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1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday In The Year Entered as second-class matter December 6,. 1937, at tht postoflfice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SPECTATOR Common sense is, indeed, the rar est of all the senses. Why any qual ity so RARE should be called COM MON is one of the mysteries. Cer tainly common sense is very uncom mon. Nor need we disregard plain facts and implications because an expert advises something. Let me ask you to think over this paragraiph from the United States News: “A long-standing United States army view that the whole Mediterranean campaign of this war, and particularly the long and costly Italian part c: it, was a very bad mistake, now is beginning to crop out into the open. The United States has taken about 100,000 casualties and has diverted large numbers of men and immense amounts of mater ials to a war theatre from the heart of Germany, which must be reached to win the war.’” A year ago it was evident that our participation in the war in Afri ca and Italy was due to Mr. Churc hill’s persuasiqjn. Great Britain wanted to open the Mediterranean sea and had to clear the Germans from its shores. Certainly it didn’t require a genius to see that in mov ing a vast American army from England—20 to 90 miles from the Germans in France—and sending them in three thousand ships hun dreds of miles to North Africa we were doing something like running all over the country in order to call on yor next door neighbor. Anybody could see that, though our politically enslaved and blinded people would not see it. Mr. Churchill, as usual, you didn’t dream about it. goods.” As I wrote some time ago, the mar vel of the day is our exceeding gul- libilit. Wouldn’t you like to spend money without restriction? Didn’t you used to dream of the pleasure of just pouring it out? When you had no money and no responsibility didn’t you yearn to be free-handed? Later on you couldn’t be free-handed, so you didn’t ream about it. In all the history of the world on ly one man has spent money like a free-flowing artesian well. It wans’t Croesus, by the way. Croesus, tho associated with fabulous riches,’ was a mere piker; he was an eminent small-timer, a man making a big gesture, perhaps, but unable to fol low through. Indian princes are re puted to be very rich, richer than Croesus, but they, too, are but dim shadows of the real thing. The Congressional Record tells us that we have shipped to foreign na tions thirty fivei billion dollars worth of goods and have received from them four billions. Virtually we have given away thirty billion dollars!!! And we are still giving every day, in every way. One man decides this as well aj5-the spending of three hun- dre billions!!! What a splended mu nificence and how incredibly great is the power conferred on one man: He begins by leasing and lending and he decides later to say that their blood paid for it all. Our blood doesn’t seem to count in the deal. Congressman Grant asked “Where are we g;oing to get the money?" That strikes me as a foolish ques tion. Where, indeed? Easily ans wered. From us. And we need not squeal about it; why shouldn’t we pay! even a hundred or two hundredq billions more! The present limit is only three hunred billions!! The government has not sold our lands and houses, nor confiscated our cows and mules. Until then-»-and as long as we have one dollar in money or one dollar in value, why complain? Mrs. Stettinius, our Secretary of State of the United States—I make this very clear because the Secre tary of State of South Carolina is niuch more diplomatic—Mr. Stettin ius, I repeat has committed a blun der. Even the Courier-Journal, of Louisville, long the great vehicle of the renowned Henry Watterson, even the Courier-Journal, is sorry that Mr. Stettinius blundered. Well, what’s it all about? Just this: We Baptists don’t seem to shine in so cial and diplomatic circles in Wash ington, Because of that, Secretary Stettinius doesn’t know who we are, or anything about us. So when the Reverned Doctor Louie D. Newton of Atlanta wrote to Mr. Stetinius protesting against the sending of an Ambassador to the Pope, the Secre tary of State snubbed Dr. Newton and the Southern Baptist convention. You will recall that our Baptist brethren of the Charleston Associa tion protested recently. In The Berkeley Democrat I find a resolu- ton which I quote: “We Baptist pas tors have always contended, do now contend, and shall always contend, for the freedom of religion for every person, of whatever faith or creed, everywhere; and for the absolute and complete separation of church and state.” This is part of the resolution endorsing the protests of Dr. New ton. It is a correct statement of a fun damental American tradition. Mr. Boosevelt has no authority to send •a ambassador to tfea Pope; nor rHE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1945 should he have done so. He is maintaining an Ambassador at the Vacation now. What amazes me is the lack of tact of Mr. Stettinius. He virtually slap ped in the face of the Southern Bap tist Convention which represents many millions. This week The Baptist Courier re produces the editorial published by the Louisville Courier-Journal. The weather man doesn’t seem to make up his mind. Officially Spring is a few days off, but the thermometer yesterday afternoon in dicated that the weatherman had a- dopted Russian military strategy and had by-passed Spring, landing us squarely into Summer. Even that would be tolerable if he didn’t go back, again adopting military strte- gy, to pinch out a pocket left in the original drive By that I mean he may give us several cold snaps in this month and even in April. For years I’ve been warning my fellow farmers about April cold snap. Toward the last of March we frequently have warm weather and the farmer goes out to the fields with the exuberance of lads for baseball practice. Whether I am right about this, or just talking, is beside the point: he does go out. Perhalps he used to SEND out, but now he has to GO out. Just as the cotton begins to raise the farmer’s spirits, along come a few cold nights!! Then the cotton seems to shrivel up and we shrivel up with it. By the way, the farmers can in sure their cotton. I insure my cot ton because it is worth the cost to be able to sleep. Men of the farms take great haz ards. You’ve read a lot in recent years about risk—capital and in vestment—hhzards. Anyone who starts a business enterprise, whether a factory or a store, an agency or anything else which does not guar antee an income, is risking his mon ey and his time. No one can know that he will prosper in his under taking—uifless he has a Government cost—plus arrangement. No far mer ever had that, so far as I can recall. When he tries to be pro gressive an up-to-the-mark, and urp- and-doing sort of agriculturist, you know, carrying out the new ideas, he sometimes thinks he has been in a cost-less operation, rather than a cost-plus. Well, at any rate, the farmer is the world’s all time exponent of risk—capital or investment hazard. This cotton insurance lets the far mer know what he may depend on, whether rain or drought, cold, in sects—or whatnot He can rely on the amount set out as his insurance I wonder that the farmers don’t come to the triple A offices in such crowds as to challenge the ability of the manpower and woman power of the triple A offices. Jujrt think of a farmer being able to smile during a tempest in July, knowing that neither water nor weevil can ruin him. He’s all set to look calmly at the skies; and the wife and children won’t see a short- tempered man about the place, one thinking that every gust of wind will blow him and the crop all over the neighborhood. Probably this new experiment with cotton may be extended, if the farmers prove they want it. And it may have great social benefits, too. Haven’t I told you of the farm- wife who hopes that .she may some day enjoy the weather? As it is, she says, she must conform to the moods of her husband-farmer. If in April she enjoys a cool night and looks forward to a refreshing sleep, the husband TJRys “Well, the lice are eating up my cotton”. So she can’t afford to enjoy the cool night. If in Summer refreshing rains come and cool the hot land and air, hus band says that the cotton is now gone, for a fact. When the rains stop and bit of dry weather comes in September, husband says that the peavines are parched and will make no hay. So, she says, the weather is too frequently out of Kelter for her to enjoy it; but she hopes the day may come when she can afford to enjoy unabashed, whatever the weatherm|an may serve. ATTEND MEDICAL BALL IN CHARLESTON Miss Virginia DuffoKL daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Dufford, Col lege street, and Miss Katherine Dic- kert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wyche Dickert, Columbia, attended the Medical Ball and Phi Chi Fra ternity dance which was held at the South Carolina Medical College in Charleston last Friday and Satur day nights. •Miss Dufford was guest of her brother, C. A. Dufford., a senior army student and Miss Dickert guest of D. L. Nance, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Nance, a sophomore stu dent at the college. MISS BOWERS RECEIVES HONORS Miss Louise Bowers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr., Mc- Caughrin avenue, was one of the 14 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kap pa, National honorary society, elec tion, which is based primarily on scholarship at Randolph- Macon College, Lynchburg, Ga., where she is a student. NOTICE The public is cordially invited to attend an Easter cantata drama en titled “The Easter Revelation at six o’clock Sunday morning at Calvary Presbyterian church. Rev. A. H. Reasoner, Pastor S. W. Allen, Supt. AM£Qican Heroes _ by JULIAN OLLENPOT3FF- v. • “VyA V V HEN Nazi planes strafed the SS Samuel Parker, setting fire to its cargo of high explosives and aviation gasoline, during unloading operations at a Sicily beachhead, Fred A. Anderson, able seaman, dropped into the hold and extinguished the blaze in the ammunition. Then he went into another hold and put out fires in the gasoline. He was awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. War Bonds helped supply the gas, munitions and fire extinguishers. u. S. Treasury Department Tomato Plants For Your Victory Garden Now Ready Rutgers, Marglobe, Bonny Best, Break ot Day. Grown from Certified seed. Also Egg plant and Bell Pepper plants. The Carter Greenhouse CALL 6212 Greenhouse located 3 miles South ot Newberry on right of Hartford road. Notice of Tax Penalty After the close of business on March 31st, 1945, a Penalty of 7 per cent will be added to all unpaid 1944 State and County Taxes After April 15 all taxes go into ex- ecution with 3 per cent collection cost added. J. Ray Dawkins County Treasurer WILD. LIFE SOUTH CAP PUNA with POOP FBANKLIN 3HEBMAN HEAD-CLCMSOta COIXfCt-MVt O* ZOOLOGY OUR VENOMOUS VS. NON- VENOMOUS SNAKES There is no easy certain way to be sure from merely external examina tion, whether a snake is venomous or not! Competent examination re quires that the ~nake be dead so it may be handled an dexamine close ly- The real istinction is: If the snake has elongated hollow or groov ed teth (“fangs”) in the upper jaw which connect with a special gland (the venom-gland) then it is a veno mous snake. But that cannot be de termined by a mere glance at a live snake several' feet away. In S. C. we have only 9 species and subspecies of venomous snakes, (as comipared to 38 non-venomous). A careful observer can know each in dividually. And there are some gen eral features which will usually help you to distinguish accurately. Venemous snakes are usually hea- vy-bodied, with tail-portion sohrt, and the ymove about more deliberate ly; perhaps because they do not need to run away to escape danger (but coral snake which is venemous is an exception to this). If the snake has a “rattle’’ at end of tail it is venomous. All rattle snakes are venomous and both sexes have the rattle. (Yet one of our species has rattle so small as to be scarcely recognizable. ) If there is a “pit” in side of face, between eye and nostril and below eye-nostril line then it is a veno mous snake, these are the “pit-vip ers” and are venomous (yet veno mous coral snake does not have the pH). Venomous snakes usually have the head noticeably broader than the neck, sometimes spoken of as “arrow head.” (Yet venomous coral snake does not have the head broadened. An some of our non-venomous snakes can, an sometimes do, flatten the head considerably.) We have one little-known species of actually venomous snake which is so like to our small non-venomous snakes that an amateur could not tell the difference even by examina tion. It is also too small to bet hold of even the end of your little finger, and has never been known to hurt a person but no doubt it is “fatal” to earthworms and crickets. Pupil of eye is elliptical and placed vertically. This is true of cost of our venomous snakes (but is not of coral snake and crowned tantilla which have round pupil). All of our snakes which have elliptical pu pil are venomous. INOTICE TO “T” holders All “T” book holders are request ed to call at your loral war price ra tioning board for your second quar ter coupons. No. “T” coupons will be mailed. AT FIRST SIGN OF A c qV-D .666 i Cold Preparations as .directed, 1000 BOM OUR BOYS can fly these four-engined bombers faster, higher and carry mere bombs because they use 100-Octane Aviation Gasoline, the most powerful gasoline in the world. SINCLAIR DEALERS, too, are helping to back the boys in the services by keep ing vital war workers’ cars in operation. 75% of all cars are estimated to be over age and your car needs regular servicing as never before. Let the Sinclair dealer care for your car to keep it running longer. BUY MORE WAR BONDS AND STAMPS SINCLAIR S. C. Paysinger, Agent NEWBERRY, S. C.