Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, i960 »u« 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Abmfibld 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. greatness. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR “Onlooker,” a friend of mine and a fellow scribe, was moved to eloquence by something Spec tator said about whole wheat, ground in a grits mill, and con serving all the virtue of that fine grain. “Onlooker” then moves on to cover a lot of terri tory, telling about water-powered mills and finally getting home made syrup all over his Sunday tie as he reveled in the ecstacy of griddle cakes. By the way, the name of my farm that he is thinking of is “El Recuerdo,” meaning “mem- ory.'» I have memories of the gracious hospitality which greet ed me there as a lad. Charleston, in Columbia, in Sum ter, in Anderson, in Orangeburg, in Greenville, I had some friends of noble qualities, but I have the rich fortune to claim some new friends in each of those places, men as fine as the great spirits who have gone. So life renews itself each Spring; and so should we keep our friendships fresh and green all the time. , Thanksgiving found me at home. The people of our town met in the Baptist church and had a service with all the local Ministers, the new Methodist pastor, Mr. Ritter, bringing the message. Life has been happy for most of us, though there have been irritations and difficulties. Some have had troubles and afflica- tions; some illnesses,, others great distress and sorrow. I find myself more grateful every year for friends of youth, than friends of manhood. Just to prove that, I began to write the names of men of Columbia, Charleston, Sumter, and Claren don whom I have known well and ■who have been helpful, even stimulating, to me. The list was too long. How fortunate I am that those remembered friends are too numerous for a fifteen minute period. And as the full ness of time moves some to a happier scene of activity new friendships are made. The friends who have gone are many, and choice spirits they were; but we mustn’t live in the past. In Sometimes I read an advertise ment because it has compelling appeal. I need not give the names, but I quote from an ad vertisement which breathes the very spirit of American industrial greatness. Here it is; “76 per cent increase in revenue—60 per cent saving in locomotive ex pense. The Railroad’s new Diesel-powered train, put In ser vice in February, makes a com plete round trip between Chicago and St. Louis everyday. This J Streamliner replaced two trains making a single trip in each direction.” And here are the facts as to cost of op erating: Increased passenger rev enue per train mile 76 percent; Reduced fuel cost 61 percent; Reduced locomotive repair cost per mile 47 percent; Increased utilization of equipment 100 per cent. Strong, solvent railroads in the hands of competitive industry are essential to America’s prosperity and growth.” I am not connected with any railroad; and I am far from being a salesman for Diesel lo comotives. What impressed me so much was that this was so truly the American spirit—to do the work for less; and to do it better and better—always reduc ing the unit cost. That is at the bottom of America’s industrial We used to hear a lot abput “Yankee ingenuity.” Since all the world calls us “Yankees” we might as well smile and say nothing. Down in South America they call themselves Americans, also; and they are. The Chilean is a Chileno, as he says, but he is also un Americano. The Canadian is as much American as we are, though we think the title belongs to us, ex clusively. So it need not sur prise you to read in a South American newspaper references to “El gobierno Yankee”—the Yankee government, meaning the Government of the United States. Nor may we be so sure about the “United States as a name, for the Government of Mexico is also the United States of Mexico —‘y os Estados Unidos de Mex ico.” And so, I think in Brazil. I recall walking through the street of St. Margaret’s, a sub- burb of London. A lady spoke to me and said “All Yankees are welcome.” How do you think that sounded to a man born in Charleston, South Carolina; whose father came from Win chester, - Virginia; and whose mother came from Society Hill. Darlington County, South Caro lina? At any rate, we didn’t fight the war all over again. At the outbreak of the Second World War I picked up three soldiers one day. I asked where their homes were. One said from Florida: one from Georgia; the other didn’t say. After a bit the Georgian said “We got a Yankee here.” “Well,” I said, “Where did he come from?” “Mass achusetts,” said the boy from Flordia. I though I might con tribute something so I told the two Southerners about the great ness of Massachi^setts, its strength of character and cul ture, the high rank of its courts, etc. The Georgian listened to me ppatiently and then exclaimed “We made him admit that we won the Civil War!” I had a good laugh at that, of course, and told him “Soldier, you must be good”! I think that boy must be a born genius of propaganda. We are not fighting the Civil War nowadays. Naturally and properly we cherish our heroes of the battlefield, our men and women of faith, loyalty and stead fastness, but today we have many sons and daughters of the North living here and we welcome them heartily; we are all one people now. I read recently that our Gov ernment has offered to give two cruisers to some country in South America and we now plan to give Marshall Tito a hundred million or so. If Marshall Tito asks for only a hundred million his vision is too limited; he could have had $600,000,000 just as easily. Notice of Price Changes Effective December 11th Due to the advance in all costs that go into the cleaning of your clothes, the firms below are forced to announce the follow^ ing price changes; m SUITS, 2 pc*• •••••••••••••• •• COAT *#••••••••••••••••••• TIES c &c DEL .. 70c 85c .. 70c 85c .. 35c 45c . . 35c 45c ... 85c $1.00 10c . . 35c . 45c .. 35c 45c . . 30c 40c . . 70c 85c .. 70c 85c . . 35c 45c . . 35c 45c .. 70c 85c .. 85c $1.00 .. 35c 45c . .. 85c $1.00 . . 35c 45c ROYAL DRY CLEANERS T &. C CLEANERS Newberry Steam Laundry and D. C. Co. ODORLESS CLEANERS WICKER’S Dry Cleaners, Prosperity I don’t know when the Con gress authorized all this giving away of cruisers and money, but we are sometimes condemning the President for doing what the Congress authorized. Is there a limit to this foolishness? Well, let’s make oil from coal: “A new industry to make oil from coal. That’s a aream planners in the U. S. Bureau of Mines have been conjuring up since the end of World War II. It may come to pass, spurred by defense needs for one particu lar chemical — benzene. This colorless liquid is vital to the pro duction of - synthetic rubber. It could be extracted readily from coal, if plants were available. A lot of other products can be squeezed out of coal, too—things like gasoline and toluene, for ex ample. A secret committee represent ing top Government defense agencies has asked the Munitions Board to okay the new industry as the best way to increase benzene production / and thereby prevent a serious bottle-neck in the rapidly-rising production of synthetic rubber. If the Munitions Board agrees to okay an oll-from-coal Industry here are two lures the Interior Deparment’s defense petroleum or solid fuels administrations will parade before private com panies in an effort to get them to undertake the job. Synthetic rubber is just one of many fast-growing post-war in dustries soaking up benzene these days. Others include plastics, synthetic detergents and insect killers like D. D. T. These industries have been growing so fast that since 1940 the consumption of benezene as a raw material for making other, products has quintupled. In the same period, benezene providers have been able to in crease their output only 20 per cent. They figured it just wasn't economical to make more ben zene unless steel producers would buy the coke that must be made first. For Industry to get more ben zene in the face of limited pro duction, two things had to be done to stretch domestic output; raise imports from the three mil lion-gallon annual rate in 1940 to 13 million gallons this year, and redduce the use of benzene as an octane-booster In motor gaso line from over 100 million gal lons in 1940 to less than 10 mil lion this year. The benzene thirst is growing faster than ever. Chemists fig ure there’s not much more ben zene that can be taken away from gasoline; and the pressure on imports already is so great there’s a thriving black market at a time when contract prices at domestic cooking plants—30 cents a gallon—are the highest they’ve been in 28 years. One benzene user reports he recently paid as much as $1 a gallon for im ported benzene on the black market. Faced with a shortage of about 60 million gallons of the fluid next year—or about 25 percent more than currently is being produced — Government planners figure something must be done and done quickly to provide a new source of benzene. The answer they’ve turned up is to make benzene, along with several other coking ' by-products and petroleum derivatives, direct ly from coal. But since it may take about three years to produce substan tial quantities of benzene in this way, the defense control agencies also are recommending a stop gap measure to meet the immedi ate shortages. The stop-gap measure calls for BIRTH OF A DA1M>HT£R Mr. and Mrs. Quy V. Whitewer, Jr., are receiviag \ congratula tions upon the arrival df a daugh ter, Marilyn Stewart, at the New berry Memorial hospital on Mon day, December 4th. Mrs. Whitener, the former Anne Wilson of Greenwood, and daughter are doing fine and ex pect to return to their home in Wells Park soon. petroleum companies to play a bigger role in making benzene— at least for the time being.” I find that very interesting; and equally so is the plan to bring about more general nse of liquid ammonia for plant food. “A new kind of plant food is bringing in bigger crops at less cost. It’s liquid ammonia, the same substance housewives use in much-diluted form for cleaning pinks and bathtubs. At full strength, as It’s squirred onto farm fields, ammonia is four- fifths nitrogen. That’s the chemi cal most needed for making plants grow strong and tall. The fluid fertilizer is generally laid down from a 40-gallon tank hook ed up behind a tractor. The tractor carries a row of bayonet like blades which cut some six Inches into the soil. As each blade opens a furrow, a tube just behind It lays down a small stream of ammonia from the tank. As carried to farm fields in ammonia, nitrogen cost 9 to 10 cents a pound. In ammonium nitrate, one of ammonia’s two strongest rivals nitrogen comes to to to 13 cents a pound. In the other chief competitor, ni trate of soda, its around 18 cents. Says one Southern cot ton planter: < The use of liquid ammonia as fertilizer is opening up a new era on the farm’.” WANT ADS WANTED at once an upholster, man or woman. Apply at Perk^ ins Mattress works, P. O. Box 218 or phone 667-R. ^ 31-2-tc. FOR SALE—1000 loads of hard wood fire wood in pole lengths free for the moving. H. O. Long and Sons, .Silverstreet. 30-tf. FOR SALE—Upright Steinway piano, solid mahogany case, recently rfep^red. Call 414-J 28-th. Christmas Candy—Big stock on hand and shipments coming In every day—Hersheys, Peter Paul Mounds and Almond Joys—Milky Ways. R. Derrill Smith and Son Inc. Wholesale Grocers — Newberry, 8 C. 30-4-tc. Pecans—Pecans—Pecans—We are buying ‘ Pecans .every day Bring them to ear warehouse. R. Derrill Smith and Bon Inc. Wholesale Grocers — Newberry, S C. 30-4-tc* WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal Batteries, Radiators and Rags. W. H. Sterling, 1708 Vincent street. Phone 731-W 28-th > FOR SALE—Seed oats $1.26 per bushel. Feed oats $1.00 Seed wheat $3.00 per bushel. H. O. tong and Sons, Silverstreet, S. C. ' Cigars ip Christmas Wrappers— 26 or 60 to box—Tampa Nug getta—King Edwards — General Knox—Cinco—Elmoro— R.» Derrill Smith and Son Inc. Wholesale Grocers — Newberry, 8 C. 30-4-tc. MRS. ALPHA R. WILLIS Mrs. Alpha Rose Willis, 61, died at her home in Whitmire early Sunday morning after an illness of several months. Mrs. Willis is survived by the following children: George Willis of, Pacolet; Loyd Willis -of Black- water, Va.; Dewey Willis of Clin ton; Mrs. Vadie Livingston of Bristol, Va.; Miss Gladys Willis, Mrs. Euna Wallen, Mrs. Ethel Wallen, tester Willis and Arthur Willis all of Whitmire. Also sur viving are a brother and two sisters; Quillen Willis, Mrs. Pearl Lawson and Mrs. Ollie Lawson, all of Tennessee. 13 grandchil dren and one great-grandchild. POSITIVILY no tresspassing or hunting of any kind on lands of B, O., J. G. and H. O. Long. We really mean what we say. H. O. Long, Mgr. 26-tc. MOTHERS—I Am ready to do your sewing—^Alterations—Baby Smocking. Call 652-W . 28-tn i GEO. N. SALES and 24 Telephone 3HW .* '• . NEMC : * AND LOW- • - ■*r Rm Smart Now StyUlin* Do Lux* 4-Door r* . V ‘J? NEWt NEWf NEWf NEWf EW Longer, fewer, odder big-car look! Strikingly smarter Fisher Body stylingl Luxurious Modem- Mode interiors! Jumbo-Drum brakes— largest In field! Glare-Proof Safety-Sight instrument panel 1 Improved, easier Center-Point steering! Refreshingly n IN ALL THE THINGS VOU WANT! New outside! New inside! Refreshingly new in feature after feature! That’s Chevrolet for 1951! It’s America’s largest and finest low- priced car, with distinctive new styling, new front and rear-end design, and new America-Preferred Bodies by Fisher. And, with all these new things, it also brings you the proved things, which make Chevrolet America's top car. It brings you extra-sturdy, extra- rugged, extra-durable Chevrolet con struction; it brings you that more thrill ing and thrifty Valve-in-Head engine performance for which Chevrolet is world-famous; it brings you comfort feature after comfort feature and safety feature after safety feature found only in Chevrolet and higher-priced cats. Come in ... see Chevrolet for 1951 . . . and you’ll agree it’s America’s largest and finest low-priced car. vW#t TIME.PROVED POWER tfluYe, Automatic TranMnis.lo* —proved by ov*r a billion miles of performance in the hands of hundreds of thousands of owners. Optional on Dm Luxm mod./* at mxtra cost. PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CAR! TELEPHONE 982 Kemper Motor Company NEWBERRY, S. »