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■ . m ’M; mm TZfWi wmm wmii PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1964 cr Bjf;. \ *' r S:< p;v ; WV'-' .J;. *• ■ «-af, ■ lifcEry v -- ■r- Jet •'•1. mM w m}- •m itn THE STORY THAT NEVER GROWS OLD 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. 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 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Hampton Guardian Celebrates The Hampton Guardian, well knowm paper of Hampton County, celebrated an anniversary—its seventy-fifth—with a large issue, full of history, as The Guardian has seen it and participated in it. Tom O’Connor the Editor covers both Allendale and Hampton Counties. He is one of South Caro lina’s forthright newspapermen, a clear, independent think er and an up and doing citizen. Spectator rejoices with Brother Tom and is proud to be a member of his staff. an-. iwmu J** i Hampton County is the home of many friends of mine. That sturdy Hampton citizen, George Warren, is like an English Squire, and I think he is the Squire of the County. And the Lightseys of Miiey, lumber barons and upstanding men whom I haven’t seen in a long time. And that inimit able banker, R. O. Bowden, who never had to close, and who has lent money on gold teeth. Since I lost my gold tooth I liave no collateral to offer, so I’ve lost a banker but I hold fast to him as a friend. Years ago I went with the fine gentleman and consecrated minister, Edwin Nungezar, from Ridgeland to Gillisonville. Gillisonville is, or was, in Hampton. I used to know many splendid people on both sides of Whale Branch. Do you know about Whale Branch? It sep arates Beaufort from the rest of the United States, though Bill Bochman bridges the chasm with Radio Station WBEU, and Calhoun Thomas accepts deposits by air mail. r* ,; ■ k'l . Lady Editor Speaks Her Mind Over in the City of Aiken the daily paper (Standard and Review) is edited by a lady, Mrs. Annie Howell King. And quite a straightforward wielder of the pen is Mrs. King. Here is something from her pen: “Some time ago a Florida electric utility announced that it planned to spend $332,000,000 during the next 10 years on new construction. Late in October it made still another an nouncement. The program has been upped to $410,000,000 for the reason that the state is growing even faster than had been anticipated. In every section of the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, comparable spending programs are planned by the tax-pay ing, publicly-regulated power companies. The amounts vary, of course, depending on regional conditions and prospects. But, in every case, companies are looking ahead and getting ready for expected power demands that lie far in the future. In other instances, private enterprise wants to go ahead on needed new power projects but has been blocked by the advocates of socialized development. Hydro-electric projects on the Niagara River in New York and the Snake River in Idaho, each of which would cost hundreds of millions are outstanding examples. The socialists have managed to put roadblocks in the way of progress, and the companies are still waiting for a decision. The point is that private enterprise can and will produce all the power we can use, now and tomorrow. It will do the job with private savings—not with tax money. It will pay heavy taxes on every power plant and transmission system— whereas socialized projects are either wholly or largely tax- free, as well as tax-subsidized. In return, it will be limited by public regulation to a reasonable profit on the investment —about six per cent in most cases. Its rates and service standards will be controlled by state public service commis sions and, in some instances, by federal agencies. “That is the private enterprise picture.” Over in Bamberg my brother Hitt gave way to Lewis F. Brabham, as editor of The Bamberg Herald. And Editor Brabham I now quote: “We confess we do not know much about the Dixon-Yates affair, but we do agree with President Eisenhower when he says he does not believe it is in the best interests of the country to saddle the federal government with a continuous and never-ending responsibility to provide public power. The Herald has always maintained that business of whatever nature belongs to the people. The profits from operation of public services should go to the citizens and not the govern ment. Governmental competition is not good for business.” John H. Cheatham. Great figures in the industrial life of the South. The readable and informative story was writ ten by Eugene H. Blake, himself a well known son of our State. I proudly boast of living in Edgefield two years, but af ter these textile giants had long since gone to other fields; I lived in the glorious period of Dr. Charles E. Burts and the splendid W. C. T. U. It is disappointing to me that, although I breathed the air of Edgefield, I did not partake of its spirit. I’m reminded of a story which does not apply to Edge- field A tourist visited the neighborhood of Patrick Henry’s home, in Virginia. Being impressionable and somewhat po etic, he said to the farmer who was his guide: “When I look at the low-hanging heavens and the azure skies and draw deep breaths of this invigorating air, blow ing down and around those rocks and cliffs, I do not wonder that Patrick Henry was born here.” The farmer looked around a bit and replied: “Mister, . these low hanging clouds and rocks and cliffs and air have been here ever since Patrick Henry, but haven’t produced another Patrick Henry.” N If Senator-elect Thurmond had not moved from Edgefield we might credit the Edgefield atmosphere with his victory; but since he had been in Aiken three years it must be due to the redoubtable Horse Creek Valley, the vast new Elec tric. station Urquhart and the Atomic Energy plant—all of Aiken. Aiken seems to produce power, all kinds of power, even political power. And long may she wave, guided by Mrs. Sarah Bush and Mrs. Annie King. m: • w Edgefield Produces Great Men Great old Edgefield! That fine old County has produced Statesmen, Generals, Judges and extraordinary industrial geniuses. Strangely enough Edgefield can boast of very &ttle industry within her borders. The County seems to have fciven men and women to the State and Nation and they have (done great things beyond the limits of Edgefield. “The State's” magazine section recently told of Edgefield’s sons as surpassing leaders of industry, mentioning William L. Durst, D. A. Tompkins, James C. Self, John P. Abney, and Coal Industry Recuperation Seen “The long-ailing bituminous coal industry is showing signs of getting well under its own steam. Bituminous output, which rose to a record 631 million tons in 1947, slumped to around 450 million tons last year and probably won’t top 380 million tons in 1954, for the worst production year since 1938. In the same period, the number of miners has drop-j ped from around 425,000 to little over 200,000, a mere hand ful more than the 192,000 employed in 1890, which is as far back as official records go. Literally thousands of mines have folded under the strain. Coal industry officials estimate there are now only around 7,000 mines operating in about two dozen states, compared to more than 9,000 a half-dozen years ago. Bituminous output this year will be around 120 million tons less than the level considered ‘safe’ from the stand point of national defense, coal people claim. Pressed by oil and gas competition, as well as by competi tion within the coal industry stemming largely from small or non-union operators, bituminous prices also have skidded. You can get coal today cheaper than you could buy it in 1948. The average mine price has declined from $4.99 a ton in that year to $4.90 or less today—how much less depending on where and how you buy. Northern West Virginia utility coal that was sold at $4.40 per ton at the mines in 1948 now goes for $4.00. The biggest immediate lift to coal operators is the rising level of general business. Coal burned by electric utilities, now the coal industry’s biggest customer, is rising steadily. Steelmaking, which can’t be done without coal, has risen spectacularly since Labor Day. Coal experts through normal commercial channels have taken a turn for the better. Biggest single growth potential in soft coal’s future is electric power generation, where use of coal is expected to double or treble in the next 25 years from current annual consumption of 115 million tons. The power growth would handle increased home requirements, further mechanization * of factories and expansion of steam facilities in new hydro electric power areas. Atomic power is not regarded as an economic threat to coal for many years, and coal people hope that by that time, additional requirements of the economy in general will leave room for all available fuels. Use of coal in steelmaking is also expected to grow in an evolutionary way in line with the progress of the steel in dustry. Thoughts On Thanksgiving Thanksgiving! A great day, a great occasion, and pecu liarly American. Certainly it was something far better than turkey. A glad heart, rejoicing in the loving-kindness of Jehovah, finds an inner grace of spirit, transcending mere table gratification, great as that may be, and should be. - In all generations people have celebrated with a feast. If it doesn’t descend to mere gluttony it should be a day of merry heart and uplifting of spirit. Hi 11 HP HE November election, except In some dairy regions, failed to settl^ in any decisive manner the battle between the rigid and flexible parity adherents in either the Democrat or Republican parties. Some authorities believe that as a result of the elections the rigid parity advocates probably made a net gain of some 19 seats in the House of Representatives. How ever this is not nearly enough to reverse the vote of 170 to 229 by which the house adopted the flexi ble 75 to 90 per cent parity for farm price supports in the last congress. That this question is still highly controversial and that farmers in large measure are not yet satis fied with the Eisenhower flexible parity program, was particularly pin-pointed at the 88th annual ses sion of the National Grange. Apparently not satisfied with the present Eisenhower flexible pro gram, Herschel D. Newsom, of Indiana, Master of the National Grange, caUed for this next Con gress to give approval to a domes tic parity containing a “two-price plan” for wheat, and possibly one or two other export crops, as a means of enabling farmers to pro duce for world markets at com petitive prices. He also urged en actment of other trade expansion devices. Referring to Secretary Benson’s plan to sell surplus on the world market, in an effort to solve the parity system on domestic crops, Mr. Newsom said: “It will serve no useful purpose to assume that foreign markets will entirely solve our so-called surplus farm prob lem. It is however, even more in- CARNEGIE CROSSWORD PUZZLE HOKIZONTA1. 1 Foreman 8 Mountain ranees in India 10 Steep rugged rock 14 To aid 15 Mechanical man 16 Hirsute adornment 17 Feminine name 18 Lift spirits of 18 Opera by Verdi 20 Impressed 23 Bestowed as a prize 24 Consume 25 Endure 26 Newspaper workers 31 Dried grape 35 To be Ul 36 Prepared lor 38 print Novel by Zola 38 Cut with light stroke 41 Body of water 42 Handbag 43 Former Russian nrier # Departs French 54 Supreme 56 Wenftobed 58 Exhausted gradually 62 Ireland 63 Roundup 65 Bacteriolo gist’s wire 06 Baseball team 67 American Indians 68 Animal’s neck hair 68 Makes lace edging TO Abounds 71 To walk VERTICAL Prohibits Death notice Bristle Part of flower HaUed Cargo space in ship Loose outer Arab garment Sum-up A chief servant g'XSXr incursion 12 Military assistant 13 Short for an nliitnntM 23 Top of head 23 Man’s name 38 A former time (pi.) 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Only by ex changing the products of our skills, energy and efficiency will be able over a period of time to profit to the fullest possible extent . . . “The opposition to the measure (the two price system) comes from those who advocate and put blind faith in flexible price sup ports as the sole solution to the problem of all commodities. To ‘flex’ the price on our total pro duction downward to world prices is unacceptable to us.” Newsom listed advantages of the two-price system as: (1) returns to farmers would be as large or larger than under either of the other programs under considera tion; (2) Production controls would be greatly minimized and eventual ly eliminated; (3) Farmers would be free to produce and compete for world markets without govern mental subsidy; (4) cost of the current program to the taxpayer would be greatly reduced' and finally eliminated; (5) government buying, warehousing and selling wheat in competition with private enterprise would be reduced; (6) greater efficiency in farming would be obtained and better prac tices developed; (7) Consumption of wheat could be expanded through greater exports; (8) Evil effect of abnormal shifts in acre age would be offset out of efficient wheat producing areas into less efficient areas. DaleCarwegie AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING” ^ DESS BAKER, P. O. Box 311, Sunnyvale, California, tells us of being offered a better position than the one she had held for three and a half years. It was .unfortunate though that the one who had held the job did not work out satisfactorily, and was laid off, that she was hired. Because of this, she became the cause for jealousy among some of the girls who hadn’t known her before. They seemed to resent her because she had replaced the former worker. Possibly they supposed she would be conceited and think herself important. * She was disturbed by their unfriendliness, though at first she thought, “What difference does it make whether or not those girls like me?” But then she decided to win their friendship, so she started apply ing “Six ways of inaking people like you.” The rule which she thinks was most effective was “smile.” So she made it a habit of smiling every time she looked at one of the unfriendly girls when she said, “Good morning” and she called her by name. She didn’t have too much time for conversation during office hours, but whenever she met a girl in the hall, she started a conversation about something which interested her. One of the girls was going to have a baby, so she asked if she wanted a boy or girL You can imagine tixe conversation that started when she began telling her she wanted a girl and why. Another of the girls is exceptionally well dressed, and she was surprised and pleased when Bess complimented her on a scarf she wore. By thoughtful and kindly methods she not only made those girls happier, but she became happier herself: g|w id« from other editors. From the Bassett and Henry Coun ty Journal, Bassett, Virginia: From behind the Iron Curtain there recently came a clear ex planation of what Communists mean by the word ‘freedom.’ When Westerners use the term they mean ‘freedom to choose.’ By contrast, the Communist defini tion is: “Freedom from having to choose.” 1 That explains a lot. It explains why the Communists can boast about “free” elections when there is only one candidate for every office. By their definition, a free election is one in which the voters are spared the problem of choos ing tiie candidate they prefer. We Americans can be grateful that we do not have this Commu nist brand of “freedom.” We are given the right and the duty of choosing our elected officials. It is a privilege that carries with it a great responsibility. For given the opportunity to choose, we are obliged ip use that right intelligently. • • • From tike Nor borne Democrat- Leader, Norbome, Missouri: j To those who gave their lives, we are miserable failures if in this atomic age man cannot work out some plan for world-wide .peace and make it * profitable. We are no further advanced than the Cro- Magnon or the Neanderthal man. We have every device of com munication in our favor. We are but a moment’s distance from any part of the world as far as talking to anyone is concerned. We can go further under water, we' can go higher in the 'air than ever before, we can fly swiftly to any point on the earth, but with all our de vices, inventions, and opportuni ties, we still live on the brink of world chaos. • * • From the Catskill Mountain Star, Saugerties, New York: No matter what the urgency, there will al ways be some, including our most respected citizens, who will leave their purchases until so late they are nearly crushed and trampled to death in the stores in their en deavor to get the right thing for vYiria and aunt and little junior. Remember that early shopping « gives an opportunity to make a more careful selection and to get better clerk service. Early mail ing is imperative, with the “do not open until Christmas” advice on the package. The benefits of doing an early and thorough job are uni versal. You are not so rushed, the stores are not so rushed, the postal workers are not so rushed, and there is better feeling and good Christmas spirit all around i n c ion *» ■ , j- -* smim Q—What Is s select committee of congress? V A—A select committee is one set-up by the House or Senate for a specific purpose and a limited period, generally temporary. When its function has been carried out the select committee automatically Expires. A standing committee, on the other hand is one that is a regular, permanent committee of the ccmgress. Q—What are the salaries of representatives snd senators in Congress? A—Beginning with the 8Cth congress, each member of congress re ceives a salary of $12,500 a year, plus an expense allowance of $2,500 deductible for income tax purposes, if used for the purposes stated in the act. This expense allowance is for legitimate expenses in the ,conduct of the member’s office. * Q—What Is meant by the terms duties. Imposts and excise taxes? A—Duties and imposts are practically synonomous, since both may be defined as taxes levied on articles imported into the United States. Excise taxes are imposed on manufacturers or, upon consumption of commodities at wholesale or retail trade such as tobacco, gaso- . line and liquor taxes. Q—I® there a legal definition for what constitutes war? A—In 18C9 Justice Bushrod Washington declared: ‘Tt may, I believe, be safely laid down, that every contention by force, between two nations, in external matters, under the authority of their respective governments, is not only war. but public war.” The definition was given when our relations with France at that time amounted to a virtual state of war. . ' J m LITRE BIT TOO NEAT By Venus Ingiish T IZUTKKANT BBICKAKD JLs straightened uc .. _ from his ex amination at the body. This would be a quick one, he decided. Every thing, pointed to suicide. There was no note, of course, but there’d be a motive, and when they found that, the case would be cleaned up. The inquest would show that Raymond Richmond, prosperous, well-knowd bond broker, had taken his own life, and the Department could get along with other work. He surveyed the scene. Elderly man slumped over a fine large polished desk, surrounded by the luxuries at the well-to-do, but he had that awful burned hole in the temple, and there had been the gun on the floor, under his limp right hand, .with no prints on it, but those of the dead man. Ob* viously he had been working on his stamp collection. There was nothing on the table except tike stamp book, some odds and ends of stamps scattered about, a small pair of scissors, s paste pot the vase of flowers that he had apparently knocked over as he fell forward and his head hit the desk, .r4 ,* . Suddenly Lt Brickard snapped to attention. Something was wrong here. He stepped back so that he could see the floor at the side of the desk. The waxed surface beamed brightly. The desk, too, was evenly pol ished and unmarred. He turned to the men still at work taking physical evidence in the room.. “Which one of you questioned these people?” he asked. “I did. Sir,” answered a ser geant stepping forward. “Who keeps house here?” “Who does the cleaning?” “Oh. There’s a housekeeper. She and her husband who is the yard man have an apartment over the garage.” “What Jme did she go to the apartment tonight?”, ' The sergeant consulted his note book. “Mrs. Richmond says she let go right after the dinner done. She was going; out to a lecture, and Mr. Ricb-j mond was going to be here all evening, so they turned in early. There’s a buzzer in were wanted later in the The lieutenant frowned, dinner. It was after two o’clock now. Mrs. Richmond had dis covered tiie body when she came in about midnight, and had called the police at once. Doc said Mr. Richmond had been dead since about ten. ' Mrs. Richmond had been at a lecture, and there was nobody else in the house all evening, ac cording to the people who were questioned. Suddenly the lieutenant whirled and went out of the room. He inspected the half-bath downstairs first. Then he went into the He felt of the dish clothe spread to dry. They hardly naa a trace at dampness. Hie dish mop, too, had nearly dried out. On an impulse he opened the cabinet under the sink. There was a small sponge lying behind some cans of cleaning powder. He felt the top at it. Then he picked it up turned it over. A trace of thing green clung to the side, the boftom was very wet. One of the men had followed Lt. Brickard into the kitchen. “What you got there?” he asked. “Maybe the difference between suicide and murder,” said the lieutenant. *T think we’d better have the boys go over things again, and this time look for murder. Fixing that vase of flowers could fall over and neither the desk nor the floor get wet or spotted from the water. There was water all right because some of the loose stamps are bulging away from their cover paper like they’d been wet and dried. Somebody who was neat just soaked it up with thf* sponge so that it wouldn’t spoil anything. Somebody around here is just a little bit too neat, add I’ll bet it wasn’t the corpse who did the mopping and then walked out here to hide the sponge.” 4KB --‘i m Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phones 719 & 76—Night 513-R • ! \