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THE NEWBERRY SUN This Editor Is Peeved (From The Pee Dee Advocate,) Bennettsvllle I have just finished making out my Income tax return. It is not as high as 1 would like for it to be, but is still high enough to hurt, especially when I think how they are throwing my money and yours away in Washington—and if they can’t squander it fast enough, they simply steal it outright. Just read the dally papers and you will wonder if there is any de partment or agency in the nat ional capital that is not shot thru with graft and corruption. I had never though i would see the time when gangsterism had taken over Washington, but it seems to have come—and Truman smiling ly condones it all when it is his cronies who are doing the steal ing and grafting. All the dirt has probably not yet come to light— Just let the Republicans get in and have access to the records, and the American public will probably be shocked as it has not been since the Harding adminis tration. That regime may go down as a Sunday school party as com pared with that of the little fel low who went broke as a haber dasher in Independence, Mo. I was glad to see passed the eonstitutional amendment that will never again allow a man to be president for more than two four-year terms. With the millions RepairS WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRS RESTRINGING PEARLS BROADUS LIPSCOMB WATCHMAKER 2309 Johnstone Street — now on the Federal payrolls-,' a man could stay president as long as he wants to. This was shown by Roosevelt’s being - elected for four terms—and Franklin was a piker on spending when compared with Truman, who has mqre peo ple sucking the public teat now than Roosevelt did when we were engaged in a world war (not counting soldiers, of course. The amendment was necessary if Am erica were to stay a free and Democratic nation. I often won der what George Washington. Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jack- son .Grover Cleveland or Wood- row Wilson would think and say if they could come back and take a peek at what is going on in Washington today. I read an article Just a few days ago that said it takes between 60,000 and 70,000 men behind the lines to keep one American divi sion (about 15,000 men) at the front, while in Russia it takes only about 20,000. This same ar ticle. published in one of the leading magazines in said that when the Chinese Com munists were pushing our men back in Korea, they had only a oortion of about three soldiers to our two, while we had, and still have, a great preponderance of airplanes and modern weapons. But the trouble was, acocrding to this article, the Chinese had about four out of five soldiers at the front fighting, with one man behind the lines to keep him there, and we had only approxi mately one man out of five in the front lines, with the other four on the back supporting him. I also read just a day or so ago that the government is adding one civilian employee for each soldier drafted or entering the service. We are snarled up in red tape, and we can’t fight war ef fectively until we streamline our operations. Another illustration of wnste in Washington—and waste that could lose a war. And we have allowed prices to reach such staggering heights that everything we need for war is costing more than twice what it did only a few years ago. Some columnist recently showed that our tanks are costing five times what the Russians are building theirs for, and added that is was very doubtful if ours are at all superior to theirs. Airplanes and guns and ammunition are costing several times what they did in the second world war. Uniforms AW, SURELY FURNITURE MEN ARE SMARTER THAN THISI He was an American. She was French. He was in New York to buy furniture for his store. He met her on the elevator. She looked good to him. He looked good to her. He took out a pad and pencil and drew a picture of a hansom with a question mark after, it. She nodded yes. They went for a ride in the park. He drew a picture of a restaurant. She nodded yes. They ate. He drew a picture of some dancers. She nodded yes. They danced. Then she asked him for the pencil and pad. He gave them to her. She drew a picture of a four poster bed . . . now, what he is trying to figure out is how she knew he was in the furniture business. PROSPERITY On Saturday afternoon, March 31, Miss Betty Boland of Newber ry became the bride of Mr. Wilv liam Johnson Stone of Whitmire in a double ring ceremony per formed by Dr. J. B. Harman in his home.. The couple was at tended by Miss Daisy Boland and Mr. David Stone, Jr. The bride, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Boland of 324 Crosson street, Newberry, attend- ed the Newberry Schools. She was attired in a navy blue suit with black accessories and wore a corsage of red carnations. She is employed by the Newberry Manufacturing Company, Newber ry. Mr. Stone is the son of Mrs. Bruntlle Stone of 1109 Sinclair street, Whitmire, and graduated from the Whitmire School. He is af member of the U. S. Air Force and is stationed at Shaw Field, Sumter. Miss Clara Mae ^Hendrix of Saluda county and Mr. Voigt G. m. — Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 "CHARLESTON’S FAMOUS GARDENS NOW IN FULL BLOOM and other clothing for soldiers and sailors are in some cases as much as three times as high as they were even one year ago—and all this is caused by the administra tion appeasing labor and every other pressure group that con trols a block of votes, instead of having the foresight, gumption and courage to hold the line on prices. They talk about our standard of living—one more war and we may be wearing skins, if we are lucky enough to be able to club an animal to death, and eating roots and berries. Yes, this is the way our in come taxes and the money we k paid for government bonds is be ing wasted* t get mad every time I think about It ‘—and even mad der around March 15th when I have to cough up again. But my return is now made out, and I will, of course, mail check by Thursday. Maybe my temper will get somewhere near normal a- gain, and I will be able to speak decently to my friends instead of growling at them. I’ll admit I've been angry and ill-tempered, but maybe if a hundred million Am ericans would get that way too, we would see a much-needed change for the better. See you next week after the Met* of March has passed, when I w ill have been deflated financial ly and mentally and will there fore be in my more nearly norm al condition. MIDDLETON The World’* Mo«t Beautiful Garden CYPRESS Like Another World MAGNOLIA Date* from 1771 Oldest Landscaped Garden EACH GARDEN IS INTERNATIONALLY FA MOUS, EXCITINGLY DIFFERENT! Nowh#r« •Isc can such Spectacular Beauty be teen. “A VISIT YOU WILL ALWAYS TREASURE" m Taylor of Gilbert were married March 26, at 8 p.m. at the home of Dr. J. B. Harman, who per formed the ceremony. Mrs. Taylor is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hendrix of the St. Marks community of Sa luda County. She attended the O’Neal High School. She wore a lavender suit with black acces sories. The groom is the son of Mrs. Essie Taylor of Gilbert and the late Mr. Sidney Taylor and re ceived his education in the Gil bert School. He is in the U. S. Army and received his basic training at Fort Jackson. He is being transferred to Camp Stone- man, California. The Carl Caughman Circle of the Missionary Society of Grace Church will meet Friday after noon at 3:30 with Mrs. Shealy. The members of Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran League enjoyed a wein- er roast last Tuesday evening at the home of T. C. Hawkins. Miss Bessie Long is the League advisor. Mrs. Hunter Fellers, Mrs. Robert Myers and her two little daughters, Sharon Anne ai)d Cathy, returned home Thursday from a several weeks visit in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Ennis Powell of Swains- boro, Ga., came to Prosperity for the funeral of P. C. Singley and was the guest of her brother-in- law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mower Singley. Miss Ellen Wheeler visited Mrs. R. K. Wise in Columbia last week. Weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Singley were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dunlop of Columbia, and Mr. and Mrs. Sheely Setzler and their little daughter, Gayle of Newberry. Mrs. *J. S. Wheeler has return ed home from a visit with relativ es in Winnsboro and Lancaster. She was accompanied home by Mr. and Mrs. Murray Hughes and their three children, Murray, Jr., Kitty and Betty of Lancaster, who spent the weekend. Mrs. James F. Goggans of Co lumbia spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. C. T. Wyche. Mrs. W. O. Callahan of Colunv bia is spending this week with her mother, Mrs. P. C. Singley. The Rev. and Mrs. W. G. Cobb of Cherryville, N. C. were lunch eon guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Hamm. Mrs. J. A. Hunt of Saluda visit ed her sister, Mrs. P. C. Singley, last week. (continued on page eight) INFORMATION PRELUDE TO PLAN FOR CONTROL OF "MAD" DOGS Introducing •• “Dog days are the bunk,’’ de clared Dr. L. D. Rodgers, Presi dent of the South Carolina Veteri nary Medical Association, Green wood, in discussing plans for the state-wide mass inoculation of pets against rabies, April 16- 21. Dr! Rodgers went on to say that, according to astrology. Dog Days officially end early in Sept ember. Superstition has made a legend of the rise of the Dog Star (Sirius) in the sky, claiming that the influence of the star drives dogs mad. Since the Dog Star is prominent from early June until September, dogs are supposed to be especially suscep tible to rabies during that time. “Although dogs may become ir ritable from the heat during the summer, this is not rabies,” Dr. Rodgers points out. “This disease can appear at any time of year and many of the nation’s worst outbreaks have occured in win ter and early spring.” Another popular misconception arises through use of the term “hydrophobia,” meaning “fear of water.” Dr. Rodgers explains that the affected animals do not fear water, in fact actually crave it, but any attempt to swallow causes painful throat spasms. Neither does an animal sud denly “go mad,” Dr. Rodgers ex plains. It contracts rabies after having been bitten by another in fected animal. The rabid ani- haai carries the virus in his saliva and transmits it by biting. There are two types of rabies, “furious” and “dumb.” In the furious type the animal first ap pears dull and melancholy or unusually affectionate and does not respond in the usual manner. During the second stage, the dog has an irresistible tendency to roam. It runs away, traveling in a straight line and turning aside for neither man nor beast, snapping as It goes. It runs as long as it can. Foaming at the mouth, which is frequently over emphasized and miscalled “frothing,” appears from an ac cumulation of saliva due to dif ficulty in swallowing and to “champing” of the jaws. It may die in this stage but usually re turns home, seeks a secluded spot, becomes paralyzed and then dies. After the onset, it lives from three days to perhaps as many as 14. In the case of “dumb” rabies, the dog shows a desire to avoid his former friends and tries to hide under something. It is hos tile to humans and other dogs. ,Ffom the onset, weakness of the legs and paralysis of the Jaw, tongue, and throat are prominent. At this time the dog’s behavior suggests that it may have a bone lodged in its throat. The animal bites only if disturbed. Owners of these animals 'are fre quently exposed to rabies while attempting to inspect the throat of the animal to determine whether any obstructive object is present. Cats sometimes become infect ed with danger to persons, especi ally children. It will hide in a dark corner or under some object, attacking persons who approach. Dr. Rodgers urges that suspect ed animals not be killed. “Place the animal in a secure pen, with plenty of food and water, or in the hands of your veterinarian who is skilled in the diagnosis of rabies and other animal diseases. If the animal has rabies it will show progressive symptoms. If it is alive and well at the end of 14 days one can be fairly certain that rabies does not ex ist’’ In the event that it is neces sary to kill the animal, care should be taken to avoid shooting it in the head. The intact brain is essential for adequate labora tory examination. In the laboratories of the State Board of Health, the micro scopic examination of the brain can usually be accomplished in 1 to 2 hours. Dr. Rodgers urges that pet owners cooperate in the state wide mass Inoculation progr&m by taking their pets to the clinics. REV. HODGES TALKS ABOUT DRIVE FOR CANCER FUNDS JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR THE STATE SPELLING BEE Judges for the state spelling bee, to be held in Columbia April 28, were announced yester day by T. 1. Dowling, director of the division of instruction, state department of education. Judges are Dr. Thomas J. Eskridge, head of the education- department of Columbia College; Miss Anne Thomas, editor of South Carolina Magazine; and T. Jackson Lowe, public relations director. South Carolina Educa tion Association. Constestants in ea€h county will participate in county finals on April 14; the winner in each county will then enter the state spelling bee in Columbia on April 28. Prizes for winners in the state contest were also announced by Mr. Dowling. First prize will be a week’s trip to Washington, D. C., all expenses paid, for the winning contestant and a chaper one; an opportunity to participate in the national spelling bee in Washington in May; and a $150 set of the World Book Encyclo pedia. The second winner will receive a $160 set of the World Book Encyclopedia. Third place prize is an unabridged Funk and Wagnall dictionary. Each con testant in the state spelling bee will be given a shool dictionary. The state spelling bee is spon sored by the Anderson Indepen dent and the Anderson Daily Mail and directed by the state depart ment of education. SHAPE YOUR FUTURE WITH TODAY’S SAVINGS The action you take now — setting aside part of every paycheck — will help decide your future. Let us help, with an insured savings account that earns for you, here. . NEWBERRY? Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF NJBWBBRRY J. K. Willingham, Sec’y Newberry, S. C. ODDITOMUM OF FOREST WRECKERS "Who starts the most forest fires?" asks Bing. ’’Lightning? No, lightning causes less than 10%." As for arsonists or crazy poo- plo who start firos for criminal purposos, Bing says thay roaily causo littlo of tho damage After pointing out his exhibit •f explosions, flaming auto wrecks, and sparks from trains, Bing* adds that all together, fires from those causes are negligible. Then, Bing shows the real fire starter—Mr and Mrs John Q. Public. Good American citi zens like YOU start 9 out of 10 forest firesl Unless you are extra earmful you may bo the one to start a fire that will burn over thou sands of acres of valuable and beautiful timberland. IT’S UP TO YOU TO PROTECT OUR FORESTS. flld t* 9 ** ^ 1. Hold your match till It’s cold. 2. Crush out your smokes—use car ash tray. 3. Drown your camp fire—kill every spark. 4. Ask about tho law before burning grass, brush, fence rows, or trash. m urn Only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES! Fairfield Forest Products Co. I A Ia t i B 1 H JL ^ OL ■ Keepsake HEATHER Engagement Ring 350.00 Also $100 to 2475 Wedding Rings 20.00 and 12.50 As Little As $1 Weekly W. E. Turner JEWELER Caldwell St. Newberry The need for more research funds in the cancer control pro gram was explained today by Rev. G. H. Hodges, campaign chairman of the 1951 Cancer Crusade, who said that 25 cents of every dollar raised here goes toward financing science’s search for the causes of cancer. The American Cancer Society’s drive for $2,500 in this commun ity will open April 10. “Of every dollar contributed here,” Rev. G. H. Hodges' said, “a quarter goes to finance more than 200 research projects at the nation's leading institutions. “The chief object of this search is to find means of controlling cancer. Causes of cancer may never all be known, but it is en tirely possible that we shall find means of cure or of control of even the advanced cases, which today are most often hopeless.’’ This year promises to be one of great significance in research, the campaign chairman delcared. “More than $13,000,000 has been devoted to research by the Ameri can Cancer Society during the past five years,” he said. “Much of this money was expended on basic research—to ferret out long hidden secrets of the cell’s inner mechanism. Many facts are now known and increasing emphasis is placed on applying laboratory findings to the patients. “Lack of funds this year,” he >aid, “delayed progress. During the current fiscal year it was pos sible to grant only 47 percent of funds requested for worthy re search projects.” Requests for fellowships, grants- in-afd v and institutional grants totaled more than $7,400,000/’ Rev. G. H. Hodges said. “But :mly $3, 525, 375 was available to fill these requests.” In addition to research your contribution supports national and state programs of cancer control, the chairman explained. “Nationwide education for public and physicians, compilation of statistics, medical fellowships, scientific motion pictures, ex- hibits, administration and fund raising will consume 15 cents of each dollar. The division re tains 60 cents for its own broad program providing the citizens of this area with educational ma terials, service for the cancer patient, volunteer activities, and other essential aspects of the fight against cancer.” “We think it is a dollar given to the Cancer Crusade is a dol lar well spend,” Rev. G. H. Hodg es said. “There isn’t a better in vestment anywhere. We ardently hope that everyone in this com munity will Invest in a future of complete cancer control.’* HARTFORD CLUB HOLDS MEETING Hartford Boy’s 4-H Club met March 7 at 10:00 A.M. in Mrs. Cromer’s room. In the absence of our president, Jimmy Domi nick, Jerry Nichols, vice presi dent, called the meeting to order. Devotionals were by Terry Shav er. We prayed the Lord’s Pray er. Our song “The Ploughing Song” was sung. Mr. W. A. Ridgeway showed pictures of washed away land, and the same land properly terraced. Mail box names can be bought for $2.00 The money will be used for hte camp improvements. Record cards were given o The meeting adjourned. Ttrry Shaver, Reporter ; For Expert Repair Brlna Your Radio and Televli GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television Service BALES and SERVICE BOYCE STREET Opposite County Library 24 HOUR SERVICE Telephone 311 —— Call 197 For Full Details Is tor LOANS At a low interest rate! 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