Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^■1.1 miurn t&a nftWBftftitY atm HMaaMMMi PftffiAY, PESItUAfeY 2§, W62 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 bf Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTI9N RATES: In S. C., *1.50 per year In advance ^outside S. C., *2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS . . . Mechanical “Brain” May Someday Solve Problems Of Our Economy Governor Byrnes is serving our nation splendidly by his address es and public statements. The South has many capable Gover nors, but it must be conceded that Governor Byrnes has a person al prestige which lifts him high er than any of his fellow Gov ernors. And the Governor is not resting on his prestige: he is the leader by virtue of his forth right declarations I have a little picture in my imagination: it is of James F Byrnes, native son of Charleston, State of South Carolina, standing before . the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the old Colonial Capital, Williams burg. Once, in the days of long ago, the important Capitals in Colonial America were Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Williams burg and Charleston. We are close to Charleston, though the greatness of her contribution is not known so widely as that of Boston; very little is remem bered of Williamsburg. Strange ly enough, those surpassing Vir ginians are remembered indi vidually for beyond any associa tion with Williamsburg. Still, when Governor Byrnes met the Virginia law-makers he was on ground sacred forever to the memory of George Washington, James Madison, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Chancellor Wythe, and a host of others of the near-great. In Williamsburg Patrick Henry delivered speeches that electri fied all the patriots. Do you re member? “Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third “I Some shouted “Treason”! But that fiery Irshman replied “May profit by their example. If that be treason, make the most of it.’ Then, again, that same Patrick Henry delivered a speech, which Governor Byrnes and I probably recited jn our school days in old Charleston: “Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, when there is no peace. I know not what course others may take, but as for me give me liberty or give me death!” No one can measure the influence of those speeches: they crystallized sentiment and made it effective, just as Governor Byrnes is doing now: just as Ed gar Brown did when he walked out of the Democratic Conven tion which nominated Henry Wal lace for Vice President; and as Senator Cotton-Ed Smith walked out in Philadelphia. The Charleston schools once had recitations every Friday. (If my memory is at fault my teacher Miss Lottie Olney, is fully capable' of putting this young man right.) So, from her throne on Folly Beach, I hope she may not pro nounce too harshly against her one-time bad boy. . From old Williamsburg went George Washington with a letter to the French invader; and in Williamsburg that unique genius, Thomas Jefferson, was a student, then a Governor. There was the man who later became the great est jurist in American history— John Marshall; there was James Madison, not merely a future President, for Presidents were common in Virginia, but as the most fruitful contributor to the Constitution of the United States and to the Amendments known as the American Bill of Rights. And, among the other great, was George Wythe the great teacher of the law. Governor Byrnes was fully aware of all the greatness that hallows Williamsburg and makes it a shrine of liberty and free enterprise. What traditions must inspire the thoughtful American who walks where Jefferson walk ed ; who reflects on that re markable figure, Washington, who, as a lad, blazed trails through the mountains, surveying; who, as a man, did his part, always with calm and dignity, always without self interest, or narrow partisan ship: the first American, in very truth. Nothing so clearly reveals the simple faith and rugged strength of Washington as those few, de cisive words in the Constitutional Convention. When the delegates seemed appalled at what they had done, in proposing a new charter to hold the 3 States together, the Constitution, the great document which had been worked out in secret and without authorization, Washington stood in solemn grandeur and said: “If we do not adopt an instrument which we ourselves approve how can we de fend it? We must raise a stand ard to which the wise and the just may repair: the event is in the hands of God.” I am Quoting from memory, but that is a re liable reproduction. Said the great Washington, in effect: We must do the best our minds and hearts suggest and let God use our feeble strength and purpose. Notice! Several interesting letters have come to me. One, dated January 11th, though just received, from a lady who thanks me for rec ognizing Jehovah as the Source of all that is good. Certainly 1 claim nothing for that: the splen dor of the universe proclaims Him. As the Episcopal brethren sing: “The unwearied Sun, from day to day, does its Creator’s power display. And publishes in every .land The work of an Al mighty hand.” David sang un- forgetably “The heavens declare the glory of God, the firmament showeth his handiwork.” Another letter comes from Charleston and says: .... “You said people have plenty of money today. , , , .For the last 20 years I have been trying to save up enough money to get a new suit . and overcoat, but never could get together enough to buy them.” Of course 1 was speaking with sarcasm about everybody having money. Look at our Welfare pay ments; one might suppose that America had become pauperized. And perhaps it has. The third letter comes from Greenville. Here is what it says: “I am glad you are calling the peoples attention to the ever increase of taxes. Wish we had more Speakers like you and, Henry J Taylor to keep the mat ter before the public. I want to refer to the tax levy in one of the districts of Greenville Coun ty. This district is in upper part of the County, near the North Carolina line, just a mile or two south of Tryon, N. C., where Lake Lanier is located. My tax re ceipts for this district show the following: Year 1947 101 Mills 1948 142 1951 167 1/4 I know this is correct as I have the receipts before me.” be used to do their thinking, pro* vided the machines are not used to multiply mink coats. So ponder this: “THE METALS THAT THINK FOR MAN. A giant with a super-human ‘brain’ lives in New York City. In min utes, he can solve mathematical problems that would take a hu man years. In less time than it takes you to read this, he can compute the position of a planet, the trajectory of a shell or the path of an electron as it whirls around its nucleus in the dark, silent world of the atom. He works out the intricate formulas for rocket motors, guided missiles and atomic power plants. His of ficial name is SSEC—for Selec tive Sequence Electronic Calcu lator. But most people simply call him The Machine. The Ma chine is a complex mass of mil lions of metal parts. His ‘brain’ is a lacelike network of electric relays and electronic tubes. It is composed, in large part, of cop per, silver, zinc, lead, vanadium, platinum and selenium. And it is connected by a nervous system of more than 250 miles of copper wire. This will help make possible even more complicated calcula tors of the future . . . highly de veloped electronic ‘brains’ that may some day predict and chart economic trends to help control booms and depressions . . . pre pare accurate long-range weather forecasts . . . eventually, perhaps, operate industrial plants auto matically. Through progress in science, in industry—and in metals — the brave new world of the future is just around the corner. In fact, it’s ready to knock on your door.. 1 If that wonderful contrivance could be distributed throughout 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 A Penalty of WILL BE ADDED TO ALL BUSINESS LICENSES on MARCH 1 City of Newberry “The amount of money spent by the Federal Government is so staggering that most persons have no conception of its magnitude and in consequence have not been too much concerned about nation al fiscal affairs. The figures carry more meaning when it is pointed out that for the calendar year 1951, Federal expenditures were nearly equivalent to all the wages and salaries of the more than 15 million or so workers employed in all the factories and mines of the country. In 1939, Federal expenditures represented but 60 percent of the wages and salaries of the foregoing groups, and in 1929 only about 20 percent. If state and local units are in cluded, total Governmental ex penditures in 1951 were equal to about 67 percent of total wages and salaries of all persons—from the lowest paid worker to the highest paid executive—engaged in gainful nongovernment pur suits.” What - about cotton This is a great cotton-i roducing State. Says the monthly letter of The First National Bank of Boston: “Spot -cotton prices on January 17 averaged 41.5 cents per pound, about 1.5 cents below the peak for this season and 3 cents be low a year ago The latest crop estimate of 15.3 million bales, while one half greater than last season and about one fourth above the average for the past ten years, has been well absorb ed so far. Exports for this sea son to date are about one half more than the total for the same period of last year, and in both November and December foreign shipments actually exceeded do mestic consumption, an infrequent occurrence. Mill stocks on De cember 29 were the lowest for that date since 1935 apd equival ent to slightly over sixty days’ supply. Quantities in public stor age at 5.7 million bales were about 1 million bales lower than a year earlier, and included only a little over one half million bales in the Government loan. The high official crop goals for next year are understandable in the light of these factors.” Many of us have become almost disheartened because our Nation al leaders seem unable to think clearly. They’ve drunk so much of the muddy Potomac water that their brains seem both muddied and muddled. So it is refreshing to think that machines could the Nation’s Capital we might get back on the road to sanity. Rice! I’ve been talking about rice and now comes my great and good friend, Mr. Edwin G. Seibels of Columbia with an illuminating Letter: “I am particularly inter ested to know that there is a movement to revive rice growing, and I trust it will be successful. I was very closely associated with the rice business for many years and furnished practically all of the fire and flood insurance for practically all of the large plant ers. The record for flood in surance had been particularly good for a period of 100 years, but it came to a more or less sudden end when the free range cattle bill was enacted. The cat tle spent all of their time upon the rice banks and trod them to such an extent that it was im possible to keep them, up to the standard at any reasonable cost. Rice is, as you know, one of the most expensive crops that can be raised and the trunks that let the water in and out of the fields cost about $2,500 at that time. They would now cost at least $4',000 or $5,000. »In addition, the expense of keeping the rice birds off the fields was very great. Several large planters, two of whom were Clinch Heyward and Miles Hazard, expended about $1,500 a year for powder alone to shoot the birds and then they had to have gunmen and a force of hands to strip the birds from the trees at night. We had three or four flood losses in succession due to inability to keep the banks DUTCH TREAT S. C. Ranks Eighth In Tree Farming WASHINGTON (Special)—South Carolina has one of the fastest- growing Tree Farm programs in the Nation, according to a statis tical analysis released today by American Forest Products Indus tries. The Palmetto State recorded an acreage increase of 34 percent during 1961, the report stated. A total of 1,077,694 acres of taxpay ing, crop-producing forestland is certified in the program. South Carolina now ranks as the South’s fifth and the Nation’s eighth Tree Farm state. A total of 86 differ ent Tree Farms are listed. The South Carolina Tree Farm program was launched in 1946 un der sponsorship of the State Com mission of Forestry and the Clem- son Extension service, in coopera tion with the Southern Pine Asso ciation. Nationally the 11-year-old Trep Farm program is encouraged by American Forest Products Indus tries of Washington, D. C. A total of 3,485 tree farmers in 33 states are growing timber crops on 24,- 812,416 acres. y PRIVATE BURROUGHS COMPLETES COURSE IN QUARTERMASTER Pvt Glenny Burrough, colored, son of Helen Burroughs, Hunter street, recently graduated from the. Storage Subsistence (Dourse of the Quartermaster School at Fort Lee, Va. The Quartermaster School trains both officers and enlisted men in many specialized fields. Units at Fort Lee and other Army installations send personnel to the Quartermaster School for advanced training In whatever field the company can utilize the man. The school has high standards which must be met by all students. Prior to entering the Army at Fort Jackson in July of 1951, Pvt. Burroughs attended Drayton Street High school. AS AOVCRTtSCO m QUICK SMOKE ELK OR SADDLE TAN An Style! Supersoft leather thick Cuah-N-Crepe soles* they*!* bollt to pay their P OUR IN HVN POWER •••with WHIX MOTOR RYTW*. Cleans out carbon and sludge. Re news engine “pep”, protects against friction. Add to gas and oil. Satisfac tion or money refunded. Try motor rythm! R. M. Hollingshead Corn., Camden 2, N. J. At Servic* StaHoni, Garagw, A •to Svppty Stent Distributed By PIEDMONT AUTO PARTS CO- INC. 1320 Thompson St. Newberry, 8. C, NEWS for you! More news More often , Mon. thru Sof. by %m*M LES NICK0ES 11:25 A.M. H.R. BAUKHAGi 12:35 P.M. Sat. 6:55 p.m. SAM HAYES 2:25 P.M. CECIL BROWN 5:55 P.M. WKDK FRANK SINGISIR 3:25 P.M. Sat. MUTUAL BROADCASTING COMPANY Anderson’s Shoe Store up and were obliged to Retire from the flood business. This spelled the end of the rice busi ness in South Carolina since no planter could stand the additional expense of repairing the damage done by free range cattle. Pos sibly mechanized culture can do something to revive the business. I certainly hope so because there is no rice grown in the world, not even in Japan, that is the superior of Carolina rice. In fact, a great quantity of rice was ex ported to Japan by many plant ers. I shall watch'i with interest the endeavor to revive the busi ness, and if it can be done, I hope a stop will be put to mis branding Louisiana and Arkansas rice as Carolina rice. In addition, I should like to live to get another ‘bait’ of rice birds for they were the greatest delicacy imaginable. Possibly it is only remembered by old timers like myself.” LETTERS Dear Editor I have been a member of the Community Concert Association since we started having it in Newberry, and have thoroughly enjoyed everyone of the concerts that I have attended. This is the only opoprtunity that the school children of Newberry have to see and hear fine artists in* person. Though I may not be old enough now to appreciate very high clasa music I realize that I never will appreciate it unless t have the opportunity to attend good con* certs of all kinds. Sincerely, Nathan Saint-Amand lit Dear Editor, I’d like to take up a bit of your space (and I’m sure you won't mind) to tell you, on behalf of the college students, how much we have enjoyed and benefitted from the Community Concerts. In small towns like Newberry, there are not found the ad vantages of larger cities—those of drama, art and music. In all t wns there are those people who appreciate these finer things and haven’t the chance to participate in and enjoy them. This is where the Community Concert Series “comes to our aid.” This great organization affords those in terested, the opportunity to hear a varied selection of noted music* ians. , We don't want this concert series to be discontinued. It has meant so much to us. When ask* ed, we are delighted to reply, “Why, yes. Newberry has an excellent Community Concert Series; and we are proud to be a member of the organization. Sincerely yours, Verna Kohn Dear Editor, In a city the size of New berry I wonder how many of us realize the marvelous opportunity thq Community Concert Associa tion offers us? Singers and en tertainers who have already be come nationally known as ac complished artists are rare in deed! And at our low price, too! We have the privilege of hear ing them in an auditorium where we can see them—not a 4th or 5th balcony for which you have to pay your life’s savings. NOW it’s time to take advantage of this opportunity. Sincerely, Mrs. Martha J. 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