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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1954 f
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EVERY WEEK IS NEWSPAPER WEEK
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
Spectator Happy Carolinian
This is my own, my native land, as someone said. I am an
American and proud of it, cherishing our great history and
rejoicing in this wondrous land of opportunity. This is the
land of the Pilgrims’ pride; and it is the refuge of our an
cestors who came from so many less favored countries be
cause America offered opportunity. You must live in a for
eign country in order to appreciate fully this haven of
mankind.
When I am in this genial climate of South Carolina I
am happy to be a native Carolinian, but not arrogantly as
suming any airs over my friends of other States. I count
my self rich in memories of friends who came from Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, North Caro
lina, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
Kansas, Iowa, New York, Maine, Vermont. Having known so
many fine people from those States; and having visited
those States, how could T be so narrow or provincian as to
deny the greatness of all the States?
South Carolina is my subject for the moment.
“South Carolinians have been conscious of progress in
all directions in recent years.
The Story in a ‘Ten Year Progress Barometer’:
Population
11.4%
Per Capita Income
128.0%
Buying Income
143.0%
Retail Sales
200.0%
Capital Invested in
Manufacturing
118.0%
Value of Products in
Manufacturing
126.0%
No. of Wage Earners in
Manufacturing Industries 15.0'%
Amount of Wages Paid in Manu-
facturing Industries
136.0%
Value of Farm Products
118.0% \
Postal Receipts
124.0%
No.* of Telephones in Use
203.0%
Sales of Electricity
173.0%
Total Bank Resources
232.0%
Capital in Banks
151.0%
Deposits in Banks
239.0 %
From the Webster Times, Web
ster, Massachussetts: Statistics, if
we could put our hands on them,
undoubtedly would show that fewer
young people ot high school age
worked during the summer than
was the case a few years ago.
This is not to say that young peo
ple today are not as ambitious or
lack maturity. It simply indicates
that the employment picture has
changed considerably. Summer em
ployment has become more difficult
for a high school student to come
by beCause grown men are glad to
do the type of work boys are best
suited for.
Young people want to work, but
the employment demand is non
existent. The unfortunate aspect of
the situation is that high schoolers
and college students must rely on
parental assistance for their formal
education. The summer job pro
vided an excellent financial basis
for many young boys and girls.
• • •
From the Hamlin Herald, Ham
lin, Texas: It is said that anyone
can be an editor. All an editor
has to do is sit at his desk eix
days a week, four weeks in a month
and 12 months in a year and criti
cize such stuff as this:
Druggist J. S. Johnson let a can
opener slip last Week and cut him
self in the pantry
Our local insurance man climbed
on the roof of his house last week
From the News-Review,
bead, New York: Carol . . . proved
herself no lady. To tell the truth,
none of these hurricanes bearing
feminine nances have proved them
selves ladies. They are ferocious
and bent on wanton destruction.
They are killers at heart. We do
not know who hit upon the happy
scheme of naming hurricanes after
members of the gentler sex. Per
haps be was a woman hater or,
perhaps, he thought this was a
nice way to honor the eex. Look
ing at it from a purely male stand
point we resent this manner of
classifying our hurricanes. There
is nothing feminine shoot them.
They are masculine with character
istics typical of the lowest form
of masculinity. <
Why not give our future hurri
canes names that are more appro
priate? Why not select for them
such names as Baby Face Mulli
gan. Killer Dineen, Mugger Eepita.
Dead-shot MitcheU. Why continue
to insult the gentle, lovable, ever
welcome young things we mien have
learned to admire and respect?
CARNEGIE
and he
fnd he
looking for a leak and fell, strik
ing himself on the back porch.
While our bank cashier was es
corting Hettie Green home from a
social Saturday night, a savage
dog attacked them and bit Billy
on the public square,
It has been said in years past that there existed in South
Carolina a better balance between industry and agriculture
than in any other part of the country. And this continues as
increasing industry is accompanied by an awakening as to
the agricultural possibilities of the state, the diversification
of its products and the conservation of the state’s natural re
sources of water and timber.
Primarily a sound and stable government is responsible for
the state’s solvency. And there are two factors under
lying this economic stability. First, is the financial' basis
of the State Highway Department, secured by the gaso
line tax, which cannot be diverted. Second, is the 3 per
cent sales tax pledged to educational purposes. Transpor
tation and education, the services making the greatest de
mand upon public funds are provided for in South Carolina
more definitely than in dny other state, with which we are
familiar.
South Carolina is not one of the larger states in area,
but between the sea and the crest of the Blue Ridge Moun
tains it has just about everything in soil and climate the
most discriminating prospector might contemplate.
• *
And in power, transportation and communication South
Carolina has arrived. The South Carolina Research and De
velopment Board is to be congratulated upon its presenta- at least 860 in the U. S. alone. AEG estimates that Ameri-
itr AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING"
\\7 ILLIAM D. SMITH, R #2, Berlin, Maryland, at eleven years of
v v age lived with his family on a farm and helped with the work.
One day he was helping to put hay into barn when his foot
became entangled in the rope which pulled the . y up into the bhrn.
This resulted in a serious accident and he was rushed to the hospitaL
When he regained consciousness he looked down and saw that one o£
his legs was missing. It seemed impossible that this
had happened to him. He must be dreaming. He
pinched himself so that he would wake up and ev
erything would be all right But he did not wake up
from that dream.
In the days that followed he looked forward most
to his mother’s daily visits,, recognizing her foot
steps as she came down the hall.
Then fear started to creep upon him as he real
ized that he would probably never be able to play
ball again—he loved all sports—that he miglit never
run, swim and dance again.
But as the days went by he realized what had happened was final
and that worrying about it could not help. So he made up his mind to
face it and to do the best he could.
After being taken home he was fitted with an artificial leg
tried to improve his walking. He found he could still swim,
learned to run and to dance. • »
Now. during the summer he plays first base oh the softball ♦•q™
not as well as some of the others, but still running and pleyfng,
W HILE nobody yet knows just
what the new Federal tax law
passed by the 83rd Congress will
actually do, generally speaking
corporations come in for the lions
share of the reductions, or about
73c out of every dollar of cuts.
Individuals with incomes over
$5,000 will get about 18c out of
that dollar reduction with those un
der $5,000 getting about 9c.
The administration in rewriting
the tax law to provide for some
tax relief has been caught on the
horns of a dilemma . . . either cut
taxes, and take a chance, or con
tinue the higher tax rate and meet
the military problem. It decided
to take a chance. And it looks
like now that in so doing the budget
deficit next year will further be
out of balance than it is today.
The deficit at the end of the fiscal
year was something under $3 bil
lion. Under the new tax law, most
certainly revenues will be con
siderably lower next year. On top
of this there is every indication
that defense expenditures must be
considerably stepped up and as a
matter of fact there may be some
difficulty in remaining under the
debt limit, now upped $6 billions
to $281 billion.
The only saving factor is that
the government has approximately
$61.4 billions of dollars on hand in
appropriated money, not yet spent,
from which it can draw for de
fense spending. Some of these
unexpended balances date back as
far as fiscal 1949.
Here are the figures: Congress
in fiscal 1949 appropriated $40.8
billion and the government spent
$39.5 billion; in 1950 congress ap-
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i n c t o n
Q—Can yon give the revenues obtained from sale of electricity in the
public power projects of the Bureau of Reclamation?
A—Revenue from 14 hydroelectric power installations in the western
states in fiscal year 1954 totalled $50,812,260 as compared to
$44,963,079 in fiscal year 1953. These projects are self-liquidating,
eventually cost the taxpayers nothing and revenue is applied to
retire construction costs of the plants and facilities and such
irrigation costs beyond ability of water users to pay.
Q—Does the constitution provide qualifications for membership in
the Supreme court? \ ; '
A—No. There‘is no qualification either as to age, citizenship, legal
ability, background or political beliefs.
Q—When was the National Bureau of Standards established? .
A—March 3, 1901, by Act of Congress. Prior to that time a Bureau
in the Treasury Department known as the Office of Weights and
Measures functioned as a regulatory agency.
Q—When did the United States first begin its exploration of the Arctic
Ocean?
A—In 1850 a civilian expedition commanded by U. S. Naval officers
made the first exploration. Since 1610 many nations have been
seeking the “northwest passage” from the Atlantic to the Pacific
through Polar waters. Only recently this passage was found by
two U. S. icebreakers through the McClure strait which will per
mit passage of naVal vessels during summer months.
LITTLE WHITE LIE
By James D. Sipprell
M
tion of the state's story of progress and resources.
The quotation is from Duke Power Magazine.
Radioisotopes In Industry
‘Now that President Eisenhower has signed the amend
ed Atomic Energy Act to encourage private industry’s par
ticipation in development of the non-military potential of
atomic reactors, it may be instructive to observe what has
happened in only eight years to one of the first industrial
uses of radiation. Consider the radioisotope, and how it grew.
A radioistope is a minute radioactive element that gives
out easily measured signals. Atomic‘Energy Commissioner
Joseph Campbell once said of them that ‘we have put a
scientific bell oh the atom sheep which enables usrto fol
low the flock.’ Eight years ago there was no radioistope
industry. By the end of 1952 there were 75 instrument
companies, with more than 2,500 employees, at work in this
field, doing a gross business of about $20' million a year.
The AEC how estimates that the industry, continuing its
spectacular growth, will gross upwards of $35 million by
1956.
The other side of the picture is that, where there were
no industrial users of radioistopes in 1946, there are now
can industry; now saves something like $100 million a year
by using these radioactive ‘tage,’ and that within 10 years
the savings will equal $1 billion annually.
« • I . '
One of their more significant uses is in the inspection of
metal, as in searching for flaws in aircraft < surfaces. The
.
alternative for industry would be to use expensive X-ray
machines. With the radioistope, cob£lt-60, a capsule weigh
ing less than an ounce, and no bigger than the eraser on the
end of a pencil, is placed on one side of material to be in
spected and a photographic film on the other. After exposure
to the radiation, the developed film will accurately disclose
any defects. Using cobalt-60, this costs about $50; with al
ternative methods, about $25,000.
Since the radioisotope is a mere drop in the atomic bucket
compared to the enormous industrial potentialities of nuclear
reactors, the foregoing suggests what is likely to happen on
the vast frontiers now being opened up.”
Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions
CARTER’S
Day Phones 7l9 & 76—Night 513-R
W HAT a mess it made!” Miss
Octavia Brown moaned at
Miss Claudette White, the proprie
tress of the Busy Bee cafe.
“That's too bad, Octavia,” Miss
White answered, gazing toward the
pretty face of Oetavia.
Suddenly she sighed. She wished
that she had Octavia’s pretty face
and youthful figure. Now she was
an old lady—well fixed as every
one put it—but still single like this
impetuous girl.
Octavia picked up her bill from
the booth she had been sitting in,
the one directly across the aisle
from the cash register where old
Miss White stood. Her voice sharp
ened as she hastily glanced side
ways into the booth behind her.
**1 had one side of the house
about half painted,” Octavia said
ruthlessly, glaring at Miss White
for no reason at all, “when all that
grey dust started to blow from that
paving outfit!”
She glanced again at the booth.
‘The place I painted looks more
gray than white—thanks to that
mixer operator!”
Miss White glanced anxiously to
ward the booth the girl had been
watching. Her worst fears rose
inside her.
The handsome young man, the
one with the grey shirt and tan
trousers was gett&ig up from the
booth after finishing his breakfast.
Miss White smiled at him, tak
ing his check and some coins.
“Was the bacon done well
enough?” Miss White asked anxi
ously. “Was the toast all right?”
The young man glanced at Oc
tavia who stood quietly to the side
pulling her gloves on before leav
ing'Miss White’s cafe.
He grinned at Miss White, say
ing: "Everything’s all right, mam,
so' long’s I keep that mixer dust
away from these girls painting
houses and washing clothes when
they shouldn’t be.”
Octavia smiled frostily. She
to the young man. **I sup
pose you want me to apologize for
tt»e cement dust that—”
The young man said hastily,
flushing in his cheeks,
“No—Miss Brown, I’m really
sorry about that.” He stood in
the early morning sun streaming
through the open screen door,
standing first on one foot thgn the
other. He glanced at the clock on
the wall several times.
“Oh—I guess it wasn’t too bad,**
Octavia said less remorsefully,
smiling slightly at the young man
as both of them walked toward the
door, “I can paint over It I guess.”
The young man smiled at her.
“I suppose it happened Monday,”
he said sorrowfully, “I guess to
the women that’s wash day.”
Octavia glaficed at the mixer
operator. **Yes, it was. Only in-'
stead of the wash getting full of
cement dust it was the paint.”
She still sounded angry Miss White
decided.
Miss White sighed sorrowfully.
Why couldn’t Octavia act like any
other girl in the town? Here she
had a chance to forget about the
paint on the house getting dirty
and yet she was carrying on the
conversation with the handsome
young man as though he weren’t
the nicest young man ever to lilt
Big Creek—made a lot of money,
too, running that paving machine
and he could handle it.
Miss White watched them, walk
closer to the door.
“Yes,” Octavia was chatting
away, smiling up at him, as they
walked outside, “I had the whole
side all painted Monday afternoon.”
“It was windy that day,” the
young man agreed, “oh well, I said
I was sorry.”
Miss White waited until they
were out of sight. Then she started
to laugh quietly, steadily. It was
funny about two people falling in
love. They would do anything to
meet sometimes.
Even to the point of lying.
Monday the ■ concrete paving
company hadn’t been able to pave.
And—she sighed. Octavia’s house
was gray all right.
It had rained softly all day long!
Opportunity Is Knocking—Again
propria ted $50.2 billion and gov
ernment spent $39.6 billion; in 1951
$84.1 was appropriated and $44.1
spent; in 1952 $92.9 billions ap
propriated, $65.4 spent; in 1953;
$80:2 billions appropriated, $74 bil
lions spent; in 1954 $61.3 billions
appropriated, $67.6 spent; in fiscal
1955, $47.7 appropriated, estimated
expenditures $65.6. Total appropri
ations $457.2 billions; expenditures
$395.8 billions. Balance in unex
pended funds $61.4 billions.
In spite, or, perhaps, because of
a 13-day filibuster, two conference
committee hearings and weeks of
testimony, the congress came up
with a workable and practicable
law in opening up the titanic atom
ic energy development to private
industry. The original bill was a
monopolists dream, but was almost
completely rewritten by the comp
mittee and in conference as a re
sult of amendments from the floor
so thaf the principal defects were
corrected. The final bill has these
objectives In minded) to make
sure the national safety and se
curity is maintained; (2) to direct
development of atomic energy so
as to strengthen free competition;
(3) to prevent monopoly; (4) to
provide for compulsory cross-li
censing of patents for five years
so that patents are open to every
corporation upon payment of ade
quate royalty fee; (5) to keep title
to an atomic energy material in
the United States; <6) to prevent
any one licensee from obtaining
sufficient uranium or other nuclear
material to make an atomic weap
on, and (7) to provide public pow
er bodies may be licensed as well
as private.
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15 Container
16 Italian coins io Bewildered
18 High note of n Vendors
Guido’s scale 12 Ski races
19 Card game 17 To (prefix)
20 Take as one’s 25 Dressed
own 26 Paving
21 Every one substances
22 Plural suffix 27 Tab
23 Daybreak
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24 Denomination
27 Solid
29 Note of scale
30 Deprivation
31 Endure
33 Near -
34 Finishes
35 Turkish coin
38 Behold!
39 Hebrew deity
40 Man’s ~
nickname
42 Money prize
47 Liquid
measure (ab.)
43 Tavern
49 Customary
50 Equal (prefix)
51 Oak seed
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