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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.
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vance; six months, $1.25.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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defensible to resign ourselves to
the isolationist philosophy of being
totally blind to the effects arising
out of our inability or an unwill
ingness to recognize the political
and economic compulsion of seek
ing progressively and persistently
to expand the opportunities of in
dividuals everywhere. 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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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
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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. .
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LITRE BIT TOO NEAT
By Venus Ingiish
T IZUTKKANT BBICKAKD
JLs straightened uc
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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.”
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