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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1951'
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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 . . .
Spectator Thinks Reduced
Buying Key To End Inflation
The National Editorial Associa- ' trolled or influenced medicine.
tion some months ago adopted a
resolution commending the Ameri
can physicians for combatting the
threat of socialized medicine.
The Aiken Standard and Review
reminds us of that resolution and
quotes it, as I here repeat:
“Whereas we believe that an
outstanding contribution, during
tho past year, to the cause
of individual freedom ' and the
maintenance of our American way
of life has been the nation-wide
campaign by the American ipedi-
cal profession in behalf of free
dom for both physicians and the
cause of political freedom, there
fore be it resolved that we do
publicly commend the doctors of
our country for their enlighten
ed contribution to the American
way of life. . . .”
The Editor comments as fol
lows:
“This resolution was passed
without a single dissenting vote.
It is to the credit of the news
paper fraternity that the great
bulk of our papers, and most
especially the smaller papers,
have been leaders in the fight
against socialized medicine and
government and government-con-
This was done as a matter of
principle—not because of any par
ticular personal worry as to the
welfare of the doctors. The
typical editor knows full well
that socialized medicine would be
a long' step toward the totally
socialized state. And he knows
that it would inevitably result in
a sharp decline in the standards
of medical service, especially in
tho all-important fields of re
search and preventive medicine.
The experience of England has
proven this.”
Have you a definite idea of the
vast A.E.C. project which is being
developed in Aiken and Barn
well Counties? I have more than
a casual interest, for fifteen or
twenty of the best citizens of
that area once attended my class
es. Year ago I spent several
days in and about Dunbarton and
a few r days ago I went back.
In large measure my recent visit
was a mingling of pleasure and
sadness, for Dunbarton and Ellen-
ton are to be absorbed in the
houses built by their fathers and [ the heading, ‘Purpose of Opera-
fields cleared by their grand-; tion,’ says: ‘To produce materials
Federal
reservation
and
my
friends
ipust move
from
the
homes
of their childhood,
the
fathers. It is as moving as the
expulsion of the Acadian’s which
inspired Longfellow to sad poetry.
In the days of my teaching
I had, among others, a cadet,
Lang Anderson, one of the
Andersons of the Dunbarton
neighborhood of old Barnwell. He
was one of the most attractive
young fellows of my very hap
py experience in three military
schools.* When I came home from
South America and began the
Spectator letters in many papers
I heard from Wilmington, Dela
ware, from a school man who had
read Spectator in The Barnwell
People—Sentinel, always attrac
tively presented by the progress
ive editor, Brother B. P. Davis,
Junior. The letter from Delaware
told me that a beloved and dis
tinguished physician of Wilming
ton, Dr. Lang W. Anderson, had
passed the Barnwell People—Sen
tinel to my correspondent. Then
E heard directly from my old
cadet, Lang.
With a very touching courtesy
Dr. Anderson wrote to the Bap
tist brethren of Dunbarton re
questing their permission to in
vite me to the last service in
the church. And so I went, happy
to see Lang and other remember
ed and cherished friends, but in
saddened spirit because the oc
casion meant the close of a
ministry consecrated by time and
suffering, sorrows and joys, pray
ers and faith. Here had been
baptisms, marriages, deaths; here
many first saw the Kingdom of
God and long years afterwards
went there for the immeasurable
period we think of as eternity.
The Church building may be
razed, and all signs obliterated,
of what was a temple, a symbol
of faith, but the faith will abide,
firm, indestructible, vital, the
unshakeable faith of the Christian
in the Lord.
I quote a sketchy outline of the
great project, as sent out offi
cially by the A.E.C. and publish
ed in The Chester* Reporter:
“The Atomic Energy Commis
sion, in one simple little docu
ment has set forth the basic facts
of its big Savannah River plant
in Aiken and Barnwell counties
—even giving the ‘purpose’, but
in general terms.
The information sheet, under
which can be used either for A-
Bombs or H-Bombs. In addition,
some of these materials will have
wide significance in the peace
time application of atomic
energy. No atomic weapons as
such will be made in South Caro
lina; materials produced will be
utilized elsewhere.’
To South Carolinians, some of
the figures describing this sub
ject are impressive indeed. Al
ready Congress has appropriated
$900 million for the land and the
plant. It may cost more, or less,
but that astronomical amount has
been authorized.
A total of 202,000 acres of
land will be acquired, 75,000 acres
in Aiken county and 127,000 acres
in Barnwell.
Under the heading, ‘Extremit
ies in Area, Dimensions by
Miles,’ the little information sheet
reveals that the area will extend
22.5 miles, north to south, and
22 miles, east to west. This
area is not square, but irregular
in shape, and these figures as to
mileage represent extremities.
The area will be one of approxi
mately 315 square miles. Thirty-
three percent of it is open land,
including pasture and crop lands,
and 67 percent is in ■ woods, in
cluding cutover woodland.
In the area are 1,100 farms,
800 of which were in active 1
operation as of July 1 of this
year.
There are about 150 cemeter
ies in the area, containing about
450 graves. The requirements of
construction mean that some of
these cemeteries are being re
moved ‘and reburials made at se
lected sites outside the area.
The cost is borne by the Atomic
Energy Commission. Some cem
eteries within the area are suf
ficiently close to the boundaries
to allow normal use by the pub
lic.’
Seven towns and villages arc
involved, and some of these will
be absorbed. Their inhabitants
will have to move out.
The following is the ‘Reason
for Selection of Site’, as given in
the information document:
The Reasons
‘A low-population area near
high-population communities, ter
rain, freedom from floods and
major storms, water (quality and
purity), water lift, pumping dist
ance, electric power, accessibility,
transportation, military considera
tions, safety factors, and classi
fied operating requirements of
the plants themselves. The E. I.
duPont de Nemours Co., and
the Atomic Energy Commission
made a four-months’ study of 114
potential sites over the United
States before final selection was
made in November 1950.’
The Commission plans to com
plete its acquisition of the neces
sary land by June 1, 1952. Con
struction now proceeding and
at its peak will employ 36,000
persons. This peak is expected in
June of 1952. The operation force
for the plant after its completion
is put at between 5,000 and 6,000
persons.
This information says around
1,500 families, or 6,000 residents
of the area will move from the
territory ‘to make way for new
plant’.”
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Americans have degenerated;
we seem to have the jitters all
the time; we live from one scare
to another; one emergency to an
other. Instead of calmly prepar
ing for whatever may come in
the providence of Jehovah, with
reliance upon Him and earnest
desire to seek His guidance, we
are quaking with fear. In large
measure we are afflicted with cal
amity-howlers who day and night,
by press and radio, by speeches
and hints, keep our people keyed
to the disaster point. We have
become more nervous than our
Latin friends, whose gestures sug
gest to us a temperament as ex
plosive as a big gun.
One of our wildest symptoms is
found in our discussion of infla
tion. Everybody is talking about
inflation but nobody is doing
anything about it. That used to
be said of the weather, but some
things is being done about that.
Although the heat has been on
until the limit’ of endurance has
been reached, let me ask you if
we didn’t ask for cotton weather.
We are having it, for cotton
thrives in the broiling sun and in
the hot nights when neither man
nor beast can sleep. But some
men defy the heat, changing from
sober white shirts and collars to
such new-fangled colored and fi
gured sweat-shirts as would make
Joseph envious, for Joseph’s coat
was probably not the gay and
giddy garment that some of the
lads wear. At any rate the sock
less Jerries and the shirtless Jos
ephs are meeting the problem
head-on, with no holds barred.
The ladles now have very little
on the men—and not much on
themselves. However, it is a
frontal attack on the sweltering
weather.
In the homes are fans and in
the stores and hotels and restau
rants are cool places—air-condi
tioned or refrigerated. But what
about inflation?
Whenever money is plentiful,
abnormally plentiful for a consid
erable period, prices go up. That
is not new. Why do prices go
up? Who starts that? That is dif
ficult to trace at times, but let’s
see how it works. Suppose we had
a perfectly normal condition, as
of 1940, for example, though what
is normal is difficult to know.
The Government announces a
program of heavy war-spending.
Everybody gets a job and the
tyages and salaries are above
normal. If we were thinking of
one of our South Carolina towns
what would happen? A man hav
ing houses to let would find that
people with more money are
willing to pay more for what
they want. So he raises his rent.
But there is .another reason for
the rise in rents: everything that
the landlord buys is made by
high-priced workers, whether
hardware, paint, lumber, brick,
coal, etc. Then everybody has to
advance his prices to maintain
the general level. Then some
body else advances and It all be
comes a spiral, around- and
around and going up.
Several groups are at a great
disadvantage: white-collar work
ers, because they are not organ
ized, and all public Service groups
whose rates are fixed by Public
Commissions, but whose costs
(expenses) begin to soar like an
eagle in flight. Such are the Rail
Roads, Power Companies, Bus
Lines.
There is one sovereign plan to
fight inflation, or the rise in
prices to excessive heights—^re
duce buying. I have before me ac
counts of reductions in many
items, heavy reductions, because
the people virtually stopped buy
ing. The real fact of inflation is
the readiness of people to buy re
gardless of the price. People of
large means who find themselves
twice as rich will not buy more
steaks, or shoes or clothing, or
other articles of common use;
they already eat and wear all
they want. But they may decide
on a $50,000 fur or a $20,000 car.
The majority of us, however, will
buy steaks and other things as
long as we have the money—or
credit, perhaps.
Since we act by spasms some
wave or reaction may cause us to
refuse to buy. Then prices will
come down, clear back to the
farmer or producer.
I find a suggestion from a great
Research Fund that Congress
fight inflation by imposing taxes
amounting to sixteen billions! I
think those people are so erratic
as to be crazy.
What becomes of the money
taken from us in taxes? Is it
withdrawn from circulation? With
the Government itself employing
2,400,000 civilians and adding
more every day; and adding hund
reds of thousands of men and
women to the armed services and
auxiliary groups; and with the
Government buying everything
wastefully and extravagantly,
how would this tax money stop
Pvt. H. A. White
Korean Casualty
Rites Thursday
The body of Pvt. Hughie A.
White, who was killed in action
in Korea on Jan. 28, arrived in
Newberry early Wednesday morn
ing.
Funeral services were * held
Thursday at 4 p.m. from the
Pentecostal Holiness Church. The
Rev. Zeb D. Smith the Rev. O.
E. Taylor and the Rev. David
Reese officated. Burial was in
Springdale cemetery with full
military rites at the graveside.
Private White was the son of
Wesley and Ruth Evans White
and was born and reared in New
berry. He attended the city
schools an dupon the completion
of his education he was employ
ed by the Newberry textile mills.
He entered service at Fort
Jackson and after completeing
basic training, he was stationed
at Fort Lewis for two years be
fore going overseas.
He is survived by hi^ parents;
and one brother, Charles White,
all of Newberry.
Wm. E. Attaway
Gets Promotion
To Rank Of Sgt.
Holloman Air Force Base, N.
Mex.—William E. Attaway, son of
Mr. William A. Attaway, of
Helena, was recently promoted
to the grade of sergeant in the
United States Air Force.
Attaway attended local schools
before his entry into the Air
Force in June, 1950. He has
been at Holloman Air Force Base
since November, 1950.
Previous to his assignment to
Holloman, he attended heavy
equipment school in Ft. Belvoir,
Va. He is a member of the
6540th Air Installations Group.
inflation?
It could do one thing; it could
kill the goose that lays the egg
and pauperize all taxpayers, com
pelling the Government to sup
port itself and us by bond issues
until nobody would buy the
bonds.
A possible beginning might be
to reduce the number of Govern
ment personnel by seventy five
per cent—gradually, of course;
and to curtail all Government ac
tivities to essential services. That
needn’t be so gradual. With The
reduced volume of money there
would be reduced spending. But
to talk about crowding the tax
payer to the wall is as foolish as
would be a plan to cut off every
man’s right arm to curtail his
productive capacity.
Miss Emma Riser Nance
Weds John S. Thomas
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Miss Emma Riser Nance of
Newberry and John Samuel
Thomas of Aiken were married
Friday, August 17, at 8 p.m. at
the home of the bride on John
stone street. The Rev. George
Lewis Smith, priest of St. Mary’s
Catholic Church in Aiken, per
formed the double ring services
in the presence of the immedi
ate families and a few close
friends.
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Miss Betty Baker of Newberry,
pianist, and Miss Betty Croft of
Aiken, soloist, furnished the wed
ding music.
Mrs. Drayton L. Nance, Jr.,
sister-in-law of the bride, was
matron of honor and only at
tendant. She wore a strapless
gown of mint green lace and net
with a lace bolero. She carried
an old fashioned nosegay of pink
asters, tied with pink ribbon.
Ann Thomas, niece of the bride
groom and flower girl was dress
ed in a pink organdy dress with
matching hat and carried a pink
basket of rose petals.
Jim Nance, nephew of the
bride, was ring bearer and car
ried the rings on a white satin
pillow.
J. Cleve Thomas, Sr. the bride
groom’s father was best man.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a gown of white
slipper satin designed with a fit
ted bodice. The nylon yoke of
the bodice was outlined with a
satin fold, the long fitted sleeves
ended in points over the hands,
and* the full skirt extended into
a cathedral train. Her finger
tip veil of illusion was attached
to a coronet of orange blossoms.
She carried a bouquet of white
carnations and a purple-throated
orchid tied Vith white satin rib- ^
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