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DEMOCRACY HAS WHAT IT TAKES
Author of “Our Town” Describes the English at War
Thornton Wilder, noted Am
erican author who has twice
born awarded the Pulitzer
Prize, describes his Impressions
of life in the Fortress of Britain
In this article especially writ
ten for the News. He has just
returned from a tour of Eng
land where he was American
delegate of the nth Annual
Congress of the P.E.N. Club.
Mr. Wilder received Pulitzer
Prizes for his best-selling nov
el, "The Bridge of San Luis
Key," and for his play, “Our
Town.”
By THORNTON WILDER
The inevitable question people
ask when semeone "eturns from
England is “What was your most
striking impression?”
A number of things struck me
in quick succession: fact that
there was less destruction in
London than I had feared. The
eagerness, almost possessive pride,
with which the English wished
to show' the damage and discuss
it. The wonderful nightly experi
ence of the blackout pin-point
spots of red, green and yellow
light moving about in darkness—
nothing groping about it, noth
ing furtive or alarming; I can
only describe it by saying that
suddenly a great city feels like
a forest.
During my visit, I made a brief
tour cf England with other rep
resentatives attending the P.E.N.
Congress in London. The authori
ties arranged for us to go where
eve” we wanted. We visited some
of the cities that had suffered
most; various headquarters for
civilian defense; an airplane fac
tory; the headquarters of the
Free French; and a bomber com
mand.
All the striking impression* of
that tour could be summed up for
me in one: I felt that very sud
denly I was obtaining a larger
view of the whole war and its
meaning. I thought when I went
to England that I was completely
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whole convinced world of had the this fact one that task be- the | |
fo e it—to collect itself toward
the elimination of dictatorships.
But the trip through England
showed me that I realized only a
small part of that necessity. My
conviction in regard to the kind
of resistance that had to be made
was nowhere near deep enough
not . lively enough,
When I saw the destruction in
g ng ] a nd I was completely con
vinced t b a t a great deal of it had
been clearly directed against the
C j v iji an population. But if Hit
ler imagined that it would be
quicker and easier to demoralize
the civilian population than to
accomplish a widespread destruc
tion of industrial and military
objectives, he guessed wrong. In
stead of demoralization, what
I found everywhere was height
ened effectiveness and heightened
morale.
Most effective, for example,
was the work of the Home Guard.
The Home Guard began under
ridicule, drilling with broomsticks
and founded by civilans. By the
time I saw it, the Home Guard
of Britain had grown to an im
mense thing, two million sVong,
organized and trained with ex
traordinary skill. And, as I was
told many times by enthusiastic
guardsmen, armed with rifles
from the United States.
Late afternoons, after work,
and Saturdays and Sundays, these
men below or above military age
are out in the fields, defending
bridges, shooting imaginary para
chute troops, an d progressively
educating themselves through a
series of disciplines, exercises and
problems in strategy. I was deep
ly impressed by this Army of the
people.
I knew, of course, that the Eng
lish had undergone their ordeal
with extraordinary courage; but
I wanted to know what kind of
courage it was; was it mere stoic
fortitude and endurance? Or was
it defiance, a sort cf exalted de
fiance? Or was it grim resolu
tion to wait and retaliate?
The complete answer would
take many more months than I
had among them; but here are
some of the elements of the an
swer. In the first place, no one
talks cant; no emotional jargon;
no patriotic rhetoric. The British
ers discuss all the danger they
have been through and all the
lives and destinies that are at
stake—they discuss all this in the
same even tone of voice and un
emphaic way with which we dis
cuss the ordinary events of daily
life.
Imagine, for a moment, hear
j ing a woman say things like this,
in the same tone of voice with
which she would describe trans
planting tulip bulbs in the gar
den: “My elder son was reported
dead in Libya, but we have jqst
received word from him in Italy
where he is a prisoner. He has
just undergone his tenth opera
tion, and writes that if they take
any more of his uniform out
him, he will have enough to
a pair of trousers.”
They talk about the
without rhetoric too. The Ger
man is merely Jerry, and
is—in the same tone of voice—
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Hitler This doesn’t mean that
tbo ° is any condoning o: the
enemy’s crimes. It is as though
they had attained some large his
tori-' viewpoint and regard these
as erdeals that have been laid on
their shoulders by desiny itself.
One might call it a guarded
eouarimitv 'rom’a rt seems to
powerful sense of
munity respensibiiity-the respon
sibility of each individual to his
neighbor. Each one ccnceals his
or her own trepidation or con
eem in order to protect the wel
fare of the group.
Here is an example. During
tnose ninety successive nights
when the greater part cl' the pop
ulaticn of London took shclL,
underground, the inhabits\L >,
that prosperous part of Lonuo.i
which is Mayfair remained in the
c jty. They are people who could
eas jj y have gone into the safer
provinces, but they chose to re
main where they were and show
that they would suffer these
things shoulder to shoulder with
(he whole city’s populaticn. It is
characteristic of England today,
where all classes, all types have
been drawn together by what
they are going through.
It seems to me that so deep and
so mature and so unified an atti
tude on the part of the English
pec pie could only have been pro
duced by a realization of the ex
tent of the enemy’s conception of
war. The Nazis first showed us
what ‘‘total war’’ can be. They
have arranged a world in which
they try to harness every energy
of every citizen to some aspect
of war activity. That is total war.
What began as a sense of griev
ance was whipped up by govern
ment authorities into crusade and
hysteria, and finally directed by
force and coercion.
How can a democracy oppose
such methods without stooping
also to hysteria and finally
brutal coercion? The English have
shown that a democracy can col
lect itself into one mind and one
will—and that one will is not
imposed upon it from the gover
nors, and is not maintained
through police. The English have
shown that in a democracy one
mind and one will rise in
stinctively from the people. That
deep sense of responsibility, from
neighbor to neighbor, is the finest
thing that a democracy can show.
It is wonderful in wartime; it
would be still more wonderful in
peace.
A democracy has greater things
to do than to organize itself to
wards a total war. But when it
sees itself threatened by exnic
tion, it can do that too, as England
has done it. Our great danger is
that we may underestimate the
power that drives the Nazis on.
They are in a condition which in
the days of witchcraft they used
to call “a state of possession.” It
may still have a long cruel course
to run. To oppose it, the rest of
the world must also present a
unified state of mind—as formid
able in degree, even though it is
different in kind.
It is hard in a democracy for
individuals to abandon tempo
rarily some of those liberties
which they have taken five thou
sand years to acquire. But when
the extinction of democracy
. self is threatened, democracy,
can collect itself to make a
war. When democracy has
saved from this menace, we
have learned better how to
it in cur own country.
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Mrs. Susie Hitchcock of
field visited with Mrs.
Bagby last Tuesday p. m.
Miss Nellie Bruce spent
Sunday with Miss Mildred Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hitchcock
entertained our young people
with a party Saturday night. All
reported a good time.
This community was saddened
last Tuesday to hear of Mr. Lu
cius Dobbs’ death.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bruce and
children spent a while Sunday
night with Mrs. C. M. Jordan.
Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Pratt of
Covington spent Sunday with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A.
Aaron.
We are glad to know little
Brenda Pratt is well and out
again after her being scalded.
Mrs. Susie Hitchcock spent a
part of last week with Mrs. C. M.
Pace.
Mr. Milton Jordan spent Sunday
p. m. with Messrs J. W. and
Dan Aaron.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pace spent
last Wednesday in Atlanta with
the latter’s mother, Mrs. M. E.
Hitchcock.
Planning for the farm wood
land is necessary if maximum re
turns over a long period of time
are expected.
—NEWS FROM—
OSLORDI
BY *RS. W I FLOYD
Mr, and Mrs. R. H.
and little niece, Joason Eller,
Atlanta were the Sunday guest
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
' Woods.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Harwell
of Augusta wetc the week-end
guest of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. F. Harwell.
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Floyd and
baby, Janet, of Atlanta, Mrs.
Jerry Evans, and little daughter,
Carolyn, from Tampa, Fla., Mr.
and Mrs. G. M. Kilgore of Logan
ville visited Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Floyd Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Henry Jones and
family, the Decatur Oxford dis
trict superintendent, Rev. Jones
and family arrived here last week
and were welcomed by the Ox
f°rd people.
Messrs Gordon and Dan Wil
liams left Tuesday for the U. S.
Army.
Mrs. Lillie Webb and Mrs.
Clarence Meador from Covington
visited Mrs. W. L. Floyd Satur
day.
The many friends of Mr. Wales
Ellis will be glad to hear h e is
convalescing after his operation.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pirkle of
Social Circle visited them
er, Mrs. Minnie Sandling, Mon
day.
Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Forester
spent Sunday in Lagrange, Ga.
They had a part in the Emory
Glee club program.
Mrs. W. C. Woods had as
visitors Sunday p. m. Mrs. Alice
Harvey and son, Gene Harvey,
of Covington.
M ss Margaret Cook has been
called to the bedside of her sis
ter, who is very sick,
Mrs. Hershel Ray, Sr. spent the
week-end in Atlanta with Mr.
and Mrs. John Roquenne Floyd.
Mr. Ray and daughter, Gloria,
j motored there Sunday p. m. and
Mrs. Ray accompanied them home,
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! s P ent the week-end with his pa-
1 rents, Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Mil
len -
Miss Laura Cook was spend
the-day guest of Miss Nellie
Deane Aaron Tuesday,
Mrs. Everett Hill of Chatta
hoochee, Fla. spent several days
last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Potts,
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Bohanon
i and children recently moved to
Covington. We regret very much
to have them leave our commun
ity and wish them success in their
new home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Whidley
of Jackson were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Orell Aaron Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Floyd and
Miss Alice Cook spent Tuesday
morning in Monticello.
Miss Mary Lizzie Yancey of
Hawkinsville visited relatives
j here last we’ek.
j Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis and
children of Calvin are being given
a Cl •’dial welcome to our commun
i hy. They are occupying the home
i w 'th Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Lewis,
! Mr. and Mrs. Sam Potts spent
j Sunday Mrs. Hugh afternoon Aiken with Mr. and
j ! Mrs. Eddio Bolds, of Mrs. Stewart, Carrie
j Ozburn, Marie Ozburn Misses of Porterdale Elizabeth and
j were
! guests of Mrs. Beckie McClen
don Sunday afternoon.
I Mr. Buford Jones, Mrs. Nan
nie Jones, Mrs. Dimple Aaron and
little son of Starrsville
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Venus
| Aaron.
Mr. Cavlin McCullough who has
| been in the CCC camps at War
renton ’ 0,680,1 for the
I ls sp6nd,n8 some time ( with his
parents ’ Mr ’ and Mrs ’ John Lay *
son. He had as his guest last
week M r. Bill Hutchins also of
| Oregon
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Allen, and
j I Mr. Mrs. Olin Zipporah Allen Allen accompanied Porter- by
of
dale were recent guests of Mr.
j and Mrs. Roy Allen of Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris Cunard
I and children, Mrs. Henry Cunard
and little daughter, Linda, Mr.
Linburn Cunard, Mr. Pete Gin
ola and Mr. Cardin of Atlanta
spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. John Cunerd.
Friends of Mrs. Frank Dooley
who fell several days ago break
ing her hip, will be pleased to
know that she is slowly improv
ing at Emory University Hospital
in Atlanta.
Me. and Mrs. John Layson, Miss
Mary Lizzie Yancey and Mrs. Al
[ bert Ozburn spent Friday with
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cook of
Mechanicsville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Corley,
Jr. and children, Faye and Bobby,
of Starrsville spent Sunday with
Mrs. Corley’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Allen.
Mr. Frank Dooley, Miss Grace
Dooley, Mr. and Mrs. George
Dooley and children and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Lowery and chil
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4-H CLUB SAFETY
Approximately 9,000 4-H club
members in Georgia participated
in safety activities during this
year. The youngsters were mem
bers of 233 clubs in 43 counties.
Among the safety measures in
which the dub members partiei
j pated were rifle activities, propel
placjng of rugs and furniture ;
jn homes making first aid
,
demonstrations before community
clubs instructions on safe ways to
get on and off school buses and
cress streets, driving on the high
ways, safety in week jobs,
everyday safety needs such as
keep.ng arms and hands i nside
1 buses or cars when riding,
mg fires, and putting out fires m
[ woods after picnics and camps,
; dren visited Mrs. Dooley at Em
j 0 ry University Hospital in Atlan
ta Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Niblett of 1
Birmingham, Ala., Mr. J. H. Nib
lett and Mrs. Carl Wood of Cov
ington spent Saturday afternoon
with Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Niblett.
Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Young,
Mrs. Nettie Evans and Mrs. Oph
! elia Henderson of Griffin were
1 guests of Mrs. Beckie McClendon
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i Monday.
Misses Doloris Floyd and Leila
Saye Hodge who are attending
Business Training Institute in Ma
ccn spent the week-end with
! home {olks -
' Rev. Paul Gresham of Decatur
filled his regular appointment at
New Rocky Cceek Sunday. The
deacons and W. M. U. had charge
of the evening service. Large
congregations attended both serv
ices. Rev. and Mrs. Greshar were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John Cunard.
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tion of food and added attention
| to proper use of it in the opin
ion of Extension workers.
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fo , k> have you noticed
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the seniors going
putting that hand with a bright
»hiny new class -’’mg in a very
conspicuous position. Seniors, we
don’t blame you because your
rings rea lly are pretty. There
isn ’ t muc h basketball news since
we didn’t have a game last
wee k. Maybe we can tell you ;
n£xt week about the way Jersey!
and Mansfield treated us ibis .
week, or eithe^ the way we
treated them. The last time we
made a trip in our school bus we
noticed that Ruth Wilson had two
boy friends. Which one won out |
Ruth? If y° u want to see a room
buzzing with life and color just ■
walk into oUr home economics de- ,
payment. There you 11 find silver .
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leaves, red cat tails blue cat | |
tails, green, red, and blue china
berries, and even lovely silver
jimson weed burs. It really gives
you the Christmas spirit. Then
there is a very long table all
piled with embroidery and cro
chet wor k. There are luncheon
se t Sj buffet sets, vanity sets, ta
bl e mats and numerous other
things. The boys had better keep
their eyes open because some of
these girls are really learning
Our P.- T. A. is being very
nice to us this month. They are
giving us the money to catalog
our library and are having our
piano put in good condition. In
this week when our hearts have
been saddened by the merciless
attack of Japan it has strength- [
ened us to see our people so
united in purpose. We would like
to leave this closing thought with
“Protect us by Thy Might,
Great God, our King.”
D eeember
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Fl eaching Sabbath morning at
Hopewell A. R. Presbyterian
church at 11:30 and Sabbath
school at 10:30. AH are welcome.
Mrs. J. B. Martin had as her
guest her brother,
Moore, of Oasmn.a, N. L.
Miss OJena Preston spent Sab
bath in Atlanta with relatives,
Mr and M rs. r. m. Potts and
children of Stewart spent Satur
da y with Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
B urn ham.
Mrs Josie Harvey had as her
g ues j s Sunday afternoon Mr.
and Mrs j WaUer stone and
children at Fairburn, Mr. and
MfS j F Hearn> Mrs . Red .
man and Miss R 0 bbi e Harvey of
Decatur, Mr. Fred Stone of
Snapping Shoals, Mrs. E. L. Pres
ton and son, Lowry Preston.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bishop,
Mr. and Mrs. Archy Bishop of
Columbus, Mr. and Mrs. Jonah
Bishop of Forterdale recently vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Martin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Chesnut
visited Mrs. Ola Stewart and fam
ily Sunday at Snapping Shoals.
Miss Jannette Potts of Stewart
spent Friday with her sister, Mrs.
W. B. Burnham,
Mrs. R. F. Stone of Snapping
Shoals, Mrs. J. O. Black and
Mrs. E. R. Wilkerson recently
visited Mrs. Josie Harvey.
Mrs. J. B. Martin attended the
birthday party of her sister, Mrs.
Jonah Bishop at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Bill Bates, at Cov
ington Saturday, Nov. 29.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burnham
and children visited relatives
Sunday afternoon at Stewart.
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