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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1951
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.
for fifty miles in every direction.
I have talked about William
Aiken and his associates because
we see the benefit to all from the
vision and courage of a few
men. Comparing such construc
tive men with the general mass
of humanity we may Quote “For
they, while their Companies
slept Were toiling upward through
the night.”
Comments On Men And Things . . .
Strength Of America Not Due To
Handouts But To Creative Work
On what hangs the fortune
of the world? Tremendous issues
challege us every day. Thursday
morning of last week it was
difficult to come to a definite
conclusion about (impending events:
no small matter was the annual
football game between Carolina
and Clemson. Most of the
prophets were on the side of
Clemson though we Carolina men
had faith, as always. Some men,
turning from the crucial tests of
life, let their minds drift from
the Carolina-Clemson game and
speculated on the campaign in
Great Britain. To us on this side
of the Atlantic there was the
qutstion of Socialism. Well, what
of it? Must America pour billions
and billions of dollars to fight
something? What, indeed, are
we fighting? We have thrown
away billions that supported the
Socialist government of Britain;
we have shovelled out hundreds
of millions to support Communism
under Tito; and we are scatter-
ihg with a liberal gesture in
France and everywhere else; and
we are rapidly becoming SocialiS'
tic in this country, as seen in our
Federal power policy. So why are
we interested in the outcome in
Britain? The only certainty is
that the Government of Britain
will accept more of our money.
When we think - of England,
then of mighty Britain, what has
happened? Once so self-reliant, a
great empire, the world’s banker
—what has happened All around,
the countries of Europe are pros
pering, largely with American
help, but Britain seems to be dry
ing up. And that is truly a ca
lamity, for the British are a
great people and still capable of
great deeds, in the tradition of a
splendid history.
People develop by their own ef
forts; development can’t be hand
ed down or served on a platter.
Socialism is a form of babying the
weaklings and feeding them the
substance of the strong. Eventual
ly the strong have no substance
left and the Nation rests on those
who have done nothing, developed
nothing. There is then establish
ed the rule and reign of what is
called equality. That sort of
equality enthrones mediocrity, pulls
down the capable men and pro
motes the weak and incapable.
Politicians live by votes; they
sing songs that appeal to us and
they tell us things that beguile
our fancy. Politicians tell us that
all men are equal; but men are
not all equal, as even a blind man
can see.’ All men are entitled to
certain rights, such as justice,
but in brain-power, in moral
force, in imaginative vision there
is as wide a difference among
men in every other respect as
there is in physical strength.
There is such a quality as
genius. Thomas Carlyle regard
ed “genius” as “the infinite capac
ity for taking pains;” and I
think Edison regarded genius as
about “ten per cent inspiration
and ninety per cent perspiration
Both may be right, but that
ten per cent inspiration is of the
greatest importance: that is the
germ, the seed.
The fancier may break his
land in late winter, then lay it
off; and he may fertilize it
heavily and keep the grass out;
and the rains may water it and
the sun may warm it; and all this
may represent ninety per cent
of his time and work; but if no
seed is there all the perspiration
of May, June, July and August
won’t produce a crop.
It is the idea that makes the
work useful. Our life owes its
breadth and depth, its comforts
and advantages to men of ideas:
they are the seed of progress.
In all the Socialistic impulse
of the day we should let our
minds play on the fundamentals,
the solid rock on which we build
to great heights. Let’s consider
this together: If a rich man
should offer five million dollars
to each of two towns which
would be the better use of this?
—X, for example, distributes the
money among its citizens, $500
to each family; Y builds an in
dustrial plant, retaining necessary
operating funds. The factory em
ploys five hundred people and
they earn their livelihood there
year after year. What becomes
of “X”, which gave away its
money Which of the two used
the money more wisely, more
thriftily, more constructively,
more permanently? The under
lying strength of America is not
due to handouts, but to jobs,
to creative work in which some
body took great risks and others
made the dream, the idea, the in
vestment a practical reality.
Mr. P. F. Henderson, a dis
tinguished citizen of Aiken, writ
ing in The Journal and Review
of Aiken tells of what Charleston
men did to build the Rail Road
from Charleston to Hamburg—
about 136 miles. The City and
County are named for a great son
of Charleston, William Aiken, the
inspiring leader of those who
financed the Rail Road. There
was the seed of greatness in old
Charleston; those men were prac
tical seers, builders, broad guage
men. Great as is my admiration
for the Charleston men who in
vested their capital all over
the State and as far as Knox
ville, I sometimes wonder what
might have been the result if
they had used their means to
develop the surrounding country
A friend in Greenville takes me
to task. I have read an open
letter to me in The Greenville
Observer by Mr. v L. A. Fuller,
telling me what is going on and
challenging me to tell the peo
ple of the State all about it. “The
Observer” of Greenville carries
Mr. Fuller’s letter. The Observer,
one of the newsiest papers in the
State, and the sort of courageous
paper Mr. Fuller has in mind,
carries Spectator every week.
That is where Mr. Fuller reads
what I write; and that is where
he says I fail to tell all the
truth.
My friend seems to be circulat
ing his letter, so I need not quote
it now. Perhaps he will permit
me to say that perhaps I tell the
people all they are prepared to
believe, like the Irish boy who
wrote to his father from this
country. ■ He said “This is a
great country; we have meat
three times a week.” His em
ployer said “Why you have meat
three time a day.” Friends,
this was long ago: when a pound
of meat was just a pound of meat,
not gold dust. The lad replied
“Yes, but dad couldn’t believe
that.” So if I were to forget
the caution of the Irish lad, and
tell everything, I might appear
to be like the old plantation wit
ness who was questioned in court.
He was highly regarded by every
one and the lawyer decided on
a s^rt of flank attack. “Are you
sure that you are telling not
only the truth, but the whole
truth?” The old man responded:
“Yes, suh; and, if anything, a lit
tle de rise of the truth.” Mr.
Fuller must be a good citizen,
or my respected friend. Editor
Hiott, would not have published
his letter. In due time I’ll try
to take thought so as to. decide
whether the Irish lad, or the
old witness, may be the safer
guide.
OPEN FORUM
AN OPEN LETTER
TO SPECTATOR
(From The Observer, Greenville,
South Carolina)
Mr. Spectator:
I don’t think you quite answer
ed (my better) or (the letter of
Mr. Fowler). You were fair
enough to publish my letter but
The-^crowning Insult might be
to put a plastic patch on a
bruised cow. But the develop
ment of plastics may come to
that: Consider this:
“Late this month an all-syn
thetic leather shoe for men is ex
pected to make its commercial
debut. It will be made entirely
of a plastic used hitherto only in
Soles, linings and other parts of
the shoe which need not
‘breathe.’ While details of the
new shoe are shrouded in secrecy,
it’s understood to include a built-
in-ventilating system, which ac
complishes the ‘breathing.’
This development is typical of
the way man-made leather is
striding into fields long domi
nated by animal leather. You’ll
find it venturing further and
further into everything from suit
cases to belts to billfolds. Labeled
‘synthetic leather’ are three main
types of materials. One is the
plastic-type stuff which is boom
ing so in shoes. It’s a styrene
plastic. Another is plastic-coat
ed fabric—like you find in hand
bags. The coatings are plastics.
The third is a pliable plastic film
which goes into upholstery, for
example. The plastic is substi
tuting for more things than
leather. It impinges on textile
territory. In the film form it’s
even moving into the world ;
of wallpaper.
Some people in the industry
like to compare future 'growth
prospects with what’s already
happened in the synthetic fibre
field.
A leading producer of a wide
range of textiles which* also turns
out coated fabrics says: ‘I’ve
seen synthetic fibres grow from
less than 25 million pounds of^an
inferior product 20 years ago to
over 1 billion pounds; the <«ame
thing could well happen in syn
thetic leathers and coated fab
rics.’
Price is one major factor in the
soaring use of these synthetics.
For example, shoe manufacturers
estimate that is costs them from
one-third to one-fourth less to
buy plastic soles than leather
ones. And there are further sav
ings over leather in the manu
facturing process. Plastic costs
less to attach to the leather up
per parts of a pair of shoes;
it doesn’t require as extensive
finishing or polishing.
The purchasing agent for a
large Eastern bus company says,
“We save 30 to 35% by using
plastic instead of leather in up
holstery; our experience has
been that it will last the life of
the vehicle.’ « '
Top grade leather for covering
a chair costs $7.75 a square yard.
The best quality of plastic sells
for $3.05 and some types can be
had for as low as 45 cents.
The saving is even greater by
the time a manufacturer gets the
two different types on a chair,
since he must make an allowance
of 20% for loss in cutting leather,
due to its irregular shape.”
Why fear the Russians or court
their favor? We have lived with
Czars, Shahs, Emperors, Sultans,
Kaisers, Kings, as well as II
Duce, Mikados, Hitlers—and all
others. Why now must we be
come scared stiff and throw
away billions to buy favor and
support?
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you didn’t answer it. What is
the trouble? Are you so friend
ly wittf the Santee-Cooper? A.re
you afraid of the political com
bination which makes the Santee-
Cooper a private club? I don’t
think you are an easy man to
scare, but the political tie-up in
the State Senate seems to have
scared you or pulled wool over
your eyes.
You know as well as I do that
the Senate is under the thumb of
one man. The rest of the Senate
will talk big on the outside but
one Senator holds ail the strings
And he supports Mr. Jefferies
who is a Senator as well as the
whole Santee-Cooper.
The Santee-Cooper is building
a big steam plant although it
swears it is -a navigation under
taking. You know that* Mr. Jef j
feries is trying to get out of pay
ing Federal taxes by claiming
Santee-Cooper is a navigation
business. What kind of naviga
tion?
You know that Santee-Cooper
wants to build a big ofice build
ing in Myrtle Beach, don’t you?
May be that is for ocean shipping
to prove that Mr. Jefferies is a
sailor as well as a statesman.
What’s the matter with this
State? No attorney general, no
Governor, no Board of Directors,
no Legislature will lift a hand to
move Mr. Jefferies, a Senator,
from being Manager of the San
tee-Cooper. Constitution or no
constitution this State is in the
hands of one man. It isn’t a ring
because all the others just dance
to his music. They don’t have
any say-so. They just dance.
And there is a man who has a
friend or representative in every
office and when he says thumbs
down that is the law. He runs
the State and has the whole
Senate eating out of his hands.
Has he buffaloed you. Specta
tor? I wish you had the fire you
used to have. I’ve heard you in
a blaze and roar of lightning and
thunder when you lined up the
whole State for the Farmers Tax
League.
Well, the Governor isn’t going
to do anything, except put on
new taxes. He is the real daddy
of Santee-Cooper but somebody
took his baby and he hasn’t the
cougage to stand against a few
Sewlors who can make all the
others as they see.
The Santee-Cooper may belong
to the State in theory but there is
a whale of a difference in theory
and facts. The fact is that Mr.
Jefferies could hold a dozen of
fices with salary and nobody
would raise a hand. Poor old
Constitution, poor old State. We
don’t seem to have a statesman
in The State House.
I don’t know if you will take
off your gloves and cut loose. I
wish you would. I’m going to
circulate this around the State
and try to stir up somebody to
do something.
If you ever decide to take your
shirt off and put up a fight let
me know.
Last point. Remember that
some new members of the House
tried to make the Santee-Cooper
pay six millions to the State?
Well the House adopted the res
olution but when it got to the
Senate it didn’t have a ghost of
a chance because the great big
boy who cracks the whip had the
House bill quietly killed, just
snuffed out. So what chance
have we? The only chance is to
beat every me-too Senator and
let the State take *over the San
tee-Cooper, if not, the Santee-
Cooper will sell millions and mil
lions of bonds without anybody’s
permission.
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