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X r 4. -- THE KEWSfillllV StTN 1218 Collegre 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., 31.60 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. billows, or the wide expanse of prairies. David then answered his own question: “My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.” And the endurance, the fortitude of our people, their high courage, were founded in the faith that renewed David’s courage in con* flict with the encircling hosts of the encircling hosts of the enemy, foes within and foes without. course they read their local daily paper, if a dally is published in their community; and most of them read a New York daily. Certainly they want to know what is going on, day by day, for the Government’s attitude or decision on some question may affect the business of the na tion very seriously, one way or the other. But businessmen re ceive and read many special stud ies that boil down to small space the news of the day and the studied opinions of experts. Recently I went to an industrial plant in Columbia and came away with several business letttrs on our National and World affairs. Last week I quoted extensively from the monthly letter sent out by The First National Bank of Boston, I have just received let ters sent throughout the business world by The Mellon National Bank of Pittsburg and The Na tional Bank of Pittsburg and The National City Bank of New York. The Mellon Bank letter quotes from a number of great trade journals and other periodicals. Here is one quotation taken from American Mercury: “A Way To Improve War Bond Seles by Christopher Bliss. Im pressed by the fact that even with thousands of American boys dying in Korea.the American peo ple are turning in more war bonds for redemption than they are purchasing (redemptions of E- bonds since June 1950 have ex ceeded sales by $450,000,000) this writer thinks government sales manship fails when it stresses the mere profit of the investment, which can of course be more than equaled in. many other things. What should be appealed to, rather, is our national patriotism. Kate Smith understood this when she was acting as a war bond salesman over the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1943. She appealed only to the public’s pa triotism and good sense,' never mentioning a word about profit, and she sold as high as $39,000,- 000 worth of bonds in a single day. ‘The strength of America,’ concludes Bliss, ‘is still spiritual, COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR What do bankers read? Of not material, and a good rendition of ‘Dixie* or ‘God Bless America’ will raise more money than any calculation of profits’.” We hear much about the spirit ual strength of America, as distin guished from physical strength. “Spiritual strength,” as referred to, does not always mean what the churches mean when they speak of “spiritual power.” To the devout churchman spiritual strength is the indwelling of the spirit of God in a man. That ex pression “indwelling of the spirit of God” many need an explana tion. It may be said to be the strength which comes from trying to live in tune with the Infinite, in close harmony, a daily com munion and walk. Writers and speakers are prone to speak of spiritual qualities as being that native strength, that sound quality of a man or na tion, that is above and beyond mere dollars. We could boil it down to its essence like this: there is a man. Let us emphasize the word man. He is so strong in his manhood that we do not think of him in terms of position or possessions. Sometimes we see a person and we think of his position, or his wealth. The position is so much bigger than the individual that we think of the position. Or we think of his money. But when all the prop erty and money values of South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia seemed to float on the air, in smoke and ashes, the manhood and womanhood were there and they nobly responded to -the need. They had the spiritual qualities, strength, purpose, energy, re sourcefulness. But the strength We think of ourselves as Americans, citizens of the great republic which is the home of freedom. So we are interested in the sprawling Federal bureau cracy which is so top-heavy it al most crashes under its own weight. Observe how we spend money: “According to a special study appearing in the 1952 Govern ment budget document, the total loans, guarantees and credit com mitments by wholly-owned govern ment enterprises will amount to $44.4 billion at the end of the car- rent fiscal year on June 30; not even this huge total covers everything, since for various rea sons it excludes numerous other agencies under government spon sorship, including the Commod ity Credit Corporation. The total, moreover, Is on the rise, the June 30, 1951, figure in dicating an increase of $9% bil lion, or 27 per cent, over the compareable figure last year. The following excerpt from a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal from a reader in Havanna, Ark., gives a homely, grassroots illustration of how government policies are working at cross purposes: ‘I am a farmer owning several hundred acres of land and a herd of dairy cattle free of all debt .but when I recently ask ed my bank for a small short term loan I was told that govern mental restrictions had curtailed their customer loans. Banks were being required to build up bigger reserves. But a neighbor, who doesn’t own anything but an old car and whose reputation for in dustry, thrift and prompt pay ment of his debts is bad, went to a government lending setup and borrowed enough money to buy a small dairy herd—money that my bank had denied me and had put into governmental secur ities to head off inflation by pinching off my credit.’ Apart from the question of the effect of government lending op erations upon the budget posi tion and the general credit situa tion, there is the question of the competence of government in the lending field Illustrated by the recent disclosures regarding the R. F. C. Of course the results on cutting of our people has been chiefly expenditures depend on what the religious. America itself has rteglslators in Congress hear from looked to Jehovah, as David did In the Psalm: “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills’’—well what good would that do? The hills mean nothing but survival against the erosion of time and weather. Then he asked himself: “Whence cometh my help?” Well; it didn’t come from the hills, nor any other feature of nature, whether the majestic peaks, the tumultous the folks back home both in terms» of pressure for economy and willingness to forego benefits which the people themselves may be receiving. Spending can be lightened if the citizens will refrain from seeking government handouts.” That I quote from the May let ter of The National City Bank of New York. Where does the money come from that keeps South Carolina as an up-and-doing State? The News & Courier of Charleston recently published figures from a report by The Federal Reserve Bank Richmond; “The Palmetto State’s textile and apparel industry topped all ‘cash receipts’ activities, with $754,000,000 in business during the year. Cotton and cottonseed crops ranked second with $92,000,- 000 followed by tobacco with $82,- 000,000, lumber with $78,000,- 000, and tourist with $67,000,00o. South Carolina was far surpass ed in touriSt dollars by its two northly neighbors, Virginia, which led all Fifth District states with $400,000,000 in receipts from travelers, and North Carolina which garnered $300,000,000 in ‘tourist gold.’ . . The Reserve Bank noted that the North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development played a major role in increasing the state’s attractiveness in tourists, remarking that 50 per cent more people visited Tar Heel answer. The old-time American, even though he be a bright, alert and hustling young fellow today, or perhaps he is the wide-awake, progressive and constructive of today, yet fashioning his life on the time-tested, time-proved and time-honored method of work, hard work, intelligent planning, thrift, rock-like endurance and unquestioning faith—that man works, develops, creates values and eventually feels the thrill and satisfaction of accomplish ment. But we have passed through the colleges many men who have developed a taste for all the- good things of life, with* out laying- the economic founda tion. They want to start at the top. They have that highly de veloped idea of “gimme” that caused the Prodigal Son to aak for his share and a good time. The Prodigal, however, “came to himself.” Here is what some of our Federal bureaucrats think, for this is copied from a Federal bulletin: “In a pamphlet entitled ‘Cora- iin vri PRibAV, jrm i, iflst . Form Fitting state parks last year, __ as com- nion Human Needs’ published by pared with- 1949. As in South Carolina, v how ever, North Carolina tourist dol lars were surpassed by $972,000,- 000 Jn textiles and apparel sales, and $485,000,000 from its tobacco crop.” On the subject of spending, I take this from the magasine Path finder: ‘.‘The . Interior Department was able to perform its various func tions for $71.4 million in 1949, but in 1950 it cost $568.5 million of the taxpayers’ money—8 times as much. It cost $75 million to run the Department of Commerce in 1940, $863 million in 1950—over 11 times as much. In 1940 the Department of Labor managed to get along on $18.5 million, but in 1950 it spent $257 million of the taxpayers’ money—almost 14 times as much. In 1940 the State Department got along on 21 million, but in 1950 it spent $361 million of the taxpayers’ money—more than 17 times as much! Let us not forget, too, that in 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt had been serving as President for two terms and Government ex penditures had already risen con siderably since he took office in 1933. Senator Harry F. Byrd, Virginia Democrat who has long been act ive in the fight to curtail un essential Federal spending, said in a recent report: ‘In my long study of Federal fiscal affairs, I found that excessive civilian employment was the key to ex travagance and inefficiency.* To day, for Instance, in the Defense Department, there Is one civilian employe for every two mem in uniform, whereas at the peak of World War II the ratio was one civilian for every five uniformed persons. Senator Byrd reports that in January alone civilian employment in the Federal Gov ernment jumped 60,594 persons, of which 58,388 were added to the Defense Department rolls.” How so many Americans be come Socialists used to be a pus- zle to me. I think I know the the Bureau of Public Assistance, Social Security Board, you will find this astounding statement: “Social security and public as sistance program*! are a basic es sential for a* ainment of the socialized state envisioned in dem ocratic ideology, a way of life which so far has been realized only in slight measure.’ The agency which spawned this vic ious statement is under the di rection and control of Csear Ewing, a strong advocate of So cialized medicine. (Ed. note: It may be, as claimed by the Presi dent, that all Communists have been weeded out of the Federal Government, but the above in dicates that the Socialists are hav ing a heyday.)” This 1 quote from the Bulletin of The Southern States Industrial Council. AVA GARDNER wore these knitwear shorts and shirt ta match during the Aiming of “Pandora and the Flying Dutch man** for M-G-M in No Spain. SHEEP FLY 800 MILES An Australian National Air ways, Bristol freighter carrying 102 stud sheep refuelled at Es- sendon Airport, Melbourne, on the way from Hobart, Tasmania, to Parkers in New South Wales. The sheep were carried in two decks in the aircraft on this 800- mile journey. ACTION! ADVENTURE! WILD BILL HICKOK TRAVEL FOLDERS \ DON’T TELL ALL! One of the preliminaries to going on a vacation is reading the travel folders and booklets describing hotel accommodations. The unsuspecting tourist will re quire some interpertotion of the terms used: CONDUCIVE TO COMPLETE RELAXATION. The plhce is dead. A CHARMING ATMOSPHERE OF RUSTIC SIMPLICITY. No in side plumbing. 25th SEASON UNDER SAME OWNER-MANAGEMENT. Haven’t been able to sell the place. BATHING NEAR-BY. The hotel has no swimming pool. SPACIOUS GROUNDS, 350 Acres. You’ve got to walk two miles from your bungalow to the dining Paul Steiner, in Coronet Future Cars May Burn Butane Gas-Fuel With Many Features The motor car of the future will be many things—but it may also be driven by liquified petro leum gas (LPG), if current fore casts prove correct. LPG, once burned as a waste, is used, of course, in homes for heating and cooking—and it has many industrial uses. It is also being used to power busses in large cities, trucks on the high way and on tye farm. " With the event of a shortage of gasoline, LPG as a fuel for the motor car will come into its own, chiefly because of its economy. LPG can be produced in quan tity and sold for approimately half the price of premium gaso line. Further, it has an octane rating of 108, making for quick starting, fast pick-up, smooth and noiseless performance in an auto mobile engine. Current estimates are that it will cost the average motorist some $200 to install and LPG unit in an automobile; most conver sions will feature a switch by which the motorist can change over to gasoline in the event he runs out of butane. In addition to economy, smooth ness and fast pick-up, the car owner driving with butane, will find that no carbon forms in the internal workings of the engine, and no water will get into the motor oiL Using LPG there will be no need for a carburetor. There are «ome 180 trillion cu bic feet of LPG available in the country, which means that there is no shortage. The only problem a motorist using butane in his. car would have is finding butane filling stations. Even that problem will be remedied in the future. - ~ fleia m A storm In Missouri, Southern nilaois and. Indiana killed more than 830 persons January 20, 1926. Sam ‘ Urzetta, National Amateur Golf champion, was a star basket ball player for SL Bona venture University. ' <- ' money . -- A fraction of a dollar meant good eating for^ But there’a one place where your dollar j,.. >, We know, Grandpa. In the "goo4 old days” your dollar could buy a lot more, the whole family! la atill worth a lot, where it really gives full value. Same as In Grandpa’s day, lt*a your friendly bank „ . .where every dob lar counts, and counts up! Start the banking habit today! ■ 'jl ;: ^ v:: ' r The South Carolina National Bank —- **• I HOME PERMANENT ■ow—easier than bybf to vso! Look! found, professional mm MR6 THE CREME COLD WAVE a Toni’s new, professional plastic curlers are round and ribbed—for easier winding. And these plastic curlers have more curling surface, so you can wind more hair on each- more evenly, too. You sovo money every time you give yourself another beautiful Toni Home Permanent For you use Toni plastic curlers over and over. And a refill kit costs only $1.00 — contains everything but curlers. Now Deluxe Kit with plastic curlers 0 Regular Kit with fiber curlers 91*9 Refill Kit without curlers 9100 All prkt ply* tan Rides the Range GUY MADISON ANDY DEVINE WKDK I Ibroakastinci VYXmX^AX. | (company WANT ADS WANTED TO BUY—Iron, Metal Batteries, Radiators and Rags. W. H. Sterling, 1708 Vincent street Phone 731-W 28-th FOR SALE — Recently painted seven room house, two baths, on lot fronting 150 feet on Sum mer Street. C. E. Saint-Amand 4-TF. NOTICE !| Cleavous O. Holmon, a gradu ate of the Cedar Springs School for the Deaf and Blind, located at the Drayton Street School Can teen. rebottoms chairs, hfiakes key cases, coin purses, ladles and men’s belts, men’s suspenders and bill folds. Would appreciate orders for same. Please Inquire about door-mats, brooms, and other Items. Tslsphons NoN. 698 WATCH AND JEWELRY REPAIRS BROADUS LIPSCOMB WATCHMAKER 2309 Johnstone Street JOSTPUSHA BUTTON FOR THl COOKING SPfgPjWtMUtr ■ A [ ■ ¥ jk ' l'. Y 1 • Fast—dean—cool 1 And so easy, because you just push a button to choose your exact cooking speed! Colored lights show you instantly—even from across the room—what's happening on your new Hotpoiec Range. And it's so convenient to change speeds, with a touch of the finger, even when holding a spoon or fork. We believe this beautiful new Hotpoint is the finest range built—and the easiest to cook on of any range made. We can’t begin to tell you all its features, so why not come in soon for A personal demonstration ?. 1212 MAIN ST. PHONE 410 For Export Repair Bring Your Radio and Television GEO. N. MARTIN Radio and Television Service BALES and SERVICE BOYCE STREET Opposite County Library 24 HOUR SERVICE Telephone 811 ■■i 'Hr* e INSTANT-HEAT CALKOD® UNIT. So fast it brews six cups of coffee in just six minutes! New “12-60” accurals auto matic time measure. Deep-well Thrift Cooker, and many other Hotpoint features. \ R.M. -J&mS : r