Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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mmm m3 - ' l-^. , >.; THE NEWBEREY SUN FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1962 Hot and Heavy Campaign Predicted As Ike and Adlai Vie for Presidency * By the time the Democratic convention screeched to a halt in Chicago on July 26 America had the line-ups for what is shaping up to be one of the most crucial presidential elections in the na tion’s history. To compete with Republicans Dw^ht D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon for the presidential prize the Democrats picked Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois and Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama— and they did it the hard way, in a wide-open, bellowing, week-long convention. When, on that fateful Friday eve ning, the forces behind Adlai Ste- vensou pushed him over the top to receive the presideniai nomination on the third ballot it was the climax to one of the most violent and rau- tous political conventions ever held anywhere. Ever since the opening of the big quadrennial meeting on Monday, July 21, the 1,230 Democratic dele gates inhabiting the swarming floor of Chicago’s International Amphi theatre had fought like the Kilkenny cats over civil rights, candidates, party loyalty, and a few other less profound issues—such as whether or not to adjourn. Breach Healed But in the end, the main breach that had threatened to divide the party—a liberal vs. conservative fight over the now famous Moody loyalty “assurance” resolution— ' ■ ■■?* . • •' mm »Vv mm ADLAI STEVENSON had been pretty well bridged. Ste venson's choice of Sparkman as the vice-presidential candidate was in tended to cap the effort towards North-South unity, although some dissonant voices still were being heard. . Stevenson himself, in a somewhat off-the-cuff manner, had contributed a little to the impending disunity by his attitude of total reluctance toward the whole idea of running for president. His behavior during the weeks preceding the convention, and in deed almost up until the day of his nomination, probaby will be rec orded as a kind of political classic. He made no deals; he rejected all overt offers of support. He repeated again and again that all he wanted was to be governor of Illinois. He did everything, in fact, except make an incontrovertible statement that he would not accept the nomi nation. Yet, in the end, bereft of his in decision after the convention had made the decision for him, Adlai Stevenson revealed himself as a shrewd, energetic, and willing can didate, ready to go to bat in the best interests of the nation during the campaign between now and No vember. Acceptance Speech *1 accept your nomination—and your program,” he said in his speech to the clamorous and satis fied delegates who had chosen him. “And now that you have made your decision I will fight to win that of fice with all my heart and soul. With your help, I have no doubt * that we will win.” Stevenson, now 52 years old, has held appointive government posi tions since.the early days of the New Deal. At one time he was spe cial assistant to Secretary of State James F. Byrnes. It was Byrnes, incidentally, who started him on his elective political career by urging Jacob Arvey, Illinois Democratic boss, to draft him to run for gov ernor in 1948. Stevenson Is on record with re gard to all. or most of the issues that will arise in the election cam paign. He favors limited social wel fare programs to assist those who through “unavoidable circum stances have not been able to main tain a decent standard of living.” Wants FEPC Law He says he will seek a fair em ployment practices law "with pow ers of enforcement.” That, as a matter of fact, was one of the pro visions he made before he would even begin to talk about accepting the. Democratic nomination. He in sisted that the party write into its 1952 platform a strong and bold civil rights plank. The civil rights plank, as it turned out, fell a little short of what he had asked, but he had made his point. He is against socialized medicine, against doles and subsidies, against “McCarthylsm” and against loy alty investigations, which he calls the trappings of a police state. On the Taft-Hartley law he has taken a middle-of-the-road stand, saying that some of its more than 100 sections are good, others bad. In this respect he is in a certain amount of accord with the Repub lican nominee, Eisenhower. Sen. John Sparkman, the Demo crats’ vice-presidential choice, has the blessing of the main body of party leaders, although there are some areas of coolness toward him around the fringes. Gov. John S. Battle of Virginia claims he doesn’t think Sparkman “is well enough known to be of any help” to the Democratic party in his state. Sparkman and the Virginia delegation, of course, were staunch and solid backers of Georgia’s Sen. Richard Russell during the long convention fight. There is a possibility, too, that Sparkman’s negative record on civil rights and a fair employment practices law might tend to harm or cancel out Stevenson’s known attitude on that issue. Because of the serious civil rights flare-up that disrupted the 1948 Democratic convention Sparkman at that time joined in a demand to name Eisen hower as the Democratic candi date. Disregarded Implications It is a fair assumption, however, that the Democrats this year had their eyes open to this fact and knew what they were doing, choos ing to ignore the possible impli cations in favor of nominating a vice-presidential candidate who would achieve within the party the North-South unity they need and want so badiy. One thing seems certain at this juncture: the presidential cam paign will be a hard-fought battle and the election will be extremely close. The Democrats, however, have an edge over the Republicans in that the integral structure of their party organization has not been so severely damaged. The Republican Old Guard, represented by the de feated Taft forces, remains bitter over Eisenhower’s nomination and has not yet been seen jumping over any fences to give its full sup port to the GOP nominees. Although the Democratie con vention was a furious political melee, the party succeeded in maintaining a working cohesion, which was at least partly the re sult of Sen. Estes Kefauver’s grace ful acceptance of his defeat. Kefauver, who started out the convention with the most popular support and the greatest number of delegates known to be pledged to any of the candidates, played the role of the stag at bay during the whole proceedings. He was be sieged at every turn by a growing force of Stevenson, and in the final analysis could not cope with the tremendous influence wielded by the Illinois and New York delega tions. - Two Costly Errors In addition, the Tennessee sen ator made two tactical errors dur ing the convention which didn’t help his cause a bit: (1) He ap peared in the convention hall Wednesday afternoon, in direct violation of a longstanding tradi- JOHN SPARKMAN tion which says that no avowed presidential candidate should ap pear before the delegates before the nominations have been com pleted. Although he received a noisy ovation, he created much resentment among the delegates at the same time. (2) In the rough- and-tumble floor fight over the seating of the Virginia delegation, the Tennessee delegation voted against it. That, in all likelihood, cost Kefauver whatever chance he might have had of getting the sup port of the southern states. But when Kefauver appeared on the platform Friday night after Stevenson’s nomination he was smiling and courageous as he for mally withdrew his name from the running and promised to lend his complete support to the Stevenson cause. It was another demonstration of the will->o-the-wisp sense of unity that came and went periodically during the convention and which at the end, the Democrats say, finally arrived to stay. For a while, anyway. Big Doings at Clemson For State’s Farmers Thousands of farm people and others who are interested in agri culture are expected to attend the annual Farm and Home Week here August 11-15. Plans for the event are, now practically com plete, and members of the various committees are putting forth every effort to have everything in readiness by Monday even ing, August 11. An informal re ception for campus people and visitors to be held in the huge exhibit tent on Bowman Field be ginning at 6:30 p.m. will ■ open the week’s program. Registration and room assign ments will begin Sunday after noon, August 10, in the regis tration tent in front of Tillman Hall and continue through the week. Rooms for about 2,000 visitors will be available in the college barracks a nominal charge of $1 per room will be made. Those who plan to stay in the barracks should bring their own bed sheets, pillows, towels, soap, and personal articles. It is ex pected that, in addition to those who spend one or more nights in* the barracks, thousands will drive in each day. Meals will be served in the college mess hall at very nominal rates. The over-all program for the week is so arranged that each day & complete within itself, and yet the week’s program is so varied that farm families who spend the entire week here will find something new for each members of the family each day. Sponsors of Farm and Home Week point out that it offers an excellent opportunity for the farm family to take a week’s vacation at very little cost and at the same time see and hear the latest in agriculture, participate in programs of culture and recrea tion, and meet and exchange ideas with farm people from other counties, such meetings often resulting in lasting friend ships. Of special significance is the fact that at least 12 different groups or organizations concerned with agriculture or agricultural problems are scheduled to hold annual meetings, conferences, short courses, or training schools here during the week. Their special programs have been fitted into the over-all program so that members of these groups will have opportunity to attend the noon and, evening assembly meet ings, discussion groups, demon strations, tours, and other activit ies of the week. 0 The organizations or groups and the time and nature of their special programs or activities are — South Carolina Seedsmen’s short course with special sessions on Tuesday and participation in the agronomy, entomology, and plant pathology programs begin ning Wednesday; Palmetto State Beekeepers Association, annual meeting and afternoon and Wed nesday morning; South Carolina Frozen Food Locker Association, annual meeting with sessions Tuesday morning and afternoon and Wednesday morning; Associa tion South Carolina Soil Conser vation District Supervisors, mid year meeting Wednesday after noon; and South Carolina As sociation of Young Farmers’ meeting Wednesday afternoon. ANSWERS TO Intelligence Test 1—Finland. 2—Governor of New York. 3—Nero. 4—Scott. 5— Polk. 6—Africa. 7—(A) Hare; (B) Grapes; (C) Grasshopper; (D) Manger. Ninety-seven per cent of drivers involved in 1951 auto accidents had at least one year of ex perience behind the wheel. r-'rrn ■e ?«w 'ii 'spbii $ PIPES$¥ ? 31^ » P » ♦’I’* iBIS I S88* f wa* ?•* pf 3gJ j»n«Hirai m MtKUKMMjgKMM9 i f^T BARREL FEED MIXER . . . Ends of frame are V-units. Floor flange on barrel ends take a short pipe axle at one end and longer pipe with crank at other end. Door Is made by sawing through three staves and fastening with iron straps. KEEPS MOTOR NEW PREMIUM SINCUIR OPALINE (Pr. 0f * OIL Grade REO. U. S. FAT. OFF. MOTOR OIL City Filling Station Strother C. Paysinger, Distributor All Wept For Little Pooch This is a little dog story we have been holding back to write about. It causes a lump to come into our throat and a fullness iu our chest when we think about it. Brother, you have to be a dog lover to get that way. The per son who does not'love some kind of a dog in some respects surely is a soulless creature or has bats in his attic. I have no dog, now, nor do I want one. I don’t intend to ever own another. They almost assume a position as one of the family. ^ V Recently the family of B. C. Kaiser of Birmingham came to visit relatives in Saluda and Lexington. They brought along their little black 2Mi-months-old puppy—just an ordinary variety of dog. No pedigree but what little “family tree” data at hand, it ranked high in the hearts of the family circle. The little sou of the family had wanted a dog so long until his mother gave in and decided she would deny her son no longer for this cherished piece of dog meat. The day before the family was returning to their home in Birmingham a relative of the family backed his car over the little black “jewel” and its life was snuffed out without hardly a yipe from the victim. No chil dren v were present at the mo ment in late afternoon. Learn ing of what happened, the older members of the family retired to their respective rooms for individual weeping alone. It was silent sobs with lots of sombre. The encore was repeated upon tho arrival of the youngsters. Simple heart sick over the accident the "criminal” or driver of the car gathered up the “remains" and hurried away to secure a “cas ket” that fitted perfectly, assuring the family that the “deceased" would have a royal burial; that the vultures of the air would never have the privilege nor pleasure of feasting over the body of the little black puppy. —Saluda Standard T REMEMBER BY rut 0L£ TIMERS From Mrs. Leila Mcb&niel, Mur ray, Ky.: I remember when be fore putting the carpet on the floor, we put a layer of thin wheat straw on the floor first and then put the carpet down and tacked it all around the edges. From Flora Dietrich, El Paso, Tex as: I remember taking my pail and going out in the fields along the fields along the old rail fences to pick wild strawberries, which my mother made into delicious jam. From Mrs. Marie Nance, Orange City, Fla.; I am 63 years old. I remember when I was a girl Moth er game me 15 cents with which I was to buy at the market a loaf of bread for five cents and two pounds of beef liver for supper for a fam ily of six. From Mrs. Mary E. O’Dell, Sequizn, Wash.: I remember when we had straw ticks to climb into every fall. They were washed and filled with good oat straw. You nearly needed a ladder to get into bed, as our feather ticks were on top of the straw ones. From Mary Karch, Lakeview, Ohio: I remember kraut making time. We would invite the neighbors in to help. There was a clean spade to chop the cabbage and a wooden barrel with stamper. We children were handed dishes of juicy kraut as a treat. Colorful ‘King Known ‘Prophet’, Well (Anderson Independent, Aug 2) The Lord’s “Right-Hand Man” is dead. They buried King Azel G. Man ning, 74-year-old self-styled pro phet of the Lord who was well known in Anderson, the other afternoon iu a little county ceme tery out from Benson, N. C. , After 28 years of preaching and crusading throughout South Carolina and 27 other states, “The Boss” called Prophet Azel home this month. Death came at Duke Hospital, where he had been a patient for some time. He said he had a message from the Lord a few weeks ago advising him that his worthy mis sion was ending. "The Lord says to me,” related Prophet Azel,” “King Azel, you have served long and faithfully. Prophet Azel, “King Azel, you have won the victory. It’s time for you to come home.” For more than a quarter of a century, the man who came out of the cabbage fields of Johnston County, N. C., had been a familiar figure in Anderson and elsewhere in the two Carolinas, besides many other states in which he has taken his crusade. Prophet Azel was wont to scat ter the gospel from^ the court house grounds in Anderson but his ways stirred up a lot of op position and on one occasion, while the late Wiley Driscoll was serving as chief of police, the unique character was conduct ed to the city limits with the in structions to keep going. Azel crusaded night and day against sin. He had grave mis givings against the modern gen eration, even against the modern preaching. “I’m an old-timey preacher,” he remainded, “and I’m proud of it. Religion doesn’t change. Some of these modern preachers try ' to put a new angle to it, but they just can’t do it” One of his most (Intensive cam paigns was against ladies’ dress es. ‘They just don’t cover enough territory,” he lamented. “The way they dress,” he ad monished, "is just another way of going around inviting trouble. It’s shame and sinful.” He made one trip to the beach during his long and colorful career. “and one time was enough,” he added. "It just tore my heart and soul to pieces,” he reported, "seeing the girls and women run ning around practically naked. They’re headed straight for the Devil and the jaws of HelL" But he finally gave up that cam paign, explaining, “I just couldn’t convince ’em, so the Lord told me ‘Azel, do not worry. They will pay for their sins.’ ” Where did he get the titles of King and - Prophet? Only Azel had the answer to that one. But woe be unto the man who ques tioned his Divine authority! If somebody addressed him simply as Azel, he would get a sharp rebuke: “The name. Sir,” he would reply, “is King Azel, Prophet of the Lord." “Young man," he once admon ished a reporter, you’re not speaking to an ordinary minister. I’ll have you know that I, King Azel, am the Lord's right hand man. M£ke no mistake about that" “I’ve been preaching the gospel of Jesus Christ for over 25 years in 28 states,” he said, “and furthermore I’ve never charged for it” He was proud that in all his years he had never once taken up a collection. “Some of these preachers ,will tell you,” explained Prophet Azel, “that the gospel is free, but still they charge for it, I've never accepted a penny, never expect to.” “I’ve been preaching 28 years and I preached God’s gospel free of charge. That’s the way it’s got to be." Prophet Azel relied on his cab bage patch to finance his preach ing ministry. For years, he’s also been famous as a tobacco plant salesman. Drug stores, feed stores and other .dispensers of cabbage plants always looked to him for their supply. In the summer time, he also sold watermelons and in the win ter, he sold a remedy guaranteed to be effective “in getting the worms out of you.” He traveled all the states- practically always courtesy of the railroad. It was sort of an in voluntary j?ass. Prophet Azel would hop one of the fast trains an*d when the con ductor came around for a ticket, he wouldr"admonish: “Since when did the Lord’s right-hand man have to have a ticket.” One unsympathetic conductor once stopped the train to put him off, but Prophet Azel tore into one of his sermons and preached so loud and so hard that the conductor, becoming ashamed and embarrassed, gave up and signal led to the engineer to. keep going. “It didn’t take me long to teach them better,” said the King. One conductor did put him off, related Prophet Azel, and the longbearded servant of the Lord shook a warning finger at him from the tracks where he landed « and admonished: . ’.‘The train will never get where it’s going.” Whether or not there was any connection will never be known, but that train wrecked 50 miles away and killed over 60 people- including the engineer. I tried to tell him,” Azel told reporters later, "but some people won’t listen. When a man listen to the word of God, no hope for him.” Prophet Azel’s power or lack power to put a curse or a; on those who mistreated him been debated for hours on Fifteen or 20 years ago, a of fun-loving young men Benson took Azel down andf ed off his long, proud beard. “You’re going to regret Prophet Azel warned them, you even live long enough to gret it.” In less than a decade, the five had died. The other reported to be a hopeless ini The man still living is the who wielded the shears. IT’S THE HEAT . . . This Al bany, N.Y., frog was told “go sit on a tack,” and he just small enough to find a fortable spot on a thumb Photographer wa* hovering the brink (of the pond.) (Mail your memories to THE DLD TIMER, Box 340, FRANK FORT, KY.) ill SAFETY HINT ... Several deaths have been reported from wrong usage of frogmen’s mask in swimming. 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