Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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i THE NEWBERRY SUN. NEWBERRY. S. C. ' I 'HERE seems to be a wide diver- gence of opinion as to whether the rabid fanatic is entitled - to boo a good ball player on an off day and feed him the Old Bronx Cheer in his time of trouble. As you may know, there are two sides to every argument, the same as a plank. Usually both are just as wooden, leading nowhere, but in this case the argument at hand is a big part of baseball. Booing a visiting or hostile play er is another matter. This is often a tribute to the damage said play er has slipped to the home club. The argument we are taking up here concerns the ethi cal side in riding the home athlete when he is in the process of* cavort ing on the soapy chute, otherwise known as a slump. The fan’s argument is • that as long as he pays his entrance fee and the game is offering him no particular thrill for the money in vested, he has a perfect right to pick up his enjoyment and enter tainment over another route, which is letting the erring or futile ball player know just what the fan thinks about him. The fan has a good case here as long as he doesn’t move into per sonal invective, involving the play er’s ancestry and his present family, which often happens. The only half-way shock I ever picked up over a booing incident occurred many years ago when Pittsburgh fans started riding Bonus Wagner. Wagner was then in his 41st year. He had been an outstanding star for over 20 seasons. He had given millions as many thrills as any ball player had ever displayed up to the reign of Babe Ruth, the all- time thrill king. His brilliant work at short ' with his bushel-basket hands, his great base running, his tremendous hitting through two dec ades seemed to be quite enough to allow for a few lapses in his fad ing days. Home and Visiting Boos But the theme song of the base ball crowd is: “It isn’t what you used to be — it’s what you are today.” Just what the Flying Dutch man thought of the vocal raspber ries thrown his way no one ever will know. But I’ve figured ever rr.'.ce that if a home crowd could boo Wagner, no one else should be immune. Ball players tell me they have no feeling about being booed in hos tile hamlets. I know John McGraw relished the dislike he deliberately built up in Chicago, St. Louis and other cities away from New York. I’ve heard Matty booed in New York — but not McGraw, although he may have beem The swiftest OTd most effective reaction to booing from a rival crowd came from Cobb years ago. Ray Chapman, Cleveland short stop, had just been killed by Carl Mays in a Yankee game. Cobb had been quoted in an interview de nouncing Mays. Cobb denied the interview with considerable fervor. The next day, appearing with the Tigers against the Yankees, Ty took a terrific vocal lathering from some 35,000 Yankee fans. “It’s no fun,” Cobb told me that night, “to be booed, hissed and cursed by 35,000 American citizens.’’ But in place of curling up or growing sour, Cobb stepped out that day and got four hits, stole two or three bases, scored several runs and broke up the ball game. The answer is that the big crowd was cheering him in his last time up. Showing Up the Mob This seems to be the best answer. The best reply to a boo or a vocal cataclysm of hate and derision is to show up the maudlin mob of goat-getters. You rarely hear them booing a fellow who is making good. No ball player ever took the terrific vocal riding Babe Ruth ab sorbed in the Yankee-Cub world series years ago when he came to bat against Jack Root in Chicago. Packed stands howled and yelled and called Babe names they wouldn’t print in the press of pur gatory. The Babe applied even viler epithets, one against 45,000, as he pointed to the center field flag pole. That was the most famous home run Babe ever hit in his collec tion of more than 700. “All I know about it,’’ the Babe told me later, “is that ball was kinder egg-shaped or flattened out after they found it.’’ Bonus Wagner Problem of 1947 We have been talking recently with a number of managers not club owners or ball players, about the 1947 baseball season. One of the smartest told me this—with the amazing increase in attend ance, with the aftermath of the Mexican league and the union ar rival, ball players for 1947 are go ing to demand big pay increases. “A good many of these deserve such increases,” the manager said. Editor’s Note: While Winchell is on vacation, Jack Lait is act ing as guest columnist. Recriminations, Reflections— Ruthless, rapacious James Caesar Petrillo seems hell-bent to wreck the nightclubs of New York, which cannot meet his latest de mands and live. . . . Petrillo hasn’t been getting his name in the pa pers lately, and has apparently de cided to see to that. ... I have long observed this egomaniac. . . . His union, though in the AFL, is auton omous and he is its absolute duce. . . . He defies economic laws as he defies the nation’s laws, which he now is doing flagrantly and blat antly — and he loves it; he loves that sensation^ of dictatorial arro gance: “Hah—I’m bigger than all America. Nothing can touch Pet rillo. The world can’t live without music—and I own the music. 1 have millions of dollars and don’t account to anybody. My voiceless fiddlers and drummers and horn- blowers worship me. Congress passes a special law just sgainst me—and that law I break. ... So this is a republic. . . . No king. . . . What a laugh!” Meyer Davis, the society maestro, wires me a lengthy defense of James Caesar Pet rillo, who, he says, “has abso lutely no jurisdiction over pro posed raises in N. Y. night clubs.” He adds, “There is too much hooey about Petrillo, just because he is colorful.” If that’s what’s the matter with Petril lo, I’m color-blind. I’m also dumb. But I retain my sense of smell! The dynamic six-footer, Walter E. Smith, is in town again, third time in two weeks he’s flown hither. ... “I got a nap in the plane,” he tells me. “I hadn’t been to bed in four days and nights.” . . . Smith, whose hair is pretty white, is only 40. But he does more things than anyone I’ve ever known. . . . With in the year he has bought and con verted a Hollywood cafe into Tom Breneman’s, run the morning breakfast broadcast there into a national sensation, had it filmed for a feature; promoted rodeos, signed Gene Autrey for five years and will publish his biography; bought a hotel and cabanas in Palm Springs; tied up “Pappy” Boyington for his book and picture rights, and has a $150,000 Warner of fer on the latter; organized a com pany to publish a magazine devoted to western movies; incorporated a company to produce Nils T. Grandlund’s picture, “Rhythm Ranch”; bought Chestertown, fa vorite in the Hambletonian, for $40,000, highest price ever paid for a trotter, to add to his large stable; founded the association which con verted Santa Anita to trotting; con ducts the largest enterprise in the West making aluminum furniture and luggage. . . . And nobody can play harder than he—or work half as hard. Durocher, says Lew Parker, acts as though t:e were fighting Joe Louis, not St. Louis! Lt. Col. Gregory (Pappy) Boy- ington’s book is finished and in the hands of the busy Walter E. Smith, who seems to have about eight hands. Not only will Smith publish, but he’ll do the movie himself, as an independent, perhaps as a road show entry. Admiral Nimitz has of fered Smith any fleet facilities re quired for the screen adaptation. The title, first time announced any where, is “Where Are We Now?” Even Stalin’s spies don’t know — Margaret Truman’s calls from Missouri to Washington are person-to-person — and the person Is Marvin Coles, counsel for the merchant marine! Gwendolyn Stoi>e is a beautiful ahd talented dancer. . . . She has appeared in several west coast re vue creations and in films, includ ing “Night and Day.” ... No one seeing her would imagine that she is a deaf mute and has been since childhood. . . . She picks up rhythms with her feet, via vibrations. . . . She takes direction and cues by un failing lip-reading. Santa Fe Skyway is carrying spe cialized cargoes, including perish ables. ... No schedules will be made. . . . Flying personnel will be mostly veterans, 11 of whom have signed on. . . . One plane has re frigeration equipment, which weighs only 1 per cent of the gross tonnage and can register 120 de grees below zero. By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features States, like men, should not be judged by hearsay. If yc . have been reading stale joke books, or listening to radio comics, you may have some preconceived and erroneous ideas about one of the greatest of the 48 states. It is time for you to re-ap- praise Arkansas. A few weeks ago I made an auto mobile trip through Arkansas, fol lowing the general course of U. S. Highway No. 67 from Poplar Bluffs, Mo., to Texarkana. We visited Corn ing, Walnut Ridge, Newport, Searcy, Little Rock, Arkadelphia h d other towns. We saw fields of rice, com, cot ton and other staple crops on land that was black and rich. We heard the sharp ring of saws biting into both soft and hard woods. We heard factory whistles, too, and saw hundreds of men carrying dinner pails. Horses, mules and tractors furnished power for farming, while huge trucks hauled loads of giant watermelons, fat cattle, milk, oil, lumber, logs, poles, crates of fruits and berries and other products. Fruit trees were heavily laden, the boughs bending low. Progress is Evident. We traveled over splendid paved roads, across rich coastal plains and through mountain scenery as majestic as any traveler could ever want. There were fine homes, big barns and well-kept acres on either side of the road. There was con struction everywhere, for Arkan sas is building new homes, stores, garages and other structures. Steel, cement, brick and bright new lumber were going into those build ings. New homes, in every stage of construction, # were to be seen. Some were near-mansions, while others were simple structures. Barnj, sheds and fences were going up too. When we talked to the people of Arkansas, we found them friendly, courteous, intelligent. They smiled easily, were proud of their state, and sure of its future. Tourists who had visited every parr* of the Ozark and Ouachita forest and mountain areas in the northwestern part of the state as well as the lower coast al plains in the southeast had seen just what we saw — construction, progress and resolute faith. First settlers of Arkansas were the Indians, the Quapaws who lived south of the Arkansas river and the Osages who lived north of it. They called the land Akansa, but somewhere along the way an “r” was inserted and a final “s” added. It is pronounced Ar-kan- saw. After discovery by De Soto in 1541, Arkansas was tossed like a ball between Spain and France. The few people who came to the area were soldiers and traders. There were no farmers and few merchants. No permanent settlements were made except around military posts. After the United States came into possession of Louisiana territory, including Arkansas, the country was settled rapidly by Anglo-Saxon pioneers. Territory Formed. In 1819, Arkansas was organized as a separate territory, and the cap ital was moved from Arkansas Post to Little Rock. (Incidentally, Little Rock was so named because of a ledge of rocks projecting into the river and to distinguish it from Big Rock, about three miles up the river.) Population was about 14,000. It may be noted that Arkan- CLASSIC STRUCTURE . . . Originally occupied in 1836, Arkansas’ old state house, now converted into a war memorial building, is one of the classic colonial buildings of the nation. NATIVE RESIDENT . . . Ben Laney, governor of Arkansas, is a native and life-long resident of the state. He was born in a small rural area of Ouachita county called “Cooterneck.” Be fore his election as governor, he was a school teacher, drug store operator, oil man, agriculturist and twice mayor of Camden. Vet eran of World War I, he is mar ried and has three cliildren. sas was a part of Louisiana from 1804 to 1812, and from 1812 to 1819 a part of Missouri. In 1836, Arkan sas became a state. Arkansas is a great agricultural state, with soil new and fertile. Levees, ditches and canals have redeemed alluvial lands along the St. Francis, the Arkansas and Mis sissippi rivers. The state has an almost inexhaustible timber supply, with forests of pine and hard woods covering nearly two-thirds of the state. At Eureka, Heber and Hot Springs, health-giving waters have long been used. Industries of Arkansas are de voted almost entirely to extracting or processing products which orig inate within the state’s boundaries. There are 28 oil and gas producing fields in six southern Arkansas counties and 16 gas fields -in five western counties. Petroleum re serves are estimated at more than 300 million barrels and reserves of natural gas at over 1,000 billion cubic feet. Climate, scenic attractions, recreational facilities and cura tive waters combine to bring great numbers of tourists and health seekers to Arkansas each year. The state’s most widely known attraction is Hot Springs National park, contain ing 47 hot springs with temper atures up to 115 degrees. Adjacent to Hot Springs are Lakes Catherine and Hamilton with more than 450 miles of shoreline. Annual spring racing meets are held at Oak Lawn jockey c’ub. Golf is played the year around. The state’s scenic highlands in clude two mountain groups, the Ozarks and Ouachitas, both eas ily accessible. State parks provide exceptional recreational facilities. Sportsman’s Paradise. Arkansas’ duck shooting is na tionally famous. Rice fields in the prairie section attract mallards dur ing the winter migration. Deer, quail and turkey provide plenty of hunting, and fishing may be en joyed in the numerous lakes and streams. “Float fishing” on the White river and some of its tribu taries is a unique Arkansas pastime, which is becoming increasingly pop ular with visitors. “I am fully convinced that Arkan sas is destined to become one of the great playgrounds of America,” said Franklin D. Roosevelt at Booneville, Ark., when he visited there in 1938. And many of the rest of us who have visited that state can heartily endorse the late President’s words! De Soto’s Futile Quest for Gold Brought Exploration of Arkansas Arkansas was one of the earliest of the Mississippi states to be ex plored. The first white man to touch Arkansas soil was Her nando de Soto, the Spanish ex plorer who discovered the Missis sippi river. In May, 1541, he came to a river so broad that he called it, in Spanish, the Rio Grande, or great river. The Indian name for the stream, Meschacebe, “father of waters,” has come down to us, however, as Mississippi. De Soto crossed the river to the Arkansas side. For nearly a year, the last year of his life, De Soto traveled over what is now Arkansas, through a vast wilderness inhabited by wild animals and equally wild savages. Beginning near the mouth of the White river, De Soto went up the western shore of the Mississippi beyond the mouth of the St. Francis river, then journeyed southwest until he came to the Arkansas riv er. There is a tradition that he was defeated in a battle with the In dians near where Jacksonport now stands, and that hie was compelled to turn north again. Learning that there were moun tains to the northwest, he continued toward northeast Arkansas where he hoped to find gold, traveling through swamps and dense for ests and crossing mountain streams. Disappointed in not finding gold, he tinned south, passed over the Bos ton mountains, crossed the Arkan sas river near Dardanelle Rock, and came into the land of the Cayas. Here, De Soto fell seriously ill, and a friendly Indian chief brought him to a lake of “very hot water” where he was healed. This lake was doubtless the now famous Hot Springs, On Ouachita river near the springs, De Soto and his party found salt which the Indians gathered and sold to their neighbors. The ex plorers spent the winter of 1541, a severe one, in an Indian village on the Ouachita. De Soto’s faithful in terpreter, Juan OTtiz, died. Dis heartened by not finding gold and losing so many of his men, De Soto resumed his journey south m the spring of 1542. He followed the Oua chita to the Red river and then went downstream to the Mississip pi. Exposure brought on a fever and De Soto died, his survivors burying him in the great river he had discovered. Spain profited little by the ex plorations of De Soto. Through her negligence, the Mississippi valley had remained unsettled for nearly a century and a half. But while Spain slept, the French were active. After securing the lands bordering on the St. Lawrence river, France had pushed southward along the Mississippi. Marie Windsor, Utah beutah, who took over Broadway via stage and radio, is an outstander in Hollywood. . . . Ben Bogeaus and Case Robinson, who bought Hem ingway’s “Short and Happy Life of Francis Macomber” for peanuts ($85,000 worth) are aiming at an Oscar. . . . Pat O’Brien is trying to interest movie money in a screen biography of his pal, Mayor Bill O’Dwyer, Pat to play him. . . . (With Abbott and Costello playing the role of two other guys named LaGuardia?) Rice harvesting scene on Arkansas Grand Prairie. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Cutting one-fourth-inch notches •in the edges of bacon or smoked ham with the scissors will keep it from curling when cooking. Lesson for September 8 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se- lected and copyrighted by International JESUS AND SINCERITY OF SPEECH LESSON TEXT—Exodus 20:16; Proverbs 26:23-28: Matt. 26:69-75. MEMORY SELECTION—Wherefore put- ting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor.—Ephesians 4:25. God is truth, and therefore any kind of lie is evidence of godless ness. Satan is the father of lies (John 8:44) and the father of all liars. I. The Prohibition of Lying (Exod. 20:16). This “thou shalt not” of God has to do primarily with perjury; that is, the telling of an untruth in court. This is one of the worst forms of lying, because it may result in the one against whom it is practiced los ing his liberty, his life or his prop erty, or the destruction of his good reputation. It is obvious, however, that the commandment covers all forms of lying, whether in business, in social contacts, in the home, or in the church. We might do well to con sider what the Bible has to say about whisperers, talebearers, back biters and others (see Lev. 19:16; II Cor. 12:20). II. The Purpose of Lying (Prov. 26:23-26). Sometimes as one hears the con tinuous stream of lies which flow from the lips of some men, one is apt to feel that it is just a bad habit of careless talking which has be come a part of the life. There is, however, a real purpose behind the lies of men, and that is to deceive in order to get gain or advantage, or to cover up hatred. How much of all this there is in the world today—yes, and in the church. Those who profess to be the followers of Christ use the de vices of the devil in their relations with fellow members of the church. Christian workers who wish to ap pear greater than they are, or to look greater than others, use de ceit and lying. With what results? III. The Punishment of Lying (Prov. 26:26-28; Matt. 26:75). One lie leads to, in fact calls for, another, and soon the liar has digged a pit so big that he stumbles and falls into it. He is like one who starts a great stone rolling, and lo, it rolls back on him and crushes him. 'Yes, in due time he is shown up before the entire congregation (v. 26). Then, too, the lie does harm to others. No matter what its nature —a half truth, or a truth used to deceive, or an outright falsehood— it bears awful fruit, in the life of the one toward whom it is direct ed, or whose name is involved (v. 28). Once started, it is often im possible to stop. One cannot ever catch up with a lie. But there is also a horrible and bitter fruitage of lies in the life and the heart of the liar. Lies do “come home to roost,” and they make the heart and life of anyone who has a vestige of decency and honor left, miserably unhappy. Con sider Peter (Matt. 26:75). It is of the utmost importance that we stress before children and young people the awful results of lying, as well as its sinfulness. Lying and deceit are so commonly accepted in our day that many regard it as all right—if you don’t get caught. But the fact is, you always do get caught by God—yes, and by your own lie. IV. The Practice of Lying (Matt. 26:69-74). Sadly enough, the constant lying of the world seems to have infected the minds and hearts of Christians. Instead of being cleansed from this worldly defilement they carry its awful tendencies into the church. The great lie within the church, and one of Satan’s prize exhibits, is the falsehood of modern relig ious liberalism (so-called), which is essentially a denial of real New Testament Christianity. Jesus said (v. 42) that if God is our Father we will accept him as the Christ. The one who speaks sweet words about the example, the manhood, the leadership of the Master, and who denies him his place as God, is clearly in mind here as the follower of the father of lies. Someone has suggested that the great spiritual problem of our day is not the conflict between the church and the world; nor is it to determine how the church can best serve in the world, but rather what to do about the world which has gotten into the church. How did worldliness get into the church? The members brought it there after they had gone out and warmed themselves at the world’s fire, and fellowshiped with the world in un- ! godly living. The denials made by Peter seem almost unbelievable in the life ol one who had been in immediate fel lowship with the Lord and who had seen his glory. We have here a rev elation of the fact that “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?” (Jer. 17:9). 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