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•' r « ••T. i .V'"- ■-#*?$ , 5- PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1955 ww* m - . S.", sSun 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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. SOMETIMES DREAMS DO COME TRUE COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS \ * By SPECTATOR Jk-V *Jg>, - ... New Drug Helps Mental Illness We owe a great debt to the patient, persistent, unwearied student who explores the field of chemistry for the al leviation of pain; or for other beneficial result. With en couraging frequency the laboratories bring us new remedies or helpful drugs for use in combatting new or ancient af flictions. “A 30-year-old housewife with psychiatric troubles was obsessed with fears of death, or disease, of killing her child. Weeks of treatment in a sanitarium, including electro shocks and various sedative treatments, failed to improve her. Three weeks of treatment with a new drug, a bitter-tast ing whitish powder called chlorpromazine, produced ‘re markable’ results. Her phobias disappeared; she was even able to laugh when reminded of them. She resumed her job as a housewife and mother. This case history, chronicled in fuller detail in a medical publication, is one of thousands of scientific studies of chlorpromazine, a controversial newcomer to the drug field. It’s one of two new drugs which are meeting success in treatment of some mental illness. Chlorpromazine is also being used to curb some other ailments — hiccuping, and to ease the pain of cancer in its final stages. Chlorpromazine was first discovered in France in 1950 by a chemist engaged in research on anti-histammes. It is no cure-all for mental distress; sometimes it doesn’t work at all. It’s ultimate value depends on the judgement of the doctors who use it”. Doctors say its greatest advantage is “its power to quiet severely excited patients without rendering them confused or otherwise inaccessible”. It thus has advantages over elec troshock or heavy doses of barbiturates in controlling seriously deranged mental patients. Chlorpromazine quiets the anxious or belligerent but leaves him responsive to the doctor’s questions. Dr. Vernon Kinross-Wright of Houston’s Baylor Uni versity College of Medicine thinks the drug may start a new era in the treatment of mental disorders. He sees it easing the work ">f hospital staffs or relatives, as well as directly advancing treatment of* the patient. And he re ports encouraging results with victims of schizophrenia, the most crippling and chronic of mental disorders, in which the patient may lose all contact with the world about him. That chlprpromazine’s successes have been mixed with failures can be seen from a report from McLean Hospital, Waverley, Mass. Treatment of 29 patients with various illnesses produced good results in eight patients, fair re sults in ten, and poor results in eleven. How chlorpromazine alters behavior of mentally ill per sons is not clearly understood, phychiatrists say. “It seems to act on the deeper centers of the brain which heretofore have not been too easily reached”, one authority observes. “It doesn’t eliminate a problem exactly; it just makes the patient less conscious of it and enables him to adjust to it. It’s like severing the connection between the emotional cen ter and thd thinking center of the brain, so that what once stirred a patient into acute anxiety or a wild mania no long er bothers him”. There are plenty of reservations about chlorpromazine, even aittong the men who find it most useful. An unwanted drowsiness in some patients may have to be offset with other drugs. Chlorpromazine, synthetized principally from sulphur hydrochloric acid and diphenylamine, has something of a rival, too, for popularity in mental hospital wards. It’s called reserpine and is derived from the roots of a tropical plant, Rauwolfia serpentina. It, too, has produced dramatic stories of controlling raging maniacs and helping the mentally ill toward normalcy. A : Government preference customers would be higher than the rate now paid by those customers for their power. 5. The break-even cost of 8.52 mills per K.W.H. for Hartwell power at the plant is greatly in excess of the 6.5 mills, or less, at which Clark Hill is now being sold at that plant. 6. When the tax loss is taken into consideration the cost of Hartwell power at the plant becomes 11.52 mills per K.W.H., as compared to 6.5 mills, or less, the sale price for Clark Hill power at the plant.” Why should our nation spend the money of taxpayers for this proposed scheme? Does this nation intend to build cotton mills, or food factories? Shall the Nation build telephone and telegraph lines? Shall the nation operate food and clothing stores? Why, then, must the taxpayers of all the nation build dams and power plants? AH the talk of conservation and flood control seems to be a misconception, isn’t it? At any rate, when we read the report of experts and hear the promises of the sponsors of the dam — What Is The Truth? 3TION of Secretary of Agri culture Ezra Benson in slash ing price supports on secondary grain crops such as oats, barley, rye an£ grain sorghums and corn in non-commercial areas to 70% of parity as compared to present 85% average, is added fuel to the fire growing in the 84th congress over the farm price support issue. It will be remembered that back in mid-September this column re ported this action would likely hap pen after the election, when tile Secretary cancelled his total acre age allotment plan for basic crops, which would have prohibited planting these secondary crops on acreage diverted from the basic crops. The Secretary’s recent action will bring support prices on oats down from 80l in 1953 to in 1955; on Barley from $1.24 down to 94#; on rye, from $1.43 down to $1.18 and on grain sorghums from $2.43 down to $1.78. Prices on com in commercial areas likely will be placed at near 90% of parity in commercial areas, but the Secretary said that com price supports in the non-commer cial areas likely would equal the prices of secondary grains, or 70% in non-commercial areas. However it is this com from commercial areas that is in market competi tion with oats, rye, barley and sorghums as cash crops. For com in non-commercial areas is most ly fed on the farms where pro duced and therefore relatively un important in the cash market. Supporters of the rigid 90% of parity in the congress declare ac tion of Secretary Benson in slash ing price supports on these sec ondary crops is in direct conflict with the promises of President Eisenhower, who declared in his famous farm speech at Kasson, Minn., in 1952: “. . . We must find methods of obtaining greater protection for our diversified frfims ... as pro vided in the Republican platform. The non-perishable crops so im portant to the diversified farmer- crops such as oats, barley, rye and soybeans—should be given the same protection as available to the major cash crops.” Secretary Benson in his an nouncement declared: ’’Production of these grains (the secondary teed grains) in 1954 was substan tially higher than in 1953 and there will be no restriction in their pro duction in 1955 . . . The lower sup ports are expected to encourage better adjustment and free flow of the four grains into feed use.” And that is what some of the farm leaders in Washington expect to happen, which they declare will result in an inevitable flood of cheap small grains, which, plus wheat at 75% of parity next year, will drive 90% com into price sup port loan storage in great volume from the commercial com growing areas. Then with a new “com surplus” on their hands the flexi ble support adherents will offer this new surplus as either an eco nomic or political justification for driving com supports down further. per cent of the income of some individuals. That being so, what man is so foolish as to want a lot of politicians &n<fip bureaucrats to operate industries in the name of the Gov ernment? Wouldn’t you rather coUect 52%, without in vestment, and without risk, instead of dreaming and en joying fantasies of Governhient-operated business? The recent flurry in the New York Stock exchange, al though since overcome, suggests that we prapare and forti fy ourselves with accurate information as to the strong, sound/ encouraging factors which make this vast nation so progressive and rich. “The lessons to be learned from the tragic ’30’s are that we must keep alive within the framework of our ecorioihy the spirit of initiative and ingenuity as well as provide incentives for the assumption of risks, for these aj*e the pillars upon which our system has been biiilt and without which it cannot survive. Despite a prolonged depression and World War, With sub sequent critical international tensions, in the last quarter of a century there has been substantial economic and social progress, practically all of which came in the last decade and a half. Marked gains have been made in our standards of living since 1929, as indicated by an increase* of 60 percent in per capita real income during this period. Today nearly 60 per cent of the families own their own homes, against 48 per cent in 1929. About 98 percent of the homes are serviced by electricity, as compared with 75 percent in the earlier period. Mechanical refrigeration is now in 90 percent of all households, while twenty-five years ago only 4 percent had this modern facility. The number of telephones per one hundred people is now over 30, or double the proportion of 1929. There are now around 125 million radio sets in the United States, twelve times as many ffs twenty-five years ago and more than in all of the rest of the world combined. The number of television sets in this country is estimated at 35 million, while there were none a quarter of a century ago. Since 1929, the number of passenger cars per one hundred persons in this country has increased from 19 to 28. Three fourths of the world’s passenger cars are in the United States. The amount spent for |recreation this year is esti mated at around $15 billion, a threefold increase over 1929. »> What Is The Truth About Power? What is truth? Men have wondered; others have inquired throughout the ages. Wasn’t it Pontius Pilate, that man whom the generations of men during twenty centuries have clothed with the greatest ignominy, — wasn’t it Pilate who challenged Jesus with the question; What is truth”? A group of experts, ihen who know, mark you, these men tell us, after long, thorough and detailed study that: “The Hartwell Project cannot be economically justified. It is primarily a power project. As such it would be wasteful and uneconomic. 1. There is no need for additional power in the area. 2. The project is estimated to cost $90,000,000 but it would be worth only $37,886,000 when completed. 3. Sale of Hartwell power would result in an annual loss of $737,000, not including tax loss; including tax loss the total annual loss woud be $1,831,000. 4. The break-even cost of Hartwell power delivered to ■ '•' / .A ' /•: . -• DaueCarneg AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING" ^ W A. ROORK, 3140 Raymond Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois, says • that grid mold is a very important piefce of manufacturing equipment in a battery plant, and must be very carefully designed and built to extremely dose tolerance limits since mold life is figured at ten to fifteen years and each mold produces literally millions of grids. For more than three years he had ordered new grid molds and it had taken five months to get each of such new molds into satisfactory operation and up to expected pro duction. Some took more time, some took less, but an average of five months was needed to break in new molds. Such long mold break-in periods are exceedingly costly, so he decided that on the next new mold he would try to reduce that break-in time by using a highly recommended rule. So he called in the operat ing foreman of the plant as well as the maintenance foreman, general foreman and plant engineer. After presenting the problem to them, he asked for their CARNEGIE ideas. At every point during the design of the mold they were asked for their ideas. Such things as location of water lines and ejectors were considered. In due course the mold was constructed and put in operation. Within one week it was in satisfactory operation and up to normal production. The time was qpt from five months to one week! Why is he telling us this story? Simply because it Illustrates, and very vividly, the tremendous value of using an important rule. He had let the other fellows feel the ideas were theirs. This became their mold! and they meant to make it work. Yes. it is a personally experienced proof that if you conscientiously cultivate and practice this rule your success in winning people to your way of thiniriny and getting enthusiastic cooperation is just bound to be enhanced. Not only are the American people well equipped with facilities that make for a more pleasant and comfortable liv ing, but also substantial sums have been invested in pro tective coverage. The amount of ordinary and group life insurance held by the American people is placed at over $285 billion, or nearly 3.4 times as much as a quarter of a century ago. Nor has the progress during this period been confined to providing material benefits to the people. Work-week schedules have been reduced by more than 10 percent. Ed ucational opportunities have been availed of to an increasing extent by a large proportion of our population. During the past quarter of a century the number of high school gradu ates has doubled and now constitutes 42 percent of our adult population, as against 13 percent in 1929. The enroll ment in our institutions of higher learning has increased from 1.1 million to 2.5 million, while the number of college graduates has increased 2.5-fold in the twenty-five year period. One of the strongest forces compelling the economy to provide for pressing needs is the Vigorous population grow th. In the last quarter of a century the number of persons in this country has increased by about 42 million, or equi valent to the current population of France. In order to pro vide for the growing population and a modest increase in housing space in keeping with rising living standards, it is estimated that additional dwelling unites averaging a million annually would be needed for the next six years. The flow of cars is rising at a much faster pace than the development of highways, which are built for about 30 miUion cars but are forced to accommodate over 55 million. Technological progress has been unparalleled. Expenditures for scientific and engineering research this year amounted to around $4 billion or four times as much as for the entire decade of the 1920’s. Our scientist are blazing new trails with unlimited horizons. In our dynamic economy, industries are on the march. This is a sign of healthy growth. The migration of people within the country is the greatest in history. Mobility of population contributes much to the dynamics of the econ omy, creates markets for new homes, and builds new com munities. The extent of this migration movement is reflect ed in the increase during the last decade and a half of 36 percent in the number of persons living in the suburbs, as against a gain of only 14 percent in the central cities. Sheer necessity has forced industries to speed up rehabilitation work stemming from depreciation and obsolescence of plant and equipment in order to cut costs to meet rugged compe tition. Pressing challenges are met by science and igenuity. For instance, the threatened exhaustion in a comparatively short time of our fuel and water supply by the tremendous demand of our utilities for electric power will be relieved by atomic energy. , As indicated, there are strong upward pressures by fun damental forces that and driving business forward. The in dustries and firms with vision and aggressiveness have mad§ long-range plans to capitalize on the beckoning opportunities in risk-taking ventures. These plans are based upon pro jections that center around population growth and tech nological development.” Now and then we observe the Socialistic trend, that Gov ernment should own and operate certain industries. I need not point out that Communists in our country have long planned to have the Government take over the electric power business because electric power is the life-blood of industry. If you control the power it is a short cut to control all of industry, and Communism will have won an easy victory. Someone has said that the Gevemment now collects fifty two per cent of Corporation profits and up to ninety one Our bureaucrats have meddled and muddled else, so now they plan to invade the sacred realm of women’s attire. My! My!' m Those gentlemen in Washington must be credited with great courage and daring, or, else, gross stupidity. I don’t know which. Well here it is: “The numbers are different, but the size is the same. If “ woman wears a size 12 dress, ordinarily she wears a size blouse, a 26-waist skirt, a 36 sweater and size 5 panties. The Commerce Department, with the help of two ot Government agencies, has decided this is too confusing, it’s come up with a set of ‘standard’ sizes for women’s der and outer wear, excluding shoes, gloves and other not worn on the trunk of the body. If approved by the manufacturers of a given item, the new sizes come ‘standard’ throughout the land. Historically, each segment of the apparel industry devised individual sizes based on its own conception of f( body measurements. Most of these calculations stei from opinions of model form manufactures. Dress for instance, would figure a woman of certain proportic would fit into a size 12 garment. Sweater producers, their own measurements, would come up with a size 36 this same woman; blouse factories would set a size 34 on their product for the same woman, and so on. The Commerce Department has recorded the m< ments from a survey of the female population. Th« statisticians have set up model body measurements for most common' size groups, using dress / sizes as a give its classifications wider latitude, the department 4 has included separate size measurements foV taller and er womefe and for thinner and fatter women. All in all, the department has come up with different sizes with 48 body measurements termining each size. As described by Mansfielc charge of the project, the new system ’fits the body instead of the body to the size’. If accepted by the apparel industry, the new would allow a shopper to fit her measi Commerce Department’s calculation and call her for all her clothing. For instance, a she can wear a size 12 regular dress would the same size blouse, sweater, skirt and For more than five years the Commerce Department been reshaping the female form into a common denol nator. It aU started in 1949 at the request of a group of mail order firms, who wanted an easiefc way to seU disc through catalogs. The department’s Commodity dards Division is charged with handling such proj the request*of national trade organizations.” • m It really seems sensible to a man, but put a ' When have the ladies accepted a man’s idea of what is t sible? Do the ladies consult us about furs in ~ mere drapery in freezing weather? 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