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IT PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN »Snn 1218 College Street • NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Armfield Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY 'ntered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, o. Jie Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. G, |1.50 per year in advance outside S. G, $2.00 per year in advance. have valid claims which money can never repay. But are we to become soft, pampered, pet ted recipients of Government money, not caring that we are cutting away the foundations of the Nation? Nearly all the program of Mr. Truman is an effort to ca jole voters from strenuous lib erty to supine acquiescence in a form of slavery under bu reaucrats. Our public men are for it; they nave discovered that the poor outnumber the rich!! COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR This is New Orleans, the fab ulous City which blends French Spanish and English, offers an Americanized pot pouri which has a glamor all its own. Coming here we made brief stops at Montgomery and Mo bile, Alabama. Montgomery was the first Capital of the Confederacy; it is an attrac tive city today, with beauti ful gardens and finely shaded streets. Mobile is a great port, a city of wide-spread enterprises! Between Mobile and New Or leans—along th e Gulf strip oi Mississippi—one comes to an entrancing drive along the malecon, as the Spaniards would call it. When the Span iards build a drive along a great body of water they call the drive a Mtalecon. From Biloxi to Gulfport one goes to the tip of the Gulf of Mexico, the blue water sparkling far beyond the vis ion of the beholder. On this side the Gulf washes the shore of Texas, Louisiana, Mississip pi, Alabama and Florida, curv ing around Florida, and emp tying into the vast Atlantic. The warm current known as the Gulf Stream flows north ward from the tip of Florida and moves eastward beyond Massachusetts. As it is known, that warm current makes Eng land a delightful country; and its leaving American shores makes Labrador a cold, inhos pitable shore. England and Labrador are about the same latitude. Down on the West coast of South America flows a cold current—the Humboldt Current —and it makes the west coast a balmy area instead of a sweltering region, as one finds on the east coast. If th e Gulf Stream had con tinued along our American shore as far north as it flows our neighbor Canada might have swapped places with us. The “ifs” of Geography and History are viery interesl-ing speculations: if General Lee had accepted the command of the Federal army; if Stone wall Jackson had not died; if Albert Siduey Johnston had n-t ' ' en killed; if Lincoln had en assasinated; if Nape- .eo.. ..ad not lost at Wlaterloo; if the Germans had not stop ped tllci/ advance and turned at the Marne in World war 1; if the Amazon Rivet could be made to turn west through the Peruvian Andes, as President Leguia dreamed and planned. Passing through Biloxi, Gulf port and the other beauty spots on the Gulf I’ve felt the urge to buy some oyster loaf. I ' haven’t done it yet, but the notion persists. Passing from Mississippi to Louisiana one goes over some uninviting stretches, but it is redeemed by the broad ex panse of Lake Pontchartrain as one approaches New Orleans. A lot of bridgework here though I’m not talking about dentistry. Water, water, every where but it is not held in high esteem for beverage pur poses. Still the pharmacists do not complain of it. While in France I spent some time in the old city of Orleon, remembered because of the Maid of Orleon—Joan of Arc— as we call her. This bustling city of Louisiana has far sur passed all pretension of the Mother City of France. New Or leans has a great artery of traffic known as Canal street. It is broader than Broad street of Augusta, Georgia; and Broad street is a strain on the eyes. Except for some new streets, avenues and boulevards the streets of New Orleans are narrow, neighborly throrough fares between rows of build ings. The old-timers probably sat on the front porches and talked neighborhood gossip in low tones. New Orleans is full of the iplcndor of its spacious days, ine Cathedral, the churches are impressive reminders of the earlier periods; while its teem ing traiiic suggests at once that here is a great port, a mighty city, a modern giant of commerce; not a museum of antiquity. New Orleans is Charleston raised to the nth power, though nothing in New Orleans transcends the glory of Charleston; it is just a case of more of it, that’s all. Even at that Charleston has more water advantages, having in mind Sea Water. New Orleans is said to be the place for a gourmet. Since my iriends and i are old time democrats we were not temp ted to try any spider legs soak ed in 1812 French Brandy and served with champagne and whipped cream on a steaming salver; we reaffirmed our loy alty to ham and eggs, rice and gravy and home-made biscuits such as our mothers made. New Orleans has some quaunt old cemeteries, but all towns have cemeteries. .The one, in escapable fact that stares at you everywhere is that those streets were occe trod by men and women whq thought they might pass on some day, but a day far, far away. Here we are during the Mardi Gras. You’ve heard of it, but do you know what it is? In South America it is called the ‘Carnival” and it all means the same. Some of our churches observe what is called “Lent.” That is the per iod of forty days before Eas ter. During the . Lenten season the members - are supposed to practice a degree of self-denial in memory of the sacrificial offering of Jesus; This ends with the glory of Easter, the joyful acclaim of the Risen Lord; but this penitential sea son of forty days is- preceded by - several days of celebrat ing; that is the Mardi Gras. Just before the stricter observ ance of Lent and its’ sacrifices, the members have a last. fling, a taste, of the world before the discipline of the church .applies. We aye here during the Mar di Gras, ah occasion which brings people from all parts of America, for New Orleans observes the time with the light fancy of Latin ebullience. If we stick to branch water* wfe shall emerge triumphant; but where is the branch . water? During Mlardi Gras even the five cent bottle drinks may be spiked or is it just the intoxi cating atmosphere? All along the way I think of the stalwart men w’ho came West from Carolina. I’ve met Cokers, Rawls, and others whose grandfathers came from South Carolina. Some of my mother’s people moved to Al abama. All that country was built by manly men, men re lying on the strength of a good right arm, with faith in Jehovah. The Wlest was not built by coddling but by vig orous people who took long chances and won against every sort of opposition from Indians to Mexicans; from drought to blizzards. The West is Ameri ca, the moument to the self-re liant man. I wonder what sort of coun try we shall bequeath to the next generation. Shall we be come a Nation of pensioners? Of course I don’t refer to those men who suffered in war and I’ve received a gracious and informative letter from Mr. Richard M. Jeffries, General Manager of the Santee-Cooper •and called attention to the ex cellence of the report as well as to several obscure points. Mr. Jeffries, in a notably full and clear exposition, clarifies the points raised by me and even invites me to suggest means -* for further clarification. My old friend and I are ex teachers, and the teacher habit has its hold upon us. He en ters the discussion by quoting from Webstebls dictionary. 1 yield the point to him because he may have bought a more recent authority on words than the one I rely on. The truth is that I speak the language of Green Pond, Rounds and Ruffin, while my friend delves into the profundity of Waiter- boro. Mr. Jeffries makes plain that the surplus of thirty six mil lion dollars, referred to in the report, is a matter of book keeping, not money. The great er part of the surplus being grants for construction* etc., not now available in the form of cash or negotiable credit. Obviously it isn’t possible to adopt my suggestion that the Santee-Cooper use the thirty six millions for the payment of its own capital debt and the financing of the Central Coops with about eight millions. I’m sorry the surplus is not avail able, but so is Mr. Jeffries. His cordial letter clears up the items, namely the large sum for wages without names or items. This takes in about eight hundred casual workers, day laborers, etc. Even on my last point Mr. Jeffries argues pleasantly for the expansion of the Santee- Cooper, citing a paragraph from the decision in the Creech case in support of th e pro gram of operating State-wide through the Central Coops. M!y frank dissent from these conclusions leads me back through the* vears to the time that (Mr. Jeffries, in the Sen ate, and others, on the outside, fought valiantly to make a ce ment center out of the area near Jamestown. My idea is that Santee-Cooper does! not have to jeopardize the exist ing companies in order to be a useful servant of the pub lic. I think the Santee-Coop er has a big opportunity if it continues as it has been oper ating. Instead of dividing our people into hostile camps, why not move along together? There is no campaign afoot hostile to Santee-Cooper; but Santee-Cooper is threatening the existence of the others. My friend and I don’t see eye- to eye about that. M. D. DERRICK Michael David (Mike) Der rick, 80, husband of Mrs. Mary Fulmer Derrick, died early Fri day morning at the Newberry County (Hospital after a short illness. He was bom and reared near Prosperity and was a son of the late William C. and Per- melia Shealy Derrick. He was a prominent farmer and was a member of Grace Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife, the following children, Mrs. W. H. Counts. Mrs. W. B. Acker man and Roy Derrick, all of Prosperity, Arthur E. and Earl, both of Columbia, and M. D. Derrick, Jr., of West Col umbia; the following brothers and sisters, J. Sidney of Ra leigh, N. C., Backman S. of Newberry, Luther W. Derrick of Prosperity and Mtrs. Mary Wessinger of Prosperity, and seven grandchildren. Fire Department Has Quiet Month The Fire Department had a very quiet month during Feb ruary. They answered only two alarms, one on February third when they were called to Drayton street when the T. C. Gilliam hot dog stand gaught on fire from a stove. On the 27th they were called to a small fire at the Hamp McFad- din home on Crosson street. On March 7th they were called to Roy Warren’s home On O’Neal street. Th e part of the house occupied by Idell Livingston was destroyed. Her furniture was also destroyed. SPECIAL Prices on Dust Down — Freezer Locker Paper Paper Bags — Twine and Roll Paper — Towels and Tissues— R. Derrill Smith and Son, Inc., Wholesale Grocers, Newberry, S. C. 3|ll-2tc Sun Printing Is Best “Micky” Has Good Whitmire Man Gets Pfc. Mize Stationed Batting Average Army Commission At Honshu Japan Mickey Livingston, New berry’s gift to major league baseball and the New York Giants in particular, heads into the 1949 campaign with a life time major league batting aver age of .234, the April issue of Baseball Digest reveals. Lifetime averages of all big league players, as well as vi tal statistics and 1948 records of all the players, comprise a special section in the April Baseball Digest. Perhaps one reason the dol lar will not do as much for you as it used to, is the fact that you do not want to do as much for the dollar as- you used to. Mlany a woman gets a di vorce from her husband be cause she prefers regular ali mony to an irregular allow ance. The United States Army pre sented a direct commission as Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Military Reserve to Charles A. Koon, of Whitmire, accord ing to an announcement today by M-Sgt. Claude Blankenship, who is in charge of the Local U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting office, located at 1221 Nance street. Lieutenant Koon took his oath of office in the presence of Captain Kellie H. Moses, Recruiting Officer in Colum bia. He is now wearing his new bars under the new Army Regulations which grants direct commission to young men who have completed two years of college, served on e year in one of the Armed Forces, and be tween 19 and 32 years of age. Lieutenant Koon graduated from the Ware Shoals High School in 1940, after which he entered Wbfford College. In 1942, he entered the Air Force Pfc. James P. M!ize, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mize. 2809 Milne avenue, was recently as signed to the 54th Engineer Maintenance company, a unit attached to Ninth Corps, locat ed on the outskirts of Sendai on Northern Honshu island. Private Mize, a former stu dent of the Newberry High school, entered the Army on .December 30, 1947, and upon completion of his basic train ing at Fort Jackson, sailed for overseas duty in Japan and was assigned to the 54th En gineers on his arrival. and as a member of the 8th Air Force served in the Euro pean Theater of Operations. After receiving his discharge in 1945, he entered the Universi ty of South Carolina and grad uated with a A.B. degree in August of 1948. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Koon of Whitmire. Large, well-known, AAAI Mfr. needs two men for steady, permanent work in sales, service dept., full time with no lay-offs. Forty-two' men in S. C., starting green, are making more money than, ever before. Perhaps you could use more money in 1949. If you are 25_45, married, clean character, an furn ish references as to honesty, energy, and have tatf;- write stating details and earning's past ^ear Electrolux State Office, 1921 Blossom- Sf-'r Oolum- — ‘ ^ •mfi.t. . l bia 5, S. C. for personal interview promptly.- 1 - FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1949 Regnery Mansion Makes Eyes Pop From the Saluda Sentinel Six Saluda matrons had their eyes out on stems last Tues day in Newberry. They at tended a tea (it was Russian tea and smelled up the place but was awfully good) at the Regnery mansion and got to go through the place and gape at each item almost as long as they pleased. The occasion was a silver tea given by the Women’s Civic League of Newberry. The six matrons were Mrs, Ben Webb, Mrs. Annie Mae Riser, Mrs. J. R. Webb, (Mrs. D. W. Keller, Mrs. J. R. Ram- age and Mrs. 'Kirby Able. Small talk had it that the Mr. Regnery (of Joanna mills) who built the house had re ceived another million dollars for a present on his last birth day. DRIVE-IN THEATRE Program for March 10-18, 1949 THURSDAY & FRIDAY Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas GUILT OF JANET AMES Short: Wbody the Giant Killer SATURDAY Tom Neal MY DOG SHEP Short; Donalds Dream Voice Alvino Rey & Orch. MONDAY AND TUESDAY Jennifer Jones, Joseph Gotten DUEL IN THE SUN Shert; Tortoise Wins Again WEDNESDAY Little Tough Guys LITTLE TOUGH GUYS IN SOCIETY Short: Service with a Guile Also; School for Dogs THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Irene Dunne, Robert Taylor MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION Short: Mouse Trap Also: Five Star Bowlers ■ it: ■ / !. , ,• ■ jk ^'#4 * 3 . fi \ , The Quality of Mercy... Our finest moments have been moments of the heart and the spirit. A boy has wept for his deg. A woman has ministered to the sick. A man has gone hungry that another might eat. The quality of mercy. That is the something in people which has made it possible for your Red Cross to carry on its missions of mercy year after year. • The quality of mercy. That is the something in you which will tell you now to help others next year—through your Red Cross. You, too, can help through Your RED CROSS Give Now! ■ : i PURCELL’S FINANCING — INSURANCE — BEAL ESTATE REAGIN’S SHOE SHOP DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY JOHNNIE’S NEWS STAND & DO-NUT SHOP B. C. MOORE & SONS, INC. "BUY AT MOORE’S AND SAVE MORE" S. C. NATIONAL BANK SEARS-ROEBUCK & CO. AMERICAN LEGION POST 24 FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION ODORLESS CLEANERS MITCHELL’S GRILL 1209 FRIEND STREET BUZHARDT FURNITURE CO. NEWBERRY. S. C. G. B. SUMMER & SONS GILDER & WEEKS "THE REXALL STORE" SMITH’S DRUG STORE T. ROY SUMMER MRS. J. W. WHITE MILLINERY, BABY 8c GIFT SHOP HOME FURNITURE CO. FIRESTONE HOME & AUTO SUPPLIES SUSANA SHOP LIVINGSTON-WISE POST VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS CARPENTER’S SERVICE FINANCE CO. 1506 MAIN STREET LOMINICK’S DRUG STORE NEWBERRY LUMBER CO. COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. NEWBERRY CREAMERY SPOTTS GROCERY 1251 HUNT STREET A. W. GLASGOW & SONS CITY FILLING STATION "NEXT TO THE P.O. 8c JUST AS RELIABLE"