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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1955 uw 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. Next month, Mr. Benson will take up just this problem I Mrs. Hattie Fulmer at a meeting of governors of the Great Plains states. Right Passes Suddenly now, he figures ‘education’ is the best way to persuade farm ers to shift from grain to grass. But his top advisors favor more stringent methods. The lack of rain, rather than the wind damage, is the real problem for many great plains farmers this year. Actually the winds have torn up fewer acres this year than last, when 17 million acres were blighted. But rainfall has re mained well below normal steadily since 1, and it’s the cumulative effect of this that’s causing the , >uble. The impact of the winds and drought vary widely in the dust bowl region. Eastern Colorado and portions of north east New Mexico appear to be hardest hit. Even Colorado farmers, with land irrigated by rivers,-are finding things rugged this season, after doing relatively well in recent COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS DROUGHT SITUATION CRITICAL Here in South Carolina we are modest, unassuming, un pretending, unassertive people, living moderately well, but seldom rising to the highest heights or sinking to the lowest depths. Rarely do we seek glamorous acclaim by fabulous earnings, but we are also spared the appalling disasters that afflict our brethren. % Consider the drought: it is dry in South Carolina, but not so dry that we can’t raise a hue and cry about it; it hasnt impeded the steady growth of our one great power enter prise, The South Carolina Electric & Gas company, which has the greatest lakes and water power of any private enter prise in the State; nor has the dry weather impressed our State Legislature, for it appropriated money as though money were a spontaneous generation like weeds. Of course the power company is guided by a great genius who not only has long and wide vision, but a firm grasp of all the immediate factors, too. By the way, I’ve just read several annual reports of great companies. Do you read the annual statements of our big enterprises? I read many of them and find them informa tive. Here is something from the largest South Carolina in- dustrial enterprise: “Interesting evidence of the continued growth of the 23 counties served by the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. is contained in the company’s annual report for 1954. During those 12 months six thousand, one hundred and thirty-six new edectric customers were added to the company’s lines bringing the total to 158,381. The residential customers used an average of 3,477 kilowatt hours of electricity during the year—this is 36 per cent above the national average; the average rate paid by residential customers was less than two and a half cents per kilowatt hour, nine per cent lower than the average residential rate for the nation. The one sad note in the company’s report for last year was the con tinued decline in the use of its bus system in Columbia and Charleston; the transit operation carried 3,000,000 {three million FEWER bus passengers than in 1953.” As to the,drought, let us consider the condition in the Southwest: • ! _ ';j| “In the past six months, the whirling winds have ravag ed some 11 million acres of wheat and grazing land in a ‘dust bowl’ that covers parts of Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. The devasted area is larger than Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. Federal soil scientists estimate another 15 million acres are dry enough to blow loose in the first big wind. Says Agriculture Secretary Benson, fresh from a three- day tour of the drough area: “The current drought in the Great Plains is worse than it was in the 1930s.” Despite these start statistics and grim words, a visitor to the region finds most farmers apparently weathering the dust storms surprisingly well; new model cars abound; homes are well furnished. But citizens are digging into their bank accounts and going into debt/ There is almost no sign farmers will stage the mass ex odus that took place three decades ago. Lewis Wolfe, leading Oklahoma State drought official, notes that farmers ‘are going pretty heavily into debt, bor rowing on credit established when crops were good. But they know all they need is rain and one good crop, and they’ll be solvent overnight.’ Consider the case of a typical drought victim. Three times this season he’s planted wheat on his 600 acres, only to have it blown away. If rain comes soon, he says he’ll try to re coup some of his losses with barley or grain sorghums. Agriculture department officials in Washington explain the absence of ‘drough panic’ this way: Farmers went into the drought period with more money in the bank to tide them over bad years; they know more now than they did in the 30s about soil conservation, irrigation and other safe guards against wind erosion, and they have better machin ery to work with; they've had more help from the Govern ment in the form of easy credit, crop insurance and cut-«f£e feed to keep livestock alive when rangelands are destroyed. This is not to imply, of course, that the dust bowl of the 50s hasn't brought plenty of hardship to farmers and the people who sell them. Moreover, the Government is spending millions for drought aid. Shipping cut-rate feed and sharing the cost of emergency soil conservation practices have cost the govern ment more than $65 million in the past two years in ,the Southwest drough area. In addition, the Agriculture depart ment’s Farmers Home Administration since 1953 has doled out $85 million in One year 'disaster loans to help finance farniing operations in the southern Great Plains. Now this agency is mulling still another form of credit aid. It’s considering making emergency loans of up to five years maturity to let dust bowl farmers pay off their debts to banks and businessmen—something they’ve been barred from doing with the one-year 'disaster’ credit. years. 67 BILLION FOR FOREIGN AID The senator from Greenville, Bradley Morragh, and the senator from Aiken, John Jl.Williams, are not disposed to go along with the annual make-shift known as the Free-con- ferenee on the General appropriations bill-1 agree with them fully, although I understand not only the difficulties, but appreciate a lot of hard work done by the joint committee. I may also say that Senator Edgar Brown, as a business man himself, has tried to avoid the harsh impositions j which are frequently suggested. Notwithstanding that, the last-min ute arrangements is a solemn farce which does no crelit to our ability to govern ourselves. Furthermore, I have a con viction that the provisions of free-conference reports, even as adopted by both Houses, may be in violation of our Con stitution. As to the congress, although we have able men in both Senate and House; and in spite of my appreciation of President Eisenhower for his good intentions, however misguided\ and mischevious I think net results of the labors of our National eaders is so far below that of our English cousins that I wonder if five hundred men, taken at random, would do worse. What do you think of this: Let me quote from the Town Journal something worth pondering well : “The government of the U.* S. is still spending more than it takes in. The budget has not been balanced. A balance next year remains only a pious hope. The national debt which now amounts to around $1,800 for every man, woman and child, continues to grow. And taxes still take about a third of all t he money that is earned by all the producers' of the nation. These are pertinent facts. In their light, President Eisen hower requests by special mesage to Congress that more bil lions be appropriated in foreign aid. He has asked for $3,- 530,000,000. Foreign Aid Chief Stassen says that two-thirds of this would be spent on 15 countries of Free Asia. These are rather considerable sums of money. In return for send ing them to Asia, what is it that we are expected to getf Defense? Future allies? Friends? ‘ In Europe, which is closer home, we have had some ex perience. We have extended aid. We have assisted. We have lent. How much? Curiously, the United States Government, with its vast information facilities, does not give its tax payers an understandable report on these matters. We are therefore indebted to the Washington weekly “Human Events” for having had the inquisitiveness to try to add up our total foreign aid for the tenyears since the war 6nded. Using statistical sources inside the government, the paper reaches a figure covering the past decade. The figure is 67 billion dollars. Some 51 countries shared the American taxpayers’ generosity. At the top of the list stands France, still unstable after a score of changes in administration since the war’s end, with a hundred Communist/deputies in her parliament, and certainly weak and doubtful as a prospective ally. Aid to France is estimated at $10,646,693,000. Next comes Great Britain: $10,206,416,000. The British have just announced a big reduction for their taxpayers. Then Italy, no tower of military strength for anyone, $3,- 712,494,000. And alter Italy, why? Russia and her satellites: $1,325,050,000. That billion, wheedled out of us before we caught on, certainly sank in a rathole. (How much, by the way, is one billion dollars? We’ve heard of no easy way to tell. A billion would buy 58,000 average U. S. farms, enough to cover 29 or 30 countries. These billions have done some good. They have helped keep some parts of the world out of Communist hands. They have repaired a lot of war damage which was not our fault. They have provided some defense facilities for us abroad. They have helped some poor people. They have propped up weak socialistic regimes, strengthened tyrannies and en riched the already rich. But have they bought us 67 billions worth of defense? That’s a fair question. Such a sum could have given us balanced budgets all these ten years and tax cuts besides. Could we have bought more defense with half that amount? The United States cannot afford less than the best in de fense. But neither can Americans afford an indefinite and endless drain from guesswork commitments and hopeful giveaways.” - . • • .iv-: - ’ f \.|JyjpBI Mrs. Hattie Bickley Fulmer, 77, died suddeuly Saturday aftternoon at Newberry county hospital. She had been in the hospital for the past three weeks. Mrs. Fulmer was born in Lex ington county, daughter of the late E. B. and Nancy Lindler Bickley. She had made her home in Newberry for a number of years and was the wife of the late Ernest Sligh Fulmer, who died two years ago. She was a member of Summer Memorial Lu theran church. Surviving are four sons, Willie E.. Ira W., Alvin A., and Marvin, all of Newberry; one brother, Joe Bickley, West Columbia; two sis ters, Mrs. Lizzie Shealy, s and Mrs. Maggie Aimick, both of Newberry; 11 grandchildren and seven great grand children survive. Funeral services were conduct ed Monday at 4 p. m. at Summer Memorial Lutheran church, by Rev. Horace Lindler anid Rev. D. M. Shull. Burial followed in ‘ the Springdale cemetery. Active pallbearers were Carl Aandck, Ethian Amick, Charlie Bickley, Colie Bickley, Eddie Am- ick and Herman Wise. Flower attendants were' Pauline Geddings, Evelyn Nobles, Sherrine Fulmer, Carolyn Bickley, Annie Lee Wise, Christine Fulmer and Allie Livingston. Leadership Club Has Monthly Meet The Junior 4-H Leadership club held its monthly meeting Thurs day, iMay 12, 1955. The meeting was opened by singing “Onward Christian Soldiers.” The Twenty- third Psalm was repeated in uni son. The roll was called and the minutes read and approved. Reports on National 4-H Sun day were given / by George Haw kins and Mrs. James L. Dominick, junior. Wilma Boozer gave an in teresting demonstration on grow ing tomatoes. Janet Hawkins was elected reporter for the dub. Ray MeCarley was the proud winner of the 915 award tor timber thin ning. Recreation wae enjoyed by all present with Ray MoOarley as leader. Delicious refreshments were served by Ann Monroe, An nie Rae Livingston and Ray Mc- Carley. Janet Hawkins, Reporter E. J. BOOKMOBILE Thursday, June 2: Union community: Mrs. Grady Lee Half acre. Union community: Eugene Hor ton. Jolly Street community: Shealy. Midway community: Mrs. J. Wheeler. Wheeland community: Mrs. Joe Fulmer^ 1 Little Mountain community: Rev Hill. Mrs. Luther Hawkins. ML Pilgrim Community: Mrs. G. Y. Cooper. Friday, June 3: Prosperity: Public square. Old O’Neal community: Mrs.' Ruth Bowers. TURNER INQUEST . . . (Continued from page 1) After he finished the|Cup of cof-/ fee, he said he left there and went down to a store on the Winnsboro road and he said he understood a Mr. Nobles runs that store and talked to the lady at the store and asked if he could use the telephone and he called a Mrs. Lever who I understood is related to him, lives out about the Fair Grounds here, and asked her if she would send her son to the store for him. “She sent her boy out there and he picked Billy Turner up and brought him 'to their house and he said he hadn’t been there but a short while and the Lever boy asked if he wanted to come to town and shoot some pool. He said he told him no, he didn’t care anything about shooting pool, but he would go on to town. Wheh he got to town to his brother’s pool room on Main Street, his brother told hint we wanted 'to see him. He asked what about and he toKt him ‘you know as well as I do, go on over to the police station.’ He said, he came to the police station and asked if they wanted him. They asked who he was and he told them Billy Turner and they told him we wanted him. They asked him to have a seat. That was when they called up and he said that was from the morning before up until right then.” Henderson stated that after Mrs. Turner died, a murder war rant was issued and he went to the jail to read it to Turner. He asked Turner if he had made any threats and he replied “yeah, I told this man before I wouldgo to jail again for non-support somebody^ would be hurt.” He a«id Turner did not call any names. A blood-covered claw hammer was foundry investigating officers by the side of the bed and blood stains were found on Turner's clothes. These articles were sent to the State Law . Enforcement division in Columbia and the blood stains on the clothes were found to be human blood, said Mr. Henderson. He stated that Turner said the hammer was “just like his.” Questioned about some money Turner had, Henderson stated that Turner told him that “while he was iu Joanna be collected 93.00 from a fellow Lindsay up there that he had done some work for. He told me he spent fifty cents and what he spent it for but I have forgotten. When be got home he had 93.50. He said he gave that to his wife aodi she took it and looked at it and gave it back to him and told him to lay it up on the mantle. I asked if he done anything else with the money be fore he left and he said he didn’t, he guessed it was still there. He said he told his wife he could go back up to the store with the $2.50 and' get something for break fast but he noticed when he came down the road both the stores at Kinards were closed, that he would get up early the next morn ing and go up there to get some food. He also told us on the 7th, after he was informed of his wife being dead, he told us that the We- hunts were the cause of all their troubles. _ In answer to a question by of-; ficers as to whether or not he killed his wife, Henderson said that Turner replied he “wouldn’t say he did> and wouldn’t say he didn’t.” The bill of indictment against Turner for murder is expected to be presented to the Grand Jury at the next court of General Sess ions which' convenes here on Monday, June 20. 228TH NATIONAL GUARD . . . (Continued from page 1) ficer, army; Capt. Ralph P. Zobel, who has just returned frqm a 9 months , "firiiig control sojiool at Fort Bliss, Texas, unassigned, air force; Lt. Larry B. Graves, radar officer, air force; Lt. George W. v Neel, assistant communications of ficer, navy; Lt. David Neville, as sistant operations officer, • army with service in Korea; Lt. Fred Weir, Jr., liaison officer ROTC; Also, 4. Chief Warrant Officer Floyd H. Dennis, food service of ficer, army; CWO Wallace, mo tor maintenance officer, army; Warrant Officers Richard Earl Addison, radio officer, navy; Jas. G. Clamp, personnel officer; Dra yton L. Minick, assistant radar of ficer, army;^Harrison Lee Small wood, assistant supply officer, navy Seabees. Officers of the 228th Headquar ters battery are Oapt. Kirby Lom- iroack, commanding officer and Warrant Officer R. Ffasier San ders, meteorologist, both with prior service in the air force. Enlisted men with the 228th Headquarters Battery are MjSgt. Thomas' J. Longshore; Sergeants first class Curtis O. Chapman, Jimmie B. Davenport, Curtis W. Hipp, Robert H. Shealy, and Jas. E. Stone; Sergeants, Kennedy D. Couch, Donald L. Harmon, RobL L. Hentz, Joseph. F. Hipp, Jr., Frank B. Leopard, Pettus J. Liv ingston, Jr., William B. Merritt, Benjamin V. Nichols, Leonard J. Perry, Andrew Shealy and Jonas C. Wessinger. Corporals: William B. Clamp, Jr., Ralph E. Cromer, William C. Cromer, Jerry P. Epting, Gerald Griffith, Frank H. Minick, Wallace B. Ruff, Arthur E. Singley, Jr., Lewis C. Stutts and John B. West. Privates First Class: Charles K. Cromer, Jimmie M. Douglas, | Johnny D. Dowd, Elton L. Duffle, Charles R. Livingston, Frederick E. Lusk, Russell S. Moore, Fred D. Riley, Gilbert L. Robertson, Bob H. Shealy, Lewis F. Sligh, William A. Smith, Jr., Ross C. West, Alfred Dorroh, v Reginald P. Franklin, Ned H. Hipp, Ji^nmie W. Lester and Thompson H. Long shore. Privates: Henry F. Brehmer, Samuel E. Laird, John E. Mar lowe, Madison Pitts, Melvin L. Puckett, Robert D. Tesenair, Joha ; E. Campbell, Fred L. Clary, Clar ence L. Kinard, Jr., Edward F. Lominick, Jr., George H. Long shore, James A. Longshore, Wil liam M. Maybin, Thomas M. Nich ols, Jimmie W. * Pitts, Robert ’ S. Rinehart and Jimmie W. Bowers. S. C. National The South Carolina National Bank will pays its shareholders an extra dividend of 25 cer.ts a share in addition to the 75 cent dividend. The will be made July 2. ,The bank directors, a regular meeting in Columbia, nounced the dividend, which amount to 9250,000. profits, and the volume of during the fiscal year payment possible. HAWKINS’ TO MAKE HOME IN NEWBERRY Mr. and Mrs. Bobby and eon Boh, returned to ry, Saturday to make their Mr. Hadkins has accepted as assistant overseer to kins at Mollohon Mills, kins’ have made their Halifax, Virginia for the years where he was with the Pacific mills, make their home for the with Mrs. Hawkins parents, and Mrs. W. |C. Huffman, Boundary street. v;«. v ill Mr. on . i , .-A,'; w* ?‘ v -r: •" ' j .. i/*rffcSSi * \ s y. » V* mtif Will Y e A STORY HOUR TO BE DISCONTINUED The Newber^y-Saluda Regional Library announces that the child ren’s Story Hour which has been held each Monday afternoon un der the direction of Mise Mary Tlmberlake, will be discontinued for the summer months. K- liS * • ■ on NOTICE OF DELINQUENT TAX SALES ON PERSONAL PROPERTY STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY TO WHOM THESE PRESENT^- MAY CONCERN: By authority of the tax laws of South Carolina and the various Tax Executions issued to me in the name of the State and County of Newberry by the Treasurer of the said county, the following per sonal properties, listed below, have been seized and taken poss ession of and are hereby adver tised fo be sold for delinquent taxes on June 6th (Monday) 1955, before the Newberry Court House door, within the usual hours of public sales. Terms: cash. ^All properties advertised are the properties levied upon in the name of the defaulting taxpayers here inafter listed. Personal property, consisting of Chevrolet, 2 door car, license No. D 196-197, in Tax district No. 1, County and State aforesaid, lev ied! upon in the name -of Ozell Counts. Personal property, consisting of Nash 4 door car, license No. D227- 753, in Tax district No. 1, County and State aforesaid, Ihvied upon in the name of Neal G&llman. Personal property, consisting of Nash, 4 door car, license No. C28- 527, in Tax district No. 1, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of George Parker. Personal property, consisting of Ford Pickup, license No. H65-894, in Tax district number one out side, County and State aforesaid, levied upon in the name of Thom as B. Griffin. Personal property, consisting of 2 door Chevrolet car, (license No. D227-745, in Tax district No. 7, County and State aforesaid, lev ied upon in the name of John Henry Hair. Personal property, consisting of 2 door Pontiac car, license No. D244-88L in Tax district No. 7, County and State aforesaid, . lev ied upon in the name of Julius Monts. T. L. HILL, / Tax Collector 4-2tc. .H i Mm Thousands*will at the Newberry Federal. June 30th being our Semi-Annual Dividend Date, many thous ands of people will receive a dividend on their savings. If you are not one of these, why not open a Savings ac count today, and let your money work for you. % ' - >Sii * .'AU - It •O ejtfJ do.d'P 910,00® NOTICE Pursuant to paragraph 4-39 of the S. C. Code for 1952, notice is hereby given that the under signed will apply to the South Carolina Tax Commission for a retail liquor license to operate a retail liquor store at 1301 Nance Street in the City of Newberry. S. A. COOK 4—3tc Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n. “An Institution Devoted to Thrift and Home Ownership” John F. Clarkson, Pres. J. K. Willingham, Sec.-Treas. NEWBERRY, S. C. > ml m ;V * ; U- 1; 'f'fl m . y ■ ' ■ • ■