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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. DigQg»iPBK 2i, 1&45 'f* 121& College Street NEWBSRRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday In The Year Frtpred as second-class nrrprnber 6, 1937, at tht pastoffice st Vevherry, South Carolina under the Act of Congress of March 3, 18/a. Spectator What have we to be thanklu! for^ thanksgiving. And tins is stronger in thousands of homes Thousands of men have not come home, but sleep the long wait for the rpvie 'e' call of the New Day. The war has produced problems and we are in one ^conference after another trying to bring about a calm and orderly adjustment of the piob- lems of peace, but the outpouring of hum ’n blood has ceased, save for the iwo’ationists of China and Java. America should sympathize with the rebelling groups; we were rebels a.L"runst King George; and our great Revolution inspired this Western world from Mexico to the South P, !e- but our declarations for selt- gove’rrment and democracy are now tempered by our alliances with other groups which talk about democracy while practicing autocracy. America still is the most abun dantly blessed nation of the world; and wc Americans, individually, are the special objects of Divine Provi dence., if we judge our condition by that of others! We don’t think clear ly as a nation, but our mental murki ness does not bring about wars abrozd though we seem to be in a , constant stew at home. In our for eign relations we don’t cause wars; we just get caught in the violent swirl of events, trying to be a Good Samaritan, and like the Samaritan, •we end by paying the bill. There is something child-like about American diplomacy; we are people of simple faith and gullibl minds. But even so, that is alrgely true be cause of our easy-going way of liv ing; we think well of nearly every body and can’t believe that the man who professes noble purposes is just feeding us a bit of sugar to flavor the pill. We, on the other hand, realy mean all our noble declarations at the moment, though we suffer lapse of memory and weakness in execution. running off at a tangent. Bishop Smoak of Colleton hasn’t considered the question yet being absorbed witn the task of salvaging Uncle Sam’s property near the goodly bailiwick ner I ask whether more Pearl Harbor would Chris’, mas day is in recognition of i one great event, but the Christmas season is a period of feverish ac tivity which almost obscures the lowly birth of the King, of Kings or the profound significance of that Spectator aroused three of his friends- to outspoken dissent by his opposition to peace-time military conscription, or compulsorv military service. One stalwart Democrat in Manning spoke with vigor in favor of a law to require all the lads to undergo what is called military train ing; a friend in Charleston—usually in agreement—couldn’t see eye-to- eye with me on Conscription; and now comes my friend the Barnwell Editor and chides me gently for added to the calamity? Someone says that fought for us. That isn’t clear'to me. The enemy who struck at us was Japan; and she struck a mortal blow, which should have been par ried or defeated. The very capable Barnwell editor—even as an editor— would have shown more tactical ability than was shown in the an choring of a battle fleet in close for mation. A farmer who builds all his outbuildings close together—a ser ious fire hazard—is the same sort of tactician as was the high command of our fleet. No ally helped us very much against Japan—our real ene my. We fought their battles—Brit ish, Dutch and French. As to Germany: America went in to that war in order to save Britain. | There had been no act of war against I us. Our feeling against Germany I was strong; and our sympathy for i Britain was great. Certainly it can- | not be said that others fought for us when the facts prove that a large part of our navy was in the Atlantic cooperating with the British many months before Pearl Harbor. The dissent of my friends proves that we Americans are inclined to do our thinking for ourselves, with the information, we have. If some one }can shed new light on a problem we ' are ready to adjust our thinking to the facts. At this moment there is a general assumption that the pro posed conscription would prepare us i to meet any enemy who might chal- ; lenge us, or be a menace to our se- | curity. The purpose of those who I advocate conscription is patriotic and i laudable; they are convinced that the security of the nation will best be served by compulsory training; 1 i think a trained lot of non-commis sioned officers, with weapons ready, will suffice to train an army in a few weeks. In saying that, I would like to clarify the meaning of the word ‘ Train”. The men could grow accustomed to the equipment and the military atmosphere, but no training in camp, during peace, is as good as a few weeks under combat conditions. I do not mean that the men acquire all their real prepara tion in battle, though most of their battle efficiency is developed under battle conditions, in the heat, tur moil and stress of actual warfare, even though beyond the range of enemy guns. However, my Barnwell friend will be glad to know that a radio com mentator met Spectator Friday morning with his editorial and twit ted Spectator about it. If this proves that Columbia radio commen tators read the esteemed editorials of Editor Davies for weekly stimula tion they are following a safe guide. Regardless of the immediate ques tion, no great National policy should be adopted without full discussion. In such a matter as compulsory military service the question touches intimately millions of homes and millions of men. ocent man- hun tbie occasion in 1 Jet! ile^ lem men at _ N 0 one should get sour on T rist- 'e averted ma - for the very spirit Oi. IS love it; would and cheerfulness. w he hei we the day or sen e that great moti ve by on r pre- sent practice depends ||il tire ly on the our allies spii it which moves us in wt at w e do. What we sav about Christmas is | worth very little, if anvthing. The 1 sweet story is told with simplicity! and apneal in The Book - For Cod r so loved the world that He give His , only begotten son. . . ■ j The very essence of the event was, ;-ift: He gave his only begotten i Holiday NOTICE The Court House Will Be Closed On the Following Days: Tuesday, December 25 Wednesday, Dec. 26 Tuesday, Jan 1, 1946 a g son. The Christmas story carries us j back to our childhood. Each one of j us can remember the thrills .and de- | lights of those early years. Little | did we know of the loving kindness, j the tender sweet solicitude of our: mothers, nor of dad’s flattened, purse. All things came from old, Santa, who was very real to^us—and j -•erv real to daddy, too. I have- told you of a Christmas 11 spent in the Andean town of Cajam- j area, called Oaxamalca by early writ ers. Another Christmas found me in Lambayeaue in Northern Peru, near the Pacific. In Cajamarca were two little In dians or Cholos-Guillermo and Zorai- da—boy and girl. They had never heard of old Santa. The girl listened to me with faith, but the boy could n’t believe. As the great day ap proached, .owever, even Guillermo buckled under, perchance por si i acaso, as the Spaniards say, mean-: ing "Well you never can tell; if it| is true, I’m on the inside, but if it 1 be a myth, what does it matter”? Santa brought stockings with fruir to both children, _ the first visit of old Saint Nicholas to the town of, the Inca, Atahualpa. In that plJ mountain town, a bowl 8000 feet above the sea, encircled by the cor dilleras 13000 feet, I inspired the first layer cake ever seen there. I’m no cook; my culinary genius reached full flower when I succeeded" in boil ing an egg. What happened in Ca jamarca when I tried to tesch my host and hostess the secret of mak ing a fruit cake, I need not divulge, ginger bread, with peanuts and rai sins here and there. The second Christmas found me at Lambayeque and I was eager for a mince pie. No one there had ever Bs«es<e'«is'««ig!eEtsfe«ieeei!S!e!Ststc«g!g!S!S'«'s seen or thought of a mince pie, or any other kind of pie. I dreamed of mince pie, the dream being based on all the pies from my youth up. First I looked about for mince meat. I found it, English mince meat, in a crock. I did not ask the age or pre vious condition of the mince meat, but took it full of faith. That is, I was full of faith; I don’t know about the mince meat. I was afraid to look too closely. No one in. Lambayeque or Chielayo had ever seen a pie. My secretary i strove manfully to present the idea, but it resulted in a sor of glorified ; to a senora whose skill as a tea-cake j maker commanded respect and made her the logical candidate for honor of fabricating a mince-pie. But the sec retary himself had never seen a pie, so he had some difficulty in present ing the idea to the Senora. I was about to make a sandwich of mince meat in order to make my self believe that I Was enjoying a Christmas meal. There were no other “Yankees” there, nor even a British er. But at the last morrfent a shin came from the States, bringing mail. In my mail was a magazine with an advertiseent of mince meat, showing a mince pie, with a big slab out. My secretary and I made a quick trip to the Senora, bearing the picture; ejid she made a delicious mince pie. And so the glorious American tradition was maintained and I feasted on mince pie, in spite of broiling hot weather, for the seasons below the Equator are the reverse of ours How wondrously simple are the greatest announcements ever made! “In t' beginning God created the heave and the earth.” The phy sicists biologists and geologists of all the ages have pondered that. And though they can tell us much, they don’t know he7/ it was done. Vol umes have been written, whole libra ries, indeed, about the beginning of life, but the big words and the fur rowed brows don’t go beyond the few words of Genesis. And now comes the familiar story, told by Saint Luke. When we ob serve the beauty of nature and con template the majesty of the creator we can find no answer so satisfac tory as the words of John: “For Cod so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. It was the Divine love for weak humanity. One may well marvel that we take all this so lightly. In our common place concerns, in the outstanding in terests of each of us; in the world turmoil we seem to feel so complete ly sufficient to order our own affairs. Usually, when we walk through 'the valley of the shadow of death, we re call these promises and assurances of Scripture. This" Christmas occasion and East er are the two supreme events in the history of mankind. All other days we can afford to forget, but these two are the inescapable realities which confront us all! 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