ACKNOWLEDGES GIFTS The Newberry County hospital ac knowledges with thanks receipt of the following donations: Pomaria Demonstration club, Mrs. C. S. Glymph, pres.: 1 quart pickles, 1-4 gallon beans, 1 cake soap, 5 tow els, 2 bath cloths, 2 vases, 1 quart soup mixture. !H. S. and Mrs. Lula Langford: turkey. W. M. U. of First Baptis! ‘ohunch, Mrs. Fred Gilbert, chairman: lamp for reception room. First Baptist church: open win dows for patients. Meriam Circle of Lutheran Church of Redeemer, Mrs. Johnny Werts and Mrs. Buddy Bedenbaugh: 20 cakes toilet soap, 5 bath cloths, 1 pair pillow cases, 8 tray covers, 4 vases. Willowbrook Home Demonstration club, Mrs. Charles Golden, president —11 towels, 2 bath cloths, 1 vase, 1 package washing powder, 1 quart turnip greens, 5 quarts beans, 1 quart turnips, 1 can tomatoes, 16 cakes toilet soap, 1 pair hand-made pillow cases. THE SPECTATOR Some of our editors ask the ques tion: Who are behind this Southern Democratic party? There is, natur ally some curiosity about that, but the principal question, as I see it is not WHO, but WHAT! In other words, no one connected so far with the Southern Democratic party, of- fi.ially at least, is a candidate for any office; no oneTs a disgruntled politician; no one is a soured has- been in any relation in life. Who, by the way, is the new National chair man of the New Deal party, the man recently named by Mr. Roose velt? It makes no difference WHO he is. Nor does it matter WHO may be the members of his committee. He a nd they cut a small figure. The big question, the important question is are you for Mr. Roosevelt? They mean to ask if you favor the New Deal, its blundering, its wastefulness, its toadying to northern negroes. Don’t try to deceive yourself; if you are for Mr. Roosevelt you are for what he stands for and what he does. Our fathers didn’t stand for that; our fathers stood for a white man’s Democracy. Our fathers suf fered the agonies of Reconstruction and risked their lives to redeem South Carolina from negro rule, car pet-baggers and scalawags. If you honor the memory of your father ask yourself if Mr. Roosevelt is a Dem ocrat of your father’s kind. If so, vote for him If our fathers did not cherish and support the Democratic party as a white man’s party then we have been deceived' all these years. You don’t need any argument about this: Think it over. Are you a Roosevelt man, or are you in favor of a WHITE DEMOCRACY? They tell us tha4 the President is being discounted by Stalin and Churchill because the President can not commit this nation bo any pro gram without the consent of the senate. Certainly our Constitution did not provide for a dictator. If our Constitution limits the scope of the President’s power it was intended to be that way. Surely no one would advocate a dictatorship like that of Russia. If so, then why fight. Are we not fighting to make men free; or must we ourselves become a land of submerged people? As a matter of fact, Mr. Churchill is not a dictator; in very truth ' he has far less power than Mr. Roose velt Mr. Ohurchill is the king’s first minister, but be has a cabinet of men who have a vote on what is to be done. The British Prime Minister chooses as a cabinet members of in fluence in the party. They are not merely high clerks of his, as are our Cabinet members. Secretary Ickes, Secretary Perkins, Secretary Stimson, Secretary Knox and Attorney Gen eral Biddle do not owe their cabinet positions to prominence in the Demo cratic Party. Secretary Perkins has no political influence or weight; I do not know that she is a Democrat. At torney General Biddle, if a Demo crat at all, is very modestly so, and has no political strength. Secretaries Stimson and Knox are prominent Re publicans, but not Democrats. Presi dent Roosevelt’s cabinet, as you see, is not a group of political leaders; rather to the contrary. But under our Constitution the real authority is vested in the President, not the cabinet. We have no cabinet, as an institution of law. Each member is head of a department and owes all to the President. In Great Britain that is not true. Over there the Cabinet rules, the Cabinet, not the Prime Minister. And tbe House of Commons can vote the Cabinet out of oflice at any minute. Mr. Church- hill has enormous personal prestige and seems to us bo be a great power. His power, however, depends on his associates and the support of the House of Commons. The widely repeated statement of Mr. Churchill’s absolute power is based on lack of information. An American president has a tenure of four years, while a British Prime Minister may be voted out of office in four months. Stalin knows what he wants. He wants to sou round Russia with friendly nations to be buffers be tween Russia and ambitious Euro pean powers. He probably wants a year-round seaport and the necessary approaches. Great Britain knows what she wants. Her people are practical; they want trade, markets for their goods; and they want peaceable neighbors. The United States doesn’t seem to know what is best for us. That we are not selfish in seeking territory may be admirable; I think it is; but our problem is that of a man of noble purpose and idealism in a neighborhood of go-getters; we are the "world’s most generous, most gullible people and we are dealing with people who walk with both feet on the ground, WHILE we walk on air. How would you like to live in Ger many today ? I read that question recently in a popular magaine. I quote what follows: “No? Yet Ger many has had for years all the things that many Americans seem to want. The German government ended un employment by government work. The German government owned and operated the railroads, controlled the press and radio, guaranteed univer sal education, supported unions, as sured medical care, limited corpora tion profits—did all the things many Americans want our government to do. Of course the German govern ment became a dictatorship as all such paternalistic governments al ways do. Of course the German gov ernment did all this for its people at the price of their freedom—at the price of making all slaves of the gov ernment as is always the case. Of course all this ‘something for nothing’ reduced the standard of iiv- r’KiUAir, ABRIL 14, 1944 ing of everyone in Germany as it al ways must and will. Before the war the average worker in Germany made $2.00 a day, in America $5.00. Dictatorship Germany spent 10 years getting ready for war; private in dustry in America you can look for ward to your own home, a new auto mobile, being your own boss, doing What you like. In government con trolled Germany, the ‘beneficiary’ of the state can look forward to noth ing but ruin and want. There will come a time when the bureaucrats, to save their own jobs, will try to sing you to sleep with the siren song of government ownership, govern ment control, government “benefits”. When you hear that song,_ remember the Germans. Too little and too late! Again we ■hear that. The Army and Navy Journal tells us that our Italian com paign is suffering from the “too little and too late” ailment which seems to afflict the British and American military efforts. In Burma the Japa nese net only hold fast, but are ad vancing. In Italy—where are we? In Northern Africa we had a set back due to the same “too little dnd too late”. And to this, the military critics suggest that in Italy we have been too slow! What is the trouble? Americans are not slow people, as a rule. Nor is the American soldier slow. If success reflects credit on the leadership, what shall we say of failure ? The man on the street wonders why we don’t send to Italy sufficient force to drive the Germans out. If we have had millions of men and thousands of planes standing idle in Great Britain why didn’t we use them in Italy ? A dead German is just as dead in Italy as in France. What was the significance of Mr. Ohurdhill’s demand for a vote of con fidence ? In Great Britain the cabi net resigns when the House of Com mons defeats one of its measures. Rather than risk defeats the Cabinet asks for a vote of confidence. If the vote i® not favorable to the Cabinet, the Cabinet (Government) resigns. If we had such an arrangement in this country President Roosevelt would have resigned when Congress first de clined to pass measures advocated by him. If you plant a nickel or a penny will it grow? A pretty little three-year old girl was observing her daddy as he bought seed for his garden. Soon afterwards she showed me a nickel and aSked “If I put this in the ground will it came up?” Not if the New Deal gets it; the New Deal is strong' for spending for consumption, not) for saving and production. ★ ★ Wltat you Ruy WUU WAH MWDS Holy Stono • Cleanliness is the first order of ev ery American soldier and sailor and the United States Government spends millions upon millions of dol lars to keep our fighting men as clean and as healthy as circum stances will permit. “Swab the deck!” cries out a pet ty officer and the men fall to with their “holy ston ” equipment and in a short time everything is spick and span. WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY? On the battlefield in Africa, tank commander Lt. Dean Shatalain was severely wounded. Alone, he ampu tated his own foot wath a jack-knife and thought he was dying when he wrote this poem. Later he was res cued by Americans and is now recov ering in a hospital in England: What did you do today, my friend? From morning until night? How many times did you complain That rationing is too tight? When are you going ito start to do All of the things you say? A soldier would like to know, my friend WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY? We met the enemy today And took the town by storm Happy reading it will make For you tomorrow morn. You’ll read with satisfaction The brief commique We fought, but are you fighting? WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY? My gunner died, in my aims today; I feel his warm blood yet; Your neighbor’s dying boy gave out A scream I cannot forget. On my right a tank was hit, A flash and then a fire; The stench of burning flesh Still rises from the pyre. USE OF HEAVY COTTON TUBULAR. BAUN6, IN STEAD OF BOXES >N ' OVERSEAS SHIPMENTS ( AMES 35% TO 50% IN SPACE...CUTS DOWN WEIGHT 15 LBS. PER PACKAGE / COTTON ) WANT ADS COAL—We have a good supply now. Call 155 for your next order. Farmers Ice and Fuel Co. FOR SALE—House at lot at 909 Wilson street. See' Mrs. T. H. POPE at 1113 Calhoun stroet, or Phone 426, FOR SALE—Stove ana fire - wood. Coker 100 & 4 in one wilt resistant cotton seed for planting. H. O. Long, Silverstreet, S. C. NOTICE—I am prepared to assist you in filing your 1944 income es timate due April 15. Mrs. A. H. COUNTS, The Sun office, Phones 1 or 414-M. WE WILL BUY—Your burlap sacks or any kind of old rags, also scrap iron and other metals. See W. H. STERLING. FOR SALE—Fresh stock field and garden seeds. Johnson-McCrackin Co. 3tc TO PREVENT CROWS from pulling corn up treat with Pestex. Johnson- McCraekin Co. NOTICE OF MEETING OF DEM- OCRATIC CLUBS Pursuant to the rules of the Dem ocratic party, precinct clubs of New berry county will meet at the usual pkVce of meeting at three oViock, P. M. on the 22nd day of April, 1944, unless a different place and hour is fixed by itihe club within the same week, for the purpose of reorganiz ation, and the election of delegates to the County Convention to be held at the Court House in Newberry, S. C. on the 1st Monday, the 1st day, of May, 1944, at 11 o’clock A. M. Each club is entitled to one delegate for every 25 members, and one del egate for a majority fraction thereof based upon the number of votes poll ed in the first primary election in 1542. NEAL W. WORKMAN, County Chairman Mrs. A. H. Counts, Secretary. SMNfF A 666 USE TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS LOANS ON Real Estate Automobiles and Personal Property WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY, MY FRIEND? To help us with the task? Did you work harder and longer for less, Or is that too much to ask ? What right have I to ask you this, You probably will say; Maybe now you’ll understand YOU SEE—I DIED TODAY! NEWBERRY Ins. & Realty Co. NED PURCELL, Manager Phone 197 Exchange Bank. Bldg. ^WILD LIFE SOUTH CAROLINA WITH PROF FRANKLIN SHERMAN ^#• ai ■ . nitVT OF 2 OOL.OGV BIRD MIGRATION Bird migration is a miracle which nature performs before our eyes twice each year. A highly intelligent farmer once told me he had learned that catbird comes to us each spring, nests, rears a brood and goes South again for the winter. He asked if this is true for other birds. Yes, many others. This great swing of birdlife (north ward in spring and southward in fall) constitutes bird migration. How, why, when, did bird migra tion first begin ? It is not merely a matter of food, for many species will come north when there is less food than where they came from, and will go south while tere is still abundant food where they are. Not merely to escape cold, for they will come north while it is still cold here; in fall they start south while summer warmth Is still here. Whatever the reasons, migration is strongly fixed in many species of birds. A chief delight of bird-ob servers is to record dates when they see the different sipecies of birds, the first date in spring, the last date in fall, etlc. Certain expressions denote the status of a bird with respect to mi grations: Crow (also blue jay, Caro lina wren, many others) is with us the year ’round and is designated as \ permanent resident. Catbird is lere through the summer (but not ’or the winter) and is a summer •esident. Same is true of chimney iwift, ruby-throated hummingbird and others. White-throated sparrow (not hero in summer) comes in fall, stays all winter and goes north in spring. He is a winter visitor or winter resident. Also junco (called “snowbird”) and others. Scarlet tanger, Baltimore oriole, many warblers neither sum mer nor winter here, but pass through going northward in spring and southward in autumn. They are migrants or transient visitors. Certain birds usually arrive' early in the migrations, others about mid season, still others usually late. Several years of careful observation Show that at Clemson these birds av erage arriving on the dates given: (It is a much more difficult matter to establish average “last” dates.) Chipping sparrow, March 15; chim ney swift, April 3; wood thrush, April 9; ruby-throated hummingbird, April 14; catbird, April 20; wood pewee, April 23; indiago bunting, April 24; bobolink, May 3; and nightbawk (“bull-bat”), May 8. Miss Helen Johnson of Charles ton, was a weekend visitor in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Johnson of Chappells. The Southern —invites the cooperation pf all Democrats.. ;Its platform is simple; it is opposed to: A fourth term for Mr. Roosevelt, hs well as the nomination or or election of any New Dealer, or candidate who is committed to the New Deal. The Southern Democratic Party advocates and will work for: (1) A revival of conditions in which all may Kve and work without the constant irritation of a meddling and muddling government control, and without the annoyances of an arrogant bureaucracy. (2) The Southern Democratic party stands squarely for the principles Which governed Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Wilson and Hampton; it believes in a representative democracy, as opposed to a dictatorship founded on hand outs and administered by sycophants. It is not only the plan and purpose of the Southern Democratic party <o vote in the Democratic primaries, but also to nominate a full slate of Presidential Electors pledged to support an out standing Democrat, whose first qualification must be complete apposition to the New Deal and all it represents. The Southern Democratic party advocates a return to free enterprise and broad opportunity for America and its citizens. If you wish to be' associated with the Southern Democratic party sign the coupon. If you wish to contribute to it, indicate the amount. Address Southern Democratic Party, P. G. Box 1144. Columbia, South Carolina. Send checks or other contributions to M. B. Barkley, Treasurer, P. O. Box 1144, Columbia, S. C. NAME ADDRESS AMT. PLEDGED $ AMT. ENCLOSED $ COAL The Best Grades Long-burning Qualities Good Service PHONE US YOUR NEXT ORDER Farmers Ice & Fuel Co. Phone 155