The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 22, 1944, Image 8
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i’HE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, DfcOE-MBEK ‘M, 1944
Holiday
Notice!
Offices in the County Court
House will be closed on the
following dates; on account
of the holidays:
• MONDAY, DEC. 25
TUESDAY, DEC. 26
and
MONDAY, JAN. 1, 1945
THE
highest joys of
Christmas come to us from the
blessing of giving, we gather
our humble share by giving our
service to this community and
our cordial and heartfelt wishes
for your happiness. May the
Spirit of the Nativity go with
you throughout the coming
year, and may your share of joy
be brightened by the acknowl
edgment of our appreciation of
,your past favors.
fMTW
AMD BEST WISHES FOR
THE MEW YEAR
G. B. Summer & Sons
This Is Dictatorship
Price and rationing control,
though ugly and unAmerican, has
been accepted cheerfully because
war itself is ugly and because every
possible effort must be exerted to
insure maximum war production.
But the plea that government con
trol should be continued indefinitely
into the peace, is another matter.
Anyone who doubts the danger that
would follow such an extension, has
but to consider the recent case of an
aged retailer in a small town on
the West Coast of the United States.
This man has been a leading mer-
j chant in his community for 45 years.
For over four decades he has been
known and respected by fellow citi
zens as fair and reasonable in the
conduct of his business. His store
is still a well-stocked going concern
furnishing a real service. But he
is elderly, has no help and more
work than he can do. As the moun
tain of government decrees grew, he
met it to the limit of his “physical
and mental” strength. He meticu
lously collected the right amount of
points on every rationed item. His
prices were always correct.
Recently, this merchant was sus
pended for ten days from handling
rationed goods. He was directed to
hang the suspension order in his
window for the world to see—all
because he was physically unable to
change hundreds of point value tags
as rapidly as the OPA could issue
them. The OPA hearing commis
sioner noted that the respondent
was “sincere and conscientious”
and “thoroughly acquainted with. . .
point values.” But, “We cannot
question" the wisdom of those who
framed the regulation.’. . . .A period
of time (suspension from business)
is necessary to enable respondent to
become thoroughly indoctrinated
with the regulations and to conduct
his business according to the rules
and regulations as laid down by his
government.” This merchant is no
longer a free man. He is living
under a dictatorship and is given ten
days in which to become “indoctri
nated” with the idea!
Read again the foregoing state
ment, “We cannot question. . . .” It
is difficult to realize those ominous
words are an official utterance of a
public servant in the United States,
to a free peopie. It has the true
ring of the dictator. And those bu
reaucrats now seek to perpetuate
their powers after peace comes!
CHRISTMAS SERVICES AT
LEBANON CHURCH
A very cordial invitation is ex
tended to the public to attend the
special services at Lebanon Metho
dist church Sunday evening, Decem
ber 24th, at 7:30 o’clock.
The following program is to be
rendered:
Prelude.
Hymn—While shepherds watched
their flocks.
Scripture—The Christmas Lesson
from Luke.
Prayer.
Hymn—O coma all ye Faithful.
A Christmas Greeting—Thomas
Cromer.
What can I give Him?—George
Oxner.
Christmas Joy—’Nan Oxner, Ralph
Cromer.
The Three Wise Men—Wally Ruff.
Hymn—Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing.
A short drama—“Candle in 'the
Window”—Margaret Stanley, Estelle
Cromer; Janey, Margaret’s maid,
Patsy Lominack; Harriet Jordan, a
cousin, E^ta Rae Ruff; John Powers,
Jack Lominack; Anna Powers, Fred
die Hazel.
PICK COTTON WITH SEED FORK
By J. M. Eleazer
Cotton picking with a seed fork!
I saw ’em doing that in Marlboro.
That area produced a phenominal
cotton crop. Some years ago a bale
per acre was a distinction. Few made
that much. It is still a distinction,
but in another sense. Few are mak
ing that little. A bale and a half and
even two bales per acre are not un
common there this year.
Out of about 50,00 acres of cotton
some ten to fifteen thousand acres
haven’t been touched, according {o
County Agent Colin McLaurin.
The only mechanical cotton picker
in the state was there trying to
handle a job that it was not de
signed for—picking in December.
One man tried his combine, but it
would not work on cotton.
Saw only three groups of hands
picking cotton as I rode over the
county. “Too cold to pick cotton
when the ground is frozen,” said
John Ervin at Tatum. He invented
the seed fork idea! Says it keeps him
warm and he and his son get a bale
per day that way against a bale a
week by hand. Now you can’t find
an idle seed fork anywhere over
there, I was.told.
Followed the forked seed cotton
to the gin. After it is run through
the cleaner one extra time it looks
as good or better than hand-picked
cotton from the same field, and
gives just about as good a sample
when ginned. A hand-picked bale
from the same field brought 17 1-2
cents a po’und, while the forked one'
(brought 17 cents on the local mar-
*ket.
A colored man at the gin had a
bale he and his brother had forked
that morning, the two of them. I
tried it, and these forks really do
strip those small silalks that are
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Our every thought this Yuletide is tor
those about us whom it has been our privi
lege to serve and those whom we would
like to serve in the tutu re.
Your consideration and' regard mean
much to us and we are grateful fer your
friendships.
Moy this be a Christmas never to fce
forgotten for its happiness and contentm. rt.
&
T. Roy Summer
dead and crisp and
cotton.
loaded with ;
A LONE PATRIOT
After tying up production of en- (
gines for B-29 Superfortresses for ,
three days, striking workers at the_
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
voted grudgingly 1,000 to 500 in fa
vor of returning to work. In an
other case, a couple of dozen crane
operators walked off the job, para
lyzing work in one of the world’s
largest steel mills, regardless of the
I plea from General Eisenhower that
American workers turn out ammu- J
j nition at top speed. He said the
; reduction^ of the city of Aachen j
was delayed by a shortage of am- I
munition. And then came the cold-
1 ly deliberate acts of the telephone
workers threatening the war effort.
, These are but recent examples, by
1 certain segments of labor, showing
1 callous lack of concern for the men
on the fighting fronts that is wholly
beyond understanding.
Upon contemplation on wonders
what claim we on the home front
have to being patriotic. The strik
ers alone are not to blame for what
is happening. We are all to blame
for permitting it to. happen. The
extent to which we have drifted
away from true patriotism is’
brought home by the woman war-
worker of Pennsylvania who sent
General Douglas MacArthur $525
saying that “it was simply partial
payment from one American woman
for letting the boys on Bataan and
Corregidor down.” The money is
being spent on candy and other
gifts for orphaned and homeless
Philippine children.
This lone patriot, forced to quit
her job on account of illness, then
added: “And when I looked around
me at work and saw all the loafing
on the job I knew that in spite of
the wonderful job we are doing, we
are still letting the boys down.”
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CAMDEN TO OPEN U. S. C.
CAMPAIGN
Offer Will Be Made To Have Univer
sity Of S. C. Moved To Historic City
CHRISTMAS
No American GJiristrr.as i$ complete
without the expressions ol
low-ship and Christinas gfeetingb
one friend to.another. So, here's Oitr
message — and may you understand
the true feeling of appreciation we
have for your kindnesses in the past.
s ’.
Perhaps the coming year ’will see
a happier time for all and may the
heartaches and tribulations of months
past be overshadowed by the good for
tune of all.
1
J. Ray Dawkins
Camden, Dec. 18—Camden busi
ness, professional and industrial lead
ers launched a campaign here today
to convince University of South Caj-
olina trustees of the advantages of
this historic Kershaw county city as
a new site for the state-supported
university.
Committees to investigate a pos
sible site and study the financial
phases of the pronosal were appoint
ed at a mass meeting and instructed
to meet with a central committee
“between Christmas and New Year’s
day’’ to preparg a prospectus for
presentation to trustees.
State Representative-elect Robert
M. Kennedy, Jr., who previously said
local citizens were prepared to make
a site available, told the meeting
that approximately 1,000 acres would
be needed in the event the univer
sity is moved here.
A majority of the 15-member
board of trustees approved reloca
tion of the 140-year-old institution
at a meeting last Wednesday in an
ticipation of an expected enrollment
increase after the war*
At the trustee meeting, proponents
cited figures they contended showed
a new university could be construct
ed on a new site at less cost than
the present plant, located in the
heart of downtown Columbia, could
be expanded.
Several trustees opposed the move,
among them Chairman Edwin Sei-
bels, of Columbia, who later said he
did not agree with estimates of the
proposed relocation costs nor for ex
pansion.
BACK UP
YOUR BOY
Increase your
payroll savings
to your family limit
I T SEEMS ont, yesterday we
expressed our Christmas
greetings but now another
year has gone by. Much hos
happened, ond we ore sure there
hove been days and weeks that
cmed unusually long to o lot of
s. Yet the yeor passed quickly
j once again we arrive ot the
glorious season of the yeor.
Here indeed, is on opportunity
relax, to be cootented ond to
n j o y the associations of our
>ved ones and the friendships of
cur acquaintances to the fullest
extent.
It’s good to have Chri; ’ -s. Its
value is immeasurable k . :e of
the feeling of goodwill .; hos
toward another.
So, we wish you a Merry Christ
mas and trust the next twelve
months will speerf by os quickly
and that much happier days will
be found as the New Yeor gets
under way.
SHOR
M0N1RS j
Newberry Creamery
TO YOU, ’
ONE AND ALL!
It s time for each of us to enjoy the finest time of
he year—Christmas. It’s also time for each of us to
take stock of the year just closing and to make our
plans tor the coming year.
Looking back over the past twelve months we
find that we have fallen far short of what may have
been expected of us and now, at this Christmastime
we pledge to you that we will make every effort to do
a better job in the future.
OSLV-
When we express our Christmas Greet
ings to you, we want you to know that we
y ar e fully aware of your problems and it is
our hope that you may derive
some amount of happiness in
this expression, knowing that
it comes from one who is your
friend. i
Odorless Cleaners