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m NEWBERRY SUN PACK FOUR tu* 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday In The Yeer Entered a? second-class matter December 1037. at tht postoflice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Conerees of March 3, 1870. SPECTATOR The Government took over the trucking business out West and will allow an increase of seven cents an houir to the drivers. That is $13.44 more per month base pay. If the drivers make 100 hours of extra time in a month the increase would amount to about $23.44 additional pay per month, at least. This may be all right; I know nothing about the conditions; but the occasion permits me to tell our friends something about the relative ly small income of the farmers. Let us consider tobacco farmers. Labor seems to be in demand at a dollar an hour base pay; a dollar and a half over 40 hours. Forty dollars a week is $2,080 a year. If the worker adds ten hours a week of overtime the than in 1943 where does the money go ? One is struck by the disparity between ten million dollars more a month (obviously $120,000,000 a year) and the second statement that the government “farm relief is estimat ed officially at two hundred millions of dollars more than in 1934.’' Many loads of tobacco have been hauled to Georgia markets from South Carolina farms during this month. The reason for this is that tobacco may be sold on Georgia mar kets ungraded .and untied. Many to- bactco growers think they receive as much net cash by selling in Georgia and are saved the trouble of finding the labor necessary to grade and tie the tobacco. There is an argument in favor of grading and tying tobacco; certainly a buyer may be expected to pay more for tobacco which is not mixed with green or inferior leaves; but this question comes up: What right has the State of South Carolina to legis late on the subject? Our law-makers are not autohrized by the Constitution to dictate how a merchant may wratp a parcel or tie it. The State is not lawfully concern- eel with all the details of our living, or doing business. The mere fact that a certain course of action may be desirable does not indicate that the State may lawfully legislate on the subject. Just offhand it seems tKat any law resuiring the grading of to bacco before marketing is an invalid law, regardelss of the wisdom or ex pediency of the grading. If our tobacco warehouses have in- eamings for the yaer will be $2,860. Many a family is receiving that, to gether with as much more for the wife and son or daughter, his dol- Uisted on such a law—as some grow- lar-an-hour pay is not necessarily ers say—it is the warehouses which highly-skilled labor. Skilled labor is!are losing by the law, for the tobac- much better paid. leo sold in Georgia does not help the Is a fanner a skilled worker? His I South Carolina warehouses, judgment on when to plow a damp | We must learn some day that the field, or not to plow, may result in Legislature has no right to legislate an increase or loss of hundreds of dollars. Likewise, his judgment on harvesting and marketing bis crop may be worth hundreds of dollars, even on a small farm. In this farmer is a manager, the directing head of a business. Does he receive an income equal to indus trial wages? Certainly a one-horse farm should yield a return equal to that of a n unskilled industrial work- Ask the farmer if he enjoys such an income? Far from it. I have in mind the tobacco farm er. Let us consider the small plant er, say of five or six acres. The work calls for skilled labor, and the farm er and his family are entitled to the pay of skilled workers. Do you know how the tobacco farmer works ? Let us think of our tobacco belt in South Carolina: Georgetown, Wil liamsburg, Clarendon, Lee, Sumter, Florence, Darlington, Marion, Dillon, Horry and others. Most of the to bacco is produced on small tracts. In many cases the farmer himself, his wife, sons and 1 daughters—all are ex pert workers. They not only produce the tobacco stalk, but are highly trained at curing the leaves and grad ing the tobacco for market . Long nights are spent at the bam 01 barns, as the roaring fire is tempered to live coals, as the drying leaves may re quire. Once the farmer begins to “cure”, or dry his tobacco, he is on duty seven days and nights, seven day sand nights. No one who knqws anything about tobacco will deny that a successful tobacco man is a skilled laborer, as well as a good manager. Does he receive a" income equal to taht of a skilled industrial worker, in- eluding overtime ? Do the members of his family enjoy that rate of pay ? Well, take the total receipts of that family, allow something for the copi- tal invested, including operating ex penses, plus something for managing the farm, and you will find the total earnings of a successful tobacco fam- em every plan that may seem desira ble. One of our freedoms is to han- de our affairs without a law poking a finger at you from every nook and corner. Some of our cotton-pickers ^ill have sore backs this year. Much of the cotton is small, low on the ground, and full of rust. Ootton is about ready to be picked. All over the lower part of the State, the fields are turning white. There is no reason why our South Carolina Democrats should be under the spell or sway of office-holding politicians or those who hope to profit from the New Deal Regime. Mr. Roosevelt, in campaigning for a fourth term, pretends to put him self on a plane apart from politics, and surrounds himself with the gla mor cf war and the idea of being Commander-in-Chief. He went to the Pacific during the Democratic convention and spoke from a naval station. He now goes to Pearl Har bor and the Aleutians—for what? To dramatize himself as a great man of war. The admirals and the generals -ome and go; they do the fighting; but Mr. Roosevelt uses the war as a background for his campaign. It is a subtle appeal, and an unworthy ef fort to use the war to promote his personal ambition. When he went to the West, preen ing as the Supreme Commander, he found time to spend several hours in Chicago, with his political manager! And while at a naval station on the Pacific, he sat with ears glued t-j the radio or the telephone directing his •political leaders, the bosses, what to do. All this jaunt is the usual stage play of a man who likes theatrical poses. It will impress and deceive many emotional people; but the fighters themselves and clear-mind ed people, won’t forget that this so- called inspection trip of Mr. Roose velt, with national hook-up and free advertising, is just CANDIDATE COOL COTTON Looking like a million dollars kolps tka time go faster while awaiting the stork. This young officer’s wife does it by wearing cool cottons, and tha dress sbo ' medals above is a brown and white checked giagkam snn back which [has a let-out feature at the sides. |A brown jackat covers it for town! and is a good streamliner, too. ' Home Demonstration Column Seventy five very enthusiastic 4- H club members returned from Camp Long Friday afternoon after spending a most enjoyable week. Judging from the reports given by the campers and leaders the camp was a great success. Those who did not get to go this year should begin now to' plan for next year. It is difficult to measure or enumerate the benefits to be derived from such group training. Even little short cuts are import ant in war time cookery. A few minutes saved each time a job is done count up to many hours in the course of months In a household where baking pow der biscuits and cookies are baked often, time may be saved by cutting them square instead of round. After the dough is rolled out, criss-cross ing with a knife and then lifting the squares onto the baking pan is much faster than first cutting with a cookie cutter, then gathering the Iscraps together, and again rolling ’our and cutting, as is usually done. In these days when many families send eookies to members away in the armed services, the square cut has another advantage. It makes cookies pack more compactly and travel with less breakage. Drop biscuits and cookies are even quicker to make than square cut cookies but their texture and ap pearance is less smooth and they do not pack a s well. ily* far^less than the same work would ' Roosevelt’s method of campaigning have yielded in industry. for a forth term. If we must dig up unpleasant What about the post-war business? .facts, let us remind our people that A great business service tells us that ^en Mr. Roosevelt was eampaign- at the end of 1943 the people of the iag for a third term, in 1940, toward United States were ready to buy: Automobiles and motor trucks 7,- 000,000. Radios and phonographs 20,000,- 000. Heating stoves 2,850,000. Cooking stoves 4,820,000. Bedsprings 7,270,000. Hot water heaters 1,600,000. Furnaces 609,000. Hot water tanks 820,000. Sewing machines 748,000. Oil burners 492,000. Portable typewriters 662,000. Bicycles 3,155,000. Washing matohines 3,956,000. Mechanical refrigerators 4,700,000. Vacuum cleaners 3,350,000. To the figures & items mentioned we must add several hundred thou sand homes and hundreds of public buildings. And to the new building must be added repairs on hundreds of thousands of others. Nothing is said about farm machin ery, or the simple tools cf agricul ture and machine shops. Nothing is said about many things which form a part of our American style of living. We are told that government bene fit payments to agriculture continue at about $50 million a month, com pared to $40 million last year. Federal farm relief this year is estimated officially at $200 million more than 1934, first full year of the “depression” emergency program. Total farm income (before govern ment subsidies) estimated at $21 bil lion for 1944 against $5.3 bi'lions in 1933, when crop-adjustment bountie: were launched. SIGNIFICANCE: Although total farm income has doubled twice since 1934, federal aids now are 50 per rent above ’34 rate. Where does this money go? Who receives it—and for wfliat? As r cooperator in the AAA program from the beginning, I have not received this increase; year by year we re ceive less. If the Government is spending even a hundred and twenty million dollars a year more in 1944 the eud of the campaign period, he rode around the country declaring that he was making tours of inspect ion for national defense. The record shows that in 1936, when campaigning for a second term, Mr. Roosevelt traveled 1 across the country on what he called a tour of indpection of the drought-suffer ing areas and flooded regions. Although these trips ‘have been made during presidential campaigns, he asks the public to believe that they nave no political purpose. We may ask how a candidate separates himself from his candidacy in the heat of the campaign? Here is a problem for farmers, as put to Spectator by a farmer: Can you feed 20 bushels of com to a hog (Ipig) and “realize” $35 from the com ? Well, can’t you sell the 20 bushels of com outright (as com) for $35? If 20 bushels of com, as corn, are worth $35, why expect a farmer to feed 20 bushels of corn to a hog FOR LESS, and have the worry and trouble “to boot”? LINDA FAYE HOGGE Linda Faye Hogge, infant daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Colie Hogge died at the Newberry County hos pital early Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 7 o’clock from the graveside in Rosemont cemetary with the Rev. Earle Robinette con- lueting the service. She is survived by her father and mother; one sister, Ygenia; her ma ternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Holland and paternal grand mother, Mrs. Gladys H Puckett, all of Newberry. IO CHECK vKK R Liquid foi l 666 Liquid for Malarial Symptom** KILLED BY TRAIN Tony Sharpe, 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sharpe, died Saturday night at the Newberry County hospital a few hours after he was stniek by a train. The child was playing near his home and started across the rail road when he was hit. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at 5 o’clock from the McSwain funeral home with the Rev. Furman Rivers and the Rev. Win- gard Berry conducting the service. Interment followed in Enoree Church cemetary. He is survived by his parents; one brother. Junior Sharpe and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bartow Wicker, of Newberry. U. S. CASUALTIES THUS FAR IN WAR STANDS AT 299,474 Washington, Aug. 17—Battle casu alties in the United States armed forces thus far reported to next of kin have reached a total of 299,474. Acting Secretary of War McCloy •today listed Airmy casualties of 244,- 775 from the start of the war until July 29. Navy, Marine and Coast Guard casualties totaling 54,699 were announced by the Navy. Of the Army total, 45,491 were killed, 113,977 were founded (57,956 of the wounded have recovered and returned to duty), 42,102 are missing and 43,205 are officially reported prisoners of the enemy. Army casualties in Normandy, from D-Day through August 6 amounted to 112,673 with 16,434 killed, 76,535 wounded, and 19,704 missing. The Normandy figure in cluded one week’s casualties, not broken down, which were not in the summary of all Army casualties. Navy casualties alone totaled 34,- 414, with the Marines reporting 19,- 530 and the Coast Guard 755. For the three naval services, the total of dead was 22,665; wounded 17,819; missing 9,746 and prisoners of war 4,469. The Army’s total of casualties was an increase of 26,302 over the latest previous report, made August 3, of 218,473 The Navy total increased 2,828 from 51,871. FRIDAY, AUGUST 88, —