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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Walter S. Montgomery of Spartanburg invited about two
hundred of us to a luncheon in honor of B. M. Edwards the
distinguished banker. I had the pleasure of going with John
A. Campbell, President of The South Carolina National
Bank, of which Mr. Edwards is Chairman of the Board.
Going, Mr. Campbell had as his other guests J. M. Blalock,
Publisher of The State and The Record and B. M, Edwards,
Junior. Returning, Mr. Campbell invited John K. Cauthen
of the Textile Association and David Maybank, a cotton
merchant to join us.
B. M. Edwards is an extraordinary man by any standard,
but so genial and warm-hearted that the Banker is lost
sight of in the charming comradeship of the man.
Mr. Montgomery was host at an unsual occasion and
the occasion was a splendid tribute to Mr. Edwards in a
delightfully informal manner.
Mr. Campbell and his car-guests had a very joyous trip,
both going and returning, as well as during the time in
.Spartanburg.
For a long time I have had a respect for S. C. McMeekin
that has ripened into the liveliest appreciation of his great
qualities. If you don’t know Mr. McMeekin, let me intro
duce him: he is President of The South Carolina Electric
and Gas Company, operating from Charleston to Beaufort
and almost into Savannah, then virtually to Augusta and
up to Abbeville, then to Columbia, Fairfield and around.
I had known Mr. McMeekin as a great operating official,
a gracious gentleman and a builder, but I did not know him
as an orator, or master of figures, as Mr. Gladstone was.
However, Mr. McMeekin delivered an address in New York,
an address to cold, unemotional bankers, and the stock of
The South Carolina Electric and Gas Company “went up”,
advanced, a dollar a share. That was an extraordinary re
sponse to a masterly presentation by Mr. McMeekin. When
I read the report of the address and saw the resultant re
sponse of the stock market, I recalled the two orators of
ancient preece: one delivered masterpieces of eloquence;
the othet arpused the people and they cried “Let us fight
Phillip”.
So I wrote a note to Mr. Meekin, emphasizing and ap
plauding the effectiveness of his address, but that modest
and gracious son of Clemson College modestly smiles and
says nothing.
I was reminded of another remarkable response to an
address. Some years ago, Senator Edgar Brown delivered
an address to the Council of State Governments and the
Council applauded the Senator so highly that he was ap
pointed as a member of an advisory commission of the
Treasury, as I recall; and the Senator’s address was pub
lished in the Congressional Record.
One characteristic of the address of both Mr. McMeekin
and Senator Brown was this: both gentlemen were discuss
ing practical problems, and both were addressing men who
were specialists in practical financing. These gentlemen
seem to stand head and shoulders above other speakers,
when we 'consider the immediate response in both cases I
and the magnitude of the results.
I should say that Mr. McMeekin not only spoke of his
great Company, but analyzed clearly the economic condi
tion of South Carolina, drawing conclusions that make very
interesting and stimulating reading.
Mr. McMeekin, a native son of old Fairfield and a Clem
son graduate, knows his State and did us a great service by
his excellent address.
Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you,
that God should raise the dead? Paul, the Apostle asked
that of King Agrippa.
This is the Easter season. To the Christian this is the
most auspicious event in the history of the world. Where
are the hundreds of millions of souls which have crossed
over the river since the days of Adam and Eve? What is
the hope of millions now walking the road of Eternity?
What is the prospect for the millions yet unborn? Do we
come and live and dream and pray and hope and then drop
off like overripe fruit from the trees? Do we just decay
and become part of the dust of the earth? Is our persona
lity, our great spirit a thing of the moment, just to wither
and die? The great Apostle reasoned this to an inescapable
conclusion; let me quote at random the remembered fift
eenth Chapter of First Corinthians:
“For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also
received, how that Christ died for our sins according to
the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose
again the third day according to the scriptures; And that
he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; After that, he
was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom
the greater part remain unto this present, but some are
fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all
the Apostles.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,
how say some among you that ther^ is no resurrection of
the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then
is Christ not risen: And if Christ 'be not risen, then is our
RELIGIOUS FAITH FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT
preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet
in your sins.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the
first-fruits of them that slept.
But some man will say, ‘How are the dead raised up? and
with what body do they come?
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And as we ha /e borne the image of the earthly, we shall
also bear the image of the heavenly.”
With the teaching of Paul we recall the great promise
from John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave
his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life”. In response
to Thomas, who said he didn’t know where Jesus was
going or the way, and the words of Jesus: “I am the way,
the truth and the life”. Then let us read: “I am the resur
rection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live”. This was to Martha when
Lazarus died.
Do we take all this lightly? Millions of men and women
once full of life, rejoicing in hope, abounding in vigor and
promise, seeing the rosaete prospect of gladsome living,
they are lying in the ground, though once they heard all
these words from the Scripture. However our energies
may flow today; whatever may be the strength of body
or brilliance of intellect we march inevitably towards that
“Great event toward which all creation moves”.
Easter is the individual promise, for we face it, each one
for himself; but we can feel as David felt “Though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no
evil; for thou art with me”.
Easter is a joyous occasion: the hopes and fears of all
the years have met in the triumphant resurrection. Now is
Christ riesn from the dead and become the first fruits
of them that slept.
Here is an interesting statement of the service rendered
by our South Carolina Parts Authority to our farmers:
“Ninety-five towns and rural communities throughout
South Carolina last month received one or more carloads
of imported calcium ammonium nitrate discharged across
state docks at Charleston for distribution to farmers as
fertilizer.
More than 200 carloads, some 12 million pounds, of the
nitrate, brought into the port chiefly from Western Ger
many, Austria and Holland, were distributed during Feb
ruary as part of the cargo movement at state docks.
In addition, 128 carloads of sulphur moved last month
to fertilizer factories of the state for use in making ferti
lizer mixes.
Charleston state docks also handled shipments totaling
240 carloads of nitrate and sulphur to many points in
North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee and to agricultural
areas of the midwest, including 90 cars to Indiana, 60 cars
to Illinois, 14 to Ohio, eight to Michigan, six to Missouri
and several to Iowa and Kentucky.
Calcuim ammonium nitrate is used as ‘top dressing’ for
growing craps such as grains and cotton and for pasture
land. The authority said that imports during March and
April would be even heavier and would continue through
June.
A letter from S. Walter Pilgrim, the authority’s rep
resentative at Rock Hill, pointed up the significance of
the fertilizer material shipments last month, was read at
the authority meeting. Mr. Pilgrim wrote: ‘The impressive
thing that I noticed is the fact that practically every county
of the state was’served directly from our facilities; and
certainly our farmers and manufacturers are benefitted
due to. the fact that had this cargo been shipped from
another port, the inland freight rates would have been
higher and naturally the consumer would have had to pay
the difference. If the people of the State could see this
picture as I do, they would certainly be all out for the State
Ports Authority since so many ara benefitted finaiicially
from the port operation. This certainly is an impressive
picture since a large portion of the cities, towns and ham
lets in South Carolina were served in just one month’s
operation
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lt>cm the Clarke County Demo-
r rat. Grove Hill. Alabama: When
the Grtek philosopher wrote his
immortal words “Speak no evil
oi the dead,” he had no way of
knowing that Joseph Stalin would
emerge as a word figure. How
would you. dear reader, like to
be a newspaper commentator and
try to write something about the
late deceased, using the above
quotation as a text?
• • •
From the Claremont News. Clare
mont, Minnesota: The Tennessee
Valley Authority, the largest gov
ernment controlled electric system
in the country, offers what they
call “cheap rates” but an investi
gating committee for the House of
Representatives found they would
have to raise their rates by 134.9
per cent just to cover costs. Comes
the statement from that state which
says. “The Tennessee River flows
through three states and drains all
the other 45 ”
• • •
' t From The Mason County News,
New Haven, W. Va.: We have lost
many good things since the prover
bial “good old days.” ,
Grandpa talks about the "good
old days” and the youngsters
laugh. But the laugh is on them.
There was something finer in life
and living when people stressed
the niceties, the gracious manner
more.
Oh. we like the frank honesty of
the modern age. but we also look
backward to the era of better man
ners with a bit of nostalgia.
Recently our West Virginia Po
lice have been stressing the great
value of good motor manners, and
they are on the right track. There’s
no place in modern traffic for the
ill-mannered, crude, reckless speed
demon or the fellow who hogs the
highway or otherwise makes a fool
of himself while menacing the lives
of many people.
It doesn’t hurt to say thank you
when the girl at the counter serves
you with your favorite brand of
cigars. It doesn’t hurt to say hello
to the bus driver and thank him
for giving you the correct change.
It is nice to be cheerful and
kind to those who travel life’s road
with us.
But it is more than nice to be
well-mannered in traffic. It is nec-
essaiy—if you want to travel
safely
You’ll find that courtesy, good
manners, will keep you out of traf
fic accidents. In more than three-
fourths of the fatal accidents, at
least one driver is guilty of being
discourteous. That ought to con
vince anybody
• • •
From the News-Record, Lindorg,
Kansas: Some folks seem to think
they can eat their cake and have
yours too
• • •
From The News, Bethany, Call- >
foraia: Many a husband has had
that satisfied look wiped off his
face with a dish towel.
• • •
From the Herald, Oberlin, Kan
sas: No woman is a good house
keeper until she had learned how
to slight her work and not have
it show
FT IS becoming more evident
•* every day that the administra
tion is about to crack down on
the free - wheeling members of
congress who have been having a
field day during Tecent months.
Like an actor awaiting his cue,
President Eisenhower has been
standing in the wings with his leg
islative program in hand. He has
been unable to get the legislator’s
minds off of investigations and a
number of other extra activities.
One of his most recent moves
was his statement on reducing
taxes before the budget is bal
anced. All that Eisenhower said
was that he preferred to have the
revenue the government would get
if the tax cut measure was not
enacted. But that was enough.
Daniel A. Reed, chairman of the
House Ways and Means Committee,
who had a measure in the mill for
a 10 per cent reduction in personal-
income taxes, said he would aban
don his efforts. He did not do it
gracefully, however. Bitter and
disappointed, he denounced the Re
publican failure to cut taxes as
“dishonest and getting office under
false pretenses."
The episode indicates the Eisen
hower’s prestige in the country is
greater than he perhaps realized.
It is also an indication of what will
happen when the President makes
a stand.
Another indication ol a stand
by the administration was Presi
dent Eisenhower’s statement that
he doubts that any major cutbacks
can be achieved in former Presi
dent Truman’s 46-million-dollar de
fense budget in the face of today’s
world tensions ■>
There had been talk in conpress
that one way to balance the budget
would be to cut down on defense
spending. To put it bluntly, this is
very unlikely.
Many observers go so far as to
say they expect just the opposite
—an increased military and civii
defense spending. Such a belief
seems to have a good foundation in
fact. President Eisenhower admit
ted at a recent news conference
that his staff has been studying a
proposal that would authorize such
increased spending. He said, how
ever, that no conclusion had been
reached It is a decision that the
President will have to make him
self, because his cabinet is report
ed split on the question.
This can be expected if the Presi
dent decides now that greater de
fense outlays are necessary: it
will unbalance the budget even
further, delay tax cuts, and give
the Democrats ammunition for the
1953 campaign.
And while this type of thinking
is evident in some sections of the
cabinet. Secretary of Defense Wil
son told a news conference he does
not think we are fully prepared
to defend this country At the
same time he expressed-a belief
that defense spending could be cut
• The recent explosion of anoth
er atomic bomb in Nevada fur
nished scientists, military men
and others with considerable im
portant new facts
One of the most important was
the fact that this country needs
an expanded civil-defense pro
gram—one in which every com
munity can participate It needs
new officials, new money, and new
enthusiasm The sooner the bet-
t.pr
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AUTHOR jF'HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND STARTtIVING" -jr
D AVID H MIKKELSON. 3200 Sixth Avenue. So., Seattle. Washington.
is manager of the maintenance department of a trucking company
operating between Vancouver, B. C., and Los Angeles. California, a
position he recently assumed In order to operate a maintenance depart
ment successfully, it is necessary to have a skillful crew of mechanics
and the other necessary physical equipment for truck repairs. Equally
important is a group of cooperative, maintenance
conscious drivers. So he made it a point to meet and
talk to the drivers on every occasion, in an effort to
make them understand that their company has the
best maintenance department possible and make
them kn^w too that their problems will be given
attention and that corrective action will be taken.
Recently he received a phone call from one ol
the drivers asking if he could see him that night As
he had a previous engagement to attend a high school
amateur talent contest, David told him he could not
meet him untis about 11:30 P M This was agreeable
as he seemed most anxious to discuss maintenance problems ana his
particular truck. At 11:30 that night David went to his hotel and listened
to him talk for almost two hours He had many good suggestions and
also many problems, the solutions of which were David’s responsibility.
So he made notes on the things told him and assured the driver that
he would take corrective action wherever possible the next time he was
in Los Angeles.
A few days after this discussion he heard through several sources
that he had made quite an impression on this driver because he was
willing to go to the hotel at midnight to Interest himself in the business.
Better than this was the fact that he told other drivers about it and so
David Mikkelson feels he has gone a long way in getting the drivers
on his side of the fence, which is most important in running a successful
maintenance program. ,
Democracy Begins at Home,
Well-Known Educator Says
Troubled parents seeking to
strike a balance between the par
ental mailed fist and the kid glove
will find many helpful hints on
democratic discipline’ in .Ernest
Osborne’s new pamphlet. Democ
racy Begins In The Home.
Dr. Osborne. Professor of Edu
cation at Teachers College and
well-known writer on parent educa
tion. examines a variety of typical
family situations to show how -de
mocracy can be learned in every
day family life.
Authoritarian parents, he sug
gests. as well as those who “do
everything” for their children, will
alike end up with offsprings who
are unprepared for adult roles as
responsible citizens.*
Disciplining children is much
more than using force on them,
the author points out. In its wider
sense it is teaching them to do
what is necessary for people to
live happily together.
Parents should not act as if they
“owned” their children, but should
be guided by respect for thexp as
individuals who share in a cooper
ative venture. Children should be
given opportunities to make sim
ple choices from an early age—
for only in that way can they learn
to make decisions, and take the
consequences of poor ones.
“There is no one right way for a
family to operate democratically.”
writes Dr. Osborne. “Democracy
as a way of life may be expressed
quite differently in different fami
lies. What is important is that the
spirit of cooperative sharing—of
consideration for the rights of each
in the group—is expressed through
whatever is done.”
The family council plan is dis
cussed as helpful in giving chil
dren a sense of “belonging” and
sharing in family problems. Gripe
sessions where children air their
views help some families live more
satisfactorily together.
Family - centered hobbies and
projects are recommended in giv
ing children common interests with
parents. Building a summer cabin
together with all the children pitch
ing in. crafts activities—stamp col
lecting—photography—all can con
tribute t6 the sense of family close
ness that means' so much.
Democratic family living not only
repays us in satisfaction and hap
piness. concludes Dr. Osborne. But
—on the larger scene—our children
must be taught the'essence of de
mocracy In the give-and-take of
family life if the struggle against N
dictatorship and statism is to be
successfuL Democracy as an ideal
will never be meaningful to them
if they are not
The book was published by the
Pufclic Affairs Committee. Inc..
New York City, a non-profit or
ganization.
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St. David’s Episcopal Church,
First and Church Streets, Cheraw,
was built from 1770-1773 by a
group of Welsh settlers, who
named the church after the patron
saint of Wales. The cemetery in
back contains the graves of James
H. Thomwell (1812-1862), Pres
byterian theologian and president
of the State university; and of
Bishop Alexander Gregg (1819-
1893). The church itself is a small
frame building. The square steeple
features three arched windows,
each set below a balustraded deck.
St. David’s has served as a
hospital in two great wars. During
the Revolution, the 71st Scottish
Regiment of Cornwallis’ army
used the church as a smallpox hos
pital. Fifty British were victims,
and are buried in a mass grave in
the cemetery.
During the War Between The
States, the Confederacy used the
church as a hospital. This war left
its mark in the form of bloodstains
which people claim can still be
seen on the floor. The Confederate
monument, the first of its kind,
was erected in 1867.
About 1824, the residents of
Cheraw staged a minor revolution
of their own. The Baptists and
Presbyterians both wanted the
church for their services. Finally,
when the Baptists were in posses
sion of the church one Sunday
morning, the Presbyterians loaded
and fired an old Revolutionary
cannon. Quickly the Baptist's
preacher dismissed the congrega
tion, and all fled. Later, after this
situation had quieted down. Epis
copalians came in and occupied
the church. The Presbytenan
preadher who was responsible for
the cannon episode afterwards
wrote regretfully: “While the Hon
and the unicorn were fighting for
the crown, up came the puppy dog
and knocked them both down. . '•