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The Summerville News
SUMMERVILLE, GA.
Official Organ of Chattooga County.
(O. J. ESPY, Editor-Manager, 1911-38.)
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Don’t suspect everybody un
less you want them to suspect
you.
The idea that any war will
end civilization is to be termed
absurd.
People who talk to them
selves usually have attentive
audiences.
The thirst for knowledge is
not nearly as powerful as the
quest for sensations.
The average politician may
not own a seismograph but he
can detect a groundswell.
The payment of taxes is all
right if you get your money’s
worth from governments.
The highest institutions of
learning are being weighed in
the balance on the nation’s grid
irons.
IS HITLER A WEE
BIT AFRAID?
So far, the Germans have con
quered a brave republic which,
at least, had the courage to
fight. With overwhelming supe
riority Nazi Germany strafed
the Polish soldiers without
mercy.
Since then, the Fuehrer has
been hinting that the war will
be very bad for the British and
French unless they accept his
conquest of Poland and make
peace upon his terms. He warns
them, very plainly, that they
will get hurt if they play rough
with the Germans. He expresses
his regret that they may force
him to be tough.
This is strange talk for the
man who walked roughshod
into Austria, Czechoslovakia
and Poland without worrying
about whether the Austrians,
Czechs or Poles would be in
jured. While manhandling
these lesser nations Herr Hit
ler was not worried about how
much he might hurt them.
The question arises whether
Hitler is half as much concern
ed with the injuries that he may
inflict upon Great Britain and
France as he is about what
they may do to him. In short,
Hitler begins to bluff like a
man who is just a wee bit
frightened by what lies ahead
of him.
ABOUT SAVING SCHOOL
CHILDREN
The importance of training
children to look both ways be
fore crossing streets and to ac
quaint them with the sound
rules of safe conduct on the
highways cannot be over-esti
mated.
Figures gathered by the
American Automobile Associa
tion show 7 that injuries to chil
dren of school age are higher
than for any other group f pe
destrians. They also show that
the largest percentage of child
pedestrian fatalities occur on
school days, but outside school
hours.
School authorities all over
the nation should concentrate
upon the problem and co-oper
ate in the effort to make chil
dren who walk upon streets and
highways conscious of the dan
gers that threaten them and'
well acquainted with the correct|
use of streets and roadways.
Incidentally, automobile dri
vers should make it their busi
ness to maintain constant watch
for little children on the streets
regulated to insure the safety of
and highways. Speed should be
children in areas where they
were apt to be injured. Careful
driving at all times is incumbent
upon motorists but no driver
should overlook roadway signs
that warn f the probable pres
ence of children on the roads.
UP TO JUDGES AND
LAWYERS
Judges and lawyers, all over
the United States, might pay
some attention to the statement
of Charles A. Beardsley, presi
dent of the American Bar As
sociation, the conservative rep
resentative of the bench and
bar.
Mr. Beardsley said the most
pressing task facing lawyers
and judges today is to halt the
breeding of “termites” in the
temple of justice. “The Ameri
can people never were in great
er need of an intelligent, well
trained, independent and fear
less bench ad bar.”
Most of the shortcomings in
the administration of justice,
the speaker asserted- were the
shortcomings of the lawyers
and judges. He suggested that
it is the job of the lawyers to
protect the rights of free peo
ple.
There are any number of
people who will agree W’ith the
statements made by the presi
dent of the American Bar asso
ciation.
WILL THE U. S. GO TO WAR?
Considerable speculation in- ■
trigues the neople of the United.
States about the probable en
trance of the Unitd States into
the war now going on in Eu
rope.
I
Some folks are no longer)
wondering w’hether this coun
try will be involved; they are
now trying to calculate how
many months will elapse before)
the United States gets into the
fight.
It is quite true that the peo
ple of this country are more fa-1
miliar with the great issues in- 1
volved in the European stuggle
than they were with the antece- -
dents of the World War. It is ;
also true that the United States
is today more fully prepared)
for war than when the World)
War began. Moreover, there is I
a greater unanimity of opinion 1
as to the guilt of Germany to-)
day than there was in 1914.
These factors lead many ob
servers to conclude that the
United States will go into the)
war quicker than it did some
twenty-odd years ago. The same
sequence of events, working
upon the emotions of our citi
zens, is counted upon to influ
ence public sentiment and lead
us into the struggle.
These are one or two reasons
against this conclusion. First,
one must realize that President
Roosevelt is against war and
w 7 e think quite sincerely deter
mined to keep the United States
out of the struggle. In the sec
ond place, the present coalition
against Germany is probably
strong enough to conquer that
country without outside assist
ance.
The people of the United
States, it seems to us, have
about reached the stage that the
British had developed prior to
the Munich appeasement pro
gram. They do not want war
and are determined not to go to
war. At the same time they are
beginning to believe that what
Germany seeks is world con
trol and that it will imperil this
country's interests if Germany
wins the present struggle.
Consequently, should the Ger
mans approach a likely triumph
over present antagonists and
this success be accomplished by I
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1939
typical German attitudes to
ward other people and by the
use of wartime methods that
turned the world against her
many years ago, the drift to
wards war in the United States
would be overwhelming.
The greatest danger that we
can foresee today to the peace
of the United States is the
sibility that other nations may
enter the fray. All calculations
would be off if Italy, Russia or
Japan took sides with, or help
ful to, Germany. On the other
hand, if Italy should come in on
the side of Great Britain and
France this would still further
reduce the chances of our entry.
FREE SPEECH—LIMITED.
Americans boast of free
speech but, very often, it only
means that they advocate free
dom of speech for those who
agree with them.
This is illustrated- it seems,
I
by the recent occurrence in
Antonio, Texas, where a mob of
some 5,000 citizens broke up a
small meeting of communists!
in the city hall. The presence of i
200 policemen was insufficient
to permit a little free speech.
It might as well be under
stood that communism, however
wrong it may be, is not strong
enough in the United States to
injure the people of this nation
nearly as much as the suppres
sion of their liberties. When
mobs or officials can break up
a meeting, authorized by law,
the law is useless. So is the free
dom that it guarantees.
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WEST FRONT IS QUIET.
Plainly the war in the West
has not reached a serious stage.
The French plan of nibbling off
little bits of the German forti-1
fied zones, after intense artil
lery fire, results in inconsequen
tial gains of terrain but no ma
jor achievement has been re
corded. Several important Ger
man cities have been almost
abandoned by civilians but none
of them have been occupied by
French soldiers. :
The Allies are planning for
a long war, which may be long
er than now expected if other
powers become involved. The
British have levied income taxes
to help defray the expense of
the struggle. The rates show
what the war means to citizen*
I of the islands, who are called
upon to bear burdens not borne
even in the darkest days of the
World War. The basic rate of
37.5 per cent, is more than six
times what the British taxpay
er had to bear at the beginning
of the World War.
MR. AND MRS. DAVID
JONES ENTERTAIN.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, of Wil
mington, N. C.. were hosts to a dumber
of relatives and friends at the hospitable
home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
E. Jones, on Monday evening from 4 to
6 o’clock. The occasion was the annual
fish fry that this charming young couple
always have when they make their visit
home.
The table, assembled in the front yard
of the old palatial home, was laden with
platters of golden brown fried fish ami
corn cakes, together with slaw, French
fried potatoes and steaming coffee. Ev
ery one enjoyed the delicious food and
friendly fellowship.
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