University of South Carolina Libraries
PAGE TWO Jm THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1954 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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. A STEP TOWARD RESTORATION A spark that could possibly grow into a full-fledged fire of interest and accomplishment came our way Tues day afternoon in the form of a letter over the signature of Richard L. Baker, President of the Newberry Cham ber of Commerce. The action came as a result of authorization by the Chamber’s Board of Directors to appoint a committee to spearhead action towards the development of Lynch’s Woods Park. . Letters have been sent out to every organization throughout the county from records in the Chamber of Commerce office, seeking to enlist the aid of all these bodies toward the development and reestablishment of the once beautiful wooded park. Lynch’s woods was once a beautiful park with flowers and shrubs in abundance, and facilities for picnickers and camping parties, although it never reached the ultimate goal of its planners. However, in recent years, due to lack of funds for upkeep, it has necessarily been neglected. As soon as committees are received from interested organization, the Chamber of Commerce president has announced that he will call a meeting of those chosen to work out plans for the restoration of the parkway. This is certainly a step in the right direction, and we congratulate Mr. Baker and the Chamber of Commerce for its attention to this much-needed project. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Should We Start Anew? Did.Columbus ever visit Charleston? Are you sure? If he did not come to our great port he died without visiting the site of a renowned City. I need not insist on an answer. That part of your history is interesting, but you can live long, prosperously and happily even though you may not be certain wdiether Columbus was Italian, French, Spanish, German—or what-not. As soon as the Soviet historians be gin % story of Columbus they will claim him as Russian. What have we learned? Has the experience of men throughout the ages taught us how to live ? Probably not. I have before me a copy of a bill pending in the Senate of! the United States “To assist certain classes of municipalities to finance vitally needed and specific types of public works by providing for a guaranty by the United States of ap proved bonds here-after issued by these municipalities.” The people of the United States owe two hundred and seventy five billion dollars. That is the public debt, the Roosevelt-Truman debt, added to the Second World War and Mr. Truman's Police Action in Korea, plus our continuing spending. That $275,000,000,000 is not all the debt; every State, County, town, school district—with few exceptions—is in debt; and millions of business concerns; and more millions of individuals are in debt. What is the limit to debt? Shall we finally repudiate all debt and start afresh? Every day I read of more loans to towns, counties, school districts. I refer not particularly to this. State. Loans can be had, if deserved, without involving this Nation of ours. A lesson we should have learned is that happy life does not consist in the abundance of things but in a mind and spirit at peace. Just as our fathers built a great nation in days of struggle and strain so this generation and the next. might achieve something without constantly drawing on the National Government. I think the towns and other entities which have credit can get money through the sale of their own bonds; and those unable to get money in the market should not lean on our National Government which is already the most heavily indebted country in the world. Even in Congress there seems to be an idea that an un failing flow of gold and credit is ready to be tapped at any minute and that all of us are stretched across the pool of Government credit lapping up the stream which flows with out ceasing. £ */< What kind of country are we leaving to the babies being born every day? Competition From The Government Our Government is deeply in debt; it needs more revenue and less spending. What are we doing? We continue to spend and we continue to create all sorts of businesses which pay virtually no taxes. Worse than that; we give the money to create and operate business which pay almost nothing. As a matter of fact, I think the enterprises created, spon sored and built with Government money pay nothing in Federal taxes. So we operate our Government in debt, while taking from tax-payers billions of dollars to finance tax- » eaters. I I do not mention the pernicious idea of giving one citizen, MEMORIAL DAY or group of citizens a preference over other citizens. I won der, sometimes, how Americans ever hatched such a notion. In plain, simple old American language, you have heard it said that every tub should sit on its own bottom. So deep ly ingrained is that idea that many people think it comes from the Bible. Certainly America was created under the teaching that all men are equal and are entitled to equal treatment before the law. That is what our Declaration of Independence means. No one is so foolish as to think that all men have equal physical stamina, equal mental powers, or equal social standing: It means that all men are entitled to equal justice in court and from their Government. Noth ing is more repugnant to the old-time American idea than discrimination in favor of one class over another. For ex ample, our Courts would not tolerate a special rate on buses or railroads for Georgians over South Caroliniaps; nor would the State allow a power company or a telephone comp any to discriminate in favor of one over another. Discrimina tion of any kind is basically un-American and, in my judg ment, unconstitutional. It should, therefore, be invalid. But we have made the idea popular, notwithstanding. One of our Government monstrosities, almost born and cradled in the Socialist spirit which nearly transformed America from the land of the strong and free into the land Population Increase To Help “Our economy is shifting from a super-boom, stimulated by a huge pent-up post-war demand, to a more normal period based largely upon replacements. Despite the prevailing slackening in business, there are strong underlying forces of growth that will manifest themselves. One of the strongest propelling forces is population growth. In the last decade, the number of persons in this country increased by over 19 million, or more than twice the gain in the 1930's; w^hile from 1950 to 1960 it is esti mated that the population will increase by 28 million, or tljc equivalent of twice the population of Canada. The most significant feature in the population trend was the sharp increase in birthrates since 1940. The group under five years of age increased by 5.6 million from 1940 to 1950. By 1960. it is estimated that enrollment in the elementary schools will have increased by 7 million, and in the high schools by 2.3 million. This sharp increase in the number of young people wdll require the building of hundreds of thousands of new classrooms as schools are already badly overcrowded.” DaieCarwegie + AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” M RS. EMMA JENSON, 345 Dearborn Avenue. Chicago* Illinois, is the mother of live children and she also operates a nursing home for elderly people. About a year ago a doctor was brought Into her nursing home. During the time he was a patient his mind was clear at times, but at other times not so clear. This wonderful doctor had a wife and chil dren whom be loved dearly. Unfortunately they did not reciprocate After a few months the doctor became steadily worse, and it was evident that his span of life would soon be over One Saturday night, as death drew near, Mrs. Jenson was watching by his bedside. He slowly stretbhed out his hand towards her, calling his wife’s name. “Mary, Mary,” over and over. Then he murmured the names of each of his children. Knowing his great need, and that in his condition he could not recognize features, she played the role of his wife Softly he murmured. “Mary, dear, put my arms around you that I may love and kiss you once more before I go.” Mrs. Jenson did as he requested, and that once esteemed doctor and wonderful man left this earth to meet his Maker, with only a strange nurse at his bedside. Mrs. Jenson's reason for telling this story is to suggest that if you have an old mother or dad. or any other loved one who is ill, keep in mind that what they most want is your love and affection; your arms around them in their hour of need, not those of a strange nurse. CARNEGIE of the dependent weaklings, is the renowned T.V.A. “The T.V.A. It’s the federal government, taxpayer own ed, Congress-controlled, paying only token taxes with negligi ble cost of money, and no regulatfons, and enjoying other and sundry subsidies. That’s the government ownership way. ‘On the other hand, we, your neighbors and customers are highly taxed and fully regulated, must pay a full re turn on all the money we have invested in our property. We can’t get the money, can’t develop our property, can’t properly serve our people any other way. That’s the private enterprise way.’ ‘To date there has been spent and appropriated upwards of $1,600,000,000 on T.V.A. Mr. Gordon Clapp says TVA plans to call for an additional one billion dollars in the next five or six years. So, before TVA is. 30 years of age, it will have expended in this Valley some $2,600,000,000 and about $2,000,000,000 will be invested in power. It will require $40,000,000 per year for a period of 50 years to repay the government this total power investment and to make the taxpayers whole. According to its annual state ment, its net power revenues, paying only token taxes and negligible interest, was $25,096,349 in 1952. So, the state ments that TVA is paying its way like any other industry and can liquidate its government debt in 40 years, or any other period, is distressingly misleading.’ If it is right for our government to set up an authority to operate a power business—even to the extent of forcing every private power company out of business, then, why not set up authorities in other fields that are every bit as im pressed with the public service? Mr. Moses of Arkansas says: ‘It is my firm conviction that this TVA, insofar as its electric power operation is con cerned, should be put on the same basis of operation as are investor-owned utility enterprises with which it is in compe tition. This would be fair to everybody—^taxpayers, con sumer and citizen alike. It would give no group of citizens any preference and discriminate against no state. This would mean that TVA would pay taxes on the same basis as are paid by non-government power producing enterprises, and pay annually the interest on the money invested in power facilities at the cost of that money to the govern ment. An alternative would be for TVA to sell its own rev enue bonds. Thirdly, this would mean that TVA would keep its books and report to the Congress and to the people on the same basis as the federal and state regulatory authorit ies require of the investor-owned utilities.’ If thse suggestions jvere carried out, the Arkansan said that ‘TVA would never again have to go hat in hand to the Congress. If its proposals are sound, it can sell its own securities in the open market. No longer would states near and far point their long fingers at the citizens of the Valley, accusing them of taking advantage of other territories, of securing industries solely on the basis of sub sidized power and of being the recipient of various political gratuities. * • Q—I noticed that the tax-rpvlslon bffl passed by the Bouse March 18 was brought to the floor under a “closed rale.** What la that? A—A “closed rule,” granted by the House Rules Committee restricts the offering of amendments from the floor. The Rules group, which decides what legislation shall be brought to the House floor for consideration has the power to decide how long the House shall debate and under what conditions the legislation shall be amended. An “open rule” usually specifies merely that debate may be for such time as the Rules Committee may have decided. Both “open” and “closed** rules usually have some time limitation on debate. House rules specify it shall be in order to offer a motion to send any measure back to committee. Q—Can appropriations be made for a period longer than one year? A—Yes. though most appropriations are macje for one year only. Those made lor more than one year include military construction, for which monies are available “until expended.** In addition there are certain other permanent, indefinite appropriations (fixed charges against the Treasury) such as interest on the national debt and tax refunds. The budget for fiscal 1955, beginning July 1. 1954, carries about $7.2 billion in permanent, indefinite appropria- ’ tions, most of ft for interest on the debt Q—Are there any limitations on constitutional amendments other than the requirement that three-fourths of the states ratify? A—Yes, but only in one case. Article V. which provides for amend ment specifies that no state, without its consent may be deprived of its equal representation in the Senate (Ccprrtffct 1984. Congressional Quarterly) $100,000 BULL . . . Ralph Fair and wife of Boerne, Texas, smile over purchase at record auction price of Hillcrest Larry 25th, from C. A. Smith, Jr. (left) at “Hereford Empire” dispersal sale at Chester, W. Va. ‘America now has hundreds of different federal corpora tions performing many business functions.’ Mr. Moses said, including 625 federal power plants. The private utilities of this nation pay $1,350,000,000 per year in taxes. The more federal projects that are built, thereby replacing private in dustry, the more and more taxes you pass on to the people.” Sheet Metal Contractor—Heating—Air Conditioning Licensed Gas Fitters CAROUNA METAL WORKS College Street Extension A. G. McCaughrin, Pres. & Treas. Phone 115 F OR several years the Commu nist Party has been called ev erything from “an international conspiracy” to a “subsidiary and puppet of the ^Soviet Union,” yet it was not a crime for an American to belong. In 1941, the Dies Committee recommended outlawing foreign- dominated parties—and got no where. Thirteen years after that recommendation. Congress this year has received more bills—15— specifically to outlaw the Commu nist Party than were introduced at all the sessions between. Fourteen such bills were introduced from I94l through 1952, and a total of 19 in. 1953-54. But the Eisenhower Administra tion has its own anti-Red program, and outlawing the Communist Party is not part of it. Attorney . General Herbert Brownell recently argued that such a law might: drive the estimated 25,000 Commu nists underground, making it hard-' er to weed them out; raise “con stitutional doubts” a*b o u t the rights of individuals tinder such a law; and conflict with and invali date the “principal legal weapons” now aimed directly at the Com munists. These “legal weapons” include: laws requiring foreign agents to register, prohibiting federal em ployment of persons who are mem bers of political groups advocating verthrow of the U.S. government ”>tch Act), making *it a crime ivocate overthrow of the U.S. government by force dr violence^ (Smith Act), requiring the regis tration with the attorney general, of Communist-action or Commu nist-front groups (Internal Secur ity Act of 1950), and including for eign-born Communists in the cate gory of inadmissible and deport able aliens. Despite Administration s to p signs, the drive to outlaw the Com munist Party has been gathering momentum in Congress for some time. Fifteen of 19 bills pending were introduced this year and thijy call for penalties ranging from bans against holding federal office, elective and otherwise, to loss of citizenship, 10 years in jail and fines as high as $25,000i Sponsors of the four Senate bills are: Sens. Margaret Chase Smith (R. Me.); Charles E. Potter (R. Mich.); Mike Mansfield (D. MonOt and Homer Ferguson (R. Micb.K Sponsors of the 15 House measures are: Reps. George A. Dondero (R. Mich.); Wm. C. Cole (R. Mo.); Cecil R. King (D. Calif.); Kit Clar- dy (R.* Mich.); Harley O. Staggers (D. W Va.); Robert T. Secrest (D. Ohio); Charles J. Kerston (R. Wis.); J Frank Wilson (D. Tex.); Ray J Madden (D. Ind.); Martin Dies (D. Tex.), three measures; Harlen Hagen (D. Calif.); Joseph L. Carrigg (R. Pa.); and Leo W O’Brien (D. NY.) Support for outlawing the Party has come from the American Le gion. Veterans of Foreign Wars, Daughters of American Revolution, and other Members of Congress From the Surface Creek News, Cedaredge, Colorado: A „ small town is where everybody knows your business and yet will make it their business if anyone in the community needs help. It is where folks talk about you and then talk for you when the chips are down. It is where there has to be a fire to get anyone on the streets after 9 o’clock and yet there will be square dancing until 2 o'clock in the morning and not dependent on hot music and cold drinks to keep up the spirits In a small town there Is a com mon bond during a disaster and a common thankfulness for rain, or a beautiful day. or a new fire hydrant There is little thought paid to social position, and the judging of a man is done on his own values—deep values. It Is where a person speaks to his friend as many times as he sees him during the day. not worrying over the social graces as to whether they have already greeted each other previously. It is where a neighbor’s hurt be comes your hurt. The freedom and dlginity of the individual is practiced in a small town without a lot of paid coach ing by experts who think they know the minds of men A man expects to earn what he gets and get what he earns A-stranger becomes the focus of honest curiosity and the returning native always seems to have added a little glamour. The words c< a stranger seem important. A small town is where lack of convention allows tor more time to live well and think clearly. The veneer of fatuous argument is a thin shell which comes close to allowing the reality of things ta show through. The problems of the people are concerned with nature and close association with others —with things as they are. From Holyrood Gazette, Bely* pf rood, Kansas: A small town is a place where a stranger, desiring tonsorial artistry, asks. “Where Is a barber shop?” when he should have said. ‘Where is the barber shop?** • • • From the Aztec Independent Re view, Aztec, New Mexico: Life is not all pleasure, be it full of work or play, for you can get awfully tired whether you’re working or at play. Play is simply working doing things you like to do, while work is a gainful duty that should be pleasing you. Building a house is playing if the building is your own but doing the work for others wearies you to the bone. So what you get out of living is what you put in your mind, neither play nor work is pleasant until you adjust your mind. WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE Destructive Bug Here’s the Answer HORIZONTAL 1,5 Depicted insect 11 Hindu gentleman 12 Landed properties 14 High priest (Bib.). 15 Laughing 17 Posed 18 Hebrew deity 19 Fall back 21 Down 22 Volume 24 State 26 Noose 27 Dreadful 28 Within (comb form) 29 Italian river 30 Not (prefix) 31 Spanish jug 34 Gael 36 Wild beast 37 Sound 38 City in Oklahoma 39 Near 40 Speckles 46 Tellurium (symbol) 47 Follower 49 Low tides 50 Meadow 51 Turns 53 Barb 55 Nose sounds 56 Consumes VERTICAL 1 Flying device 2 African Sorcery 3 Behold! 4 Learning 5 Don 6 Domestic slave 7 Girl’s name 8 “Old Dominion State” (ab.) 9 Belongs to it 10 Head 11 It is a form of 13 Cubic meter 16 caused much damage in the south 19 Accounted 20 Embryonic frogs 23 Movement 25 Musical instrument 32 33 34 35 41 42 Lingers Of South American mountains Flight of steps It destroys Pilaster Pare 43 Go by 44 Lord provost (ab.) 45 Italian town 48 Greek letter 50 Fortune 52 While 54 Laughter sound ] l 3 u 1 1 5 b 7 8 9 ° 1 II 111 ■ m a 15 ib 18 19 2D it u M 25 Zb 2.7 2ft 29 c 30 31 31 35 9 3ft •L it h i * . •d Hft n * so st n t. SI [ r zr / i