The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, May 12, 1950, Image 4
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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NEWBERRY, S. C.
0. 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.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
' BY SPECTATOR
The “under-dag” has become
a roarmg lion. During all the
ages since Adam’s tragic fall
' there have been some men who
“got ahead,” advanced more
rapidly than their brothers.
Sometimes the prosperity of the
fortunate was based in part on
scheming, ^chicamery or open,
arrogant rascality. But men of
all ages have had ambition to
climb the ladder; and. some
times the new climbers were
the worst of all. They forgot
all their scruples and complaints
when they rose to the level of
the top rank. But something
else was seen: in every gener
ation many men rose from pov
erty and obscurity to the high
est levels. Brains seemed to
be worth a fortune.
■Not aH men of brains became
rich however! At no time have
we been able to make all in
tellectual men rich or famous.
Just what it is that makes one
man prosperous in business and
another man a failure isn’t al
ways easy to point out. Some
business failures are diligent,
i hard-working men, careful,
thrifty, frugal and possessed of
all the virtues. Life’s reward
to them must be in spiritual
values; and who can say that
in the final account before the
Great Judge they may not
have the lasting crown, the im
perishable rewards?
Life among men is a slow
process of improvement; in
America, for example, -the stan
dard of living has moved up
ward steadily and today wa
live so well that the remark of
the Scotch lady to me is in
creasingly true: “Oh, you Am
ericans have so much”! So we
have, but how did we get it?
Our great factories: were
they given to us by the Govern
ment, or by any other nation?
Is our soil richer than that of
other lands? Are our people
stronger, more intelligent, more
diligent than the people of
other nations?
Perhaps a third of all our
people are sons and daughters
of those who came to this coun
try since the days of Grover
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Cleveland; and two-thirds of
those who are today Americans
are descendants of men and wo
men who came to this land of
opportunity since the Civil
War. All the rest of us are
from those who came over since
1607 at Jamestown, allowing
for about a million who camt
over on the Mayflower and
landed at Plymouth Rock in
1620, counting all those who
proudly claim that noble ances
try So 'We are all immigrants
if we go back a few genera
tions. except for the Indians.
So far as I recall our great in
dustries were not built or plan
ned by the Indians. Not even
the hustle and bustle of Rock
Hill. South Carolina, nor the
wealth in her -banks, can be
credited to the Oatawba In
dians who live on a reserva
tion nearby. So America is
the land of immigrants, even
more than the “Land of the
Pilgrims’ prids.”
Why did the immigrants do
so well here? Could they not
have done as well in England,
Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Ger
many, FVance, Poland, Italy,
Russia and the other countries?
Aren’t they the • same people
whether in Europe or America?
What about resources? Is
this a more fertile soil than
Mexico, Central America, Soifth
America or Cuba? Is our su
periority based entirely on cli
mate?
I think my ten years in South
America will permit me to
guess that if George Washing
ton, Thomas Jefferson Benja
min Franklin and aH those oth
er stalwart early Americans
had been transplanted to Cuba
or Mexico or Venezuela the
bounty of nature would have
been equal to that enjoyed
here.
Well, if America is not due
to superior soil, nor more fruit
ful land, why does it surpass
all other nations of all time?
It isn’t our pre-eminent genius,
because we are the same blood
and bone and brain as the oth
ers, be in their flesh and blood.
Certainly the conditions of liv
ing have been fruitful in a flo
wering genius. Men have had
a chance hare.
The greatest Corporation in
the world publishes with pride
that ail its top-executives rose
from the ranks: they are sal
aried men, employees, even
though of top rank. But look
around you: we have many
successful men, though few
have colossal fortunes. Thi r
man who owns his store or
farm is a man who has fought
his way up. And the others
many others, in positions of
trust, -are men of success.
I know some South Carolina
bankers, insurance men, law
yers, doctors, pharmacists—and
others—who have breasted the
waves and swum ashore. For
fear that not all my friends are
hardy seamen, I mean that they
have succeeded. I like to think
of the two lads, one from the
Friday, may 12, i960
farm in Iowa, the other from
the sandhills of Edgefield, who
went to the thriving centers and
by their resourceful minds and
unresting toil became notable
examples of American success,
a success not only in material
wealth but in citizenship.
But the America which pro
duced such men and offered
such opportunities is not good
enough for seme bright minds
of today; today those men
would change everything and
make the Government the
source of Capital. That, you
know, is Socialism. The word
“Socialism” need not scare us
so much as the fact of Social
ism, the actual Socialism in be
ing today are rapidly expand
ing.
Don’t be deceived by the
words of politicians; every
time the Government supplies
the -money we are having a bit
of Socialism. Well, what is
wrong with Socialism? Don’t
be for or against something
without knowing what it is*
If the Government puts up the
money, who will have the final
decision? The Government. Who
is the Government? An army
of bureaucrats in Washington,
with agents riding all around.
Have Government projects been
a success? No; I need hardly
argue that. Wlell, if the Gov
ernment is a political body,
operated by and for and with
politicians, do you expect it to
be operated like a real -busi
ness? No; the taxpayers will
cover up all the blunders by
paying more taxes.
If the Government takes
charge it will level us off, as
they say—put us all on thf
same footing, probably keeping
us all at the foot. Of course
the bureaucrats would be over
everything, and over us. For
years this Socialism has been
tried in parts of Europe—-but
America is sending biMioms ove$
there every year. They have
brains in Europe, why are they
so destitute? Think over that.
Some countries have today, or
did have, a despotic Govern
ment, what we used to call a
tyranny, government by tyrants.
What is their condition? Yet
hundreds of thousands of men
are stealthily trying to under
mine America so as to make
her like those despotic and des
titute lands across the water.
What are they driving at? They
are hoping to have the cower
; m their hands. They will feed
us, build hydro-electric plants,
spend billions on so-called nav
igation schemes; they will pay
pensions, give handouts, lend
money almost for nothing: they
will do almost anything — to
win us, so that we shall be
lulled into a sort of hapey
slumber. All to win us and
they will have the power. All
this they do with the taxpayers’
money. The use our money to
beguile us.
The hunger for power is ram
pant in Washington. The Pres
ident wants more power: even
is stretching the powers of his
office. The Federal Courts want
more power; and quietly arro
gate it themselves. The Con
gress wants more power and
has blindly followed the lead
ership of the Administration- in
to many fields properly within
their province. So today Exe
cutive usurpation is supported
by the Congress and buttressed
by the Federal Supreme Court.
That is our condition -today. Do
you accept it quietly and casu
ally?
“I won’t worry about this a
hundred years from now,” or
something like that was sung
on a radio s$me days ago. Well,
that is true; You and I won’t
worry about Socialism and
Communism a hundred years
from now. And if a plunder
ing invader or local revolu
tionists should dig up our bones
and scatter them all about we
shall not worry, for I’ve seen
the bones and skulls taken from
graves in Cuba and thrown on
the ash heaps. But the dead
bodies didn’t worry. So if you
and I are 'willing to sell, or give
away, our country, we won’t
worry, a hundred years from
now. But I think .with pride
and gratitude of those men of
a. hundred and sixty seven
years ago who received a trea
ty ftom King George the Third,
recognizing the independence
of thirteen States, the real le
al foundation, of the Sovereign
dignity of the t States. This
great country is largely the re
sult of the work of those hard
ly and resolute spirits: and
what a debt we owe to the
men and women who toiled
and sacrificed for what we en
joy today, those thousands of
brave spirits, unsung, bpt whose
lives were lived in those sacri
ficial days which we forget.
As Kipling sang; “Lord, God
of hosts, be with us yet, lest
we forget, lest w© forget.”
A hundred years from now
W won’t worry, but your great
grandchild may worry. We may
pass the buck, but some one
will have to catch him by thd
horns and hold him.
Ever think about wax?
About 4,200 B.C. the Egyp
tians were using the oldest
known kind of wax, to preserve
mummies. Consider, for ex
ample, wax for bananas, now
being tested by a large gro
cery chain. Sprayed on the
yellow fruit, this secret mixture
makes it ripen more slowly.
The grocery oomcem finds this
increases the store life of ban
anas to seven 4 or eight days
from the normal five or six.
A leading maker of wax
emulsions makes a special wax
which helps asbestos shingles
resist weather and repeal wa
ter. Tooth paste tube makers
are cutting their number of re
jects with the help of wax used
as a lubricant on the alumi
num slugs from which the
tubes are punched. One wax
mixture keeps synthetic rubber-
gaskets from 'sticking together.
Another works well as a gas
ket in soil pipe. And in the
past two or three years, some
350 to 400 furniture makers
have begun using a polish bas
ed on wax instead of oil. The
wax polish doesn’t pick up dust
in retailers’ show rooms and
won’t cloud the finish.
These commercial waxes are
largely produced 1 as by-prod
ucts. Paraffin: and 1 the hard
but flexible miorocrystalline
waxes, for example, are among
the crude oil derivatives. Then
there’s a sugar cone wax, one
produced from fir bark, and at
least ’two derived from animals
slaughtered for meat.
The food industry’s growing
appetite for wax is one of the
biggest things behind the doub
ling in wax consumption in the
past decade. Those paper milk
bottles that hav-e become so
commonplace take huge quan
tities of paraffin.
Equally important for wax
producers is the rising number
of waxed paper packages your
edibles come in these days.
Frozen foods, baking mixes,
boxed fresh produce such as
tomatoes and limes are all tak
ing a growing amount of wax.
A polsh-maker makes one
for potatoes. In addition to
making the potato handsomer,
the coating makes spuds keep
longer. “It puts 30 to 45 days
on the life of a sweet potato,”
says George Peterson. “Un-
Waxed, they often spoil in three
on* four weeks.” '
BYRNES, NOT PLAYING
'CIRCUS' TOUR, MAY
KILL OLD SYSTEM
Columbia, May 2—Decision
by James F. Byrnes not to
participate in ’ the county-to
co unty speaking itinerary was
seen by political observers to
day as sounding the death kneel
for that amtiquate system of
political campaigning in South
Carolina.
It was repotted here that
Justice Byrnes, a candidate for
governor, will attend few, if
any of the 46 scheduled speak
ing dates.
■Whether a candidate follows
the tour is optional this year,
and Byrnes plans to us^ the
radio and other means to reach
the people with his message
rather than waste time at
county seat .meetings usually
attended by only a handful
of people.
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This Freezer retafled last year at more
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We have. 11 White Mountain 4-quart
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