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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, JANUARY IS, 1950 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 RATFS: 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 The New Year is here. It will be just like any other year unless we decide to change. Since we can’t change the year, any change must be in our selves; and there is always a chance for that—and a need for that. The best resolution must be to change, to broaden, to deep en, our outlook on people, with more understanding, more tol erance, more sympathy; and we might profitably gulp and swal low several times before mak ing sharp criticisms or caustic replies. We need one another; there is no small enemy and no use less friend. Perhaps if we smile first and speak first we shall smooth the way of life. Let me wish you a year not only happy, but useful and full of deep satisfactions. How will business be in 1950? That is the concern of many. All of us are interested in bus iness, for all are businessmen and businesswomen, with large or small interest. In some mea sure we have an equal share, for whether we think in mil lions or hundreds our livelihood our mode of living, depends on what we call business. The widow whose mite was the largest contribution was the most generous giver because she gave all that she had. By the same token we have ties which bind us to all the enter prises of our community. One man may plan to buy a farm:, another may plan to ex pand hta, store; still another may hope\to maintain his ho: on the mqdest scale of 1t W, but w» are all here; all the is here; all the ogej of i money 1949 will be carried over into 1950; so why not step out bravely and “with a heart for any fate,” “still achieving, still pursuing,” you know. We have a disposition to wonder about the New Year, as though the trends and currents of life would be changed. We shall eat; some will be ill; some will die—so all classes of occu pations will find employment, as usual. America—the United States of America — now numbers more than a hundred and fifty mil lion people. This is an ever growing market for all that we produce^ from electricity to newspapers, from beef to oil. Our distribution may not be perfect, but it is constantly im proving. Today you find pa paya juice everywhere, and per haps bread fruit and the chiri- moya may be in our electric re frigerators soon. Whenever we succeed in distributing all our production to the remotest sec tors we shall not have market surpluses. Even today we have thousands, even millions, of people, here in rich America, without the great variety which this country produces. But the growing distribution of things here is like a never-ending Santa Claus. So 1950 finds us eager, joyous full of anticipation, ready to enjoy the full measure of Am erica’s bounty. There is just opg ihing to re member: we may have to work a li£fcte Wore in order to earn a^HSit more. Some will work iih their brains; some with their hands—all of us work, even the man who tries so hard to keep from working. America is our greatest mar ket. Our population is con stantly growing and our wants are always increasing. Every year families buy electrical equipment, ranges, refrigerators freezers—and a , hundred other things, families just now decid ing that they, too, must have all the conveniences their neighbors enjoy; father may have to buy an additional car because son and daughter must live in the style of their friends; we grow in numbers and we grow doubly in our wants. This America of ours is the fabled land of riches be yond all dreams. As a lady said to me in Scotland “Oh you Americans have so much.” So, with all that, is our great coun try worth protecting? Oh, yes! We can raise armies of mil lions to follow the flag; but how about the dangers from within? If this great nation has prospered so enormously; if we have so many of the good things of life, is it worth our time and thought to protect this land from the encroach ments which, like worms and bugs, eat out the very founda tions of the nations? Wlhat are these dangers? The greatest danger is that we seem ready to sell our great birthright as Americans for the crumbs of favor. The Govern ment will do this and that and whaleverelse for us t — But who is the Government, and with what does it beguile us? Moun tainous debt and oppressive taxes year after year,Ip as though there were no limit. Af ter a time the enormous de mand for goods may decline. Then business and wages will decline. Then tax revenues will decline. Are we blind and ignorant? As proof of the fool ishness of much present day reasoning I’ve just - read ‘The X X X X will demand higher wages to offset an expected business 'decline”! Think of that! Higher wages to offset a decline in business. There are encouraging signs for the New Year, notably the predictions of some Senators that they will oppose New Fed eral taxes. Although there are refreshing exceptions, Congress has all too tamely and too lamely limped along with all the abuses and extravagances of the Federal program. If Congress could rise to an or dinary level of ordinary patri otism this country would quick ly redeem itself. I do not expect ;.V. ON DISPLAY JANUARY 12 - The front of the new Plymouth has a massive appearance. The grille has been simplified, and the bumper is larger. There’s a new name plate and a bigger, more colorful medallion. The can look new “both coining and going.** '-'Vis Baker-Summer Motor Co. V mmm ETSSf The South Carolina National Bank CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION / * DECEMBER 31, 1949 : ' ASSETS Cash and Due From Banks $ 41,567,830.79 U. S. Government Bonds — 71,447,395.56 State and Municipal Bonds 649,455.79 Fed. Land Bank Bonds & Fed Int. Credit Bank Debs 1,590,590.59 Federal Reserve Bank Stock 150,000.00 Loans and Discounts 37,535,851.87 - Banking Houses (11) $507,375.00 Less depreciation 115,922.50 391,452.50 Furniture and Fixtures 222,159.65 Other Real Estate 1-00 Other Assets 492,675.67 $153,647,413.42 m mp 1 ; S’ I LIABILITIES Capital — Common $ 2,500,000.00 Surplus 2,500,000.00 Undivided Profits 1,429,031.19 Reserve—Dividend Payable Feb 1, 1950 187,500.00 Reserve under Section 23K (Int. Rev. Code) 750,000.00 Reserves—for Taxes, etc 352,384.66 Deposits 145,928,497.57 $153,647,413.42 - ■ a I •• - * r ’f:' a* —OFFICES AT— Anderson, Belton, Charleston, Cheraw, Columbia, Dillon, Florence, Fort Jackson, Georgetoum, Greenville, LeesviUe, Newberry, Pickens, Seneca, Sumter, St. Matthews, Navy Yard. spectacular proofs of statesman ship, nor do we care for Fourth of July oratory; we would be yell served if Congress would act with plain common sense and bring down the enormous expenditures of the Govern ment. We are not only spend ing in a manner that is riot ously extravagant, but we are foolishly throwing away on for eign grants and commitments the substance of our people. When our attitude is: “How much do you need?” What do we expect? I do not expect the people of Europe to be more .• thrifty w T ith our money than we are; and I know, and ydu know, that whenever a man or a community is invited to submit a bill of his needs he or it forthwith need far more than he ever dreamed of before. Yet we dazzle the world with the prospect of a Harvest of American dollars and gold and prepare a budget down to dollars and cents. Even the most inexperienced man in foreign affairs should know better than that. It is true, probably, that in dealing with other nations we are hope lessly at sea. Never was a na tion so well-intentioned, I think, and never a nation so bunglesome, as this, in its sweet dreams of helpfulness. America succeeds in spite of her Government because there is still abounding vitality here; we are still a people of tre mendous vigor and drive; a people exulting in the urge to do, to have and to be; but all the glory of America has been its challenge to a man’s ability; the hope of reward for intelli gence, thrift, unremitting ef fort. When Mr. James F. Byrnes was a school boy in Charleston the boys delivered declamations or recited poems every Friday. The sonorous speeches of Dan iel Wtebster and others, prob ably suffered greatly at the hands of those young orators, but one favorite poem must have been dear to the hearts of our teachers. As I remember it: “The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their com panions slept, Were toiling upward through the night.” I have no doubt that Mr. 5feyrnes, like the rest of us, > struck the proper pose and re cited that bit of stirring uplift, auhd was the pride and joy of his teacher. Do you let your mind play on that sentiment? That was the atmosphere of a generation a&p—They, while their com- jpiljgns slept, were still hard at Work. Of course the idea is that the time will come when virtue and diligence will be re warded. But work, steady work, zeal, enthusiasm, zest— will earn a reward when intel ligently employed. Are Am ericans not fit to govern them selves? VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS! WANT ADS NOTICE — Positively no hunt ing or trespassing of any kind will be allowed on lands of the undersigned. We have cattle and hogs grazing on our lands and a hired man looking after same. If any one caught on these lands, white or black, will be prosecuted. If you don’t know you had better find out. H. O.. Long, B. O. Long, J. G. Long. MILK GOAT For Sale—Fresh Dec. 19th. 4-quart milker.— Heyward Sease, 2212 Mayer Avenue. 3tc NOTICE—Am now prepared to assist taxpayers with their in come tax returns and am lo cated in two rooms of the BUS station at the rear of the court house where I’ll appreciate Counts. is — ADVERTISEMENT A stockingful of goodies from Santa’s pack! No wonder there is such a big smile on the face of this little miss while visions of sugar plums dance through her head. She is all dressed up on Christmas morn ing in one of her favorite gifts, a colorful striped, ruffled nightie made of cotton bag material Her best-loved gift, a cuddly doll made from cotton feed sack fabric, has been put aside for the moment so she c*" give her full attention to the camera. from sound planning may be regarded as “progress.” I say it reverently, but emphatically, that the Creator of the Uni verse moves slowly; all the fresh discoveries of each year, or each generation are of things He has had in reserve all through the centuries. But H e lets us find them and use them little by little, as our de veloping experience enables us to appropriate them usefully. He doesn’t reveal a hundred colossal secrets at one time! Suppose some one should say that—what would you say to that?’ I have great regard for my fellow Americans. There are enough men of characted aAd brains in South Carolina to govern the world; there are enough men of ability in any large town or County to meet any requirements that are not purely technical. We may not have an Einstein, or any one of his peculiar genius, but we have hundreds who can do— and are doing—things that Ein stein cannot do. Ability can’t be always measured. But we have the ability to make Am erica even greater and grand er than any one ever dreamed. I am not speaking idly; it is my deliberate estimate of my countrymen, and I have known them in the North, East, South, West and the Middle West. Yes, we have the brains, the character and the proved apti tude. How, then, can we ex plain such a monstrosity as House Bill 894, known as the Rankin Bill? Under it 27 men could acquire a strangle-hold on the United States! The idea is to bring together the so-call ed Power Authorities—the Ten nessee Valley Authority, Ohio Valley Authority, Atlantic Sea board Authority, Missouri Val ley Authority Authority, Co lombia Valley Authority, Ar kansas Valley Authority, South western Authority, and the Col orado Valley Authority and the California Authority. 27 men, controlling the nine authorities, would be a sort of super, so cialized State. But on at a time is the immediate plan! As the Governor of the State of Washington asks “What would be left of State and lo cal government under such an agency”? Are we deliberately trying to wreck the great nation of our heritage under th e guise of wa ter power, drainage, flood con trol and navigation? If private ownership and pri vate management have failed, what substitute is there? Gov ernment-owned corporations are operated by bureaucrats; they are mere men, like other men, but wjith this enormous dif ference: the manager of a pri vate company must earn a prof it That means that he must bp careful, prudent and cap able; the public concern doesn’t have to satisfy anybody; it fattens on its own mistakes. We may be making progress too fast, if these departures MRS. HENRY CHAPPELL DIES AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Mrs. Corrie Cromer Chappell, 58, died early Friday morning at her home after several months of serious illness. She had been in declining health for the past four years. Mrs. Chappell was bom and reared in Newberry County and was the daughter of the late M. Ledford ..and Mrs. Vin- nie Sligh Cromer. She was a member of the West End Bap tist Church and was an active worker in the church as long as her health permitted. She was a former Sunday School teacher in the church. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3 p.m. from her res idence, 906 Pauline street, with Rev. Y. Z. Gordy and Rev. C. J. DuBose, Jr., conducting the ser vice. Interment followed in Rosemont cemetery. Besides her husband, T. Henry Chappell, she is surviv ed by two children; one son, Thomas E. Chappell of Charles ton, and one daughter, Mrs. Lewis Waddell of Columbia, and the following brothers and sisters: J. R. Cromer, W. F. Cromer, Mrs. J. C. Inabinet, Mrs. J. M* Bauknight, Mrs. Floyd Bauknight, Mrs. Alonza Mack, all of Newberry, and Mrs. Clara Vines of Green wood. Five grandchildren and one great-grandchild also sur vive. 50-GAL. STILL SEIZED County officers with Federal agents raided and tore up a 50 gallon still, and arrested Hoyt Robbins, white, on Broad River last Friday. Robbins, who is charged with operating a liquor still, is now out on bond and will be tried at the next term of Federal Court. * and neatness and cleanlinesss can be maintained in part of the household where they are of special importance. THE FAMILY MEDICINE CABINET The household medicine chest neatly stocked with helpful but harmless . first aid equipment, could and should be one of the most important pieces of equip ment in the home. Jammed as it is, in many American bathrooms, with rust ed razor blades, aged medicine bottles, various cosmetics and even unprotected insect poisons it can be a menace. Cleaning out the family med icine cabinet should not be left until the time when it is stuff ed to capacity. It is a good rule to “weed out” the useless or harmful articles about once overy two or three months, and at the same time check on the stock of necessary first aid sup plies to be prepared for emer gencies. It should be unnecessary to warn that every bottle, jar or box in the medicine cabinet should be carefully labeled. Yet there ar e accidents every caused by people drinking toxic preparations taken from unlabeled or wrongly labeled containers. Dangerous poisons, labeled or not, should never be placed in the medicine cabinet. They should be kept far out of reach of children, or of adults who might hurriedly be looking for a pain remedy and instead use something that might cause serious illness or even death. Medicines prescribed by the doctor for a certain illness at a certain ‘ time should not be “hoarded” in the medicine cab inet for future use. Most pre scriptions lose their usefulness with age and are likely to be harmful rather than useful if retained for future remedy. Among first aid supplies that should be kept freshly stocked are sterile cotton, sterile gauze bandage, adhesive tape and an tiseptics to prevent infection in minor cuts and bruises. A good antiseptic is mild tincture of iodine. Most families prefer to keep on hand a mild laxative and a “headache reliever” like aspirin. While these remedies are not dangerous under ordinary cir cumstances, when taken infre quently u id in small amounts, they are best used under the doctor’s prescription and advice because there are times when they can become harmful or habit-forming. When materials in the medi cine chest are kept in an order ly and easily accessible fashion time is saved in emergencies On or about December 23, 1949, 'drawings and specifica tions for the construction of Ag ricultural Building, at New berry, South Carolina, will be available for distribution to general contractors by Willis Irvin, Architect, Helen S. Ir vin, Associate Architect, 722 Greene Street, Augusta, Geor gia. Applications from contractors interested in bidding on this work not to exceed one set of drawings and specifications, to- - gether with payment of $25.00 per set, should be filed prompt ly with the Architect, and the bidding material will be for warded, shipping charges col lect, as soon as available. Any bidder upon submitting a bona fide bid and returning such set promptly and in good condition will be refunded his payment. Any sub-contractor or non-bid der, upon &o returning such set will be refunded $15.00. Bids on this work will be opened by Newberry County" Agricultural Building Commis sion in the Court Rpoin at Court House* Newbprfy, South Carolina at 12:00^'noon, Janu ary 24, 1950. YOUNG M. BROWN, Chairman, NEWBERRY CO. AGRICUL TURAL COMMISSION, Newberry, S. C. 4t AUDITOR'S TAX NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, will be at the following places on the date given belo\y for the purpose of taking tax of all real estate and property. Persons o ns district. All able bodied male between the ages of twenty- one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. All persons between the ages of twenty-one and fif ty outside of incorporated towns and cities are liable to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. PROSPERITY Friday, January 13, 1950. ST. LUKES Monday, January 16, 1950, from 9 until 12. O’NEAL Monday^ January l6, 1950 from 2 until 5. LITTLE MOUNTAIN Tuesday, January 17, 1950. Thursday, January 19, 1950. POMARIA Friday, January 20, 1950. ' JAMES HOMER CROOKS STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 9 until 12. A. E. tc R. E. REESE STORE Monday, January 23, 1950, from 2 until 5. At Auditor’s office to March 1st, after which a penalty of 10' per cent will be added. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS Auditor Newberry County 888888$ . J*** m \ \ rflk il !if« Now On View at Kemper Motor Co.