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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1347
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARMFIELD
Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday in the Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1937, at the postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
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The SPECTATOR
The great Walter is dead. Wal
ter Johnson became a figure of Na
tional interest when he was the
star pitcher for Washington. Many
today regard him as the speed
King of all time, even the great
est of all pitchers. The small boy
all over America looked up to Wal
ter as a hero;—and millions of big
boys and middle aged men did like
wise. I was one of the crowd, it
was said that his fast ball sped
towards the batter in about eight-
tenths of a second—60 1-2 feet. The
batter saw Johnson’s beautiful de
livery—and heard the ball strike
the catcher’s mitt.
Whether Walter had more speed
than Bobby Fellers I do not know,
but Walter stood out; stood apart
for many qualities.
In a day of swearing, drinking
and gambling, Walter Johnson was
a National pride, sober, clean,
steady, quiet, fair, the finest type
of sportsman. His career on the
mound lifted professional baseball
to a high level. It is not too much
to say that he earned the applause
of the nation.
In my youth—or would I be per
mitted to say my boyhood?—Chris
ty Mathewson and Walter Johnson
were of the type a mother could ap
prove; great athletes. I saw John
son and Mathewson while they
were still great pitchers, just as I
saw Ty Cobb streaking around the
diamond with gleaming spikes. It
was worth an extra day in Wash
ington to see Johnson—the poetry
of motion, with that hopping white
flash. I stayed in New York three
extra days in order to see “Mat
ty.”
Mathewson would not play on
Sundays. 1 knew that. So when I
read that he had pitched on Thurs
day in Cincinnatti, I “figured” that
he would be on the mound in New
York on Monday. So he was. He
threw only sixty-nine balls—that
is, he made sixty-nine pitches, for
he gave no base on bails, struck
out noboby; the batters seemed to
pop up just where the “Giants"
were waiting for the ball.
Mathewson, like Johnson, clean,
steady, brilliant; one of the first
CoUege men to make baseball a
career.
Mathewson, and Johnson; both
great examples of clean living
Their eminence in sport made their
example to the youth of the land a
powerful stimulus. Not “sissies”
but great men in the hottest kind
of competition.
A friend, a lawyer friend, of the
piedmont, whom I have cherished
through the years—a sedate and
well-to-do old gentlemen of ease
now—this friend challenges my
statement that a man has a right to
work or not to work, as he pleases.
My friend, though a lawyer, looks
beyond the law. Certainly he is
right in denying that a man has
right to be a drone or a burden on
society. He is putting his objec
tion on high ground, that every
man should work, that work is the
rule.
I have quoted the Scripture
“Six days shalt thou labor and do
all thy work”. And Jesus said:
“My father worketh hitherto, and
I work”.
There is, then, a duty to work,
to carry one’s own burden and to
help bear the burden of others. Of
course I concede that. My friend’s
point is well taken in an ethical
sense, but my remark was a state
ment of the law, the law of the
State, the law of the nation, the law
as it is understod today as govern
ing the relations of man to man.
According to our law, no man can
be compelled to work; that would
be slavery. In fact, as my brother-
lawyer knows, our courts will net
compel me to dig the ditch, to do
this physical work. Of course the
courts would compel me as a land-
owner to have a ditch cut, if it were
my legal obligation, but if I were
a ditch-digger, the court would not
compel me to perform this manual
labor.
One may disagree, may dissent
sharply, but that is the truth. The
law, for example, cannot compel a
teacher to teach.
Another distinguished reader of
Spectator writes me that he does
not always approve my philosophy.
Perhaps that reader has misunder
stood me. When I stated that men
had the right to work, or not to
work, I thought I was strictly with
in the Constitution—and still think
so—but it is a fact—a very regret
table fact—that a man seems to
have no right to work unless he
joins a Union.
We are preaching liberty to all
the world, but we are not practis
ing it here.
We Americans should revise
many of our laws. Any law which
creates or maintains a special self
ish privilege is a bad law. That
is true whether it affects one class
or the other. The Federal and
State laws which discriminate
against margarine are entirely bad.
If margarine is unwholesome it
should be prohibited; but if it be
an article of food—as it is—there
can be no justification for special
taxes and restrictions. Why these
restrictions? In order to protect
the butter creameries. Is it good
law, is it fair as between citizens
of this republic to curb the manu
facture and sale of one wholesome
product in order to maintain a
competitive product in a position of
special privilege?
The Rail Roads of our nation
have a wondrously complex plan of
fixing freight rates. How would
this strike you; a ticket from Co
lumbia to Washington $15 (four
hundred miles) but a ticket from
New York to Podunk (600 miles)
$12? I do not know of any such
rate, but in the freight rates, there
are such cases. The Rail Roads
may justify them by what they call
the density of the traffic—that
they make more money in thickly-
settled areas at $12 than in thinly-
settled regions at $15. And that
would be true. At the same time,
it may be noted, the thinly-settled
region will have a long and hard
fight to overcome that difference or
preference.
I think it is true that Rail Road
rate experts have more useless,
even mischievous, information than
any other group of experts, all be
cause of a poor system of rate
making.
The Rail Roads are frequently
beset by groups clamoring for fa-
vors, preferences, special privileges.
A car of freight can be sent from X
to Y—1000 miles, passing through
B, about midway, for less than it
would cost to ship from X to B.
They have special considerations of
so many factors that only an expert
can tell what it what—and why.
Towns can be “made” or virtual
ly destroyed by freight rates.
We Americans should look into
many matters. Our republic should
stand for equality before the law
for all men and all interests.
All around us are old men and
women. Once they were young, as
the poet Gray says in his beautiful
Elegy in a Country Churchyard:
“Some heart once pregnant with
celestial fire”. We see the stooped
forms and feeble steps. Then we
see once fine buildings darkening
with age, or sagging. "Change and
decay in all around I see: O Thou
who changest not, abide with me.”
Life as we see it, preaches that
to us every day, that all that we
are, all that we have, must go back
into the dust and forgetfulness, a
sea of oblivion, save for the hope
that is in us.
There is no cleaner lesson than
that we and what we have are to
go back into the elements, Dust to
dust, ashes to ashes. In all our
planning we are dealing with per
ishable commodities, except as we
have a hope that was born on Eas
ter when the tomb was found
empty and the Man of Galilee said:
“Be not afraid.” It is almost in
credible, yet so strangely true of
most of us, that we think and plan
for the things which rust and
crumble and decay, while ignoring
even the guidance of Infinite Wis
dom.
The Christmas time is one of
such deep spiritual significance that
it seems such an utter perversion to
make it a mere occasion for noisy
demonstrations^ hilarity, eating and
drinking, and whatever other man
ner of indulgence.
We believe that the Creator of the
Earth sent His son to reveal the
love of the Father, that seeing the
Son we might remember the
words: “He that hath seen me hath
seen the Father.”
Either we believe this, or we do
not believe it; there is no middle
ground. We who are of the churches
believe—or should believe—that we
are closer to the Almighty because
of the Christmas occasion; it lifts us
to high levels, to close Communion
with God.
NO RATIONING BOARD
IN NEWBERRY COUNTY
There has been no office of
Price Administration in Newberry
county since January 12, 1946. The
office is closed; the fixtures have
been sold and the help discharged.
The public is advised once more
that if they should desire to make
applications for sugar, write to the
following address: Office of Price
Administration, Sugar Rationing
Section, Columbia 7, S. C.
Mr. Welling requests that no one
contact his office in regard to ra
tioning of any kind. He states he
has nothing further to do with
Price Administration or the ration
ing of sugar.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OF
FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement of
the estate of David Berrie Denning
in the Probate Court for Newberry
County, S. C., on Monday the 6th
day fo January, 1947 at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon, and will immediately
thereafter ask for my discharge as
guardian of said estate.
All persons having claims against
the estate of David Berrie Denning,
deceased, are hereby notified to file
the same, duly verified, with the
undersigned, and those indebted to
said estate will please make pay
ment likewise.
Daisy Berrie Denning,
Guardian.
Dec. 5. 1946 12-6-4tp
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REMEMBERED
Pastor J. E. Rocf and family were
remembered most graciously by
the members of St. Paul’s Parish
during the Christmas holidays.
Generous purses were given oy
both St. Paul’s and Bachman Chap
el congregations. One of the larg
est poundings ever to be received,
was given by St. Philip’s together
with a bonus from the council
A large number of personal gifts
of money and other useful articles
were included by members of the
three congregations. Also a beau
tiful chenille bed spread from the
Women’s Missionary Society of St.
Philip’s. For these expressions . of
love and esteem, we are most
grateful.
J. E. Roof and family.
AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE
I, or an authorized agent, will be
at the following places on the dates
given below for the purpose of tak
ing tax returns of all personal prop
erty, new buildings and real estate
transfers. Persons owning property
in more than one district will make
returns for each district.
All able bodied male citizens be
tween ages of twenty-one and
sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax.
All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and fifty outside of in
corporate towns and cities are lialbe
to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All
dogs are to be assessed at $1.00
each.
LONGSHORES — Monday, Jan
uary 6th, 1947, from 9 until 12.
S1LVERSTREET — Monday, Jan
uary 6th, 1947, from 2 until 5.
CHAPPELLS — Tuesday, Jan
uary 7th, 1947.
HOLLINGSWORTH STORE —
Thursday, January 9th, 1947, from 9
until 12.
KINARDS — Thursday, January
9th, 1947, from 2 until 5.
PROSPERITY — Friday, January
10th, 1947.
LITTLE MOUNTAIN — Monday,
January 13th, 1947.
PEAK — Thursday, January 16th,
1947.
POMARIA — Friday, January
17th, 1947.
REESE BROTHERS STORE —
Monday, January 20th, 1947, from 9
until 12.
F. B. HARDY’S HOME — Mon
day, January 20th, 1947, from 2 un
til 5.
ST. LUKE’S — Tuesday, January
21st, 1947, from 9 until 12.
O’NEAL — Tuesday, January
21st, 1947, from 2 until 5.
M. B. & T. P. CROOKS STORE—
Thursday, January 23rd, 1947, from
9 until 12.
At Auditor’s Office to March 1st,
after which a penalty of 10 per cent
will be added.
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS,
Auditor Newberry County.
D20J3,10,17
Ready to Commit
Murder
The following letter was written
by Billy Lewis, a Midshipman at
the United States Naval Academy,
to his mother. Billy is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis of Whit
mire.
Sunday Night.
Dear Mother.
The first time I’ve ever wanted
to take a man and torture him to
death was last night after the game.
The man is the referee in the
Army game. I guess you’ve read
about the game in the paper but I
guess the newspaper accounts are
too full of what they call our “Mor
al Victory”, to tell the real story
the truth of the matter is that
right now it’s Navy’s ball, 4th
down on Army’s three yard line
with approximately 30 seconds to
go in the ball game. I’ve got sev
eral reasons for saying that. 1.) The
ball went out of bounds on the
last play. That is supposed to
stop the clock but the referee did
not stop it. 2.) The coach sent in a
substitution at the same time. This
is also supposed to stop the clock.
3.) When we got that penalty about
two plays before the end, the clock
wasn’t stopped when the referee
was making the penalty. So you
can see we’ve got a reason to gripe.
We were already the best team on
the field and yesterday we were
the best football team that has ever
played football.
We had a pretty good time after
the game though. Philadelphia
was wide open and nothing was too
good for Midshipmen. We didn’t
get back until six o’clock this morn
ing so consequently I’ve been asleep
all day and I’m about ready to go
to sleep again.
I certainly hope you do drive up
and take me home Christmas. Ac
cording to Ann you want to bring
me back by way of New York. That
would be mighty fine, too. That is,
if the car can make it.
Well, I’d better go to bed and get
some sleep. Remember, if anybody
asks you who won the football
game either tell them the Navy did
or tell them that the game’s not
over yet. Army certainly did not
win.
Love,
Billy.
Dr. Myron J. Rones
Successor to
Dr. H. M. Bigby
Optometric Eye Specialist
Serving the discriminating
public who demands Profes
sional Eye Service and value
their Sense of Sight.
Office Hours 9 to 5:30
Exchange Bank Bldg.
Phone 144-J
An “orchid” among motor cars is this milestone model,
the 19,000,000th Chevrolet built in the 35 years of the
division’s history. Production of this car early in December
highlights the endeavor of automotive manufacturers of
America to supply a car-hungry nation within the limits
imposed upon the industry by current business condi
tions. Top-ranking executives of Chevrolet who “deliv
ered” this welcome souvenir “wrapped in cellophane”
are Nicholas Dreystadt (left), general manager, and
T. H. Keating, general sales manager.
January Clearance
SALE
32 Mens Tweed Suits, reduced to $13.50. %
Mens White Painters Overalls—Sanforized ‘ Shrunk,
„ $3.95 value, $1.50.
Mens All Wool Topcoats $22.50 to $35 values, now $18.50. •
All Felt Hats One-Third off.
Boys Pin Whale Overalls, Sizes 4 to 10, $3.50 value, $2.25.
All Boys Wool Suits, One-Third off.
Boys Beacon Robes, $3.50 value, $2.00.
Mens Scarfs, $2.50 to $3.95, now $2.00.
All Men and Boys Jackets (Leather, Poplin and wool)
One-Third off.
Mens Wool and Rayon Robes, $17.75 value, $9.50.
i •
Mens Socks, 35c and 50c values, 29c.,
Mens Long Sleeve Cotton Sport Shirts, $2.95 to $3.75
values, $2.25.
Rayon and Wool Sport Shirts, $6.75 to $8.95, now $5.00.
Mens Loafer Coats, $10.95 value, $8.50.
Mens Loafer Coats, $8.50 value, $5.00. j
Bergen Clothing Co.
1202 Caldwell St.
Phone 509«M