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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1954
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Bus Drivers Are Artists
Columbia bus-drivers must be artists.
Are you an artist? Well, what is an artist? Must he be a
painter or a sculptor? I like to think of an artist as a per
son who seeks perfection in his undertakings. A great poet
was complimented on the apparent spontaneity of his literary
style. “Those smoothe lines you speak of were revised twenty
times.” So is excellence achieved.
The State, our well-known morning newspaper carried a
story recently.
Let's quote it: “The bus drivers here have done it again.
“Yesterday for the ninth consecutive year, the American
Transit Association awarded top safety honors to the Colum
bia South Carolina Electric and Gas Co.
“The local bus system’s safety record, both in traffic and
passenger mishaps, was best in the nation in the 100,000-
200,000 population class.
“Wesley W. Stillinger, a driver who has operated a bus
for the company for over 15 years without a reportable ac
cident. received the award for the company at a luncheon at
the New Yorker Hotel in New York. Also attending were
D. P. Coleman, superintendent of transportation for the
company and J. M. Johnston, superintendent of transporta
tion for the Columbia Division.
“Last year, buses here traveled 2,540,706 miles and carried
11,648.633 passengers. The ratio in collisions was 1.88 per
100,000 miles; and in passenger mishaps only 0.188 per
100,000 passengers transported.”
Our friend, Wesley W. Stillinger, is an artist; he has
achieved perfection.
Enjoy Yourself And Stay Young
Do you know Dr. T. C. Lucas? In the same issue of The
State which told of Wesley W. Stillinger of The South Caro
lina Electric & Gas Co., I read a sweet and touching letter
from Dr. T. C. Lucas. If you want to meet a Godly spirit, a
gentleman to the very marrow, meet Dr. Lucas, now eighty-
three ye; rs young and still at work. And I mean at work.
I repeat a part of Dr. Lucas’ letter: “Be sure to retain your
sense of enjoyment if you want to stay young. I once knew a
ten year old girl whose Uncle said she had the keenest
sense of enjoyment of anyone he had ever known—he said
she enjoyed anything from a chicken fight to a Sunday
School. She is now' a married woman with grown children
—still pretty and youthful looking with plenty of spirit.
These overly sophisticated people are a bore to themselves—
and no telling what effect they have on others.
“Too many of us fail to enumerate our blessings or count
our compensations. And don’t forget we have the promise of
a new’ body and a new' life ahead of us. Then, why w’orry?”
Who’ll Be The Whipping Boy?
Politicians always want a whipping boy; somebody who
can be held up to the public somewhat scornfully. For a
long time it was the rail roads; then the power companies;
some day the trucks may attract attention, as soon as we
catch all the Communists and thew them out of Govern
ment service.
We are slowly developing a higher political morality, I
think. Can it be that I am confusing a sort of youthful exu
berance with the stern facts of life? I am, however, hope
ful, though hope springs eternal in the youthful breast.
Peace Haven is a new place for alcoholics. Men afflicted
with a thirst for liquor have sought relief or cure in institu
tions in other States. Now an institution, non-profit, has been
established near Manning. It is known as Peace Haven.
Let The People Decide
Have we Americans forgotten our history? I join in de
testing the Soviet regime in Russia. And I abhor all the
Russian satellite nations which have bowed to a gross des
potism, arrogantly beguiling the foolish into believing that
the Soviet brand of Communism is really a democracy. But
America was born of a profound conviction that a nation may
choose for itself its form of government and its mode of life.
Our Declararation of Independence expressly says that.
Have y6u ever read that great document? It is (or w r as)
the address of our people to all mankind. Hear it: “when
ever any form of government becomes destructive of these
ends,” (referring to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness,) “it is the right of the people to alter it or to abolish
it, and to institute new government,” etc.
Now the question arises: Shall this nation of ours, which
led all mankind to think of a proper government as one
based on the right of people to decide for themselves the
form and substance of their government, shall we join
Please Make It Work for Other Kids
France in quelling the Indonesian revolt or revolution?
We who gave freedom to Cuba, to Porto Rico, to the Phil-
lippines, we now join those who would crush the spirit of
popular uprising? We had in America; we had in South
Carolina, many able men who did not join our fathers in the
American revolution; today we don’t think of them kindly.
According to the great American idea, our basic principle
of government, we should at least, have no part in suppress
ing a revolution.
It is said that we must put down Communism everywhere,
so as to make the world safe for America. Since when have
we become guardians of the whole earth?
Every act of our’s recently has been an act of war; we
have no right to ship men and munitions to Indonesia; nor
have we any right to lend planes or to transport French
soldiers.
I suggest that we American think a bit. We have trouble
enough here at home; let us clean house here and strengthen
our defensive and offensive power. If the rest of the world
goes crazy—as seems likely, we have not enough Amrican
money or blood to stem the tide.
Is it not time to seek aid in something more effective
than bombs ? “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit
saith the Lord of hosts.” We have repeated that, but does it
mean anything to us? Do we live in a purely materialistic
civilization? Is there no God? Or do we believe in Him? Are
the great deliverances w r e read of in Scripture just fables?
Or is there a reigning, ruling, infinite Power, to whom a just
cause may be presented by a people of faith?
Have We Turned China Against Us?
One of the great travesties of history is the enmity China
cherishes against America. Most of us can remember all
the years of missionary work in China. Then our Govern
ment handsomely used the indemnity China paid us for
damage in the Boxer uprising to educate Chinese in America.
I had Chinese fellow' students in New' York University—fine
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fellows they w'ere; and now China hates us. If w'e had not
been so eager to participate in world manipulation we might
have China now'.
We simple-minded souls who believe what the Book says,
w r e have read of Israel being submerged by powerful heathen
neighbors, neighbors whose pow'er was more physical force..
Physical force unconsecrated cannot withstand the purpose
of the Infinite. So when we make common cause with
Russia—and when we made it, we put ourselves part and
parcel with them.
I am not a mere dreamer; history is a moving, a vital cur
rent; and the Divine purpose will prevail either through us,
or in spite of us.
Napoleon was a great dreamer, but a man of action as well.
Few men have risen so fast or so high; fewer men thought so
deeply into worldly might and the triumphs of splendid ambi
tion. But in the quiet hours o^ that turbulent spirit, musing
on the prison-isle of Saint Helena he said: (But I quote a
great book)
“No one will accuse the first Napoleon of being either a
pietist or weak-minded. He strode the world in his day like
a Colossus, a man of gigantic intellect, however worthless
and depraved in moral sense. Conversing one day, at St.
Helena, as his custom was, about the great men of antiquity,
and comparing himself with them, he suddenly turned round
to one of his suite and asked him, ‘Can you tell me who
Jesus Christ was?’ The officer owned that he had not taken
much thought of such things. ‘Well, then,’ said Napoleon,
T will tell you.’ He then compared Christ with himself, and
with the heroes of antiquity, and showed how Jesus far
surpassed them. T think I understand somewhat of human
nature,’ he continued, ‘and I tell you all these were men,
and I am a man, but not one like Him; Jesus Christ was more
than man. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself
'T'HE Republican Party, as the
majority party is supposed to
lose ground in the November elec
tions. if modern tradition is to be
served.
The Democrats, during their long
term as the majority party were
able only once, in 1934, to score
a mid-term gain in House member
ship. During the rest of their two
decades of political control they
consistently lost ground in mid
term elections.
Usually, however, the Democrats
enjoyed a greater majority than
that presently held by the Repub
lican Party. Not since 1918 has a
majority party gone into a gen
eral election with a margin of
House control as slim as that the
GOP now holds. Republicans con
trol the house by a bare majority
plus one. House membership is 219
Republicans, 215 Democrats and
one independent, so a new loss
of two seats would -mean loss of
control.
With President Eisenhower as
lead-off man on the 1952 ballot,
the Republicans picked up 19
House seats. Ike carried 297 Con
gressional district^, but Repub
licans carried only 221, and sub
sequently lost two in special elec
tions. Only three Republicans,
Charles A. Wolverton (N. J.), John
P. Saylor (Pa.) and Allan Oakley
Hunter (Calif.),, won House dis
tricts where the President failed,
and he carried 79 districts which
Republican Congressional nomi
nees did not win.
The above figures indicate that
having Eisenhower at the top of
the slate helped put Republ cans
across in widespread elections. The
Republican Party, in mapping its
campaign plans is facing up to the
fact that Ike's name isn’t going to
be on the 1954 ticket. There are
indications that he will not cam
paign for individual candidates,
but will ask the voters to support
the Republican ticket and his "dy
namic and progressive’’ program.
The Democrats, on the other
hand, think the November contest
will be a "pocketbook election,’’
based on a softening economy. They
expect not only to take over the
House, but to do so by a handsome
margin. They believe that, while
the Republicans are stressing
"peace and prosperity, they can
capitalize on unemployment in Re
publican suburban areas and the
farmer's "discontent" over the
farm program to take the race.
They are definitely counting on un
employment in several GOP dis
tricts in such politically potent
states as Washington, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia, Michigan,
Indiana, and California.
Republicans believe that indi
vidual candidates will be the most
important single factor in the 1954
Congressional races, and the ma
jority of the GOP House member
ship has been elected in the past
largely on local, rather than na
tional, issues.
In areas where President Eisen
hower carried a large number of
Democratic and Independent votes
in 1952, the National Citizens for
Eisenhower Congressional commit
tee will be active in 1954. This
group seeks non-Republiean and
young voter support for GOP U m-
gressional nominees who back the
President and his program.
From The Chickasha Star, Chlck-
asha, Oklahoma: A few months
ago The Star predicted that it
wouldn’t be long before the big
investigators would stump their
toe and somebody would probably
come up with an idea to investi
gate the investigators. We made
a pretty good guess—it has hap
pened!
And now it appears there may be
an investigation made of the in
vestigator of the inventigator. This
thing can go on and on until the
man originally slated for investi
gation is completely out of the
limelight. There’s really not much
to worry about however, as the cost
of the ordeal will probably not ex
ceed a couple or three million
dollars.
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From the Suburban List, Essex
Junction, Vermont: Some criticism
has been leveled at the newspapers
for not strongly combatting the
threat of Communism. Some of the
newspapers even soft-peddle the
issue, and even go so far as to
support a policy of appeasement.
Maybe it would be a good thing to
put the newspapers on the carpet
with a good strong investigation to
see how strong they are for Amer
ican loyalty The real Amer
ican newspapers would be proud to
have such an investigation.
From The Waverly Sun, Waver-
ly. New York: There has always
been a strong belief in large cities
that small communities, such as
those making up this valley, would
escape the deathly effects of the
Atom or Hydrogen mob attacks.
This assumption no longer holds
water. It has become a false idea
of security, particularly after the
results of the latest H-Bomb ex
periment.
Small towns may not be target
areas, but they are really no safer
than their big city counterparts
several miles away. If an H-Bomb
were to be dropped on New York,
a community the size of Towanda,
which is about 200 miles away,
would still feel the effect.
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From the Clinton County Re- !
publican-News, St. Johns, Michi
gan: We suppose that the first man
who brought fire into the cave
might have burned up the skins and
furs and surely the others must
have thought it a risky thing tc
do; all of them feared the Ughtning
and the fires that it started. But
one need only look about to see
what the heat and the energy first
found in fire has produced to know
that its good far outweighs its evil.
Just so the good that still lies
undiscovered in fission and in
fusion may some day far out^-
balance the evil of their beginnings.
DaieCarnegie
★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ★
T HIRTY-FIVE years ago R. H. Stevens, 6655 Sunset Drive, Jackson
ville, Florida, was transferred from a job of responsibility that he
appreciated to one where he wrote sales and collection letters and
prepared advertising. And how he hated it! He felt demoted and a
failure. One year previously he had returned from South America after
four years with an enterprise which had failed. He was utterly dis-
rouraged and doubted his ability ever to succeed
at anything.
His discouragement and fear of failure showed
In his letters to an older brother, a successful sales
man and fine business man, who had helped him get
v the job he had liked. His brother provided a jolt
when he wrote: *‘You need someone to take you
by the neck and shake you out of your smug com
placency at having scored another failure! Get wise
to yourself! You have more to start with than I
had.”
It was true. He had robust physique, his brother
had been delieate, dyspeptic. He had a University education; his broth
er had not finished high school. Now he saw as his trouble that he
was just a square peg in a round hole.
So he set out to find a place where he could use his scientific train
ing. Within three months he was offered an assistant professorship at
Georgia Tech. Then a better offer from a pulp and paper mill in North
Carolina. He went into the paper industry and has been happy and
successful ever since.
He says the turning point came when he took stock and planned
ratinnallv.
reading it, and do so daily with equal pleasure. The soul,
charmed with the beauty of the Gospel, is no longer its own:
God possesses it entirely: he directs its thoughts and facult
ies; it is His. What a proof of the divinity of Jesus Christ!
CARNEGIE
founded great empires; but upon what did the creations of
our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His
empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die
for Him.’ ‘The Gospel is no mere book,’ said he at another
time, ‘but a living creature, with a vigour, a power, which
conquers all that opposes it. Here lies the Book of Books
upon the table (touching it reverently); I do not tire of
Yet in this absolute sovereignty He has but one aim—the
spiritual perfection of the individual, the purification of
his conscience, his union with what is true, the salvation of
his soul. Men wonder at the conquests of Alexander, but
here is a conqueror who draws men to Himself for their
highest good; who unites to Himself, incorporates into Him
self, not a nation, but the whole human race’!”
Q—Why are the Maine Congressmen and'Senators elected in Septem
ber instead of November?
—The Constitution provides that, unless Congress directs otherwise,
the time for elections of Senators and Representatives "shall be
prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof.’’ Congress, in
1845, fixed the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
as the time for election of Presidential electors and Members of
Congress, except for those states where a different day was spec
ified for Congress Members. For many years, three states (Arkan
sas, Oregon and Maine) held Congressional elections earlier than
November. Arkansas and Oregon later changed their laws to con
form with the act of 1845. All states, including Maine, elect Presi
dential electors in November.
Q—The last time a Republican President - made an appointment to the
Supreme Court was 21 years ago, in 1932. How many appointment*
to the Court were made by then-President Hoover?
A—Three, in four years. The late President Roosevelt appointed nine
in 12 years. Former President Truman appointed four in almost
eight years.
Q—What is the difference between a bill and a Joint resolution?
A—Theoretically, there is some difference between the content of each,
though practical usage has left little distinction. Both become law,
when passed by both Houses and signed by the President. Joint
resolutions usually are declarations of policy involving a single
matter and are usually not as comprehensive as bills. (All Con
stitutional amendments are joint resolutions.) Historically, ac
cording to the House parliamentarian, joint resolutions were used
for relatively minor legislation, but in recent years this difference
has lessened.
(Copyrtrht 1954, Goafresslonal QuAfterly)
INTELHGRAM
Check the correct word.
1.
Smith Tower, tallest building on the west
coast, is in (San Franciscoji (Seattle).
2. The (cobra) (copra): is one of the most
poisonous snakes.
3. (Men) (women) have the longer life ex
pectancy.
4. Professional athletes, (may) (may not) par
ticipate in the Olympic Games.
5. Sunday (is) (is not) the only holiday recog
nized by common law in the United States.
6. Pollen (is) (is not) carried from flower to
flower by some night-flying insects.
7- The average dining car (makes) (loses)
money on each meal served.
8. A diesel engine (does) (does not) require
spark plugs.
9. The Northern Lights (may) (may not)
sometimes be seen in summer.
10. Man (has) (has not) known the secret of
brewing since prehistoric times.
Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points for
each correct choice. A score of 0-?0 is poor; 30-60,
average; 70-80, superior; 90-100, very superior.
£ * S I 0 ’SI—8 •>ou f -uauioAl—2 ‘Bjqoj—g l '
1. Aeacta refers to (a) an ancient Greek city; (b) a group
of trees and shrubs; (c) a family of insects. ,
2. The waterproof hat used by fishermen is called (a) a
sou’wester; (b) a spangle; (c) a cape hat.
3. The emblem of Scotland is (a) thistle; (b) crossed bows;
(c) a sailing ship.
ANSWERS
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22 Tropical plant
23 Ireland
25 Chilled
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28 Turfs
29 Diminutive of
Albert
30 Perfect (ab.)
31 Chinese
measure
32 Preposition
33 Wiles
35 Lease
38 Debatable
39 Rip
40 Diminutive of
Edward
41 Malayan
skirts
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52 Gloomiest
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capital
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6 Sand
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9 An (Scot.)
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11 Pleased
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currents
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20 Musicians
21 Diverts
oneself
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