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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1956 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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 BY SPECTATOR The rights of man: we hear a lot about the rights of man. .The case of the cotton mill in Darlington brings that to us again. Well, who is the man or who are the men who§e “rights” are affected by the closing of the mill? We used to hear that there are two sides to every question. Let’s see about that. If the owners of the mill wish to close have they no “rights”? Who are the owners? Unthinking or uniformed people seem to think that this is an issue between a rich corp oration man on one side and five hundred employees on the other side. Even if that were true is it not a sound American principle that a man may buy as he pleases? If he may buy may he not sell? But since people oftentimes think in num bers of people employed, instead of in sound legal principles, such as the right to employ as well as the right to sell, let us look further into this. I have no knowledge about the Darling ton $till; I was even in error recently in thinking that I knew the President; so I may discuss the case without prejudice. How many stockholders are there-the men and women who actually own the Mill; men and women who invested their savings in the stock of the Mill? Is no one to consider them? If they are losing money shall they continue to lose money in order to operate the Mill for the employees? I know a Company in the gas and electric business which has 1800 employees, but has 30,000 stockholders. Men and women have invested their savings in that Company. When Congress or Federal Commissions trample on these Comp anies, as is so often done, they seem to forget the sound prin ciples of justice and equity and old time, cherished basic law of our fathers in order to carry out some newfangled ideas that discourage investment and dishearten investors. We think of The Standad Oil Co. of New Jersey as a mill ionaires retreat and financial paradise, but it is owned by nearly 300,000 men and women, hundreds of them right here in Soufh Carolina. The American Telephone and Telegraph Co. is the biggest corporation in the world—a mammoth enterprise high in the billions of dollars. It is owned by more than a million stockholders, thousands of them men and women, teachers, preachers, lawyers, merchants, farmers and others in South Carolina. Even I once owned a few shares. In every county in South Carolina you probably will find men and women who own a few shares of that stock. Now, when a Commission deals harshly with “A.T.&T.” it is not chastising a million aire owner or a bloated President but it is tramping on a million stockholders whose savings are like their life-blood. Let us apply this to our own neighborhood, in principle: If you own a house and you are losing money by holding it may you sell it ? Or must you continue to hold it and continue to hold it and continue to pay taxes and repair bills—and lose money—because the tenant does want to move? If you have lost money on your farm, year after year, must you continue to lose money because several tenants do not wish to move? Every man, or most men, with land have at times continued to hold, though at a loss, but may any law ,any Public Commission, compel you to hold your land? . . ..» , r No Government or Agency can compel anybody to oper ate at a loss, as a rule; when we think of the rights of men let’s think of all the men,the farmer, Ministers, teachers— and others. We must not forget that we inherited a law which says that a clear title to land carries full rights from the lowest depths to the heavens—usque ad orcum. And that applies, in principle, to all property. The Socialism which is enroaching steadily upon us calls for loud, strong and persistent declaration of the principles of our fathers; and we should fight for them with all the courage and valor of our ancestors, for freedom is what they won for us, and we should defend it and maintain it as the richest heritage we can transmit to the next generation Is the Federal Government trying to dominate all the concerns of our daily living? Some days ago I read in the daily papers a news dispatch that a Federal body had di rected The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. to reduce the rate it charges The Georgia Power Co. for electric power. The order would result in a loss of revenue to The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. of several hundred thousand dollars a year! That simmered in my mind for several days, a matter of wonderment: Why the order? Then I wondered just how any Federal authority could claim to have any such jurisdiction. If a wholesale drug store in Aiken sold drugs to a wholesale druggist in Augusta, Georgia, could any Federal Bureau order a reduction in prices? Even if the States and the National Government ex ercises considerable jurisdiction over Power enterprises can you understand just how the rate one Power Co. to an other Power Co.'should be determined by a Federal Bu- i^au- And the rate was agreeable to The Georgia Power Co A Now, then, since the two parties (both Power Com panies) were in agreement, why did the Federal Bureau intervene, unless it is a case of downright official (and SUDDEN THOUGHT ON THANKSGIVING DAY officious) meddling? I’ve had some small training in the law and this case has interested me and puzzled me, too. So i decided to look into the record. Now what do you think I found, af ter wading through a lot of water (and mud) ? That the Georgia Power Co. expresses itself as “still highly pleased with the contract and are well satisfied with its operations and the price they pay for electric capacity and energy thereunder.” Well, now! Every one of the thirty thousand stockholders ought to write to their congressmen about this fresh assertion of a bureaucratic tyranny. There is a big lesson in this: If a Federal Bureau can trample on a Power Co. today, it may romp on you tomor row. The time to curb these oppressions is now, and even now we are late. We have two Senators and six representatives, so here is an opportunity for service. “The finest gentleman who ever sat in the White House in my time was William Howard Taft,” said the late Sena tor E. D. Smith to me one day on his front porch. I repeat ed that in a letter to Senator Robert A. Taft and his reply was both interesting and humorous. Said Senator Taft: “My father loved the South and the people of the South and he thought the people of the South loved him; they would do anything for him but vote for him. They wouldn’t vote for him.” I’ve heard a story about President Taft and a judgeship in South Carolina. Several groups went to see the presi dent, each group endorsing a man for the judgeship. The President, who had been a Judge years before, smiled and chuckled infectuously, as characterized him, and asked all the gentlemen present: “Who is the best lawyer in South Carolina?” All said “H. A. M. Smith.” .Mr. Smith was not seeking the appointment. “Well,” said Mr. Taft, “Why not appoint him?” And Mr. Smith was appointed. I’ve heard that a number of times. Certainly nobody was inquiring for the best lawyer in any State in filling the Supreme Court justiceships, eh? I think I may say it advisedly that the present Federal Supreme Court does not compare favor ably with the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Virginia or South Carolina. What say you? After the tumult and the shouting of this political cam paign we should either reform the National Democratic Par ty or leave it definitely and definitively. In America today principles and precedents are lightly regarded, even casually disregarded. If the National leaders of Labor are ambitionsly reaching for political power, in stead of confining their operations to the care of Labor, the best corrective will be by the members of the Unions them selves. Most Union men are just like the rest of us and not seeking political i> wer. It is true that the Congress has greatly transgressed against the proper C nstitutional functions of our Gov ernment by quite a of legislation, much of which is So cialistic and nearly a of it political and vote-seeking. It would astonish ail the founders of the republic to read that Federal legisn im affects work and hours and pay within a State. The. would have said that no Federal ques tion was involved. by the same token, American enter prise is sometimes ..andicapped or hamstrung by Federal bureaucratic regulate ns. We have men wnu are far-seeing, progressive and ready to hazard their time and money freely. That is our good for tune; but we are iwpidjy developing a restrictive attitude through a meddlescnie, even oppressive bureaucracy. Another thing: we read that our Nation will advance or give to this Nation or withhold from some other Nation. None of that is properly the concern of our Government. And we continue to lend and give money all about. I should like a firm grip on all branches of the Govern ment : all are running wild, led or advised by a group of fanciful theorists who couldn’t earn bread and meat in competition with real producers. Another thing: we lec ture the Russians—who are very nauseating, over-ripe eggs—about their wild dreams and imperialistic plans and activities, but we step in and openly encourage opposition to Russia while maintaining diplomatic relations with Rus sia. Why haven’t we the forthright policy of breaking off relations with Russia? If we are willing to have relations let us be governed by propriety. Of course we should de clare Russia outfeide the pale and withdraw all our diplo mats, sending Russians home by the fastest means. As a plain man I don’t understand the smart twists and squirms of our policy. L AST June at the National Acad- -'emy of Science Building in Washington a committee of scien tists composed of geneticists, Pathologists, Physicists, Meterol- ogists, Oceanographists, Agricul turalists and. Biologists issued their now controversial report on the Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation, as a result of bomb fall out, peace-time uses of atomic energy from nuclear reactors, by-products, to the use of X-rays. These men agreed on just one thing. That is that atomic radia tion whether from Bomb fall-out or whether from peacetime uses, if it penetrates the human body, is genetically undesirable and that even small quantities have the power to injure the hereditary organs or gonads. But just how undesirable, just how dangerous and just what unfortunate results would follow over-doses of atomic radiation, they could not give pre cise answers. And actually these scientists will not know in any pre cise terms, until they have tested and checked several generations of humans who have absorbed this atomic radiation. About the testing of the big atomic and hydrogen bombs, this is a calculated risk, if they are to be continued. The report says that if the testing of these bombs by the Atomic Energy Commission is continued at present levels, the risk may not be too great. But this report is essentially a United States report and it refers to fall out in the United States only. This fact was brought out in the press conference which followed a per usal and discussion of the report. “The scientists cannot say with exact precision just what biologi cal risks are involved in various levels and sorts of radiation ex posure; nor can any one precisely evaluate the over-all considera tions of national economic strength, of defense, and of inter national relations,” the report says. But, the scientists are so con cerned about any increase in the volume of radiation in the air over and above that from natural causes, such as the cosmic rays of the sun, they have set a so- called “safe” average amount a person could take into his body cumulatively at 10 roentgens, in sofar as his hereditary organs are concerned. A man can take much more of a dose than this without damage to his own person, but, says the report, “ a concept of a safe rate of radiation simply does not make sense if one is con cerned with genetic damage to future generations. What counts, from point of view of genetic damage is not the rate; it is the total accumulated dose to the re productive cells of the individual from the beginning of his life up to the time the child is conceived,” Therefore extreme precaution should be taken by persons up to 30 years old at which age about half the children in the nation are born; up to age 40, when about 90 per cent are bom. “This is one reason why we must be cautious about increasing ihe total amount of radiation to which the entire population is ex posed, for increased and prolonged radiation might so raise the death rate and so lower the birth rate that the population, considered as a whole, would decline and even tually perish,” the report' said. Q—Will there be any tax hearings in Congress this Fall or winter? A—Yes. As a matter of fact the House Ways and Means subcommittee on Internal Revenue taxation has a hearing under way now. It opened Nov. 12, on a 52-section bill to correct grammar, punctua tion, speling, phraseology and to remove ambiguities in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Q—How much surplus commodity goods has been sold under the 1954 aot passed for the purpose of selling our surplus commodities abroad? A—The Department of Agriculture recently announced commitments of $2.2 billion according to Commodity Credit Oorp., values. How ever since we are getting foreign currencies instead of dollars for the surplus, the export value will amount to approximately $1.5 billions. Most recent sale was to Spain, a total of $49.6 mil lion in com, cottonseed or soybean oil, tobacco, tallow, beef, linseed oil. Transportation costs which are paid by USA cost $5.8 million and since cost of the commodities was $52.5 million the government will lose $2.9 million on the deal, taking into account difference in Spanish currency. Q—How much special restorative training may a handicapped per son receive under the War Orphans Education Program? A—As much as necessary to overcome or lessen the handicap of the disability to the extent you may pursue a program of education, but not to exceed 36 months. Q—How can a birth certificate be obtained in an area where official records are not available or have been destroyed? A—You may apply to the United States Census Bureau in Washing ton. State Boards of Health are often able to supply birth certi ficates. ACROSS Secretary ot defense part of book (pi.) Paradises Seed coating Spoken Serous fluid (pl.) Scheme Trunk of body Philippine peasant To spill over Troubles 1050 (Rom. num.) To cut, after snick Storage containers Spanish for yes Ox of the Celebes Frees of Transfix Very rich person kgers irt Part of Ladder Killed Prong of fork Mass of floating ice Fhe sesame To joust Opposed to aweather French for “and’* Spool PUZZLE Ne. 421 42 Footless animal 43 A thorough fare (abbr.) 44 Wild pig 45 The dill 46 Combining form: sea 47 Line of Juncture 48 Shacks 49 Sonora Coast Indian 50 Asterisk 51 Cord 52 Warning signal 53 Cooking vessel 54 Spanish artist 55 Disliking intensely 56 Cooled lava 57 Probes down X . . . . •••••eeef Abbey 2 Utopian 3 Dodecanese island 4 Nahoor sheep 5 Bone 6 Harvest 7 Stage success 8 Mulberry 9 Implements of trade 10 Goes astray 11 Ethiopian title 12 Retarding 14 Succulent plant 17 Entreaty 18 Metal con- containers 20 Supercilious person 21 Assists 23 Frozen pre cipitation 24 Seize with teeth 25 Warble 26 Cain’s brother 27 Lease 28 Unadulter ated 30 Came to earth 31 Bird’s beak 32 Tall marsh grass 34 Row 35 Smear 37 Group puUing together 38 Mimics 39 Cords 41 Bellow 42 Poker stake 48 Peaceful 44 Flog 45 Female relative 46 Deserve 47 Portico 48 Employ 49 Wife of Ra may ana 50 Mineral spring 51 Bulgarian coin 52 Sink 54 Symbol for tin 55 Greeting exclamation BBBaQB oHHnnEnrc UB3 BQIISE BOD BEODOBE BOB □OEOG DBD nn nncoBB T ri E □ K R 1 B A R R T T A K E A i 0 E E 1 N s 0 E 0 1 1 s i N Answer te Pasmle No From the Harvard Herald, Har vard, Illinois: The charge that the family farm is dying and Is des tined to be almost entirely re placed by gigantic corporate farms has no basis in fact. Every objective study shows that the family farm is the solid founda tion on which our agricultural economy rests—and that there is every indication that this will con tinue to be true. However, the character of the family farm has changed. The change was made inevita ble by agriculture's technological revolution. The tractor, symboli cally, utterly transformed farm ing. It will put it on a business basis. A substantial investment is now necessary,-as is a high degree of operating efficiency. Number less family farms have adapted themselves to new conditions—to their enormous benefit. These farms have grown larger, too— primarily because modern equip ment gives each man a far great er productive power than he had before. In modern agriculture, there is less and less room for marginal farmers, with poor land, or the in ability or lack of desire to deal with the conditions of today as against those of the past. Many of these farmers have left agri culture to enter industry—and they are better for it. The good farmer, on the other hand, has stayed with his land, and en larged, improved and conserved it. Like everyone else, he's had his ups and downs. But over the years he’s done very well indeed. # • » From the Canton Independent- Sentinel, Canton, Penna.: The schoolhouse, in our opinion, is the bulwark of democratic process, which should be understood, re spected and appreciated by par ents, school officials and teachers, as well as by students themselves. It’s true that “boys will be boys”, but parents can very often avoid tragedy by using more care in teaching their children the dan ger of commonplace things. Every so often we read in the newspapers of children who try to start fires with gasoline, with re sulting explosions and tragedy. These children were not taught the danger of such action. It is not unusual to read or hear of youngsters who find firearms which belong to their fathers and probably without understanding the nature of their act, kill some body. We recently read of two lit tle boys who got into an argument and one shot the other with a pis tol. The killer was only six years old. 'C'OR FIVE years George Waters F had been in charge & a de partment for his firm that had kept his mind occupied day and night, even in his dreams. Naturally after some 60 months of constant application to one subject, he had got to the point where he neither lived, ate nor slept like a normal man. In fact, he had little appe tite, slept fitfully, and hardly knew whether or not he was living. His disposition, too, suffered, and through it, his wife and children. He was fast becoming like the man whom he had replaced in the job, an<f who when he retired was known by his neighbors as “that Old Crank Patterson.” One day he saw “that Old Crank Patterson” and there came to him this thought, “There unless the Grace of God intervenes, am L” But he saw no solution to the solv ing of his problem. As he came near the old man, he stopped and talked to him, finding him, as al ways, interested to know how George was getting along in the job. George found that this worn- out older man was proud of one thing; when Jie had retired, he hadn’t had a vacation for twenty years! Now that he had stopped, he not only didn’t know how to en joy bis leisure, but he wasn't physically able to enjoy it if he had known. He was a very dis gruntled man. George left him with the deter mination that he was not going to be like his predecessor. He chanced to pass a flower shop. He had always liked flowers, so he stopped and gazed at the potted' plants, decided he'd buy one. He also bought some plant food. Every night he looked at that plant, feeding and watering it at regular intervals. Spring came shortly and he put his plant out of doors and gave it some neigh bors of its own kind. Before sum mer was over George had a love ly flower garden. And for some reason, he was sleeping better, his appetite had returned and his wife was taking a most pleasur able interest in his flowers. Then, all of a sudden, he realized what had happened. Working in his garden had brought relaxa tion, a change of scene and thought. Not only that, but his business acumen had increased because of his absenting himself from the thought of business for at least a part of the time. SPORTS SOR/tSR This an # That LEADS SOX . . . A1 Lopes, -re signed manager of Cleveland Indians, signed one-year con tract to manage Chicago White Sox at $40,900. A catcher with Dodgers, Braves and Pirates (1939-1946), Lopes won one pen nant and finished second five times with Indians. One clause found in the con- acts of A1 Lopes* two predeces- trs, Marty Marion and Fan! ichards. Is missing in the agree- ent between the new White Sox i a Hager chib owners. Lopes ets a straight salary. Marion id Richards both had a pact Uling for a bonus based on at- ndance. Lopes, 48, broke into S aseball in 1925, as a catcher with rampa. He later set two major eagne records—for most games caught, 1,918, and more seasons catching 100 games or more. He pUyed with Brooklyn, Boston and Pittsburgh .. . Gerald Cote, famed oigar-emoking mars then runner from St. Hyaclnthe, Quebec, has hong up his track shoes at 43 years of age . . . The University of Tennessee this year relaxed the rule against spectators taking cameras to Tennessee football games, but Athletic Director Bob Neyland said that the rule against I bringing radios would stfll be en forced . . . Former heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempeey recently entered a hospital for treatment of an old knee Injury'.. • Herman Hickman, onetime Yule football coach and now a TV per sonality, won the New York Touch down Club's 1956 award, which goes to the person contributing | the moot te football over a period * of years.