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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
This must be the time for grandmother’s apple pie, isn’t
it? So runs my dream^ as Tennyson says. And a bit more
of Tennyson would hit the mark,as you recall. “So runs my
dream, but what am I? An infant crying in the night, an
infant crying for the light, and with no language but a
cry.” But he wasn’t crying for apple pie. It was the Bread
of Life he craved.
It is indeed a far cry from the sweet mournfulness of
Tennyson to the ambrosial delight of grandmother’s pies and
puddings.
Did you ever live in an apple country? In Oconee County
we have apples and I recall that sweet spirit, Dr. J. L. Mann,
w 7 ho came from the fabulous South Carolina piedmont to
Columbia with many bushels of apples, apples from his own
orchard. And Dr. Mann was as proud of those apples as
the Emperor Diocletian was of the cabbages from his truck
garden.
I was at school once in the Shenandoah Valley, the famed
land of apples. In those days the apples were kept in cellars
over the winter, and everybody had apple-butter, known
as “spread” throughout “the valley”.
When the river froze the farmers sawed ice blocks and
stored ice in specially-built houses. At our boarding house
we always had plenty of ice cream when the river froze. And
we had abundant gravy, even when the meat was in short
supply—as the business leaders say, nowadays.
' When I see my life in review I recall such high spots as
shecrab soup of Charleston, apple-butter of Virginia, cab-
rito al horno and palta enselada of South America. Those
last two: “Cabrito al horno” is baked goat; “palta enselada”
is a salad of alligator pears—avocados!
I had been offered that goat meat many times and had de
clined it with great scorn. But one day I felt gay and free,
inclined to the hazards of life, and- accepted the goat, plain |
old goat, brought down from the Andes by the Indians, and
totally unacquainted with hygiene. It was delicious. Strange
ly, though, nice, clean goat, in this land of cleanliness and
sanitation, has never tempted me but once. Well, let that
pass, as Shakespeare says.
Palta enselada seemed to please the palates of all
“Yankees”, meaning all of us from the United States, for
the South American is as much “American” as we are. We
are known as Yankees, all over the world.
A wealthy Northern man came to Lima while I was there.
One day I heard a voice, loud and angry, a beautiful young
American was berating an Indian by because he could not
understand that she wanted a pitcher of water. That poor
boy understood as much English as the lady understood
Spanish: both were totally blank. But Americans rail at and
abuse those who don’t understand English. I was able to help
a little and the big business man and the family and guests
went with me to dinner. I ordered filet mignon, rice, po
tatoes—and all that,—along with palta enselada. The rich
American called for that salad six times. He didn’t know the
words but he readily understood the food.
Alasa nd alack! No more avocado salad; no more filet
mignon; no more cabrito al horno; nor arroz con carne; nor
arroz con frijoles. No more kidney pie as in London. I can
get omelettes, however. We Americans knew so little French
that most of us called for “omelette,” making the French
think that Omelette was the great American stand-by—and
it was—in France.
A distinguished and brilliant citizen of Anderson asks if
the practice of applying the Sales Tax to certain bottled
drinks is sound in law, since these drinks, as in the case of
gasoline, are already specially taxed. I can answer him, this
time speaking as a lawyer, that the practice is entirely un
sound and unfair, but that it is the law, nevertheless. I
am not interested in bottled drinks, and discuss the' question
only reply to the question.
I submitted the question to Attorney General Callison
and received a reply from an old Cladendon boy, able man
and fine gentleman. Of course he can’t make a law; he can
only indicate what the law prescribes.
Says Mr. Windham, in effect no specific exemption was
made of the bottled drinks and they are subject to the
special tax and the Sales Tax. That doesn’t affect me, be
cause those of us so fortunate as to drink the water of Man
ning dont require all manner of liquid aids, substitutes and
elixirs. The double tax seems like double-teaming the others^
however.
A fine young fellow came to see me several weeks ago,
asking that I give a right-of-way for a Coop-telephone line.
I did so; and the mail brings me a request for a second
right-of-way, to cross another piece of land. That will be
all right, too. I am giving those rights-of-way, of course.
Now, shall I hear that I am unfriendly if I some day suggest
that they play the game fairly and usefully and not try to
drive the Telephone Companies out of business?
GIVE ENOUGH... Hope of Sick and Homeless
I do not know the exact cost of a telephone line, but for
many years a friend has run a line on my land to his home.
Such an expense was very high even when he paid nothing
for the right-of-way. It certainly is a desirable service for
everyone, farmers especially.
I’ve just read some facts about the service enjoyed by us
in our rural light and power departments.
In South Carolina, as of June 30th, this year, we had 41,-
838.99 miles of rural lines. That’s a lot of wire, eh? and
that means a lot of service. Of this total, the private power
Companies had 12,702.75; the Electric Coops had 27,269.99;
municipalities had 784.64; Greenwood County Commission,
709; Santee Cooper, 369.61. Each of these groups added to its
lines during the year: the private Companies, 509.81; Coops,
1,208.93; Santee-Cooper, 24.8.
During the year the private Companies had 7,456 new
customers; the Coops, 6,115; Santee-Cooper, 729. The total
customer-increase for all groups, was 15,686 and the total
new 7 mileage for all was 1801.27.
The Greenwood County Commission reported 19.60 new
miles and 244 new customers.
The private power Companies increased their mileage
by 509.81 and their customers by 7,456; the Coops increased
mileage by 1208.93 and customers by 6115.
The remarkable significance of these figures, to me, is
that the program of bringing electricity to the rural areas
is progressing so fast; and that all the groups, public and
private, are so ready to make heavy investments because of
the spirit of service which motivates all of them.
Why should our Government lend to Russia the plates for
making our money? I’ve hear much of that and I quote
something about it:
“The question of who loaned engraving plates for U.S.
occupation money to Russia in 1945 comes under the scrutiny
of Senate probers soon.
Chairman McCarthy (Rep. Wis.), of the Senate permanent
investigating sdb-committee, said that Frank .Coe, form
er secretary of the International Monetary Fund, and Wil
liam H. Taylor, chief of the Fund’s Middle East division,
will be called as witnesses.
Congressional committees have developed evidence that
the U. S. eventually redeemed some $250,000,000 of occupa
tion currncy which allegedly was printed on Communist
presses, but they haven’t found out who transferred the
plates.
I T IS reported in Washington that
the retail-sales-tax idea which
the administration entertained for
several weeks received such vio
lent reaction from the public it
actually scared its proponents. It
was for this reason that President
Eisenhower promised that the gov
ernment would not seek to put a
sales tax on articles when the re
tailer sells them.
The Treasury Department is now
studying a plan to put a sales tax
at the manufacturers’ level. It has
been pointed out that such a tax
would be passed on to the consumer
in higher prices. At the moment
it is predicted that the reaction
to such a tax will be as great as
against the retail tax and the ad
ministration will drop the idea.
Of all its problems, taxation is
the biggest headache facing the
administration. The G.O.P. cam
paigned on the promise of lower
taxes, a balanced budget, and free
enterprise. As yet the administra
tion has been unable to meet the
lower taxes promise.
It finds itself unable ”lo balance
the budget because of rising costs
of government operation, foreign
commitments, and national secur
ity. It can not reduce taxes without
a balanced budget and it can not
balance the budget with reduced
taxes.
As a result the administration
has been searching for a way to
eliminate unpopular taxes and sub
stitute other measures not so un
popular. Here again it faces an
impossible taxes. The seed has
been planted that taxes should be
reduced. The natural result has
been that all taxes are unpopular.
That is not a new thought as far
as the American people are con
cerned. They have never liked pay
ing taxes; they will never like to
do so.
• • •
• President Eisenhower and Ad-
lai Stevenson are not as far apart
on foreign policy as most Repub
lican and Democrat politicians
would like to believe.
For instance, Stevenson recently
suggested that a nonaggression
pact with Russia might be a good
thing to relieve tension in Europe.
Later, after a call at the White
House, Stevenson reported that the
President to be “very interested”
in the plan.
Stevenson said of the plan: “If
Russia was unwilling to accept the
proposal it would be rather appar
ent that her peaceful professions
aren’t as sincere as they might
seem.” He added: It would put the
Russians on the spot with respect
to their intentions.
• • •
• The fact that the American
people are more religious than at
any period in their history is sub
stantiated by a recent report of the
National Council of the Churches
of Christ in the U. S. A,
The council reports the latest
revision of the Bible has sold more
copies in its first year than any
other book ever published.
The revised version of the Bible
is the book of 15 years by 32 schol
ars and was authorized by 40 Prot
estant denominations. It has been
received by waves of praise, as
well as bitter criticism. However,
it has been approved by most
major church bodies, including
many that did not participate in
the project.
From The Chickasha Star, Chick-
J asha, Oklahoma: Did you know that
your telephone is a luxury item?
It doesn’t matter if you depend
on It for fire and police protection,
for shopping, for medical aid, to
maintain a social life, in fact for
the very operation of the business
you depend upon to make a living.
Uncle Sam. for purposes of a big
tax bite, classifies it as a luxury
item.
This nonsensical definition has
taken on fresh interest because of
testimony before the House Ways
and Means Committee, which is
now studying tax revision.
• • •
From the Page News and Cour
ier, Luray, Virginia: Did you ever
wonder how the famous old law of
supply and demand works? You
saw a good example of the opera
tion of that lately, this past sum
mer, just as you do every summer,
in the trend of pork prices.
More than half of all pigs are
born in the spring, and it takes
six months for them to reach mar
ketable size Thus, less pork is
available during the summer
months. And as the supply goes
down, while demand remains more
or less constant, the price rises,
reaching an annual high along
about the latter part of August.
Come fall, the trend is reversed.
Pigs are marketed in greater quan
tities. Supply Is plentiful — and
the inevitable result is that prices
start to drop The annual low is
usually touched early in December.
In other words, natural law de
crees that when a commodity is in
abundance the price declines—and
when it is comparatively scarce
the price goes up That has been
true since men began bartering
goods It will remain true as long
as the free market exists
• • •
From The Iron Ore And Reflec
tor, Ishpeming, Michigan: For their
own good and the good of the na
tion, the 3.000.000 teen-agers who
worked during the summer should
think twice before deciding to quit
schooL
Last year one-fifth of the 16 and
17-year-olds failed to return to
school after taking summer jobs.
As a general thing, the failure to
get more education dims their fu
ture. because statistics show that
a boy who finishes high school will
earn during the next 40 years $14,-
700 more than his fellow student
who quits after junior year. For
girls, the differential is nearly
$20,000.
But more Important—the nation
needs educated men and women to
operate our complex economic ma
chine. We can’t match the Com
munist hordes in manpower. Only
through brain power can we keep
ahead of/ them. We must look to
the schooL
>aie Carnegie
AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING”
S EVERAL YEARS AGO Tom L. Williams, 1225 So. Park, San Angelo,
Texas, developed serious heart trouble. The case was rather unusual
because the trouble was not in his heart but in his head.
One evening after a busy day at the office, he rushed home, ate
,a hurried meal and dropped down in a chair to read a paper. He
developed indigestion but the thought occurred to him that it was
probably a heart attack. That thought grew until he
could scarcely breathe and he thought he was living
his last few moments. Eventually he felt better but
the experience left him pretty well shaken. He
didn’t want to go to a doctor fearing confirmation
of his fears. On the other hand he was afraid not
to go. Eventually he did go and the doctor gave
him a clean bill of health. But the problem wasn’t
licked yet. He reasoned that if he continued to worry
about the situation he would bring on a real heart
attack.
By analyzing his problem he convinced himself
that if he had a good sound heart no amount of fright would bring on
a fatal heart attack. In other words he replaced his fears and worries
with positive, objective thoughts. He also reasoned that if he ever
developed a heart condition, there was nothing he could do about the
situation except live by good rules of health which was what he was
doing anyway. Those objective thoughts did not replace the worry in
one single moment. But by concentrating on them over a long period
of time he was able to eliminate the fear and worry of heart attacks.
FUT&uL
INTELEIGRAMI
Check correct word.
1. A bicameral legislature has (2) (4) Houses.
2. In the Bible, Jacob saw (angels) (workmen) on
the ladder.
3. There are (15) (20) items in a score.
4. Cy Young (is) (is not) in baseball's hall of
fame.
5. The Leeward Islands are in the (Carribean)
(Baltic) Sea.
6. A phrenetic is a (speech expert) (madman).
7. Elephants (are) (are not) clannish.
8. (Oil) (coal) powers Diesel engines.
9. A “casus belli” is a cause justifying (beauty
marks) (war).
10. The famous Hope Diamond is (yellow) (dark
blue).
Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for each
correct choice. A score of 0-20 is poor; 30-60, average:
70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior.
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Sen. Mundt (Rep., S. D.), a committeeman, gaid: ‘We
got an awful gouging in loaning these printing plates. It
has never been established who was responsible.'
The deal was uncovered several years ago at Con
gressional investigations. Probers were told that Russia de
manded the loan and some government official complied as a
gesture of U. S. friendship.
Mundt said that in Berlin he ‘saw a Russian with a suit
case full’ of Soviet-printed money which the U. S. had to
redeem in Germapy and Austria.”
Our leaders have done strange and wonderful things. We
seem to act childishly at times.
If we get out of the atmosphere of Washington, going to
some quiet spot, “far from the madding crowd’s ignoble
strife,” we find that our leaders have been easy marks for
the guile of special pleaders and selfish interests.
People living in Washington, or under the fateful spell of
Washington, see visions and have dreams that are the
results of intellectual indigestion or spiritual myopia, or
hallucinations of imperial splendor.'If there is anything
which must impress a clear and practical intelligence it is
that we will have more influence and greater power for use
fulness by making ourselves strong and true, instead of by
running to and fro, throwing money around and acting like
a lot of scared rabbits, mixing and meddling in everybody's
business and bowing and scraping in craven fear.
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