The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, December 21, 1951, Image 4
THE NEWBERRY BUN
FfttDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1961
. ■
—' -----
i*fc ^
i$tm
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
By ARMFIELD BROTHERS
Entered as second-class matter December 6. 1937,
at the Postoffice at dewberry, 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 Thii^gs . . .
Staff For Peace Idea Proposed
To Bring International Unity
A General Staff for Peace 1»
the suggestion of Bernard Baruch.
It is an idea that should be
studied. At bottom the thought
should commend itself to all peo
ple, for war is a colossal waste
in natural resources, in money,
and, above all, in human life.
One must conclude that there
must be a method of bringing
men into agreement without maim
ing and mangling human bodies
and killing the youth of the
world.
What does war decide? The
Civil War paved the way for the
freedom of slaves, but under
Harry Truman the whole South is
embittered today. We may yet
find that the Civil War was the
first major step toward the worst
upheaval we have ever % known.
Obviously the South should re
pudiate Mr. Truman and it
should be an opportunity for the
other States to work hand in
hand with the South. We should
have statesmanship capable of
bringing about practical, effec
tive cooperation to save the Na
tion from the political termites
who are eating the heart out of
it. The Civil War also gave im
pulse to a stronger nationalism,
sometimes reducing the States
to the rank of a European
province.
What has Mr. Truman’s little
“Police Action” accomplished in
Korea? What has the world
gained by the heavy cost in
ire and the fear heavier
__ fine young manhood?
ri& humanity be benefitted by
all th6 sacrifice? The billions
we pay at home for Mr. Truman’s
Inflation have never been esti
mated because we can’t see the
widow’s mite when it becomes
a half-mite in the store, but
the total of the cost in dollars
at home is high in the billions.'
That is the Truman Inflation.
We do know that even in the ex
penditures for the little “Police
Action” the Nation is spending
many billions because of* the
Truman Inflation.
Then comes the supreme price
in blood, in anxiety, in sorrow,
in broken homes, in wasted life,
in unfulfilled possibilities.
Why shouldn’t it be possible
Jo explore all the avenues of
peaceful living as well as all
the devious alleys that lead to
war?
If men in ordinary routine
transactions compose their dif
ferences in quiet; if we no long
er carry guns to support our
arguments as the frontiersmen
had to do, why must nations live
on a plane of selfishness, greed or
spoliation that breeds war?
Shall the natioA show a prefer
ence among its citizens in giving
employment? I have no ref
erence to Mr. Truman’s campaign
for votes; am not thinking of
color or race.
Some weeks ago I mentioned
that a citizen who has been a
Union man several times, as his
jobs have required, told me that
he would have to be a Union man
in order to get a job with the"
A.E.C. near Aiken. I suggested
that all citizens should be treat
ed equally in National defense
jobs, or any other Government
work, or work for the Govern
ment. I suggested that the only
exception should be a man who
had served the nation in war,
in actual military service. This
includes, naturally, any and all
branches of the fighting services.
An official of the Federal Gareer
Employees Association wrote me
about that. He did not object to
a preference, I think, in a case
of two applicants at the same
time, one being an ex-combat
man, but he raises the question
whether a man already in service,
sometimes for years, should be
removed in order to employ vet
eran. Let us take a case: sup
pose John Doe was employed in
1940 and was a competent work
er, should he be discharged in
order to provide a job for a
veteran? As a businessman would
you discharge a man of proved
ability and loyalty in order to
employ even his brother-in-law?
Hasn’t the man on the job, a
tried and true man, some rights?
Don’t we in business think the
efficiency of the organization
worth considering?
Though my sympathy is very
strong for men who have been
dislocated by war; who find them
selves out of work because of
combat duty, or any other duty
to their country, I think the man
who has been -on a job for some
years should have a good claim
to that job. Of course that does
not lessen our obligation to the
veteran; the Nation owes him a
great debt and the Nation should
not forget him; nor should we
forget him. The question sub
mitted to me really boils down to
this: shall we work a hardship
on men who have served long
and faithfully on the job, in order
to pay our debt to the veteran?
Or should we try to do justice
scrupulously to all citizens?
There have been new jobs
aplenty since 1945 to offer the
veterans suitable employment,
without turning out men of long
service on the job, whose citizen
ship and whose family are also
entitled to respect.
One of the dangers of more or
less general academic opportun
ity is that it turns out on the
world so many people who try to
refashion or transform the world
though they have very little
actual knowledge of the world.
Such academic opportunity is
often mistakenly called “educa
tion.” Much of our turmoil in
America is traceable to bright
minds which are wandering all
about and camping in the clouds.
With all respect to my brethren
of the teaching services it is
often true that men teach or
propound theories to unformed
intellects and the effect is often
a tremendous barrage of half-
baked ideas and a confusion of
purpose.
Some of the bright men of
small practical ablity, but dis
tinguished for Utopian dreams
and great fluency of speech, seem
to have ensnared this Nation in
to the United Nations and in
such a manner that stirs the ire
at- Tom Linder and moves him to
tytxj •
“The Internationalists are in
the saddle, and have been,
through long and bloody years.
The answer is In the hearts,
minds and hands of the people
of this country who believe in
God and whose labor and toil pro
duce our bounteous crops and in
dustrial supplies as well as those
who perform in professional
fields at white collar tasks and in
the field of finance and business.”
I agree with Mr. Linder; we
are in a compact that ties our
hands just as we see in Korea.
You might not think so, but that
little Police action of Mr. Tru
man’s is carried on in the name
of the United Nations and by its
authority. All we do is to provide
nearly all the money, munitions
and blood. It is a noble dream
but ruined by dreamers of fan
tasies.
We Southerners still remember
Sherman’s march to the sea and
the scorched-earth policy % he
adopted. Towns and cities, farms
and homes were- ruthlessly put to
the torch. General Sheridan
adopted the same plan in the
Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.
That saturnalia was not the
strategy of our General Lee in
Pennsylvania. I am not trying
to fan into flame the embers of
the Civil War; since then men of
the North and the South have
shed their blood together in
Cuba, France, Germany, the South
Pacific Island, Pearl Harbor, all
the oceans, and now Korea: My
point is that we do remember,
we the grandsons of the Southern
Confederacy. So it may be
natural that Russia should re
member what the war cost her.
Here is the account in the Maga-
“Prof. D. F. Fleaming of Van
derbilt University has pointed out,
in an article in The Western
Political Quarterly, Institute of
Government, University of Utah,
that ‘The Nazis and their allies
occupied Soviet territory in which
88,000,000 people had lived. They
destroyed, completely or partially.
15 large cities, 1710 . towns and
70,000 villages. They burned or
demolished 6,000,000 buildings and
deprived 25,000,000 people of
shelter.
“They demolished 31,850 in
dustrial enterprises, 65,000 kilo
meters of railway track and
4100 railway stations; 36,000
postal, telegram and telephone of
fices; 56,000 miles of main high
way, 90,000 bridges and 10,000
power stations. The Germans
ruined 1135 coal mines and 3000
oil wells, carrying off to Ger
many 14,000 steam boilers, 1400
turbines and 11,300 electric gen
erators. . . .Ninety-eight thousand
collective farms and 2890 ma
chine and tractor stations (were)
sacked and the following numbers
Mrs. E. W. Horton
Bush River Native,
Last Rites Conducted
Mrs. Eula Wheeler Horton, 79,
.died last Friday afternoon at the
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital. She had been in declining
health for several years but ser
iously ill for. the past six weeks.
Mrs. Horton was born and
reared in the Bush River section
of Newberry county, the daughter
of the late Frank and Adeline
Reeder Wheeler. She was a mem
ber of Bush River Baptist church.
She was the widow on Andrew H.
Horton, and was the last surviv
ing mmeber of her ^family.
She is survived by three chil
dren, Eugene and Clifton, both
of Newberry; Mrs. lone Horton,
Joanna; eleven grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at 3 p.m. at Bush
River Baptist church by the Rev.
T. B. Altman. Interment fol
lowed in Rosemont cemetery in
Newberry.
of livestock slaughtered by the
Germans or carried away by
them: 7,000,000 horses, 17,000,-
000 cattle, 20,000,000 hogs, 27,000,-
000 sheep and goats, 110,000,000
poultry. What would the Ameri
can countryside be like if this
kind of scourge had passed over
it? And what feelings would be
left behind?
The Germans and their satel
lites. . .looted and destroyed 40,-
000 hospitals and medical centers,
84,000 schools and colleges, and
43,000 public libraries with 110,-
000,000 volumes. Some 4000
theatres were destroyed and 427
museums. Even the churches
did not escape, more than 2800
being wrecked.
In dealing with Russia, we
should remember these things and
always be clear in our own minds
about Russia’s legitimate needs
for security against another in
vasion and her aggressive designs
on other countries.
We should always be prepared
to negotiate with Russia in terms
of her legitimate security needs.
We should always be prepared to
resist her aggressive designs. We
must rearm, but we must also
know the terms of peace on
which we will settle.”
This may help us to understand
why the Russians are fearful, but
it need not make us forget that
Russia has done her full share,
too. Even after the German
surrender the Russians proceeded
to strip them. And Russia has
adopted a policy which makes her
the greatest menace to peaceful
living that the world has known.
The arrogance of Mussbarbarity
of the Kremlin.
Hurry...
u r r y
A. ^ " c
mrt Uk
are
CHOCOLATES
The World Famous SAMPLER
1 lb. $2.00 2 lbs. $4.00
Other Whitmans Assortments
Ideal For Gifts
-1
j
SHOP NOW FOR
rcvct6
THE
ZERO HOUR
IS NEAR
Time’s a-flying and, before you know it, Santa will be
breathing down your chimney! But we re all set to help
you breeze through your last-minute shopping... and many
services to speed you on your Merry Christmas way! Do
hurry in, right now—and solve all your gift problems with
greatest of ease!
i '
4
i ' : P ! " 1
Lominack Hardware
NEWBERRY
DRUG CO.
944 Main St.
WATCH AND
JEWELRY REPAIRS
BR0ADUS LIPSCOMB
WATCHMAKER
2309 Johnstone Street
For Expert Repair Bring
Your Radio and Television
GEO. N. MARTIN
Radio and Television
Service
SALES and SERVICE
BOYCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOUR SERVICE
Telephone 311
with a
Serviceable Gift
iSI
ARROW SHIRTS
INTERWOVEN
HOSE
At JOHNSON HAGOOD CLARY’S you will find the right
GIFTS for HIM. Come in and let us show you how easy
it is to shop for your men. And, incidentally, your man
knows that it is good if it comes from this store. He also
knows that is is always correct in style.
If you are still undecided on what to give him just
present him with a GIFT CERTIFICATE and let him do
his own choosing after Christmas.
Johnson Hagood Clary
1204 Caldwell SL
Phone 117
VAN HEUSEN
PAJAMAS
■ * ■ -&
-J
;«s
m
Start a Christmas Savings
Account Here Today fjll
Weekly Depoeit Received In 60 Wks.
25c $ 12.50
50c ~$ 25.00
$1.00 ~$ 50.00
$2.00 ^.....$100.00
Weekly Deposit Received In 60 Wks.
$ 3.00 - $ 150.00
$ 5.00 $ 250.00
$10.Q0 $ 500.00
$20.00 $1000.00
Along with Santa, we hope you were one of the happy ones to re
ceive a CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB CHECK from the SOUTH CARO- •
LINA NATIONAL BANK, which were mailed Friday, November 30th.
We are proud of our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB this year, because
it is the largest one in membership and amount of money involved since
we began this service in 1932.
REMEMBER our new club for the year of 1952 began on Saturday,
December 1st.
We welcome all our regular members back, and invite you to come
in and join our CHRISTMAS CLUB for 1952.
South C arolina National Bank