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PAGE FOUR H» WKVyBEIIKY »UW FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 194< - 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor tend Publisher Published Every Friday In The Year Entered a« second-class matter December 6, 1937, at tht postofTk-e at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. SPECTATOR By SPECTATOR “Cotton Ed’’ Smith is writing a book. Thirty-six years of service in Washington will be brought under review. All the big men, Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover and Roosevelt, the King of Great Britain, Prime Ministers—all will pass under the scrutiny and ap praisal of South Carolina’s Sage of Democracy Men used to make pilgrimages to pay their respekrts to the venerable figures of renown. “Cotton Ed” is not a venerable public personage; he is still the battling crusader of his younger days. His stride may lack the free swing of youth, but his mind has yielded nothing to time. I’ve heard that the Senator was an instructor in English at Wofford col lege long ago. Perha/ps that exper ience accounts for his readiness to quote the classics though he probably acquired most of that in the early days under the inspiration of his par ents. At any rate, “Cotton Ed” has never been a mere “Me-Too”, even in language. This accounts for his explorations into the uttermost reaiches of our noble tongue and the gradual development of a vocabulary which Shakespeare might have covet ed. The Senator can sit still and pour out a line of expletives (or leusswords) which fill the air with a blue haze. No, he doesn’t sit still at such moments; he naturally re coils from the explosive force, like a cannon. Senator Smith has a quick mind; he sees thorugh men and measures like a flash and he abhors sham and hypocrisy. Instead of beating about the bush he expresses his dissent with a snort and a growl that speak vol umes. The dogs came about us as we sat on the pouch of the Senator’s plantation home. We are neighbor ing farmers, about 35 miles apart. I drove over to get some inspiration from a well of Demio'eracy unpollut ed. The dogs did not come to lick his sores, for the old warrior is not nursing his wounds; he is looking younger, better, fresher, than for years. He loves his dogs and finds their constancy an invigorating in fluence after dealing with politics. Yes, he loves his dogs. Speaking of a certain public man the Senator said: “Why I’d call him a blankety- blank but for the respect I have for my dogs.’’ (This has toned down.) Senator Smith is campaign among the Colored people to register for the General Election. The Senators who replied wrote courteously, among them the Senator from Sumter county, as well as the neighboring senators from Claren don and EiJhiand. Senator Jefferies seemed to resent the suggestion, or, pei haps he resented it as coming from the Chairman of the Southern Demociats, although Mr. Breed in and Mr. Jefferies had not been on bad term:;. At any rate, the reply of Mr. Jefferies smote Mr. Breedin like the hip and thigh strokes of the old Scriptural warriors. Mr. Breedin mentioned the inci dent in the weekly campaign notes of the Southern Democratic Party and was called a Scalawag by Sena tor Jefferies. That pnompted Mr. Breedin 8. 8. ATTACKED THE PANZERS WHO RAN bring up heavier guns for the fray; and he fired back at Mr. Jefferies by showing that Scalawag is a term of reproach which indicates a man zers, who has left the White Democrats to affiliate with the Colored politicians; and that Mr. Jefferies, by his Neiw Deal affiliation, was the man affil iating with the Colored politicians. Tanks bf" a Gorman S. S. division attacked panzer troops, because the panzers pulled out to avoid a. ‘Bri tish Infantry attack. . • '' The Kan versus Hun fight took place shortly before our infantry went in to attack and successfully take the “Sausage Salient” A strip of wooded hills running west to east from the Vire- Villers Bocage road. Troops of a panzer division who were holding this strip strongly sus pected that our attack was immi nent. So the bulk of their forces began pulling out. Below them the S. S. Division — described as incredible fighters— to were holding a position. They were so disgusted at their comrade’s fail ure that they sent a force of tanks out and shot up the retreating pan- An S. S. Genereal has been killed by French Maquis in the Ome De partment. Twenty-two German offi- _ eers and twenty-four soldiers died citing the Negro Vice-Chairman of with him in the fighting, the New Deal Democracy, the Ne- | Engagements between French pa- groes at the hotel where Mr. Jeff- , triots and the Germans are contin- eries stayed in Chicago—and all uing throughout France. that. Mr. Jefferies came back with some question.’, about Mr. Breedin’s salary. This grew out of Mr. Breed- salary of $10,000 and the $180,000 in fees claimed by Mr. Jefferies. The latest is Mr. Breedin’s rejoinder that Mr. Jefferies should stick to the issues and not try to confuse it by attacking Mr. Breedin in his relation to private organizations which are entirely voluntary and have no con nection with the taxpayers’ money. In this, I have tried to file a fac tual account, without all the details. No one can tell how much more of this the papers will care to publish, but it would not require the vision of a prophet to see the politics of the Santee-Cooper come up for re view, along with the politics and politicians of recent years. Some of the post-war Government plans raise questions. That the Gov ernment should help the service men and women to ease back into civilian occupations is beyond dispute at all. Even if all had volunteered the same, moral obligation would exist, for their service was for us at home and on our behalf as well as in our be half. But the Government having adopted conscription it cannot neg lect to give every consideration to returning service people. There now comes the question of paying civi lian workers in the change back from war. That isn’t so clear. No one can claim that we in civi lian life have made sacrifices in tak ing highly paid war jobs. Nor do I think the civilian war workers moved across the continent for reasons of patriotism. High wages attracted them. What claim, then, is there on the government to pay them special bonuses and travel and all these oth er glittering baubles being dangled been slightly before them by politicians ? Somebody says that the nation a man of deep 'should spend eight or ten billions on feeling; he looks back over 12 years such workers in order to avoid a de- of Roosevelt and finds the approval pression. Well, let’s analyze this: of his own Conscience, that he has Who would receive this money? If not bowed the knee to Baal, nor stul- we seek to avert a depression should tified himself or avers or jobs. He no t all have equal claim on the na- is a gentle, sympathetic man of in- j tion>? If we are trying to maintain stinctive refinement; A is words are the general purchasing power, should rough sometimes; his growl becomes I vve not pay the clerks and salesmen, a bellow or a roar; but there is no the bookkeepers and stenographers ? bite. would not the nation be interested to Senator Smith stands as a symbol' guarantee a net profit to all the of the true Democracy. Politicians stores, the restaurants, the insurance usually show, remarkable agility in agents? Why must the nation .pay to shifting their positions and amazing one group? dexterity in sailing with the wind. | What of the farmers ? Shall the Look about the State: Many of these nation guarantee to the individual eminent Fourth Termers have told farmer a clear profit on his year’s in- me and have told others that they vestment and work? were not New Dealers. How Quickly | People tell me that the government they have become <lyed-in-the-wpol . is protecting the farmer now. Is that Rooseveitians! That is for the mo- 1 so ? Figures talk very convincingly ment. If the wind should change, 1 sometimes. If all Government con- French patriots fought a day long ocwcj. -— a, — .street battle in the little seaside in’s references to the Santee-Cooper villiage of St. Pair Su Mer, just south of Granville, when the Amer icans occupied it, it was disclosed yesterday. This is believed to be the first case of civilian strife in Allied-occupied territory since D- Day. The battle, in which one collabor ationist is believed to have been ser- icusly hurt and possibly killed, be gan early in the morning after the Germans had evacuated the town. Shouting “Come out, you are to to be arrested by the citizens of France,” the patriots hammered at the doors of the collaborationists and fighting began when the latter, badly frightened, began firing. MAIL CHRISTMAS PACKAGES EARLY TO OVERSEAS SOLDIERS Serious rioting broke out in Rennes a® the Americans neared the town. Crowds of Frendhmen came out on the streets seeking out people who had collaborated with the Ger mans An Allied photographer who was there said: “I saw a man fonced to his knees in the middle of the street being made to say ‘Vive la France’, ‘Vive de Gaulle,’ ‘Vive Roosevelt,’ and ‘Vive Ohurchill.’ 61 MODELS TO PICK FROM they would outrun us Anti-New Dealers to the bandwagon and grab the reins. Perhaps I should mod ernize that by saying that they would dash to the Anti-New Deal car and take the wheel. Senator Smith turned his back on the New Deal and became the tar get for all the guns the New Deal ers had. First they sent the law- trols were removed would not farm products be higher? Is the Govern ment really holding the farmer UP, or holding him down? If you would like to see the mat ter more clearly, read the farm prices of 1918 and the scale of in dustrial wages, and read the same items for today. Our Government will have to break away from the yer of the Negroes, who attacked j habit of giving taxpayers money to the Senator in a Colored Chuitoh in Columbia; then the CIO, followed by the brave throng which wjmts to “keep in” with the powers which con trol the officers, grants, fees—and all that. Senator Smith is an old-style American; the sort which believed in individual work and worth, without governmental hand-outs and Federal .pap He believes that this great na tion has many men fully capable of directing its affairs and is not so intellectually bankrupt that it must continue one man in office forever. And the simplicity of the Senator’s soul revolts at all the duplicity in volved in the fourth nomination. He feels that America calls her sons to redeem her from the divisive and the diversive foreign influences now gaining the upper hand in the nation. The Negroes and the for eign-born Hillmans are now the cor nerstone of the New Deal regime; and the Senator repudiates them in the name of Democracy. Senator Smith sits back and re flects on the passing throng, but his heart and mind are still in the fray, for he has the vision of one at Ar mageddon, battling for the Lord. The hot weather has brought to the boiling point a newspaper discussion between Senator Jefferies and the Chairman of the Southern Democrat ic Party These gentlemen have brought life and interest into a quiet privileged groups. The latest suggestion is that we continue the so-called Lend-Lease after the war in order to provide an outlet for our goods. Have we no poor people among our hundred and forty million people? Didn’t we lend billions to Europe after the Armis tice of 1918—virtually all of which was repudiated? And now must we try that again? Billions of dollars to foreigners while millions of our people suffer? Have we not been told that millions of our people have a SUBSTANDARD scale of living? Well, if we must use billions of dol lars to maintain our American scale of production, why not let those bil lions help our own American under privileged ? MANY PLANS TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUSES Washington, Aug. 22—After a full week of deliberation the House of Representatives today passed a bill providing for the disposition of war surpluses properties. The outstand ing objective of the bill as explained by members of the committee in charge is to effect a plan for dispo sition of these properties so that the greatest possible funds may be ob tained for the United States Treas ury and at the same time obviate the possibility of profiteering and making the equipment, materials, etc. available to the public at fair period between the First and Sec- ! and reasonable prices Some of the ond primaries. It can be boiled down pertinent objectives of the bill are: to this: Mr. Breedin wrote to every State Senator suggesting that mea sures be taken to register the quali fied White voters, in view of the (1) To afford returned veterans an opportunity to establish themselves as proprietors of agricultural, busi ness and professional enterprises. London Sunday Express Thirty-one models of the new utility corsets have been licensed by the Board of Trade to eight man- ufajrturers. The first of them will probably be in the shops by September. The eight firms have satisfied the Corset Advisory Panel that their models are worth the increased cost. The new models are primarily for the big woman who needs a strong support and who has suffer ed with the present type of utility garment. They will not please the thou sands of women who were hoping i for something more like a pre-war girdle. I understand there is no hope whatever that any models of the “pull on” rubber variety will be made. By November 1,500,000 ordinary utility corsets will be available with a stronger steel boning. These will be on sale besides the “new model” utility. The Board of Trade say they have done the best they can with the supplies of material available. It is adnutted that even the better utility model may not meet with general satisfaction, although it is guaranteed to be harder wearing. For once the WX size woman is expected to have the best of the deal (2) To encourage and foster post war employment opportunities. (3) To afford smaller business concerns, farmers and agricultural enterprises a n opportunity to ac quire surplus property on equal terms with larger competitors. (4) To afford former owners of surplus real property acquired by the Government an opportunity to re acquire such property. (5) To dispose of surplus property as promptly as feasible without fos tering monopoly or restraint of trade. (6) To prevent insofar as possible unusual and excessive profits being made out of surplus property. (7) To realize the highest obtaina ble return for the Government from such properties. (8) To encourage mutually benefi cial trade relations with foreign na tions and to develop foreign mar kets. It is estimated by some that up- wards of $70,000,000,000 worth of Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 17—“Do your Ctfrattnas -shopping early,” has long been a cry made to the public, but this year the plea is. “Mail your over seas soldiers’ Christmas packages early.” Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean, Fourth Service Command postal officer, points out that soldiers’ yuletide packages will be accepted for mail ing as early as August 15 and no later than October 15, and he states, “People are advised to mail their Christmas packages as soon as pos sible and not wait for the deadline. With millions of men overseas and with more millions of gifts which will be sent to them—-getting all parcels to their proper destinations in time for Christmas Is going to be a tre mendous task. The sooner the post office receive these packages the bet tor the chances are for the soldiers to enjoy Chistmas on December 26." Col. Dean called attention to the regulation that overseas Christmas parcels ‘for members of the Army personnel leaving home stations en route for overseas shortly before or subsequent to October 16, will be ac cepted after October 15, up to and in cluding December 10, upon presenta tion by the sender of a change of ad dress notification from the addressee, received prior to September 30, pro vided the parcels come within the prescribed limits of weight and size and endorsed ‘Christmas parcel.’ Only one such parcel will bo accepted from any one person to any one individual having an overseas A.P.O. address.” The War Department ruling on Christmas greeting cards is that those sent to soldiers overseas must be sealed and prepaid first class mail. Due to the urgent need to conserve shipping space, Christmas parcels may not exceed the current limits of 5 pounds‘in weight or 36 inches in girth combined. Packages must be boxed in metal, wood, solid fiber board or strong doublefaced corru gated fiberboard with strong gummed paper tape or tied with strong twine or -both. Perishable matter will not be ac cepted and mailing of fragile articles is discouraged. Absolutely prohibit ed for overseas shipment are intoxi cants. inflammable materials (includ ing matches and lighter fluids), poi sons or compositions which may kill or injure another, or damage the mails. Col. Dean stressed “Addresaea must be liegible—typed or written in ink. It is desirable that the complete ad dress be shown on a sheet of paper inside the package in the event the outer wrapper becomes tom, mutilat ed or destroyed in tamsit.” It is suggested that local postal authorities be consulted on any Christmas package information which is not clear. properties will be involved. More than 100 amendments were offered to the bill, although relatively few were accepted. Much interest was manifested in the amendment by Congressman Poage of Texas that would allocate and donate to the Soil Conservation Service such surplus equipment that might be used to ad vantage in its work. The amendment offered by Congressman Tarver of Georgia providing that all machinery or equipment used in the war train ing program should be donated to public schools and colleges, and the amendment offered by Congressman Hare of South Carolina designed to prevent profiteering in any of the properties by providing that none of the properties purchased from the Government could be resold at more than 20 per cent above the purchase price also provoked considerable dis cussion. However, none of these three amendments were approved, but will probably receive further at tention when the bill reaches the Senate. NASSAU FISH MEAL for feeding Hogs and Poultry. Best Prices. R. DERRILL SMITH, Wholesale Grocer, Newberry. 4t to CHECK Liquid for Malarial Symptoms, Newberry CitySchools Begin Session of 1944-1945 Pupils in the Newberry City Schools are asked to report to their respective schools on Friday morn ing, September 1st, at nine o’clock for lesson assignments and other preliminary work. Conditioned stu dents and new students are expected to report for examination and class ification on Wednesday morning and Thursday morning, August 30th and 31st. All first grade pupils and other pupils coming from other schools should register at the office of the Superintendent before September 1st. Under the laws of the State pu pils are not permitted to enroll un less they have been ruocessfully vac cinated against smallpox. Please have this matter attended to before you send your children to school. r 0. B. Cannon/iSupt. New Location WE HAVE Moved FROM FRIEND STREET To Main Street Two Doors From Ritz Theatre where we will Welcome You City Sales Co. 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