The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, March 29, 1956, Image 2
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1956
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
SPECTATOR
The whirligig of time has favored me in many ways,
especially in the matter of new friendships -- which gladden
my heart and revive my flagging zeal; but time also takes
away friends and leaves one sorrowing and bereft. I’ve just
lost a friend , the call came to him and he now walks the
golden streets, far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife.
Twenty years ago a clean-cut, handsome man, Ira B. Arm-
field, then of Newberry, suggested that I write a weekly
column. I have written Spectator every week since then
and the Armfields of Newberry have carried Spectator all
the time, excellently displayed and neatly printed.
Ira Armfield was very active, as Secretary of the Farm
ers and Tapayers League of Newberry county. Whenever
I saw Colonel Ike Hunt or B. V. Chapman, Ira was one of
the party.
Ira Armfield was a patriot, a sound man, a loyal friend,
a fine gentleman; his sad passing removes a man in full
vigor and zeal, one who was a credit to journalism, as well
as a pillar of society.
Behold our great country:
<<v rhe Bell System added 2,880,000 telephones to its ser
vice list in 1955, nearly half again as many as in 1954. Bell
telephones in the US now total over 46,000,000.
Nearly a million color telephones were installed last year.
Loquacious Americans telephoned 9,341,000 more times a
day then in 1954, upped the daily average to 168,930,000
calls.
Long distance operations climbed 12 per cent. More
conversations crossed oceans than ever before—1,200,000
between the US, and 108 other countries and territories.
This was four times the overseas volume of ten years ago
and 25 times that of 15 years ago.
More telephone users were able to dial their own calls*
to nearby points beyond local service areas. Also, about
500,000 people in 65 exchanges—40 more than in 1954—
can now dial directly to 16,000,000 telephones in 17 metro
politan centers throughout the US.”
South Carolina spends all the money for schools and col
leges than it can afford; I do not say this in disparagement
of the claims of teachers; I refer to the total being spent by
the State for every phase of the work—$247,908,334 in
four years: a vast sum. Here it is:
“South Carolina has spent $247,908,334 in state funds
on public school education the four fiscal years since the
institution of the 3 per cent general sales tax.
A study of records of the budget and control board show
that the State has used nearly $50,000,000 from the gen
eral fund to supplement ear marked money raised by the
sales and liquor taxes.
In other words, the sales tax and liquor tax have fallen
short of the state’s public school appropriations by about
$12,500,000 a year in the period between July 1, 1951 and
June 30, 1955.
Recently there has appeared evidence that some confus
ion exists in the minds of teachers and the public alike
about the use of sals tax funds and some people have said
that all of the sales tax was not going to education, P. M.
Coble, executive secretary of the South Carolina Education
association, declared:
‘These figures show just how the state money for the
public schools has been secured,’ he said. ‘They show, also
that the General Assembly has been generous in providing
for the schools in view of all the other responsibilities that
it has.’
‘The schools need more money from the state and they
need more money from local sources but nevertheless the
financial gains made in recent years have been gratifying,’
Coble remarked.
Official budget and control board figures show that in
the four fiscal years up to last June 30, state expenditures
for public schools have amounted to $247,908,334.99. These
figures do not include funds allocated to schools by the fed
eral government, by local taxes or by institutional and mis
cellaneous revenue. They are only the funds provided by di
rect appropriation of the General Assembly.
Those funds came from two earmarked revenue sources
(the general sales tax and Hie liquor tax) and from the
general fund. Here is the breakdown of the state’s income
for the public schools in the four year period:
Sales Tax $175,916,930.74
Liquor Tax $22,000,673.03
Total Ear-marked Funds - 197,917,603.77
General Fund Supplement : - 49,990,731.22
Total Public School Funds $247,908,334.99”
I do not know the exast amount contributed by the Fed
eral government or the total levied on property in the
Counties, but I may cite the Clarendon county Supply bill
for 1956 and I note the following local taxes for schools, in
THE TRUE MESSAGE OF EASTER
addition to the millions contributed by the State:
School District Number 1 45 mills
School District Number 2 50 mills
School District Number 3 61 mills
Let me suggest that the taxpayers investigate this matter
in their respective counties.
A school can hardly rise above the quality of the teach
ing; teachers make schools. Let us not forget that; we are
dependent upon teachers.
Our policy puts more emphasis on buildings than on
teachers. A really capable teacher can do excellent work in
a second-class building, but a second class teacher isn’t
greatly improved by a first class building.
Let us use a little common sense: A man can be as com
fortable in a frame dwelling, or in an apartment in a frame
dwelling as in a mansion. The style and magnificence of
a house may indicate wealth and ambition, but the ordinary
needs can be attended to in an unpretentious house. A
school of a few years ago was just as helpful to society as
the elaborate edifices of today. I do not decry luxury, splen
dor or elaborate arrangement, if one can afford those ap
purtenances, but I am calling for-first things first.
If our pressing need is for teachers, or more pay for them
we should evolve a plan to reward meritorious service so
that superior fitness and proved usefulness may be safe
guarded as a career.
Our total spending is far greater than one might imag
ine, but our school buildings could be just as adaptable even
if built for 50 per cent less.
What wouud you think of a man who spent $50,000 on
a residence and didn’t have enough money remaining to
provide abundant and proper food for his family? Wouldn’t
he be wiser to spend less for imposing appearance and
more for food?
In our public life we seem to know nothing but more and
more spending; we seem unable to reduce anything, or elim
inate anything; spend, spend, tax, tax, buy, buy—that’s
all we hear.
I wonder if we are like the small railroad hotel which
once flourished in a junctional point on our State. It is said
that a drummer—old-time commercial traveler, you know—
was there over night. At breakfast the “waiter” leaned
over obsequiously and asked “Boss, how yuh have yuh
aigs? (eggs.) “Eliminate the eggs,” said the traveler. “Yes,
suh,” said the waiter. Some minutes later the waiter ap
peared again and asked “Boss, how yuh say yuh wants
them aigs”? “Eliminate ’em”, again said the drummer. A
short time later the waiter returned and bent over apologet
ically and said “Boss ain’t dere no other way you kin have
aigs? De cook what ’liminatee ’em aint hyuh today.” And
so with out public spending; the leaders who ought to elim
inate are not on the job.
We Americans are. caught in a whirl or a swirl, or riotous
spending. Just as a sample, how is this:
“From Washington last week came the first statistics
on the much-touted Communist economic offensive. The
big item: of a promised $500 million in economic credits
and grants-in-aid the Communists have delivered $23.4 mil
lion—between 4 and 5 per cent of their promises. The U. S.
has spent $37 billion abroad since the war, including $4.3
billion to the Middle East alone.
Other sample comparisons: INDIA: Since 1950 the U . S.
has made outright gifts of about $266 million, plus loans
of S272 million; the Communists have contracted to build
a 1,000,000-ton-capacity steel plant on an $80 million to
$95 million loan at 2 1-2 per cent to be repaid in twelve an
nual installments.
Pakistan. Since 1951 the U. S. has made gifts of $290
million and loans of $65 million; the Communists have ad
vancer 200 tons of tubing and three mobile electric stations
for drilling rigs.
Egypt. Since 1952 the U. S. has given $62.3 million in
technical and development aid, recently offered $55 million
more to help start the new Aswan dam; the Communists
have made several offers of aid including ‘a new railway
network’ and a $5,600,000 electric plant.
Indonesia. Since 1949 the U. S. has given about $142
million; the communists have offered an $8,000,000 loan
to rehabilitate a sugar mill.
Despite their negligible showing on actual aid delivered,
the Communists are getting political results that are far
from rr' 1 ~'ble. In many underdeveloped and new countries,
the dim ^ ^*f opinion is strongly anti-capitalist, especially
where h'sm can be linked to memories of imperialism.
Gover Government aid from the U. S. does not nec-
essm , *n argument for free enterprise. Govern
ment ent aid from Moscow fits ideologically in
to V monomy, anti-free-enterprise prejudices of
From the Etowan News-Journal,
Attala, Alabama: A naturalist
once divided an aquarium with a
clear glass partition. He put a lusty
bass in one section and minnows in
the other The bass made a lunge
every time a minnow approached
the partition. After a few days of
fruitful lunging, in which he gained
only bruises, he ceased his efforts
and lived on the food that was
dropped to him
The naturalist then removed the
glass partition The minnows swam
all around the bass, but he did not
strike at a single one He had been
thoroughly sold on the idea that
business was bad.
Christopher Columbus is famous
because he discovered America. By
accident it is true—he was looking
for a new ship route to the Indies,
but don’t forget this: Columbus
would not have discovered Amer
ica. would not have even sailed,
if he had not the boundless cour
age and unlimited faith ii. himself.
The “wise” men of the time laughed
at his idea that the world was
round, but Columbus knew he was
right, and refused to let others talk
him out of it. He persisted in the
face of the greatest obstacles, and
even as he neared the shores of
America he had to put down a mu
tiny of his sailors, who did not have
his courage and faith
Now, then, how do these two
thoughts fit into the life of our com
munity? Merely this, there seem
to be some who do not believe in
the future of Attala. There are oth
ers, however that are working to
advance Attala. These are the men
and women that the citizens of the
community must look toward to
maintain the progress that has for
the past few years beer in evidence.
Neither a community nor an in
dividual can stand in one place.
We all grow older, and in the growth
we either grow in stature or we
shrivel. Now is the time for ad
vancement. Now is the time for
growth. Tomorrow it will be farther
to the goal
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From the Southern Standard,
Arkadelphia, Arkansas: Some may
wonder why the circus keeps com
ing back year after year. After all,
th* acts and the animals and the
clowns and all the rest of it are
pretty must the same.
One reason is that a great new
audience comes into being in this
country each year. Last year, for
instance. 4.000,000 babies were
horn—and none had seen an ele
phant!
In other wc, ds, the circus- comes
back because the American scene
is forever changing. There’s a les
son in that for merchants and all
other business people. They must
keep on selling their wares and at
tract their new customers as well
as their old.
q During the war I was an officer of the commissioned corps of the
Fublic Health Service. I have been retired for age and am now
drawing retirement pay. Since I have a service-connected disabil
ity, I am eligible for VA compensation payments. May I receive
the VA payments concurrently with my retirement pay?
A—Yes. There is no bar against receipt of disability compensation pay.
along with retirement pay of an officer of the Public Health Seiv-
ice commissioned corps, retired for reasons other than disability.
q i note that a house committee has tentatively approved an “across-
the-Board” tax schedule as means for financing an expanded
highway program. Is this considered a fair assessment of taxes?
A—Most experts on the subject think not. Most of the testimony of
representatives of organizations interested seem to approve rather
a tax rate differential as between automobiles and light trucks as
against the heavy truck users of the highways.
q When was the Department of Labor created?
A—It was given cabinet status in 1913.
q what is meant by Independent Offices, Rgencies and Establishments
of the Government?
A—The Independent establishments comprise in general all Federal
agencies or executive offices not included under the eleven execu
live departments or cabinet departments. Two of the oldest are the
Smithsonian Institution and the Interstate Commerce Commission.
There are approximately 70 such agencies.
Dale Cam iGK
AUTHOR OF “HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING"
R. GORDON HARRISON who lives in Chicago but who asks that his
L-' address be withheld, tells us how he conquered the “can’t sleep
habit.” He ran across a book listing a hundred words for use in mem
ory training. He memorized the words and used them to cure his in
somnia. When a night comes when he does not sleep he passes these
words through his mind: hat, hen, ham, hare, hill, shoe, cow, hive,
and so on, forming mental pictures of each word.
In this practical solution for insomnia he also dis
covered that the reason people cannot sleep is that
they take their worries and troubles to bed with
them. When the list of words is used worries leave,
since one cannot think of more than one idea at a
time. He says he usually does not get through
twenty-five, words, rarely fifty and generally when
le awakes in the morning he has no idea how far
le got down the list. It is much better than counting
iheep or any other plan he has ever tried.
Dr. Harrison’s method is so simple that anyone CARNEGIE
;an pursue it, making up his own list of words, which I suggest be all
)f only one syllable.
PROVIDES TENSION . . E^^pression springs provide constant
tension on belt between r and pulley. Sim''*'* mount, con
structed of wood to which i.io,or is bolted, slides on two rods.
those countries. Economically, Red aid to underdeveloped
countries cannot hope to rival U. S. activity.' Propagandis-
tically, the Communists are getting a lot of mileage out of
each ruble that goes abroad.”
Why are we caught in such a situation? Our nation has
been victimized by well-meaning playboys who are' squan
dering the resources of our nation in an effort spoken of as
a contest with the Communists abroad while we are
plunging headlong into Socialism and Communism here at
home.
P RESIDENT Eisenhower himself,
in his frank and forthright tele
vision-radio talk to the American
people, staged in an atmosphere
of drama, has set up the main issue
upon which the American people
must make a decision in the presi
dential election this coming Novem
ber
So for the first time in the history
of this Democracy, the voters are
«*sked to decide upon the physical
fitness of a Presidential candidate
to hold the office.
What the President said basically
was that while he felt that he could
last out another five years, his
health would net permit him to
campaign for the job in the tra
ditional American way; that his
condition must restrict iiis activi
ties in the cbnduct of his job; that
despite the report of his doctors
and his own feeling of good health
as of now, he must live on a
‘ strict regime oi diet, rest and re
laxation and recreation, transfer
ring some of the duties of his office
to subordinates ind associates, but
that on the whole he felt he could
continue to perform the main func
tions incident to the ^residency.
Mr. Eisenhowea admitted the
struggle he had with his conscience,
but after telling the truth about
the state of his health and the con
ditions undei which he would ac
cept the nomination, he would leave
the final decision to a referendum
of the voters.
Thus Mr. Eisenhower made nis
tho r»0ntra1 issue of the
will ever know under what pres
sure the President was put by lead
ers in his own following in the Re
publican party, to the effect that
he party could not wir without
his name on the ticket. And factu
ally then, insofar as the safety of
the Nation depends upon having a
Republican President, Mr. Eisen-
lower is the indispensable man.
Another issue which the President
precipitated by the position he took
on the question of Vice President
Nixon as his running mate, was to
make Mr. Nixon also an issue in
the campaign For taking into con
sideration the President's age, 66
next October, and the condition of
hit health due to his heart attack,
the vice presidency becomes a
more important consideration for
th-. voters for two reasons:
First, because of the pace-kffiing
duties which bear on the President
irp these times of world tension and
crises, burdensome to men much
younger and in prime health, and
secondly because Mr Nixon has
made of himself an anathema to
the Democrats because o the type
of campaign he oa • conducted
against them, and against individu
al Democrats. Some Republican
leaders are motivated by reasons,
therefore, of practical political
strategy This practicality recog
nizes that numerically the Repub
lican party is still the minority par
ty and to win Mr. Eisenhower must
capture a considerable number of
Democrats as he did in 1952 to win.
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16 Tonnis scora
17 Bogin
19 Golf scora
20 Tho lindon
21 A direction
22 Hearing organ
24 Gaomatric
term
28 Gang
30 Part in play
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31 Sacrod Hindu
word
33 Rang# of
Rocky Moun
tains
35 Lprga tuh
36 A volume
38 Military
assistants
40 Climbing
plants
42 Rocky
pinnacle
43 Skiddad
44 Spanish title
45 Persian alf
46 Color
47 French
impressionist
painter
48 Taut
49 Symbol for tin
50 Bulgarian
coin
54 Casts.ballot
56 Wrote “Two
Years Before
The Mast”
57 Dissents
60 Swordsman's
dummy, stoke
61 Symbol for
tantalum
63 File
64 Guido’s high
note
66 Warning signal
68 Solar disk
70 Mother-in-law
of Ruth
72 32 degrees
below freez
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73 Citisan of.
ancient
Madia
74 Of « European
mountain chain
75 Feminine
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9 Plural andihg
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knives
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13 River of Asia
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25 Wanderer
26 Word of
sorrow
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32 City of'Italy
34 Baseball teams
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telegraph
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39 Noise
41 Celebrated
42 Number
44 Conserves
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47 Allot
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fork (pi.)
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land
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carriage
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61 Gull-like bird i
62 Ox of the
Celebes
65 Cora for
fashioning
hollow metal
obiacts
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69 A direction
70 Symbol for
sodium
71 Proposition
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This an' That
Golf star Sammy Snead and for
mer AU-Amertcan and professional
football star Clarence (Ace) Park
er were recently named to the Vir
ginia HaU of Fame . . . John Val-
mas, 22-year-old righthander who
posted a 25-11 record with the Or
lando (Fla.) Fliers last year Is
tabbed a “real find” by the Wash
ington Senators . . . The 1955 Brith
Shalom National Sports Award was
presented to Babe Zaharias for her
ontstanding contributions to the
field of sports . . . The U.S.G.A.
girls’ junior golf championship will
be held at the Heather Downs Coun
try Club in Toledo, Ohio, August
27-31 ... In its 81-year history, the
Kentucky Derby has never been
won by a horse whose name started
with the letter N. Nashua and Na
tive Dancer both came close. All
the letters except X have been rep
resented In the race at one time or
another . . . Outfielder Carl Furillo
thinks “dirty” play In baseball con
tributes to Juvenile delinquency.
ACE HURLER . . . Robin Rob
erts, 29, Phillies great pitcher,
signed for 1956 at estimated sal
ary of $50,000. Roberts won 23,
lost 14 and had earned run av
erage of 2.2S tn 1955, his sixth
straight season with 20 or mors
wins.
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