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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRID^., _-^5. 19-*6
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARMFIELD
Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter
December fi, 1P37. at tht postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
LET’S STAY AMERICAN
Our country is reconverting so
much faster than the planners an
ticipated, that it is making their
heads swim. Overnight one thing
after another is back on the market.
American industry, when given the
chance knows how to get things done
without a diagram being drawn in
Washington. Our country is reviving
just like a thirsty plant when life-
giving water is poured on its roots.
This shows that our people still have
the enterprise and initiative to go
ahead in the true American way
based on self-reliance.
THE ROAD TO RUIN
The new and better life we are all
promised in our postwar world may
be costly entertainment The plan to
pay $25 maximum unemployment
benefits for 26 weeks might better
be called the National Vacation Mea
sure. What would happen at the
end of 26 weeks when the vacation
was over? Would there be a new
bill for the next year, on the theory
that unless it was passed there would
then be unemployment? Naturally,
the higher the benefits and the long
er the period each year for which
they are paid, the more difficult it
will be to recruit help. Retail stoies,
garages, and many other trades find
workers unwilling to accept work,
even when thousands are being laid
off from war industries Farm help
is almost impossible to get at any
price the farmer can pay, to raise
food to sell at a figure demanded by
the government.
Sooner or later we are going to
have to get down to earth and work
and save, or we will starve . All the
hot air to the contrary, government
can’t take money away from the pe» -
pie in taxes to furnish the handouts
now proposed. Legalized loafing on
the government payroll will break
any nation ultimately.
SOCIALISTS ASK “CAPITALIS
TIC” FINANCING
England is flirting with the doc
trine of national socialism. The
failure of that political philosophy
was shown up vividly by the war.
Of England’s export tonnage 70 per
cent is coal. Its 706,000 miners pro
duce only some 200,000,000 tons of
coal a year, compared with 600,000,-
000 tons produced by some 400,000
miners in the United States.
Getting a ton of British coal to the
top of the ground costs $4.20 for
labor; $1.40 in America. Why this
startling difference in the man-out
put of coal in the two countries?
Answer, government interference and
tax laws that discourage improve
ments and replacement of old ma
chinery, and regulations which pen
alize efficient methods. Coal dou
bled in price in England during the
war, while American coal advanced
but slightly. Results for England,
low wages and a ruined export trade.
The true facts were so craftily hid
den from the workers that they
shouted for government ownership,
and in the last election gained their
objective, when too much government
had already ruined the industry.
The new labor government that
promises socialization of the Bank of
England, the mines and the railroads,
is already seeking to borrow billions
in the United States, a “capitalistic”
country, to finance its socialistic
philosophy. What irony to see the
collectivists in England asking our
country, which pays its own way
from the profits of free enterprise,
to tax its people to furnish the
money (profits) necessary to financj
national socialism.
In other words, we are asked to fi
nance a system that frowns on pro
fits, but which would compete^ with
our own industries.
Let other countries go socialistic
if they desire, but let America re
tain its independence and its capital
to out-produce them in quality, quan
tity and price.
officials and power agencies have
blocked out the United States for a
network of government-owned tax-
exempt power systems which would
ultimately lead to as complete com-
munization of electric power in the
United States as in Russia. Instead
of communism, however, the propon
ents of this national socialism in pur
country call their projects “authori
ties” which sounds a little softer than
communism, but the object accom
plished is the same.
More billions are now proposed for
the development of this “authority”
system by the Federal government,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, than
Russia ever spent on its communized
power program. We are all set to
out-communize Russia in the power
field, which is but the beginning of
Federal ownership of other lines of
industry Once the “authority” plan
is established, it will destroy private
enterprise and American ideals of
government just as effectively as’the
Russian system.
OUR FORM OF COMMUNISM
SOUTHERN FARM VERSE
Anyone who dares to suggest that
our nation faces a definite threat of
national socialism, is branded by the
so-called “liberals” as a reactionary
and an enemy of the people. Any
one who supports old - fashioned ^
American ideals of government which i
frowned upon a bureaucracy which |
makes the individual subservient to 1
government, receives ridicule or
abuse
Every proposal to put government
into business or to give the indivi
dual a public handout, takes more
away from him in taxes to finance
such socialistic schemes than he will
ever receive in return. And worst of
all, it takes a way liberty and oppor
tunity as the citizen becomes depen
dent on government largess.
We have been very smug in criti
cizing Russia for its political philos
ophy of communism; we have talked
about its five-year plans under which
the communistic government estab
lished government-owned industries
including great hydroelectric plants.
But Russia’s five-year plans for pow
er developments were not one whit
more communistic than has been pur
own Ftederal power development pro
gram for the last decade. Federal
PROFESSION
The least among you, we are told
May be the greatest in the fold.
We think its true—this saying wise,
For nations simply do not rise
Much above the average man.
Maybe this is God’s own plan
To greatly honor those who toil
And keep up life within the soil.
Days unending with the plow
Have left their marks upon the brow
Of millions—and except for these.
The world would hunger, starve 4 n d
freeze.
There’s not an item, food or ware
That has not cost the sweat_jmd care
Of those whose faces show too clearly
That they have paid for these most
dearly.
When next you saunter down the
street,
And one of these you chance to meet,
Remember that your friendly smile
May help him on another mile—,
That his profession is the oldest,
Requiring courage that is boldest.
’Mong all the men of all the nation
Since the time of our creation.
Have " care for thoughtless sneers—
He has kept you through the years.
Signal Corps Photo
Between Battles. 5th Division Ma-
■ines on Iwo Jima plod back from
iront line for brief rest in quarters
well equipped by War_Bonds we buy.
The League Has a Party
On a certain day in 1905 I sat in
the waiting room of the Seaboard
depot in Columbia clutching my
wheat jtraw suit case and waiting
for a train out—across the river.
1905 was the year of the big water
if you remember and the Congaree
was or 'ampage. A train crew had
pushed a string of coal cars upon
the trestle to determine if it would
hold. It did. and our train crept out
cautiously, the rails and ties barely
showing above the muddy, surging
waters. Fate was at work that day
but I didn’t know what the old dajne
was up to until a few nights ago
when I was invited to attend the
40th birthday party of the Civic
League at Willowbrook club house.
I was invited because fate had done
its work—had in this good year 1945
closed the chapter on events set in
motion so many years ago. What I
am trying to tell you is that in 1905
T set forth as a newspaper man and
the civic league set forth as a civic
'eague. The two routes have been
long, checkered and circuitious but
finally converged on Friday night.
Mrs. Mamie Summer came to my
unworthy house a few nights ago
to invite me to the party. She as-
suied me that I would be by far the
most important guy there. I found
later that she told 16 ohter persons
the same thing, but I must have be
lieved it at the time for I went, af
ter washing a little and putting on
my party sox.
It was a genuinely nice affair.
There were 200 or more present and
there was enough female flesh spill
ing over the tops of evening gowns
to remind we old guys of better days.
Gorgeous flowers were banked about
the pannelled walls in the front of
the room, gifts from friends of the
league. Zach Wright took the flow
ers as a text and preached a neat
little sermonette, drawing a moral
which seemed to be that the donors
felt that only thru pretty flowers
could they adequately express their
admiration for the league. Mr.
Wright was lavish in his praise of
league accomplishments of Mrs.
Summer.
Mrs. J. H. Summer presided oyer
the affair and with her at the table
was Mrs. R. D. Wright, only living
charter member of the league. Warm
greetings were brought from the
service clubs, the municipality, the
chamber of commerce, and maybe
others.
As the main speaker of the even
ing Mrs. R. D. Wright made a most
charming talk, gracious and simple.
Gracious, I thought, because she
made mention of the late W. W.
Cromer and the late Col. Elbert Aull,
both warm friends of the league.
These two men gave every aid and
encourogement to the young league
in its struggling years. The late
Mr. Aull secured tickets on the
“Cannon Ball” for a group of local
Afternoon Dress
Helps Add Bonds
Foreign cotton grown by cheap labor
fights American cotton in world mar
kets. Foreigners now grow 59^ of the
world crop as against 33^ a few years
ago. They sell their cotton far under
the U. S. price. World stocks today are
the biggest in history. To beat this
competition, cotton needs your help. It
can’t win without you.
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Making your own clothes is the‘an
swer to a fat War Bond folder.
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women and took them to Anderson
in order that they might note the
work the Civic League was doing
there. Out of that trip came the
Newberry organization.
Mrs. Wright reviewed the life of
the league from its first project and
told of a legal fight with lower Main
street business men over the remov
al of the hitching lot on the plot
where now stands the soldier monu
ment. It was in tlfis fight, which
the league won, that the late Mr.
Cromer, as mayor of the city, was
so helpful. After the suit was won
work was started at once to beautify
the plot. Mrs. J. P. Sheely, a mqm-
be of the league at that time has
had charge of these grounds through
out all the intervening years. (Inci
dentally, was wa's announced at the
party that Mrs. Sheely was also a
charter member of the league.) Mrs.
Wright was very complimentary of
the work done by Mrs. Summer
since she became president of the
organization.
Mrs. Summer spoke with feeling
of the work of the late Mrs. L. W.
Floyd and the late Mrs. Margaret
Hunter as league presidents. These
women live in the hearts of all civic
leaguers. Thiough their tireless ef
forts- much good was brought to
Newberry through the league.
There was monkey business by
Dude Epting, and some sweet sing
ing of old songs by Mrs. P. K. Har-
mpn, Miss Mary Alice Mitchell, Miss
Elizabeth Hayes and a sailor boy
stationed at the college. Mrs. Mae
Stuck read a by-play on the years
and played the piano for some of
the singers. Those old songs made
me right mushy and sentimental. 1
might have kissed Dr. Derrick if
Box Counts hadn’t been sitting be
tween us.
Ned Purcell spoke flatteringly of
Mrs. Summer and told Dave Hayes
(mayor elect) that he had just as
well make up his mind to give the
civic league what it wanted in the
way of coin from the municipal till.
Dave, who followed Ned, said he
would cooperate with the ladies.
Zach Wright presented Mrs. Sum
mer with $25 in currency, a personal
gift and Mrs. Summer announced
that Jimmie Wiseman and Guy
Whitener had both sent checks for
$100 for the league.
Then there were eats; dainty
sandwiches, and cake and punch, and
a flow of fellowship which seemed to
indicate that everyone thought it
just a swell birthday celebration of
a swell organiation of Newberry wo
men..
I have not mentioned here the
accomplishments of the civic league.
If there is anyone in Newberry who
does not already know what this
splendid organization has done, . it
is because he has been asleep, and
it is well to leave such a one to his
slumbers.
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bits, Ducks, Bantams, Chickens,
etc. Market Prices. R. DERRILL
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CAUTION URGED IN USE OF DDT
County health officials have cau
tioned the public in observance of
special care in the handling and use
of DDT, the new insecticide.
Officials released the following;
cautionary measures to be observed
in its use:
1. DDT is a poison. Use it cau
tiously.
2. NEVER spray DDT into the
air as you do other common insecti
cides.
NEVER spray DDT on food, cook
ing, or eating utensils, or children’s
toys.
4. NEVER store DDT in kitchen or
pantry where it may be mistaken for
or mixed with food.
5. ALWAYS keep DDT labeled
POISON
Residual House Spray
DDT can be safely and effectively
used as an insecticide for mosquitoes,
flies, ants, bedbugs, and some other
household pests if it is applied prop
erly in sufficient amount.
1. Put out all fires while spraying.
2 Cover all varnished furniture and
varnished floors.
3. Remove pictures and mirrors
from walls.
4. Remove clothes from closets and
walls.
5. Take outdoors or cover all food,
dishes, pots, pans, glasses and other
cooking and eating utensils while
spraying.
6. Pull down shades or cover glass
windows to prevent spraying the
glass.
7. Keep all members of family
other than sprayers out of house
while spraying.
Method Of Spraying
1. Spray ONLY (a) walls and ceil
ing. (b) the backs of beds and furnt-
ture, (c) both sides ef -nattress, ana
(d) screens.
2. Use 1 pint of 5 per ct. (by wt.)
of DDT spray per 110 square feet of
surface treated.
3. Be sure all surfaces are com
pletely covered—partial spraying is
ineffective.
4. Apply the DDT spray, as a wet
spray—not as a mist—DDT that falls
to the floor is soon lost. Spray ap
plied in the above manner will be ef-
fecitve for about three months.
5. Wash hands and face thorough
ly after spraying.
DDT spray is not a substitute for
good screening and mosquito-proof- j
ing of homes.
DDT is not a repellent and does not
prevent mosquitoes from biting or j
flies from entering homes.
m mm
SyTrOTGK
PREPARED BY
AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR ANIMAL HEALTH
LOCKJAW DAGGER TO
ALL FARM LIVESTOCK
Everyone knows that the poison of
cobra snakes can cause quick death.
But most farmers do .ot know that
a tiny germ, shaped like a drum stick,
kills thousands of farm animals with
a poison a hundred times more power
ful than cobra venom. This is the In
visible germ of tetanus, or lockjaw,
which lives in the soil, especially on
fertilized farms.
The poison if the lockjaw germ is
generated after the germ gains en
trance to the body through a wound,
usually of the puncture type.Horses
often contract lockjaw from stepping
on rusty nails or other sharp objects.
New-born pigs, foals, and lambs very
frequently die from lockjaw because
the raw navel stump contacts this
deadly germ in soiled bedding or con
taminated earth. Heavy losses from
tetanus also follow the common farm
operations of castrating and docking.
The poison of the lockjaw germ, af
fects the brain, spinal cord, and
nerves. Spasms of the muscles pre
vent the suffering beast from opening
its mouth, and starvation complicates
the condition.
Fortunately, science has now placed
lockjaw among the preventable dis
eases. When a valuable horse or colt
receives a wound, the animal may be
saved if the veterinarian admlnsteri
antitoxin at o ce. On farms whe<
tetanus is a known hazard, horsei
can be permanently immunized by •
More dajigcroi.s than a snake bite.
new type of biological product calle4
“tetanus toxoid.” This same preven
tive Is now given to all soldiers, and
to horses owned by the Army.
Pig losses at castrating time casA
often be avoided by using a clean
knife and turning the pigs to clean
pasture. This also applies to freshly
docked lambs.
In the' northern states such a high
percentage of lockjaw cases is fatal
that livestock owners should con
centrate on prevention rather than
cure. Timely use of antitoxin or tet
anus toxoid is the most practical in
surance against this fatal disease.
HIATT-KILGORE
Miss Dorothy Vivian Hiatt, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hiatt,
of Atlanta, Ga. became the bride of
Lt. Wilton Andrew Kilgore, USMC,
of Newberry, at a ceremony solem
nized on September 23, 1945, at the
Kirkwood Baptist church, Dr. W.
Hershel Ford officiated. The nuptial
music was presented by Mrs. Waymon
Rakestraw.
The bride was gowned in a .be
coming suit of navy blue gabardine
with matching accessories. Her
shoulder corsage was of white or
chids.
Miss Virginia Hiatt was her sis
ter’s maid of honor. She wore a
dress of brown crepe and a shoulder
corsage of yellow rose buds.
The bride’s mother was dressed in
a fall frock of black crepe and wore
a shoulder corsage of pink rose buds.
Out of town guests were Misses
Ruby Kilgore and Edith Kilgore of
Newberry, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Kilgore and daughter, Sybil Kilgore,
of Florence.
Help Wanted!
Experienced and inexperienced Sewing
machine operators.
Apply at
HALLMARK MFG. CORP.
319 Caldwell St.
Newberry, S. C.
IN SOUTH CAROUNA
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Taking Orders For
New Cars
We are taking orders now for new
cars. If you have a car to trade in
you will be in line for a new car at
an early date.
We can allow you a better trade
now on your used car. We are in
need of some good clean cars. Come
in to see us.
HAYES MOTOR CO.
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