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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN u« 1218 Collegre Street NEWBERRY, C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY i O. J 1 . 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. THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1955 — REVERED INSPIRATION COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Spectator Suggests Private Schools Quite a lot is being Said about the need for time before the Federal Court’s dictum on segregation may become ef fective. According to the general impression the Southern States are resigned to compliance with the order of the Court, whereas every man I have heard express himself is fully re solved to disregard, evade, or circumvent the order of the Court. In other words, the. attorneys might well have ans wered Mr. Justice Frankfurter categorically “YES” when he asked if the South thought the Court was wrong. I do not mean that there will be another Civil War, but there are ways and means which need not conflict with the Court. As I see it, the decision of the Court might well be reversed by the same court when a majority of the present Justices pass to the Great Beyond. Then again, we might adopt the plan I have advocated—of chartered private schools and colleges, with State aid, such aid being available to all, on the same conditions, etc. There is no good purpose to be served by being mealy- mouthed: our people do not mean to submit. . The Wall Street Journal, a great National daily of com merce, industry and finance, has an editorial on the Supreme Court’s decision which will surprise many. Let me quote it: “Not even the Southerners pleading before the Supreme Court against an immediate order for integration of their dual school systems would expect to be allowed as much time for the change-over as it took the High Court to decide that segregation in the public schools was un-constitutional. Yet the years that passed between the adoption of the Supreme Court doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ facilities in Pleessy v. Ferguson in 1896 and the present court’s striking down of that doctrine last May are an important factor which must be considered in an' effort to settle orderly the ques tion of segregation. For fifty-nine years ago the customs and attitudes the great majority of Southerners already possessed were crys- talized by judicial decree. The highest court in the land said then—and repeated later a number of times—that segrega tion was not un-constitutional as long as the facilities pro vided for both races were equal. It would not have been surprising if the lawyers represen ting school boards and States in the South had argued that if a Supreme Court decision in 1896 can be wrong a Supreme Court decision in 1954 may also be in error. But what they argued for was time! , Certainly there is much to be said for this argument; the attitudes of a great segment of our people cannot be changed overnight, even by Supreme-Court decree. The Court itself recognized this last year when it went no further than to declare segregation unlawful. At one pole of this tortured question are some Southern officials who say the Supreme Court‘s decree will never be obeyed. And at the other are those who demand implementa tion forthwith. An understanding person may sympathize both with those who are impatient to wait longer for the vic- both with those who are impatient to wait longer for the vic tory in their dedicated uphill battle against segregation. But it is not necessary to agree with either to know that this problem is a serious one that must be handled with modera tion. Indeed, it is not one problem; it is many problems. Attorney General Shepperd of Texas put it plainly, we think, when he told tfie high court that in his State there are two thousand school districts and that a solution to segregation in one was not the solution in another. The Government, which supported last year the success ful litigation which overthrew the ‘separate but equal’ doc trine, recognizes also that the problems are manifold and that no magic formula of Words will at this time provide an answer. Solicitor General Sobeloff told the Supreme Court that in fact that it had no material, no guide, for a judgment whe ther a decree ordering integration forthwith would end seg regation or cause turmoil. He suggested that the particular cases before the High Court should be returned to the Fed eral District Courts with instructions to require local school boards and community leaders to formulate plans for end ing segregation, and that, the district judges should be al lowed some discretion in setting the time necessary to com- ply with the courts decision in orderly fashion. " Hiere may, of course, be better ways than Mr. Sobeloff has suggested. But clearly there are far worse ones; and among them would be an abrupt order to end forthwith in Southern public schools a social order some centuries old with no thought of what may take its place.” How does it impress the average citizen, this switch from the decisions of 1896, and later, to the decision of 1954 ? Has the Constitution been amended? Should we, as a liberty- loving people, a people of Constitutional rights, tamely ac quiesce in this amendment to thO Constitution by the court ? I see no benefit from any Act of Congress which would limit the appellate jurisdiction of the court: Of course dec- WlHO TMJ&HT MY YOUTHFUL LIPS TO love Oops woly anp pay. Amp walk im Wisoowfe i way^?\ My Motheb?!_ h i n fvi' T7/ aV TO isions by United States District Courts could not compel Nat ional observance, but that circumstances could, in time, lead to the same result. » I think delay may serve the purpose of bringing about changes in the membership of the Court—w\hich may re quire years; or we might, forthwith proceed to organize and administer our educational institutions as private incorpor^ ated units, with State Aid available f6r all which comply with prescribed educational standards. Ridicules Lilienthal View On TVA People who enjoy some special privilege will usually de fend that favor with great zeal. Some days ago I read an ar tide which reminded us that the TVA is now so vast a pow er organization that it has become one of the greatest mo nopolies of the United States. Strangely enough, the TVA sponsors denounced the elec tric power companies as monopolies, although all private power companies are under regulation and control of Public Service commissions, which fix their rates, etc. THEY ALSO PAY ABOUT 24 PER CENT OF THEIR RECEIPTS FOR TAXES. What are we to think of the mammoth TVA to day? It is about as large as ten private companies and pays about five per cent in taxes. And it is under no supervision or control, as private companies are. So what about Vast monopolies NOW? During the course of a speech in Athens, Alabama, Mr. David Lilienthal said that critics of the Tennessee Valley Authority he once headed are, in effect, attacking the area. Mr. Lilienthal is reported by the New York Times to have said that it is unfair to disparage the natural advantages of water power, coal deposits and navigable rivers for cheap transportation that combine to make the Tennessee valley area a natural source of cheap power production. The people of the area, he said, don’t begrudge the people of other reg ions their natural advantages, such as Florida’s and Califor- nias climate, so favorable to raising citrus fruits. These remarks suggest two observations. One is that we think it rather unworthy of Mr. Lilienthal to suggest that those who oppose the further growth of .government power in the Tennessee valley are unfriendly to this area. We feel sure that most people who are at all familiar with the region have the highest respect for its advantages apd potentiali ties and the greatest regard for a people who can prbduce Davy Crockett and Dinah Shore. The other observation is that we have yet to hear of any vast, tax-supported, government complex arranging the cli mate of Florida and California. If the government should use public tax-money for power projects, should the government try to buy all the climate in California and Florida and sell it to specially favored and preferred customers? Should only Truman Democrats, or Eisenhour Republicans be allowed *to bask in the sunshine of Florida, while quaffing the golden flow, of orange juice? Perhaps the government mighi own and operate all the rain-making machinery and sell rain to a preferred group at a special price, charging all the loss tp the tax-payers of all the Nation. Can you tell me If my GI allowance will be cut off if my boss gives me pay increase for a fully trained worker under my Korean on- the-job training? fi. Not necessarily. Your GI allowance will not stop so long as it is an established fact that you are stni a trainee in all respects except pay. • ' jj.y Congress has been in session for three months. Can you tell me ^ the highlight of this 84th Congress so far? A. Congress has made no record as yet, but insofar as the country is concerned, Congress has gone on record by large majorities in both houses in support of almost anything the Precedent might decide to do in the Formosan area. Q. If Sec. Benson has the avthority, why does he not sell agricultural surpluses abroad at competitive prices? A. He has the authority and has disposed of some surpluses by barter, pnrf by direct sale for foreign currencies. The House Agricultural committee adopted a report of its subcommittee recommending that a sales manager and sales force be hired hy CCC “to move these stocks into world markets on a competitive bid basis,” and earmarked $2 million of CCC'a administrative funds for this pur- , pose. The report said while the CCC (and the Secretary) has the authority, $3.7 billion of surplus commodities have never been offered for sale abroad at competitive prices. , q. Have the Chinese reds complied with their signed truce agree ments In Korea and in North Vietnam? / A. JNo. In both countries there have been frequent and flagrant vio lations of truce agreements. Q. What are functions of the Treasury besides collecting taxes? A.” The Treasury Department established in 1799, 'besides collection of national revenue, is responsible for narcotic control, operating the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, control of currency, enforc ing tariffs and customs. From the Lincoln Times, Lincoln- ton. North Carolina: According to an AP dispatch, Pravda, the news paper which speaks for the Krem lin, recently gave the Soviet ma chine building industry a sharp scolding “ and said it could learn ■' a lot from Detroit and Pittsburgh.” A short time oefore that Party Secretary Kruschchev told Soviet farmers that, they could learn much about com and hog culture from Iowa. « It is official Commtmist doctrine that capitalist America is a de cadent nation in which farmers and workers are. ruthlessly exploited. But, when it comes to actual prob lems. it seems that the communists have to look to us decadent capi talists for solutions. • • • the 9euth Pasadena Re- South Pasadena, California: Shed a tear for tb/t plight of the Communist Party organizer who, so the story goes, wrote this com plaint to his superior: t “It is becoming increasingly dif ficult to reach the down-trodden 1 masses in America. In the spring, they’re forever polishing their cars. » In the suifuner,- they take vaca tions. In the fall, they go to, the World Series and football games v And in the winter you can’t get t them away from their TV sets. “Please give me suggestions on 1 how to let these people know how oppressed they are.” From the Italy News-Herald, Italy, Texas: Communists are de void of moral scruples; they have no conception of right and wrong as the keeping of agreements is concerned. Therefore they should be no further agreements entered into with them unless we are will ing to enforce such agreements by~ force. Beyond doubt, much of the diffi culty we have found ourselves in Korea, in China and in Europe, can be traced to this Yalta con ference. What was done there can not be undone, but certainly our leaders can take heed of the con sequences of Yalta and make cer tain that they are not again out traded. Such can be the lesson of Yalta. .May we have learned that lerson, is bur hope. • • • * / From the Times Leader, West Point, Mississippi: “Any strong na tion of free workers can survive the ordeal of going broke, and can even come back stronger than ever when the tide of fortune again turns its way. But paste this in your hat; No country is strong enough to make a qomeback when the people lose their sense of per sonal responsibility. ... and their fundamental respect for the system, that underlies all edbnomic prog ress—the private^ property system —under which all men have the same opportunity. / CROSSWORD PUZZLE Workers’ Income On Increase “A revolutionary redistribution of income has taken place on a world-wide basis, as well as within the United States. Since 1939, the American share of total world income has increased from around 25 per cent to 42 per cent. Equally startling developments have taken place in our country dur ing the last quarter of a century. The share of the national income of persons in the lower brackets has gone up while the share of those in* the upper brackets has been pulled down. The proportion of total disposable income held by the upper 5 per cent of income recipients has declined from 34 per cent in 1929 to around 18 per cent. The number of fam ilies in the income group $3,000 to $7,500 increased from 28 per cent of the total in 1929 to 52 per cent in 1953. In the latter year, they received $125 billion, or 56 per cent of total income. Since 1929, employees have gained a larger share of nat ional income, while the proportion distributed to property has shown a marked decrease. Of the $300 billion of national income in 1954, compensation of employees accounted for nearly 69 per cent of the total, as compared with 58 per cent in 1929. On the other hand, dividends declined from 6.6 per cent to 3.2 per cent, and interest from 7.3 per cent to 3 per c. The same process of distribution has been operating on a regional basis. The income trend is away from the old es tablished areas in the Northwest and Central sections of the country and toward the newer industrial areas of the South and West.” ' •> ! ACROSS J Kind of wine United 10 Perfotme 14 Sandarac tree IB Constellation 16 Chaffy part of S ain ore crippled 20 SSL. high note 21 North! Syrian 22 OWDutch liquid meas ure 24 Dog. 28 Fall in drop. 30 Supercilious 31 _— 33 Fry 39 Beverage 30 Child for father 38 Animal 40 Lassoes 42 Man’s name 43 So. American Indians * 44 Pieces of fired clay 48 British baby carriage 48 Bushmen 47 Volcano in Martinique 48 Bugged crest of mountain ' range 49 Plural ending 50 Short sleep 51 Serf S3 Paid notice 64 Mediterranean vessel 58 Small barra cuda 57 Soldiers’ drinking l 80 Before 61 I am (contr.) 03 Number 04 Fourth calif 00 Breathe loudly aaleep 68 Rhymster 70 English weight 72 Portray 73 Biblical weed 74 Philippine dwarf negri- toes 78 MaleoOfepring (pi.) DOWN 1 Wan 2 Spoken 3 Male sheep 4 8i>Ot levers of certain ma chines 5 Behold! 6 Anglo-Saxon coin 7 Lubricates 8 Washing com pounds 9 Printer’s measure . 10 Symbol for alabamlne 11 American Indians 12 High 13 Nahoor sheep (Pi.) 18 More unusual 23 1004 (Rom. num.) 25 Puts up poker stake cinr l*I«ILL EtLD LUCij □riiia I1BDU anno 11UG LJCKJU uTJLlkJ Limuu aaaa Answer «e Fwsle Ne. 888 26 Negative votes 27 Coached Okla homa A. AM. to NCCA basket ball titles: 1945-46 29 Danger 31 Animal 32 Heating ves sels > 34 Part in play (pi.) 36 So. American river 37 Pointed gun at 39 Color 41 Fares 42 Before 44 Indian tent 45 Stimulates 47 Top of head 48 States posi tively 50 Seine 52 Mimic 54 Scoff 55’ Growing out 57 An Egyptian 58 Ox of the Celebes 59 Narrow open ing 61 Persia » 62 Makes noise ' like cat 65 Feminine name 67 Gold in So. American countries . 69 Symbol for tellurium 70 Continent (abbr.) 71 Pi ural ending I /^ONGRESS is alarmed at the ^ economic plight of the farmer. And now even some business pub lications are taking note of the tremendous drop in farm income as a menace to the entire economic outlook. This column has given consider able space during the past month, trying to point up the danger sig nals to the nation’s economy, as reflected in rapid decline of farm income, its. effect upon business and industry related to the farm market, and the dangerous emigra- tion of farm families to the city. One weekly business publication even said this farm migration was a good thing, that because the farm publication had declined by several hundred thousand persons over the past five years, the plight of farmers, j>er capita, was not too bad, the over-all income was divided up among so many / less farmers. This business publicatioA, how ever did not look at the other end of the telescope ... in that farm mortgage debt last year increased over a billibn dollars; that value of farm assets has dropped $10% billion dollars since 1952 and that foreclosures on farm mortgages in creased 40% in 1954 over 1953. Divide these statistics up among the per capita farmers and you get a different picture. The Wall Street Journal reported recently that 6% of dairy feurmers have gone out of business in the Chicago area during the past year. The U. S. News A World Report, a Washington business magazine in a recent issue, takes cognizance of the farm degression * in this •fix manner: “Their (farmers) plight recalls the 1920s, when agriculture slumped long before the big depression . . . the farm problem is worsening now . . . more trouble lies ahead. Think ing back to the 1920s, some econo mists are wondering if this long- continued trouble may not prove to be a serious weakness for the nation as a whole.” Here are some figures which in dicates the force with which the farm depression may hit the rest of the nation’s economy: With net farm income only $12 billion dollars last year, and going lower in 1955, aa compared to more ban $16 billions two or three years go .. . . consider these facta— farmers customarily use 16.6% of * all petroleuip products, more than any other industry; they use 9% of steel production, more than the automobile industry; they use 12% of chemicals; they use more rub ber than any industry except au and according to a reliable source the amount of rubber they use would equal 20% more than re quired to put five tires on every new car' manufactured; they are among the heaviest buyers of tex tiles and, with REA, are now one of the largest markets for house hold appliances in the electric field. Politicians in congress would like to let the farm legislation rest uni 1956, an election year. But the re friends of the farmers are deter mined to put up a battle, first if* the house, then the senate over si new 90% of parity biH, before farm price supports can slip down to 75% of parity as provided in the flexible price support law. --r-rr~v * I! - ’! % h ** J* f;? iiK d m smm i gff.r. - ysiisiHfiHHKiisfsuM » . ' . r 1. ^ 1U m m ICI CtlftXS S5§§®§ mim " y r rVAj" •f. P V- I * t V" • ■ £1$ ML' -i- y'Sfl DHCOURAGES HENS . . . Novel trick i hen from brooding I* ' her while she is sitting on A oo*pie of ■-A ' T CABBAGE PATCH MOTEL jy; y ^ By F. L Rowfey LI 0 -.’ySwr Ml ••OUT they can’t do this to mo! L* protested the young man In the white apron as he staged un believingly at the furrow-streaked hill. “You say those surveyors up there are preparing to run a state roed through your father’a farm? Can’t you stop them, Louise?” He turned to the slim girl at his side. “I know you’ve worked hard to make a success of your motel and restaurant, Billy,” she skid sadly. “But what can I do? The highway department certainly Isn’t going to listen to me. And dad—well, dad doesn’t approve of my being en gaged to you anyway. I think he’s gloating over your bad luck. He says that this road running In front of your motel win be a goat trail In six months.” “And he’s right,” said Billy bitterly. “Dad also say§ he’s going to plant a windbreak to put your motel Completely out of sight.” “He reaHy likes me, doesn’t he?” growled billy. “Let’s get nArried now, before they build the highway,” urged the girl, moving closer. Billy breathed hard. “With what? You know I’ve sunk every dime I own into this place.” “m soon have some money,*’ she said eagerly. “Remember the cabbage patch dad signed over to me? The state is cutting that in half too—dad says I’U get a pretty good check for my share.*’ “I suppose you think we can spend the rest of our lives living off your eafabege patch?” “I had hoped that someday might build our home ON it,” she said wistfully. “But now there’s hardly enough left to accommodate a chicken coop.” “Well, I wouldn’t live on it if you paid me,” said Billy. “As far as Tm concerned it’s still your father’s land, and I want no part of it.” Billy watched silently . as she walked across the road. He thought she’d be back by nightfall, but he was wrong. Louise didn't return. Billy held his own for several weeks, serving construction - and putting up the few straggled in, but he hi8 days in the numbered. * Then came the day when a ing calm settled over his plans. A trickle of fic passed his place; half mile away a procession trucks and cars marked the pletion of the new state Billy groaned. He decided tb it out for awhile simply he had nowhere else to go. Then one morning the happened. A busload of picnickers pulled into the court clamoring for breakfast. Shortly couple of trucks old dirt road that led from die new highway. These were followed by several passenger cars. As tbit day wore on Billy had to enlist the aid of friends to cope with swarms of hungry customers. By sundown BiDy eras tired. He grinned happily however, as an other family entesed the driveway. “Reckon we’ll stay all night,” said the burly chap who was driv ing the' ear. “Kids is tired and me eyes is sore. That new road up yonder Is whiter* n a barrel o’lime; fair makes s feller blink. These little huts got beds in ’em, Buster?” “Saw yer sign up there,” boomed die big man pointing in the direc tion of the new highway. Twenty minutes later Billy eras running up the rid dirt road, hop- gU that someone hadn’t made a mistake. As he approached die new high way he saw Louise. She was stand-, ing in what waa left of her cab bage patch, a smile oh her lovely face. And behind her was a huge sign informing passing motorists that Billy Thompson’s Motel was at the foot of the old dirt road. “How—?” Billy began weakly. Louise laughed. “My cabbage patch!” she announced proudly. “There’s just enough of it left to hold a sign. Do you think it will support us?’ m ip mm m ■ # m A -*$11 .='-5