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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. DigQg»iPBK 2i, 1&45
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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.
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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
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On the Following
Days:
Tuesday, December 25
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Tuesday, Jan 1, 1946
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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! And the
Christmas at- Bethlehem tells us
that behind the austerity and majes
ty of Omnipotence in all fearsome
aspect, is the solicitude of a father,
who gave His son to save humanity.
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