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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, SEPT. 17, 1953 un 1218 Colleire Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. 'WOW, WHAT A MELON!' COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Mr. B. M. Edwards, the well known banker, delivered an address to “The South Carolina Plant Food Educational Society” at Clemson House recently; it is a very quotable speech, some of which I cite. For example, just considering facts of special interest: “In 1951 South Carolina was first in the United States in percentage increase of farm income, with a gain of 60 % ; the total farm income being $387,865,000. We have in creased our pastureland as the basis of a great cattle in dustry, in six years, from 250,000 to 750,000 acres. We have gone into the field of turkey production, with an annual crop of 1,250,000 birds. South Carolina and the Southeast are developing indus trially faster than any other section of the United States. Formerly the textile industry in this State was confined al most exclusively to coarse goods. However, during recent years a number of fine goods plants, finishing plants and synthetic fibre plants have been established in this State. This trend is bringing about a much needed diversity within the field of textiles. The mild winters in South Carolina mean lower fuel costs and happier, healthier workers and steadier time on the job. - < Since January 1, 1945 new industrial plants have been established in South Carolina involving a capital outlay of $458,578,000. and expansions to existing plants have amounted to $334,126,000, or a total capital outlay of $792,- 704,000. This of course does not include any expenditure of the Atomic Energy plant in Aiken County. The new industries employ more than 55,000 people who earn about $138,000,000 a year. Existing industries which have expanded will add an estimated 40,000 new jobs and pay more than an additional $100,000,000, so this wil bring into the State nearly $240,000,000. And then industry must spend for raw materials, services, utilities, taxes and many other things, both directly and indirectly, further contributing to the good of the economy of the State. Here are some of the things we make mention of: It was first in the nation in per capita income gains in 1951, with an increase of 20%. It was first in the nation in per capita income gains from 1929 to 1951, with a 29% increase. U.S. Customs collections for the South Carolina district totaled $2,967,458 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, six times greater than five years ago. Motor vehicle registration increases in South Carolina in 1951 led all other states, with a 12% gain. South Carolina had the lowest percentage of business fail ures in the nation in 1950, with only 4.7 failures per 10,000 concerns, compared with a national rate of 34.3. From 1939 to 1950, bank deposits in South Carolina in creased 310% compared with a national increase of 158%, and business telephones increased 200'% compared with 90'% for the nation. I would like to say something here about the banking situation in South Carolina which I think will be encourag ing and of interest to you. In my opinion, the banks in South Carolina are in most excellent financial condition, probably about the best of any state in the Union. The ag gregate loans in all the banking institutions in South Caro lina are less than 25% of their deposits, and this is a very healthful condition, and you may be assured that tha banks have ample finances available to take care of any reason able request they may have for credit that is justified and a safe, reasonable risk. In a large portion of the entire United States the banks are lending heavily and there is a scarcity of money throughout the country, but that is not true with the banks of South Carolina. The Federal Govern ment is having some difficulty in financing its budget and the tremendous costs of the military and preparation for defense. The result is that interest rates have risen con siderably and some of the radio announcers who always want to be sensational and, as a matter of fact, some of our good citizens who want to be recognized as leaders, have been criticizing the Treasury Department in connection wdth the increase of interest rates and also possibly the scarcity of money. The Treasury Department had nothing on earth to do with it. In this money situation we have run into the old law and rule of ‘supply and demand.’ The Roose velt and Truman Administrations had just about scraped out the bottom of the barrel before the Republicans took charge, and that is why interest rates have risen. I would also like to say a word about the experience of banks %in lending to farmers and to agriculture in South Carolina. The institution with which I am connected has always believed in the farmer and in agriculture. So far as I know, we have never declined an application for a loan of one of our farmer customers when he was entitled to re ceive it and the bank could help him and at the same time assure itself that there was a reasonable chance of collec tion. As a class, farmers are among the best borrowers in the nation. They live at home; in most cases they own their property, and they aren’t going to be here today and gone tomorrow, but instead they will work hard and make every possible effort to save their home—and they are just as honest a group of people as you can find in the en tire world. During the past twenty years I would say that we have loaned to farmers and for agricultural pur poses in excess of $20,000,000. I think I can safely claim that we haven’t lost or failed to collect as much as $5,000 of the total amount loaned, and I believe you will agree with me that this is about as nearly a perfect record as any business could possibly claim. You probably saw an article in the daily papers just a few days ago where our noble Governor had taken a position with respect to the new Lending Agreement that the De partment of Agriculture proposes to put into effect in con nection with the loans made by the Commodity Credit Cor poration under the Price Support Plan. They have writ ten into that contract what is known as the FEPC regula tion, and I quote it: ‘Agency, (this means the bank or other lending agent) in the performance of this Agree ment, shall not discriminate against any employee or ap plicant for employment because of race, creed, color or national origin, and shall include a similar provision in all sub-contracts entered into in connection with the provis ions of this Agreement.’ \ I do not attempt to guess how far this would go or operate. It might mean that the banks are required to exact from the farmer borrower a similar agreement that they will abide by FEPC. It is the first time that the Department of Agri culture has imposed any such requirements, and in my opin ion the banks generally will not subscribe to it. So far as the farmers and agriculture are concerned, I warn and admonish you with all the power at my command that you do not consent or agree to any such requirement. If you do in this one instance, you may be letting down the bars that will bring down on our heads possibly an attempt to completely regiment the agricultural industry of America. I appeal to you, that we show the courage and fortitude of our ancestors in dealing with this or any other inroads in to our rights and privileges. So long as our people possess the courage and fortitude to do that, v/e may have no fears of the present or for the future, and South Carolina will continue to march forward in the front ranks!” Very manly, very forthright, very admirable and worthy of the best statesmen of our history. If Southern men in the Senate and House would stand resolutely against this wild frenzy the National Administra tion would see a great light. Because so many of us sup ported General Eisenhower doesn’t mean that we are in his vest pocket; or that we shal condone or acquiesce in just any sort of tomfoolery. This latest foolishness deserves not only a rebuke but a resolute stand of united patriots even if they must adopt an attitude of all-out opposition on all matters in order to maintain an important, even vital, principle of government. “Williamsburg County’s tax rate for 1953 has been set at 57 mills, a reduction of 13 mills from last year’s rate of 70 mills. A spokesman for the county delegation said that the re duction was made possible by reduction in expenditure. The rate was set in a meeting of the county delegation composed of L. G. Mishoe, V. G. Arnette and J. J. Snow; Donald Montgomery, auditor and H. A. Wheeler, treasurer.” CHICKEN WATERER . . . Old automobile wheel rims have found many uses around farms. A chicken waterer placed in an old rim tends to keep the poultry from crowding and makes it less likely the water will be capsized. Q Aside from Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, who drew the largest vote ever cast for an individual running for public office in this country? A—According to a study by Rep. Gordon L. McDonough (R., Calif.), Sen. William F. Knowland (R., Calif.) holds that distinction. Un opposed by a major party, Knowland received 3,982,448 votes for Senator in 1952. Q—Compared to President Eisenhower, how successful was former President Truman in winning favorable action on his proposals to Congress? A--President Eisenhower racked up a success score of 72.7 per cent on his 44 proposals to the first session. During his last six years in office, Mr. Truman won favorable action on 42.9 per cent of his legislative requests. Q—Have any of the current petitions to discharge House committees from consideration of bills, in order to force them to the floor, round ed up close to the required 218 signatures? A--By unofficial counts, the petition on the Townsend Plan old-age pen sion bill lea^ls with 163 signatures. The House does not reveal an official tally but reports are that five other discharge petitions have from 17 to 115 signers each. Although filed during the first session, the six petitions will remain alive throughout the second. One, how ever. seems dead for all practical purposes unless a special session of Congress is convened before January. It concerns a bill to ad vance personal income tax reductions from Jan. 1, 1954, to July 1 1953. PaieCarmigie ★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING’’ ^ TTTHEN it seemed evident that her husband, Tod Kuntzelman, 4161 v V Cass Street, Omaha, Nebraska, would be drafted, Mrs. Kuntzelman says they discussed it as sensibly as possible and decided that aside from the fact they would be apart, things wouldn’t be too bad. Their two children were of school age; her mother lived with them so there would be her companionship. They were buying theif home and by renting a room and with the allotment she would receive from the Government they could live com fortably and still meet the payments on the house, plus their insurance obligations. Then just a month before Tod received his “official greetings’’ something happened they hadn’t bar gained for. To Mrs. Kuntzelman it would be any thing but a blessed event. She was afraid and she im agined things that couldn’t possibly ever happen. Physically she wasn’t ill a single day, but mentally she had some pretty rough times. Finally came the day when they cabled to Pearl Harbor that they had a new little daughter and all Two months later the baby was brought home. By then Mrs. Kuntzel man had regained strength and had begun to realize that little bundle in her arms was not the hardship she had imagined, but one of the greatest blessings she has ever known. A large percentage of the gap her husband had left was filled as she was kept busy from 6:00 in the morniirg until 10:00 at night. Since then when troubles come her way, she refuses to worry. She is certain there is a Supreme Being who knows better than she what is best for her. CARNEGIE was well. From The Cedar Rapids Tribune, Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The announce ment by Soviet Premier Malenkov that Russia has the hydrogen bomb came a few weeks after the Congress of the United States cut appropriations for civil defense to $46% million for the year that be gan July 1. Former President Truman had requested $150 million for the Civil Defense Administration, or about $1 for every man. woman and child in America. President Eisenhower asked for $125.2 million, or about 83 cents per person. But the “econ omy bloc.” in control of the Senate and House, saw fit to appropriate only about 30 cents a head for pro tection against an attack against this country that could make Pearl Harbor look like fireworks display at a country fair. The “economizers'* are afraid the money will be wasted. We hope it won’t have to be used. But we can’t take chances. If the nation ever needs civil defense it will need more than 30-cents-a-head worth. From Che Encinitas Coast Dis patch, Encinitas, California: An old but ever-accurate truism holds that in the long run a people get the kind of government they want and deserve. For instance, public desires and public pressures will determine whether we will have sufficient, economical government— or prodi gal, drunken-sailor government. Representative Norris of New Hampshire touched on this by in direction when he said. “We have reached that point in the session when the full impact of protests against appropriation cuts really hit us. It is at this point we always begin to wonder whether folks really want economy, or only think they do.” The future of our government will be decided in the grass roots, not in Washington. • • • From The Southern Standard, Arkadeiphia, Arkansas: The action of the Senate Finance Committee in refusing, by a vote of 11 to 4 to approve raising the federal debt limit, in spite of urgent requests by the President and other top ad ministration officials, indicates the present temper of national thinking. Without going into the pros and cons involved in this specific ques tion. it is obvious that the Ameri can people want and demand rigor ous economy in government, and Congress, naturally, has begun to reflect that attitude. The era when the taxpayers would accept un bridled spending with hardly a complaint has come to an end. Ticklers By George ‘Dad's new electric razor is lots of fun! We just made a vAhra mrt of the neighbor’s cat!'* M ONEY AND figures have been making the news in Washing ton for the past week or so. Some of the news was good and some of it bad. The bad news for the public was the fact that the nation’s living costs increased for the second straight month. Higher prices for food, rent, medical care, gasoline and motor oil were cited by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as the chief factor in the cost-of-living increase. Living costs reached a peak last November, from which they de clined during the winter. They be gan rising again in the spring and early summer and reached a new high in mid-June. The mid-June figure was 114.5 per cent of the 1947-49 average. The latest index, reflecting mid-July prices and es tablishing another record, was 114.7. • # • • The good news for the nation was the announcement by Treasury Secretary Humphrey that the U. S. has reached the turning point to ward a balanced budget. He an nounced the government will spend $72,100,000,000 in the fiscal year 1954 and have net receipts of $68.- 300,000,000. It will wind up the year with a deficit of $3,800,000,000 and a national debt of $271,- 100,000,000. These figures mean that the na tional debt will be $1,900,000,000 lower than the administration pre dicted in July. The new figures place the budget almost in balance next July 30, considering straight cash income to the government and cash outgo. • • • • The government also an nounced that the public paid a record amount of taxes in the last fiscal year—$69,687,000,000. Total collections were 7.2 per cent higher than in the previous year. Corporation taxes increased by the smallest percentage of ,any classification. Corporations paid in come and profits taxes amounting to $21,467,000,000 in fiscal 1952 and $21,595,000,000 in fiscal 1953. The increase in personal income and employment taxes was 10.4 per cent. Individuals paid $33,738,- 000,000 in 1952. In fiscal 1953 they paid $37,255,000,000 This made in dividual tax payments the biggest single source of revenue. Manufacturers paid $2,296,000,000 in excise taxes in 1952 and $2,863,- 000,000 in 1953. Alcohol taxes totaled $2,781,000,000. YOU DON'T LOVE ME By Norman Disher JQARLING?” <( _ ‘Yes, dear?” Bill dropped his paper and looked across at his wife. “What is it?” “Darling, do you really love me?” The small blonde head tilted to one side and the light blue eyes looked at Bill with that sad, St. Bernardish expression. “Of course I love you. We’ve been married five years now. Isn’t that proof enough?” “But I mean do you really love me like you used to before we were married?” “Yes dear, certainly.” Bill turned back to his paper and wondered what in the devil got into women some times. Silly questions! “Bin—BILL!” “What do you want and do you have to shout so loudly?” “Well, why don’t you listen to me! Bill Wilson you’re getting to be a good-for-nothing husband. I am a paper-widow, that’s what. You think more of that old piece of paper than you do of me!” “Now honey—” “Don’t, now honey me. I’m get ting sick and tired of sitting here night after night while you stick your face in the paper.” “But dear, I only wanted to read the sport page. Now that’s nothing to get excited about. Is it?” “Nothing to get excited about, he says. How would you like it if I just sat here and sewed!” “But Marty, that’s not true.” “You’re tired of me and you want to get rid of me, well let me tell you a thing or two, Mister Wil son—” Marty started to cry. She jumped up and fled into the kitchen. “Oh for Pete’s sake Marty! Grow up!” Bill shouted as he flung the paper to the floor and stomped out onto the porch. “Holy smokes,” Bill muttered. “If I treat her nice she’s sus picious, if I treat her mean, I’m a bully. Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it!” His thoughts went back to the time when he’d met Marty at a skating party. She was the nicest girl there. A pretty little pug- nosed blonde. They had skated together for awhile and then Billj had asked if he might take her] home. She wouldn’t go at first, bu(| after they became better acquaint ed she decided he was a nice f« and she let hiifi escort her hom< So he’d taken Marty home kissed her on the front porch, was surprised, but she wasn’t actly mad about it. Bill grinned to himself when thought of their first real date how they'd gone on a picnic am had rained. He thought of his posal and how happy her mot and father had been when found out about it. He lai _ when he thought of their wed^ day when his friends had kidnai, him and he was late getting to, church. Marty was certain would be left waiting on the chtj steps; she was afraid he’d get feet and back out. He turned and opened the door to walk back into the . room but he ran into Marty had a suitcase in her hand furious look on her face. "Look out. I’m leaving,’ all she said. “Hey! Wait a minute,” Billj her, “You’re doing nothing sort!” “Yes, I am. You don’t love] you don’t pay any attention so I won’t stay.” She tried around Bill but he reached took the suitcase from her put it down on the steps, her up, and carried her int front room. He sat on the arm< placed her across his km spanked her soundly. She cried and shoute< screamed until Bill let her gt he kissed her tenderly. She ] a little and then relaxed. “Oh Bill, you do love me| you!” “I certainly do. Now go ui and put that suitcase back you got it and behave youi^ “I don’t have to,” Marty ered, “it’s empty.” Bill started to turn her ov« knee again but then decided her instead. 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