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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1962 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY By ARMFIELD BROTHERS Entered a« second-class matter December 6. 1937, at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTI9N RATES: In S. C., $1.60 per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Mr. James C. Self did me the honor to show me over his great enterprises in and near Greenwood. I do not know enough of such plants to be a judge, but even a greenhorn can stand in admiration of a great enterprise. The Self enterprises are the superb achievement of a son of Edge- field, within twenty one miles of his birth place in the sand hills. Four times have I had the rare pleasure of visting a great industrial plant, in company with the President or Manager. The late Thomas M. Marchant of Greenville went through The Victor-Monaghan factory with me. All who recall Mr. Marchant will remember his genial and comradely personal ity; some time later the late William A. Moorhead showed me through the big mill at Joanna and through one of the very attractive cottages of Joanna; just a bit later the Presi dent of the Joanna Mills, Mr. William H. Regnery of Chicago, explained what was being manufactured in his great Chicago factory. I had lunch with Mr. Regnery, in the plant, several times and think of delicious apple pie, as well as the gen eral excellence of the lunch. But the apple pie was notable and I say it with emphasis. Mr. Regnery, a very studious and thoughtful man, is not oidy stimulating company but has always shown me that courtly and gracious- consideration that characterizes a gentleman of the old school, as we Southerners say. Mr. James C. Self, a native of Edgefield County, South Carolina, is South Carolina's greatest son. And all the splendid achievements of Mr. Self's^ career are within twenty one miles of his birth place in the hills of old Edgefield County. Mr. Regnery and Mr. Self are great builders; they build of human material as well as with bricks and mortar. Both came from the farm; both are self-made men, but they have dene wonders for others. Mr. Regnery the lad from Iowa who had vision, industry, thrift, took his place in the fore most ranks by his own worth and achievement. Mr. Self was born with genius in him, but he used that great quality as Thomas Carlyle suggested—as the infinite capacity for taking pains. Other sons of South Carolina have had dreams; some have had visions; some have made heroic efforts and great sacrifices; but Mr. Self had the dreams, the visions and the supernal practicality which en abled him to make reality grow out of ideas, make them develop prosperously and to the immediate advantage of thousands of our people. Today his monument is all around Greenwood. As was said of Sir Christopher Wren, the archi tect of St. Paul's Cathedral, *Tf you would see his monu ment look around you." And truly—a magnificent hospital ultra modern textile plants, a fine school building, com modious homes and churches—a happy people. I know but a small part of the activities of Mr. Regnery and Mr Self, but I know enough to say that South Caro lina is a better place to live because these gentlemen have contributed so much to it. Well, what have they done? A lady who lives in Joanna told me that the Joanna Mill pays as high wages as any other mill; that every employee is given an insurance policy; that the “Store" was given to a Foundation to operate solely for the benefit of the employe es ; that the village has good homes and churches! it has two nurses to serve the community; and the great-hearted own er pays a bonus to the employees, after deducting a modest profit. This bonus for 1951 was more than two hundred thousand dollars. Since Mr. Regnery has owned the mill more than two million dollars has been paid in bonuses. The people there are happy and fortunate. Since the death of Mr. Moorhead, always a great friend of mine and a lovable man, Mr. Walter G. Regnery, son of Mr. William H. Regnery, haS taken over the management and with the fine spirit which, has always characterized the leadership of the great enterprise. For many years I have been favored with the friendship of Mr. James C. Self. Although he has many great interests and countless calls on his time and thought, he has honored me with an inspiring correspondence And Mr. Self devoted two half-days and three hours one night walking over the plants and hospital with me. What a guide! I have been richly blessed in friendships, and I marvel at the fine achievements of the great spirits I hold in special affection but their greatest accomplishment was in building of themselves such incomparably noble and helpful men. I have been a fortunate man: I owe so much to my friends; and that rich friendship has included men in all walks and professions, some rich, some prominent, some poor, but all fine spirits. I have learned the truth of the Apostle Paul's observation, for I am debtor to so many. America cannot buy good will, nor can she permanently prevent the other nations from becoming Communistic by our continuing to pour out money like water. If other countries wish to try Communism we are not rich enough to “buy them off;" nor are they worth redeeming with the heavy tax-money paid by American citizens. I quote some recent figures as given out by the Govern ment itself: “U.S. foreign aid in the year ended last June 30 amounted to $5 billion, bringing total economic and military assistance since mid 1945 to $28.1 billion, the Commerce Department reported Counting only the two years since the invasion of Korea in mid 1950, the Government has. poured out $9.8 billion to help build up the free world against the threat of Soviet aggression. The Commerce Department summarized foreign aid in the October issue of its ‘Survey of Current Busineses." Dur ing fiscal 1952, it said, there was a sharp increase in foreign military aid over fiscal 1951. Shipments of items, such as planes, tanks and guns, accounted for 38% of gross foreign aid as compared with 24% in the previous fiscal year. In April, May and June of this year military aid had risen to 44% of the total. The article noted that U.S. ‘grant aid'—outright gifts on which no repayment is expected—has amounted to $8.8 billion in the two years since Korea. Taking the seven years since July, 1945, these grants add up to roughly $25.4 billion. ‘Credit aid’—loans which have to be repaid, usually with interest—amounted to $9.6 billion in the same seven-year period. The survey also shows that U.S. collections on credit aid amounted to roughly $1 billion during the two years which ended last June. These returns included principal payments on the $3.7 billion British loan and on the British and French war-account. For the seven years since mid 1945, returns to the U.S. from foreign aid programs have totaled $3.1 billion. This reduces U.S. net foreign aid to about $35 billion in the post-war period. Total aid flowing from the U.S. since July, 1945, figures up to $33.6 billion in economic assistance and $4.5 billion in military aid. A breakdown of this shows that Europe has received $28.8 billion. Asia and Pacific areas, $6.9 bil lion. Latin America, $800 billion, Near East and Afrca, $400 million, and ‘undesignated areas’ $1.1 billion.” How does that impress you? Our great nation, this fabulous land, so blessed by Je hovah was so fortunate in getting started on the right track. Consider this : “Within the boundaries of the United States there lives seven percent of the world’s population. This seven percent of the world’s population produces fifty percent of the total world production of manufactured goods. The United States has a lot of land but its land is by no means the biggest or the richest. It has considerable mineral wealth, but it is deficient in many important min erals and even with those it has there are other countries richer It has adequate sources of power, both coal and water, but there are other countries with greater resources if they could, or would, use them. It has a number of men of brains and ability but it by no means has a monopoly or even more than its proportionate share. On the basis of the measurement of resources alone you would be hard put to m&ke a convincing case for the super iority of the United States in the production of useful goods, from food to automobiles to guns. Yet there, nonetheless, is the extraordinary statistic. Now a good many people, particularly at election time, try to explain this extraordinary statistic as being due to the ef forts of the government in planning and directing the eco nomy. It’s supposed to be because the government spends so much money in research, or so astutely allocates the uses of our resources, or so carefully determines wages and prices, or in general so brilliantly manages the whole busi ness. But this, too, might puzzle us. There are other countries, notably Great Britain, that have surpassed us in govern ment management of the economy, and one cannot surely argue that the British are deficient in brilliant men when we ourselves owe so much to their brilliance in the develop ment of such things as penicillin, radar, and jet-planes. And there is Russia—bigger in land, as rich in resources, greater in manpower and with the ultimate in centralized planning and direction. Then why do we pour out from our farms and factories a greater wealth of useful things than these two combined ? Why in war does our little seven percent have to arm half the world, including Russia, and in peace have to succor another half? The answer lies not in the arithmetic of resources nor in the power of centralized direction; it lies in the dynamics of a system which has per- ▼anoe, Algona, Iowa: There’s real tragedy to the shoot ing o< the successful suitor by the discarded swain in the Cedar Ra pids case. It’s tragedy of youth, made even more tragic by the extreme youth fulness of the triangle involved. For all its vaunted glory the time of youth is not a happy one. It is filled with intense emotions and de sires. The veneer of civilization is light, and the throw-back to the primeval beast is not far away from the surface of any youngster. These teenagers are neither adults nor children—they are not quite a full human being with a rut of living to run in. They have not had the experience of Uving to tell them there is noth ing entirely irreplaceable in this world—that what is lost is not per haps the worst thing that can happen. They do not know that old adage —if you miss one streetcar, be patient, anotber will be along soon. They have not learned yet that they must also think of others. They are childish in that their thoughts are violently centered on themselves, and that their wants are the only things that matter. They have not learned the wis dom of age that says—So what? It will soon pass away. A boy is dead. Another is a mur derer. And a girl will never forget the terror of that night. That’s a tragedy of youth. • • • From The Kickapoo Scout, Sol dier's Grove, Wise.: Why are dentists reluctant to set tle in small towns. Soldiers Grove for instance? That is the problem before resi dents of this village, who have thru the Ldons Club and other organi zations been attempting to obtain a resident dentist. Dr. Cummings, whose illness forced him from practice, has in terested a number of dentists only to find his efforts without success. They have come, looked around, and even entered into preliminary contract, only to depart for other fields. The Lions Clubs reports no better success. And this, mind you, in a village that a few years back supported three dentists ... in a territory larger than, that enjoyed by many other locations . . . and a territory, moreover, that has a backbone of dairying to insure no fluctuations in income. It would seem that a young den tist, just starting iiis career, could find no better location. Do they think that the bright city lights sharpen their instruments and in tellect? Or do they have too little confidence to start on their own? But this is no virgin field; they could step into a lucrative practice. They would find pleasant living conditions and a friendly com- ntunity. Why do they hesitate? | WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Medical Scientist Here’s the Answer HORIZONTAL 1,8 One of first psychoanalysts 13 Boy’s wagon 14 Take care! 15 Blackbird of cuckoo family 16 Expunged 18 Diminutive of Samuel 19 Burmese wood sprites 21 Hideous monster 22 Gudrun’s husband 23 Lamprey 25 Individual 26 Seraglio 28 Challenged 31 Preposition 32 Symbol for cobalt 33 Lukewarm 37 Debate 40 Anger 41 Greek letter 42 He first discovered psychoanalysis to explore the recesses of the mind 44 Oriental nurse 48 Secluded valley 51 Age 52 Shone 54 Prevarication 55 Treats with nitric acid YIPressers 9 Dropsy 0 Gives VERTICAL 1 Look over 2 Hebridean isle . 3 Spat 4 Manuscript <ab.) 5 Indian 6 Roman emperor 7 Pull after 8 Gave food to 9 Right Worthy <ab.) 10 Church festival 11 Russian river 12 Half (prefix) S4 Honey gatherer 17 Senior (ab.) 20 Ocean 22 Collection of sayings 24 Chinese weight 25 Alleged force 26 Drunkard 27 Compass point 29 Small shield 30 Female deer 34 Freebooter 35 Irritate 36 From 37 By 38 Tatter 39 Esophagus 42 Low sand hill 43 Dry 44 Roman bronze 45 Mother 46 Among 47 Demigod 49 Ireland 50 Promontory 52 Feminine undergarment 53 Put on 56 Type measure 58 Symbol for sodium HAIL THEIR HERO . . . George Boyle is the center of attention as three elderly women, rescued from a fire at the Episcopal church home in Pittsburgh, hail him as hero. Boyle turned in the alarm and helped some of the 23 women from the gutted building. mitted the freest and therefore the fullest use of the re sources material and human." I quote from an editorial which is worth remembering, worth teaching and emphasizing. Upon what rests the great ness of America? As clearly pointed out, not merely on its people or resources, but on the freedom to choose one’s work; the freedom to experiment; the freedom to venture in life and business; the great nation, under God—the nearest to an earthly paradise. Richland County’s fine public library is a great ornament to the City of Columbia and an institution of valuable ser vice to the County. The handsome new building is impos ing, but the fine spirit of friendliness is just the same. For many years it has been a pleasure of mine to visit the library. In fact I am well remembered there, being usual ly delinquent. However, my greatest debt is not the de linquency of dimes and nickels; I am deep in debt for the gracious courtesy and helpfulness I always receive when I go to the library. ashington • • By WALTER 8HEAD W HAT is the job ahead for farmers who must provide the food and fiber to keep this lation going at a high standard of Uving? According to the estimates at the census bureau, the population of the country is increasing at a 2% million annual rate, which means that in another 20 years we will have an additional 50 million peo ple to feed, or anywhere from 100 million to 200 million Americans dependent upon the diminishing farm population for food and cloth ing. And according to the Department of Agriculture, the farmer must do this job on just about the acreage that is cultivated today. Also, ac cording to the research section of the department, the production of the American farmer can be pushed up about 50 per cent. • • • To do this job of increased pro duction means that the farmer, given growing weather, must make a wider application of the research knowledge now. available ... it means application of more ferti lizer . . . more of the conservation and rotation practices which have been found best to increase yields . . . continued soil improvement . . . expansion of electric power and mechanical implements . . better seeds, both from a produc tion standpoint and resistance to plant disease . . . more and better insecticides ... It means more and better credit facilities and contin ued price supports at a figure which will insure the farmer a fair profit, for those additional yield practices will "mean higher costs of operation. According to these folks who are looking ahead to the future of American agriculture, there also must be put into practice a better distribution system to provide for a better farm market and more thought given to the actual needs of farmers in the matter of the nation's manufacturing output. Few folks realize it, but the fact is that the farmers of the country use more steel in a year than goes into a year’s output of passenger automobiles . . . that they use enough rubber to put tires on six million cars . . . that they use more petroleum and its derivatives than any other industry . . . that they use enough electric power to supply the cities of Chicago, Detroit, Balti more and Houston. In 1951 the operating cost of farmers alone qjnounted to $22V4- billion dollars, which is more than the total farm gross income of any year prior to 1943. Years ago a farmer could operate a long time at a loss if he had to. Today the job the farmers are doing and the cost of production in producing 41 per cent more total farm output than in the years 1935 to 1939 would wreck him in short order without a guaranteed fixed and long range price support program. This outlook of the job ahead for farmers is just as important to the American people as a whole as it is to the seven per cent of the population which operates the na tion’s farms, and it is just as im portant in a peace-time economy as it is in a defense economy . . for it means food and clothing and the maintenance of a high standard of living,for all the people of this country. And although generally have increased sumption about 12 per cent pre-World War II levels ther still plenty of people in the who could be better fed. Looking ahead, too, there is every indication that the United States, if it is to play its role of fighting communism must export, more and more of its food and fiber supplies. Roughly over the pasffour years we have exported about one-third of our cotton, one- third of our wheat, one-fourth of our tobacco and one-third of our rice. We have exported leaser amounts of other crops. We likely will export more and more of our crops. So there will be continual pressure on economy. Dale Carnegie ^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARfllVING’ Why Worry? UAROLD T. PROUT, Concord, N. H., was in the army when * his first child was born, so was not on hand to do any worry ing. But when his second child put in an appearance he was much in evidence, and, as it turned out, was quite unnecessarily on the scene. His wife awakened at 7:30 on this particular morning and said, “Hal, this is the big day; call the doctor and get me to the hospital quickly.” When she said this Hal jumped out over the end of the bed in one leap and nearly knocked over the dresser while in flight. He began running around in circles looking for his clothes while his wife began quietly and slowly dressing herself with no fuss at all. He was very excited and his breath came in short gasps as he packed clothing in her suitcase and sent their little boy next door to a neighbor’s house. He urged his wife to hurry; what if the baby came suddenly and only he in attendance. Then: what if his car didn’t start this morn ing of all mornings! Oh Lord! Could a cab get here in time for-the trip? Would she get to the hospital in time? What if the baby was bom in the car before they reached the hospital! What should he do? And all during this trying time his wife did nothing at all to help him—just patiently watching him go nuts! He hurried her out to the car only to find that in his haste he had forgotten the car keys. He had to climb back in through the kitchen window to get them. Then, of course, they rushed i the hospital where experts calmly took her in charge and him standing in the corridor in a daze. Was there enough time? Sure. Two extra hours, as it out later. Also it turned out later that he had packed in her suit case his shaving kit and underwear with only a few of his wife’s belongings. Much later he sat down and thought about this episode and discovered that none of the things he had worried about had happened. •v 5 m CARNEGIE Test Your Intelligoiice Score yourself 10 points tor each correct answer In the first six questions. 1. One of the following islands is not found in a warm climate. Which one is it? —Sicily —He of Pines —Greenland —Tobago 2 One of the following sports terms does not match the other three. Can you find it? —Lateral pass —T-formation -Tee-off —Wing-back 3. Select the state named in the Spanish-American-War rallying cry, “Remember the M- .” —Michigan —Maine —Minnesota —Montana 4. Pick the American who said: “I regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” —George Washington —Robert E. Lee —Nathan Hale —Calvin Coolidge 5. Which state borders on only one other state? —Nevada —Maine —Illinois —New Jersey 6. Pick the following author who wrote “Of Human Bondage.” —William Falkner —Somerset Maugham —Beowulf —Aristophanes 7. Match the following gems with their usual colors. Score yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (A) Sapphire —Green (B) Emerald —Purple (C) Topaz —Blue (D) Amethyst ' . —Yellow Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 70-80, uperior; 90-100, very superior. —— ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST * * aidanj (a) JMon»A (O' ‘uewo (fl) (V)—L uieqSnejg idsaduios—9 •auiBjAj—g -aiej "qvu*—» S ’B” puepiawo—l