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»«i' a m MB NEWBERRY SUN JTOtXAY, MAY 2S, 19S1 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS 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 How great is the power of this Nation? In thinking of the milit ary might of America we do not count the number of men in barracks, or on ships of war; nor need we count the warships now afloat: What is thought of is the sum total of what America can produce in waging war. That means a study not only of man power, but of machinepower, in dustrial power. I quote some facts from the most recent month ly letter sent out by The First National Bank of Boston: “American industrial and tech nological know-how is not only the most creative, but also the most powerful force in the world. It was the chief contributing fact or in the winning of two world wars, and upon It freedom-loving people everywhere depend as the principal bulwark against Com munist aggression. According to competent observers, the domi nant reason Russia has not de clared war is because she fears the economic strength of the United States. The spectacular economic gains made in this country are account ed for by our tremendous pro ductivity. While this may be attributed to several factors, the predominant one is that the American workman is far better equipped with tools. These tools are power driven. The amount of electric power produced in this country in 1949 was twentynine times the amount of human power, whereas a century ago hu man power was two and a half times as great as machine power. The London Economist made a survey which found that the average American worker produc es twice as much per hour as the British worker, and it con cluded that the master key to this spread was the twice * as great per capita consumption of electricity in the United States. Since this country produces 42 percent of the world's electricity, the average American worker has ten times more mechanical power than the average worker in the rest of the world, and our stand ards of living are corresponding ly higher. This has recently been confirmed in a United Nations’ survey of national income, in seventy countries that account for 90 percent of the world’s popula tion, and tyi even greater percent age of the world’s total income. Based upon this study, th aggre gate national income of the seven ty countries in 1949 was |513 billion, while that of the United States with only 6 percent of the world’s population, accounts for 42 percent of total world income. The per capita income in the United States in 1949 was $1,453, as compared with an average of $138 per capita for the rest of the world, or about one tenth that of our country. The Mar shall Plan countries, with a com bined population of 270 million, or 1.8 times that of the United States, produce 24 percent of the world’s electricity and account for around 23 percent of the world’s income.- Russia and her satellites have 34 percent of the world’s population, 15 percent of the world’s income. We cannot hope to match Rus sia in her masses of men, but must rely upon our technical su periority and great mechanical power. Full utilization of our manpower and productive facilit ies will be the deciding factor in victory. With so much at stake, it is im perative that our productive econ- of private enterprise. To provide the facilities necessary for our high level of activity calls for huge investment. For every worker in this country there is an average capital investment of $10,000 In machinery, equipment, and plant. In the last decade, more than $100 billion has been invested in plant and equipment, and keen competition compels a constant search for better ways of doing things. In most Europ ean countries, on the other hand, capital investment is relatively omy be kept strong and dynamic. Fresh capital is the life blood low, competition is stifled by cartels and monopolies, research is generally ignored, and there is a tendency to cling to obsolete methods and facilities. Failure of these countries to achieve great er productivity shifts a dispro portionate defense burden upon the economy of the United States. The cost of our defense and re lated programs fbr the coming fis cal year is placed at over $50 billion, or an amount nearly equi valent to the combined national income of the United Kingdom and France. The nation's productive ma chine must be kept sound and strong as it is the greatest wea pon in defense of our freedom." A truly marvellous country, but we are a people who use power and machinery; every worker multiplies his power by using machinery. This teaches us that we are not necessarily so much better than other peo ple : men who scarcely speak English operate many of our ma chines. If they had America, American freedom and American machinery and American markets, they would do as well as our workers do, provided they had American management. America has a happy and vigorous popula tion and fine workers; but America also has the best mana gement in the world. It is mana gement which provides all the machines which so greatly magni fy the productive capacity of each man. One cardinal principal of sound management is to encour age every man to use his brains. American workers are as ready to tell the “boss” how to get better results, as one man can be, in dealing with another. We have no snobbery? all are on the same job, some holding one po sition, some holding another, but all pulling together for the best results, and all proud of sound achievement. A great paper tells us that the ladies are working everywhere. Sometime ago I told you that the records prove that ladies own the country outright; we had recog nized that they had an indirect lien on income since the days of Adam. In fact, the men have LOOK-AU I 4 V. V Royal Tour Cars . . mm : ynnMiiiM : V c v;'. p 5 jlyil S; & 4a ' ■ ■*8WW< ! finfto Specially designed limousines will help to reduce the strain on the King’s injured leg when he makes his tour of Australia next year. This has been recommended by doctors, who have also ordered that His Majesty shall not jour ney more than 20 miles from his ship. They hope that these pre cautions will prevent a recurrence of Burger's Disease, which once threatened the King with the loss of a leg. Mr. Joseph Mackle, per sonal adviser to the King on transport, visited Australia in 1948 to study the climatic condi tions, and travelled extensively by car in the inland, to gain a better knowledge of what would be the best type of fittings for the royal cars. The Daimlers now being prepared will be the last word in luxury, both air-condi tioned and dust-conditioned—the latter a very real necessity on Australia’s inland roads. Fire, explosion and chemical [fumes from X-ray films (nitrogen- dioxide), killed 124 persons in the Cleveland, O., Clinic Hospital of Dr. George W. Crile on May 15, 1929. r; 0: For Men ficsisHais Graduates What Would Please Him More Than A Couple Pairs Of Our Jantzen O Jantzen Swim Trunks. We Have Them In Sizes From 28-to-44 Priced from $2.95 to $4.95. ALSO OTHER GIFTS THAT WILL PLEASE HIM Ties And Tie Pins Shirts, Sport And Dress Hicock Jewlery, Belts, Slacks’ Hats, Pajamas. T Shirts In Munson And Jantzen These Shirts Come In White, SMpes A Color* Come In Today And Select Your Gifts All Packages Gift Wrapped Clary of her Uttle daughter, who h a carboo copy in a cotton ploy fit of the same fabric ae her mother's skirt end blouse. Hie cot tons are designed by Glen of Michi gan in Avondale's coordinated plain and striped fabrics. strutted around, feeling like swag gering lords, though under the gentle influence of home—mighty Samsons, though shorn of their hair In remote days of dim antiquity men were men and lived in the vast open spaces; but today men may look like men, but live in small areas, sometimes known as the dog-house One of the frankest recogni tions of the rule and sway of women Is found in the Constitu tion of South Carolina Here Is what it says: “The real and per sonal property of a woman, held at the time of her marriage or that which she may thereafter acquire, either by gift, grant, in heritance, devise or otherwise, shall be her separate property, and she shall have all the rights incident to the same to which an unmarried woman, or a man. Is entitled She shall have the power to contract and be con tracted with In the same manner as if she were unmarried.” That is not true in all other States; It is either a generous conces sion by young men of South Caro lina or It is the solemn , ad mission of a fact. Behind all that is a long history. Black- stone the great commentator on the law says that a man might correct his wife with a rod. no larger around than his thumb, as I recall. Well, let’s see a man try that today. Not only did the husband of old England con trol his wife/ (or he thought he controlled her) but he became master of all the wife’s personal property—money, jewelry etc. — all that became his; and the husband controlled the wife’s land as long as he lived. Today, in South Carolina, the wife’s pro perty is her own; nor can the uusband claim any of his wife’t estate, if she chooses to give it away, or sell it, or leave it by will to others. In other words the men of South Carolina, by solemn Supreme law, say that the lord and master of the household is the same as the fifth wheel to the wagon. Well, how about the ladies, and hubby’s property, now? Well, they still have not merely a finger In the pie, but a very large slab of pie, for a wife still has a dower right in the land of her husband. That means that a man cannot defeat his wife's claim. He may sell his land without her signa ture, but if he dies first she can collect her third interest. Nor can a man cut his wife (or widow) out by leaving the land to others: she still has her claim. So, you see, the ladles are en throned by the chivalry of the Carolina men; but the men are at a discount. Now what say you to this: “More women are holding down iobs today than In any previous peacetime year. And a growing percentage of them are married. There are two reasons. First, there are more jobs to go around; second, married women are flock ing to work because of the high cost of living. Commerce Depart ment statistics show over 17,300,- 000 women were employed as of March, 1961—not counting farm workers. That’s 8 percent .above March, 1950, and 17 percent above four years ago. Of those women working today, a trifle more than half are married. Last year the proportion was a little less than 50 percent. Four years ago It was 46 percent. In 1940 it was 36 percent. Male employment has been going up too, but noth ing like the ladies’ statistics. There were about 36,400,000 men at work off the farms in March, 1951. That was only 5 percent above March, 1960, and 7 percent above 1947." Vermont floods drowned 120 persons November 2, 1927. TRAVEL* TROPIC ISLES OF DREAMS Ever since 1911 'when under the pseudonym “Beachcomber" English journalist E. J. Barnfield wrote his books “My Tropic Isle" and “The Beachcomber,” thou sands of people have longed to buy and to live on a tropic isle. Recently the desires of wonld-be beachcombers to make their dreams come true were high lighted again when four islands off the coast of Queensland were offered for sael. The keenest Interest, however, was shown when Mr. Hugo Brassey, owner of Dunk Island, on which Banfield the writer lived, said that he would sell this popular tourist resort for $179,200.00. Dunk Island, situated only 2% miles off the Queensland coast at Tully, about 80 miles south of Cairns, has' become legendary among the thousands of coral islands that dot the waterways through Australia’s Barrier Reef. The island Is a favorite resort, for it has a wonderful variety of tropical vegetation and a supply; of continual, fresh water with picturesque falls and bathing pools. Banfield’s original house has been modernized and Is now used as dining and lounge rooms, and there are eight rooms, and there are eight chalets, in which hotel guests may live. Tourist life on such a resort is delightful, because the pion eering work hds been done. The needs of life are supplied by the owners, and the tourist is able to enjoy the scenery, the fishing, the sunshine, the glorious blue water and the wonders of the Barrier Reef without any mun dane worries to interrupt the per fect holiday. A government for the people must depend for its success N on the intfelligence, the morality, the justice and the interest of the people themselves.—Grover Cleve land. To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.—Sydney Smith. The men who start out witji the notion that the world owes them a living generally find that the world pays Its debt in the penitentiary or the poorhouse.— W. G. Summer. C '°** of T wide porch and looking up and down the river as it makes a graceful bend I thought of the lovely and entrancing lakes of Scotland and felt the thrill that was mine as I travelled over Loch Kathrine and Lorch Lomond in the renowned Trossachs. The lakes of Scotland brought to mind the illustrious Scots who enriched our literature, from Wordsworth to Sir Walter Scott; and the dark pools of the Edisto suggest that same restful en chantment. Mr. Edwards Is an Ideal best,— never falling to provide enter tainment, sight-seeing, and a plentiful repast for hungry men enjoying the hunger of the open air. About twenty or more enjoyed the occasion, each man choosing his ■ own manner of enjoyment. Mr. Edwards gave my young com panion and me a trip up the river in his launch and proved him self a capable navigator, not only operating the boat as engineer, but skillfully following the chan nels that were free from snags, though this involved so tortuous a course as suggested the trail of a water-moccasin. . At one time I thought my friend was trying to test my cour age by certain maneuvers that might terrify the timid, as when he made swift turns at such angles that reminded me of a troop ship that crossed the At lantic with a list of 30 degrees. But my faith in the seamanship of Mr. Edwards never wavered, nor did I forget many rough trips i had had on the Pacific.» If I were a poet I should sing of the Edwards Estate on the :ranquil Edisto and all the delight some features of his hospitality Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 , “I COULDN’T PUT A COW IN THE BANK! Mi' J 17 J#*** 7,07? >7 There was a time when cattle waa a medium of exchange instead of money. Your “money" might get tick, might die.- and you couldn't eertainly, store It In the bank and have It get more valuable with every passing year! It’s no wonder that our monetary system waa daveloped. You get better re turns by banking regularly. M'ake It a habit! The South Carolina National Bank W. EL - e I ■'IfitP V_; (Continuation of i tratod h •f matoriaL) Greater advantages tor you in these great truck features on MAIN STREET Recently I enjoyed the hos pitality of Mr. B. M. Edwards at his. place on the Edisto. I re fer to the place because it is far too commodious for a camp, though Mr. Edwards does not make his home there. Well here’s a blrdseye view: a com plete, comfortable . and spacious house, with every comfort and facility, overlooking the broad sweep of the black water of the Edisto River. Sitting on the • Two Great Engines • Valve-1 n-Head Efficiency • Blue-Flame Combustion • Power-Jet Carburetor • Perfected Cooling • Specialized 4-Way Lubrication • Thermostatic Heat Control • Cam-Ground Cast Alloy Iron Pistons ORE AT CHASMS FEATURES • Rugged, Rigid Frames e Hypeid Rear Axles • A ’ » • Single-Unit Rear Axle • Wide Range of Springs • New Twin-Action Roar Brakes (fcaovy-dWy modoh] • New Dual-Shoe Parking Brake (Ascnry-dufr loUsh) e New Torque-Action Brakes (light-doty modok) • Foot-Operated Parking Brake (modok with 3-ipmd tranimitiioa) • Steering Column Gearshift (modnk with 3-tpood tromamiaiom) e 4-Speed Synchro-Mesh Transmission 7 CHEVR O let /i OMAT CAE AND BODY FEATURES e New Ventipanes In Cabs • Flexl-Mounted Cab • Improved Full-Width Cab Seat e Adjustable Seat Assures Proper Eye Level • Large Door Openings • Side Doors Held Open by Over- Center Stop a** • Sturdy Steel Construction • Unit-Design Bodies • Pick-Up Bodies with Rush Skid Strips • Insulated Panel Bodies • Extra-Strong Stake Bodies • Full-Width Gravel Shield • One-Piece Fenders • Counterbalanced Alligator-Jaw Hood • Choice of 12 Colors MORE CHEVROLET8 IN USE THAN ANY OTHER TRUCK! KEMPER MOTOR COMPANY Telephone 989 ^^ V «15-17 Main St.