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1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Arm field Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY A. Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR (Written For Last Week) America may be saved by de feat in Korea. It may sound like a contradiction and it wounds our pride. Now shall we lose tens of thousands of fresh young lives in an undertaking that today our pride dictates, rather than our Judgement? I know how you feel; all that is American within me calls for such a campaign as will vindi cate our National attitude and suitably honor the brave men who have died, or been injured, in our Nation’s service. Our emotions are at flood tide: our national dignity has been sorely affronted by a nation which had no quarrel with America; by a nation America has always de fended; until the nefarious trades which not only virtually set at naught China’s rights, but re pudiated all the course of Ameri can diplomacy for a hundred years. Everything that is with in us calls loudly and persistent ly for vengeance. Tha is very human. You may wonder why we went into Korea. You and I have no information except that which is given' to us—frequently half- baked and half-concealed. But if America went into Korea to check Communism, did America know what the Communists of other countries would do? Did she . even know what her so- called Anti-Communist friends would do? Apparently not; I am being wise after the event, it is true, but the leaders with f ' , ''ili ties for knowing what is what seem to have known as little a» the rest of us. Since our leaders don’t know what they are doing this is a good time for us amateur stra tegists to point the way. We have refused to enlist Jap anese and we would not accept Cbiang’s army of 350,000 Chinese. And we reasoned that we should not use the great bombs we have for fear of provoking reprisals. But what reprisals? The Chinese poured over Into Korea and kill ed our men without a declaration of war and without cause for war. Then our Government tells the press that we have no more men to send to Korea. In cold words, our men must fight and die, while we do nothing more for them! Now if you were Commander of the Chinese forces what would you do? Would you cease firing? Of course not; they know, every body knows that our men 4 n Korea have been overwhelmed by masses of Chinese. Americans could kill as may Chinese to day as there are Americans in Korea. And tomorrow there would be Just as many more. Frankly, Americans can wear themselves out killing Chinese without making any permanent gain. Of course we could send Chlang in and support him, but the lilly-fingered spoon and fork specialists ’ of our diplomacy can’t see straight. Unfortunate ly we are still politicians first and • patriots afterwards. . Those boys who have dedicated, their lives are not Democrats or Re publicans; they lived and fought and died as Americans; they gave their last full measure of devotion to our Country, to each of us. Now we may ask: Why must America get under the load in Asia and Europe? Aren’t we a lot of starry-eyed visionaries travelling in the desert and un able to distinguish between an oasis and a mirage? Did you ever see a mirage? Some of us have been led on step-by-step by mirages in busi ness, mirages in friendship, mir ages in farming—and all that: but have you seen a. real mirage? I saw one in the desert of Cali- S s' THE NEWBERRY SUN fornia. I think it was. We had ridden for hours and hour^ and ab9Ut a mile or so ahead we saw the rippling waters of a stream. All about, the desert was flanked by mountains. Great expanses of sandy, level plain were just everywhere, too. So we drove on toward the river. Mile after mile we drove toward the river. But there was not any river. We drove for miles and crossed what had looked like sparkling currents of water. We were told that many early explorers committed suicide there. They had travelled for days in search of water and when they saw the swift current in the distance fresh hope surged up in exhausted men. Then when they saw that all their hope was based on a mirage of the desert they died in desperation. That w r ord “desperation” means vithout hope. American diplomacy seems to be following mirages; we are chasing will-o-the-wisps all over the world; and our Congressmen are supporting this folly for rea sons of political policy and loyal ty!! Christmas is Just ahead of us. What is Christmas? Going about the retail section of any American town one might think that Christmas is a wild orgy of useless spending. Certainly it has become badly commercializ ed. But even in the strife and push of the streets; in the crush in the stores, one may find an attitude growing out of a quiet planning at home to get some token of love or esteem for the members of the family or our closest friends. Even the mass of cards means a thought of some one. I know a man who sends me a card every year. He was a cadet at The Citadel, though not a member of any of my classes. But The Citadel is the bond, I think. And the card is a kindly thought. I need not offer suggestions to the ladies. Being a mere man, I recognize the chief claim of the Women and children to the ecstasy of the season. Joseph was quite a secondary figure, at the manger in Bethlehem, and the world hardly remembers or regards him any more than it honors the bridegroom at a wedding. Someone may recaU that he was there; perhaps the City editor added a line to the news story after finding that the reporter overlooked the mere man in the glory of the bride’s outfit. But the world holds in deep respect the Mother, Mary, one whom God had chosen above all other women; and all ages have proclaimed that Baby of Bethlehem as the Son of God, Immanuel, the Prince of Peace, the Lamb of God that takes the sin , of the world. So, in the hightest sense, Christmas cele brates both a sweet and gentle mother and the glory of a great love, for God so loved the world that he sent His only son that whosoever believeth. might have eternal-life. ' , r Men meet day by day;', or may be associated in mills, shops, of fices, banks or on the farms or, perhaps, on distant fields of work. We know very little about those we meet everyday. Does that man go home to Joy the gladness? Or does illness or sorrow becloud his home life? Of course those things may soft en him and make him gentle and understanding. But men think of Christmas and let their thoughts bring up John and Bill and Sam and Jerry and Jack and Paul and Bob and Archie—and we think of some special qualit ies of those friends. A man doesn’t expect Christmas gifts, whether trinkets or articles of value; a letter, even a card, may raise his spirits and cause him to rejoice in the comradeship with some chum. In many homes baskets and gifts are being prepared for needy friends or neighbors; or something will be sent to the sick. This tide of good fellowship that flows so broadly at this season, how uplifting it is! We seem to float along on the air, in a geniality and joyfulness sur passing the ordinary days. And there is .something beyond all routine; it commemorates the coming of the Son of God and the new hope for all mankind. In the spacious days of the Prince of Wales he went all over the world to be the symbol of the British Crown. With great fanfare and trumpets, in mighty ships of war, he travelled, and he was acclaimed by millions in all lands. The Son of God came to His own and His own received him not. But today, in all Christian lands, among Christ ians even in heathen lands, there is an air of expectancy: therei came One, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. Kings and Emperors have come and gone; mighty civilizations have rocked and cracked, totter ed and fallen, but the words of Napoleon are true. I used to visit the tomb of Napoleon and look on the great black sarcop hagus which holds his remqjns. Notice of HoUday In observance of New Year's Day this Institution will be closed Monday, January 1st. • soothes rough, chapped hands • creamy-smooth . . . fragrant • softens skin from head to toe • protects against weather exposure • guards against complexion dryness • doubles as a make-up foundation E DRUE STORE- Newberry Savings & Loan Association Coming to Hie Wells IT’S HOME in that little chapel with the light coming through the blue glass, amid the flags and bat tle standards testifying to his brilliancy in battle. I frequently thought of his remark, as I recall It: “Alexander, Charlemagne and myself founded great empires. They rested on might and they fell. Jesus \)f Nazareth founded an empire on love and each rising of the sun finds that em pire expanding and increasing. I tell you he was not a man: he was God.’’ And so in effect said the mighty little Corsican who built an empire and placed crowns on the heads of his fam ily. This is a good time to examine our religion, as well as our Na tional policy. The glory of this great occasion is not only the joyous spirit, the upsurge with in us of abounding good fellow ship, but it might be enormously Increased if we could say in the language of Andrew to his bro ther, Simon Peter, We have found the Messiah! Strangely enough,' the Scriptur es teach us so plainly that out puny might is as nothing if we rely upon It; If we exalt our selves and our meana; If we boast of our strength. How clear ly come the words which have sounded through the ages but have not been heard: ‘"Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, salth the Lord of hosts’* Zechuriah 4:6 WANT ADS FOR SALE—1000 loads of hard wood fire wood in pole lengths free for the moving. H. O. Long and Sons, SUverstreet. 30-tf. WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal Batteries, Radiators and Rags. W. H. Sterling. 1708 4£iacent street Phone 731-W 28-th FOR SALE—Seed oats 81.26 per bushel. 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