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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1955
NIGHT COMES TO THE GASOLINE TRAIL
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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.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
Mr. Self, Mr. James C. Self, well known industrialist of
Greenwood and New York, but cherished by me as a friend
of the years, has gone to the Great Beyond.
I regard Mr. Self as the greatest man ever born in South
Carolina. This is no perfervid eulogy of the moment; I have
said and written that several years.
The man in uniform, with golden epaulets, or astride a
fine horse, with martial aspect and glittering sword;, he
may catch the eye, as a glamorous figure, exciting the im
agination: or the orator, in impassioned speech, dramatic
ally gesticulating, as his deep voice sounds the moving sen
timent, he may appeal tremendously; nor would I disparage
either the heroic figure or the political leader; both may
have their day, and both may serve the state immeasurably.
Mr. Self came into the world in old Edgefield, son of a
country physician and a Godly mother, both of whom Mr.
Self commemorated in the chimes and church at the Mill,
and the magnificent hospital, in the city of Greenwood.
James C. Self was a man of fruitful genius: he was cap
able of infinite pains, unwearied assiduity, in carrying out
the plans of his practical imagination.
Someone else may give the data of that remarkable life,
but I want to tell just what I know, and how I was so for
tunate as to know Mr. Self.
In the early thirties The Farmers’ and Taxpayers’ league
was organized to restore a measure of fiscal sanity, at a
time when thousands of our people were not able to pay
their taxes; when thousands were in arrears ten years;
when, in some counties, men promised to thwart any effort
to sell out a citizen for taxes. Mr. Self was a liberal contri
butor. No one knows HOW MUCH or HOW OFTEN, Mr.
Self contributed to good causes; he was always responsive,
when convinced of the merit of the appeal. But Mr. Self did
not indulge in sporadic helpfulness; his mills, the beautiful
villages, the laundry, the conditions of work—all told of the
master mind, whose heart and head labored constantly for
the highest promotion of all his many interests.
Let me relate a few instances, even disjointedly:
A few years ago Mr. Self thought of building a textile
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plant in Chile. Because of my ten years in South America he
asked me to explore the general field, including Mexico.]
don’t know from what sources Mr. Self drew his information
but he always sought the truth and acted WHEN HE HAD
ALL THE FACTS.
Mr Self abandoned the idea of a Latin-American mill.
Instead of that, I urged him to consider Clarendon county,
my home county. Mr. Self sent me a sheet from a study of
our population and said “In a few years the situation there
may be unfavorable”. That was in keeping with his thorough
investigation; HE WAS ALWAYS MASTER because he
ayways grasped all the factors and all the implications from
them.
A few years ago I told Mr. Self of a proposed trip of mine
to New York. Forthwith Mr. Self arranged for me to have
lunch at the Manufacturer’s club (or was it the Manufac
turers’ Trust company) 4 He notified the gentleman in charge
of his New York sales office to look out for'me. To my fine
friends, Mr. B. M. Edwards and Mr. Self, I owe the invita
tions to lunch at several New York banks.
Mr. Self had bought, modernized and air-conditioned a
building on Worth street for his sales operations. A young
man showed me the building with much pride and told me
a story. One day Mr. Self visited the building, just before
renovating it. As he talked to my young acquaintance Mr.
Self said: “Young man, where is North from here” ? The
young fellow said ‘‘About here, sir”. To his surprise Mr.
Self puUed out a small compass and said “Not quite! North
is there,” slightly deviating. The young fellow said to me:
“I had lived here all my life and he came here and showed
me up.”
One day I called at The Hanover bank. One of the Vice-
Presidents is a very able man from Greenville, South Caro
lina. He was expecting me because, of a letter from Mr. Self.
In a little while four of us, including the President, were in
conversation. We talked about Mr. Self all the time. The
president said: “I called on Mr. Self a year or so ago and he
took me to see his mills in Greenwood and Ninety Six. The
Secretary (Mr. Adams) was riding in the back, while Mt.
Self did the'driving. I noticed that the car wobbled a bit and
at ope time I thought it was going in the ditch. Mr. Self
was feeing for something in his pocket. At length he said:
“Mr. Adams, what,is that truck yonder doing here? Ac
cording to the book it hasn’t any business here”. That was
told to prove Mr. Self’s intimate knowledge of every detail.
So, far away from home, all the conversation was about
Mr. Self.
Mr. Self honored me with many invitations to spend the
night in his hospitable home. My last over-night visit was
just after the Harris mill had been finished. We went there;
in fact we tramped all over his mills. Then Mr. Self wanted
to show the interior of a new cottage. The young housewife
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STATS CLOSED . • . Bara doors wtth slide fasteners are kept
closed aratnst wind or livestock bj a weak posh spring pat behind
the slide. This works wen and prevents worrying about barn doors
on windy or stormy nights . . . also keeps stock oat of the barn and
away from feed they shouldn’t eat.
admitted us and Mr. Self pointed out to me features in each
room. In the kitchen his eagle eye detected something wrong
(like a leak) in the ceiling. “Oh, Oh,” he said to the young
lady, “What is that”? “You ought to know”, she said: ’’You
are the plumber, aren’t you”? I thought I’d fall through the
floor, but Mr. Self didn’t seem to notice it; so I whispered
to the lady “This is Mr. Self”, and then she nearly fainted.
Since “genius is the infinite capacity tot taking pains”,
as Carlyle says, or the unwearied study of details, in grap
pling with big problems, I may tell of my ride with Mr. Self
from his home to his office one morning. When we came in
sight of the mill Mr. Self’s acute perception saw a practical,
detail at once. “Look,” he said. I ; looked but didn’t know for
a moment what he was looking at. “See that fine smoke; fine
combustion.”
I have been singularly fortunate in splendid friendships;
I have been inspired by able men of affairs in all walks of
life; and I have felt deeply the loss of many of those men,
though I have been favored beyond my merits by new friend
ships. Within two or three years I have lost two friends
whose gracious consideration made me forever their debtor.
One was William H. Regnery of Chicago who became my
friend, through the kindly offices of the late William A.
Moorehead, himself a firm and fast friend. Mr. Regnery was
so quiet and thoughtful one would not think he was the
dynamic spirit of great accomplishment. But he was. I never
knew any man for whom I had greater respect, admiration
and affection; how wonderfully his life blessed thousands
of our people; and now passes James C. Self. Those two men
were alike in this; they studied, they thought, and then
they acted, always constructively, always Remembering the
men and women who'operated their mills.
Someone has suggested that towering figures blaze the
path of progress: and we lesser spirits merely walk the
path laid out.
William H. Regnery and James C. Self! Supernal figures,
unforgettable men of rare quality.
Where does the water COME FROM? That is quite im
portant, but here is an idea where it GOES:
“Early today Mrs. X switched on her automatic dish
washer. In a matter of minutes seven gallons of water
sprayed the breakfast dishes clean. Later this morning Mrs.
Y will dump two loads of clothes into an automatic washing
machine. It gulps, 32 gallons of water each load. This after
noon Mrs. A. will turn a hose on the close-cropped grass of
a new lawn.-It’s still moist from a half tqn of water it soak
ed up two days ago.
As. Mrs. As lawn gets its alternate-day bath—your town
limits lawn sprinkling to every other day—some 650 work
ers from a plant will be headed homeward. Their output of
soaps, suds, and shortening today will have ticked off a
million gallons on the plants water meter.
In cities throughout the U. S. much the same thing is
happening. Increased water use by consumers in homes and
industry has sent average per capita consumption sharply
higher across the U. S.—from about 90 gallons a day in 1920
to 145 last year. In many a city it has resulted in shortages
with city-enforced curtailment of home use.
Congress has been stepping up appropriations to help
state and local governments find new water supplies—to
about $4.4 million this year from about $1 million in 1943.
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Q—I bought a house wtth a GI loan, and now I am pianntng to sell It.
1 was considering having the buyer take over my loan. Must I get
Veterans Administration permission to do this?
A—No. VA permission is not required. However, you should remember
you remain liable for the GI loan, even though you sell the house
to another person. You can relieve yourself of all liability by insist-
- tng that the buyer refinance the house. •
Q—Can you tell me what Is behind the move in Congress to set up by
resolution a presidential designation of the last week in October as
national Farm-cMy week.
A—This Is a propaganda move backed by large busmess firms whose
products sre purchased by farmers or who buy the product of the
fanhers. The move has been underway about a year through a well
known lobby organization in Washington.
9—Can members ff Congress be impeached?
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A—There has been no impeachment action against any member for
more than 190 years, so the answer is probably No. 'An impeach-
v ment proceeding was brought against Senator Blount, in 1798, but
he resigned before the case came to trial* and although the Senate
held it had no Jurisdiction, there has been question as to whether
this was a precedent. Of course the Senate can expel a member,
so can tbs House, by two-thirds vote. Also any member is subject
to proaecutfcm for treason, felony, or breach of foe peace.
Q—Are Bsnaters and Congressmen federal er state official*?
A—They are officers of foe United States Government, elected by foe
states er districts, and take an oath to support foe United States
constitution.
DALlCARItiiGff
•’A' AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING
D ONALD C Monson, J4 Waverly Street, Stooeham. Massachusetts.
experienced foe greatest worry that had come Into his life when
he was called to his father’s sickbed. He remembered seeing him sick,
but foe years had placed a strain on his heart and he was forced into
complete rest. .
He was tended carefully, foe doctor coming to see him- daily, but
after the second week advised there was little hope.
Donald says he will always remember foe impact of
that statement as immediately he became confused
and his mind was muddled. After the doctor left,
he went oi^t into foe road wandering aimlessly,
thinking, worrying, wondering. And then his eye*
lifted skyward and he communicated in a mysterious
sort of way to foe great Power above, pleading for
strength. Immediately calm came to him, a settling. p|
reassuring calm, though up to that time he had been
very much of a realist requiring proof positive of
anything he was to believe in.
He returned home with renewed vigor. No miracles happened. His
father’s condition was worse and he was taken to foe hospital. Then he
chanced to read an article written by someone who had gone through
a similar experience and her advice was “and when you pray, do not
say my will be done but say thy will be done.” He had been doing it foe
wrong way.
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Before hiring an em
ployee, foe man who has to “meet
the pay-roll*' will weigh the appli
cant for honesty, being a man of
his word, sincerity and ability to
do foe Job.
Business doesn’t hire people they
doubt—business doesn’t hire peo
ple simply because they belong to
foe same church or fraternal pr-
ganization; they don’t hire people
because they like foe way foe
individual combs' his hair. They
want producers; they expect effort;
they demand honesty. The man
who has to “meet foe pay-roll’’
expects something for his money.
He demands a report of every
transaction, especially matters
that concern his money. If he
doesn’t get a full accounting for
every cant of his money, be gets
rid of the employee.
Government and foe handling of
foe people’s money Is foe biggest
business in these United State*.
yet foe people who do the hiring
of public officials, (which is done
under our Democratic system by
voting) give little or no thought
to weighing every candidate just
as vigorously as they would if
they were hiring someone to run
their business for them. Consider
ing foe £act that government is
big business, considering foe fact
that the manner in which govern
ment is operated affects foe lives
of every ^nan, woman and child,
it is high time we give mere
serious consideration as to foe
people we elect as public officials.
Know more {about them, make sure
your better Judgment indicates that
office seekers meet every require
ment you would expect of someone
you personally were putting on
your payroll, Discount political
promises, turn a deaf ear to the
pre-election bally-boo of the pro
fessional politician. Let’s elect.peo-
ple to political office who have hetf
business experience, people whe
know the value of other people's
money, and conduct the big busi
ness of government in a practical,
sensible business-like
Business men, men who till
soil, people who believe in, sad
be instrumental to foe
a government of foe people,
foe people and for foe
see examples of foe “do
professional politician every
Good government rests with
people in their selection of the
men they “hire” by casting that
precious vote.
Let’s put the business of go\
ment on a sound, business L
by careful selection ^ St public
officials.
I N passing the $32 billion Defense
appropriation bill the Congress
approved a section which says that
if foe Secretary of Defense wants
to quit any work of a' business
nature which could be preformed
by private business, and which
civilian personnel in the Depart
ment has been doing for three
years or more, the Department
shall first give the House and Sen
ate appropriations Committees 90
days notice in advance.
On advice of foe Attorney Gen
eral, foe President has advised foe
Congress that
with foia
he has a court
stitutionality. The
it is a Congressional invasion of
the functions of foe
branch at foe Government
It will be remembered that the
Hoover committee report advised
the Executive branch of Govern
ment to immediately divest itself
of all operations which could be
done by private business, and the
Bureau of foe Budget recently has
urged ail departments to do the
same thing. The fly in foe ointment
is that foe only reason the govern
ment, and particularly the mili
tary services in' foe defense de
partment are in various business
enterprises, is that they found they
were being gouged by private
enterprises business and that they
could do foe same thing them
selves a| savings to foe taxpayers.
And further, while private busi
ness wants to get in on many
things the GoveramenV4s now do
ing for itself, these businesses want
to pick and choose and select the
line which will be most remuner
ative to private business. In other
words there are two approaches
. . . The Defense Department and
other government departments now
in business enterprises are in them
in order ’to save money for the
taxpayers. Private business wants
to get in in order to make money
for itself, without concern ovsir
whether it will cost foe taxpayers
more or less.
Congress, which must put up the
money, and is directly responsible
to the taxpayer, thus has a vital
interest, and wants to take a tool:
as to whether it will save money
over to private
now' done by foe services
themselves. Oh'foe other hand, the|g
friend of bustaess, who may be
in charge of a Job to the executive
department, can throw bustaess to
his friend, if he is not responsible
to Congress. And for his excuse, he
could merely say he was carrying
out foe order of the Bureau of foe
Budget, or the recommendations of
foe Hoover Committee, which haf
foe blessing of this administration.
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The first session of the 84th Con
gress will go down to foe history
books as one of foe most'construe-
tive on record. Except for some
cuts in Foreign Aid, it gave foe
President about everything be
asked in his foreign relations pro
gram, and he went to Geneva at
tending the Big Four
with a united foacktag
enjoyed by no other President
our history in peacetime,
whatever immediate India
may point to, we will not
real outcome of these
at Geneva for months to come.
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The Federal outlay may top that; the U. S. matches what
ever state and local governments spend, and indications are
that their spending will rise further.
Dallas’ water use jumped 58 per cent in five years, easily
outclimbing a 35 per cent population increase.i In 1950, for
instance, the city pushed 19 billion gallons through its mains.
This year the figure will be 30 billon—enough to cover the
entire state of Delaware with an inch of water. Population
during the same period climbed an estimated 150,000 from
1950’s 434,000.
Dallas, which grew from 46 square miles in 1946 to 193
today, had 124,317 meter customers in 1950; it now serves
174,527 meters through more than 200 miles of six-inch
to 66 inch pipe”.
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