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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1952 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, undei 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 THINGS By SPECTATOR The towns and cities need money; they are constantly call ed on for new services or more service along established lines. Nearly every town needs more policemen. Policemen have new duties; they not only make arrests and maintain public order, but they are traffic guides, school guides, special of ficers at football games—and other sports. Every town needs more street lighting, every town needs more street cleaning. Every town must provide facilities and services for thousands of people who pay no taxes to the town, visitors and tourists, for example. Now that we have paved streets the cost of garbage re moval is growing greater; and the street must be swept and maintained in passable condition. Every town needs more equipment for the fire depart ment and probably more fire-fighters; and every town needs more service from its department of health. How can the towns provide all the service we ask and ex pect ? Did the bald-headed men, or the Colored vote decide the election? I am referring to South Carolina. I think it would be just as true to say that the red-heads held the balance of power, or the voters who are bald-headed won the day. Perhaps we might say that the balance of power, was with the men who wear no hats, or the men who don't attend church. - One fact is impressive to me: the Colored vote did not “carry” the counties for Stevenson even in those counties most preponderantly Colored. Look over the counties: An derson, Abbeville, Cherokee, Laurens—and others, are not notably “Colored” Counties: they are preponderantly White Counties. Florence, Marlboro, Dillon, have many Colored people but those Counties were not strongly for Stevenson. The only “Colored” County voting massively for Stevenson was Barnwell; and even Barnwell has so many white work ers that one cannot speak conclusively. Which of the coun ties are notably Colored? Charleston, Georgetown, Beau fort, Colleton, Berkley, Clarendon, Sumter, Lee Williams burg, Dorchester, Orangeburg, Jasper, Calhoun, Hampton, Allendale. How did they vote—these counties with a large Colored population? Allendale, for Eisenhower; Beaufort about equal, though Beaufort has many times more Colored than White people; Berkley heavily for Eisenhower; Cal houn strongly for Eisenhower; Charleston overwhelmingly for Eisenhower; Clarendon twice as many for Eisenhwer as for Stevenson; Colleton fifty per cent more for Eisenhower Dorchester, nearly three to one, for Eisenhower; George town, forty per cent more for Eisenhower; Hampton, fifty per cent more for Eisenhower; Jasper for Eisenhower; Lee very markedly for Eisenhower; Orangeburg, very notably for Eisenhower; Sumter, sixty five per cent of the vote was for Eisenhower; Williamsburg, for Eisenhower. The Colored vote in the Colored counties was either in part for Eisenhower, or not strongly against him. Where was the Stevenson strength? Anderson, Spartan burg, Abbeville, Barnwell, Cherokee, Chesterfield, Darling ton, Lancaster, Union, York; those counties are preponder antly “White,” except possibly Barnwell. So what lesson can we draw from all these figures? Sta tistics are frequently misleading; every man may interpret them as suits his purpose. The people wont stay “put,” will they? I recall that expression by the late Norwood Hastie: he said that many people advocated this, that and the other, but they “don’t stay put.” In other words, the average man wavers, hesi tates, doubts, 'changes his previous, unchangeable attitude, squirms, wriggles and sneaks out. Greater wisdom has shed light upon his cloudy thinking. Of course I do not even suggest that the ladies are inclined to shifts; the ladies are always open to conviction from newly discovered evi dence—and they frequently make new discoveries. Our ladies are progressive intellectuals. All those profound observations lead me to a fresh con sideration of the recent election in South Carolina. Let’s see: how did Jasper County vote? And thereby hangs a tale, as Shakespeare says. A. few years ago I attended a great mass meeting in Ridgeland, the county seat of rasper Coun ty.. It was a widely advertised meeting, the purpose of which was to denounce and renounce the National Demo cratic Party and to quit the same, look, stock and barrel. Under the leadership of Klugh Purdy, a real patriot and man of resolution, Jasper County that night severed all ties with the National Democracy. Then and there, unequivocably, immutably, old Jasper took leave of Trumanism and seceded. So now it bleeds my heart to note so many votes for Steven son in old Jasper. “How come?” As they say. Well, well! Remembering the high stand of 1948, the noble gesture of renunciation, I should have thought that any man of Jasper wishing to vote for Stevenson would have slipped over into Georgia. But there you are. Man at Work! . *•**.**>>.-•*, • VrJ! '> • They tell us that the “textile vote” was all for Steven son. Well, Greenville is a great textile center: Greenville voted for Eisenhower. Anderson was counted for Steven son, but Anderson is a great Agricultural county; one of the best in America. Well, if it was the textile vote, how do we account for grand old Darlington, land of the sturdy Welch, home of greatness, county of outstanding farmers? If I had looked for real independence in any County it would have been Darlington, native soil of more greatness than any other County of the State. But there you are! Chesterfield, what a nice name: rolls of the tongue with the melody of a song—Chesterfield! A big county of farm ers, but it was for Stevenson! And over in Newberry, a tex tile center, the majority vote was for Eisenhower. Florence, Marlboro, Dillon, Horry—all farming centers— for Stevenson, but sturdy Lee County—an agricultural com munity—was for Eisenhower. * And if you think it was organized Labor, consider Charles ton, Columbia, Greenville—all for Eisenhower. . You can’t tell with assurance; next time all may be dif- ferent. “Ye’ll find mankind an uncommon squad,” as Robert Burns said. Sturdy old Marion, in a neighborhood of Stevenson sup porters, voted independently for Eisenhower. So, if you would analyze the vote, you will find that South Carolina did not vote in blocs; you have observed Colored Counties voting for Eisenhower; textile counties not all for the same man; and the farmers voted with their inde pendence. Whether we agree or not, it is obvious that South Caro lina is a State of individualists, every man voting as he pleased; and that is real democracy in action. How would you like to have a “small” rain—something gradual and soaking, preferably from twelve o’clock mid night until six in the morning? We can’t order it from a mail-order house—not yet—but there are men in the busi ness of producing rain, inducing rain-fall. How’s this? Last year New York filled its reservoirs, numerous sugar cane planters have profited, by rain brought about by the experts. “As evidence of cloud-seeding accomplishments has ac cumulated, some of the earlier doubts about this new activ ity are beginning to evaporate. The U.S. Weather Bureau has been one of the outstanding skeptics, but the Bureau’s chief, Dr. Francis W. Reichelderfer, has this to say: ‘We know very well that moisture can be stimulated through cloud seeding by silver iodide crystals or dry ice’.” There is a difficulty: you might order a rain and your neighbor might sue you for drenching his hay in the field. You remember the Florence County farmers who wanted to prosecute the lad who prayed for rain? That boy was in a corn contest. Then, again, as the Scotch preacher lamented, he had prayed for only a gentle shower, not a flood. Tom Lindler, Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia, be lieves in the cow and her famous product—milk, and he means milk, milk as it comes from the cow, rich milk, nourishing milk, the drink which develops babies and which invigorates men. I make no reference to goat’s milk, which must be high-potency liquid vitamins, according to report. At any rate, it should be strengthening. Mr. Lindler rises to new heights in his sarcasm and I think you will enjoy his fling at our fads and fancies. Per haps a meal of “vittles,” like the real grub of grandpa’s time had all the vitamins. But here comes Mr. Linder: “When skim milk and powered milk with their vastly in creased profits appeared on the market, immediately the newspapers had to be enlarged for nonfat milk ads. The radios hummed with somebody paying the bill to tell the people the blessings of non-fat milk. The ladies immediately were convinced they must maintain their school-girl figures. The idea of consuming milk, like the cow gave, with 4 per cent fat became abhorrent. They drank the non-fat skim milk and the non-fat powdered milk mixed with branch and river water and then went to the drug store to buy pills to make up for what they were losing by using milk that God didn’t know how to make. Suddenly, out of a clear sky comes a great new discovery. Science finds out that in the land of the coconut and pine apple, nature is producing vegetable fats in abundance, which is much cheaper than the 4 percent of fat in the cow’s milk. Immediately, science makes another great discovery and that is that fats are not bad for folks, if there is enough Views eind Counter views IN THE HANDS of the General Assembly rests the fate of arm- * istice negotiations in Korea/depending upon this question: Does international law require the automatic return of prisoners of war after an armistice, or can they decide for themselves whether they want to go back? Andrei Vishinsky for the Reds is demand ing forced repatriation; Dean Acheson for the United States is demanding voluntary. U.S. ARGUMENT Admittedly, previous armistice agreements and conventions have provided that all prisoners without exception be repatriated. But these provisions, with others regarding food and medical care provided by the detaining power, are to benefit the prisoners themselves. So if any prisoner decides that it suits his welfare better to refuse to go back, he should not be forced. The struggle is being waged for human rights, not to enforce diplo matic courtesies. We claim to be fight,iiig for freedom and charge our enemy with oppression. If we have converted any enemy soldiers to our ideals, to return them to the mercy of their former command ers would be sheer perfidy. We contend many of them fought for Communism under duress and we freed them—how will other peo ples promised freedom by us re gard our intentions if we return the prisoners to their slave drivers? How can Russia demand imme diate repatriation when the Soviet still holds thousands of Japanese and German orisoners? SOVIET ARGUMENT The armistice agreements with Germany and Japan, plus the con ventions concerning the treatment of prisoners of war, especially the Geneva convention of 1949, make provisions for the return of pris oners immediately after the signa ture of armistice. These treaties and conventions make no provisions for any prisoner unwilling to be repatriated. The fact that the Soviet Union has agreed to voluntary repatria tion in other instances'establishes no good precedent. These instances occurred in early days when the Soviet was too weak to protest and to uphold the agreements of the conventions. The very fact that these agree ments were specific in offering vol untary repatriation proves that the general rule of international law is opposite—that is, it requires imme diate and forced repatriation. Else, to mention the exceptions would have been unnecessary. However, the Soviet Union, should it see the justice of voluntary repatriation in specific cases, still is "generous.” KNOTTY SOLUTION TO PROBLEM . . . Mothers of Kennedy Town ship area of Pittsburgh cam^ up with this solution to problem of keeping children from darting into traffic. Gimmick is clothesline with a knot for each child, which keeps each child in a safe place. Test Your Intelligence ' I Score yourself 10 points for each correct answer in the first six questions. 1. One of the following gems is not mined. Which one? —Ruby —Pearl ‘—Emerald —Diamond 2. Kangaroos are found in A : . —Asia —Africa —Australia —Alberta 3. Trafalgar Square is in which of the following cities? —London —Berlin —Paris —Washington „ 4. A female rabbit is called a - —Ewe —Cow —Doe —Nanny 5. Scheherazade is a character in which of the following books? —The Rubaiyat —Gulliver’s Travels —Arabian Night —The Old Testament 6. United States senators are elected every years. —4 —6 —8 —2 7. Match each of the following countries with its particular form o/ government. Give yourself 10 points for each correct choice. (Al Spain —International control (B) Australia (C) Sweden (D) Trieste —Kingdom —Commonwealth —Dictatorship Total your points. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average; 7C 80, superior; 90-100, very superior. ANSWERS TO INTELLIGENCE TEST loj;uoo leuoipeujav (a) !uiop3ui3i (0) ‘ittxeaMuouimoo (g) ■•diqsjopnofa (V)—L *9“ *siil8iN uejqeav—8 aoa—^ uopuo^—-g Bjie.qsnv—g *1^04—1 profit in the fats. It is very bad for the ladies to take 4 per cent fat that the Lord put in the milk, but it is all right for them to take 13 percent in the milk or ice cream imitation. Just as this imitation ice cream with 13 percent of fat gets started, here comes some coconut-headed Federal and State officials and seize 1,900 gallons of it in Louisiana, claiming it is mislabeled. This puts the manufacturers in a terrible po sition. They will have to call in their newspaper advertising writers and their radio talkathonics and decide the vital is- sue, namely, whether to continue to talk about the wonderful benefits of fatless milk or whether to talk about the greater benefits of milkless fats. They are in a bad situation. In the meantime what can the poor things do about ordering dress es for next year. What will dame fashion be able to do about a look into the future. Shall the fashions of coming years be designed for ladies of milkless fats or should they be design ed for ladies who consume fatless milk. Perhaps after all there is a grand utopian idea. Science must have been asleep at the switch. Certainly someone should have thought of the grand idea before now, that is to put all the elements in the city reservoir and let the people get it, whether they want it or not, in their drinking water. Why not put vitamins and minerals in the water supply in stead of going to the drug store and buying them and having to swallow pills and capsules? Perhaps it would be a good idea to put a few aspirin or anacin tablets; and perhaps it would be a good idea to put everything in the city water sup ply." Charleston showed the greatest increase in business among South Carolina cities for the fifth consecutive month, in October. Charleston’s increase over the same period of last year was thirteen percent; the highest was fourteen per cent and that was Albuquerque, New Mexico. The South east showed a gain of four percent, leading the Nation. ashington By WALTER SHE AD I T LOOKS like every one was amazed at the magnitude of the Eisenhower victory over Governor \dlai Stevenson of Illinois except he voters of the country. Every once in a while the Ameri- an electorate does some such -ning as happened on Nov. 4, up- yetting the best thought of the pro fessional poll takers and others vho try to "guess” what the voter going to do in advance of elec tion day. This correspondent sensed some tremendous upsurge in the voters of the country, predicted that the winner would win by a landslide, that Eisenhower would poll the biggest vote in the South any Re publican ever received. • • • Two things we have predicted we believe will come true. One is that in the South, General Eisen hower has laid the basis for a real two-party system south of the Mason-Dixon line. Some of his vote in Virginia and Texas may have een spite votes controlled by the state leaders, but in Florida and the 40 to 45 per cent of the vote he received throughout the south, there * is a real Republican strength that may be expected to remain so in the future. • * • The second prediction was that Eisenhower would liberalize the Republican party. That he has and will do If he keeps his pre-election pledges and there is no reason to believe that ha will mot. The so- called "Old Guard" of which we heard so much during the cam paign is dead, and a younger, more liberal element, headed by the na tionally popular Eisenhowar ear consolidate this new RepubUcei party in power for some yean tr come. The one danger is that some Re publicans, out of power for *■ many years may over-play Ihe. hands, get greedy and seek t* halt the march of continued social re form which was promised by Gen eral Eisenhower. Another in the picture is the role labo^ v play in the new administration If there is some attempt to pa punitive laws against labor, ther is likely to be some trouble in th offing. On the other hand, it is ol vious that labor did not vote aa group In behalf of Stevenson, mar labor votes going to Eisenhower • • • So the Eisenhower landslide ma: be taken, not only aa a repudiatioi of the Truman administration, but a repudiation by labor itself of the labor leaders who have been hand- in-glove with the Truman policies The hind-sight picture, of course, always is clearer than previews, but even so, it is difficult to put a finger on what has happened to bring about sv 'h an overturn of votes in four y rs. Largely we be lieve it was the personal popularity of Eisenhower . . . secondly the need tor a change from a party too long in power, which covers other issues such as the corruption in office charges . . . thirdly, the women’s vote, which took to heart the Korean situation more than did the men. Some say that the Truman paign trips hurt Stevenson. We not -believe so. We •. believe switch to Eisenhower from Democrats would have be< er had not Truman fired his whistle stops. For 1 there was no Democratic tion throughout the count was Mr. Stevenson’s placed rank amateurs at 1 of the Democratic 1 mittee and of his _ nation at Springfield, ompeting with seal loaals in a big league ao match. Further the _ Democratic leaders in the statae were resentful of .etar leaders. They didn’t qr work properly and we: eoncede their states all imbHr ... «t unheard of hoM in a national ci AM you have it. $S /4: From The Themaston, Gft., Times: Riley Summers tells of e friend of his on the mite stingy side . . . "He had some hogs and a fellow told him if he would pen them up they would fatten in a shorter time. Old Stingy thought it over and finally commented ’time don’t mean nothing to a hog’." From The Indie, Oalif., News: Coachella Valley and San Jacinto area game wardens may have re grets for the hunter who mistak enly shot two houses, a school and a maroon convertible, but Coach ella’s heart bleeds for the Los Angeles golfer who holed out in one on the wrong green. * • • From The Woodford Comity Jour nal, Eureka, 111.: The latest report on crime, pub lished by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is not reassuring. Major crimes were 6.4 per cent more numerous in the first half of 1952 than in 1951. The increases were even larger in robbery, auto thefts, and burglary. Crime increased in rural areas just as much as in cities. The increase is not due to laxity in law enforcement. The record shows that the police find a sub stantial percentage of those who are guilty, and that the courts con- vice 72 per cent of those who are brought to triaL The ultimate weapon against crime is not law enforcement; it is character building in the school and the crease in crime rates strong need for greatei these institutions. ' ' • • • Frem The Wenona, ] One of our exchanges following ad who picked up my street quested to return it.” • The next issue carried this 1 "The recognized man who up the wallet requests the loser call and get it" From The Winfield, Kjum.. er: * I am a criminal! I am a criminal because I following things: When I go into a food s handle the fruits and vef and sample a peach, apple, grapes, or maybe stick erne in pocket er purse. That’s petty ceny. When 1 attend a dub meeting I repeat a lurid story I have heard about someone but which I couldn’t prove. If it isn’t true it is If I am walking or driving the street and the traffic light is against me, I may against a red light Or, if I driving I may "jump" a green light before the red comes on. Or if I am almost to the intersection and the red light changes I may just turn my head so I don’t see it. That’s violating a traffic and safety regulation. DaleCarmegii it .AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARTtIVO Start a Haw Project IT ROM 18 YEARS of age to 34 Ray E. White, Torrington, Conn., had no worries important enough to remember. Worries were like debts, the big ones he couldn’t do anything about, and the little ones he could ignore. In 1942, however, he hit the lowest ebb he ever expects to hit There were a lot of reasons for it, business and family health. His mind was full of fantasies—mushy, cloudy, nebulous things. Buildings, automobiles, anything material seemed unreal; the stars seemed to be peculiar things. His wife maneuvered him to a doctor who was a very skillful man. He gave Ray very posi tive statements of what was not Wrong with him, put him on a strict diet which kept his mind so occupied he had no time to worry. He went to the Y.M.C.A. and learned to bag punch, got enthusiastic about it, even put on a couple of exhibitions. Also he went in for a little boxing and swimming. He literally had to force himself to go to the “Y”, using sheer will-power to drag himself over there. But he always went home like a raging bulldog. Now when an occasion arises that might give him cause for worry, he just starts a. new project