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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, NOV. 26, 1953 1218 Collegre 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. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Now’s the time to get out and get business. During recent years we have been able to sit back and receive orders, some times having too much business. The old way, the way of our fathers, was to go after the business. There was a time when we dodged insurance agents, if you remember; and that included agents for life and fire. Now we run them down: we have learned that insurance is the average man’s opportunity to build an estate for his loved ones; and we have learned that it costs a lot of money to re build after a fire. Bdt the insurance agents were great go- getters: they worked many years trying to persuade men to spend a few dollars a month or week or year in order to leave something for their widows and children. We might profita bly emulate their hard work and maintain our prosperity by selling. Business is buying and selling, at bottom, with hundreds of other activities closely related to it. Let us keep in mind that we must produce and we must sell our product at a profit. And if business slows up or slows down we must gird ourselves for selling, and then sell. Selling is an art. Many sales are made without any ap parent effort to sell: something is done which acts on the min'd of the public. I heard of a man in Orangeburg who painted his house when business was dull. That so impress ed everyone that more business came to him. People like to do business where business is being done: they don’t like to go to a place that looks dead. Well that’s off my mind, so what have we? A headline in a big daily paper says: “Republican law makers may behave more like Democrats.” That means the Truman brand of Democracy. I think Mr. Truman is a good American and loves his country. He would not deliberately do harm to our nation. And that may be said of many others. But that does not mean that all men are wisely patriotic or helpfully loyal. I think Mr. Truman was sometimes misinformed and some times the misinformation was honestly given and as honestly believed. Seldom de wo find a man all-wrong or all-right; and rarely is any man always wrong or always right. We are usually creatures governed by circumstance: we incline to agree with our friends and to dissent from those we do not like, unless we ourselves have special and complete knowledge of something; and even then we soft-pedal it rather than of fend or contradict our friends. Isn’t that true? The average person is not willing to make statements un der oath. At once we find the flaws: he really has no know ledge, but has repeated rumors, or given voice to mere suspicion. In acting like the Democrats, let us credit the Democrats with good intentions; they frequently tried to do what any body or everybody suggested. They killed hogs and the bred hogs; they stored American farm produce as surplus, and yet bought foreign produce. They met themselves com ing and going. We have not solved any problem, considering the basic problems. If a million men be given twenty million dollars a week it provides something for immediate needs, but solves nothing; the problem must be to make them self-sup porting. It is like pushing or pulling a man’s car down the road; it may be a fine service for the moment, but you can’t push him around everyday for all his trips. I fully understand the problems of our farmers. When they have crops selling at no profit to them they are face to face with the need for money, or something that will relieve the difficulty at the moment. A man in pain doesn’t want to hear a lecture on long-range cures or preventives: they want something right now to ease the pain. At the same time a long-range plan might be to lift the hand of the Government from all business. John Lewis is quoted as favoring the removal of all the labor laws. If so, take the shackles off all business. I was reminding you of the imponderables a short time ago—the unforeseen, uncalculated factors that seem just to happen, sometimes to our great gain. Here is a story of oil: “Back in the Twenties these oil pools gushed so freely the Osage Indians earned the title of ‘world’s richest people.’ Tribal income in 1923 was over $30 million and Oklahomans say, perhaps with some exaggeration, that when a brave’s car ran out of gas he left it at the side of the road and bought another. Then in a few years the flow of black gold all but died. Income in 1933 fell to $1.5 million and the tribe sank back toward poverty. Oil men said the fields were finished. But look what’s afoot on the reservation now. North Bur bank field, which had been producing 3,910 barrels a day back in 1949 has risen to 4,600 barrels daily. The Woolaree DECEMBER ANGELS i u AAO/A / J ie CA€A**Et> Mr Room Av' +%JN'C-uT > IAV CLOTucs MoTVE-n. • Aw' "Rut Mv sbcics Ah'AY’, Aw'EMPTieo MV WMSTe RikSKsT, Aw' WASHED mv TEETH ,, Ho/VCST f I +MVJE f! Aw* / 1l CAKnr out th ' rfeA?M , A*/ I'll MOPTn’kCjTCHew Pi.coo. Aw' | 'll Do AvVtmiwE-ei.s'C' "too WAl/T / I MeAJV / tvux / pool jumped from 16 barrels daily to 143 in a similar inter val. Wildhorse field is pumping out 479 barrels daily com pared with 76 barrels not so long ago. Secondary recovery—a team that means new life for old oil fields—plus better conservation and more efficient pro duction from new ones. Secondary recovery boasts several techniques, but basical ly they all do the same thing. They put energy back into an oil deposit. Most usual and cheapest method is to force mil lions of barrels of water into an oil field, thus pressuring the oil out of the oil sand to a point where a pump can take over. Water flooding and similar methods such as gas injection are not new techniques; they’ve been used in the venerable oil fields of Pennsylvania for decades. But as the cost of dis covering new oil rises, more and more oil companies are eyeing their old oil fields and deciding it would be cheaper to force more production out of them than it would be to find new ones. And they’ve found some new ways of doing it. The North Burkank field, believed to contain the world’s largest water-flood project, has a reserve recoverable by secondary methods of an estimated 140 million barrels. Ac cording to the American Petroleum Institute, the chance of discovering a new field with a potential of even 100 million barrells is one in 991 tries. Osage County isn’t alone in finding its fields reborn. Texas has 200 secondary recovery projects under way, Illinois has over 150, and, in all, oil is being produced by secondary methods in about 35 states. He adds that the number of water flood projects alone has about doubled in the past two years. The most conservative estimate of the amount of oil which can now be recovered from fields once thought to be depleted is better than seven billion barrels. If all deposits were considered, ‘it is possible that the oil physically recoverable by the application of known sec ondary methods in the United States will amount to twice that figure.’ Ernest O. Thompson, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, offers the spectacular figure of 100 billion bar rels as his estimate of the amount of oil left in pools which at one time were considered depleted. If even 25% of that can be recovered by present secondary methods—which is not unlikely—the nation would boost by 75% its present proven liquid petroleum reserves of 33 billion barrels. The expense of finding new production has made second ary recovery especially attractive to smaller operators who can’t afford the overhead of an exploration staff. In grow ing numbers they are hunting depleted fields suitable for secondary recovery, rather than drilling wildcat wells.” I saw this in a magazine recently: “How Cincinnati chased out its grafters, cut taxes, made itself the best governed city in America—and how it made its reforms stick for twenty eight years.” * And thereby hangs a tale, as I like to quote from Shake speare. Speaking of the Cincinnati method I read: “In Cincinnati, the results have been good for a whole gen eration. The evidence lies in a twenty-eight-year period of remarkably good government—a low fire-insurance rate, a creditable crime rate, a high degree of honesty and efficiency in the civil service, and a tax rate so low that it puts most other cities to shame. Tax rates are the final yardstick of municipal perfor mance. Adjusted for fair comparison, the property tax rates of ten representative cities for 1950 were as follows: Adjusted Tax Rate on 100%Basic of Assessment New York $30.80 Los Angeles, Calif 30.92 Baltimore, Md 26.80 St. Louis, Mo 28.50 Boston, Mass 62.80 Buffalo, N. Y 41.43 Cleveland, Ohio 24.78 Jersey City, N. J 43.96 Cincinnati, Ohio 11.75 Those figures tell an important part of the Cincinnati story—the more so because Cincinnati is not one of the numerous cities in Ohio that have turned in desperation to the payroll tax to supplement property tax revenues. It was in 1924 that the angered Cincinnati voters, weary of corruption and extravagance, adopted a new city charter by a vote of more than two to one. The charter provided for a new merit system in civil services. And it provided for a small council of nine members, elected at large by the From The Glasgow Times, Glas gow, Kentucky: So far as domes tic problems and issues are con cerned, two subjects are being given intense attention now. One is whether there is going to be a business recession of substantial proportions. The other is what, if anything, will happen to the tax system and the tax rates A high official view on these and other matters was recently provided by Secretary of the Treas ury Humphrey In a question-and- answer session at the National Press Club Mr. Humphrey made It clear at the outset that he doesn’t claim to be able to see far into the fu ture with accuracy However, he found no reason “why anybody should anticipate any calamity or any great difficulty. “ He pointed out that production and employ ment are at the highest peaks we have ever known. At the same time, he recognized the fact that soft spots must inevitably appear. Then he made this observation: “The greatest thing that could happen to us in this country would be to have one industry at a time do a little readjusting in its own affairs and then be back again. The thing we don’t want is to have everybody readjust all at once. I see no reason why anybody should be alarmed about business condi tions today In fact, I am very encouraged about them and 1 am optimistic.’’ The Secretary was then asked if the Administration has plans to offset a recession should it ap pear. To this he replied with an emphatic yes, though be did not go into specific details as to what the plans involve. No Administra tion. he said, could permit an economic catastrophe if there were any way to prevent it. He said: “1 think the proper way to stop it is to do the sound things in money and finance, the sound things in business and production, in dis tribution. that can be done to let free, competitive enterprise operate itself in the right kind of way Moving on, Mr Humphrey came to the question of taxes A short time before the President had made an address in which he warned, in effect, that the Soviet menace to the free world was unabated, and many commentators assumed from this that past Administration plans for tax cuts would be aban doned Going by Mr. Humphrey's remarks, that is not the case at alL He said: “If the deficit we are going to run is as we now expect and anticipate, if we can continue to make the progress in the reduc tion of expenditures for the rest of the year that we have made so far. I think the tax cuts should go through just as planned.’’ ★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ★ T EN years ago John Noel, 608 Eau Claire Blvd., Wausau, Wisconsin, changed from one product to another, and with the change came worries and more worries. He had built a new hftuse, bought furni ture, a new car, and didn’t know anything good about the product which he was then selling. He couldn’t make a large enough loan to com plete his house, and he had to run his face, as he says, for the fur nace, wiring, painting and other accessories. Besides this, he had to buy a truck on time payments. Just then his second baby arrived. Weeks went by without a sale. He worked day and night learning to sell his new product, often coming home after eleven o’clock at night. Always his wife would ask whether he had made a sale. Finally she didn’t have to ask, all she had to do was to look at him. The worrying he was doing each day was fore stalling his sales. He was so worried that it was al most impossible to get a good night’s rest. One day he talked to a friend who had had a lot of experience In his business. Together they decided that he should go to a priest, who said that the flowers, trees, birds, animals, and all of nature’s very own, have storm clouds—and yet they survive. All in all, he says he had a good confession, and learned to have more faith in God, and to think constructively. Since that time he finds time to spend three days a year with God at a retreat, which gives him great peace of mind and the ability to think and plan constructively. Early Statesman Here's the Answer HORIZONTAL 1,5 Pictured American statesman 12 Mountain nymph 14 Chide 15 Poinsettias — named after him 16 Nothing 17 Anchored 19 Aeriform fuel 20 Bewildered 22 Bulk 23 Dismounted 24 Classify 25 Wagers , 26 Pheasant broods 28 Soaks flax 29 Behold! 30 Near 31 Twirl 33 Stupefy 36 Apple center 37 Individuals 39 Bellow 40 Crustacean 44 Get up 45 Blackbird of cuckoo family 46 Navigated 48 Size of shot <PL> 49 Footlike part 50 Poker stake 51 Staggers 53 Hermits 54 Notion VERTICAL 1 Man’s name 2 Prayer 3 Place for catching lampreys 4 Musical note 5 Malaysian ‘ canoe 6 Boat paddles 7 Followers 8 Boy’s nickname 9 Young eagle 10 Character istics 11 Trials 13 Decimeter (ab.) 18 Mystic syllable 21 Workshop 23 Advocate 27 Male child 28 Short-napped fabric 31 Quicker 32 Commend 35 Cuddle 36 Mourning band 38 Hurry! 40 Bias 41 Ceremony 42 Malt drinks 43 Exist 34 He introduced 46 Capuchin the flower into monkey the 47 Doctor (ab. States from 52 East Indies Mexico (ab.) 1. Which of the following commodities is not under price sup ports: potatoes, wheat, or corn? 1. How long was the first powered flight by the Wright broth ers: (a) one-half mile; (b) 500 feet; (e) 210 feet? ANSWER *t*»J OU 3 *1 Hare system of proportional representation. Following the first RR election in 1925, the transformation of Cincinnati was sensational.” Q—Which one of the 10 Cabinet Departments of the federal govern ment has the most employees? Which has the fewest? A—The Department of Defense employed 1,257,657 civilians, more than. any other executive Department, at the end of fiscal year 1953, last June 30. Of the total, the Army employed 504,490, the Navy 448,874, the Air Force 302,307, and the office of the Secretary 1,986. Only 5,627 persons were employed by the Department of Labor at that time, the fewest in any Department. Next lowest was the Depart ment of Justice with 30,625. ; Q—Has the American Indian always been a citixen of the United States? j A—Not all of them. One June 2, 1924, President Coolidge signed legis lation granting citizenship to all U. S. Indians. Prior to that time, a minority of individuals and tribes had been granted cittsenship \ from time to time. Q—What are the plans of the committee studying foundations? ! A—The Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations, cre ated by the House Aug. 1, is organising a staff prior to beginning: hearings “sometime in the fall" according to its Chairman, Rep. » B. Carroll Reece (R. Tenn.). The five-Member group was author-; ized to spend $50,000 to piobe educational, philanthropic and other i “comparable” organizations exempt from the federal income tax. # Q—How many commissions, boards and other advisory groups have been established by the President and the Congress since the Re publicans took over in January? A—Twenty-six, as of Oct. 28. President Eisenhower established 14 of them, while Congress, by public law, created the other 12. Another six study and advisory groups have been set up by cabinet members. TT7ASHINGTON circles are still buzzing about the recent elec tion which has been termed a jolt to the Republican party, especial ly their prospects for next year. The Democrats are calling the elec tion a clear-cut victory and an in dication that the public is unhap py with the Eisenhower adminis tration. President Eisenhower said he was not entirely pleased with the results, but added: “I’ve lost skirmishes before." He said he is confident that in the long run the American people will approve what he described as the dynamic program his administration is try ing to carry out. Chairman Leonard W. Hall of the Republican National Commit tee frankly acknowledged the Dem ocratic victory ' in a number of states and added: “There is no question about ft. As of today we (Republican party) are in trouble politically." Adlai E. Stevenson, the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee, said of the election: "It looks as though the fruit of Republican promises and performance is dis satisfaction, disillusion and defeat." The biggest surprise of the elec tion, of course, was the Demo cratic victory in New Jersey. The Democrats won the governorship for the first time in 10 years and sent a Democrat to congress from a normally heavy Republican dis trict. The election is also having its results in another part of the po litical field. A slight chill raced up the spine of a number of Dem ocratic governors who supported President Eisenhower in his elec tion. There is a feeling that many of these governors will weaken their allegiance as an outcome of the contest. It is predicted that these governors must get back into the good graces of the Democratic party or they are doomed. The political picture is furth er complicated for the Republicans in the midwestem agricultural states. It can be said in all honesty that the midwestern farmers are more than unhappy with the ad ministration’s agricultural pro gram. They are very near open revolt, politically speaking. Republican, Democratic, and neu tral observers are agreed that should an election be held today the Republican party would suffer defeat in the farm states, per haps one of the worse in the party’s history. Facing an economic future any thing but bright, the farmers want a sound farm program. The ad ministration has promised ,them_ one, to be presented to congress in January. It had better be good, observers are saying, or the GOP will be in the worse shape it has been in many years—even if it does have a Republican president in the White House. NEW HOGHOUSE . . . This type hoghouse with movable gates, so pens can be made double size or even triple size, is becoming popular with hog producers. It simplifies the housing problem and makes for less work. INTELEIGRAM Check correct word. 1. There are (48) (96) seats in the U. S. Senate. 2. Cows have (2) (4) stomachs. 3. (Balboa) (Magellan) discovered the Pacific Ocean. 4. Canada uses a (12) (24) hoar clock. 5. A lacewing is an (insect) (woman’s garment). 6. NATO (has) (has not) adopted an official flag f 7. Water covers (%) (Vi) of the earth’s surface. 8. (New Delhi)' (Bombay) is the capital of the Republic of India. 9. The U. S. Civil War lasted (4) (5) years. 10. African golf (is) (is not) a dice game. 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. *. t. wa .An