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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
Have you read of Caleb re
cently? We draw new strength
and fresh inspiration from the
life of a man like Caleb.
If you attend Sunday school;
or if you read your Bible, you
remember Caleb; Caleb the man
of faith, the man with the cour
age and strength of unwavering
faith in the promise of Jehovah.
How great he stands, surrounded
by little men, men alarmed by
the dangers seen, and forgetful of
the invincible strength of the
God unseen.
We impatient people might
learn so much by reading the
Scripture carefully and under-
standingly. Jehovah made a
promise to Abraham, then to
Isaac, then to Jacob. Several hun
dred years later following the
servitude in Egypt, following forty
years in the Wilderness—and
after the death of Moses. Caleb
and his people are brought face
to face with the giants and
walled cities which had to be
overcome in order to enjoy the
promises of centuries ago. There
was faith, steadfast reliance on
Jehovah by Caleb and Joshua,
while others quailed before the
enemy and his visibile might.
How do we compare with
Caleb? If we read the papers
we find that we are not like
Caleb; we are closer to those
who quailed in alarm and ter
ror, timid souls, not men who
glory in the strength of the
Lord. We are very practical peo
ple, as we think; we beleive what
we see.
“We walk by faith, not by
sight,” says the great Apostle
Paul. Paul boiled down to its
essence the proper attitude
toward life when he urged that
-‘Faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power
of God.”
How do we practical men re
gard that? We set ourselves up
as the lords of the earth, suf
ficient unto ourselves because
we are so full of wisdom! How
invigorating to see a man like
Caleb! As he said: “I wholly
followed the Lord my God.’*
Against heavy human odds Caleb
went forth in this sublime con
fidence: “If so be the Lord will
be with me, then I shall be able
to drive them out.” And he
drove them out.
For us practical men it will
be helpful to read what Jehovah
promised Joshua: ‘‘This book of
the law shall not depart out of
thy mouth; but thou shalt medi
tate therein day and night that
thou mayest observe to do ac
cording to all that is written
therein:” (If we have the prom
ise if all that were done?”) Here
it follows: -‘For then thou shalt
make thy way prosperous, and
then thou shalt have good suc
cess.”
And the practical part is that
we need a “prosperous way,” a
life of “good success,” founded on
the Eternal Rock, instead of on
the sands of time.
I do not have to apologize for
discussing the faith of our fath
ers or the “Author and Finisher
of our faith.” I feel a refresh
ing thrill when I read the sub
lime and heroic expressions of
Moses. -‘As thy days, so shall
thy strength be The
eternal God is thy refuge, and
underneath are the everlasting
arms.” That was what Moses said
after a long service and when
he looked forward to his unknown
burial place in a valley in the
land of Moab.
It is a mistake to publish
the earnings of big enterprises,
1 think because they are mislead
ing. After the Government takes
their taxes the stockholders
don’t share as handsomely as
the figures might indicate. Some
times a large Company will pub
lish reports of a larger volume
of sales than ever before, then
will show smaller profits. I re
cently read statements of several
great power Companies, all show
ing more bcsiness than ever be
fore, and all showing smaller
profits. Many Companies spent
millions of dollars for coal be
cause of low % water. One thing
you notice; they pay their taxes;
it is the owners who bear the
loss.
YET BUDGET PRICED
Someone should keep a firm
hand on our National Govern
ment. It is so large that the
Congressmen can’t tell what is
what. I venture the guess that
the Treasury has hundreds of
accounts and hundreds of bal
ances that Congress doesn't know
at all. And the Government has
made loans of billions of dollars
that are repaid or not and Con
gress doesn’t know about them.
And the Government gives away
hundreds of millions—and Con
gress can’t keep up with those
details either. Who really knows
what is going on?
We are still giving billions
away in the somewhat childish
idea that we can lift all the earth
on our shoulders. Europe is on
the high road to prosperity but
we still have money to give
to Europe. Consider this:
“The Marshall Plan forever?
The Truman administration’s
answer to that question appears
to be yes. And yet—just as the
President is getting all set to ask
Congress to prolong indefinitely
the vast Western European
spending scheme—the recipient
area’s economy is enjoying its
biggest production boom in his
tory.
Sound paradoxical? A couple
of statistics show just how strick-
ing a paradox it is. During the
last quarter of 1950—the latest
period for which such figures
are available—industrial produc
tion of the Marshall Plan coun
tries averaged 40 percent above
the pre-war 1938 and 16 percent
.above a year eariler. Farm har
vests this year are expected to
yield 10 percent more than pre
war.
Helping Europe reach these
peaks has cost the American tax
payer just over $11 billion since
the Economic Cooperation Admin
istration —* the Marshall Plan
agency—started spending three
years age this month. That’s near
ly $2 billion more than all the
money the U. S. Federal Govern
ment spent in the fiscal year of
1940.’*
“The multiplicity of such ex
amples is already worrying some
U. S. officials. Says one embassy
man in Paris: “When things get
back to normal the next ques
tion will be to find markets for
Western Europe’s extra produc
tion. He adds: -It will call for
some fine balancing to avoid re
percussions on our own economy
back home.”
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The British dont like us some
times. They accuse us of buying
things that Britain needs and
running up the prices. That is
true, but we ourselves are paying
the piper also.
I’ve wondered why Mr. Tru
man didn’t tell the Congress in
a secret session that there was
danger. Then three or four bil
lion could have bought as much
as twice that much today. That
is for the Government. And we
who buy homes might have saved
about half also. Instead of that,
we have had ballyhoo and alarm
and Emergencies and crises and
more Scares and dismal prophes
ies!
How much all that blundering
has cost the average man is be
yond calculation.
Many British realize ..that their
Socialist Government has been
supported by heavy loans or
grants from this country. If
Britain had been left to her own
resources she might have over
thrown the Socialist group years
ago.
Friends have you ever dreamed
of the day when the American
Government will be concerned for
America? Aren’t we tired, utter
ly tired of all this planning and
meddling, giving and granting?
Is This the *Typical* U.S. Auto?
Di 'ding ts egistration at equa. North-Sou't unu iSast-West
parts, Chevrolet spots this 1941 sedan .a the country*- “typical auto
mobile.** It is owned by Don Sobkoviak, shown above with his wife,
in Watseka, I1L, the approximate center of all cars in use in the United
States. Sobkoviak, an employe of the Iroquois Farm Bureau, bought
the car third-hand. It has 107,000 miles on its speedometer. The 1941
model represents the average age of all Chevrolets in service.
Let us see how that would
work out on a farm of a hundred
acres, over in the land of milk
and honey: fifty acres in cotton,
five in tobacco; fifteen in food
crops; five around the home;
twenty five in pasture. A gen
erous estimate of sales for this
farm would be a total of fifteen
thousand dollars. Charging off
on the scale applied to the steel
Company here is how the farmer
would stand, if able to stand at
all: Labor $4000; taxes $3000;
interest, rent fertilizer, seed, gas
oline, $3500—total $10,500; profit
$4,500. But the stockholders
could draw only about one-third
of the net earnings because the
Company had to retain a large
part of the profits for expansion
and replacements in order to re
main in business. So our farm
er would draw for the year about
$1500 for himself and his family.
He will have some paper profits
but only a goat will eat paper.
Don’t misunderstand me: I
do npt say that one of our Caro
lina farmers would pay $3000 in
taxes on 100 acres; I am just
imagining what would happen to
a Carolina farmer if his invest
ment in fai-ming paid profits on
the same basis as the Steel busi
ness.
Wouldn’t you like to own ,a
great steel plant? Every bodfy
wants steel; they can't find quite
enough, they tell us.
Total taxes paid by National in
1950 were more than $10,000,000
greater than net earnings—more
than 12% of sales—more than
$9.30 per share of stock—more
than $2,300 per employee—a for
ceful illustration of the terrific
impact of the cost of government
on the American economy.”
Isn’t that something to think
about? The taxes were ten mil
lion dollars more than the net
earnings! The Company paid
to the stockholders—those who
own the Company; those whose
savings and investment built the
Company; those who bear all the
risk of losses—they were paid
$20,917,690, but the taxes amount
ed to $68,546,069—more than
three times the dividends! Ac
cording to the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States, stock
holders received less than 1*4.
It is said that the issue of $76,-
000,000 in State bonds will be
challenged in court, but whether
in the State Courts or Federal
Courts isn’t known. Possibly the
State might take the case to the
United States Supreme Court for
a determination. The right of
a Legislature to disregard a Con
stitution is a point of great im
portance. And straining of
language in order to support the
Act of the General Assembly is
exactly wrong; the emphasis
should be on upholding the re
strictions on the Legislature by
the people, rather than uphold
ing the Legislature against the
inhibitions clearly set out by the
people. As I’ve said, I prefer to
DIES ON TRACKS
NEAR WHITMIRE..
Newberry County's second fat
ality on a railroad track within
a week occurred late Sunday
afternoon when Mrs. Lillian Law-
son Broome 41, of Whitmire was
run over by Seaboard passenger
train 6 several miles west of
Whitmire.
According to information given
by the dead woman’s husband,
Ira Broome, and also Jim Chil
dress, a companion, the trio had
ridden down a dirt road and had
stopped the car near the Sea
board Railway trestle about four
miles from Whitmire. Both men
got out of the car and when they
returned, noticed that Mrs.
Broome was not there. They be
gan a search along the road and
in the woods and not finding her
decided that she had probably
gotten a ride and gone home.
Unable to find her at home
however, Mr. Broome started
walking down the railroad track
toward the place where they had
parked. Some distance down the
track he came upon a train flag
man who was guarding the mangl
ed body of Mrs. Broome over
which the train had recently pass
ed.
The accident occurred on a
sharp curve on the track. The
train was stopped immediately
and a flagman left at the scene
by the train crew until help
could be summoned.
Sheriff Tom Fellers was aided
in the investigation by Coroner
George R. Summer Deputy Sher
iff L. L. Henderson, the Whitmire
Police Department and Magis
trate Constable Savoy Nelson.
Funeral services were held at
5 p.m. Monday at Rosemont Cem
etery in Union by he Rev. Paul
H. Bullington.
Surviving are two daughters.
Mrs. Donald Basden and Mrs.
James Lewis of Whitmire;
have the State Supreme Court to
make the decision.
LT. WAY STATIONED AT
FORT BENNING, GA.
ISt. Lieut. Powell Wjpy. who
was transfered from Camp
Stewart, Ga., to Fort Benning
about two weeks ago, will spend
this weekend here with his fam
ily, the former Elizabeth Mower
and three children, Powell, III,
McHardy and Betty Ann, who
have been staying with Mrs.
Way’s mother, Mrs. McHardy
Mower for the past couple of-
weeks. They will return to Fort
Benning with Lieutenant Way
Sunday to make their home for
the present.
DEED TRANSFERS
Newberry Outside
The Kendall Company (Mollo-
hon plant) to James D. Golden
one lot 136.45 x 442.54 on Golden
street, $300.
’ The Kendall Company (Oak
land Plant) to Truestdbs of Lewis
Memorial Methodist church, one
lot and one building, (Release of
reverter clause), $6.00.
The Kendall Company (Oakland
Plant) to Councilmen of Bethney
Lutheran church, one lot and one
building, (Release of reverter
clause) $5.00.
The Kendall Company (Oakland
plant) to Deacons of Hunt Me
morial Baptist church, . one lot
and one building, (Release of
Reverter clause) $5.00.
GUERNSEY COW SETS STATE
CHAMPION RECORD
Peterborough, S. H.—I. M.
Smith, Kinards, S. C., has made
a state champion record with
his registered Guernsey cow,
IMS Lady AstOr. Her produc
tion of 11,931 pounds of milk and
579 pounds of butterfat isgf! the
highest Advanced Registry record
in the state made by a senior 4-
j;ear-old., milked two times daily
for a ten-month period.
The sire of this cow, Riegeldale
Emory’s Darnell also owned by
Mr. Smith, has eight daughters
in the Performance Register of
the American Guernsey Cattle
Club.
Send it
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advocates, "send
your Furs . . .
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CHAPIN MUSIC CLUB MEETS
The Chapin Music Club held
its regular monthly meeting on
April 11, 1951, at the home of
Harriet Slice. We opened the
program with the use of the
Club Hymn, Club Pledge, and
Club Collect. The rest of the
program was as follows:
Piano Duet—Linda and Jane
Cannon
Piano Solo—Diane Wessiuger
Vocal Solo—Sylvia Haile
Piano Solo—Harriet Slice
History of “Jesus Loves Mq”—
Gloria Boland
“Jesus Loves Me”—All
After the business was discuss
ed we played games. Refresh
ments were then served which
were enjoyed by all prsent.
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MR. HILL RECEIVES
PROMOTION WITH DRUG FIRM
IN FLORIDA
Tabor C. Hill, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tabor Hill of this city, who
has been* connected with the Mc-
Kesson-Robbins Drug firm for the
past six years, was recently pro
moted to manager of Operation
and Personnel of the Jackson
ville House.
It is a good time for us to take stock of our responsibllit
toward our youth—for the way in which we fulfill them will
be reflected in the world of tomorrow. The beet preparation
we can give is education in the values traditidns and spirit
that have made our country greaL
The South Carolina National Bank
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