The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 11, 1952, Image 3
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECtXtOR
Democrats, Yes—But Americans First!
. Most of us were born in the Democratic Party, but we
v.ere born American citizens, too. As a boy here in
Charleston I was taught the lessons of the patriots; I de
claimed the speeches of Patrick Henry; I learned of George
Washington; I spoke in school the Declaration of Inde
pendence ; I read accounts of the Partisan leaders who
roamed South Carolina —- Sumter, Marion, Pickens and
others. Great figures were the men who stood in the
forefront of America’s battle for independence. I still
revere the memory of great men and notable achievement.
I have been reared 'on stories of men who had vision,
who worked and saved, who became great leaders in a de
veloping land. They built well, for we greatly surpass all
other nations in the opportunities and rewards for the
worker. This is not due to exceptional resources alone,
for other lands have as much; but it is due to exceptional
opportunity fostered by the American way of living.
In recent years we have fallen under* * the sway of men
who have done little or nothing themselves but have bor
rowed from Europe the idea of planning our life for us.
If there is a plan there must be a planner, so these men
are the planners. Little by little planning grew into con
trols. Today we are under the control of a body of men
who do not even talk our language. If any benefit has
accrued then we are like those crying for the flesh pots of
Egypt, men preferring bondage to strenuous liberty.
The America of our fathers was a land in which every
man might make of himself what he could: he sought no
Government favor and he had no Government controls over
him. Men who built this old City—and built it well—were
far-aeeing men, men of vision who built of materials more
enduring than bronze—they built on the imperishable spirit
of accomplishment.
We have naturally fallen into Socialism, as Socialism is
Government control. In regulations we are making the
Federal Government supreme. It is supreme even if the
courts must twist the Constitution beyond recognition; it
seeks to be supreme now in actual business operations,
competing with its own people. This newest effort is to
engage in the power business. ,
There is only one remedy: we must rid ourselves of
Truman, Trumanities and Trumanism. There must be
no compromise; it is a nation we must save, not a mere
political party. That men of our way of thinking should
control the Democratic Party seems a fatuous hope; but
unless this nation is assured a thorough cleansing and
reconsecration we should use our ballots independently,
voting Republican if necessary and then turning them
out within 8 years before they also acquire the mink-coat
habit. (A speech made by J. K. Breedin to the Kiwanis
Club in Charleston.)
Government Power Competitor
The late Christie Benet, fine citizen and lovable gentle
man that he was, met me one day on the street in Colum
bia and expressed the gravest concern over the* prospect
of the flooding of Clemson property by the proposed Hart
well dam. More recently an engineer of Virginia, a Clem
son man, has written at length in the same vein. We
are told that all this is not true. What engineer of recog
nized standing supports the contention that Clemson will
not suffer?
Some of us are nearing the end of the trail. During
the years we have seen many drastic changes, some of
them not very good.
Although I have been a student of government the
shock to me is as a citizen, not as a student or publicist.
As a citizen I have seen ambitious programs submitted
to Congress under a deliberate deception. Congress has
adopted some of these programs Tinder complete misappre
hension, based on misinformation.
In time of flood and storm we become sympathetic to
ward programs of flood control; then, again, we are easily
persuaded that we should dredge our rivers and use
them for heavy freight, so that brings up navigation. It
is a double-barreled proposal that we spend billions of
dollars to promote use of rivers for navigation and set
up an elaborate flood control. Merely as an incident (some
times not emphasized) reference is made to use of the
water for generating electric power.
Then it suddenly develops that the whole scheme is a
sort of gigantic subterfuge in order to make the nation
a competitor in the power business. Today the T.V.A.
is openly so powerminded that it is building on a vast
plan to produce electric power by steam. ^
Knowing some of the promoters of the so-called water
projects and Navigation schemes I believe in their good
faith, but they are being subjected to the persuasive bland
ishments of the Washington Socialist planners and they
are carrying the nation rapidly to all-out competition with
its own citizens and taxpayers.
EDITRESS
Miss Alma Altman of this city has joined the tribe of
scribes by becoming editor (or editress) of the Furman
University publication “The Hornet.”
SIMPLE, ISN’T IT?
The Johnston Herald offers a simple rule for Punctu
ation for typesetters. It goes like this: Set up type
as long as you can hold your breath wihout turning
blue in the face and then put in a comma. When you
start to gape, put in a semicolon, and when you have
to sneeze, start a new paragraph.
HAULING THE BRASS
In Washington city alone there are 849 full-time chauf
fers and 317 part-time, to move the “brass” around on
missions which would as well be lef^ unattended.
POOR SPELLERS
Some of our greatest men are said to have been poor
spellers. If so a Newberry county merchant might be
numbered among them. Closing his place recently he
chalked the following on the window: “CLOWED. OUT
OF BUSINESS.”
UNASSISTED
Every chair in the doctor’s office was taken. Some of
the patients talked for a while and then silence fell. Final
ly one old man stood up wearily and remarked: “Well, I
guess I’ll just go home and die a natural death.”
WELL, THAT’S ONE REASON
Nearly 80 couples attended a marriage renewal ser
vice at St. Paul’s Church, Margate. On Sunday night.
As they knelt in prayer, the Vicar (the Rev. Frank
Mellows) read out the marriage vows.
In his address the Vicar pointed out that at the be-
gining of the century there were only about 500 di
vorces, whereas the number now was more than 1,000
a week.
He spoke of some of the causes of broken marriages.
Sometimes it was because the husband did not pay suf
ficient attention to his wife, who then responded to
the advances of another man.
WE’LL BUY THIS
Ed. Finlay in The State:
I don’t know what the law is, or even if there is a: law,
but someone should have the authority to control some of
these lame-brained motorboat operators. A Sunday driver
on the highway is one who slows everyone down by pid
dling along at 20 miles an hour. But a Sunday driver on
the water is a speed demon who makes a nuisance of him
self by endangering others—and there are too many of
them running loose.
If a man likes speed with his outboard, let him have
it away from other people; but don’t let him have it bother
ing and endangering others by speeding right by them
or sending out big waves with sharp turns. >
Maybe a special law would be needed giving Santee-
Cooper and Lake Murray game wardens the right to make
cases against reckless operators.
And as another safety measure I’d like to see a law pro
viding that every boat offered for rent come up to a cer
tain standards, both in dimensions and state of repair;
and possibly another law to make everyone going out on
one of the big reservoirs have a life preserver. There’d be
a dozen or so less funerals this summer.
PAIR OF LITTLE ONES
From The Saluda* Sentinel:
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C. A. Bodie, who lives in the Richland Spring sec
tion seemed awfully “peeved” about something the
other day. He was making excuses about not catching
any fish. Said he went one day last week and came
back with only two little orphan fish. One weighed 14
1-4 pounds and the other 12 3-4 pounds. Now, before
you turn green, bear in mind these fish were Carp*.
Mr. Bodie was told the Carp were coming out and wal
lowing around the shallow waters like so many pigs.
Word comes in front the Higgins section thait a num
ber of fellows caught over 500 pounds. Rumor has it
they were also Carp. These fish, we are told, are not
caught with hook and line. They go after ’em Beaver
fashion.
ashineton
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DOESN’T TRUST THE HUNS
A wreck of a man, helped by two ushers, climbed to
the rostrum in the French National Assembly. He was a
Buchenwald concentration camp victim, M. George^ Heuil-
ard, aged 52, speaking on the European Army, and he
said:
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“I am a condemned man. I am going to die soon, but
before that let me warn you: Distrust the Germans al
ways. Do not rearm Germany.
“I do not want my sons and grandchildren to fight at
the side of their father’s hangmen.
“When I was at Buchenwald my friends and I swore an
oath that the survivors would always oppose any form of
German rearmament. Most of my friends are dead, but
I am addressing the Assembly on their behalf.
P OLITICS at the Washingtwi lev
el is at least confounding the
experts. The managers of the
booming campaign of General
Dwight Eisenhower, who a short
few weeks ago were screaming to
get General Eisenhower back into
this country, are now divided up
on the expediency rf his coming
home now for fear lest some of
the romance and glamour of the
five-star general might rub off in
close contact with the people.
The best information obtainable
now is that the general, who has
said he may “re-examine” his po
sition, will be back probably by
June 1. And further, it is likely
that if “Ike” makes any speeches
prior to the GOP convention in Chi
cago, they will be “non-political”
speeches. ‘
The General feels that it would
be in bad taste for him to cam
paign in uniform of a general of
the army, and for that reason, if
he is nominated by the Republican
convention, he will resign from the
army, give up his pay and retire
ment emoluments, and campaign
strictly as a civilian.
This is in direct contrast to the
action of General Douglas Mac-
Arthur, who has declared he is
willing to accept a nomination and
is making political speeches against
his commander-in-chief, with uni
form, army plane and all.
• • •
At the other end of the Republi
can field, Senator Robert A. Taft,
“Mr. Republican” himself, who has
been considered as the Republican
organization candidate, or at least
the candidate of the professional
politicians in the convention, hotly
blasted the disaffection in the New
Jersey Republican organization and
withdrew from that state primary
on the ground he is not getting a
square break against General
Eisenhower. Senator Taft’s with
drawal from New Jersey Is con
sidered a confession of weakness,
although his managers still claim he
is out in front of the Republican
field by a two-to-one delegate vote
at this time.
Senator Taft’s stinging defeat at
the hands of the Eisenhower sup
porters in New Hampshire and the
unprecedented write - in vote in
Minnesota in favor of Eisenhower
' have given the Taft supporters
cause for anxiety and although
General Eisenhower came, out of
Minnesota with none of the dele
gates, all going to Harold Stassen,
who has agreed to divide delegates
with Ike, the Minnesota vote was
more -important politically than the
few delegates General Eisenhower
picked up in his New Hampshire
victory.
• • •
QtENATOR TAFT needed an ex-
^ tra strong showing in the Wis
consin primary. Of course there
are many more delegates, which *
the Taft supporters declare they
will garner from conventions and
party appointments, than are
named in primaries which will
show up in his camp at Chicago,
but even the professional politicians
can read a trend.
Stassen will wind up In the Eisen
hower camp, probably angling for
some cabinet job and that may
also be true of Governor Warren of
California, although there are some
who give him a chance in case of
an unlikely deadlock.
' On the Democratic side of the
picture, President Truman is as
uncommunicative as ever as to his
intentions. Politically, the Presi
dent is being wise in putting off any
announcement as long as possible,
particularly if his decision is not
to run. If this is his decision, he
might be placed at a disadvantage
in dealing with our European allies,
and, if he does decide to run, he is
not being hurt, since the concensus
is that he only has to make his
wishes known to gain the nomina
tion.
Senator Richard B. Russell oi
Georgia, who has thrown his hat
in the ring, has opened up national
headquarters here and actively
started hi£ campaign. He is being
importuned by his southern sup
porters to head up a Dixiecrat
party, but the word is that he has
refused on the theory he does not
believe President Truman will run
What his reactiop will be if the
President does run remains to be
seen, although he refused to bolt
the regular Democratic party when
the Dixiecrats took a walk at the
Philadelphia convention in 1948.
In the meantime. Senator Estes
Kefauver is making hay where he
can with a back-breaking schedule
The 1962 Maid of Cotton, Miss
Patricia Ann Mullarkey, 20, of
Dallas, -Texas, made flying visits
to Phoenix, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Fresno, , Bakersfield,
Denver, Des Moines, St. Louis
ahd New York recently.
By plane, the maid will travel
66,000 miles in the next .five
months as the 14th fashion and
goodwill ambassadress for the
13,000,000-member cotton Indus
try.
Her visits to 30 major Ameri
can cities are just a starter on
this young emissary’s travels.
She will enjoy “April in "Paris,”
and cherry blossom time in Wash
ington, D. C. She will be the
first Maid of Cotton to carry
King Cotton’s greetings to Cana
da. In mid-June, she will board, a
Braniff International Airways El
Conquistador for a five-week fly
ing visit to five South American
counties.
A highlight of the American
part of her tour will be her re
turn to Memphis in (May to attend
a special Maid of Cotton Ball at
the annual Memphis Cotton Carni
val. She also will make a re
port of her travels to the Carni
val’s King Cotton.
In each of Maid Pat’s tour
stops she will be giving fashion
shows at various department
stores—all cotton, of course—
greeting mayors, governors and
other public .officials, making
radio and television appearances.
And, at all times, she will be
wearing her exclusive wardrobe,
created especially for her by 36
of America’s most famoys de
signers. Her hats, bags, shoes,
even luggage are cotton!
Miss Mnllarkey was chosen
Maid of Cotton January 3, in
Memphis. Miss Estelle Lane,
fashion editor of McCall’s maga
zine, headed th§ judging panel
which chose her on the basis of
personality, poise, intelligence, as
well as beauty. Until then. Maid
Pat was a senior student at
Southern Methodist University,
where she was 1961 Homecoming
queen, a yearbook beauty and a
home economics major. Her fath
er is a representative of a large
textile manufacturing firm.
The contest and tour are spon
sored by the National Cotton
Council, the Memphis Cotton
Carnival Association, and the
cotton exchange of Memphis, New
York and New Orleans.
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For a widely-traveled
of Cotton, a sports outfit
from the Italian, inU
American cotton. Miss Pa
key, chooses this Stanley .
Beacon Hill design, for hear
moments on her 65,
will tour. The versatile
sweater is in washable
knit, the dickey in, white
knit and the shorts
skirt in ambra solare
according to the National
Council.
Here’s the Doi
BUT OFFICER, I'M
SUPPOSED TO PUT MY
APM OUT WHEN I
STOP. 1
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^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO S
WORRYING AND START!
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apHE NATION’S weekly newspaper
^ editors waited until the smoke
had cleared from the New Hamp
shire election battle before com
menting editorially. As a result,
they came up with some precise,
if somewhat sarcastic, observa
tions. Here are a few of them, se
lected at random:
The Berlin Reporter, Berlin, N.H.
—“Interpreting in clear, dramatic
terms the way that ’hiost of the
people feel about affairs of the day.
Kefauver did it and won. Taft mis
took politician# for people and
lost . . .
“That, It seems to us, was the
sum and substance of the New
Hampshire primary ...
"Kefauver went out and shook
their hands and ASKED^or their
votes. Taft went out and TOLD
the people that they must vote
for him to save the country from
Socialism."
• • *
The Irwin Standard, Irwin, Pa.—
“More than a trace of the spirit
of rebellion and unrest that prompt
ed the famous Boston Tea Party
as a prelude to the Revolutionary
War, is evident in the T’ party
staged by the voters of New Hamp
shire in the nation’s first 1952
presidential primary . . . Just as
the patriots of Boston dumped tea
into the bay as a protest against
intolerable conditions, so the voters
of New Hampshire tossed over
board the candidacies of President
Truman and Senator Taft in favor
of new faces in the political field.”
• • •
The Hillsboro Argus, Hillsboro,
Oregon—“Thb victory of Senator
Kefauver over President Truman
indicates a public revulsion against
influence peddling, political and
governmental corruption and tolar-
ation of Communist-linars as
brought out in congressional hear
ings.” '
• • a
The Suburban List, Essex Junc
tion, Vermont—“Hie result of tlje
presidential primary in New Hamp
shire . . . was a sweeping and de
cisive victory for General Dwight
D. Eisenhower, and a definite de
feat for President Harry S. Tru
man . . .
“The remarkable thing about
it is that Gen. Eisenhower won
his contest without a single per
sonal move on his part . . /*
• • *
The Loudonville Times, Loudon-
ville, Ohio—“The general’s thank
you note to his New Hampshire
campaigners was routine gallantry,
but he put so much enthusiasm in
it that he runs a great risk of hav
ing folks think he’s actually in the
race.”
SEVENTEEN YEARS AGO Miss Gertrude Hunter, Chattano
Term., went to work for a~man who had the reputation of ^
ing the hardest man in the city to work for. She didn’t know abou
his reputation at that time, but she soon heard about it from nuir.
erous employees who had been working for the company for
time.
When she realized that she had walked into a
hard job, she had to ask herself if she were going
to be able to hold the job down. After consider
ing the good features to be derived from work
ing for the company she told herself “to get busy
and make good on that job.” Then she set out to
learn more about the job than anybody else in
the building; she reviewed what little knowl
edge she had of curves, angles, degrees and min
utes, of which most of her dictation was com
posed; she brushed up on her shorthand, and
gave her job first place in her life.
Her boss, a well educated westerner, expected
hings to be done NOW. Before coming to this city he was ownt
and operator of a business college, and he never hesitated to sa
. that there was no excuse for a girl not turning out LETTER-PER
FECT work. He traveled a hard road and he was hard on his em
ployees. When he would «ay “bring your notebook” she woul.
reach-for it and utter a silent prayer that he would not be able t
detect how she was trembling while taking his dictation. But be
fore long he and she together were turning out more certificate,
than any other examiner and stenographer in the whole office. h|§
He was vice-president of the company when she went t
vork for him, but in a few years he became president, and she «
secretary instead of a stenographer. She is glad she stayed on, am
uow if a young, timid stenographer asks her “How to conque
ear” with respect to a job, she advises “Learn more about you
iob than anyone else in the office, and then what you dare t
iream. dare to do.”
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Carnegie
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Score 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions:
1. A facade is a:
—Front of a building —Kind of food —Fish net
—Small animal # |
2. General Burgoyne was a British officer in the:
-—Boer War # —Boxer Rebellion
—American Revolution —World War II
3. Tly author of the novel Jane Eyre was:
—Emily Dickinson —Dorothy Parker —Emily Post
—Charlotte Bronte X
4. Who said, “I regret that I have but one life to give to my country”?
—Benedict Arnold —Nathan Hale . —Patrick Henry
—William Jennings Bryan
5. Alaska was discovered by a:
—Dane —Russian —Englishman —Norwegian
6. Which of thejtollowing is not an official language of Switzerland:
—French —Italian —German . —Spanish
7. Listed below are four occupations and opposite them, jumbled up,
are tools used in those jobs. Match them, scoring 10 points for
each correct answer.
(A) physician —T-square
(B) machinist
(C) draftsman
.(D) carpenter
Total your points,
superior; 90-100, very superior.
Answers On Page Six
—miter box
—calipers
A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80,