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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 m.;; Sfe v •A Our Methodist brethren would not move Wofford College from Spartanburg, would they? We who are not Methodists think of Wofford as a South Carolina shrine, forever consecrated by the fine men who were trained there; and the great souls of that faculty contributed immeasurably to the enrichment of our life. If only Dr. James H. Carlisle were remembered it would be enough, but there was the eloquent Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, the sound Foctor DuPre, the unforgetable Dr. Clinckscales — and many others. I would not forget the scholarly historian, Dr. D. D. Wallace. Now would our brethren move Columbia college to Spartanburg? Well, it wouldn’t be Columbia College. Hasn't Columbia Col lege claims on us? Certainly it has. What is the argument for consolidating Wofford and Co lumbia? Expense? Efficiency? South Carolina Methodists are not poor, so it is not a mat ter of means. But is it the mod em idea of efficiency? Are wo men so like men that they should all be taught together? I chal lenge it. A woman may be super bly trained in Philosophy and some branch of Science, yet be badly untrained if not full of the special graces and arts of wo manhood. After all, the prin cipal misson of a woman is to be fully adequate, complete and gracious woman. Many women are in business and no one can deny that they are capable. But the majority of women are not in business. A great - University is one thing; a small colege is some thing else. America owes much to the small colleges. I know many men in Columbia and throughout South Carolina be cause we were at Carolina when It was an institution of few stu dents; we knew the professors well, also; so well, in fact, that many of them were called by nicknames, such as "Spooks” and "Parson”—and the like. At Wash- inton and Lee the boys spoke of the professors as "S i s s y,” "Babe,” "Daddy” etc. ‘Sissy’ was a man of eminence in Physics, whereas "Babe” became national ly known as the technical adviser in the preparation of the Feder al Reserve Act. At New York University, with its forty thousand students, I knew nobody there but the jani tor; though I roomed in Gould iTftll on the campus; nor do I re- member any professor except Dan Wellington Tayloi 1 , whom I warmly cherish; he stood out in his broad grasp and open-minded ness, as well as his splendid man liness. What value is a College? A man wishing to be a chemist will be trained in the basic facts of chemistry; but the man who is trying to acquire a bit of cul ture, with a bit of all-round adap- tabilty, will forget most of the facts; however, if he,sits before a grand old teacher like James H. Carlisle or Gordon B. Moore he will want to be something, somebody, in a proper sense; he will want-to carry his part of the burden of the day. The great teacher is one who can set you on fire, arouse you to a resolve to do something, be somebody! After all, everyone has more ability than he uses, perhaps more than he is con scious of: the stuff is in us, if we will use it! Well, now, friends, perhaps you must pardon all this preach ment of mine. When a man starts to ride a hobby his friends must either indulge his whims or beat a hasty retreat. If you haven't run out on me we might talk of something else. Sunday 3:30 P. M. 1240 kc Have we a shortage of elec tric power in South Carolina? That is a simple question. If I asked if we had a shortage of money a conclusive answer could be given, not only by considering the money in the banks, but the money not in the banks, and all the credit we might enjoy by bor rowing from the Federal Reserve Banks. But when you ask about power you find statements by Government officials, leaders of the R.E.A.—and others, telling us of a power shortage. I have inquired within the State and have been told by the power officials that there is no shortage of power in South Caro lina and that there has never been a shortage here. In truth, as I understand it, we are for tunate in having such hydro electric and steam facilities that we are sure of plentiful power. Nevertheless, the Government people continue to talk about a shortage. Mr. fU V. Sutton of the Caro lina Power & Light Co. says that this is ballyhoo by Govern ment bureaucrats who want the Government to control all the power, or words meaning more or less that. Mr. L. W. Bishop, Director of our South Carolina Research and Planning Board, tells me that he has never found any power shortage in South Carolina. He knows: he is the man who is trying to bring industries to our State and has already done excel lently. Mr. Bishop tells the world that South Carolina has raw products, abundant native labor, nearness to markets, abun dant water and all the power they need or could possibly use. is Mr. Bishop right, in saying that? That is my information. However, although the officials of our power Companies tell us that we have all the power x we can use, or will need, I asked the Utilities Divsion of our Pub- lice Service Commission about the sufficiency of our available power and received the same assurance from the State author ities there. By- the way, the power people sell power and would quite nat urally be glad to sell twice as much power, if they had demand for it. There is something queer about the constant yawping of the bureaucrats for more power. Really it is "power" they want, not just electricical energy used for industry, farms and homes, they want personal power, bur eaucratic power, Socialistic pow er: and they hope to acquire the sort of control or domination we call political power by first get ting within their clutches the electric power of the nation. Either the bureaucrats are "hip ped” on the subject of power, or nave power on the brain, though I don’t credit them with brain power. Tell the world to come to South Carolina. We have the workers, sound, clean. American stock, loyal and intelligent; we have the climate we have raw products; we have a growing at titude of friendliness for Industry because it means jobs and higher standards for many thousands of our fellow citizens; we have near ness to great, markets—an over night haul; we have strong banks; we have good roads; we have active churches of zealous leadership; we have abundant power; we have good schools; we have clean newspapers and radios which are free from small prejudice; we 4iave in every com munity wide-awake citizens who will cooperate in every way to establish industries in their re gion. I know nothng abount the ade quacy of electric power in Ken tucky or Maine or Ohio or Ore gon, but in South Carolina there is no shortage of power and there has never been a shortage. Those who use power or want power in this State have never failed to get it; why do a few bureaucrats howl so much about it? What is wrong with our young men? So far as National Military Training is concerned I think the vawnted military training is no cure for anything. On the face of it our physical requirements are either absurd or are ridicul ously interpreted. We are a na tion of football and baseball people. And men who can go coon hunting are physically able to serve as soldiers; and it must be so in hundreds of thousands of cases of men who are reject ed. If the American Revolution had been dependent on perfect specimens of manhood we would today be bowing to King George. Probably twenty five percent of our military work, or related work, could be efficiently per formed by men beyond fifty years of age; the army is full of desk jobs held by able-bodied, vigorous young men who are the cream of the service and of the nation, physically. Men who can manage enterprises at fifty and sixty are more capable than a lot of boys; they would provide better administration in the armed per- vices. How does anyone Imagine that Universal Military Training will improve the physical stamina of the young men? If “boot-train ing” will rebuild our manhood, why not football? As for the purely military training: men learn to fight in the areas of war and usually have to be re trained when they arrive in the theatres of combat. The ordi nary parade drill is of small im portance today. We Americans run off at a tangent most of the time. What sort oF training is this to be and what purpose is to be achieved? The real lack among us is usual ly the disastrous lack of com petent officers. All those mis takes are paid for on the field of battle. FARMS AND FOLKS Recently I visited three .leaders of South Carolina business and came away with a lot of infor mation. I droped in at the San- tee-Cooper headquarters in Moncks Corner for a chat with four gen tlemen—the General Manager, Mr. Jefferies; the Treasurer, Mr. John Zeigler; the Assistant Trea surer, Mr. Dick Lane; the Land Agent, Mr. Sanders. Mr. Jeffer ies and I covered a multitude of subjects, .both of us being ex school teachers. I couldn’t ac cept the invitation to go over the plant, but I’m expecting to ask Mr. Hames H. Hammond and Mr. Jefferies to take me down the Santee Canal to the Cooper River. I am a little dubious as to what Mr. Hammond would do to me at the river, but I count on Mr. Jefferies to restrain him. I spent a while with Mr. B. M. Edwards and Mr. Campbell. What do you think Mr. Edwards talked about? He was full of enthusi asm about the long history of his bank and Justly proud that it had played a useful part in every war and every economic crisis. I went by and asked Mr. S. C. Mc- Metekin about the reports of nower shortage. Mr. McMeekin ’old me that there was plenty of power and that South Caro- Mna could handle all the business »t has, or may get. He was concerned, however, about the re ports, fearing that they might op erate a g a in s t our Planning Board’s fine work for the State. GARRETT MEMBER OF TOLEDO CREW Garrett D. Arthur, engineman. first class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Arthur of 408 Green Street, was valuable aid in the crushing blow dealt North Korean Communists when United Nations amphibious forces storm ed ashore at Inchon. During the invasion, he was a crew member aboard the heavy cruiser USS Toledo. His ship was one of those charged with "softening up” of shore defenses with a heavy Naval bombardment which lasted two days. MIMS MEMBER OF ROCHESTER FLAGSHIP Carl W. Mims, metalsmith, first class, USN, husband of Mrs. Mary Ellen Mims of 2809 Fair Avenue, is serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS Rochester, flagship of the U. S. Seventh Fleet, now operating in Korean waters. The Rochester, which has been on combat duty in the Far East since the beginning of hostilites in that area, recently participated in the amphibious assault of In chon, Korea. The ship was one of a grqpp which sat up a two day bombardment of the Red stronghold, blasting shore instal lations in preparation for the Marine units which later succes sfully stormed ashore and secur ed the city for the United Na tions, I knew this fellow before he went to Clemson. He had been a good 4-H Club boy, and he studied agriculture in high school. War was ready for him when he finished. And he spent four grueling years in that tragedy which he abhorred. A madman had been loose in Europe, treach ery struck us in the Pacific, and there was no other way. Delayed ambition had its chance when he returned. He married and settled down to farm, as he had prepared to do. I saw his pastures, good cattle, and crops the past summer. His wife and two children waved to us from thier seats on the lawn as we passed the house. He was really getting along, and could see victory a few years further on in his growing flocks and budding acres. But he told me rather sadly, “You know it looks like l will have to go again. I am in the reserve and there is no one to carry things on here. Even if my wife could, and she wants to, I couldn’t leave her out here with the responsibility and kids alone.” As I left there in reflective mood, I heard the great jet fight ers roaring above, out of sight. In them, too, were our bright, intelligent, dynamic young men preparing for impending battles tar away. Yes, far away, we hope, if at all. What a pity there has to be such mischief! abroad in the world hat a peae^l nation can’t live but by thet giro! And great er pity yet that young men have to leave the best earth that af fords for the sordid ways of war! But let me hush and lay hold on something in my alley. WISDOM IN A FEW WORDS As we prepare for 1961, it looks like the sky is the limit on the needed production of most staples, especially cotton. In discussing it, our farm manage ment specialist, P. C. Williamon sad: “Remember, fertilizer is usually our cheapest labor.” And Craven points out the need for a balance between fer tilizer used, poison applied, and the resulting "yield expected. And there is a lot to think about in connection with both of these statements. ARE YOU "ANNUAL-MINDED?" One of the state’s leading farm ers, Hugh McGee of Anderson, said, “We are annual-minded farmers in Bouj;h Caroina. We must become perennial-minded.” In this day of growing diversi fication, he sure said a lot there. The old way of crop farming, we farmed by the year, not build ing for next year and the year after. But with trees, and grass, and livestock, and soil building, and crops, we are building a great and growing inventory of farm resources, both actual and potential. And the measure of a year’s results does not now stop with the fall harvest. In fact some of the greatest assets from the year are tied up in what they will mean in the years to come. Far as the sod thickens, the herds grow in quality, the planting seed get better, and the run-off water clears up, we are becoming perennial farmers that Hugh was talkng about. Our farm then becomes the fortress in which we store our future potential. Yes, the conception of "per ennial-minded farmers” is what is making South Carolina agri culture over on the new pattern. GRAIN STORAGE Deep in the Pee Dee, at Flor ence, they have built a unique and needed farm facility. It is a 100,000-bushel fireproof grain storage unit, oval in shape. 80 yards long and 40 feet wide. It is called the Southeastern Farm ers’ Cooperative Association, and is owned by a large group of local folks. They are equipped to clean all sorts of seed and to safely store them. They will also grind and mix a farmer’s own feed for him. And other needed services are possible un der their set-up. Anderson has built a grain el evator with even more capacity than the Florence unit. And Eas ley has one of about like size. Our grain acreage has doubled in recent years. And yields are up a lot too. Th/ese storage facilities are needed to carry that grain through and sustain a grow ing livestock industry properly. PASTURE INTEREST Two farmers were in talking with County Agent McLendon in Florence about pastures when I was there. On one day this fall 26 came in to do likewise, and every day saw others. And this indicates the Intel est that’s grown in grass of late. BOYS ARE THAT WAY In the stone hills of the Dutch Fork we loved to roam the woods as kids. All seasons were good there. But I believe fall was best. Yes, in the fall our unspoiled and rugged back-woods carried what appealed to lean and lithe country boys most. Spring had its flowers. - And we brought them home in great armfuls. Summer had its lures there too in the tumbling waters in which we played and fished. And the short days and long nights were good there too, as we hunted and heard the bare trees play harp to winter winds. But as good as those were, fall was still better. For the fall was when wild tree, shrub, and vine were freighted with their greatest bounty. And over wide and rug ged areas there we had the fruit ful ones charted in the mnd. And ere the snows of winter came, we had made beaten paths to them all and completed our wild harvest. Tops in all of this was the (continued on page five) roll. j. »«v« You * " aL 3 mcfOS* t*‘ u,ncy 4 . MAPI ONLY WITH THE POILOWINO CAPTIONS— • Via Afar Mall • First Class Mall • Special Hand!lap • Special Delivery • Air Parcel Pert STANOAR? . . .... >**>■•**' - ^ mm W * UEB p Retera Receipt Repwerted a Printed Matter a Fre« lie a Head Stamp Only a Registered Mall a De Net Bead niciiM t mw- MULTUM DATER. Solidly built dio-pUte dater. One operation and your papers are marked with all essential information. *&7S * TIMESAVER BAND STAMP. Here is the greatest automatic stamp designed in years. 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