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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
American Taxpayer Drained To
Pay For England’s Socialism.
BY SPECTATOR
As food for a study of con
ditions, let us ponder some
facts which are being used to
prove that a great depression
is not coming soom: Our Na
tional income never rose above
forty five billions a year be
fore the First World Wfer. 1
mean the income of the people.
The Golden Age of 1929 saw
a National income of eighty
three billions. Today the Na
tional income is about 220 bil
lions, and the Government is
spending almost forty five bil
lions, the total of all our peo
ple in 1916.
In 1939 there were forty four
million people employed and—
as I recall—about ten million
out of work. Today about fif
ty six million are employed and
some millions are on Welfare.
In 1929 the amount of mon
ey in circulation in this Coun
try was four billion, nine hun
dred million dollars; today it
is $27,400,000,000. Ten years
ago all bank deposits in the
Federal Reserve System totalled
$39,930,000,000; today, about
$106,500,000,000. Our population
today is about 150,000,000 and
our National debt about $262,-
000,000,000.
One of my pleasures is a
visit to my brethren of the
press. Some days ago I drop
ped in on the City Editor of
The State, my friend Harold
Booker, Junior, and talked of
cabbages and Kings—maybe.
While up there the Editor, Mr.
Latimer, stopped and passed
the time of day. Other, friends
of the press in Columbia I us
ually meet on the Street for
a pow-wow—Major Workman
of the News & Courier, a man
who must write in his sleep,
for Bill is a dynamo and never
stops. Commander Alderman
Duncan of the “A.P.” (Asso
ciated Press) is always going
out for news, or just coming
back. Editor Buchanan of the
Record tarries for a word, fmt
is usually busy. Occasionally
Managing Editor Henry Cauth-
en removes his pope for a brief
greeting. A roving reporter,
Brim Rykard, on rare occasions
gives me the low-down; and
this applies also to that tire
less newsgatherer, Doctor Ralph
Grier, who never seems to be
in a hurry but always is. Del
Booth of the “A.P.” is nearly
always on the run.
Wlhat I had in mind was my
trip to the provinces, though
if I were so foolish as to say
that anyone is provincial it
would be too bad—for me.
Had you ever though about
that? Other Countries have a
great center—a metropolitan
and cosmopolitan center, and
all else is provincial. Paris is
France, but Washington is not
the United States; nor is New
York or Boston. We are as
as alert in Sumter, Florence
and Marion as are the people
of New ork, Cleveland, Chica
go or Los Angeles.
This is a big Country and
full of good people—and some
not good. Wte have no hick
towns and no provinces. You
may find the “most-travelled”
man in a remote place of un
disturbed quietude, and living
as though he had never been
fifty miles from home.
I was going to Conway to
talk to the Lions. M!y friend,
former Senator Paul Quattle-
baum, had invited me to come
over and “poison the air” for
those Conway Lions. By the
way, I have spokqn to many
clubs but I do not recall a
finer group than those gentle
men of Conway.
I arrived just about five min
utes before the lunch time and
found my sponsors, Brother
Paul and Dr. Sasser, in a hud
dle, wondering why I had run
out on them. But I hadn’t;
I had been on the wrong road
—lost. As you may have
heard, one is not likely to suc
ceed unless he travels the right
road. I had intended to «dl
on Brother Platt at Mullins, but
all the miles I travelled were
on the wrong road.
I dropped in at Timmonsville;
but was too early for the Edi-
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Everything is changed now,
but when I was an Editor a
man calling on the first of thq
month was in danger of bodily
harm — and perhaps, should
have been handled roughly.
I dropped in on Editor Rog
ers of Florence. Have you
been there? Well, he has the
handsomest newspaper office in
South Carolina. It looks like
a great bank, as you enter; and
all the plant is the best, and
is being air-conditioned.
Leaving Florence I drove to
Marion and upset the tranquil
ity of The Marion Star and my
fellow scribe, Lem WUnesett.
Lem is a great worker and has
been a notable success in Mar
ion.
It was my good fortune to
be remembered by one of the
ladies of the staff. I told her
about the young lady of The
Lexington Dispatch who greet
ed me with this question: “Art:
you the man who writes that
long stuff”? I’m planning a
pilgrimage to Lexington and
Aiken; but let’s wait until the
weather breaks, then, perhaps
I’ll drop in on “O. F.” in New
berry, too.
I think what confused me
about the road from Marion
to Mullins was an incident:
Lem Winesett introduced me
to a Marion banker, just as
I was leaving. Bankers have
always upset me and caused
me to perspire. That is strange,
because it’s the frost of the
bankers that does the damage
—or is it the heat?
Which is worth more to this
country; to give a billion dol
lars to Europe in the guise of
a loan, or to spend a billion
dollars here at home, within
the United States? Some of
our people think there is spe
cial virtue and benefit in lend
ing, or giving, our money to
foreign Countries. It appears
that our loans soon are regard-
ded as gifts, as has been true
since the days of the first
Wlorld War.. We have not
learned the lesson, that the
other Nations think we should
tax ourselves in order to lend
them money which they will
never repay.
America has poured money
into Europe like a mountain
torrent, but the lasting effect
is usually doubtful. We can’t
buy good will, nor can we give
away enough money to put the
world on its feet. If we mean
to proceed helpfully let us re
build and strengthen America,
its people and its commerce,
giving credit in the usual man
ner of business, but only to
those who will use credit • con
structively.
Our easy loans, our gifts and
grants, our forgiven debts (that
is money due us) are just as
useless as a constant handout
to an able-bodied man. A job,
a chance to work, is what he
needs.
Some men try to prove that
it promotes American industry
to give money to other nations
so that they may buy Ameri
can goods and farm products.
It is not true that selling auto
mobiles to France increases our
business more than selling au
tomobiles to our own people.
What counts is the market, the
cars sold, regardless of the pur
chaser. If France buys a mil
lion cars from us with French
gold, that is one thing; but if
France buys a million cars from
us with American money we
might just as well have sold
those cars io poor Americans
and called on the Government
to pay for them.
I do not advocate a policy
of babying our people, and 1
am as much opposed to baby
ing the French or the British
the Russians, Italians or any
other people.
If we want to stimulate in
dustry and commerce in Amer
ica we have a vast field in our
Country, for thousands need
houses, tens of thousands need
a thousand and one other
things. It is not the duty of
our Government to provide for
us, and it is much less its duty
to be a Santa Claus for all the
world.
I was in a small town recent
ly. Seven or eight years ago
the Government bought a lot
in that town as the site for
a post office. No post office
has been built. Very likely
American money has built Gov
ernment buildings in a dozen
foreign countries. I mean that
the foreign countries have
erected buildings for themselves
with American money. But our
Government is not able to
build a building for its own
official use. I do not advo
cate useless, pork-barrel ex
penditures, but necessary con
struction. Probably fifty towns
in South Carolina should have
Federal buildings costing a
quarter of a million each. These
are needed. Cities have United
States Government offices all
over the town. Probably Co
lumbia needs forty or fifty ad
ditional rooms for the scatter
ed agencies in rented quarters.
Every other city the size Of
Columbia is in the same con
dition.
Wlould it help American in
dustry more to spend a billion
dollars in Europe rather than
in America?
Some of our people like to
PROSPERITY
Padgett-Adams
A marriage of cordial inter
est was that of Miss Dorothy
M. Padgett and Albert M.
Adams which took place Sat
urday evening July 23, at 8:30
at the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. J. B. Harman,
D.D. The impressive double
ring ceremony was used.
Miss Evelyn Padgett and
Fred Lovelace were attendants.
The ceremony was witnessed
by a large number of relatives
and friends including the par
ents of both the bride and the
groom.
Mrs. Adams is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Padgett
of Newberry and is a graduate
of the Newberry High School.
She chose for her marriage a
dress of powdered blue with
which she wore white acces
sories, and carried a colonial
boquet of mixed flowers. For
several years she has been em
ployed by McCrory’s Store in
Newberry.
The groom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Adams of
Prosperity and is a graduate
of the Prosperity High School.
For the past three years he has
been in the Army Air Force,
having been discharged about
a month ago. However, he
has reenlisted and will report
for duty at Shaw Field, Sum
ter, this week, where the cou
ple will have their residence.
Little News Items
Reginald Bedenbaugh, the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Bedenbaugh, is in the Colum
bia Hospital, where he is un
dergoing treatment.
Mrs. Ray Stockman is im
proving at the Newberry Hos
pital after an operation.
Mrs. S. C. Spence of Wash
ington, D. C. spent Friday with
her sister, Mrs. A. B. Hunt.
Mrs. J. I. Oxford of Atlanta,
Ga., is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. G. W. Harmon.
(Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix
and their two sons. Gene and
Danny Newton, moved to Pros
perity Monday. They are in
the Hunt apartment on South
Main street. Mr. Hendrix is
superintendent of the Prosperi
ty School and they will be wel
comed by their many friends
here. Mr. Hendrix was super
intendent here about eight
years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beden
baugh ana their son Jimmy
spent the weekend with Mrs.
R. T. Pugh. Little Miss Ann
Bedenbaugh, who had spent
the week with her grandmo
ther, returned home.
Von Anderson Long, Jr., has
returned from a visit with his
cousin, Sidney Long, at Brun
son.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Counts.
Jr. spent last week at Myrtle
Beach.
Mks. A. B. Hunt, Mrs. Joe
Spotts and two children, Larry
and Frances Ann, spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt
and family in Spartanburg.
Mrs. L. J. Fellers has return
ed from a few days’ visit
with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Keene, in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hendrix
and their two children, Anne
and Billy spent Sunday in the
mountains of North Carolina.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Ballard
and their two children Mack
Jr. and Betty of Charlotte,
were weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jake Wheeler.
Mr. and Mrs. Gurdon Counts,
Gurdon Wright and Dicky
Counts, Mrs. A. K. Epting and
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Epting,
spent Sunday in Highlands, N.
C.
Continued on next page
look wise and talk learnedly
about foreign exchange, inter
national trade balances, com
mercial reciprocity — and all
that. But if all these things
are based on unpaid debts to
us we are deceiving ourselves.
You never heard of a man
supporting all the people in
bis neighborhood so that they
might be so well fed and
clothed as to be suitable com
pany for his family, did you?
Much of our foreign policy
sounds like that.
We have reached a point at
which we must stop mooning
about like a lad with the first
sympton of calf-love, and grap
ple vigorously with the stem
reality of building and strength
ening our own country.
Let us urge our men in the
Congress to think first of Am
erica and to let the world do
something for itself.
If the British want to be So
cialists let them be Socialists;
we can’t stop them, nor should
we try. Certainly we should
not support their Socialism
with the money wrung from
American taxpayers. If th$
rest of Europe wants to be
Communist we can’t buy them
off, either. Let them plunge
in and wallow about in it.
Then they will learn some
thing.
You can’t do much for a
man uptil he realizes that he
needs help. Even the Great
Providence does not thrust His
mercy and His bounty upon
us; He stands ready to help
him who seeks help, and is
ready to do bis part.. We Am
ericans, however, try to be wis
er than Jehovah; we rush in
and overwhelm the world with
our bounty; and then when we
stop to catch our breath they
yell for more.
Cliff Metis Dies
James Clifford (Cliff) Metts,
46, died Saturday night at the
home of his father, S. R. Metts
of the Bachman Chapel section
of the county. Mr. Metis had
been ill for many months.
Clifford Metts was born and
reared in the Jolly Street sec
tion and was a son of S. R.
and Cleo Kinard Metts. He was
a graduate of Newberry college
in the class of 1926 and was
known to many people of the
state through his teaching. He
had taught at his native Jolly
Street, at St. Philips, Blaney,
Hollywood in Saluda county,
Georgetown, and Tallahasee,
Florida..
Mr. Metts was a life-long
member of Bachman Chapel
Lutheran church and also sup
erintendent of the Sunday school
and also a member of secret
orders and the Lions’ club
Funeral services were held
Monday at 4 p.m. from Bach
man Ohapel Lutheran church
with the Rev. J. L. Rallentine,
the Rev. J. E. Roof and the
Rev. V. L. Fulmer conducting
the last rites. Burial followed
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Metts is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lucile Stone Metts,
and two sons, Jimmie and Phil
lip, of Prosperity; his parents,
and the following brothers and
sisters; R. J., T. W. and C. B.
Metts, Mrs. Carrie Metts Kin
ard and Mrs. Herman Kinard,
all of Prosperity, and a num
ber of nieces and nephews.
GEORGE KRELL
George Krell, 78, died Sat
urday night at a Columbia hos
pital. He was buried at St.
Peters Pinewood church.
HENRY SAMUEL WICKER
Henry Samuel Wicker, 65,
died Friday, July 22 at his res
idence in the St. Phillips sec
tion of the county. He had
been ill for some time.
Mr. Wicker was born in the
section in which he died, a son
of the late Walter and Mrs.
Mary Cromer Wicker He was a
members of the St. Philips
Lutheran church.
Funeral rites were held Sat
urday afternoon from St. Phil
ips church with the Rev. C.
H. Stuke and the Rev. J. A.
Keisler conducting the services.
He was buried in the local
cemetery.
Mr. Wicker .is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Minnie Lee El-
lisor Wicker; one son, Thos.
Wicker of Newberry; and the
following brothers and sisters:
George, Andrew, Adam, and
Manuel Wicker, all of New
berry, Mrs. Jeff Gruber, of
Clinton, Mrs. Alice Rikard of
Pomaria, and one grand-child.
Members of St. Philips church
acted as honorary escort and
his nieces were flower attend
ants.
gratis
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by T*d Kestmg
A little real know-how in
predicting weather can be the
most valuable boating know
ledge an outboarder has ac
cording to boating authority
Willard Crandall..
Cloud types and formation
can give a pretty fair idea of
coming weather. Unfortunately
most of these signs only point
to rain, or the absence of it.
They aren’t too much help in
predicting wind. And while rain
on water can be unpleasant, the
real concern of the boatman
who thinks first of safety, is
to predict wind.
Familiar to almost every
sportsman, particularly in the
Midwest, is the thunderstorm,
heralded usually by the slow
appearance above the horizon
of a big, unbroken cloud of a
deep blue-black. If you’re on
exposed water, in a small boat,
it’s time to head in as soon as
the storm is definitely sighted.
Along the seacoasts, old-tim
ers are wary of any black
clouds, for they can always
mean squall winds. However,
inland where waters are usually
exposed, a big detached cloud
with a dark center often means
a shower without high winds.
Anyone who plans a really
exposed water trip should get
a good barometer a learn how
to use it. The weather bureau
will always give a wind fore
cast in you inquire. If you’re
without either of these services
there are Some rules for ama
teur forecasting of wind.
Remember that it takes hot,
damp weather to make a thun
derstorm. If it is very dry,
there won’t be one. Remember
that a storm isn’t necessary to
create a wind that will bother
an outboard; real blows for a
small boat occur in perfectly
clear weather.
On fair summer days, the
wind is likely to rise late in
the morning and reach a peak
in the afternoon. If the wind
rose the day before, with a
stiff breeze in the afternoon, its
only plain sense to anticipate
another such rise for the fol
lowing afternoon if the air,
settled weather is continuing.
One interesting thing about
predicting weather is that a lot
of the old scoffed-at weather
superstitions aren’t supersti
tions at ' all, but are actually
pretty dam reliable. Red sun
sets and rainbows late in the
day do mean fair weather. A
ring around the moon or a
steady southeast wind often
foretell wet weather. Rain-be
fore-seven, clear-by-eleven is
another reliable one if the rain
is a quiet one.
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