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PAGE TWO, THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1954 1218 College Street | NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0 F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as seeond-dass 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 By SPECTATOR Chemical Research Pays Off Did you ever browse around in a great library ? How much knowledge is ready for us in books! Not everybody is seek ing knowledge; some look for entertainment or diversion. I like to read British detective stories, all about Scotland yard. Some men go to expositions and see new products and developments of well-known products; some ladies are in terested in styles and entrancing raiment. That, I think, is a very mild statement scarcely telling the whole truth. Now let us make a visit to the National Chemical Exposi tion in Chicago. Well, what about it? “Wrinkle-proof cotton cloth with the best characteristics of synthetics and cotton. Fibrous rubber, looking like com pressed hay, that makes superior femine girdles as well as a raft of other products. Plastics bombarded with atom par ticles to make them heat resistant. A new fibre board which may undercut plywood by 50% in price. These are a few r of the new chemical wonders being readied by the $20 billion-a-year chemical industry to pep up sales. At the National Chemical Exposition, sponsored by the American Chemical Society, many of the new items were dis played. As a result of this research, hundreds of new products wdll be made available to the housewife, the home owner and the average consumer of both sexes. Many of these products are better adaptations of things already on the market. Others are products so new r that even researchers don’t know the uses which may be found. Some developments for w r hich uses are now being found include: A new f family of chemicals usable in a wide range of products from w r ater-proof flpor w T axes, which still w 7 ash away easily with soap and water, to paint dryers that may' cost 5% to 50% less than some now on the market. A new synthetic fibre made from chicken feathers, promising better paint brushes and upholstery. A new r fibre-proofing material making cotton cloth permanently flame-resistant. A new science of powdered nylon, opening the door for-com bining nylon wdth powdered metals—thus making new sub stances available for production of industrial gears, bearings and machine parts. The impetus for new product development has been in tensified by a recent slowdown in the chemical industry’s growth trend. For the first time since before the war, chemi cal firms must hunt for business, though a sales pickup noted in recent months by many firms is wiping out their fears that total 1954 sales might fall below 1953. In 1953, sales of chemical and chemical products hit a peak of about $19.9 billion, then started sliding early this year. Now, based #n sales of $13.3 billion in the first eight months, the Manufacturing Chemists’ Association estimates this year’s total sales will hit an eyelash under $20 million. This situation is partly due to the fact that new firms are constantly entering this field. Firms predominantly in the petroleum, rubber, paper, textile and other industries are broadening their chemical operations in moves toward di versification. $o the available business is being divided among more companies. Individual sales totals of many chemical firms are down, though overall industry volume now is holding close to last year’s pace. Added competition from foreign fields is being felt, too. Tt’s tough trying to meet the price competition of foreign chemical companies,’ admits an official, but he adds: 'We can lick them with new products aimed at the consumer market.’ Research is the key to those new products, industry lead ers agree. Today, 20 % of all research personnel employed in private industry are employed in the chemical industry. More money is going into research per dollar of sales in the chemi cal field than in any industry. The American Chemical Society estimates that the aver age chemical company is spending 3 times to 5 times more of its sales dollar for research than is the average* industrial concern. This year an estimated $300 million is going into such chemical research, according to the Manufacturing Chemists’ Association. The fruits of this spending will be an estimated 10,000 new chemicals added to the myriad of others in the plastics, agricultural, cosmetics, paint, soap, rubber, paper and other fields. ‘ One product viewed with a lot of optimism here is Filastic, the fibrous rubber which may have an impact on the market like that of earlier-discovered foam and sponge rub ber. A chunk of this rubber^on display at the exposition look ed like an unruly piece of shredded wheat. The rubber was in the form of a fibrous web with each strand adhering to its neighbor. While this product has elasticity, resilience and porosity, it also has greater strength than foam or sponge rubber. Some other possible uses for Filastic include: Inner soles in THE LONG-SUFFERING KITCHEN COMMITTEE Our Friend “AL” We have a good friend in this community and his name is “AL.” “AL” is a proven friend of veterans, too. His first con cern is care for the disabled vets and their dependents. He’s a champion of veterans legislation and fought for and se cured that great system of veterans hospitalization called the V.A. (Veterans Administration). “AL” is responsible for the G. I. Bill and the blessings it brought to veterans who needed housing, education and on the job training when they got out of service. It made our vets the best educated in the world, the best housed and the best bets financially—and the biggest taxpayers of any single group. “AL” helps build the community and has been making hometowns better places to live since 1919. He’s interested in child welfare and believes in a square deal for every \ child, having spent more than_100 million dollars to that effect over the years. “AL” believes in America—first, last and always. He does something about it in a positive way—like* sending thousands of boys to BOYS STATE every year and holding a BOYS NATION in the nation’s capitol. Through Junior Baseball, oratorical contests, flag education, school medal awards and Boy Scout Troops, he gives hundred of thou sands of our youth a chance to know what makes our com munity great. “AL” hates communists. He has been fighting Reds long before it was “the thing to do.” He is against all types of un-Americanism. His efforts in this regard have made it very tough for these types to carry on their conspiracies. “AL” is for a strong National security. He believes in ‘talking softly and carrying a big stick’ in*the form of armed forces strong enough to protect us. “AL” is our American Legion. shoes; rug cushions; a backing and edging material to give strength to foam rubber cushions; rain wear; vibration absorption equipment; and industrial belting. The long years of research necessary to develop some products is illustrated in the new chemical family of nitro- paraffins which next year will be produced for the first time in a commercial plant. A new process for making synthetic boards fram wood shavings and wood wastes has been developed. A plant utiliz ing this process has commenced operations in England and two are being constructed in Italy. Negotiations now are underway for construction of several installations in this country. • This board can be manufactured at half the cost of ply wood, yet it has approximately the same qualities as ply wood. In the process, wood shavings or waste are fed into one end of a machine 137 feet long. Boards come out the other end in widths up to four feet, thicknesses ranging from three-six-teenths to three-fourths of an~ inch as desired, and in a continuous length which may be cut to any specifica tion*. One company in the East now is reportedly negotiating to produce the product directly from logs which would be ground up, bark and all, then fed through the machine. With this machine, board also can be manufactured from any agricultural residue which is fibrous and which can be collected economically. Sample of Azoton, a new chemically treated cotton, were exhibited by the Institute of»Textile Technology, Charlottes ville, Va. Results of experiments and tests show that this cotton, whether in fibre, yarn or fabric form, has unique properties which may open new markets for cotton. Com pared to ordinary cotton, Azoton offers permanent resistance to rotting as a result of mildew and bacteria attack; im proved resistance to wet and dry heat degradation; improved resistance to acids and acid salts; improved/receptivity to many dyes; and improved yarn and fabric strength, says the institute.” Bakeries Are Fascinating T Do you enjoy a visit to a bakery? I mean thb bake-shop. There is something fascinating about bread and rolls and cakes on display. Perhaps we can understand bread and cake more readily than the products of chemistry. * Years ago I spent quite a while in New York* City, being billeted in Gould Hall of New York University, up in the Bronx. For exercise I walked twenty or thirty blocks a day, always glad to leave the subway for the sunshine and air. Q—What is the population of the average Congressional district? A—In 1950, the last congressional reapportionment, the average popu lation was 346,400 giving the House a membership of 435. Under this apportionment, four states, Delaware, Nevada, Vermont and Wyoming have only one congressman, although they have two Senators, as do every other state. The constitutional requirement is at least one Congressman to a state. Q—Must a Congressman reside within the district he represents? A—Legally No. The constitution requires only that he be a resident of the state. But it is considered politically expedient for him to reside in his district. Q—Has a Congress ever refused to seat a member who did not reside within his district. A—No. the last time such a question arose was in the 70th Congress when a Congressman was elected from the Pennsylvania first dis trict which is within the city of Philadelphia. The Congressman claimed however that his residence was in Pennsylvania and he was seated. Q—Has a President ever served in the Senate after leaving the White House? A—Yes. Andrew Johnson who served as President from 1865 to 1869 was elected to the Senate March 5. 1875, and died on July 31, 1875. In the 1954 election, Alben Barkley who served many years in the Senate and was Vice-president during the Truman administration, is running for the Senate. Q—How many newspapermen, radio and Magazine correspondents cover the Congress? A—At the first session of the 83rd Congress there were approximately 1,200 correspondents accredited to the House and Senate Press Letter To The Editor PEACE AND GOOD WILL Editor The Sun: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. Luke 2:14. At this time of year most peo ple around the world, and especial ly the Christian world began to think in terms of Christmas, the coming of Christ into the world to bring peace and good will to all men. As I reflect back through the years and see in my mind’s eye the behavior of the Christian peo ple, there has been and still is a question m my mind as to whether or not we know just what the words “peace and good will to all men” really mean. I believe that Christ came into the world to bring “peace and good will” to all men, not just to the White man, Bl^ck man, or any other man, but to all men. Every year before Christmas throughout the United States a big parade is sponsored by some of the outstanding citizens of our land for the purpose of bringing the spirit of Christmas to all the citi zens. In the city of Newberry the peo ple throughout the county and adjacent counties look forward to the big parade in Newberry. The time arrives and here comes the parade. We see the various floats with all their colorful dec orations and beauty, and as we look we see also coming down main street the high stepping bands led by.well dressed majoret tes blasting out music that is soothing to the ears of those that hear them. At last there comes Santa Claus all dressed in red with long white beard, the children as well as the older folks jump for joy as they see Santa Claus pass by smiling and throwing kisses to them as the parade marches down the street. Finally the parade is over, but deep down inside of me, I am not too happy over what I saw. In this parade of “peace on earth and good will toward men” I saw no floats that were sponsored by my people neither did I see our high school band, which is to my mind second to none. Could you truthfully say dear reader that such parade reflected the true Christmas Spirit? The time has come and now is that we as Christians must take a stand for right and righteousness. If we are Christians in our various churches we should be Christians in our community life as well. We believe that there are many good Christians in Newberry both White and Black, and we have reasons to believe that they too feel that Christ came to all men. We are looking forward to the day when all citizens regardless to race, or creed will be privileged to take part in our Christmas pa rade. Yes, Christ came to bring “peace and good will to all men.” We cannot see peace nor feel the spirit of good will when some are given all the privileges while others have none. Let us not fool ourselves, if we would see God we must see him through each other. Rev. E. E. Gg.ulden, 533 Brantley St. Newberry, S. C. BOOKMOBILE SCHEDULE The Bookmobile schedule for Newberry County is as follows: Thursday, November 4th Silverstreet Community (Shep pards Store) Silverstreet School. Chappells Community (Werts Store) Chappells School Smyrna Cqmmunity (Mrs. Frank Senn) Friday, November 5th Prosperity School Mollohon School Mollohon Community (Commun ity Bldg.) Subscribe to The Newberry Sun I thought it would be a treat to buy a different kind of bread every day. I didn’t do because I had breakfast on the camp us, lunch in a sort.of cafeteria near Wall Street and dinner somewhere near the Grand Central Station. I still think one could have a different kind or style of bread in New York every day for several months. New York is a big place, as you know. I spent many weeks in Paris, but I did not specialize in French dishes. Most of us Americans ate American food, except now and then. In London, however, we ate kidney pie and grand old mutton and dreamed dreams of the glamorous Dr. Johnson and his literary cronies. One of the finest steak dinners I’ve ever eaten—outside The South Carolina National Bank—was at The Hague, the Capital of Holland. It grew out of a lot of vigorous language, commonly known as cussing, which I recognized as English, or American, as least. ^ I was waiting in the railway station at Rotterdam for a ticket to The Hague. A voice was heard in a manner sug gesting fire and brimstone, as well as the sulphurous Maze associated with the Lower regions. Perhaps that was safe because the victim of all this language didn’t understand a word of it. I caught the eye of the man of evil speech and said: “Well, I understand you; it sounds like home,” Where upon the Dutch-born New Yorker turned to us and expressed great interest in meeting Americans in Holland. As the train rolled along our Dutch friend came to us with a burly sea captain and they took us to lunch and car ried us all over the city. We had a steak dinner and it lives in my memory. That dinner always makes me think of a week in Chicago, with that splendid gentleman and devoted soldier of the cross, Dr. Robert S. Truesdale: We spent a week in Chicago and had steak every day. That was during the days of the placid life, when a steak could be had without putting a mortgage on the home and farm. 'T'HERE is renewed talk in Wash- ington over creation of a De partment of Transportation at cab inet levdl. And paradoxically this talk, which may have reached the planning stage, is being brought about by pressure from the coun try’s railroads. Railroads have al ways fought regulation. But they are crying for help now. Few major railroads in the country, ex cepting the Rio Grand Railroad which is not a large system as compared to some others, are op erating in the black. Most all are losing money. Greatest money loser for the railroads is the passenger service, plus the dining car service. And even in the freight service, de spite the cheerful prognostications of some leaders, jp and out of gov ernment, that business is on the upgrade, railroads are barely breaking even. They are bringing renewed pressure against their competition—the airplane and bus and truck carriers—against gov ernment subsidies for the air planes and use of tax-supported highways by trucks ^nd buses. They are calling for an end to government subsidies which they say are aiding these competitors. The railroads in their pressure tactics seem to forget that for half a century they were heavily sub sidized by the government, both in grants for thousands of acres of public lands and in heavy mail subsidies.. As a matter of fact however, some railroads have agreed to carry the mail for Uncle Sam at rates even under figures set by the Post Office Department. But there is no question but that the rajlroads are in a desperate strait, and are continually faced with lower revenues. The talk about a Federal Trans portation Department is nothing new. Ii has been discussed . in Washington for years. As a mat ter of fact, former President Har ry Truman, while a Senator from Missouri, advocated such a de partment and introduced a bill in the Senate to set up a Department of Transportation to cover all forms of transportation . . . rail, highway, air and water. The talk here now, however seems to envision either a sepa rate cabinet level office or a huge governmental agency on a par with the now defunct Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation. It would not only control and subsidize or provide capital for the public transportation systems, but would engulf the present Bureau of Pub lic Roads and take over the plan advocated by President Eisenhow er for a 50 billion dollar highway construction program, for a coast- to-coast and border-to-border sys tem of interstate highways. While there has been widespread consideration of this highway pro gram, the one stumbling block which has prevented it from even getting off the ground, is the ques tion of how to finance such a sys tem. It will be one of the most important and highly controversial questions to come before this next 84th Congress. While the Eisen hower Administratioiv. has at least talked about a hands-off policy of meddling in state affairs, which would immediately' rule out fed eral participation Tfo secondary and farm-to-market roads, the thinking is that Uxe nation’s se curity would justify Federal par ticipation, and that the present condition of highways is nullifying productive efficiency by causing inefficient distribution. At any rate, watch for the set up of a new Department of Trans portation in this n«»xt Congress. Whether it will * pass an in ter-state Federr ay system is questionable y the Fed eral govemmen. finance it. ■je AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ \/f ARGARET E. LAMBERT. 821 Bronx River Road. Bronxville. iVi New York, says that there came a time when her family was broke, really broke, with exactly eighty-seven cents in the family exchequer. After the war her husband. Johnny, had started his own business; it folded in a short time, “from riches to rags in ten easy lessons.” ^Unable to find work in his particular field, no money, no source of income, ‘two small children to care for. They had lots of worries. A conference was called and it was decided" that Margaret would go back to work. That idea she en joyed. Being a nurse, she was able to work at night which left her free in the day time to care for the house and children. Her husband helped all he could and they were both pretty busy every minute with formulas, cooking and the innumerable daily, chores. Busy but not unhappy. They had no time t6 worry about the butcher’s bill or the payment on the mortgage which was long past due. It was an experience she says she would not have wanted to miss, for she learned from it that if we keep busy doing something con structive about solving our problems, do the very best we can, living for today and letting tomorrow take care of itself, there is no time left fbr useless fretting and worrying. So one fine day they woke up to the discovery that their troubles were behind them. What did it? Steady application! From the Webster Times, Web ster, Massachusetts: It is factual reporting to say that churches and newspapers rise and fall to gether. In every land bent under a tyrant’s yoke, two things stand: (1) a controlled press and (2) an intimidated church. You may put it down as a tru ism that there cannot long be a our own family struggling to read upside-down story in a two-weeks old paper while wiping the meat platter, or scrabbling under lay ers to find the price in an ad for merchandise that must have been sold long ago. And we have per- ’ sonally, in years gone by, done considerable of this type of read ing on our elbows. free church in a nation which has • • • a slave press. By the same token, a free press will not endure along side an imprisoned church. The two are thus dependent on each other and complimentary to each other. The press maintains freedom of the mind and the church, preserves freedom of the spirit. Both are necessary. Take one away and the other ia sorely distressed. • • • From the CatskUl Mountain Star, Sangerties, New York: There nev er was a newspaper worth its salt that did not perform the duties of protection for freshly - scrubbed floors or wrapping for garbage for its readership—and the greater the paper, the more copies would be found spread over still-damp kitch en floors of a Saturday afternoon. Nor does this humble function necessarily mark the end of the paper’s intellectual life. We have frequently observed a member ef From the Bassett and Henry County Journal, Bassett, Virginia: People go around worrying about how high their taxes may rise, about the restrictions that may be put on their business, about the mistakes their representatives in Congress and the state legislature make. That fear is justified in Russia— where the people are at the mercy of a ruthless government. But thi* is America ye are talking about. In America the government be longs to the people. It exists to serve them. In a practical sense the people direct every decision W that government makes. The peo ple have the power to select the officials who represent them. The jl people have the right and the duty » guide these officials in the mak ing of laws and regulations. Fur- hermore, officials listen attentive- y to the people because they know whom govarnment it Is. Sheet Metal Contractor—Heating—Air Conditioning Licensed Gas Fitters H CAROLINA METAL WORKS, College Street Extension A. G. 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