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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1960 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Arm field 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 I’ve been to Memphis. The National Cotton Council ol America held its twelfth an nual convention in Memphis last week—three days of re ports, with two fine addresses. In the early days J. Wade Drake of Anderson was a prime mover—a good man and always ready to do his part in any worthy public effort. J. B. (Pat) Murphy of Columbia; Wyndham Manning of Sumter; J. C. Miller of Jefferson; L. Cottingham of Dillon; W. T. Mikell of Columbia; Fred Symmes of Greenville—these— and others were the early members of the Council. South Carolinians attending the convention last week were: W. A. Ham bright, Blacksburg; Neville Bennett, Clio; O. L. Edwards, St. Charles; E. N. Sitton, Pendleton; J. F. Mc- Laurine, Bennetts ville; Thos. M. Gignilliat, Seneca; Wm. B. Mood, Columbia; * Thomas N. Durst, Columbia; T. W. Crews, Jr., Edgefield; (Mrs. Durrett Williams, Columbia; W. T. Mi kell, Columbia; R. M. Hughes, Greer; Fred W. Symmes, Green ville; B. F. Hagocd, Easley; E. S. MdKissick, Greenville and J. K. Breedin, Manning. Oscar Johnston of Scott, Mississippi, founder and first President, was there. He is now Chairman of the Board. Oscar Johnson is one of Amer ica’s great men; and he is the biggest cotton producer—38000 acres, averaging more than six hundreds pounds of lint cotton per acre. The president today is Harold A. Young of Arkan sas, a big planter and business man, and as gracious a leader as one could imagine. William a Blake, the executive Vicq president, has been remarkably successful in this broad, con structive effort. The growth of the Cotton Council, and its development in every depart ment of its widely flung activ ities, is a monument to Messrs. Johnston, Young and Blake, and to the highly patriotic and capable gentlemen who have put their shoulders to the wheel. Charles E. Wilson, President of General Motors, and Allan B. Ktyne, President of the Am erican Farm Bureau Federation delivered two addresses of sin gular charm and appear!. Nor were they all) Harold Young’s address sounded the keynote of Americanism — individual liber ty, individual opportunity. As I have had a word or two to say on that theme I was an appreciative listener. Mr. Wilson, though President of one of the world’s mammoth enterprises, is not the frock- coated, silk-hatted plutocrat of the early days, but a man whose genial smile proves him to be as amiable and approach able candidate for a county of fice in the heat of campaign. All of us listened to Mr. Wil son quite won by his first words and remaining interested until the last word. He is quiet, friendly, clear, and plain, but he speaks the language of faith and buttresses his faith by his works. I quote from Mr. Wilson: “Mr. Wilson said the American system stands on four corner stones. He listed first the Bill of Rights, which gives the peo ple a legal guarantee of their rights. Second he nhmed ‘a broad moral code, with indivi dual responsibility and regard for the rights of others.’ Third, he rated ‘basic education of all citizens at common expense.’ Fourth, Mr. Wilson placed ‘the right to work and the oppor tunity for individual achieve ments.’ ‘These four cornerstones have worked out so wonderful ly, that based on these, our country has become great.’ Mr. Wilson said, ‘Only by continu ing them will we continue to remain great.’ Speaking on ‘What Kind of America Do We Want to Live in?—Industry’s Viewpoint,’ Mr. Wilson’s talk paralleled that of Harold A. Young, North Little Rock, Council President, who called for closer co-operation and bet ter understanding between ag riculture and industry in their ‘mutual fight lor survival against the inroads of soft so cialism and big government.’ Mr. Wilson made it clear that he believes all Americans, no matter what political party they belong to, want to con tinue living in the kind of Am erica we have today. ‘Men of good will, whether farmers, businessmen, labor, leaders, in dustrialists or what, all agree, I think, that a sound social ob jective would be a stable so ciety, economy and ever-con tinuing and improving stan dard of living for all,” Wilson said. / ‘The means to be used to obtain this is the trouble.’ Mr. Wilson examined the past to understand the present and take a look into the future. He said Marx and Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto only 100 years ago, when the Cali fornia gold rush was on. He said we still had slavery and Russia had serfs. Steamboats and railroads were still won ders. Mr. Wilson said two in ventions brought progress, one being Whtts’ invention of the steam engine, and the other a political invention—the Ameri can system of government which limited the power of so cial planners and politicians and gave individual rights a real position. • ‘In our system of government, the people are not serfs of the state,’ Wilson said. ‘There is public education and individual freedom for all. In our form of government, each individual is as free as possi ble to manage his own affairs.’ He told of the improvement which has resulted, the aboli tion of child labor, etc. He said the criticisms of Karl Marx cannot be challenged, but said his diagnosis of the way to cure evils was wrong. He said redistribution of wealth would not do it, that new means of concentrating wealth would be found. He said man’s inhumanity to man has always been a factor, but that a so- ' cialist or communist govern-* : ment would replace freedom with fear and coercion. He said greed is not the basic cause of trouble, but rather the low production of the worker, who can be paid only out ol the product produced. Mr. Wil son said that management must provide means for workers to produce properly, and that in America, slaves of iron and steel—machines—have replaced human slaves. He said Amer ica has achieved a standard ol living nine times better than any other country and was able to serve as arsenal ot democracy at the same time. ‘Our political system is the fac tor that makes the difference, Wilson said. He said he be lieves all Americans should do a better job of praising our system, should tell the story of the most rapid improvement in the standard of living ever achieved during the past 50 years. ‘Our system has profited all states, and in the last few dec ades this includes the South,’ Wilson said. He said some foreigners and a few Ameri cans have confused the idea of social-minded with socialism. Wilson said he does not take the position this country is per fect and could not be improv ed, but he said the American system has the means in itself of bringing about the improve ments. Mr. Wilson said the idea that government can do so many things better than the people is wrong, that everything the government provides must be paid for. He said the govern ment turns things back to the people, but there is usually ‘quite a deficit in the process.’ He said the move in the late 30’s, partly due to the war, of big government regulation and control has been ‘the wrong trend’.” Mr. Allan B. Kline is a man of oratorial gifts, though not a mere word artist. Mr. Kline spoke with vigor and fervor, yet gracefully. I quote from Mr. Kline; “Citing the Brannon Plan as costly adventure if attempted, which seeks to hold prices down for the consumer and up for the farmer by paying the farmer the difference between what he received and a pre determined support price, Mr. Kline asked; ‘Why go to thd trouble, if you are a taxpayer, of giving your money to the Government to pay a part of your grocery bill? Government administrative costs are high and the costs of administration will be figured in the price you pay. Why not just go to the corner grocery and carry your money with you? It’s simpler THE LOOK .% : V SSI ■ See yours soon at . . . Those clever people, the milliners, are making* the choice of a hat an easy matter. They offer them with front or back interest. There are the little bonnets that cup the head leav ing* only a narrow brim to frame the face, or there are many that have forward-jutting* or scoop brims; sail ors may be wide at the front and narrow at the back. In fact, it is purely a matter of selecting the most be coming. CARPENTER’S Charleston’s Huge Camellias Amaze America - ifejf t i ifeS-i In the camellia-blooming period, now approaching its peak in the Southland, ‘"The “aristocrat of flowers’* is being seen at its unforgettable best by visitors to Charleston’s world-famous gardens. Cypress Gardens, newest of the three great gardens, boasts 300 new varieties planted this year, according to B. R, Kittredge, owner — many of them quite as blossom-packed as the luxuriant plant in the middle photograph. » In both Middleton and Magnolia Gardens, hundreds of the camellias are more than 100 years did — they are actually “trees” that you could easily climb! In recent years, a number of syndicated artists and writers have been attempting to locate America’s largest camellia — and to assist in this, a survey has just been completed. The tallest and largest camellias were found; hitherto unpublished facts were brought out; and these recent photographs are now published here for the first time. The “tree” at the left is the tallest^ camellia in America. It towers 29 feet, 6 inches; the trunk is 50 inches in circumference; and the spread is 21 feet. It is a John Harvard variety, with a maroon imbricated flower. C. Norwood. Hastie, Jr., of Magnolia is shown beside this record camellia in his renowned garden — called by John Galsworthy “the loveliest in all the world.” It was planted in 1843. From the standpoint of trunk circumference, the tree on the right is the largest. Its circumference is 63 inches; the spread is 33 feet; and the height is 21 feet, 9 inches. J. J. PringFe Smith, owner of Middleton Gardens, is shown pointing to <me of the thousands of single red blossoms which deck his fabulous tree, one of the first camellias planted in America 1783-1785. Because of the shape of the trunk, this is called “Elephant’s Foot.” Garden lovers who have traveled the world nowhere else is there such a mass display of the imagination as at Middleton. You will, actual “tunnels” of camellia blossoms — o and on the red carpet of petals in the paths. For of varieties of choice camellias. Magnolia leads with i : ■ '-j . .'sSea ■ mM i idf and cheaper. The logical aim of America is not to pay part of everyone’s grocery bill, but to help those who need help. Mr. Kline warned that we must live with Big Government for some time, but held out the hope that its powers could be curtailed through decentraliza tion. He cited the land grant college as an example. Sup ported by Federal grants, but kept responsible to state and local people they are adapted to state and local needs. In completely centralized agencies, the temptation to use Federal employes as a lobbly is over whelming,’ he continued. ‘This has nothing to do with the par ty in power. It is simply the nature of Government adminis- tratice agencies. ‘The Ameri can Farm Bureau is dedicated to the proposition that agricul ture can prosper best in a rel atively free, fully productive economy. We believe in keep ing opportunity in agriculture. We want to maintain an econ omy in which we can be thor oughly efficient in producing for society the things which so ciety needs from farmers, and in which the rest of the peo ple can pay for those things on the basis of what they are worth. We hope to preserve a system of regulated free en terprise in which farmers and others enjoy a degree of Gov ernment protection, but in which efficiency and achieve ment, not Government guaran tees, provide- the hope of the, individual.” Harold A. Young would com bat. the Socialistic urge of the day. I quote him; “No better evidence of the accuracy of such a statement can be found than the fact that the indivi dual American buys more than five times as much cotton per year as does the average citi zen of the world. ‘Yet despite the proven record and obvious superiorities of the American enterprise system, we are to day in grave danger of losing it to the advocates of an alien philosophy which would sub stitute the opinions of bureau cracy for the judgment of bus iness management, and politi cal planning for private enter prise. The danger is no longer a matter of foreign political idealism, soap box oratory or amusing and harmless screw balls. • Ideas, plans and pro grams once associated only with wild-eyed radicals on street corners have become serious proposals agressively pushed by groups and indivi duals who occupy positions of prestige and influence in our national life.” ‘They are being introduced in our national Con gress in the form of specific legislative proposals inspired and actively supported by high administrative officials of gov ernment.” Schools and colleges mean nothing if they teach a man only to express discontent in fluent words. Education is supposed to prepare a man to use his abilities: that is to rec ognize Certain aptitudes and to develop the ability to ac complish something. We edu cate men individually; the in dividual is a unit all to him self. If he must be one of the mass, living under mass regi- mentation we don’t schools. 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