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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1955
1218 Collegre Street
NEWBERRY. S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner
Entered 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.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Myrtle Beach Revisited
I Have you been to Myrtle Beach? I hadn’t been .there
since I went with J^r. B. M. Edwards several years ago, to
tflie Banker’s convention, at that time under the Presidency
of Mr. John A* * Campbell. Mr. Edwards and I roamed all over
tjhe territory and saw everything and everybody.
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; Since that happy visit the Great Hazel had visited Myrtle
Beach. Hazel is the name of the hurricane which carried
havoc over a great territory.
I wondered whether Hazel had clipped the wings of my
up-and-doing booster friends of Myrtle Beach, but I had the
pleasure of meeting Ex-Governor and Mrs. Ransom Williams
jast as I was about to go on the air in Columbia. Governor
Williams, you may recall, is a walking Chamber of Com
merce for Myrtle Beach. I learned that Myrtle Beach was
on the march, as usual, though with quickened pace.
I set out for Myrtle Beach, stopping in old Georgetown
for a visit to the new building of the South Carolina Natio
nal Bank. There I met Mr. Jeter from Santuc, the Mana
ger. I also met the Manager of the Federal Savings associa
tion and a most courteous and accommodating pharmacist
of the Winyah drug store.
I dropped in on Editor Hinds, but he was out, busy mov
ing his plant. However a gracious lady welcomed me and
gladdened my heart by remembering me over Charleston’s
TV of WCSC.
I intended to call on C. E. Prescott of the Myrtle Beach
News. I did so, but Brther Prescott was out of town. I was
received graciously by three members of the force. The
Editor was in the Chamber of Commerce, he being the main
drive of that up-and-doing organization which, like Britain’s
flag, shines all twenty four hours of the day,
I met a booster of the purest ray serene: Bill Reason-
over, Editor of the Myrtle Beach Sun. Bill is a native of
Camden but came to Myrtle Beach from Bennettsville a
month or so ago. Mr. Reasonover just pours out the in
formation that proves the never-die spirit of Myrtle Beach.
Here are items that I gleaned from him: a thousand Masons
were expected to attend the 218th Annual Communication
of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free
Masons of South Carolina the last of April; that Bank de
posits are up about a milion dollars between April of this
year and April of last year, due primarily to rebuilding of
the Air Base and the natural growth of business; that organ
music from Myrtle Beach may be heard all over the U. S.
» “If the plans of Musichron, Inc., of Chicago work out, the
music of the old band organ at the amusement park in Myr
tle Beach will be heard all over the United States. This week
Arthur J. Mars of Evanston, 111., recorded nine hours of
music by tape and in time these tapes of organ music will
be sold to amusement parks and carnival operators thru-
out the country. » • • • } • .
The tone quality of this old organ, made in Germany in
the early 1900s, is symbolic with the American idea of car
nival and amusement park music. There are few records on
the market which can duplicate this music and thus the
Chicago firm hopes to be able to sell tape recordings to en
tertain people.
To record the music coming from the organ, two micro
phones were set up, one inside the organ and one in front
of it. On each tape that goes out will be information to the
effect that the music was recorded from the organ here at
Myrtle Beach.
Mr. Mans, on leave of absence as radio engineer from the
Columbia Broadcasting company out of Chicago, was thrill
ed over the organ. He says that at the present time there
are only two others like it in the world in operation. One is
in Los Angeles while the other is in New York.”
Brother Reasonover quoted a figure that is not true of
the Nation: that the residential electric rate (the National
average) is .0274; it is .0269. The South Carolina Gas and
Electric company receives as residential rate .0246 accord
ing to the annual report of that company. I have just read
in the News and Courier that The S. C. Electric and Gas Co.
paid in taxes for 1954 six million, five hundred forty thous
and, nine hundred and sixty four dollars.
Mr. Reasonover was enthusiastic over a sumptous Motel
which cost $750,000.
I asked what effect the hurricane Hazel had on mortgage-
payments on houses. Mr. Reasonover said that the local
Savings association reported that not a single customer
failed to make payments when due. Even more interesting
was this: men and women brought money for deposit, mon
ey which was soaked with water, money which had been
saved and kept at home. But the hurricane convinced them
that money was not safe at home. One man brought in a
bucket full of coins with sea water in the bucket.
Bill says that Myrtle Beach can accommodate two thous
and more guests this year than last year.
I had intended to meet my old chum, W. A. Kimbel, but
the best I could do was to see his picture in the paper.
Myrtle Beach is a puzzle to me. As in the case of Sum
merville, I never know where I am, or how to get to the next
place. When I drive into Summerville I trust to luck to get
out. Like Christopher Columbus, I hardly know where I’m
going, or'where I am, or where I have been, or why.
Returning from Myrtle Beach and Georgetown, I called
at the office of the Record in fCingstree and had the pleas
ure of a few words with the gracious editor.
"DO-IT-YOURSELF" HITS OUR TOWN
Suburban Life More Popular
“The first important movement to the suburbs began soon
after the end of World War I. From 1940 to 1953, the num
ber of persons living in the suburbs increased from 18 mil
lion to 30 million, a gain of 67 per cent, as compared with a
gain of only 20 per cent for the total population.
The amount spent in this country for basic needs—food,
clothing, and shelter—in 1939 aggregated $46 billion. With
total disposable personal income at $70.4 billion, this left a
margin of $24.4 billion for discretionary spending, or the
equivalent of 35 per cent of total disposable income. In 1933
discretionary spending amounted to $96 billion, or 38 per
cent of disposable income. In other words, the total amount
of discretionary consumer spending in 1953 was four times
as much as in the pre-war period 1939.
For the years 1946 through 1954, this Country has produc
ed in the aggregate approximately 43 million radios. These
figures are eloquent testimony of the incomparably high
American standard that have been made possible by personal
initiative, ingenuity, and unprecedented productivity, as
well as freedom and opportunities for advancement.”
Eku Carnegie
^ AUTHOR OF "HOW TO STOP WORRYIHG AND START LIVING"
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Spending Should Be Stopped Now
We Americans and we South Carolinians might as well
face the truth: we must reducex our public spending. You
may add that .we must reduce our private spending also. As
we used to hear, a dollar haa only 100 cents. Governments,
like* inlividuals, should spend less than they hope to receive
so that emergencies may be cared for. Governments should
not impose heavy taxes; no exactions should be excessively
difficult to meet.
In our national spending, we are too much engaged in
providing for other countries. The first duty of the National
Government is to care for our own people; furthermore, the
first concern of the Government should be for the tax-PAY-
ER, not for the tax-EATER.
A ✓
All the talk of undeveloped foreign areas is based largely
on ignorance of those areas. Recently, here in South Carolina
I passed a ‘house worth about $300 and was amazed to ob
serve that the people had a television. Are they underde
veloped? Probably so, but by whose standard? Are they
happy ? Probably so. Ajnd jit may be that we are being im
posed upon by do-gooders whose inpulses are generous but
whose judgment is woefully lacking. The Cholo of . Peru,
coming from the Andes with his burro for a fiesta may be
undeveloped, as surely he is, but he wants nothing for the
moment but a bundle of alfalfa for his burro and a bit of
simple food for himself. Shall we lift him from his poverty ?
Well, if you knew him, would you say that he is less happy
than many a miserable person whose bank account is stag
gering in its abundance?
. Millions of people here in America may be undernourished
and underprivileged. Lets build our own foundations for we
must be an example, an inspiration, to people everywhere,
rather than a bountiful provider of meat and potatoes for
the moment.
I think we should take the bull by the horns and cut our
spending by billions, on a National scale, and by millions
here in South Carolina. THE ONLY WAY TO RETRENCH
IS TO RETRENCH. We are spending too much; lets cut
now and cut deeply; do it NOW!
J OHN Foster Dulles, President Ei
senhower’s much-'traveled Sec
retary of state, is the butt of ev£r-
increasing criticism from segments
of both parties in the Congress for
his seeming vacillating policies par
ticularly applicable to the Asian
situation. He has been especially
singled out for censure by the so-
called China-firsters in the Con
gress. headed by Republican lead
er William F. Knowland. These
criticisms of Secretary Dulles are
reminiscent of the same sort of
tactics which were used against
Dean Ache son. Secretary of State
under the regime of^ President Tru
man. It was Acheson who brought
Dulles into the State Department
as an advisor and. consultant, par
ticularly on far eastern affairs.
These criticisms of Mr. Dulles
come at a time when President
Eisenhower is faced with decisions
which mean peace or war in the
world, and while the President has
not in any way Joined in attacks
against his Secretary of State, he
has not been particularly vocal in
his defense. Which recalls a state
ment of President Truman when
he was in a similar position at
tempting to keep the Communist
off-balance about the intentions of
our country even though there was
evidence of disunity among the
members of Congress.
“Because our freedom is in dan
ger, we are united in its defense.
Let our aggressor think we are
divided. Our great strength is the
loyalty and fellowship of a free
people. We pull together yrhen we
are in trouble, and we do it by
our own choice, not out of fear,
Wit out of love for the great values
in our American life, -that we all
have a share in.”
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Senator Styles Bridges of New
Hampshire, Republican ranking
member of both the Senate Appro
priations and Armed Services Com
mittee is heading a move for the
purchase of land in Washington
for the construction of a new Capi
tol building. The theory i? that the
present Capitol built in 1800 is ob
solete and uneconomical as h home
for the Congress.
He would construct a new mod
ern building on a site selected cm
Capitol Hill. Immediately upon his
suggestion a storm of opposition
stemmed from scores of organiza
tions in Washington and through
out the country, who have some
reverence for the traditions. The
cornerstone of the present capital
was laid on Sept. 18, 1793 and the
building was occupied when the
government was moved from Phil
adelphia in 1800. The building was
burned by the British in the war
of ISIS, when interior of both the
north and south wings were gutted
by lire on August t\ 1814. Restor
ation waa completed by ISIS. The
original conetmetion waa not fully
completed untTlStt end It was not
until 1881 when the present Senate
and House wings wore started. The
present House chamber waa occu
pied for legislative purposes De
cember 16, 1887 and the Senate *
wing on January 4, 1858. Since
then there have been several peri
ods of modernizations including
new roofs, a new dome completed
in 1865 and the building is now v
completely air conditioned. It oc
cupies a floor area of 14 acres,
has 435 rooms.
ILL.IAM JACKSON, 124 Cleveland Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri,
says that after he entered service in the armed forces, be had
many conflicting problems in dealing with other men. In civilian life
he had been able to rationalize his inability to get along with people
by his ability to play golf, which made him feel important. He wore
good clothes, had the best set of golf clubs money could buy, and
played a fairly decent game, so he felt he had a lit
tle something on the next fellow, and that relieved
him of the responsibility of getting along with his
fellow men. But he says he now knows that he was
disobeying the most important rule of group living
by making the other fellow feel inferior while only
making up for his own complex.
As a Private he did all the dirty work. His Master
Sergeant used all his powers to show authority,
every thought being of himself. 'When he talked,
which was not too often, he told of something im
portant he did, or something he wanted to do, or
else it was an order making someone else do the tilings he didn’t
to do. Soon William Jackson waa about to become his slave. So he
his troubles. Then he decided to try another tactic. When he waa
to pick up the mail, he acted as if he waa glad to do a favor for
Master Sergeant. If he got jumped on for some trivial thing; he
sincerely sorry and would “make it a point not to let it happen
These things gave the Sergeant Just exactly what he waa trying to
by being hard boiled old Army Sergeant which he wasn’t at
Aftef a few days of this new treatment he waa flabergasted.
It wasn't long before the Sergeant was smiling occasionally,
William wasn’t getting so many dirty Jobs. After that flrst
smile, and “good morning,’* he never once made the Sergeant feel
though his commands were immaterial; it worked miracles.
CARNEGIE.
i n g t o n
Q.
I read in the papers that the Congress is planning a*
Office bnilding. Can yen Ml me when the present
erected.
The present Senate Office building was started in 1906 a fad the
wing was completed and occupied March 5, 1909. The First
wing was completed in June, 1933. Cost of the Completed bi
was $8,390,892. The ‘new building, across the street on First
was provided for by act of Congress in 1948 which limited
the site to $l,100,0p0, and 820,600,000 for construction and
ment. Ground breaking was started op the new building
1995.
Can yen Ml me hew many speakers ef
In 188 sessions, hicluding the flrst session of the 84th Congress,
sepsrate men iRvtf served as speaker of the House. Most
grosses have two sessions, but 28 Congresses have had three
sions and one, the 88th Congress, had four, sessions^
Rayburn haa served longer than any other man. He is in his
seerioh. Starting In the third session of the 78th Congress. Ja
1940, ha sarved continuously through six sessions of the 77th,
and Ttth Congresses. He became speaker January 8» 1948,
served through flour sessions of the 81st and 82m!
again became speaker Jan. 5, 1865, at the first session at
Close fleconds to Speaker Rayburn wars Joseph
through 10 sessions of the 58th. 59th. 60th end 81st Cob*
and Champ Clark, who served through 11 sessions of
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REST CURE FOR SURE
By Joe Ringland
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From the Brookfield Courier,
Brookfield, New York: The surest
way to develop the local commu
nity and create permanent pros
perity is to encourage the building
up of steady payrolls.
Information that shows the in*
dividual his interest in productive
enterprise is indispensable to the
. sound solution of questions that
encourage ^ the establishment or
growth of industries and business.
Just as industries bring business
to every store so do they make
possible advertising and subscrib
ers upon which the local newspati
per depends, and > herein lies the
interest of editors in the problems
of industry.
That this philosophy is sound
End has a direct bearing on the
prosperity of every community,
every business and every individ
ual is evidenced by figures re
leased by the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States cover
ing the period from 1940 to 1950.
They show that for every 100 new
industrial workers in nine coun
ties surveyed by the Chamber, re
tail sales zoomed $260,000,. per
sonal, income $590,000 and bank
deposits $270,000.
An increase of 100 industrial
workers meant 174 new jobs in
other lines of work, 112 more
households and a population in
crease of 296—new purchases of
all manner of goods and services.
The survey covered a ten yeyar
period and was designed to meas
ure the impact of new industry on
local business.
The problems of industry are
the problems of the people. They
involve the welfare of the publish
er, who is the spokesman for the
people and every business in the
community.
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From the Harvard Herald, Har
vard, niiaeia: If a survey made by
the Opinion Research Corporation
among seniors in 86 high schools,
scattered across the, country, is
correct, there is something alarm
ingly wrong , with American educa-
According to the results, 82 per
cent of these students do not be
lieve we have competition in busi
ness; 60 per cent feel ownerii get
too large a share of the profits; 61
per cent reject the profit motive
as necessary to the survival of our
free system; 55 per cent accept
the classic communist doctrine of
“from each according to ability, '
to each according to needs,’’ and
60 per cent think a worker should
not produce all he can.
This should make the men in the
Kremlin and our other idealogical
enemies happy. For, if such views
are widely held and acted upon by
our citizens of tomorrow, we wil}
destroy this nation from witliin—
which is what the Communists
want beyond anything else.
D EVOURING toast and washing
it down with burning / coffee is
a hard habit to break. I had for
gotten how enjoyable a leisurely
breakfast could be.
My wife glanced at the clock
while preparing cereal for our chil
dren. “It’s a quarter of eight dear.’’
I put more jam on my toast.
*T*m catching a cold, Mary. Need
rest. I’m not going to work today.’’
She laughed. “Think you can rest
here?’’
“Where else? You know it’s the
best way to break a cold.’
She poured a second cup of cof
fee for me. “Do you think you
could handle the boys if I went
shopping?’’
“What’s to handle?’*
She smiled. “There’s
something different every day. 1
While she fed the children I went
to my favorite chair and relaxed
with a good book. I hardly heard
her leave.
The bullet wound Inflicted by
Snake Eye Willie, the criminal of
my book, disappeared along with
my sense of well-being when a
racket which sounded Uke wagons
without tires vibrated tty nerves.
- I Jumped up and lurched to the
door. It was wagons. Two of them
raced by at a tremendous speed.
The one with three in it was mine.
I watched tin they reached the
bottom of our hDl.
Walking to the front sidewalk I
said, “Hey! One at a time in thgt
wagon and stay on tine level.’*
I had Just settled down when I
heard someone crying. Outside,
once more, I noticed a leg caught
in the wheel of a tricycle. Two of
the kids had apparentiy met head
on.
“Now look, gang. Bumping into
each other may be fun, but it’s
hard on tike equipment; so watch
it“
' A loud crash came from the
back. I ran out. The neighbor boy
didn’t seem to think garage win
dows were necessary. He looked
at me innocently as if to say, “Ac
cidents will happen,, won’t they?”
1 knew something had to be
said and firmly. I cleared my
throat. “The time has long past
since you children have needed
constant care. Some of you are
well in your sixes. You should
know that people don’t go around
throwing rocks, Se he carefuL”
I moved the car to tike street
and began sweeping the 1 broken
glass out of the garage. What was
that? Notiiing. The quietness dis
turbed me. I ventured out front.
Empty wagons, tricycles, scooters
were an over; but not a ghflrf in
sight j i
Then I saw my car moving. I
ran Uke crazy as it gained mo
mentum, knowing whatever hap
pened would before I got there.
- It Jumped the curb with two
wheels and came to an abrupt halt
with a crunch of fender against i
Everyone remained quiet as I
climbed in and drove back to the
garage. I was afraid to speak. I
went back to my comfortable chair
tp Max. but I felt taunt aa a
jammed gear shift
Then it came. At first I couldn’t
Relieve my ears. The tempo in
creased and I knew it was true.
It was wagons again coaxing down
the hill on their rims.
My hands felt like steel daws
at my sides. I was closing in on
the children when I noticed my
wife coming. Deciding to talk it
over with her before doing any
thing drastic, I retreated to the
house, feeling like a garage win
dow in a backstop.
Mary came quickly. Well, it looks
like you’ve about had it Any
trouble?”
I slumped. “Not a bit but there
is one thing that puzzles me.
“What’s that, dear?”
“Where are the tires for aU tike
wagons in this neighborhood?”
“The hills wears them out Noth
ing soft can survive around here
for long.”
Did she think I was soft? Didn’t
she know a man belongs in a man’s
world? I stood up and took a deep .
breath. “My cold is gone, Mary. }
I’m going to the office now.”
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“bed springs” cattle guard fas pi
slats, anchor chains reduce
to dig n
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National
DISTANCE MARX .
Hamamura, 28, law
dent from Japan, won S90i
nual Boston A. A.
record time ef 2:18:22.
lowered eld time 2!
28 mile, 885 yard
draft . . .
tip that might be
above » good