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tm 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Arm field Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered as second-cla^s matter December 6, 1937, at tne 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 The National Cotton Council proposes a plan to combat the Socialistic trend: “A plan calls for a represen tative of the Farm Bureau or the Grange to serve as infor mation chairman in each of the more than 3,000 counties in the United States. Through them could be distributed informa tion at the grassroots level. The information would be pro vided by agriculture and in dustry and would be of the type to refute the claims of the supporters of State Socialism. With an intelligent member of the Farm Bureau or the Grange serving to clarify the situation in every county in America, there is no reason to believe that we cannot overcome this Socialistic propaganda that now goes unchallenged because of lack of factual information.” As Mr. Wilson of General Motors said: “I am willing to believe that if the American public knows the facts, it is intelligent enough to come up with the right answers.” “Cotton Counts its Custom ers” is a booklet issued by The National Cotton Council. I quote from it: “Cotton’s com petition has stiffened, but cot ton is better equipped to meet its competition than ever be fore. The industry has learn ed the effective use of modern tools of competition —< research and sales promotion. Research studies are determining what consumers want and expect in the textile products they buy. Research investigations are finding and developing new methods and techniques for im proving products fabricated from cotton. Sales activities ore keeping consumers familiar with cotton’s superior quality advantages. Merchandising pro grams are selling cotton prod ucts on their merits.” In a breakdown showing how cotton is used we find the j number of bales used. Broad ly, this impresses one: In au tomobiles, 1,024,210 bales; in shirts, 557,680 bales; bags, 483,- 960; sheets, 450,860; drapery and upholstery, 376,570; towels, 303,210; trousers, 300,110; and down to bathing suits and trunks for children, 830 bales* I don’t recall at the moment how much is used for wo men’s bathing suits, but I haz ard a guess that it is much less than the item for children —830 bales. This booklet will surprise rou. A postal card to The Na tional Cotton Council, Mem- phis, Tenn., will bring it. American foreign policy is something beyond the under standing of mere men; it is conceived and executed by men of genius, the brilliant lads who dream dreams and try out experiments on the Nation. If we were looking for a policy which confuses everybody and seems ridiculous, it is that our Government maintains close of ficial relations with Russia al though Russia is not only a col ossal dictatorship but a tyranny and despotism that does vio lence to all our professions of liberty. Although we maintain these relations with despotic Russia we find our sensitive> spirits unable to have fellow ship with Spain. As between Spain and Russia one might readily prefer Spain. And in this day of world-warfare we might not only prefer Spain on the ground of being the less er evil, but we might let our linds ponder the strategic pos sibilities ot Spain: it could command the Atlantic ap proaches and outlets of the Mediterranean Sea, and it could offer ports on the Atlan tic. It is childish to suppose that America and Britain will al ways see alike or think alike, or act together. We must be realistic; and the realities re mind us that neither America nor Britain was permitted to use Irish ports in the Second >rld War. If Ireland, with all intimate relation to us, de- flcided to maintain neutrality why might not Britain do the $ame some day? Britain looks out for Britain and always knows on which side her bread is buttered. I am not saying that unkindly; I am just speak ing the truth. I greatly admire the British, bui I am being realistic. By the way, I hope we let up-on that rd “realistic.” We play on and have fashions or in words. Everybody who disagrees with you de clares that he is “realistic.” The sober truth is that the world has nearly gone to smash un der the weight of realism and “realistic” people. What the world needs is not the “real ism” of bombastic people but the spiritual quality which sees beneath the crumbling founda tions of bungling men. An other word becoming popular is “pattern”; everybody is thinking about or developing a “pattern.” Well, the “pattern” of neu trality adopted by the “realis tic” Irish may well become the “pattern” of the “realistic” British in the next war. America would be foolish to count on the French, or the Belgians, or Dutch: we must count on ourselves, unless the Government playboys and Par lor-pinks and Communists de stroy us from the inside.. If the form of government of Spain is a dictatorship; if the Dictator achieved position and power by force, what say you of Russia? And we are bound to admit that the Common peo ple of Spain are not as com pletely servile as are the com mon people of Russia. Beyond all the matter of form, there is the policy of Rus sia that gives us grave concern. Russian propaganda and Com munist influence are a daily menace to . America. Russia carries on every day an effort to subvert our government and to destroy the American way of life. We are spending at least ten billion dollars a year in military preparation because of the Russian threat to our peace and safety. Most of our public men in high position speak openly of Russia and our preparations to thwart the Rus sian menace. But our weak diplomatic stomach can’t digest the Spanish stuff!! Don’t you wonder where Washington de rives its inspiration? to maters of National scope. Congress will have to define the law in order to restrain the Courts; and the States must do something to limit the operat ions of Congress: All of us must put brakes on the president. You hear it said that the White people do not treat the Colored people fairly. Consider .his: Two schools in same district in Clarendon County in 1948; Negro salaries $26,017.95, Wfith- aolding Tax $864.70, White sal aries $25,349.00, Withholding tax $2,545.75. And the year 1949 Negro salaries $34,687.20, Withholding tax $741.15, White salaries $28, oO&.OO, Whithholding tax 2,606. 60. Over in Britain a great po litical campaign is in full swing. The labor Party there is now in power; it is Socialist; and under it the Government has taken over the Rail Roads, Coal mines and the Bank of England, the great Central institution. Under this Socialist govern ment the British seem to have taken most of the wealth from the well-to-do, and started all sorts of free service. Many billions of American dollars have been or given to the British; and it is said that the present Socialist government operates at a loss, but is sus tained by the American billions, that shouldn’t surprise anyone; even o^r rich country is opera ting with a deficit of nearly six billions, under the brilliant plan of taxing and spending so that we shall have such high prices that everyone will grow so rich that income taxes will sweT and pay off the deficit!! And whenever some bright brain in Washington has a spasm like this he calls it a colossal out put of the mind. And it is a roll over us and engulf us, great brain wave; one likely to drown us utterly. So, the British use American billions to bolster their bud gets. Sounds as though my South Carolina brethren have copied the “pattern” of the British; or did we suggest it to the British? For here in South Carolina our “realistic” legis lators talk of adopting a bud get that will be so beyond ex pected revenue that we must use some millions of a surplus to balance it. But what shall we do when w» have no fab ulous surplus? When South Carolina has no surplus to use for bolstering heavy budgets, we shall still have the same budgets. Rather, the budgets will be heavier, for public services row or swell. Then - What? Nothing short of a calamity will reduce a budget. If we haven’t the courage to cut our spending now aren’t we just weakly passing the buck? We don’t need new taxes or more taxes: we need courage and self-control. I attended a States Rights conference this week. We can not afford to operate all govern ment from Washington: this country is to vast, its interests too many and too varied. It appears that we must curb the National power of taxing, in order to restrict the juris diction of National Government LIVESTOCK MEN TOUR FLORIDA Five Newberry County Live stock Producers attended a week’s tour in central Florida. One hundred thirty out-of-state cattlemen made this tour along with a large number of Florida cattlemen. Those attended from Newberry county were H. O. Long, J. V. Havird, J. F. Hav- ird, W. R. Suber and R. C. Neel. Mr. R. C. Neel, president fo the Newberry County Farm Bureau, reports that this was a very worthwhile trip and is very enthusiastic over the re sults shown by the Florida Cat tlemen Association, who spon sored this tour along with the Seaboard Airline Railway. W. R. Suber and H. O. Long each purchased an exception ally well bred registered Brah man bull to be used as herd sires. Mr. Neel says that the things they found of most interest were that the Brahman cross bred cattle have a high net percentage of beef, ranging 60% or better. They were very much pleased with labor saving devices such as portable load ing ramps, portable spraying machines and pasture clearing devices. This tour also covered pro cessing plants of citrus by-prod ucts for cattle feeding. This group was also impressed with the amount or irrigation used on the Florida Cattle ranches. The Durrance ranch at Bright on, Florida, has 4,000 acres of improved pasture land now under irrigation. THE COMMUNITY CHEST REPORTS Following is a complete re port of the first year’s opera tions of the Newberry Com munity Chest, which was or ganized in October, 1948. The directors feel the Chest has fulfilled its primary function of eliminating a number of sep arate drives for funds through consolidating donations of the public into one Community fund. A secondary purpose of providing emergency relief for cases not able to secure finan cial help from other sources, except by door-to-door solicit ing, was fulfilled to the extent considered necessary after care ful investigation of each case. All participating agencies were paid the full amounts of their approved requests and a good cash balance was carried forward to the current year’s budget. This allowed the Board to eliminate any request for a Contingent Fund in the 1950 Budget and effect a consider able reduction in the total this year from donors. Receipt* Donations deposited through December 31, 1949-j$ll,682,82 Refund from 1948 Expense Account, etc. 128,43 Total deposits in 1949 Budget $11,811.25 Note; Total pledges to 1949 Budget were $12,998.32, of which $1315,50 had not T>een paid through December 31, 1949. Thus collections were 10% short of pledges, as of that date. Disbursements Paid, to Participating Agen cies, $8,090.14; Campaign ex pense—1949 and 1950, $1,804.61; Balance transferred to 1950 Budget, $1,916.50; Total $11,- 811.25. Agency Distributions United Appeal for European Children, $1248.50; American Heart Association, $250.00; 1948 Christmas Baskets, $247.06; 1949 Christmas Baskets, $234.58; Youth Center Service Club (“Canteen”) $975.00; Boy Scouts $2250.00; Girl Scouts $600.00; Infantile Paralysis Fund $1200; Salvation Army $1000.00; Con tingent Fund for Relief only $85.00; Total $8090,14. It should be noted that no appeal for European children has been made to the 1950 bud get, also that the item for Boy Scouts covered requirements for half of 1948 and all of 1849. The amount for the Salvation Army has been considerably reduced in 1950. As to the campaign expenses the Board feels confident these will be relatively lower in fu ture budgets since some perm anent equipment has now been acquired, which will serve its purposes for many years. The Board wishes to acknow ledge the splendid cooperation afforded the Chest during its initial year and to request the same kind of support through the coming years. THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1950 f] £ V w: i.*' V <£2 / >- 1 1&, fa f 4 V A’ V m V Let's give a hand to / /I Volunteer Red Cross T HE year ’round they’re the storekeeper... the house wife . . . the banker . . . the foreman in the plant. ✓ This month they’re Red Cross workers—volun teers calling from door to door, making it easier for you to give . . . easier for you to help others through your Red Cross. They deserve a big vote of thanks for giving up their time as well as their money . . . for laying aside their personal affairs in order to put your Red Cross and its missions of mercy first. ^ We know you’ll think of this when the Red Cross representative comes to your door. ’ •Published in appreciation of the men and women in our community now work ing to assure that when disaster strikes “Your Red Croee Will Be There.’* 1 t'.i i You, too, con help through Your RED CROSS These Advertisements Sponsored by the Following Firms in Behalf of the 1950 Red Cross Drive now Under Way. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association G. B. SUMMER & SONS South Carolina National Bank ODORLESS CLEANERS MRS. J. W. WHITE Millinery, Gifts, Baby Garments Size—Infants to 4 years T. ROY SUMMER CARPENTER’S PURCELLS LOMINICK’S DRUG STORjj REAGIN’S SHOE SHOP CHAPMAN-HAWKINS HDWE. SHEET’S GULF SERVICE WELLS THEATRE , ) Main Street Pure Oil Station B. C. MOORE & SONS, INC. 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