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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1938
BIBLE THOUGHT
GOD FOR USt?
What shall we then say to tho*e things? If Cod
he for us, who can be against us? (Horn. 8:31).
* • ♦ e • w >1
If Satan takes us that he may sift us as wheat,
only the charf will be removed, and the wheat will
remain. We ourselves standing in Christ arc in the i
place of victory. In Satan's assaults the Lord is
there, watching over every detail so that nothing I
may touch us that is not measured to our need.— j
Dr. D. (j. Barnhouse.
FAKING LIBERALISM
One of the most overworked words in
the dictionary today is "liberal." It is the
chief stock in trade of the nation's radicals,
all of whom with loud acclaim announce
their liberalism. There are few socialists,
communists, or adherents of any other
brand of radicalism, who are not continual
ly declaring their liberalism and getting
themselves in a lather in the effort to prove
that they are liberals and that all who dis-'
agree with them are reactionaries or be
long to some other class of horned devils.
All of which is thoroughly disgusting to
a plain, honest, loyal American, who knows
the character and at least something of the
purposes of these self-made liberals. As a
matter of fact it would be impossible to
find one among the offensively blatant "lib
erals" who knows the meaning of the word.
The entire crew are radicals of the deepest
dye, including those of the most violent
and dangerous types. To hear these peopl^
prate about their liberalism and attempt to
smear the character and reputation of de
cent Ameribans is offensive and disgusting
to the limit.
In writing of the misuse of the word lib
eral and the way in which the radicals li
be{ liberalism by their efforts to appropri
ate it to hoodwink the people and as an
aid to the achievement of their sinister
aims in politics and public affairs, Frank
Kent offers some advice to the Republican
party which is basically sound and outlines
for that party the best possible strategy for
the next national campaign.
We herewith quote Kent:
It does seem that the bunk about present-day
"liberalism" is becoming too obvious to be missed.
At least, there are certain facts which stand out
clearly. One is that the more radical you are in
politics these days, the more pronounced your
claims to be a "liberal." EVery communist callfc
himself a liberal; every labor agitator is a liberal;
every crackpot with a cock-eyed scheme to dish
out somebody else's dough is* a liberal; every
New Dealer is a liberal. In the last campaign
everywhere the New Dealers appealed in the
name of '"liberalism" and denounced their op
ponents as reactionaries- and nearly everywhere
the "liberal" was lfck«d.
I hat-ought to be enough to convince the Re
publicans that the label' "liberal" isn't the thing
for which the people voted—that there is no
magic in the word. It ought to make them wil
ling to let the New Dealers and the Radicals
have it and stop trying to sound like them. It
ought to convince any observer that this country
as a whole is conservative at heart and has had
enough of this ostentatious, synthetic, smug self
righteous "liberalism." What the fteople want
now is a party which can be counted upon to
straighten out the mess in which we are wallow
ing and return the country to solvency and san
ity. The smart thing for the Republicans to do
is to avoid reactionary policies, leaders and can
didates, but disregard the tinpot "liberals" and
call themselves frankly the conservative party.
At this time it is much the better word. They
needn't be afraid they will lose votes—they'll
gain them. Let the radicals rant about the "re
actionaries" and rave about "liberalism." They
will anyhow. That's their stock in trade. It is all
they have.
The late election conclusively indicated
that the country is turning from radicalism
to conservatism. Public sentiment admeas
ured by the press and individuals and or
ganizations whose business is the estimat
ing of public opinion, confirm the-fact that
the heavy trend of political sentiment and
movement is to1 conservatism.
Frank Kent is correct and is writing in a
common sense vein when he suggests that
the Republican party will evidence wisdom
and the best of political strategy by show
ing up the radicals for what they really
are and then proceeding to take a stand
for conservatism and Americanism. The
Republicans will win votes and elections
in the future by convincing the country
that the party is honestly and sincerely
conservative. Any effort to steal the livery
of fake liberalism in which the radicals
are masquerading, will endanger the fu
ture of the party. ()
The citizens who made this country and
will preserve it for the future, are over
whelmingly conservative in their views and
attitude. They are likewise the tru§ liber
als of the nation. The political party to
which they will give support in the future
must be honestly and unqualifiedly con
servative. No spurious liberalism is going
to win thfc support.
The country must have 3 conservative
national political party. If the radicals de
sire to herd, let them get together in their
own party, and they should be honest
enough to brand it for what it is and cease
their operations under a false Jabel.
Bids for building battleships are millions
above government estimates. If America
must be looted we'll do it ourselves.
There is a difference. In America, only j
the mob is beastly; in Germany, the gov
ernment shares the beastliness by approv
ing it. s A
Americanism: Building a dam to provide
irrigation and create more good farm land
in the West; building another to flood fine
old plantations in the Southeast.
Example of cooperation by democracies:
Hull telling the Japs they can't monopolize |
China; Chamberlain publicly offering to
lend them the money to develop their
gains.
I NEWSPAPERS' OPINIONS j
OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOM
James Truslow Adams discusses, in the New York
Times magazine, America's bill of lights, the body
of principles laid down in the first ten amendments
to the United States constitution. These embody
the fundamental rights of free men. "Destroy the
bill of rights and freedom will pass from America
as surely as day passes into night."
Bills of rights have been abandoned in the to
! talitarian countries, Mr. Adams reminds. In Great
Britain and France there has been complaint
against unofficial censorships. "'In our own Amer
ica we have seen free speech and frqe assembly
challenged—and upheld by the courts. Seeing these
things, we cannot fail to realize that our own bill
of rights, under the protection of the courts, is the
sole guarantee of the liberties of' the individual."
Not only have the bills of rights been abridged
in totalitarian states, but they are held up to scorn
as the weakness of the democracies. In point of
fact dictators cannot go forward unless the people
are stripped of their rights. A vital factor in con
trol of the people is control of the press. A free
press is feared by the Stalins and the Hitlers and
the Mussolinis. They would be hampered greatly if
newspapers were permitted to report what goes for
ward in their countries. American newspaper read
ers knew what was happening in and to Czechoslo
vakia during the recent European crisis, but the
people of Germany and of Italy knew little and
that little was what their government chose to let
them know
There have been many occasions, Mr. Adams
says, when "the personal freedom we cherish might
have been destroyed without such a bill of guar
antees and the supreme court to preserve them to
us. Before citing illustrative instances we may
note that although it is often erroneously said that
the constitution was enacted for the benefit of the
conservative and propertied classes, the ten amend
ments constituting the bill of rights, which is the
very heart and soul of the whole instrument, canio
straight from the insistent demand of the so-called
'common,' and to large extent the radical, people—i
the farmers, town artisans and others as well as'
leaders of the democracy like Jefferson and Madi
son."
Personal liberty in the past has been threatened
by both the executive and legislative branches. "In (
general tha threats from the former have come in ,
time of war, notably under Lincoln in the civil war
and under Wilson in the World war and following
it. In both cases to a large extent congress con-!
cuned: In 1919-20 freedom of speech and press,.
as well as other personal liberties, almost disap
peared for the time being, the courts alone uphold- j
ing them."
Mr. Adams warns of the storms of a new politi
cal philosophy, sweeping over nation after nation |
"which we have hitherto considered as highly cul
tured and' civilized, but in which personal rights
and liberties have largely ceased to exist. Think
what has happened in Austria, in Czechoslovakia,
and- what now is happening in Germany. Point by
point, one can go through our own bill of rights
and see how each specific guarantee, once regarded
as the right of man even there, has been swept
away. There is no right of person or property.
There is no right of trial. Cruel.and unusual pun
ishments have beeone a commonplace, at the whim
of a dictatorial agent. . . Now, even the ooncentrar
tion camps pale into the background of a terror
officially inspired against a whole section of the
people whose only crime is being in a minority."
As long as the American bill of rights shall
stand, and no longer, will Americans be free. There
are dangers on the horizon. If the people shall not
choose to see them and to strive to protect them
selves from sweeping changes in pleasant masque
rade, they will be in peril of being* stripped of
their rights. Sinister forces are working to make
government master of the people. If war should
come, how many American people understand what
would happen to their freedom under a law already
in the federal code? How many South Carolinians,
how many Charlestonians, have read that law, and
having read it, understand it? Mr. Adams sounds
an alarm which should be heeded by Americans.
Their bill of rights in their constitution ig their sole
guarantee of freedom from a totalitarian regime.
The American people should be raising their voice
to congress and demanding that federal encroach
ment upon their rights shall cease. If they shall be
indifferent they will be in peril of being shackled.—
' Charleston News and Courier,
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LIFE DAY BY DAY
By WICKES WAMBOLDT
SURE CURE
"Doc," said I to my druggist,
"what do you recommend for a
cold?"
"I have a preparation here
Wamboldt
that I put up
myself," replied
my druggist.
"It's a p h y s i
cian's pvescr ? p
tion, and it is
mighty goo d,
too." T h en h q
added convinc -
ingly, "I take it
myself."
"Better let me
have some of it
then," said I. "I
feel a cold com
.ing on." ' ~ T
"I have had a
cold ffor three
months," observ
ed my druggist as he wrapped up |
the cold cure.
What is back of our. physical
ills? And what would cure them?
If drugs were the answer, then
druggists should be the healthiest
people in the world. Yet drug
gists, according to my observa
tion, are no healthier than any
other class of people.
The more I see of this world,
the more I lean toward the opin
ion that every manifestation is
the effect of some spiritual cause;
and that if we could discover the
secret of the uses of spiritual
forces and learn to employ them,
we could work wonders in our
lives, and n ithe lives of otht-i's.
Of course I have friends who
assert with the utmost complacen
cy that they know all the an
swers; they press pamphlets,
books, and other publications, on
me to read; and I read them. But
I cannot see that those friends
are better off than other persons
who try to live constructively.
Creed won't do the trick. Cli
mate won't do it. Belief won't do
it. But knowledge would. There
is something inside our souls, or
outside our souls, that would do
it—if we euld pet hold of it. Ev
ery last one of us knows that to
be true; and every last one of us
is consciously or unconsciously
seeking- to lay hold of that some
thing1. Some have partly grasped
it; but there is a mystery which
none of us has fathomed. Small
wonder some persons go crazy
trying to get the answers.
Faith is about all we have—
faith that with trying and prac
tising, we shall someday under
stand. All this mystery will some
time clear up. Spiritual knowledge
will come to those who seek it
llll^ui^y enough—like the un
fteVfftactilng of grammar; gram
mar to'ifoost pupils seems at lirst
incomprehensible, with no hope of
its ever becoming anything else;
yet, all of a sudden, after persist
ent study, the whole plan and
purpose is clear.
A GRAND PROPOSAL
Dr. Robert G. Foster, educator,
advocates that all housewives be
paid a bonus of one thousand dol
lars a year to make them econom
ically independent.
A splendid suggestion, and one
which is in every way worthy of
the doctor. But what some hus
bands are wondering is what they
would use for money. However,
that might be an idea for anoth
er project. Certainly no class of
persons is doing a bigger job for
the nation than the housewives.
SPARE HIS EARS
"Don't slap him on the head!
You' might make him deaf!" a wo
man cautioned her husband, who
was preparing to punish the cat
for jumping onto the dining room
table.
If some parents had been as
• JOHN T. FLYNN
BY JOHN T. FLYNN
.SKA Service Slafli Corrcnpondent
Pis now obvious that the ad
ministration intends to step out
in international affairs ajid play
an aggressive role. The apparent
intention of the President to scrap
the Neutrality Act should remove
any doubt as to that.
Of course we are not told that
we are to do a little world polic
ing. We are merely told the Presi
dent will attempt to "amend" the
Neutrality Act. The plan as re
ported is that the President has
approved the amendment to the
act which will permit him to em
bargo shipments to aggressor
countries.
Maybe we should do this.
Doubtless many good Americans
think we should. But at least we
ought to be frank with ourselves
about it and know precisely what
we are doing. Because ft is a very
serious step. It is a complete re
versal of our international policy.
And it is loaded with dynamite.
Hence we will be very foolish if
we attempt to disguise what we
are doing under innocent looking
words. The last word we should
use is "neutrality."
We have a Neutrality Act. The
policy of that act is to keep se
verely out of quarrels between
other nations. It is based upon the
^ell-founded fear that if two
other nations go to war and we
ttempt to supply them with
munitions, to make a profit out of
the war trade, we will get into
trouble and possibly war. At least
that is the way we got into the
\ast war.
Therefore the act provides
that when the war starts the
President shall. proclaim the fact
and thereafter we shall sh p Lc
neither. That is neutrality.
There is another doctrine—trie
exact opposite of this and the
exact opposite of neutrality. That
doctrine is to be un-neutral. It
proposes to take sides. It proposes
to permit this country to weigh
the guilt in the event of war be
tween two nations- and then put
ourselves on the side of one of
them by refusing to sell to the
aggressor—the guilty nation. You
may favor that but certainly you
will not have the boldness to call
it neutrality.
The President plans to "amend"
the Neutrality Act to put that
power into his hands. The way
to deal honestly with the country
is to scrap the Neutrality Act and
pass a new act embodying this
different and contradictory policy.
But if America is to go in for
this, how should we do it? If
we are to p^it ourselves into the
situation against the aggressor, we
have to decide who is the aggres
sor. Who will make that decision?
For remember, that is a decision
which may lead us into war. To
whom will we commit that awful
judgment? The President proposes
that we put that power into his
hands. He wishes to change the
act to empower him to decide who
is the guilty party in the war and,
having made that decision, to put
the American economic machine
on the side of the innocent and
against the guilty—or on the side
which the President sympathizes
with.
If we are to go in for such a
policy, would it not be the course
of prudence to leave that decision
to Congress or the people who will
have to fight the war if war be
gins?
'fiaoyrljthL 1938. NEA Service. lnc.>
thoughtful of their children as
that woman was of her cat, there
would be fewer deaf persons, j
The popular old custom of box-'
ing children's ears has ruined I
many an ear drum. Thomas Edi
son is said to have lost his hear- '
I ing from having had his ears box
| ed when a youngster while he
| was a train butcher.
Wait a Minute
By NOAH H6LL0WELL*
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY:
The great American bird has one
more occasion for gracing the ta
ble before 1938 bows off the stage.
Henderson county is not grow
ing sufficient turkeys for home
consumption.
PUSHING THE SCUPPER
NONG: A Honoluluan in Carolina'
to investigate possibilities of Ve-J
viving the Scuppernong industry j
and to gather vines to send to]
I Hawaii io try out the fruit there,
thinks Charlotte <fught to become'
a ten million dollar a year grape
industry center for gro w i 11 g
grapes, extracting juice and send
ing to Hawaii to be processed into
wines. The Scuppernong is sup
posed to have started on American i
soil with the settlement of Roa
noke Island by Sir Walter Raleigh.
The parent vine, according to'leg
end, is 011 the island and oldest
natives say it was there before
their day. It is large and covers
much area. No better flavored
grape .ever grew than the Scup-1
pernong, but it will not grow sue-1
cessfully in our mountains.
OLD SMOKE HOUSE CJ>MES
BACK: The old smoke house, not1
such a busy institution on many
farms, will come back into its own 1
with the arrival of colder weather.:
It's hog killing time in the moun
tains but not so on the coast,
where they are not through "pick
ing the fields" of corn, soy beans,
sweet potatoes and peanuts.
Henderson countv doesn't make
enough of the hog industry.
MR. JUSTICE'S BIRTHDAY:
The Rev. A. I. Justice, who will
be 87 years old next Thursday,
will he at home .to his friends
Thursday night from 7:30 to 10,
at his residence on the Chimney
Rock highway, near Henderson
ville.
Mr. Justice doesn't want the
evening to be observed as one of
gift bearing but one in which he
can enjoy the fellowship of his j
friends.
Mr. Justice ha.< been preaching
for 69 years, more than 40 of
these being in Henderson and sur
rounding counties. His health is
fairly good and he feels sufficient
ly strong to strike out on a walk.
toward town but he says hift vir
sion. hearing and voice give him j
trouble. A man of many useful
years can have his heart warmed
up Thursday night by a brief visit;
of many friends.
TEACHES 60 YEARS
LIBERTY, Mo. (UP).—William j
Jewell college will observe the 60-j
year teaching career of Dr. John
P. Fruit, professor of English, in
December. Dr. Fruit taught 20
years in Kentucky before coming
here to head the English depart- j
ment 40 years aj*o. He is 83 and ;
says he has no intention of retir-'
ing.
It takes 1,500,000 pounds of
food every day to feed the boys
in the C!CC camps.
Canada To Seek1
Penal Revision
OTTAWA, Ont., Doc. (>. (UP).
Another attempt to reform Can
ada's penal system and improve
conditions in the country's pri
sons will be made by the Cana
dian government at tiie session of
parliament opening in January,
it is understood here.
The government introduced leg
islation to implement thy Archam
bault commission's report, Which
severely criticized the present
penal system and prison condi
tions and recommended wide
spread reform, at the last session
of parliament, but the enactments
were rejected by the senate after
being approved by the commons
over the protests of the Conserva
tive party.
One of the reasons why the
senate threw out the legislation
was that it was introduced too
late in the session to enable sena
tor sto give it proper considera
tion. The legislation, it is under
stood, will be re-introduced early
in the next session.
One of the chief objects of the
new legislation is expected to be
to create a new penitentiaries
commission to administer, under
the minister of justice, the vari
ous penitentiaries and the penal
system generally. Many of the
reforms in the present system will
be achieved through regulations
b ythe commission.
Other reforms to be sought by
the government, it is understood,
will be in the treatment of juve
nile delinquency, more efficient
management of the penitentiaries |
and an avoidance of the disorders
that .1
fourfyeS*
ovctcrowdinR
treatment of m . , a,„. • ••
tion oi the 1
Borstal system
the vital probin. • ; ■■■•
linquency in
tain.
SUPER FILM FAN
KEEPS NOTEBOOK
OVER 14 YEARS
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which he rfttes •
the following n
toward the
'presentation «>i" -i. natte:
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and general comu
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'tie teachers.
CITY DREAMS OF
taxes
—fi,:
GRAHAM. T<
zens her.' hoped .
possibly free lorn f
from a wildcat oil
inj* drilled iu*ide t!., , •
The well, if sucee
the city's tax w i
sessments would I.
enough to pay tin- !
fold. lUrii
THIS CURIOUS WORLD
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ILLUSTRIOUS JURIST
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, pictured
U. S. jurist.
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20 Sorrowful.
21 Powerful
voiced person.
23 English
beverage.
24 Neuter,
pronoun.
25 Grief.
26 Vagabond.
28 South
Carolina
29 Snaky fish.
30 Paradise.
32 Nude.
33 Yellow cerium
(mineral).
34 Biblical
prophet.
35 Spike.
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Answer to Previous Puzzle
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40 While.
41 Postscript.
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48 Morindin dye.
49 Fodder vat.
51 Dormice.
52 Three.
54 Silly.
56 The ocean.
57 He is
Justice of the
U. S. Supreme
Court.
58 He is past
years
of age.
59 Light-hearted.
VERTICAL
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2 Female deor
3 Kiang.
4 Note in scale.
5 Existence.
6 Peel.
7 Insinuation.
8 Grain.
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for president
15 He was a Is*
(pi).
17 Muncal note.
18 He was also
of Ne*
Yorl; State
(pi.).
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22 Beaming.
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31 Nothing.
.37 To deem.
40 Stranger.
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45 To depart
46 P.
47 Ar i -i n.
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50 United.
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type
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