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f»E NEWBERRY SUN PftiDAY, SEPTEMBER 52, ld5d 1218 Collegre Street 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. OUR ECONOMIC POWER CHECKS REDS Possibly one good reason for hesitancy on Russia’s part to attack this country directly is the unequestionable certainly that the Kremlin knows the ex tent of American industrial capa city far better than the aver age American .Following are re ports of leaders in key industr ies: Steel: “Today we have more capacity than all the rest of the world put together. Since the last war started, we have built as much new steel capacity as ex isted in Germany when that war began. This excess capacity is sufficient to meet the present demand.” Clarence B. Randall, president of Inland Steel Co. Rubber: “Today we have not one but two raw materials—nat ural and synthetic rubber. Be fore World War II we could turn 86,000 tons of rubber into finish ed products each month. Now we can process 110,000 tons a month . Before World War II our industry had about , 160,000 employes. Today, we have over 200,000.’' Harry E. Humphreys Jr., president of United States Rubber Co. Oil: “There is no need for rationing, even if military de mand expands substantially from present levels. Since the end of the 4ast war, the petroleum in dustry has increased its capacity by more than 26 percent.” Dr. Robert E. Wilson, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. (Indiana). Electric Power: “Right now the electric industry has one- third more generating capacity than at the end of the last war, and by the end of 1953 will have three-quarters more. “Liouis V. Sutton, president of the Carolina Power & Light Co. Textiles: “With cotton and synthetic-fiber textile production far ahead of last year, there will be plenty of clothing available in the coming months. Total out put of ^broad woven goods made o£ cotton ft expected to exceed ■ last year’s production by 1,600,- 000,000 square yards.” Donald Comer, chairman of the board of Avondale Mills. Machine Tools: “The industry has far larger capacity than at the start of thesecond war and could be expanded to meet twice the present demand.*' Charles J. Stilwell, president of Warner & Swasey Co. Food: “There is absolutely no reason for panic buying of foods. We have a more abundant supply on hand than ever before.” Mor ris Sayre, president of the Corn Products Refining Co. In response to queries of of ficials charged with the task of insuring the nation’s security, American industry has virtually said to the government, “Tell us what you want—we can fill the order. TO WEAR OR NOT TO WEAR The Anderson Independent ask ed 20 of its readers if pictures of Bathing Beauties should be kept out of the papers. Below are the answers, pretty typical we think: “I don’t think it could have any influence on anyone. After alll; you go to the beach and in swimming pools and see literally hundreds of them.” “Oh no, I think it is O. K., for the pictures to be in the papers. That is those who want theirs to ppear. I wouldn’t want my fe's picture in a bathing suit . the paper.” “Why should they? Everyone mjoys looking at a picture of a . Btty girl.’’ “It doesn’t make a particle of ifference to me for such pic- ures don’t have any, effect on le one way or the other.” “Yes, I think it is O. K. Let iem come—the more the bet- ter.” “No! I should say not. There is nothng prettier than a beauti ful woman, especially In a bath ing suit.’’ “Sure.” *T hope I never see the day when they ban bathing, beauties from the paper. Those shots from Elberton have really brigh tened up the paper lately.” “H No.” “If I had a daughter I most certainly would not want to see her picture in the papers with only a bathing suit on.” \ “Mmmm, I love those bathing ^beauties. Don’t ever take them from the papers. I say put some more in with those Bikini jobs on. Oh, brother.” “Ye*, they certainly should for the Bible teachers us that should adorn themselves ly and bathing suits are not modest apparel.’’ CHECK THE LIBERALS While the American people have a hearty dislike for social ism, they may one day wake up under its yoke. John T. Flynn, in his book entitled “The Road Ahead,” de- J scribes bow free societies change to some form of socialism. He points out that a primary step in that change is government operation of key industries such as electric power. And the high ly respected Brookings Institu tion, in a factual study of the rise of Hitler and Nazism, dis covered the same pattern—first, seizure and control of key indus tries. These findings should be of deep significance to the peo ple of the United States because there is a definite program with in our country, sponsored by a small clique of public officials, for government operation of key industries—beginning with the electric industry. This program coupled with parently not even aware of where they are taking the country. They are men of good will. They rank themselves as liberals. They are free with the tax money of the people and easily accept the idea of govern ment guidance, support, and co ercion of the private citizen, sup posedly for his own good. They abhor the brutalities of political oppression but they are sowing its seeds. The menace in this situation is well illustrated in the South west. There the public owner ship drive added momentum re cently when the Southwestern Power Administration devised a scheme by which it can circum vent congressional restrictions on Federal construction of steam generating plants and transmis* sion lines that duplicate existing investor-owned facilities^ Several states are threatened with this Federal power monopoly and yet the people in the area are not aware of the danger. When questioned about it the farmers in the Southwest expressed strong opposition to government in the electric business but only 8 percent of them had ever heard of the Southwestern Power Ad ministration! It seems almost incredible that an alien political philosophy, such as socialism, could creep up on a people who despise it but that is just what is happen* ing at an accelerating pace. It is time the self-styled “liberals’’ leading the parade be asked for an accounting. “Love those women. The more the better. Keep ’em coming.” “Certainly bathing beauty pic tures and pictures of semi-nude men should be kept out of the papers. Also nudity which pa rades under the guise of art. No respectable man or woman with a proper Christian back ground would think of looking at such pictures. I also think separate beaches and swimming pools should be established for men and women. When I was a child it wasn’t proper to put a book by a male author along side a book by a female author, but I rather think this is a trifle old fashioned for this day and time.” “No, the too few who are against pictures of bathing beaut ies in the paper should have liv ed back in the era when people were burned at the stake for being witches.’’ What's Going On? DREW PEARSON KNOWS • • • AND HE TELLS ALL in his ... "WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND" ★ Every Week ★ Checker Cab~~ TAXI 24 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Is South Carolina “progress ing”? That word “progressing" commonly indicates marching to improvement, though one can progress toward a condition not altogether better; but we have another word “retrogressing” that is used at times to indicate a march in the wrong direction. I catch myself using the words, marching and march: they are commonly used in Spanish. Como marchan sus asuntos? Means: How do our affairs march? Or, as we say: “How is everything going?” I recall a notable ad dress by President Leguia of Peru in which he referred to his Administration in this fashion: “Leguismo es el pueblo en marcha”—the country going for ward. We say “my watch isn’t run- ing well,” but some young ladies at Winthrop used to smile when a student from Cuba remarked “my watch isn’t walking." In recent months I’ve been using a watch which certainly didn’t -un; in fact it was so sluggish hat it didn’t even walk: it drag ged along, very sluggishly. South Carolina is prospering. A recent advertisement of South Carolina in The Wall Street Journal brings out a fact that we citizens of the State might rejoice in: “that this State has attracted 800 industrial plants, costing nearly three hundred mil lion dollars, since 1945; and, in addition, 1040 existing plants have spent two hundred and four million dollars in expanding their facilities.” Let’s see what that means: At east four hundred and fifty million dollars of new capital poured into our State in four years and a half, using the lowest figure. That is progress toward a higher economic level, beyond a doubt. Just guessing wildly that means at least twenty five thousand new jobs, a hun dred thousand people enjoying a more abundant life, stores, in surance men—everybody receiv ing a share, even Uncle Sam with his income taxes, as well as the taxes on everything that is bought, from cigarettes to baby oil, from cosmetics to 10- cent jewelry. It is probably an underesti mate to suggest that fifty million dollars in new money circulates in our State every year. Certain ly we welcome the 800 new in dustrial enterprises, but the ex pansions of the 1040 plants prove that this is a good field; South Carolina has been “tried in the balances” and found worthy. Let us make South Caroling a hospitable State for industry. All our people share in some mea sure from a general high level of well-being. Our public schools especially contribute to thou sands of children much more than their parents pay in taxes; the largest taxpayers are the Cot ton Mills, the Power Companies, and the Rail Roads. Most men may express sur prise on hearing that women own 65% of the Nation’s wealth today. Twenty years ago the women owned twenty billion dollars in liquid assests, but to day they control a hundred and thirty billion. I observe the words owned and control. I suppose the editor I am relying on, is using the words accurately —owned twenty millions 20 years ago, but control 130,000,000,000 today. A general impression is that they control all the wealth, with indifference to the unim portant fact that the title is sometimes in the name of the husband. The magazine editor writes casually in big figures, as though he were a member of the White House group of bright lads and visionaries. Says the editor: This, ($130,000,000,000) includes only (please note the word only) only cash savings deposits, check ing accounts, and Government bonds, but does not include the huge total represented by wo men’s ownership of stocks and bonds, trust funds, cash value of insurance policies; nor does it include the tremendous value in ownership of homes, automo biles, jewelry, householding fur nishings etc.” I can’t imagine what the et cetera represents, can you? It can’t mean clothing, for the ladies never have anything to wear, in spite of most diligent and untiring “shopping.” And we men have cherished the idea that we were the mast ers of America! The magazine man really had already said enough, but I find that he rubs it in. Hear him rave on: “The total number of stockholders in the Nation’s cor porations is estimated at 24 mil lion; about half of these are wo men’, whose total ownership of securities is approximately $44,- 000,000,000. (Looking at some of our big Corporations we find that women out-number men two-to-one as stockholders of The American Telephone and Telegraph Co., American’s largest corporation; and women are in the majority in General Motors, Standard Oil of New Jersey, United States Steel. And it is the same story in many other mammoth cor porations. Boiling it down to several Corporations, there are nearly 400.000 women stockhold* ers in A.T. & T.; 200,000 in General Motors; and 115,000 in United States Steel. And in many other companies house wives and teachers and office workers are buying a few shares every year. Well, there, is a point which the editor suggests: those who attack our successful corpora tions may some day find the vote of the women against themy I’m sorry he thought of that. If the women control so much wealth, let us men have our politics. But here is the pre- diceion that the women may ac quire a controlling interest in political affairs in order to pro tect their investments. This is- a sad, a depressing thought, but it offers a ray of hope; the women could do no worse than the men have done. Let’s be fair about it. And as for the notable flexibility which enables the ladies to shift from one posi tion to another on short notice, they could never surpass the President in that remarkable re adjustment which enables him to be against and for and against again within seven months, even in the solid realm of diplomacy and statesmanship, as so strik ingly seen in the Korean and Formosan shifts of mind and policy. But even so he will have to speed up to keep time with the ladies, though his rapid shift on the marines shows speed. Do you think you pay no taxes because you have no land? Al though the taxes may be some what higher or lower today I have before me a booklet on taxes. Under the heading “The Tax Bite—What it Adds to Everyday Costs,” I find such items as these: Bread—taxes 5 cents on a loaf. That doesn’t mean that the bakery here adds 5 cents, as is done by the Jeweler, though he takes a big chunk, not five cents. But it means that all the hidden taxes in that loaf of bread amount to five cents a loaf. Twenty cents on a pound of beef; 18 cents on a can of baby powder. The n$w $7000 house—old figures, surely- carries a tax burden of $3000. When you pay your light bill the tax is $1.75 on a $5.00 bill. Seven to nine dollars you pay on a ton of coal. $800 and up on your car. Gasoline 12 cents a gallon. Half the price of hos iery is tax; about half the price of shoes is tax. If we were taxed to support just the National Goverment in its really proper functions; and If the National Government even in its really proper functions re ceived a dollar’s value for a dollar spent, the over-all cost might be reduced thirty or forty percent. The Federal Power Commis sion tells us that electric bills for residential service have been coming down, Wey that is wonderful, isn’t it? Something coming down! Seems hardly pos sible when the papers tell us about things going up. We ought to take another look at our power men if they can buck the tide of steady advances. Still, here is what the Federal Power Commission says: “Reporting on a study of typical light bills in 3,840 communities, served by 1210 utilities, it finds that the average 260 kilowatt-hour resi dence light bill was $6.98 on January 1950; $7.01 in January 1949; $7.37 in January 1940. Well, it is notable, how cheap electricity is. Just think of what we pay: and it takes the place of stove wood, or coal, ice, lamps and oil, (and the cleaning and trimming thereof). We touch a button and we have power and light. No walking around with matches, as in the grand old days of simple life! I overlooked the radio and the nif ty little bathroom heater. One of the most serviceable ar rangements I have is lights in the yard. I can light the garage and yard from a button in the house. If the dog barks we turn on the yard lights and investi gate. Now Just try running out there with an oil lamp in a high wind!! Town people are buying little retreats in the country. They have their reasons but one rea son is the idea of getting out of a crowded area because of pos sible bombing. I haven’t heard much of this in Columbia and Charleston, but we folk of the “interior,” as my Charleston friends used to call us, will be able to provide space for all who come, including Pilgrims from New England. I quote a news story that tells of the scare in New York, Phila delphia and San Franciso. Ap parently the people of Detroit are not alarmed; they could take a car anywhere and calmly roll out to the prairies, with enough trucks to transport all their household goods, without crowd ing. Here’s the story: “Brother this has everything, So gloats a direct mail ad plug ging a $28,000 home in secluded Montague, Mich, and topping the list of ‘everything’ is the legend —‘atomic bomb retreat.’ This ad highlights a growing real estate trend since Korea—the hankering of city folks for a country home. Bomb worry, of course, doesn’t give the trend its sole impetus. Real estate men say the desire for a ‘patch of land’ as a hedge against war-born inflation is a big factor. The pickup in de mand for out-of-the-city property since the shooting started is not panicky. But a Wall Street Journal survey of ten key cities finds it pretty clearcut. Interest in country quarters has spurted so in the Philadelphia area in re cent weeks that brokers who prior to Korea had plenty of listings are now beating the brush looking for places to sell. Real estate men in San Francisco area report more demand for a place outside the city limits. One reports that since the Far East ern fighting began he’s been get ting unsolicited calls every day from people who ‘think the bay area may get bombed’ and who want to move to the country. At Redwood City about 25 miles down the coast from San Francis co, a real estate dealer attributes about 25% of the recent sharp increase in the number of pros pective buyers of his properties to people who fear bombings. WOULD EASE BLOOD PREASURE ALARM NEW YORK, Sept. 6—A study designed to banish the bogey of high blood preasure has been published in the current issue of The Journal of The American Medical Association. It calls for a redefinition of the word “nor mal” to conform more closely to the observed facts. Much harm has been done and many persons have been brought to the verge of panic by common misconceptions as to the true na ture of the blood’s pressure, it was reported. Figures accepted as reliable have been usually in accurate and the interpretation of them generally has been arbi trary. The paper was prepared by Dr. Arthur M. Master, of Mount Sinai Hospital here; Dr. Louis L, Dublin, chief statisticiau of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, and Herbert H. Marks of the same company. Their con clusions were based upon the study of 15,706 persons, evenly divided between men and women from 16 to 65 years old. “Since blood-pressure readings as high or higher than those widely accepted as the upper limits of normal are so frequent ly encountered, particularly in persons over 40 years of age, it seems evident that the range of norma] blood preasure should be reconsidered,” they wrote. If the normal range should be revised, as suggested, “then the vast field of Industrial medicine must take cognizance of such modifications.’’ Blood preasure is part of every physical examina* tion, “in fact, too often it is un duly emphasized,” and thus a new, broader range would be ap plied to persons seeking volun tary health and accident in surance, retirement pensions due to illness, and workmen’s com pensation. Furthermore, evalua tion of bldbd preasure can be of “great military importance” in recruiting for the armed services. The report was careful to note, however, that the heart condition must be checked apart from the pressure reading so that treat ment could, if necessary, be di rected to meet a weakened organ. “The various figures now in use —140, 160 or 160 mm. of mercury systolic and 90 to 100 mm. diastolic are arbitrary, parti cularly when age is concerned,” the report noted. “Blood prea- sures which are usually consider ed above normal are not uncom mon up to the age of 40 and after the age of 45 they are more frequent than some so-called nor mal readings. “At ages 55 or 60 and older, systolic pressure of 180 or even 190 mm. and diastolic preasure of 100 or even 110 mm should not ipso facto be considered abnor mal. In many persons at present termed hypertensive the figures represent not a specific disease but merely the aging process and therefore should not be a cause for alarm.’’ Average readings for men showed a fairly smooth progres sion up to the age of 50 and after that the increase accelerates^ Among women it was found to be less evenly distributed through the trend was identical. No clear relationship between height and blood pressure was discovered but weight was an important and consistent factor. “The physician can easily in still fear in the patient with his blood-pressure reading the study adds. “The number of patlentd who appear in the offices of in* ternists or cardiologists simply because they have been told that they have high blood pressure is so large that the use of the ex pression ‘blood-pressure phobia is genuinely warranted. This should change.” NOTICE OF SALE The Board of Trustees of Mid way School District No. 19 do hereby advertise for sale the school property (white) in said district, consisting of one lot(2.4 acres more or less) and one building. This property is locat ed on the Newberry-Columbia Highway about midway between Prosperity and Little Mountain, is a desirable site, has a good well and a two story building in good repair. All persons interested in the above described property will make sealed bids in seperate en velopes, addressed to the County Board of Education, Newberry, S.C. and plainly marked on the outside thus: “Bid on Midway School Property.” All bids must be filed with the County Board of Education on or before 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sept ember 26, 1950 at which time said bids will be publicly opened in the office of the County Sup erintendent of Education. The Trustees reserve the right to re ject any and all bids. 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