The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, June 17, 1954, Image 2
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
How About The Stockholders
Well, you never can tell how your words will impress
your readers or your hearers. We who write or talk—or
do both—shoot a bow at a venture, as the Bible speaks of
the chance shot which killed King Ahab. A venture, indeed,
for who can tell?
Two weeks ago I quoted a statement that for 1953 The
South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. paid in taxes $5,477,-
512. Ordinarily that item might not have attracted at
tention, but a great industrialist, a man who himself pays
heavy taxes, wrote to me about my statement. Here is what
he said: “I was very much interested in reading your this
week’s Spectator to see the figures on the taxes paid by
The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. One wonders how
they have anything left for the stockholders after such a
heavy outlay as this.”
And there was more in the letter. Consider the second
paragraph:“.... There was a gentleman in our office about
two months ago, who manages a cotton mill in Massachuset
ts. He told us that they bought electric power to run this
mill, who which they paid 17 mills per kilowatt hour. This is
twice as much as either Duke (Power Co.) or The South
Carolina Electric & Gas Co. charge in this State.”
Now follows the third paragraph:
“The power companies in addition to ad valorem tax have
to pay a generating tax, and I was wondering if this applied
to all of the power generated, or was confined to the hydro
end of it.” .A. aCiUli.
More Jobs Through Technology
“Technical progress is the foundation of modern economic
civilization, and largely accounts for the difference between
living conditions today and those in the cave-man period.
Not only has research made outstanding contributions in pro"
viding more goods for more people but also it has been the
chief source in creating new jobs. In 1939, it is estimated
that about one third of the number employed had jobs that
.were based upon inventions, scientific discoveries, and de
velopments. In the relatively short war period there were
compressed more scientific • developmnts than ordinarily
take place in decades, and these in consequence have so ex
panded the opportunities for work that it is estimated that
now possibly one half of all employment in the United
States is based upon products which came from research
laboratories.
The forces set in motion by modern technology and ac
celerated by war are irresistible. We are on the threshold of j
the atomic age with its limitless possibilities. As President
Eisenhower in a recent speech before the United Nations
said: ‘The United States knows that peaceful power from
atomic energy is no dream of the future. That capability,
already proved, is here—now—today. Who can doubt, if the
entire body of the world’s scientists and engineers had
adequate amounts of fissionable material with which to
test and develop their ideas, that this capability would
rapidly be transformed into universal, efficient, and eco
nomic usage.’ A study made by the Atomic Energy Commis
sion indicated that, between 1960 and 1970, nuclear power
plants will account for 10 to 20 percent of electric capacity
put in place. It is estimated that world reserves of atomic
fuel are equivalent in energy to twenty times those reserves
of coal and oil.
Managemeqt makes a vital contribution since it is the
driving force behind progress. Many foreign exports have
come to this country in the post war period to find out
why the American system is so superior. Almost without
exception, their conclusion has been that it is because of the
predominant role played by American management, which is
chosen on the basis of competence to mobilize men, ma
terials, and money, into a profitable combination. By virtue
of its position, management serves as the trustee for the
common good, with responsibility to adopt modern methods
and procedures and pass the benefits on to the consumers.
There is no royal road to progress. There is no short cut
to an abundant life. But by mobilizing our man-power and
scientific resources we can provide for an expanding and
vigorous economy. There is always work to be done as long
as human wants are unsatisfied. We are the inheritors of
generations of invention and science—instrumentalities that
will open new trails to the future and make for profitable
enterprise and higher living standards.”
Summing Up The Population
How shall we judge our towns and cities? Recently Mr.
D. Hugh Marchant of Orangeburg published some interest
ing facts in The News & Courier. Let me quote in part:
“South Carolina’s four largest cities in 1890 are still de
cidedly the state’s chief cities. The next four in size and
importance have for 60 years kept up a close race for fifth
place and they are so nearly equal in size that it will re-
Pain in the Neck
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quire the official census in 1960 to determine which has
the largest population.
Sumter was fifth in 1890 and 1900. Anderson in 1910 and
in 1940, while Rock Hill reached It in 1950. Florence was in
sixth place in 1890 and again in 1950. The combined postof
fice receipts for 1953 for these four cities exceeded a mil
lion dollars.
The nearness to each other in size now is shown in, the
following tabulation which also includes three other cities,
the postoffice receipts being for 1953 and the number of
telephone subscribers as of Dec. 31, 1953:
P.O. R’cpts Phones
Rock Hill $279,103 7,806
Florence 273,150 8,865
Sumter 271,709 5,032
Anderson 253,985 10,000
Greenwood 192,322 9,534
Oranbegurg 163,360 5,671
Aiken 173,194 5,301
Incidentally Anderson, upon reaching the 10,000 num
ber in telephones at the close of business the last day of
the year, staged a big celebration.
Due to the bomb plant no one is surprised that Aiken has
quit company with the long list of good cities under 10,000
population and joined our second group of the state’s largest
six cities next after the big four.
Figures for all other cities under ten and over five thou
sand were not available but we can report Hartsville our
twelfth city with postoffice business of $144,311. Only other
places doing more than $100,0Q0 were Lancaster and Waiter-
boro, both coming under $110,000. None of them had as
many as 4,000 telephones, but Lancaster, Gaffney, Camden,
and Hartsville have above 3,500.
As for our three chief cities, both Greenville and Charles
ton have more than 36,000 telephones listed and Columbia
44,000. All three did more than a million dollars post-office
business. Spartanburg’s phones numbered 21,295.”
It is interesting to observe the number of telephones.
Why Anderson has 10,000 telephones as compared with
Sumter’s 5,032 can be explained by the numerous villages
near Anderson. Sumter has $271,709 in postal receipts as
compared with Anderson’s $253,985. Greenwood, with $192,-
322 in postal business, has 9,534 telephones. Shall we as
sume that the people of Sumter write letters, while the peo
ple of Anderson communicate by telephone? Aiken, with
$173,194 in postal business has 5301 telephones.
Walterboro’s volume of postoffice business surprises me.
Perhaps every tourist buys stamps for all the trip North
and South. Certainly that is conclusive proof of Waiter-
boro being quite a commercial and tourist center, since it is
not industrialized like Lancaster, for example.
One is surprised that Spartanburg falls so far below
Greenville in telephones. Charleston’s 36,000 telephones must
average one for every home, in addition to business phones;
Columbia’s 44,000 telephones include West Columbia and
Cayce, prosperous and thriving centers, on one side, with
Fort Jackson and the Veterans’ Hospital on the other.
Generation Tax A Handicap
I am informed by a great electrical engineer:
“The generation tax applies to all power generated or
purchased by South Carolina companies
The generation tax is a serious handicap to South Caro
lina companies when competing with neighboring States for
new industries. None of the neighboring States have such
a tax.”
Business Outlook—Good News
What oLthe outlook for business ? McGraw-Hill tell us:
“Here is news—remarkably good news—which sets a new
precedent for American business. Manufacturing compan
ies are now planning to invest as much in new plants and
equipment as they did in 1953, an all-time record-breaking
year. They are planning to do this even though they ex
pect sales to be lower—2% lower on the average—than
they were in 1953.
“Heretofore, lower sales always have meant lower invest
ment. But this year manufacturers are planning to add 4%
to their capacity, in the face of a sales decline. They are
still building for the future.
That the decline from 1953's record-breaking high was
so slight was generally hailed as very good news. But over
the intervening months manufacturing companies have
raised, not lowered, their investment sights.”
AS THE Army-Senator McCarthy
YYdispute droned on and on, one
question was pondered more and
more by observers of the political
scene: How has the affair affected
the popularity of Joe McCarthy?
It is impossible to say for cer
tain, but most veteran observers
seem to feel that many McCarthy
supporters dropped off the line dur
ing the lengthy hearings. Those
who so believe say the hearings
alone didn’t cause Joe a loss in
following, the consensus being that
the Senator hurt kimself most by
openly challenging and defying the
President.
While the hearings developed in
evitably into a conflict between the
Administration and the Senator, Ei
senhower very carefully avoided a
puolic showdown with the Wiscon
sin Senator. The President’s most
decisive action‘in the matter, that
of placing a ban on testimony about
a high-level Executive meeting,
drew strong fire from McCarthy,
who said the President was ill-ad
vised. Some considered this a back-
handed slap at the Administration
in general and at the same time
not a compliment to the President.
A great number of the American
people decided two things about
the hearings. The first was that
the hearings will do the Repub
lican Party no good. The second,
despite the charges and counter
charges, Senator McCarthy was
very much on trial. Many citizens
opened up a conversation (or an
argument) with the words: “Are
you for, or against McCarthy?”
Is the American Indian in dan
ger of being scalped or about to
be emancipated?
A raft of bills are now pending be
fore Congress to end federal ad
ministration of Indian Adairs in 14
states. Their backers say the time
has come to give the Indians the
same rights and responsibilities as
other U.S. citizens.
The National Congress of Amer
ican Indians, probably the largest
of the Indian lobby groups, and a
number of law firms representing
Indian tribes are on the warpath
against most of the bills.
Congress last year adopted a res
olution declaring it was the policy
of Congress “as rapidly as possi
ble to make the Indian . . sub
ject to the same laws” as other
citizens and “end their status as
wards of the United States. “
In compliance with this resolu
tion, the Interior Departmen* draft
ed a series of bills providing for
withdrawal of federal supervision
in eight tribal jurisdictions. Later
other bills were introduced that
would affect tribes in California,
Florida, Kansas, Montana, Nebras
ka, North and South Dakota, New
York, Oregon, Nevada, Texas,
Utah, Washington and Wisconsin.
The end of federal trusteeship
would halt such services to Indi
ans as roads, health and education.
Spokesmen for the tribes say tax
ation of their trust property—now
tax free in most states—would
cause them to lose their land and,
if not protected, lesser-educated
Ir dians might be cheated out of
such resources of tribal lands, as
oil, uranium, rich timber and graz
ing areas.
From the Catskill Mountain Star,
Saugerties, New York: He brushed
his teeth twice daily with a nation
ally advertised tooth paste. The
doctor examined him twice yearly.
He wore overshoes when needed.
He stuck to a strict diet. He had
his tonsils and appendix removed.
He never smoked, drank or lost his
tamper. He did his daily dozen and
slept eight hours nightly. Funeral
services will be held Wednesday.
He is survived by 18 specialists, 4
health institutions, 6 gymnasiums
and numerous manufacturers of
health foods and antiseptics. Death
occurred when he forgot to stop,
look and listen at a grade cross
ing.
• • •
From The Republican-News. St.
Johns, Michigan: A man in a
neighboring community recently
found liable in a damage suit will
have to pay $14,000 as the result
of the jury’s verdict
This man had only $5,000 liability
Insurance on his car. He will be
om $9,000. The difference in insur
ance cost between $5,000 liability
and $25,000 liability is about $5.75
on the average car
For $7.05 more, he could have
been insured for' $50,000 liability.
Since jury verdicts are higher than
they used to be, a damage suit
can easily wreck a life-time of sav
ing if you aren’t insured A mo
ment’s carelessness on the highway
can cancel out years of hard work
in accumulating what money and
property you have. It’s a big gam
ble. to save $5.75
• • •
From the Seville Chronicle, Se
ville, Ohio: Quite a bit of criticism
of the Chronicle’s new local tem
perature reports has reached my
ears. A numbei- of readers think
it’s not logical that SevQle' should
have daily high temperatures in
the 30’s and 40’s and low tempera
tures in the 70’s and 80’s
I must talk to our thermometer
watching editor about this
Of course, it may be awhile be
fore he can be contacted: he was
the same one who set a holstein
story under a Boy Scout headline
on page 6 last week, and he has not
yet returned from Siberia
• • •
From the Suburban List, Essex
Junction, Vermont: Hie editor got
a lot of kidding last week when a
little item was printed that a wom
an in Bellow Falls was 193 years
old. Telephone calls were numer
ous and there were a lot of letters.
The honey in the milk for the edi
tor was that he knows a lot of peo
ple read hiaapaper and particularly
the small items
( WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE ]
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TV Personality
Here's the Answer
HORIZONTAL.
1.6 TV
personality
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in his line
13 Interstice
14 Meadow
15 Goes by
steamer
17 Obtain
It Symbol for
tantalum
It Witticism
30 Greek letter
21 Volcano in
Sicily
24 At all times
26 Colors
27 Creeping plant
28 Right <ab.)
29 Wile
30 Sheltered side
31 The gods
32 Den
33 Shade trees
36 Annexes
37 Ratify
38 Doctor of
Divinity (ab.)
39 Mineral spring
42 Symbol for
selenium
43 Low haunt
45 French river
47 Goddess of
infatuation
48 Satiric
50 Part of foot
52 Compound
ether
53 Flies aloft
VERTICAL
1 Seasoned
2 Diplomatic
p agreement
3 Japanese
outcast
4 Diminutive of
Vivian
5 Worm
• Art (Latin)
7 Football
position (ab.)
• Ship's record
• Simple
substance
10 Essence
12 Scottish cap
13 Altitude (ab.)
16 T>pe of
butterfly
22 Nymph of
the sea
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25 Masterful
30 Scaling
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32 Scottish youth
34 Subdue
35 Reposes
39 Dry, as wine
40 Jumbled type
41 Blackbird of
cuckoo family
44 Negative word
45 Courtesy title
46 Abstract being
47 Indonesian of
Mindanao
49 Compass point
51 Thus
GUIDED MIS5LE
★ AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ★
C HARLES WILLIAM JACKSON. Anaheim. California, says he once
worked for a Road Improvement company owned by two brothers
in a small central Illinois town. It was a prospering company and the
two brothers were quite wealthy. The youngest brother’s name was
Hal and the older was George
Hal was a nervous type. Always on the go, never seemed to relax.
Everything was- business with Hal, and it all had to
be just so or he would be running around like a
chicken with his head cut off.
George, the older one. was different. He never
got excited, was never in a hurry. He would walk
around in an old pair of overalls with a chew of
tobacco in his mouth, not seeming to care whether
or not the sun set.
About twice a year Hai would get in such a frenzy
he would take a two week trip to the Mayo Brothers
Clinic in Minnesota fo^ a rest. It puzzled Charles
Jackson why Hal would have to go for a rest while
Geofge always seemed to be the saipe year after year.
One day, as Hal was preparing to leave for the Clinic, Charles said
to George, “George why is it that Hal takes these trips to the Clinic
all the time? I never see you going up there.” Said George, *T’ll tell
•you. Hal has always been a worrier. Even at night he takes his troubles
- right to bed with him and fights with them all night long. But 1 try
a different way. At night before I go to bed I walk through the kitchen
and leave my troubles right on the kitchen table, then in the morning
when I get up I come out and pick them up again with a fresh and
clear mind.”
And that is why a man .five years older than his brother looks and
acts five years younger.
Q—How long has Washington, D. C., been the Capital ef the U. 8.7
A—Since 1800. The First Congress met in New York, and from 1791 to
1799, Congress met in Philadelphia. The second session of the Sixth
Congress and all succeeding mat in Washington. From time to time,
there have been proposals to move the Capital to cities further
West, such as Denver, but no concentrated effort to do this has
materialized.
Q—What are foreign tax credits?
A—To avoid double taxation, federal law] permits U. S. corporations
operating overseas to subtract certain business taxes paid to for
eign governments from their American corporation-income tax bills.
The effect usually is to limit the total tax—foreign plus domestic—
to the sum which would be paid if the overseas firm were operating
at home. As the foreign tax rises, the U. S. tax declines. Other tax
concessions also benefit overseas investments, and President Eisen
hower Jan. 21 proposed that Congress liberalize the laws further
Q—Does recommittal kill a bill?
A—Recommittal — a floor vote to send a bill back to committee — is
a device for killing a bill’s chances for passage, except when the
committee is instructed specifically to report it back to the floor
(for example, with changes approved in debate). The bill remain*
alive in a technical sense in the absence of such instructions, but
in practice it usually is then dead.
(Capjrrifbt 1954. Caaftrsulanal Quarterly)
Check the correct word.'
1. Rain (is) (is not) a determining factor in’ the
war in Indo-China.
2. The canonization of Pope Pitts X' (did)
(did not) attract the greatest assemblage of
worshipers to Rome fat modern history.
3. It is best to acquire your summer’s tan
(by degrees) (as soon as possible).
4. Despite summer’s heat, the average person
, (does) (does not) require one hot meal a day.
5. This (is) (is not) the last July 4th when fire
works can be shipped freely in interstate
commerce.
6. Yellow light (will) (will not). repeMmgs at
night.
7. You (should) (should not) wait a consider
able time after eating before swimming.
8. Unwise speed (is) (is not) the major factor
in fatal accidents.
9. Trains (may) (may not) departbeforeisclied•
uled time.
10. The Great Lakes (do) (do not)4iave«a>Ude.
Check your answers, scoring yourself 10 points foe
each correct choice. A score of 0*20 is poor; 30-60, aver
age; 70-80, superior, and 90-100, very superior.
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