The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, September 16, 1954, Image 2
PAGE TWO
THE NEWBERRY SUN
THEURSDAY, SEPT. 16, 1964
1218 Coilegre Street
NEWBERRY. S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner
Entered s 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
W ^ " By SPECTATOR
Schools And States’ Rights
Sumter, as usual, takes a stand and tellb the world where
Sumter stands. Let me quote The Sumter Item, a wide
awake and vigorous exponent of the well known Sumter
spirit.
“Political pressure through a letter writing campaign was
chosen as one of the best methods of warding off the end
of segregation in public schools at a joint meeting of the
Sumter County Farm Bureau and the States’ Rights League
of Sumter in Edmunds High auditorium last evening.
“Edward V. Atkinson, attorney and chairman of the
league, outlined the plan, under which each person would
write 10 letters, to various officials including members of the
Supreme Court. All letters would be taken to Jimmy Dinkins
at Carolina Hardware and mailed at the same time.
Hugh Agnew, president of the South Carolina Farm Bu
reau Federation, was principal speaker. He told the group
that the General Assembly has power to levy taxes and spend
the money in the way it deems best.
‘The General Assembly could make money available only
to segregated schools, and the people would back them up,’
said he, and continued: ‘This would be the best way to stop
the pending implementation of that infamous decree (de
cision of the the U. S. Supreme Court outlawing segregation
in public schools). t
“Mr. Agnew told the group that he headed a committee
from the S. C. Farm Bureau Federation which met With
Gov. Byrnes’ Special Committee on Segregation, headed by
Sen. Marion Gressette of Calhoun County, to make recom
mendations.
“He said tha't the (Gressette)'committee ‘seemed to be at
sea, and scared of the decision.’
“ ‘Members seem to be looking with favor at placing the
handling of the problems in the hands of local officials, such
as Boards of Trustees of School districts,’ he continued. ‘Lo
cal officials could not resist the pressure which would be
placed on them,’ he added.
“Decisions of the Supreme Court should be respected, he
said, ‘But why should this decision be inviolate, in view of
past decisions (calling for separate but equal facilities) ?’
“Mr. Agnew told the group that the ‘greatest law is pub
lic opinion’ and that many laws in South Carolina, such as
‘blue laws’ are ‘disregarded because the public wants to dis
regard them.’
“He said Negroes had received false impressions, and
were being led in the' wrong direction. ‘By following the
ways of the whites they have gotten most of their goodness,
and most of their devilment,’ he added.
“He refened to an editorial by Davis Lee, Negro editor
from Newark, N. J. which said the decision won’t work, and
stated ‘Most thinking Negroes of the South should agree
with him, and should prefer segregation.’
“Mr. Agnew was introduced by Sam Touchberry, who told
the audience that he had made many contacts in reference
to the matter, and ‘that the people seem to be groping.’
“Mr. Touchberry said ‘before the decision the politicians
asserted that they had an answer, but none seems to have
one now.’
“Thomas Keels, president of the Sumter County Farm
Bureau, explained the purpose of the meeting, and told the
group that Communisrh is using ‘the fear and indecision of
the people for its advancement/
“One dissenting voice caused a brief furor. James M.
Dabbs was drowned out by boos when he attempted a speech
varying from Mr. Agnew’s opinion. He told the group they
were ‘not taking a, Christian attitude/
“Mr. Dabbs said T agree with Mr. Agnew that we are fac
ing a serious problem, but I do not agree with him on what
we should do, or what we can do about it/ A
“He said that it is ‘a matter of spiritual belief,’ and con
tinued, ‘The Supreme Court deals with individuals . . . . ’
At this point his voice was drowned by boos and jeers, and
Mr. Atkinson intervened to quiet the crowd. Mr. Dabbs said:
‘Mr. Agnew asked us to stand up and be counted. I expected
you to allow me to do so.’ He callecf for the people to ‘shake
off the past and, face the future.’ <- ,
“At this a man in the audience called for a standing vote,
which was overwhelmingly for Mr. Agnew.
“McBride Dabbs, brother of James M. Dabbs, spoke brief
ly at the close of the meeting, stating that ‘some people have
beautiful theories but they don’t work/ He said, ‘It is a mat
ter of difference and all should go to school with their own
kind/
/
“A joint resolution, read by Walter. LeNeir, was passed
by voice vote, with one distinct dissenting ‘NO’. The resolu
tion opposes the end of segregation, and requests officials to
maintain ‘status quo.’ Copies are to be sent to various of
ficials, among them Gov. Byrnes, Qov.-nominate Timmer
man, President Eisenhower and Chief Justice Warren.
M “Almost 1000 persons crowded in to the auditorium for the
meeting/*
GREAT MOMENTS IN HISTORY
Communist Anti-Religious Propaganda
“Russia’s rulers are continuing a ‘rentless new propa
ganda drive to stamp out religion from one end of the Soviet
Union to the other,’ the U. S. Information Agency said to-
day.” |
The government’s propaganda arm, in a dispatch for use
of U. S. overseas ^information posts, said the men in Krem
lin are using ‘every conceivable means’ to destroy religious
faith and to create instead, a ‘scientific communistic’ ap
proach toward life. /
The dispatch said Communist writers are turning out
‘stacks’ of anti-religious pamphlets.
‘New atheistic books are filled with scorn against church
marriages and Christian, Jewish and Moslem rites,’ it said.
It quoted the radio station in Odessa, Russia, as reporting
earlier this month that 3,490 lectures on ‘scientific and anti-
religious themes', were delivered in that region in the first
half of 1954.
‘School children in the U.S.S.R. are also a target in the
Kremlin’s anti-religious drive,’ the dispatch said. ‘The Com
munist press is voicing strong criticism against the at
tendance of school children at church and is calling for Com
munist youth organizations to wage a struggle against ‘re
ligious prejudices and superstitions.’
The dispatch said that Communist organs throughout the
Soviet Union are echong a July 24 editorial in the Soviet
newspaper Pravda which sounded the call for an intensified
anti-religious campaign.” \ t
% ■
We have been brought up on the Bible; the Book is full
of God’s call to His people to stancrclear of unbelievers. If we
believe that He is all-powerful, as we say, why should we
compromise by having dealings with Russia? Do we think
that Russia is more powerful than the Great Jehovah? Have
we a greater fear of Russia than faith in God?
Strangely enough we repudiate the Communism of China,
but maintain relations with Russia,* the fountain head of
Communism and its world-wide propaganda.
Titanium—‘Wonder Metal’ ,
Have you heard of titanium?
“More than any of the so-called ‘wonder metals/ titanium
promises to become a major metal of the future. Though in
commercial production only six years, it has already achieved
prominence. Defense planners consider it a ‘must’ for jets
and supersonic aircraft. Just last pionth the Office of De
fense Mobilization added “Ti” to the list of critical materials
to be stored in the nation’s stockpile. Civilian planemakers
use some and clamor for more while engineers eagerly await
the day when they can design it into chemical plants, oil re
fineries, marine equipment, etc.
All this enthusiasm stems from titanium’s extraordinary
combination of properties. The silvery-gray metal is the
fourth most plentiful metal in the earth’s crust, exceeded
only by aluminum, iron, magnesium. It is light, strong ^nd
corrosion resistant. It offers 500% more strength than
aluminum in return for 60% greater weight. At the same
time it weighs 40% less than stainless ste^l but is almost
as strong. Titanium retains its strength a£ temperatures
up to 800 degrees F., while both aluminum and magnesium
soften above 300 degrees F.
Titanium’s corrosion resistance equals or betters that of
stainless steel. And none of the common structural metalp
surpass its resistance to salt water. It also excels in shock
and heat resistant qualities and is a valuable alloying agent.
The element titanium was discovered* back in 1791 in the
black sands of Cornwall in Britain. But nobody was in
terested. Later it showed up in the sands of India and Aus
tralia. Big-deposits of an ore which combines iron oxide
and titanium oxide were found in Russia, the US, Africa and
Brazil. Originally the ore was mined for its iron content
only. But years of patient research aimed at separating the
two minerals led to the use of titanium oxide in pigments.
In this form titanium has been used in paints and enamels
for over 20 years, often provides the whiteness of false teeth,
linoleum, white-wall tires, plastics and papers.
Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions
CARTER’S
Day Phones 719 & 76—Night 513-R
cmww
r\ESPITE austere warnings of
some voices in Congress, in
the State Department and outside
of government, it appears that
the United States has decided to
give passive acceptance to the
theory of “co-existence” with the
Red Moscow-Peiping axis, at least
until some overt act forces a
change in our policy.
As a matter of fact this nation’s
most powerful friends and allies
are going in for this “peaceful
co-existence” with Communism
whether the USA likes it or not.
Here is the picture—Britain, our
most powerful ally, has given tacit
approval of the trip of its former
prime minister Clement Atlee and
other Socialist British leaders for
a good-will trade junket to Com
munist China. The British govern
ment is also giving encouragement
to another trip to Moscow for talks
with Malenkov i
, In Paris, as was shown up at
the Brussels conference. Premier
Mendes-France is dead set against
the European Defense Community
and the set-up of a supra-national
army, including West Germany
for the defense of Western Europe.
Whether Mr Mendes-France is
motivated by the desire to have
the French parliameht ratify EDC
or not, he could not more directly
play into the hands of Moscow,
thereby weakening EDC
The objectives of imperialistic
atheistic communism does not
change And it has long been' the
avowed purpose of Moscow to
wreck EDC and set up a Moscow-
Berlin-Paris axis for the spread
of Red Russian control to all Eu
rope. Since the Communist victory
at Geneva. Moscow has been play
ing up, the ‘peaceful co-existence
line” which means the end of any
EDC for Western Europe, the neu
tralization and unification of Ger
many and the ousting of the Unit
ed States from European soil.
So the Moscow campaign to pre
vent German rearmament via EDC,
is on the surface gaining ground.
All around the free world J . In
Japan, Britain, the Netherlands.
France. Germany. Italy, Denmark,
there is a tendency to close eyes
to what is going on there is a
spirit of optimism for more trade
with Communist nations and com
munist satellites.
In the meantime Russia bides
her time continues to build
armaments, has outstripped us in
longe range bomber production
Russia won out in Korea with her
satellite Red China She won
out in Indochina and that war torn
nation is partitioned and it appears
now that even in Free Indochina,
if free elections were held today
the Vietnamese might vote to join
the communists. Russia is readying
for war. We cut bur defense needs.
Business in the non-communist
world is good and as of now new
war scares are hidden behind the
thundering clouds of Russian in
tentions so our policy now
seems to be.to go along passively
with “co-existence.”
In the meantime a committee of
our Congress. The House \ Select
Committee to investigate Commu
nist aggression, in a recent re
port declares that "co-existence”
is a communist myth and will lead
to war that such “peaceful
co-existence can be attained only
through the complete surrender
of our free way of life for one of
slavery under Moscow-controlled
communism ”
From the Ptmcannon Record,
Duncannon, Pennsylvania: Schools
today are a far cry from the little
red brick schoolhouse where one
teacher taught all grades from one
to eight, and which all too often
was the beginning and end of edu
cation for a lot of the pupils. Mod
em school buildings are being built
everywhere today, and one-room
schools are vanishing rapidly.
Teachers as a rule teach one grade
only, and do a much better job of
it. in spite of the old timers’ cry
that the kids of today don’t know
what they should when graduation
time rolls around.
Being somewhat of an “old-
timer” ourselves, we think the
/three R’s are still a most impor
tant part of a child's education.
But we also subscribe wholeheart
edly that the chUdren of today
need an entirely new type of edu
cation to fit the conditions they
will meet when the coveted diplo
ma has been acquired, and they
are on their own. Teaching a child
how to live, to become a part of
the social system of his or her
community, and his responsibility
to his fellow-men is every whit as
important as his ability to spell,
or to add figures, or to recite
names of the residents in their
* \ >
WEEKLY CROSSWORD PUZZLE
National Banner
Here’s the Answer
lira
HORIZONTAL
VERTICAL
-
1 Depicted is the 1 Hesitated
flag of —— 2 Come
9 This dominion '3 Related
is the world’s 4 Lives
largest
producer of
6 Weed
7 Solar dbflc
8 Tidy
9 Sweetheart
(Scot.)
10 Succulent
fruit
11 Leather
worker
12 Seniors
17 Thus
effects
21 Hazy
r
13
15
19
IS Awned
14 Egg-shaped
15 Vase
16 Superficial
extents
18 Also
19 Note of scale
20 New Jersey
22J)irection (ab.) 20 ™^* 1 " 8
23 Always
.25 Pitcher
27 Remove
28 Obstacles
29 Part of “be”
20 Note of
Guido’s scale
31 Preposition
32 French article
33 Combat ' \
35 Heraldic band
-38 Nest of boxes
'39 Employs
40 Chinese
measure
41CIay cases
4? Trinity term
<ab.)
48 Indian
50 Clamor
51 Goddess of
infatuation
52 Duration of
office
54 Evergreen
shrub
56 Him
57 Speaks
haltingly
i
g
£
24 Click beetle
26 Moistens
33 Weaken
34 It belongs to
the
Nations
36 Missive
37 Compound
ethers
42 Any
43 Sticky
substances
44 Golden
45Bewfldeced
46 Paper measu
49 Work unit
51 FTuit drink
S3 Pronoun
55 New Mexico
(ab.)
W
21
17
10 1
n
4
1
ZJ
W
He’d Better Learn to Read
—
—
“ ~ :, 7 7.:
chronological order.
In our school days.' we had no
chance to work in an up-to-date
shop, or to learn to type and take
shorthand. Nowadays a graduate
can tear down and reassemble a
tractor, do sixty words a minute
on a typewriter, and take short
hand faster than most of us can
dictate it. They are, in plain words,
a lot better equipped to provide
for themselves than we were, and
most of them are doing it.
“Still sits the schoolhouse by the
road” may bring back nostalgic
memories to a lot of us. but the
kids of today are getting a far
better break in their school years.
We honestly wouldn’t want it other
wise.
* + • '
From the Jefferson v Republican,
Benson, West Virginia: A survey
of 1,000 successful men—not just
money-makers but ones who have
made the world better by their
work—showed that 300 started life
as farmers’ sons; 200 sold or car
ried newspapers; 200 started as
messenger boys; 100 as printers’
apprentices; 100 started working
in factories; 50 began at the bot
tom in railroad work. Only 50 out
of the 1,000 had well-to-do parents
to givq them a start. ~
ftMTHflR OF
EORGE C. GERSTNER, 1907 Chesterfield Drive.
^-7 sag, says that ha once worried so much that he worried
right out of a job.
• He was manager of a shoe department in Garden City.
the business wds good, exceptionally good. But as the months
the business-kept falling off. and he did not know the cause. He
so much about the business that instead of trying
to sen the customers the shoes, he worried about
whether they were going to buy them. This kept on
to the point where he was not selling even one pair
of shoes a day.
One day his wife said she was sure she could tell
him what was wrong with his business. He an
swered. “Yes? Then do so.” She said, “You worry
about every little thing that comes, along, and peo
ple do not like a man who worries. You will have
to stop your worrying and be yourself, before people
win come into the store to buy your merchandise.
But he kept on for more than six months, and he
enough money on salary and commission for their
So he was forced to get a new job.
Several months after he got the new position, his
passed away, and he and his wife started going to church
four times a week. He found that by going to church and
Lord his troubles and worries, he found a solution. Faith in
stored his peace of mind and with peace of mind came con
happiness— and eventual business success
4
m
not
m<
Q—What function does the Library of Ooagreos play la
wS meUmmr
A—Originally the Library of Congress eras instituted as a
of books for convenience of members of Congress It 1
fished near the Capitol In 1800 with an original appi
about $5,000. Today It** appropriation runs more that !
annually and it’s most important fuhctlon is s legislati
ence service tor gathering of statistics, the writing of
the benefit of members It occupies two huge buildings and
the public as well as Congress
Q—Can an appropriation bio originate In the Senate?
A—The constitution provides that all bills tor raising revenue
originate In the House But some bills carrying appropriations
a specific purpose have originated In the Senate.
Q—What Is the most Important committee of the Congress?
A—If “important” carries the implication of most powerful, the
Rules committee may be considered the most Important,
committee can prevent • measure from ever r<
of the house for s vote, unless a majority vote of they
the committee to release e bill
Q—Can the House debate for an onllmited time on any bin?
A—No. No member can speak on the matter before the
, than one hour unless by unanimous' consent of the m«
- ‘ -L
it
■ 1 ■ ■ i
—
mmMm
MM
■
i- *
V ■