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■ PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1953 un 1218 College 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. ANOTHER MOUNTAIN-CLIMBING RACE COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Are we on the road to starvation? Shall the United States have famines as are known in India and China? We are increasing in population very rapidly, more rapidly than th^ experts predicted. Men who study such things forecasted a population in this country of one hundred and ninety million by 1975. They were under the mark. Well what is the limit of production here? For some years we can drain swamps, irrigate sandy lands and clear forests; but every effort to redeem, or reclaim, or develop land for crops must certainly have a limit. Then we must produce more per acre. All this we can do now; some of it we are doing. Of course we must remember that the new or reclaimed lands must produce in competition with lands now under cultivation. If, for ex ample, corn can be produced ordinarily for fifty cents a bushel no one will produce corn at a dollar a bushel. But if the demand for food raises the average price of corn to a dollar or more, thousands of bushels of corn will be pro duced on the reclaimed land. Likewise the land today pro ducing thirty bushels of corn per acre might possibly pro duce a hundred bushels, at considerable cost, of course. If the total cost will still bring in a substantial profit, more fertilizers will be used. In this State we have produced more than two hundred bushels of corn on an acre—a prize acre, you know; but what can be done is what we are considering. Let me quote an Associated Press report in The News and Courier: “The American people are multiplying faster than the experts thought they would. Will the food supply keep pace with this rapid growth? Agricultural economists in the government are confident it can. A year ago, the Census Bureau looked ahead and esti mated that the population of the United States would reach 190 million by 1975. The Bureau recently revised its think ing and has come up with a new forecast—close to 221 mil lion by that same year, if the trend of the past three years holds. That would be about 61 million more Americans than now live in this country. Other nations—India and China— reached mighty proportions many years ago. They have been plagued with famine off and on for centuries. But U. S. Government economists say they have slight fear that hunger ever will invade the United States. They stress that greater and greater scientific utilization of crop lands is this nation’s best weapon against the threat of famine in the face of ever-mounting population pressures. India and China, they point out, were guilty of land waste and archaic farm practices. This country’s current food pro blem is not one of shortage, but of surplus. To illustrate: The carry-over from the 1952 wheat crop totaled 559 mil lion bushels, while this year’s crop may produce an 800 million bushel surplus. As a result, wheat farmers have voted to accept rigid government production controls. How ever, economists are training an eye on the future when the surplus problem conceivably could give way to shortage. They conducted detailed studies of the nation’s anticipated food needs on the basis of the Census Bureau’s 190 million population estimate for 1975. These showed that such a population would need 2714 billion pounds of meat. Should the population actually rise to 221 million in the next 22 years, it would require about 31,987,000,000 pounds —or roughly 50 per cent more than this country produced last year. Jt is clear that only a fraction of the additional food supply can come from pressing new lands into crop pro duction. There were 360 million acres planted or growing in July. This is pretty close to maximum. As the Production and Marketing Administration put it not so long ago: ‘For nearly 400 years we have been able to take care of the increase in population by moving west and opening up new land. This is no longer possible. Most of the additional production must come from building up present acres.’ But government economists retain their optimistic out look when they glance back over the record of American agriculture. Through application of scientific methods, U. S. farmers were able to boost their average crop’ yield by 32 per cent an acre between the 1935-1939 and 1947-1951 periods. They, also increased their average livestock production by 17 per cent. The economists say still greater productivity may lie in development of new breeds, the use of new insecticides, cultivation of crops in water, and more intensive farming. jy Barnwell, the City and the County, celebrated on Monday of last week. Mr. B. M. Edwards was the speaker of the occasion and I went along as a booster. Mr. Edwards has observed that when I go with him he shines more brightly by comparison. On the trip to Barnwell Mr. Edwards had all the advantage because with him were the inimitable James H. Hammond and sturdy Dusty Rhodes, who is, of course, the Comptroller General of South Carolina, as w'ell as myself. Look us over and decide for yourselves. That enthusiastic, zealous and progressive Barnwell booster, Victor McDonald, had been ringing bells, blowing horns, shooting guns, shaking hands, pulling strings here and there to make this a great occasion. And he succeeded brilliantly. The occasion began for us visitors with a steak supper in the Barnwell club. But before that. Senator Edgar Brown met us and beamed his joy over the program. Moreover, he and the Barnwell Methodist Minister—Mr. Crenshaw—sat with us on the lawn. After a bit, of course, Victor McDonald buzzed up and buzzed around, getting things done. Speaker Solomon Blatt came over, looking young and handsome and full of good humor and hospitality. All this was at the Club, with ex pectations of a big supper. At the park, where the program was carried out, a band from Camp Gordon played, played well, naturally; and when it played Dixie all the Trumanites and Eisenhower support ers yelled as one united body of Southerners, Carolinians to the marrow. James H. Hammond was Master of Ceremonies and was in happy vein, as always. He was so inspired that he tried to reinstate himself as a citizen of Barnwell. As is well known, Mr. Hammond is a geographical enigma, having been born in Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield, Aiken, Barnwell and Al lendale, and is now building up a connection with Moncks Corner in old Berkeley. Mr. Hammond paid warm tributes to Messrs Brown and Blatt and introduced Speaker Blatt who was to present Mr. Edwards to the big crowd under the flood lights. Mr. Blatt was eloquent and gracious and did the honors fittingly, even generously including Mr. Edwards’ companions on the trip. Mr. Edwards had prepared an address full of sound ad vice on the building of a Chamber of Commerce, but he also told of the greatness of our State and the fine contri bution to our progress and stability that had been made by Senator Brown and Speaker Blatt. I thought that Mr. Edwards had gone far enough when he had James H. Hammond, “Dusty” Rhodes and me as a dark background, but he evidently felt the need of more help be cause he called “Dusty” to the front and those two sang “Let me call you sweetheart”. After that the speech sound ed eloquent, learned, even musical. That singing made me think of what the late Charlton DuRant said of my speech, when he and I wete called on and tried to speak without preparation and when the alleged brains would not function. I had just stumbled through a few lame remarks, and Mr. DuRant waS on the floor trying to coax a few ideas. He said to the Audience—all friends of ours, patient, endur ing, long-suffering people, frequently exposed to our oratory: “Well, you have heard Mr. Breedin. This reminds me of the old Son of Erin who was dying. He was asked if he had one more wish, a dying request, that he cared to make. “Faith and I have,” said Pat, “if I could hear O’Harrows band once more I could die in peace.” So the band was brought in; and it blew and blared and made the wildest, weirdest blast of disharmony tl\at can be brought about. All the time the band played, Pat’s face beamed; and when the band filed out, a friend said “Pat’ how is it with ye now; kin ye die in peace” ? “Faith and I kin; the divil has no ter rors for me now.” Even so. After that song, Mr. Edwards’ address sounded like Demosthenes, Cicero, Clay, Webster, Calhoun and Henry Grady in one great masterpiece of the forensic art; and it evoked, deservedly, loud and long ap plause. Seriously, Mr. Edwards makes a great contribution to our public life, with his clear thinking and courageous frank ness. ‘ # The Chamber of Commerce of Barnwell selected Mayor Mazusky as the outstanding citizen of Barnwell for service during 1952. Senator Brown paid this tribute to the Mayor: “We hear of the ‘Forgotten Man.’ A public servant is often the ‘Forgotten Man’ and often too little appreciated. The Chamber of Commerce in its selection of the citizen who has contributed most to the civic and economic life of the com munity this year has selected the Mayor of our City. Serving for more than sixteen continuous years as Mayor of Barnwell, during which time this community has grown from a quiet residential town of 2,000 souls into an industrial hub with a present population of approximately 12,000, on a salary of $40.00 per month as Mayor. Business Manager, Legal Advisor, Public Relations Man and whatnot. Under the guidance of this gentleman, Barnwell has: (a) Extended its city limits to two miles; (b) Increased its Police Force from two to six policemen and two patrol cars; (c) Added eight CROSS ideas from other editors From The Lincoln Times, Lin coln ton, N. C.: We note that some ot the television column ists ar.e now complaining about lie deluge oi psychopathic crime icing strewn about the nation’s elevision screens. No doubt the iverage youngster, who goes in search of entertainment, in his iving-room, see a lot of queer characters, and queer dramas en- icted. If he were to judge the nature of lie outside world by what he sees m the television screen, he would probably conclude thpt more than half the population is in the cate gory of alcoholics, in need of psy chotherapy, or dealing in other vices, even worse than alcohol ism. We have mentioned this in dustry failing on other occasions and think the general average of programming is not what it might be. Perhaps one of the causes of the difficulty is that so many of the TV plays are produced in New York and Hollywood, centers of the fast-moving life which char acterizes show business. The average youngster in Podunk lives in different surroundings and cir cumstances, and, therefore, would enjoy clean and typically Amer ican entertainment. We hope the sponsors—with whom the final re sponsibility lies—will exert suffi cient pressure in the right places to raise the standards of their presentations to a more accept able level. • • • From The Free Press. Charles ton, West Virginia: The tedious job of painting window moldings, and scrapping paint from window panes after the job is complete will soon be replaced by a minia ture paint roller with a metal guard which is said to paint win dow sash and molding with no smearing. Automobiles will get into the locomotives’ class with a new de vice which throws sand in front of the wheels In slippery going . . . a new vending machine at tached to a standard water pipe and a source of 110-volt current and dispenses hot coffee or cpld orange juice at the drop of a coin. Five new electric games for children, all in one kit, are being offered for the Christmas trade . A new cigarette case swal lows a pack of smokes and gives them back one at a time at a button signaL All these are things to come. DaieCarmegie ^ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ POUR years ago Fred H. Cousins, 854 Lee Street, Danville, Virginia, * found himself driven by fear and worry to the office of his physician. The doctor said what every good doctor says to a patient afflicted as he was: “You can’t expect to get better unless you at least try to stop worrying.’’ But he didn’t follow the doctor's advice and a few months later his worries reached their height of violence. After four sleepless nights he wondered if he could stay on his feet throughout the day. When he walked unto the office the boss informed him that they had a small Government job on hand. Fred was to make drawings in detail and send them to the regional office, where they had to be checked by several big shots. If they were approved there, they would be sent to New York, where they would be checked over by several “bigger shots.’* Next they would then be sent to Washington for final approval. Fred prepared the drawings and they were returned three times. He was ready to give up in desperation. Then another thought came to him, a thought that he beUeves has changed his entire perspective. This thought was born of something he read about worry destroying all good. He knew he had been worrying consistently. So he asked himself, “Fred, do you think- that the big shots in the office at Richmond or the fellows in New York, or Wash ington, are staying awake nights fretting about these drawings? Or your boss, is he down in the dumps about them?” The answer wai emphatically, “NO!” “Then why are you worrying, Fred?” he asked. ”1 don’t know, and from now on I’m not going to worry.” And he didn’t. Then he made the necessary changes in the drawings, sent them in and they were approved. He wonders now how he did the drawings at all, working under the strain and fear that he was experiencing. CARNEGIE SctuutiKj. t£e S ECRETARY of State John Fos ter Dulles, who has the most difficult job in the Republican ad ministration, is the subject of grave concern by his friends and top men in Washington. There are a number of reasons for this concern. * { In the first place. Secretary Dulles has not received universal praise in the nation’s press. To the contrary, he has been receiving some bad press notices. The vol ume of these attacks and criti cisms approaches that to which Secretary Atchison of the Truman Administration was subjected. As one nationally-known col umnist pointed out, perhaps it is not the man who is being criticized, but the office. Being Secretary of State is, without doubt, the most difficult in present day government. This office is expected to solve im mediately those problems that have accumulated through years; prob lems that are constantly changing and shifting like quick sand. It is, perhaps, time of the Ameri can people to stop and reconsider what is expected of a Secretary of State; what powers are invested in the office; and what are its nu merous limitations. If the present trend continues, Washington observers are saying. Secretary Dulles may be the first to leave the Eisenhower admini stration. If this happens another good man will have been sacrificed because it is impossible for any man, no matter what his name, to fill an office that is the focal point of criticism of history. • • * • The American Legion in its national convention demanded full- scale action, including the use of atomic and hydrogen bombs, to drive the Communists from Korea if peace negotiations should fail. This demand is the subject of con siderable speculation in Washing ton. Few deny that such action would launch a third world ’ war. It seems, some diplomats point out, that in view of this fact the Le gion’s demands are somewhat dras tic and perhaps out of order. What most foreign observers would like to know is whether or not the Legion reflects the general thinking of the American people. They say if it does then the next world war is well on its way. Does it reflect general American think ing? This convention also attracted the attention of observers because of a speech made by Secretary of State Dulles, in which he said that new aggression against Korea or Indochina might provoke a war. He added that the Communists could not count on “privileged sanctuary” in Manchuria if they renew aggres sion against South Korea. This sounded very much like a new government policy of warning would-be aggressors against secur ity infringements. By mentioning Indochina it would seem that the policy includes our intervention in that area if the Chinese should de cide to march in that direction. • • • • Approximately one month re mains before the final deadline for the political conference on Korea. If and when the convention begins, from that time a new tension will rule the world for a number of weeks, diplomats report. This is how they reason: If the Communist prolong the talks with endless blocks the American temper may cause a walk-out. The United States has al ready said it will not sit indefi nitely at a peace conference with the Reds. What happens in the event of a walk-out? Does the war in Korea begin again? These are serious questions and worthy of considerable and pro longed thought. miles of water lines; (d) 20^4 miles of sewer lines; (e) Has radio patrol equipment under construction; (f) Police and Fire Department building ready for contract; (g) New fire truck on the way; (h) $213,000,00 sewerage disposal plant under construction; (i) Increased garbage collection depart ment from two horse drawn carts to three motor garbage trucks; (j) While decreasing bonded indebtedness of the RESSIONAL Q—Will the federal government. New York State, or private companies undertake new power projects on the Niagara River? A—The final decision has not yet been made. The House voted for de velopment by private utilities, but Congress adjourned before the Senate could decide whether to go along. Next January, the Senate Public Works Committee will resume consideration of the bills, recommending one of the several available paths. Q—What did the Democratic and Republican platforms last year say about public power? A—In part, the Republicans said: “We favor greater local participation in the operation and control, and eventual local ownership, of fed- erally-sponscfi-ed, reimbursable water projects.” The Democrats advocated “the acceleration of all such (resource development) projects” and extension of Roosevelt-Truman policies in this field. Q—Does Congress conduct any business in the absence of a quorum? A—From the galleries, it is obvious that both the House and Senate sometimes carry on their work, even pass bills, with only a few members on the floor. The houses proceed under the assumption that a quorum is present unless it is established to the contrary. However, once this is established, the rales say debate must stop and, except for motions incidental to quorum calls, the only motion that may be entertained is one for adjournment. Q—How many public bills and joint resolutions did both booses pass and send to the President during the first session? A—Two hundred ninety. The President signed 288 of them, making them public laws. He vetoed two public bills, one to repeal the excise tax on movie admissions and the other providing for an exception to District of Columbia zoning regulations. TRICK ON A TRUCK By Ona Lathrop M ARY BENTLEY walked down the alley behind their home and surveyed the new home across from them. Hm! Picture-window at the back—looking right out on their old garage made from a chicken-house, and the 1940 truck Sam kept parked beside it. That must be a beautiful view for the new neighbor moving in! She’d prod Sam about it once more. “Sam, when are you going to get rid of that old truck? You know you’ll never use it again. I should think you’d want to get what you could out of it. We might get enough to rebuild the garage.” ^‘Sell the truck? I should say not. Never know when I might need that again.” Mary untied her apron and folded it neatly. “Now Sam, you know very well you’ll never truck again.” “What in tarnation has got into you, Mary?” “Mrs. Saunders is moving in to^ day. I just walked along the alley and noticed what pretty things she has. I’ll bet she hates the view of that old lop-sided chicken-house garage of ours and that old truck right out her picture-window.” Sam snorted. “Well, then why didn’t she put her picture-window on the front, same as everybody else does? Mary could see she was getting nowhere. Sam was stubborn. The next day she met the new Mrs. Saunders in the alley. “So you’re moving in? And fix ing up your back yard so pretty.” “Yes, I think I’m going to like It.” Mrs. Saunders looked about doubtfully. “It will take time, of course, to get things growing. But eventually I hope to have a screen of shrubbery across hejre. I like the privacy of my living-room at the back.” » Mary cast an appreciative eye in the direction she was looking. “I tell Sam we ought to clean this up, now that your windows face here, but he’s a slow, stubborn soul. Giv ing up that old truck would be like taking a little boy’s red wagon away. He likes to tinker with It and imagine he’ll run it again, though I’m sure the tires are shot and the engine wouldn’t go. Maybe some day though —” she added. “You mean he keeps it there all the time? I thought—’’ Mary smiled ruefully. “My yes, it’s been sitting right there for years now, and I can’t get Sam to do a thing about it. How I’d love to make my back yard pretty too! But I don’t dare say much—§am’s so stubborn. I often wonder if he had a good offer—but then I can’t do a thing about it.” The next evening the telephone started ringing. About five times in a half-hour came the same query. “You got a truck for sale? How much do you want for it?” Sam looked wildly at Mary. “What in tarnation goes on? Who said I had a truck for sale?” He stormed about until Mary guiltily looked through the For Sale ads in the evening paper. “Why Sam, here it is. Didn’t you run this ad? It’s our address and telephone number. Sam snatched the paper. “I did not! Mary, didn’t you do this? Be cause If you did. I’ll never sell the truck. Foxing me like that!” “Sam Bentley, I did not!” There was a knock at the door. A bushy head appeared and the huge shoulders of a trucker filled the dqorjvay. “Just been lookin’ at your truck. Give you a good price for it. Need an extra one just now.” Sam stared, then asked an im probable price. The trucker pulled out his check-book and filled in the amount. “I’ll be by tomorrow to to tow it away,” he said. Mary wiped off a smile that threatened. “Well! Now at last we can Rebuild the garage and fix up our back yard. I’ve been waiting years for this moment. I don’t know who did it, but if it was a mistake it was a good one. But down in her heart she won dered if the widow was as mild and gentle as she looked, or if she owned part interest in a trucking company! 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I would say that during this year and during most of several years last passed, the Mayor has spent more time building Barnwell than he has in building his own fortunes.” It was a great occasion. ! i 'l