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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1954
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
More good news! South Carolina now is ahead of North
Carolina! That is good news, for North Carolina is a great
State. ^ f imi'isn
Doesn’t this cheer you and make you proud?
“South Carolina has moved ahead of its northern neigh
bor to lead the nation in the number of textile spindles in
place, the State Development Board reported.
The board released a report based on recent statistics from
the Federal Bureau of the Census which showed South
Carolina with 6,171,000 spindles in all its mills. North Caro
lina, which dropped in second place with 6,133,000 spindles,
had led the nation for a number of years.
This is the first time in history that South Carolina has
led in the number of spindles, although the state has led in
the number of looms for several years. The state has 151,-
365 looms, nearly half the nation’s total of 391,506.
The official yardstick for measuring national ranking in
the textile industry, is usually the number of spindles in
place, although some experts consider the loom total equally
important.
The Carolinas now' have more than half of all the spindles
in the United States. Each state has nearly twice the num
ber of spindles as the entire New England area, w r hich counts
3,683,000 of w’hich more than 1,000,000 are now r idle.”
And here’s a w r ord about dividends. A business pays
dividends out of profits, usually. Even when it pays divi
dends out of the surplus, we know that earned surplus is
only profits stored aw r ay, saved for emergency or any other
contingency.
So when a business enterprise is making a substantial pro
fit it is operating prosperously, paying good wages and pay
ing a lot of taxes; yes, a lot of taxes and a lot for taxes. I
find this item stimulating:
“U. S. Corporations which issue public reports paid stock
holders $244 million in dividends during February—an in
crease of $63 million, or about 35% over a year ago, ac
cording to the Commerce Department.
During the six months ended February 28, these comp
anies paid nearly $4.7 billion in dividends This was $243
million, or 5.5,% more than they paid in the like six months
a year earlier.
The dividend payment estimates are based on reports of
corporations which publicly report their dividend totals. The
department’s figures include about two-thirds of all divi
dends declared by U. S. companies.”
The Tri-State Safety Journal of Anderson, a paper circu
lating through South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia,
carries a snapshot of two remarkable men, James C. Self of
Greenwood and James Cash Penney. Mr. Penney, while on
a visit to Greenwood, told that he was strengthened by that
part of the 91st Psalm, which reads “He shall cover thee
with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his
truth shall be thy shield and buckler.” And, says Mr. Pen
ney, he is convinced that the power of money is a secondary
attainment to the power of God.”
The power of God is all power, for the sea is his and he
made it and the strength of the hills is his also, as sang the
Psalmist.
We could improve on that comparison, for in this era of
atomic power the silent, unmoving hill, unresisting, but un
progressive, is just an inert mass of earth and rock, when
considered in comparison with the uncalculated sweep and
unimagined energy, moving up and down and all about from
one new bomb. All this stupendous force, awful in .the im
mensity of its potentiality, is but a small expression of the
power in the hands of Jehovah.
Worship is not mere words and songs, but we have with
in our grasp such a close association with the Great Creator
that we could say to this mountain, Come! if we had faith as
a grain of mustard seed. The Son of God himself told us
that. He did not mean for us to play with the earth as a
whim, but he clearly and definitely told us that we can
draw on the abounding power of the Infinite. We may grow
to understand and use the immeasurable resources of the
Most High, but we weak creatures seem to be only stumbling
along blindly, not yet touching even the hem of His garment.
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Another advertisement which appeals to me is that of
General Electric Company, telling of the cooperative effort i
of five companies to build an immense plant to provide power
for the Government’s gigantic uranium refining enterprise
at Paducah, Kentucky. It is a new thing, I think, for great
corporations to work together in this manner. The same plan
has since been suggested for the projected development of
Niagara.
Now nearing completion in southern Illinois, the huge
electric power plant at Joppa, Illinois is a dramatic example
of the enterprise of electric utilities in undertaking the most
colossal tasks in the interests of national progress and se
curity.
Too big for any one company alone to handle, this plant
is being built by a combination of five electric utilities under
the name of Electric Energy, Inc. to supply enormous quanti
ties of electric power for the Atomic Energy Commission’s
new uramium refining project at Paducah, Kentucky.
Producing this tremendous output of electric power—and
producing it economically and efficiently—has called for
modern steam turbine-generators more powerful than any
others yet in operation. The initial installation will consist
of four 156,250-kw units. Two more will be added later.
The combined output of the six units will be nearly a mil
lion kilowatts—enough to supply an entire city the size of
Detroit.
Successful development of these record-breaking genera
tors was accomplished by combining already proved designs
with new materials and new manufacturing techniques.
I suppose I feel keenly all these developments because I
once appointed thousands of men and women to jobs. Cer
tainly good business means more jobs, more prosperity, more
comfort, better conditions in general.
Business operates to make a profit, but even before mak
ing a profit it pays enormous sums in wages and in taxes.
Good wages and full employment bring prosperity to the
nation. And our many public services are supported by
taxes; and every great enterprise supports all our public
services when it pays taxes.
From what I have just indicated you will readily under
stand my pleasure in repeating this item:
“Business firms plan to spend $27.2 billion for new plant
and equipment in 1954. That would be $1.2 billion, or 4%
less than the record 1953 outlays. The Securities and Ex
change Commission and the Commerce Department made
this estimate on the basis of a survey of 5,000 companies.
Officials said a “big share” of the expenditures would go for
modernization in an effort to reduce costs. *
Businessmen figure, that their sales “on the whole” will
approximate last year’s high levels, the survey said. Manu
facturers foresee a sales drop of about 3% from their 1953
dollar volume. Utilities expect their revenues to increase
10%, while “other industries” expect “little change” from
1953 volume.
While on the subject of our business condition I offer this
report on the National Banks: ,
“Comptroller of the Currency Ray M. Gidney announced
that assets of national banks last December 31 totaled more
than $110 billion, an increase of $3.7 billion from September
30, and nearly $2 billion above the end of 1952.
Active national banks reporting as of December 31 totaled
4,864 compared with 4,781 in September and 4,916 the year
before.
Deposits of the banks on December 31 were $101 billion,
an increase of $4.3 billion since September, and an in
crease of over $1.6 billion in the year, the report said.
Net loans and discounts in the latest report totaled $38
billion, up $900 million from September and $1.8 billion from
December 31, 1952. Securities held amounted to $44.2 bil
lion, slightly less than the year before, while cash reserve
with Federal Reserve Banks and balances with other banks
totaled $26.5 billion, an increase of $2.5 billion over Septem
ber. Other assets were listed at $1.4 billion.
The capital stock of the banks on December 31 was $2.3
billion, including $5 million of preferred stock. Surplus was
$3.5 bilion, undivided profits $1.3 billion and capital reserves
$274 million. Total capital accounts of $7.4 billion were $53
million more than in September.”
HORSESHOE LATCH . . . Horseshoes nailed to each end of a
trough into which feed is poured from opposite side of the fence
will hold the trough in position. One prong of each shoe is nailed to
trough, the other slipped over fence wire as shown.
From The Vista Press. Vista,
California: This is the week that
we clean up our community. This
is the week which the people of the
various organizations have talked
of for several years and no one has
done anything about
Now we have a well organized
plan for the cleaning up not only
of our downtown streets, but the
roadsides throughout the entire
community for a complete
cleanup job
But now comes the catch. Are
we going to clean up and forget
it? Are we going to continue to
throw trash from our cars? We
have a beautiful community, and
we as citizens must keep it clean.
Let’s make an effort to pick up
after ourselves.
• • •
From the Hunterdon County
Democrat. Flemington, New Jer
sey: It might be well to remind
the people who are blastins Sena
tor McCarthy and his anti-commu
nist activities, and their supporters,
what set off this great commotion
The Senator was in the process
of trying to find out from the
Army, why an officer who refused
to take the loyalty oath received
a promotion and an honorable dis
charge after he had been exposed
as a Fifth Amendment Communist.
The right of the people to know
the answer to this question has
been submerged in the shouting for
McCarthy's scalp and the name
calling that has ensued . How
do the American people get the
answer? When? From Whom?
Or, are we entitled to the an
swer?
• • •
From the Claremont News, Clare
mont, Minnesota: After reading
words of praise expressed by J.
Edgar Hoover for Senator Mc
Carthy’s efforts to combat Com
munism and the results he has at
tained. we get a little disgruntled
with those who try to arouse pub
lie sentiment against his invest!
gations
The fact remains that any ex
pressed Communist, or ONE WHO
has leanings that way in their
mind or heart is an enemy of the
United States government, which
was founded on Christian faith and
principles
If we were in Sen McCarthy's
place and a witness declined to say
if he were a Communist or ever
had been one. we would be in just
the right mood to order him de
ported to some desert isle where he
could practice those atheistic prin
ciples to his heart’s content No
citizen should harbor ideas that
deny faith in God nor the principles
of the American form of govern
ment
Q—I’ve never been to Washington, and I’ve wondered: Is the White
House on the Capitol grounds?
A—No. The White House, the official resident of the President, is lo
cated at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest. Approximately 18
blocks east is the Capitol, a building which houses both cham
bers of Congress. The White House is the oldest public building
in Washington. President George Washington laid the corner
stone for it on Oct. 13, 1792, about a year before he laid the cor
nerstone for the CapitoL
Q—I heard a reference the other day to the “United States Code.’’
Just what is it?
A—The U.S. Code is a consolidation and grouping by subject of the
general permanent federal laws of the country. - It is prepared
by the House Judiciary Committee with the aid of two lawbook
publishing firms. New editions are published every six years and
cumulative supplements are issued after each regular session
of Congress. The Code states the law as it currently exists, by
including amendments and excluding repealed statutes.
Q—What is Congress doing to carry out President Eisenhower’s plan
for an international pool of atomic material and information for
peaceful uses? r
A—Nothing so far. In requesting amendments to laws controlling
atomic energy, the President Feb. 17 explained that these rec
ommendations were apart from the atoms-for-peace proposal sub
mitted to the United Nations Dec. 8, 1953. He said legislation on
that plan should await results of international discussions.
W HILE they have little expecta
tions of breaking the 1952 rec
ord vote, which saw 61,551,919 peo
ple cast ballots for White House
aspirants, political and civic groups
intend to wring every possible bal
lot from a somewhat reluctant elec
torate in 1954 Congressional races.
More so than ever, people will
vote this year for issues as well
as for candidates. In General, Re
publicans believe the contests in
various states will mirror the suc
cess of the Eisenhower program in
the eyes of the American people.
Democratic observers believe eco
nomic conditions at the time voters
march to the polls will decide who
controls the next Congress.
Issues differ in various regions.
In New England, where five sena
tors will be elected, factors will
include unemployment, production
cutbacks, cost of living, St. Law
rence Seaway and cutback in de
fense installations. In Maine and
Massachusetts, “McCarthyism”
may be stressed in elections.
In the Middle Atlantic, with two
senators up, issues are again un
employment and production cut
backs, but include Taft-Hartley re
vision, since this is a concentrated
industrial area.
The South, with 10 senators to
elect, is concerned with farm prob
lems. supports, prices, conserva
tion, TVA, flood and drought con-
troL Civil rights—segregation and
FEPC—also are looming as impor
tant factors.
The 12 states in the Central re
gion—the breadbasket of America
—will consider farm issues, with
emphasis on prices, dairy supports,
grain storage and REA’s. The New
Deal, “reds in government,’’ for
eign policy are expected to be par
ticularly stressed in Illinois, Michi
gan and Minnesota Senate races.
Eight Senators will be elected in '
the 12 states.
In the West, 11 states will select
seven new Senators, with power
and conservation the principal is
sues of importance, backed up by
farm and livestock prices and sup
ports, “wetbacks” and the use and
sale of public lands. Coastal states
are concerned with our Far East
ern policy and statehood for Hawaii
and Alaska. The New Deal, “reds
in government,” may figure in
California, Idaho. Montana and
Oregon elections, with corruption a
campaign issue in New Mexico.
The Border states are likely to
consider such issues as farm and
livestock prices, supports, public
power, drought and flood control,
federal aid for housing and social
security. Civil Rights, the New
Deal, and “reds in government”
may be spotlight issues in Okla
homa and West Virginia
brain budi
1. Which is not perfectly roand—(a) a spheroid; (b) a sphere;
(c) a circle?
2. The pouch worn in front of a Scottish kilt is (a) a kilter;
(b) a kinky; (c) a sporran.
3. Submaxillary means (a) under the lower jaw; (b) the
weapons on a submarine; (c) less than normal.
ANSWERS
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★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START UVING” ★
K ELLEY TIPTON. 775 Arleans, Beaumont, Texas, was once so wor
ried that his hair had turned grey and he had lost ninety pounds.
One day he went home to die. The second day in bed his wife called
a doctor, who sat by his bed and said, “Kelley, what s the matter
with you?”
Kelley replied that he was worried because be was afraid he was
going to lose his furniture business; he was wor
ried for fear he was going to lose the house he was
living in; he was worried for fear he would lose
his apartment house; he was worried because there
might not be anything left for his wife and six chil
dren to eat, or a place for them to sleep.
The doctor replied, “Kelley, any dead wood
coward can float down stream when the river is up,
or he can throw off worry and grab hold of some
thing and hang on until the river goes down, then
work himself back up stream. What are you. a
coward that you would leave your wife with six
children to face something that you won’t face yourself, or are you
a man to hold on to something until the river goes down when you can
work back up stream again?”
With that the wise doctor got up and walked out.
Kelley Tipton began to think for the first time in about three months.
What was there that he could hold on to? Then he remembered someone
who wanted to buy him out. In one month's time he had sold his fur
niture business and salvaged about $5,000. Then he sold the house he
w«s living in, and put the money into the apartment house and saved
1L Then he got a job, ate regularly and slept well!
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Here’s the Answer
3 Lacerate
4 Long meter
(ab.)
5 Eli
6 Algonquian
Indian
7 Rowing
implements
8 Near
9 Cravat
10 Newts
11 Stains
HORIZONTAL
1,6 Depicted
dog, the
retriever
12 This is
used for
retrieving
game
14 Sanction
15 Blight
16 Tardier
18 Summer (Fr.) 13 Race course
19 Size of shot circuit
20 Quell 17 Transpose
22 Ocean vessel ( a b.)
(ab.) ' • 20 Apostate
23 Hebrew letter 21 Startle
24 Preposition
26 Wolfhound
28 Get up
31 Nostril
32 Ship’s bow
33 Protuberance
34 Uncommon
35 Icelandic
myth
36 Roman road
37 Diminutive of
Edward
38 Symbol for
selenium
39 Cerium
(symbol)
41 Raise
47 New Zealand
native fort
49 Harem room
51 Expunge
52 Small horse
53 Reply
55 Tolerate
57 Small candles
58 Fruits of
palms
VERTICAL
1 Jargon
2 Distinct part
3
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FiPinm
TCHfrin
F1C3I1F?] !l ill
27 Disembark
29 Painful
30 Widemouthed
pitcher
39 It has a ——
of crisp, curly
hair
40 Town in Texas
23 Pompous show 42 Sidelong look
25 Freebooter 43 Makes
26 Handle mistakes
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ran
mw
44 I.t proceeds
(music)
45 Peer Gynt’s
mother
46 Conduce
47 Peel
48 Eras -
50 Snake
52 Woody fruit
54 Pronoun
56 Ambary
FRENCH STOP REDS . . . Battle-weary defenders of Dien Bien Phn
rest in trenches after halting communist attack with destraetion of
one enemy company in war for Indo China.
Looking 'Em Over
S TAN “The Man” Mnsial, like
Babe Ruth, started out as a
pitcher, but was used also in the
ontfield. He hart his shoulder in
the minors, gave np the mound
work, then slagged his way to
numerous batting crowns • • •
Bobby Shantz, who won 24 and
lost only 7 for the A’s back in 1962
is the smallest pitcher in the ma
jors. Bobby came up to the ma
jors after only one year of minor
league experience. After two soa^
sons, he became a star in 1951
with an 18-10 record . . • Jolly
Cbollie (Charlie Grimm) reported
ly had this to say when told that
full-page advertisements in Mil
waukee and Braden town, Florida,
welcomed the season with head
lines blaring "Welcome to the 1954
World Champions: ” “Is it fair to
the Yankees?” . . • The Yankee
circle was completed when Gerry
rolnmsn took over again at seo
^wi base for Army-boond Billy
Martin. Martin took over when
Gerry, at the peak of Us career,
was called Into the Marines. Mar-
tj* starred in the 1953 WorU Seri**.
U. S. MILE CHAMP . . . Wes
Santee, 21, of University of Kan
sas, is rated best middle distance
runner in U. S., and holds out
door mile record of 4:92.4, second
only to Gander Haeff's world
mark of 4:91.4.