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The Newberry Sun Friday, November 28, 1947 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Armfield Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY 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 Rich men are the very foun dation of an expandng commu nity. Within the last fourteen years we have heard so much about the “Common Man”, and so much against the “preda tory rich,” the “princes of privilege”—and all that—that I think it might prove interest ing to study the facts. Not all poor men are good men; nor are all rich men had men. Many uneducated men are of the highest charac ter; and some educated men are rascals of few redeeming quali ties. So, there is no such rule that will divide all men into good and bad, according to wealth. Some rich men are of no public service; they are about as useful as a boil on the neck; but some poor men are of no account, either. So we begin to get down to cases. I looked over Houston, Tex as, with great admiration. Who built the town? Who conceived the idea of the fine business buildings? Who provided the money? Here is a city which is sixty five miles from deep water. Somebody conceived the idea of digging a canal. Today Houston, on its canal is the second port of the United States! Can you really imagine that? Last year more than a million bales of cotton were shipped from Houston by water. Did all the citizens of Houston create the canal? Did the average man in the street create that vast lot of freight that flows from that port? No, indeed; one man has an idea, then he tells it. Finally a small m m.uiHiiinc a+u/ This newest of Frank M. Whiting patterns is destined for success and a glance at the Danish in spired modern design will tell you whyl Verna and HalKohn group will sponsor a plan and drive it along to development. There you are; a Ittle group of men, a dynamic force, will do the work. All the mass will enjoy it later. So we get every thing as a rule. Robert Fulton toiled over the idea of a steam boat; Edison worked years and years. Today the brilliance of cities springs from the mind of Thomas A. Edison. But about the rich man: South Carolina spent about a hundred .and twenty million dollars last year in legal, bootleg and moonshine liquor. That would have built a. dozen fine factories in this State, giving useful employment to fifty thousand people, while sup porting two hundred thousand, counting wives and children. Instead of that, no useful con structive purpose was served. But my purpose at the moment is not to emphasize the waste of the millions of dollars, but merely to show that money builds great enterprises. The fact that ownership of vast en terprises is held by thousands of small stockholders does not change the rule, for all the great total is managed by a small group. And a small group started the enterprise. Let us assume that a city has fifty thousand men, each earn ing four thousand dollars a year. The total income of those men will be two million dollars a year—a great sum of money. But most of that income will be spent in meeting ordinary expen ses of the family; there will be virtually nothing left for invest ment; except a small savings account. It will be a delightful and neighborly city, with good theaters, and restaurants—and a good hospital. But who will provide the money for the theater? Whose money will build new enterprises? Who will build the hospital? Now let us asume that this city of fifty thousand men still has a totdj ncome of two hundred millions, divided dif ferently. Let us suppose that forty nine thousand nine hun dred men have an income of three thousand dollars each, a total of $149,700,000, the re maining hundred would have $50,300,000, or a little more than $500,000 each. Quite possibly each man would have from $400,000 to $450,000 a year for investment. Ten of those men can start an enterprise of $4,000,000 every year; so think what the others could do! A sum of $40,000,000 every year for investment. That is how towns grow: somebody has sur plus money and invest it. What happens to the commu nity? Jobs are created, wages tre paid, a steady level of goou living follows. The economic level even rises, as more pay rolls are created by industry, and more money put in cir culation. Now let us think of Houston: A hundred men find them selves with a capital sufficient for their needs, and with several millions of surplus. Such mert can afford to take chances, b.g chances; they have a good mar gin over their needs. All busi ness is a risk. So greater devel opment follows. Think of the enormous investment of the Rockefellers in building Rocke feller Center during the depres sion. Our high wages are based on industrial enterprises: all these enterprises grew out of the brain of men, men who “took chances,” ran big risks. I went into a theatre in a Texas town on the border. The owner was putting the finishing touches on a fine building. I went there twice in the after noon. Just about thirty people were in an auditorium capable of seating four hundred comfort ably. I do not know anything about the attendance at night, but I hope that man does well; I hope his investment proves profitable. He has invested about fifty thousand dollars; he stepp ed out of the ranks and took a chance; he risked his money, his time, his hope, on that venture. Not every man will do that. If he succeeds, people will say that he has a gold mine; but if he fails??? Has anyone guaranteed him a living or a profit? America owes her great in dustries to men who took big chances. Sometimes they reaped a golden harvest; but just as often they sank their money and their hopes in a bottomless pit. For every man who struck oil, a thousand failed; for every man who found gold ten thousand through the ages toiled and suffered and went down to de- [feat. But we need such men; the : continued progress of our nation depends on the adventurous spirit, backing his judgment' or his dream with his money and his life. The idea of levelling men is a plan of stagnation. The hardy, venturesome spirit blazes a trail, and we follow. He shows us the Promised Land the Land of Milk and honey, and we the average men, go in and possess the land. Some years ago I studied the bank deposits of many counties and showed how we could have five or six big State-wide indus tries each year and several small enterprises in each county. Con sider Colleton County, with ten millions in its banks. With half of that Colleton could make great progress toward balancing her agriculture with industry. In the development of industry year by year she could become as well balanced as Darlington, considering the important indus tries of Hartsville. Over in Clarendon the banks have more than three millions. In every county it is the same. All the counties together have about five hundred millions in the banks and many millions in bonds. But those millions will not generally be used to indus trialize the counties, because they are the sum total of thous ands of men and women, few of whom would risk their capital for industrial development pur poses. If, however, the five hundred millions in our bands belonged to ten men it is quite possible that half of it might be available for new enterprises. So, you see, we need rich men, unless we want to level out our living like a Mexican village, or a hamlet in France. Our progress requires that we encourage profits, for out of pro fits come investments. Out of in vestments come wages and jobs. If the government continues its Communistic policy of taking most of the income in the high er brackets there will be less and less for the new developments which are so necessary for an expanding population; and equally necessary for our ex panding needs. The idea that the income should be swallowed by taxes is entirely unsound; and the suggestion that this policy is tc the advantage of the smaller taxpayer is equally unsound. The smaller taxpayer has a great interest in maintaining a high level of living. That requires constant renewing of capital in vestment. And that requires encouragement to prospective in vestors. This is an ever-changing coun try; the big business of today may be a flop soon, as fashions change, or new inventions throw on the junk heap the machinery of an earlier day. I have no figures at hand to guide me, but even here in South Carolina we may need fifty million dollars a year to maintain our plants as they are, and fifty million a year more in order to keep abreast of devel opments in industry. That out lay would not put another piece of bread on a rich man’s table, out it would buy all the bread and butter needed to keep many thousands of us at work. If we are wise let us encour age men to prosper. In Proverbs the idea is set forth with the homely simplicity of that great book: "There is that scattereth and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, and it tendeth to pover ty.” We have been following a policy of exalting the so-called poor man and gauging the rich man, or the man with a large in come, believing that we were helping the poor man. The truth is that we have been closing the door in his face by shutting off the flow of investment or ven ture capital. WORLD’S LARGEST LAJfD PLANE SOARS INTO AIR; CAN FLY 8,000 MILES San Diego, Cal.—The world’s largest land-based plane, design ed to carry 400 soldiers, success fully completed its first test flight today, remaining airborne for one hour. Test Pilot Russell Rogers, 41, after a slow approach over the city landed the Consolidated- Vultee Aircraft corporation’s XC- 99 at 2:08 p. m. (PST) as light as a feather at Lindbergh field after having lifted the 132-ton plane into the air at 1:08 p. m. PST, for its maiden flight. “The plane flew better than I anticipated and I had no diffi culties,” Rogers said. “It flies better than a B-26,” Co-Pilot Beryl Erickson said. He was test pilot of the B-30, sister ship of the XC-99. The Army has contracted for 100 B-36’s. Crowds, estimated at 100,000 on the airfield and nearby hill tops, cheered the landing. It re quired 10 minutes to turn off the six throbbing engines after taxiing the plane to the experi mental yards. Despite the huge size of the XC-99, it is smaller than How ard Hughes’ $25,000,000 plywood flying boat, the world’s largest airplane, which on November 2 briefly flew for the first time in Long Beach, Calif., harbor. Hughes’ plane has a wing- spread of 320 feet—20 feet long er than a football gridiron—in contrast to the XC-99’s 230 feet. The flying boat weighs 200 tons, is built to carry 700 soldiers or 80 tons of freight; has a length of 219 feet, and eight engines with a rating of 3,000 horsepow er each. The 132-ton XC-99 has a length of 182 1-2 feet, and its tail towers 57 1-2 feet into the air, equivalent in height to a five-story building. The Army Air forces, for whom the plane was built, revealed the huge transport will have a maximum range with reduced loads of 8,000 miles, a top speed of 300 miles per hour, and a ceiling of 30,- 000 feet. NEED MONEY? SEE US FOR A QUICK CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL LOAN, AT . . . 1307 Friend St HANDY FINANCE CO. Yes, it’s really smart—smart to make sure of enough money for Christmas shopping next year; smart to enjoy the satisfied feeling of a paid-for Christmas. Why not come in and enroll today? Newberry County Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation MEMPHIS MAYOR HITS FOUNDATION FOR FREEDOM TRAIN CANCELLATION Memphis, Tenn.—Mayor James J. Pleasants lashed out today against the American Heritage foundation for cancelling the Freedom Train’s scheduled visit here in a statement defending the city’s segregation policy be tween whites and negroes. “There is no occasion for this city to change its policy of st regation of the races at this late date and we do not propose to do it,” Pleasants said. Foundation officials in New York City re-routed the train’s visit when city officials propos ed that whites and negroes visit the train during different hours. “We proposed to divide the time of the train’s visit equally between the white people and the colored, giving each an equal opportunity to see it,” Pleasants said. The mayor said that during the arrangements for the train’s visit, John Rae, the foundation’s field representative had thought the plan eminently fair. “After conferring with New York, however, Pleasants said, “the matter was taken under ad visement by the foundation, which subsequently announced that anything that suggested the segregation of the races was objectionable to it and as a re sult, we were told the train would not come to Memphis.” Pleasants said that whites and negroes have been living to gether in Memphis “with less trouble between the races than in any other American city. NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX SALES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY W. EUGENE HILL W. Eugene Hill, 'brother of Mrs. J. O. Wessinger of New berry, died Sunday at the Co lumbia hospital after several years of declining health. He had been critically ill for one week. Mr. Hill was a native of Laur ens county and spent his entire life there. He was a son of the late Preston and Addle Bullock Hill. He was a member of the First Baptist church of Laurens. Surviving besides his sister in Newberry are one brother, Hugh W. Hill, Laurens; and three sis ters, Miss Alice Hill, Laurens, Mrs. S. Boyd Sexton, Laurens, Mrs. Jesse Stroud, Gray Court. ELECTION EOR MAYOR AND ALDERMEN AND TWO COM MISSIONS OF PUBLIC WORKS On the 9th day of December, 1947, (Tuesday), the quualified electors of the Town of New berry, S. C., will vote for the election of Mayor and five Ald ermen to serve for the next two years, also two members of the Board of Commissioners of Pub lic Works, one for a period of six years, and the other for a short term. The following have been ap pointed as managers of said election; Ward 1: Mrs. Sam Beam, Mrs. J. G. Sease. Voting precinct: Recorder’s Court Room. Ward 2: J. A. Peterson, Smil ey L. Porter. Voting precinct: Newberry County Court House. Ward 3: C. B. Spinks, H. T. Cannon. Voting precinct: Spinks’ Clothing Store. Ward 4; Mrs. M. E. Dowd, Miss Minnie Havird. Voting precinct: Layton Bros. Store. Ward 5; H. E. Corley, Rev. H. W. Long. Voting precinct: Cor ley’s Barber Shop. Polls will open at 8 a. m. and close at 4 o’clock p. m. DAVE L. HAYES, Mayor. D. L. NANCE, Clerk. N21-28-D5C CLASSIFIED ADS FOR SALE—1940 International truck capacity 1 1-2 tons. In A-l condition. Tires in good shape. Price $500. Can be seen at O. C. Phillips home on the cut off near Phillips Memorials. 03-tnc FOR SALE—Certified Calhoun & Hooded Beardless Barley. 1st year from the breeder. $3.00 per bu. Victor grain & Full grain seed oats $1.50 per bu. H. O. LONG & SONS, Silverstreet, S. C. 03-tnc FOR SALE—One 3-4 HP jet pump with 62 ft. 1 1-4 inch and 62 ft. 1 inch galvanized pipe. See: Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1210 Caldwell St., Newber ry, S. C. N24-2tc FOR SALE—Plywood, 1-4 and 3-4 inch. One electric hand saw. Fulmer and Amick, Cald well Extension. N24-2tp WANTED — Scrap iron, brats. copper, lead, zinc, aluminum, pewter, old batteries, radiators, all kinds of rags, old waste cot ton, matress cotton. W e also have a nice line of groceries. W. H. STERLING, VINCENT ST. t n DR. L. E. BROSSY Chiropractor 709 Caldwell Phone 180 The State of South Carolina, County of Newberry. To All Whom These Presents May Concern: In compliance with the law, the Treasurer of Newberry County his issued, in the name of the State, tax executions against defaulting taxpayers ol Newberry County to the Tax Collector thereof. - By virtue of this authority, the Tax Collector is directed and ordered to take possession of so much of the de faulting taxpayer’s personal property to raise money suffi cient to cover delinquent taxes of taxpayers hereinafter listed plus cost, and he will after ad vertisement, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the same prop erty before the Court House door of the aforesaid county on a regular salesday in December, (same being Dec. 1, 1947.), with in thq usual hours of public sales. Personal property, consisting of one 1929 Ford, in School Dist rict No. 2, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Leonard Byrd. Personal property, consisting of household goods, in School District No. 2, county and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Claude Griffin. Personal property, consisting of one 1933 Ford, in School Dist rict No. 2, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Tot Jeter. Personal property, consisting of one living room suit, in School District No. 2, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Addle Jones. Personal property, consisting of one Brown and White cow, with horns, in School District No. 2, County and State afore said, levied upon in the name of Will Mathis. Personal property, consisting of one cook stove, one bed and one dresser, in School District No. 2, County and State afore said, levied upon in the name of Melvin Sondley. Personal property, consisting of one cook stove, one bed and dresser, in School District No. 2, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Roy Thomas. Personal propertj, consisting of one red cow, in School Dist rict No. 2, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Johnnie Williams. Personal property, consisting of one 1935 Chevrolet car, in School District No. 13, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Charlie Pitts. Personal property, consisting of one 1935 Plymouth car, in School District No. 14, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of blick Cannon. Personal property, consisting of one cook stove, one bed and one dresser, in School District No. 14, County and State afore said, levied upon in the name of Mack Williams. TABOR L. (HILL, Delinquent Tax Collector. REGISTRATION FOR GENERAL ELECTION The supervisor of registration has been ordered by the Council of the Town of Newberry to op en the books of registration Sep- teber 29, 1947, to remain open until ten days before the general election of Mayor and Aldermen in December. Required for registration tax receipts showing payment of all taxes for 1946 and County and State registration certificate. D. L. NANCE, Supervisor of Registration. Notice We will apply to the South Carolina Tax Com mission for license to oper ate a Liquor Store at 1212 Thompson Street, in the town of Newberry, South Carolina, under the provi sions of the Alcoholic Bev erage Control Act of 1945. LEWIS I. BLALOCK J. W. BUCHANAN. Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWRERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Man.car TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building DIETITIANS NEEDED IN VETS AGENCY The Veterans Administration, Branch office 5, Atlanta, Ga., announces an examination for the position of Dietitian, salaries ranging from $2644 to $3397. Positions to be filled are in the veterans hospitals and homes in the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. No written test is required, and no closing date has been announced. Other Civil service exam an nouncements include Aircraft sheetmetal manufacture and re pairer and aircraft instrument repairer and installer, Greenville Army Air Base, closing date, Dec. 3; research psychologist, Washington, D. C., closing date, Dec. 3; and civil engineer, Char leston navy yard, closing 'Rate, Dec. 3. ENSIGN WILSON ON SAIPAN NAVY DUTY Ensign William D. “Billy” Wil son, son of Mrs. C. M. Wilson of Newberry, recently arrived in Saipan, M. I., where he is on duty with the 121st Naval Con struction Battalion. “Billy” was graduated from the United States Naval Aca demy at Annapolis, Md., in June of this year. Before leaving for overseas, he was stationed at Port Hueneme, Calif. FINE TOILETRIES FOR MEN most complete line of toiletries designed exclusively for men—distinctively packaged. “N SHAVING BOWL Permanent Shaving Bowl with lirm-loclt brush holder cover. Made to lit the hand....$1.50 Refills, each ....$ .50 COMMANDO TRIO Shaving Bowl. 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