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t*AUK PUUR tilt NfiWBERRt SUN 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARM FIELD -r ~" Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday In The Year Entered a? second-class matter December 6, 1937, at tht postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SPECTATOR Thanksgiving this year finds us with great crops here at home and a prospect for decisive military and naval victory overseas. Is it too much to hope—that the brains of men will find the way to world peace* ? We’ve always had the idea that the ability of man is equal to the need of the moment. We must be practical in our methods, though we may be idealistic in our purpose. Certainly there is nothing wrong with idealism; it is the idea of doing things right; and it is based on the belief that right is right and will prevail. Sometimes idealists fail to use commonsense plans; but, often the so-called practical man is just some one who is unwilling to think; someone whose mind opposes all change. The idealist cannot wait for all men to agree with him; the idea it self will make converts. What’s wrong with the dreamers of universal peace? Isn’t the idea sound? Are we so callous that we contemplate the mutilation and slaughter of young manhood as the only means for the adjustment of dif ferences among nations? We are more civilized than that in our do mestic relations. We do not hold our property by force of arms; we do not live in a state of constant and instant preparedness to fight. The average family may not have a gun or a pistol. Many a home boasts nothing more deadly than a pair of scissors or a knife and fork. There is not even a carving knife, for the bread comes already sliced, and so does the bacon—and sliced to such transparent thinness, that one sus pects the cutter of an effort to ap propriate Shakespeare by giving to “airy nothing a local habitation and a name.’’ So you see, our homes are not equipped against violence; there is not even the renowned rolling pin available for emergencies. We are no longer the strong man, armed, of whom Theodore Roosevelt sang, like Homer of^efcbv The onl y weapon commonly' foundV,is a pop-bottle, Which the hands of the ladies, would be more deadly to friends than to foes. We are disarmed, then, the men having neither firearm nor sw >rd, the women without bread- knife or rolling pin. We trust to the law, to the constituted authori ties, to the peace officers, to protect us in our possessions and to secure us in our persons. It was not always so; nor are all men peaceably dis posed today. There never will be a time od place on earth in which only angelic spirits dwell; brute force, greed, ' selfishness, covetousness— these must be curbed by the orgainiz- ed might of society; so why not ap ply this policy to the world at large? The fair fields pf a prosperous na tion, its rich resources of all kinds, will always excite the grasping spirit of a greedy nation. Men and nations must protect themselves by common agreement .and joint action against any preflatory power. The all-wise Providence has given us not only food and raiment, but He has given us minds and hearts, spiritual faculties, which can cope effectively with any evil that besets us. j In the remarkable, sweet 103rd. Psalm, David gives thanks last for the “good things” which “satisfy our mouths,” even though they re new our youth like the spirit or en ergy of the eagle; his first thank fulness was for the great plan of salvation through forgiveness; his second reason for gratitude was for the “healing of our diseases”. For nothing do we owe so much as for our spiritual possibilities. Instead of trying to match cunning with cun ning, ships with ships, armies with armies, wealth with wealth, we should establish among men a rule of righteousness, supported by all men of good will. An organized world force of righteousness would quell the avaricious spirit before” it could manifest itself dangerously on a large scale. Of course we should not forget that all that we have comes to us from the bounty of Jehovah. With out the seasons, without the rain and the sunshine, without the germina- tive properties of seed, and the fer- • tility of soil, all our work would be useless. Perhaps the spirit which enables us to get up after being knocked down is a rich quality deserving hearty thanks. After the gloom of disaster we look about us and find the sunshine; and we take fresh courage. We enjoyed a remark of a friend. One day we were listening to X, who was finding out the dismal side of lif$. X said to us; “I guess I’ve loaned out $200.00 to friends in the last six months—$5.00 here, $10.00 there and $25.00 somewhere else, you know—to my friends. Well I need a hundred dollars and not a man has a cent.” My friend, whose good humor makes him even a cheer ful sight to sore eyes, said: “Well, I figured it all up, the other day, and I’m just about even with the world. I now owe about as many as I don’t owe, so that makes me even.” What do you think of that for a dismissal FRIDAY, DECEMBEK 1, 1944. of one’s troubles ? Of course my banker friends wont endorse that. If you get a good laugh out of this— as I did—my friend will have done something to help you carry your burden. The difficulties of life are some times like the long, steep hill which seems to frown on you from the distance. - I recall a trip through Georgia and Alabama in a “Model T.”, years ago. Looking at great hills several miles away, it seemed impossible that the little “T” could climb those hills. But it climbed the hills—all of them. Can you re member Ballard’s hill, between Rem- bert and Camden, as it was in the days of dirt roads and hard pulls? Coming to Sumter from Camden we had to drive through a branch and then start a hard, long pull, with no momentum to help us, because we had to crawl through the branch, then start to climb. Any man who climbed that hill “in high” would strut about and brag on himself and the most wonderful engine ever built, as he would proclaim. In course of time we primed our selves) and our motors, so as to make the climb “in high”. How proud we were! Isn’t that suggestive of life? Sometimes we must prime ourselves, prepare our spirits, for the hill of difficulty, just ahead, and then, like the driver of the “Model T”, we must use all our forethought and all our skill, to top the hill on high. trial production than we have today we can meet it by expanding present facilities, as already planned, in case of need. It appears, then, that we now have power capacity far great er than we are likely to need for at least a generation' It isn’t wise to build too far ahead, for that ties us to plants and to methods which quickly become ob solescent. Fifty years ago we had horse-cars; then came trolleys; nbw we have buses. Who knows what’s ahead? We thought of hydro-elec tric development as the key to indus try development, and now diesels and turbines have forged ahead. When we think of the creation of vast lakes, involving great disloca tion of communities and interests, we should quietly study one against another. Progress does not always take the expected course. I represent nobody; I’m speaking my own mind, but every generation has its own problems, and every generation has the ability, and con trives the means necessary, to solve its problems. As to the power plants: Whetheir our nation should em bark on a new campaign of hydro electric power development should not be a matter of politics. Do we need the power? I understand that our present power facilities could'be expanded so as to provide a large surplus even in time of war. It may be) taken for granted that if we have sufficient power for the vast pro duction of this war we shall have a great surplus of power in time of peace. Furthermore, if we can ima gine fifty per cent greater indus “Cotton Ed” Smith has gone the way of all the earth. The tumult is over; the old battler has made his last fight, and now has gone to the other world. Many have spoken of Senator Smith as a do-nothing Sen ator, a mere obstacle. I am not in terested at the moment in the de tails of his record; he stood out as a man. Mien are few, especially those who resist the persuasion of high authority and disregard the power of jobs and favors. Senator Smith spoke his convictions and dared live up to them. He would not ride on the bandwagon. The battling old growler, as I’ve liked to call him, has left us the ex ample and the memory of a man. Peace to him, and may his spirit live long among us. Congress should act at once .to freeze the one-per cent payroll tax. Unless Congress acts before January, the payroll tax will become two per cent, automatically. That means two per cent on. payrolls—which all employers can ' estimate for them selves. All wage^efctners and salar ied , .persons mil. likewise hhve the two- per cettt-deducted, instead of one per cent, as now.’ There is no need for the increase. The Trust fund for this old-age pen sion already amounts to nearly six billion dollars; and the receipts each year are much greater than the ex penditures. If this continues it will be a great temtation to politicians to do some unwise spending. The re ceipts fo rthe last fiscal year were a billion dollars more than the pay ments to beneficiaries. Certainly we can agree that with a heavy yearly surplus and a heavy accumulated reserve, not a dollar should be taken from the taxpayers unnecessarily. This tax can be avoided if we write our Senators and Congressmen at once. A business with a payroll of $1000 a month pays the Govern ment $120 a year on this tax. A person with a salary or wages of $40 a week pays $20.80 a year. If the tax^ is doubled he will pay $41.60 a year.’ The $20.80 which might” be saved—and which has been saved by special Act of Congress—every year for two or three years, may not be worth saving; it won’t buy much, though it might buy the fruit and candy for Christmas. It would create tremendous concern if given to a Sunday school; it might create a sort of panic, upsetting the pastor and the deacons. rrs CRIMINAL (Charlotte Observer) American losses on Leyte, about one-tenth of Japanese losses, are ascribed by a military spokesman to American artillery. The big gun, the “Long; Tom” of other wars, is still potent. It hasn’t become out moded or’partially so, as have some of the weapons of past wars. But there is a shortage of artillery ammunition. General Eisenhower, among others, has complained to the American people of it. It seems in credible, as there is nothing novel about ammunitions for gunfire. Its manufacture dates back for centur ies. Somebody’s falling down in duty in this war—and it isn’t the soldiers at the front. Somebody is criminally negligent or lazy or selfish. ^ WILD-LIFE SOUTH CAP PUNA PROP FRANKLIN SHERMAN ■<eAD*CWeM30N COt-LBCB Dept OF 200L.0GY LONE SENIOR TO GRADUATE FAITHFUL SERVANT PASSES Charleston, Nov. 24—Citadel; Cadet Robert Hope Mobley, Jr., of Rock Hill, will be the lone member of the graduating class, when he is award ed the degree of bachelor of science in civil engineering at commence ment exercises here tomorrow. The other half of The Citadel class of 1944, Donald Earl Spencer, was graduated July 1. Cadet Mobley entered The Citadel in 1939, left to atend the U. S. Mil itary academy at West Point. * A drill field injury caused partial 1 paralysis of the toes of his left fot, and he was honorably discharged from the academy and the Army. He returned to the South Carolina college, and today reviewed the bat- alion of cadets as the senior class. MINK The mink is a mammal belonging to the same family with the skunks and weasels, members of this family being valuable as fur-bearers and having strong musk-glands at base of the tail. Mink is smaller and more slender than the skunks and is larg er and heavier-bodied than the wea sels. Color dark glossy brown usu ally some white on chin and some times also on throat. The body is slender and lithe, legs short, neck long, head small, enab ling it to invade holes, burrows and ! crevices; tail rather long and bushy, hind toes partly wobbed for swim ming. Males larger than females. Attains about 2 pounds weight, . usually near streams and ponds, takes to water readily, and feeds largely on fish, frogs, crayfish, | snakes, small mammals and birds, | and sometimes raids poultry. The home den is under roots or overhang ing banks near water. Mink is a wary, active and rapacious animal. We have one species of mink pre valent in South Carolina, plus a slightly smaller subspecies in the coastal marshes south of Beaufort which is known as Florida mink. My experiences with mink agree with. a remark in a hok by Hamil ton, that; “It is not a rare animal, but one which is seldom seen except by the trapper.” When hunting, trapping, or exploring I have seen it in the wild in Michigan, New York, Virginia and North Carolina, always near water. In South Carolina I have seen a skin of one taken in Ander son county, but as yet Clemson has no specimen. It doubtless is pre sent throughout the state. As a | boy I occasionally caught one in ; box-traps set for rabbit near a stream. For attempting to smuggle 20 pounds of tea and household ar ticles itno Eire, Rev. McMenamin was fined $160 at Londonderry, Eire, and also fined $4.20 for ob taining tea without ration coupons. Dora Neel, a faithful servant in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Carpenter for the past 12 years, died last Saturday. She 1 was thought to be about 70 years of age. Prof, and Mrs. Cecil W. Bowers an dchildren of Columbia s^ent the Thanksgiving holidays with her par ents, the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Har man, and other relatives in Newber ry. Pecans! Pecans! Pecans! Bring us your Pecans. We buy every day in the week; any amount, any size, at market prices. R. DERRILL SMITH WHOLESALE GROCER Itfene "RUBBER TOWERS SEWING ROOM Needs Girls and Women To Sew We will train you if you have no experience. Single needle and double needle. Apply Newberry Manufacturing Co., over Smith Motor Co. Workers on essential jobs ned not apply Buying Poultry Will Load at NEWBERRY Thursday, Nov. 30; 10 to 12 A. M. (ON LOT BACK OF COURT HOUSE) Will Load at PROSPERITY Thursday, Nov. 30; 1 to 1:30 P. M. Will load at LITTLE MOUNTAIN Thursday, Nov. 30; 2 to 3 P. M. HENS, Colored”, per pound . 23c HENS, Leghorns. per"pound 20c STAGS and OLD ROOSTERS, pound 15c DUCKS and GEESE, pound 15c All TURKEYS, pound 30c THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY SCHEDULE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE GREENVILLE POULTRY CO. Newly completed unit operated by Sinclair Rubber Inc. for the Government W HEN the Japs grabbed the rubber trees of Malaya and the East Indies, they never visioned that these "rubber towers” would spring up in Texas. Here, in the modern plant pictured above which is operated by Sinclair Rubber Inc. for the Government, a petroleum product, butylene, is transformed into butadiene. 'And butadiene, when mixed with styrene, becomes today’s tree-less rubber- synthetic rubber with a bounce. Today, Sinclair makes not only components for synthetic rubber, but its modern refineries also make toluene, used in the manufacture of the explosive TNT, 100-octane gasoline and many types of fuels and specialized lubricants needed wherever wheels go ’round. Altogether there are 10 Sinclair refineries . turning out products for war. • SINCLAIR DEALERS helpkeep wheels turning on the home front, too. Let a Sinclair Dealer service your car regularly. BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS S N C L A I R S. C. Paysinger, Agent NEWBERRY, S. C.