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■. ■ . - ,■* ^ w ■*"«?' • ■ p- :4,'V -r^ THE NEWBERRY SUN -^rfi FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, : un 1218 College 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. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR The attempt to assassinate President Truman was a resort to the methods frequently em ployed by our hysterical Latin friends. No one should say that all Latins—French, Italians, Span ish, Portuguese and their de- scendents on this side—are hys terical ; some can be as coldly unemotional and calculating as the coldest and most impassive Englishman. But emotions run high among the Latins. Some of my Peruvian friends could not understand how I could or would recognize Mr. Harding as my President when I claimed to be a Democrat. Many Latins never accept with good sportsmanship the result of the elections. We may condemn the Republicians unsparingly during a campaign but if they win the election we accept the result and put up all our wartike weapons until the next campaign. Of course our most dangerous weap ons are our tongues and pens: we wage a terriffc battle, orator- ically. It may be said that we can’t condemn the Republicans now because the Chief offenders against the peace and good will among us Southerns is a group of men calling themselves Dem ocrats, but doing violence to neariy every principal of our fathers. Very often weak-kneed men in Congress support the measures advocated by the so- called Democrats. Then, again, it is remembered by most South erners who are more than forty years old that all the Republi can Presidents from the end of the so-called Reconstruction to the end of Herbert Hoover’s term —all of them, together, did less harm to the South,, than has Harry Truman. This is recogniz ed by most of ds. But, however we may regard Mr. Truman and his officious ness, his meddling, his deliberate insults to the South, we recoil with horror from the idea of as sassination. We Americans fight our battles in the open, not by shooting a man in the back. So, we Southerners join all other Americans in denouncing the cowardly attempt to solve a fanci ed political problem by shooting the President of the United States. branch known as “The Office of Discount and Deposit." This Bank went out of business in 1811, and John C. Calhoun was a prime mover in reviving It in 1816. When Congress passed the necessary legislation to renew the charter, for twenty years,— from 1836, Daniel Webster, in the Senate, and Qeorge McDuffie, in the House, were strong sup porters of a renewal of the Chart er; the necessary two-thirds vote to override Jackson’s veto could not be had, and the bank closed. It is worthy of note that Cal houn was far from a narrow or sectional minded man; there was nothing provincial about him. He was at one time broadly na tional in sympathies and an ad vocate of many national projects. Calhoun, as is known, was a United States Represenative, Sen ator. Secretary of War, Secretary of State and Vice President of the United States. He failed to become President largely because Andrew Jackson had turned against him. No other Carolinian has served in so many National positions except James F. Byrnes. The history of a Nation or a State, as in this great Union of| States, is seldom known to the^ casual student. For example, al most everyone has read that the United States has had a certain number of Presidents, from George Washington to Harry Truman. But few have studied accounts of crises, financial crises, economic crises—and the like. We have also a history of agriculture, a history of indus try, as well as political history. Through the courtesy of Mr.[ B. M. Edwards and Mr. John Campbell, of The South Carolina National Bank, I have been read ing a lot of our American and South Carolina history as shown in a history of banking in this State. One incident stands out —that when Presidtnt Andrew Jackson began his fight on the Bank of the United States Charleston businessmen of great vision foresaw the need for a bank in South Carolina which could transact foreign as well as * domestic banking, and they incorporated in 1834 The Bank of Charleston, with a capital of two million dollars. When the soliciting Commit tees made their report it was fopnd that citizens of South Caro lina had subscribed more than $89,000,000! That must be almost a .record—$89,000,000 for a stock issue of $2,000,000. I had heard Mr. Edwards tell about that, but later I read the fine account written by Mr. W. A. Clark, who was President of the Carolina National Bank of Columbia. If we were assuming that a Bank has anctstors we might with certain merchants who did a banking business without a charter as a bank. Then we find The Bank of The United States with its South Carolina f £fY/ US Mary Martin Short-Cut Curlers |0H plus RAM Home Permanent REFILL special at $1.29 Can synthetic gas be produced underground? Well, here is something interesting: “Mines official announced a gas turbine has been successfully operated with gases produced by burning coal in its native bed underground. Dr. W. C. Schroeder, chief of the Mine Bureau’s Office of Syn thetic Liquid Fuels, said this was the first time the experiment was successful. It was achieved at the Gorgas coal-gasification experiment con ducted jointly by the bureau and the Alabama Power Co. at nearby Gorgas, Ala. The test, under which thou sands of tons of coal are burned 150 feet underground in its nat ural seam, has been in progress since March, 1949. A similar ex periment on a much smaller scale was attempted in 1948. Dr. Schroedtr said the gas tur bine operated on the exhaust gas es from the burning coal. The hot gases enter the tur bine at 1,200 degrees fahrenheit, expand and cause the turbine wheel to spin at 20,000 revolu tions a minute. Dr. Schroeder said the success ful use of the hot gases to op erate the turbine ‘Indicates a relatively early practical applica tion of the results of the experi ment.’ The purpose of the test is to find out if it is possible to trans fer energy from the burning coal for practical uses. This would enable scientists to mine coal by fire where the coal lies in rocky seams that can’t be reach ed economically under normal methods. Mining men estimate there are millions of tons of such coal in fields throughout the nation. A major part of the experiment is to determine if synthetic gas can be produced underground. Chemists then wpuld try to pro duce synthetic gasoline, plastics and other chemical compositions from the gas.” You know we use manganese, but we have to bring it from other countries, principally Rus sia. But we will find a supply without depending on Russia. Here is something that is encour aging : “U. S. metal scientists are winning a private war with Rus sia. The battle is over manganese— Ip '/a ■-% JA i I pif I* c . | tin uses *Here’s a new kind of curler I love... it was designed specially for abort curls like mine. It really catches the shortest ends—and holds ’em! And it’s so quick and easy to fasten. Try iti~ RAYVE Home Permanent JN ST. iK PHONE 610 i a grayish-white metal that’s al most indispensable in. making steel. A little of it—1 to 2 per cent—hedps harden ordinary car bon steel so it can be pressed into different shapes . like auto fenders or jeep bodies without fracturing. A lot of it—10 to 15 per cent—makes steel tough enough for use in rock crushing machines and tank turrets. Russia forced U. S. metallurg ists into the bpttle by suddenly stopping all shipments of manga nese ore. That was ih 1948. Only negligible amounts have come in from Russia since. Historically, one of the world’s chief sources of manganese, Russia had been supplying one-third of U. S. needs, with most of the remainder com ing from India and Africa. Since the Soviets stopped their shipments, the gap has been fill ed by larger imports from other nations, attracted by sky-rocket ing prices for manganese ii\ the U. S. These shipments might be cut off by another war, however, and the government is far from satisfied. Now experts at the Interior Department's Bureau of Mine® think they have found two new sources of manganese which may produce as much as the Russians used to send us. One would be the recovery of the metal from slag—the waAte resulting from steel making. The other involves new methods of concentrating U. S. ores which contain a low per centage of the metal. E s t i m a.t e s are manganese amounting to almost half of this country’s 1949 consumption could be recovered from discarded slag every year. Of the 13 pounds of manganese often used in making a ton of steel, as much as five pounds may wind up in the slag heap. Up to now, the nation’s domes tic manganese production has been small — generally meeting only about 10 per cent of steel in dustry needs. Last year the steel makers consumed about 1,300,000 tons of manganese; another 200,- tons went into government stock piles.” Are you interested in keeping bread fresh? Bakers are relying on atomic rays and sound waves to keep bread fresh. ’ Will high frequency sound wares or atomis rays prevent bread from growing stale? Do baked goods cause tooth decay? Is today's bakery bread as nu tritious as the loaves your grand mother used to make?, Staling is one of the most im portant problems on which re searchers are working. Returns of stale bread at some bakeries runs as high as 10 per cent. If the institue can discover ways to keep bread fresh longer, it will reduce this waste and help cut the cost of “the staff of life.” The institute already has tried many different approaches. High frequency sound waves don’t work because they fail to penetrate the bread crust. Dr. Bradley said. However, you can freshen bread by agitating it—that is, by press ing it up and down a number of times. Dozens of other approaches have been tried at the institute. Many chemicals have been used but none found that wiM prevent or retard staling, he said. Store bread at 160 degrees and it won’t stale but, unfortunately, it will spoil. Kept in an ordinary ice box bread stales much faster than at room temperature but when it is frozen will keep fresh indefinitely the institute has discovered. Thq institutes also doing basic re search on the chemical changes that take pflaee during staling and hopes that by discovering the cause it can hit on a cure, Dr. Brad ye said. To find out whether or not baked goods, cause tooth decay, institute researchers plan to feed bread and other b&kery products to animals. Over in Italy, where the people eat lots more starch than Americans, dental caries are much less prevalent than in this country. To carry through this research project, the -insti tute will work out new ways of measuring the minute amounts of sugar in bread on the theory that the sugar is one of the elements in bread that causes tooth decay. The institute can already ans wer the question about the nutri tional value of bread. Today’s en- REV. RI8INGER The Rev. Paul David Risinger, 80, prominent Lutheran retired pastor, died last Sunday evening at his home in Leesville after an extended illness. The illness followed an automobile accident about two years ago. A native of LeesviUe, he at tended the Leesville Classical In stitute, Lenoir-Rhyne College and was graduated from Newberry College and the Lutheran semi nary in 1898. He was a minister for 50 years, having served in churches in South and North Carolina and Georgia. He was first married to Miss Ida Mae Brown, who died in 1940. He was later married to Miss Grace Caughman who survives. Other survivors include three sisters. Miss Annie Williamson of Pomaria, Mrs. Jessie Taylor of Columbia and Mrs. Birdie Taylor of Leesville, and a num ber of nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed from the Wittenberg Lutheran church in Leesville at 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon by his pastor, the Rev. J. Milton Frick, and the Rev. Thomas F. Suber of Lexington. Interment followed in the Leesville cemetery. — SMALL FARM FAMILIES WILL LIKE THIS ATTRACTIVE, FIRESAFE HOME 1 * ti V / V‘ .t^T • * k 4 r* •#* *•11 It * p # • f CHURCH MEET FRIDAY The South Carolina State Bro therhood of the Lutheran Church of South Carolina will meet on Friday afternoon and evening, November 17th at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. The afternoon session will open at 2 o’clock with several important matters of business to come before the convention. Prior to the evening service, a banquet will be served- in the fellowship rooms by the Ladies Aid Society of the church. Dr. James C. Kinard, will be toastmaster for the evening. The main speaker will be Luther Bol- lek, of Hickory, N. C. Chairman of the meeting will be Co®. Edgar Rughiermer of Charleston, president of the State Brotherhood of Lutheran Men. riched bakery product is far mdre nutritious than old fashion ed home-made bread. It con tains more milk, calcium and other nutritional elements.” Since the time of the open hearth, the heart of the farm home has been the kitchen and this attractive five-room cottage is designed especially for the small farm family by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with this need in mind. The kitchen, measuring 11x15 feet, is the type farm women have indicated they like best. ItJtas plenty of space for the modem, efficient equipment the farm wom an has always dreamed of and lots of room for the family to gather round the dining table. K.ITCHEN 11-8x15-4* BED ROOM 9-4"xl5-4" FOUR gr -,a-; a t Will- a. %**• MADI ONLY WITH Tttt FOUOWINO CAPTIONS— • Vie Afar NUill 0 Ffarat CleM Mall ■ 4 LIVING ROOM 11'B‘x »8-r a—fa PORCH lO’x 16' US* Floor Plan ... . Alim V I V*- 1 • %j0 •* All work such as canning, ing and ironing can be the utility room. The feature of the well-pl living room is the firepl extra convenience is a wood box with a door to litter of fuel out of This well-designed c< built of firesafe cc which assures the keep cost and a 1 for the rest of his crete walls and floors out the cold in winter < much of the summer An easy-to-clean crete fronts the porch forms the utility room. These well as the floor, v dations, will never termites because these not eat concrete. Write to the Extensiot tural Engineer of your cultural college for working drawings of They may be had for a If drawings are not a 1 your state, information they may be obtained cl by writing to the Head Hopsing and Flan Exchai ects, Bureau of Plant Soils, and Agricultural I ing, Beltsville, McL Ask No. 7026. — I V s, , t 4 w- av r\ nx e R«*wm Only • R«sUt*r*4l rind Briquets, red to bring you . > I I The days when | dad and mom solved children's j problems is past! join tho JUVENILE JURY Sunday (| 3:30 P. M. 1240 kc ~WKDK MULTUM DATER. 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