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rgg NWrBERRT SON FRIDA i. rr,BKi'Attr 8. 1946 j^un 1218 Collece Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA oTfCarmfield Editor and Publisher Published Eveiry Friday In The Year Entered as aecond-claae matter December 6, 1937, at tht postoffice at Newberry, Sooth Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Spectator A great corporation is runing or sponsoring the following. It is sound doctrine: “The Six Billion Dollar Question” If communism and socialism are so wonderful (as many people would have you believe) then why do the largest and most experienced com munistic country in the world (Rus sia) and the largest socialistic coun try in the world. (England) have to come to this capitalistic country to borrow money? America is the only major country where people have been able to pro duce enough for their own wants and have a surplus. The countries with the “more abundant life” want and seem to need that surplus. Doesn^t it look as though this capitalism is something so good we had better keep it? If we think so, we had better act like it, for there are many things going on here that will (and are intended to) kill cap italism. And there won’t be any country we can borrow from! Isn’t that worth a lot of thought? This country has shipped billions and more billions of dollars of every thing to the four corners of the earth. Sometimes it seems as though no one has a crust of bread or the iprice of a shirt unless he gets it from the United States. The Good Samaritan attitude may be overdone if other nations fail to go to work. One may wonder why there is a shortage of food and fuel in Europe. There is a shortage, but could it have been avoided by a little fore thought, a little forehandedness? I don’t know; I’m just wondering about it. France, Germany, Belgium, Holland and Denmark used to pro duce a lot of foodstuffs. There have been no hostilities in Europe since last April. Northern Africa should have produced enormous quantities of food. What has been produced for export by Cuba, Mexico, Canada, Brazil and Argentina? Does the United States have to feed, finance and clothe the world? I ask the question in order to explore the situa tion. Most of us ask ourselves now and then whether we have gone crazy, or if everybody else is crazy. I’ve tried to understand what our National leaders mean when they talk about inflation. Quite clearly Spectator doesn’t know anything about econo mics, or Political Economy, as your grandfathers once called it. Ten years ago Spectator became convinc ed that he didn’t know any law. It is becoming mortifying, even humil iating. Any Tom, Dick or Harry can talk about inflation, but, as in the case of the climate, most of us can only treat it as a n engaging topic of conversation; we can’t do anything about it. How is this? We have too much money. Because of the buying pow- holding down inflation by raising er of all the money, prices rise. That has always been the rule. If, then, the idea is to hold prices down, would you increase the volume of money? Certainly not. Well, how can you understand Mr. Truman’s notion of wages? The more wages the more money in circulation. The more money in circulation the more de mand for goods. The more demand for goods, the higher the prices. But Mr. Truman has the idea that he can encourage the increases of wages without that increase of mo ney seeking an outlet. Mr. Truman would hold down prices. When the demand for something is strong enough, people will pay whatever may be necessary to gratify their wishes. That creates the so-called Black Market. If a man needs fuel or food for his home, for example, he will pay whatever may be necessary to get it, if he has the money. People will not suffer hunger or cold because some bureaucrat has tried to regu late prices. Ever: if we concede that O. P. A. regulation was neces sary (and I do not challenge that) the fact stands that a hungry, cold or naked man will exchange his money for what he wants, if he wants it urgently. Money has no value whatever ex cept for what it will buy. Of course we need not discuss the gold or sil ver content; there is no gold in cir culation. Since a man cannot eat gold or wear it; since he can’t build a fire and warm himself with it, he will spend it for something that will contribute to his needs. The President defeats his own purpose by trying to prevent infla tion, while himself stirring up much of this epidemic of strikes. What especially mystifies this Scribe is that the Government— that is Mr. Truman—declares that higher prices for farm products would be inflationary. A day-worker with a bulging pocket is not an in flationist, but a farmer with a stout pocket book is an inflationist. Do you understand that? The day- laborer receives a wage—so much money; a farmer receives his wages in his prices. Both receive wages in some form, but one man’s wages carries no taint of inflation, but the other man's wages (sales) car ries the stigma. Well, what of it? Is it true? Is a dollar a means of inflation when spent by a farmer but not so when spent by a Union member ? When you were a child did you hear it said: “Everything agin the farmer”? Is there any truth in that? Yes; I’ve just bought some mules; there is, probably no ceiling price on a farmer’s mules. A mule isn’t just a mule. A mule is an ani mal of indeterminate price, some thing to haggle over. Who can say that this mule is worth So-and-So? Not even Solomon. You can’t sell or buy mules by the pound, because mules are not rated as delicacies. A hog is a hog, but a mule is some thing else again. Our Government is desirous that all shall be prosperous, provided prices sftiy down while wages rise. It is really a grand political idea, just like the politician's dream of larger appropriations and lower tax es—something for everybody. Perhaps I’ve missed a trick; may hap Mr. Truman heard about Econo mics when it was called Political Economy and is contributing to the subject the desired political ingred ient. Even so. No consideration of public welfare would suggest to Mr. Truman that ne should urge Congress to repeal the Wagener Act which is the basis of Mr. Roosevelt’s bargain with La bor Unions. But the Government— that is, Mr. Truman—is planning to reduce the price of large hogs so that the farmers will sell smaller hogs and save the wheat and corn now fed to fatten the hogs. Now look at that: the income of the farmer is not the chief concern of Mr. Truman; the Government will compel him to sell his wheat and corn, a lot of it to carry out promises made by Mr. Roose. !t and Mr. Truman to for eign nations. It is as clear as the noon-day sun that the farmer’s in come is a minor consideration with Mr. Truman, while Labor's income is the paramount consideration. With all the encouragement which Mr. Truman could give, Labor has disrupted the industries of the na tion. Hundreds of thousands of man are out of work because Labor is clamping down on industry for more wages. This disruption has been equal to a dozen major calamities. But Mr. Truman carries on with his Political Economy. However, he calmly reduces ceilings on big hogs, without regard to the dollar and cent effect on the farmer. Well, if the farmers like this, then this is what they like. So busy! Well, what are you so busy about? All of us seem to have the jitters, running around, fretting, feverish in our activity and impat ience. Recently a friend of mine remark ed that he hoped to have “more time this year; he hopes to drop in on his neighbors, to join in their joys and sorrows. He is so busy? So are most of us—busy. Are we getting things done? Or, are we running around in circles ? You have one head, but two feet. Let the feet do the running. Don’t let your head run about. Keep it calm and quiet. That is excellent advise; take it and use*it, believing what I say rather than observing what I do. Sometimes a man is so busy he can’t get anything done; he’s in a perpetual swirl. Calm yourself or your blood pres sure will run away with you. Judge William H. Grimball of the Circuit bench, in a leter to the News and Courier, speaks highly of Judge Phillip H. Stoll of Kingstree and points out that Judge Stoll is being legislated out of office by the Retirement Act. The purpose of the Retirement Act was to make provision for judges when too old or feeble to carry on the work of the judiciary. The Legislature probably concluded that seventy-two was an age deserv ing retirement. The army retires officers at sixty-four, I think. How ever, the army retained many offi cers beyond the age of retirement because they were specially capable and were sufficiently vigorous to render good service. That exactly fits the case! of Judge Stoll; he is in full mental vigor and suffers from no physical handicap. He is an ex cellent Judge, at his very best right now. South Carolina is fortunate in her Judges, but time is necessary to make a Judge, even when he has the temperament a nd poise so desirable on the bench. I know Judge Stoll well; travel with him frequently on the bus, and I appreciate him for his judicial qualities as well as for his unfailing graciousness. Although, as I pointed out, the Legislature had to set a limit, I wish it could be arranged for so capable a jurist as Judge Stoll to continue in active service. It raises a nice question of course. Who shall de- - Ve'° n ® s° c a ot<* s° c ; rO? 5 Carpenter’s cide when a Judge should retire? Some test might be prescribed, bas ed on examination by a competent person, perhaps the State Health officer. Judge Stoll is * man of calm, of unruffled poise, with deardiscern- ment of all the issues, with unswerv ing devotion to the law, as he sees it. Judge Stoll long ago impressed me with his practical approach to the issues before the Court. In other words, he is a man of sound, com mon sense and brings to his high office a quick discernment of the basic laws as it should be applied in the case a t bar. He is capable of rendering the same fine service for some years. The 12th of February is the birth day of Abraham Lincoln. There was a time when Southerners reviled Lincoln. Lincoln was a politician and he sought votes. He spoke against negro slavery more to win political support than because he was fervent in spirit over the ques tion. He grew to be a big man while bowed under the weight of his problems. Heavy buddens fre quently develop the necessary strength to carry them. The negroes regarded Lincoln as their friend and benefactor; and they were nearly all Republicans. Today the negroes are Democrat, and Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt are their patron saints. Are the negroes celebrating the birthday of Lincoln? Are they loyal to the Republican Party—Lincoln’s Party? Why not? What means this? Where do we Southern Democrats stand today? The FEPC wasn’t put on us by Lincoln; it was created by Roosevelt; and the Northern Demo crats, led by President Truman, *are trying to put it on us as a perma nent thing. When you thing of Abraham Lin coln, and then hear Lincoln, and then hear Mr. Truman’s iiisistent plea for the FEPC do you wonder just what your father would have thought of all this? If you can’t shout for Mr. Lincoln, how can you shout for Mr. Truman? Think over it, now. Mr. Lincoln freed the ne groes and Mr. Truman seems to want to enslave the White People with his FEPC. George Washington will soon be with us again, for his birthday comes on the 22nd. Washington was unusually blessed with sound, common sense, but he also had sound moral values and a clear perception of right and wrong. More remarkable is this: He had the courage and the magnanimity to act according to his perceptions. We look back on that stalwart man, so big, so steadfast, so resol ute, when others wavered. Washing ton could follow his judgment be cause he valued his self-respect more than he valued either the applause of t l crowd or the tawdy things whk . men regard as honors. The man who is truly free is the man who does not compromise with him- TIME EXTENDED FOR ARMY ENLISTMENTS Lt. Col. William S. Bradford, Com manding Officer of the Columbia Station of the United States Army Recruiting Service of South Caro line, has announced that the Army has extended the time in which en listed men may enlist or re-enjist pnd retain their same grade. The changes in the regulations state that the enlisted men honorably dis charged and enlisted or re-enlisted in the Regular Army within three months after the date of discharge from active service will be enlisted in the grade held at the time of such discharge, permanent or tem porary, whichever is higher, provid ed the enlistment is accomplished on or before 30 June 1946. Col. Bradford further stated that the Army has also extended the time in which Officers, Warrant Officers and Flight Officers may enlist in the Regular Army as Mas ter or First Sergeants. The new regulations state that an applicant for enlistment, whose last period of active service was in the status of a Commissioned Officer, Warrant Officer or Flight Officer, and whose release from such status was on or after 12 May 1946 and under honor able conditions, will be enlisted in the first grade, provided such en listment is effected on or before 30 June 1946 and within three months of the date of release from active service. (Date of release from ac tive service, for this purpose, is the last day of terminal leave granted.) The grades in which an enlisted man or former Officer, Warrant Of ficer of Flight Officer is enlisted or re-enlisted will be permanent and a warrant will be isued to this effect. FREE LIQUOR! THoMey CN( HUNGRY HUSBANDS Cherish Meats and Groceries From the ‘M’ Store AND WIVES^KNOW WHY We pride ourselves on the fresh ness, purity," and quality of the foods we sell. Crisp vegetables, clean, cold fruits, fresh meats—they know the best way to a man’s heart. STORE The new changes supersedes the regulations which formerly set Jan uary 31, 1946 as the last day in which enlisted men might re-enlist in grade and Officers, Warrant Of ficers and Flight Officers might en> list in the first grade. Further information may be ob tained by contacting the Newberry Station of the Army Recruiting Ser vice located at Selective Service office. The following advertisement ap peared in Munsey’s Magazine, 1906: “A bottle of whiskey free! In order that our whisky may reach the consumer direct, we will send an individual bottle of our 15 year old Jno. E. Fitzgerald rye or bourbon whisky, for 14 cents postage, which is to defray expense of packing, etc. We wish to show you the difference between the best whisky on the mar ket and the cheap, inferior grades now being advertised. Whisky un der 8 or 10 years old is no fit to drink. It is in a constant state of fermentation, which continues after it is in the stomach, causing head aches, biliousness, etc. Four bottles for 85. Shipped in plain el se, carry ing charges prepaid. S. C. Herbst Importing Co, .Milwaukee, Wis.*’ self for the sake of genial fellow ship or the baubles which gleam like soap bubblrt—and as quickly melt away. The more you study George Washington, the smaller we of to day seem. JUST RECEIVED New Shipment OF CAR PAINTS Let Us Paint Your Car Now! Hayes Motor Co. I have sold my business to take up other work outside of Newberry, and 1 ask that ALL THOSE HAVING RADIOS HERE FOR REPAIRS, CALL FOR THEM BY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16. 1 appreciate deeply your patron age in the past. George Summer’s Radio and Electric Shop Upper Main Street Newberry, S. C. ■ i Fvery farmer and his wife will want this second edi tion of "Farm Time Savers.” In the hundreds of items in its 64 pages you’ll find: • 41 Time and Labor-Saving Devices explained and illustrated. • 50 Ideas and Short Cuts to save Time and Labor. • Hints for Poultry Raisers. • How to Train Green Farm Help. • Hew to Control Pests. • Tables of Weights and Measures, etc., etc. *Phont or write for your free copy today. SINCLAIR STROTHER C. PAYSINGER, Agent