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PAGE 2 THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 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 A sweet potato baked in five minutes? Would you believe it? One day a friend of mine in the thriving city of Manning said to me “Billy Sprott can bake a sweet potato in three or four minutes; he has an automic range.” I was skeptical without an open mind and totally lacking in faith, I think. While the subject w r as fresh I espied Billy “heading” for the Bank—not potato bank; money bank, sound fiscal ag ency—and all that. Billy was approaching with pockets bulging, acutely afflicted with too much money. I had a picture in mind—the old cook with the stove burning wood, and she and the kettle steaming at the same time, while she looked in the oven at intervals to observe the sweet potato transformed into a luscious, delectable treat, with the syrup oozing down the side; a soft, appealing dish, brought to perfection by baking five hours, or so. Now, could Billy match THAT? Incredible, surely; no so puede, as the Spaniards say (It can’t be done). Billy is a jolly, genial gentleman, though on his toes most of the time; up-to-date, progressive—and then a bit more. When raising a high note in the church choir, or collecting the offering from the brethren, he is quiet, sedate and im pressive. At such time he is Mr. W. F. Sprott. Now I asked Bill about the “Atomic oven.” He assured me that he could bake a sweet potato to a state of blissful perfection in five minutes by the clock. I was more than dubious; I taunted him about all this fol-de-rol. Next morning, as I was ready to leave Manning Bill called me on the telephone. I cut him short, saying “I knew this was a fake”. “Fake!” he shouted, “I’ll put the potatoes in the oven in a minute and deliver them to you (two miles in the fog) in fifteen minutes.” Well, he did so. And those who ate Bill’s potatoes declare that they are as delicious as the old cook’s production, after six hours of prespiring. Sam Weimer, advertising genius of the S. C. Electric and Gas company knew all about this, of course. Somebody once prepared some bacon for Sam before Sam could even take a seat. ' i • ! " ^ i. • This poses a serious problem for all married men; if the ladies now find time to spend all hubbys income,—salary, wages, commissions, interest and dividends, as well as pro fits, what will happen when all the housework may be done in thirty short minutes ? Poor hubby; he will have to make more money—that’s all, eh? “WHAT’S THE TRUTH?” “What is truth”? Didn’t Pontius Pilate, the arch-villian of all the ages, ask Jesus that question? Jesus had said “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Sometimes I wonder just what is the truth? You’ve heard and read quite a bit about the proposed Hartwell Dam; well, what about it? Is it necessary? Is it already out of date? Are power enterprises building great dams and flooding enormous areas unnecessarily? Is not steam power more dependable? Is not coal easily had, or natural gas? One of the outspoken advocates of the proposed Hartwell Dam is The Independent, an excellent daily of Anderson, one of the newsiest papers of the South. I do not receive the Independent so have to rely on an occasional glimpse, when my esteemed friend, B. M. Edwards, lends me his copy. But this is not primarily of fundamentally an Anderson affair. Editor Hall espouses the Dam just as some other editors oppose it, all ostensibly discussing the matter as something of grave concern to the State. In this, of course, there is no private interest, so far as the editors are con cerned, Mr. Hall included. What are the facts? Recently I quoted a very full, illum inating and conclusive statement issued by Senator Edgar Brown, as Chairman of the Committee of Clemson trustees charged with a special study of the damages, irreparable damages which will result to Clemson. I’ve just received another statement of the opposition, which I quote: “Three Low r country trustees of Clemson college have come out against the proposed Hartwell Dam plan which would inundate thousands of acres of the college’s lands. T. Wilbur Thornhill, Charleston; T. B. Young, Florence, and Paul Sanders of Ritter, said they will vote against the proposal when the board of trustees meets at Clemson to morrow. The board recently publicized an alternate plan which would save some 1,614 acres of the 9000 acres the dam or iginally was scheduled to flood. Opinion of some of the trus tees apparently has changed since the meeting which ap proved the alternate plan. Apparently some will now r es pouse the dam in its entirety. Mr. Thornhill stated that he was ‘unalterably’ opposed to the dam. Tts construction violates all sorts of factors—economic, realistic and practical’, he said. ‘The current pattern of gen erating electric power and the prospect of new type steam FAIRYLAND OF FAITH and atomic energy plants makes the feasibility of a hydro electric generator very pfcpblematical. In addition, based on my long association with \he Soil Coservation Service and its upstream watershed development program over the last five years, I can only rebel at taking all of this out of use. The Hartwell Dam scheme certainly is not a flood control program such as a small watershed development would be. It is somS more of this big dam foolishness and I’m against it.’ Mr. Young said: T’m as violently opposed to it as I can be. I’m against the whole thing. If it cannot be stopped in its entirety then I’ll only go so far as to s^y that a diversion canal should be built so as to protect Clemson’s land. If that dam is built, Clemson will be in constant danger of flooding. I’ve been ill and I don’t know whether I’ll make it to the meeting tomorrow but my vote will be against it, either personally or by proxy.’ ‘100 per cent opposed’. Paul Sanders, prominent Ritter farmer and businessman, stated: T’m against it 100 per cent. I’ve been fighting this thing a long time. Now that all of the trustees realize what this thing would do to Cleirison, I believe they will vote against it. The lake‘created by the, Hartwell dam would split Clemson’s lands and inundate agronomy and dairy departments’. Thornhill said he introduced a resolution opposing the dam at a meeting of the board June 17, 1956. The resolution was defeated, and he said, subsequently ordered stricken from the report of the meeting. In meetings which followed, the board offered the Army Engineers the alternate plan which would mean saving the 1614 acres. That plan includes setting up a system of by pass canals whch, in effect, would divert the Seneca river around Clemson. The valley area left would have a captive watershed of some 6000 acres. Run-off water from this area would have to be pumped out. Engineers have estimated that pumps with a capacity of 666 cubic feet per second would be required to control runoff water in this area. The Hartwell plan has been under fire from some Clem son alumni for more than six years. Plans for the big dam are part of the U. S. Engineers long range super plan for construction of 11 hydro-electric power plants on the upper Savannah river. The Clark’s Hill dam, initial unit in the program, already has been constructed.' Hartwell was scheduled to be the second unit. Opponents of Hartwell point out that it probably will cost much more than the $100 million estimate made by the engineers. They cite Clark’s Hill as an example. When that dam was proposed (1938) cost was estimated at $35 million. Total cost exceeded $78 million. Original estimates for Hart well estimated to $33,700,000 but these have been trebbl^d. A power nrm engineer said a steam plant could be built for less than half the cost of the Hartwell hydroelectric pro posal and ‘would supply electricity at about half the cost per kilowatt that hydroelectric power would. Including the Clemson land acreage, the proposed dam would inundate some 5^,300 acres of land along the Seneca and Tugaloo rivers. Surveys and clearing work on the site was begun in 1955 with a $3,000,000 at opriation. Recently timber-cutting crew r s were stopped l.y an irate woman landowner who held up work for several ,a's with a shotgun. Mrs. A. D. Brock finally desisted after ne was served with a court order. In August, Presk i Eisenhower vetoed a flood control and river and har-_ < . development bill which would have included some $43 n/ I:on for Hartwell.” Well, what is the , uth? On one side is a great daily pa per; on the other t. : i e some papers and the statement of the trustees. Both an’t be right, though sometimes men of high character may be at, odds and both sides may have some points worth considering; but, OVER-ALL, WHAT IS THE TRUTH? JET RECORD . . . One of eight B-52 Jets lands at Baltimore after 17,000 mile flight over north pole, refueling in air several times. I T IS difficult to keep pace with the fast changing picture of war danger in the Middle East. Anything can happen . . . even to the start of World War III. President Eisenhower, while vague and hesitant on just exactly what the U. S. A. policy will be in the danger zone, has made it crys tal clear that the United States will not become involved. He did hedge somewhat on this earlier promise at his first press confer ence following his election when he said that the United States would proceed through the United Nations, and that as a part of the United Nations this country would backup the resolutions adopted‘by that world organization instituted to keep the peace. As of now it is clear that the United States policy is not to move unilaterally, as our allies England and France did in moving into the Suez area, but to move only in concert with the United Nations decisions, in which we take a part. This was the policy taken in the “Korean “police ac tion.” Here is what has happened: The British-French move into Port Said and the Suez area was a trag ic failure. The move was intended to open up the Canal, and to beat Russia to the draw in putting an array into Egypt and the Near East. However, President Nasser, of Egypt successfully blocked the Suez by scuttling a dozen ships, effectively closing the canal to traffic for possibly months to come. Red Russia threatened to send a huge “volunteer” army into the Middle East unless Britain and France withdrew their - invasion army. Was this a bluff, or are the Soviet bosses in dead earnest? The presence of 200 United Na tions soldiers in Egypt has only symbolic importance, it appears they are there only by the suf- france of, and under conditions set down by Mr. Nasser. Under this situation, there is little indication that Britain and France will with draw their troops leaving the Suez in a vacuum at the mercy of Mr. Nasser. Some hard and fast com mitments must first be made un der the aegis of the U. N., such as permitting experienced engi neers from the West to clear away the debris in the canal, before troop withdrawal will be made by the two western nations. And the matter of the western Europe economy must now be con sidered as a part of our foreign policy, for the entire economy of Europe is now endangered by lack of oil for European industry. This is a matter of prime impor tance, for this country only has the tankers and the money neces sary to put into effect an “oil fer ry” either from South America or from the Arabian oil fields. The Department of Justice is considering as a first essential step waiving anti-trust laws, so that American Oil Compahies can join in this undertaking working with the Oil Supply Committee of the Organization of European Eco nomic Cooperation, which in cludes virtually all of Europe this side of the iron curtain. Another important step is American back ing of a move to have the United Nations Itself undertake supervi sion of clearing out scuttled ships in the Suez canal camp. 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One great enterprise will introduce aluminum cloth in fash ion shows, hoping housewives and others will be moved, at least “psychologically”. From the South Pasadeiut Re view, South Pasadena, Calif: An other great presidential campaign is history, the last fervent and partisan hoorahs dimming in most memories and not. too surprising ly, economists say that despite all the dire political predictions of the eight or nine months past, 1957 will be another good year. With year end economic predic tions starting to pop forth, the concensus is that 1957 should be equally as good for the American people as 1956. In the automotive field, the in dustry is predicting rising sales in the months ahead and a bigger total market for the year than in 1956. Homebuilders say that the resi dential construction boom should march on unchecked. And on the commerical and Industrial con- struction front, the predictions are for many projects and continued activity. One expert pegged 1957 investment outlays for ne* plant, equipment and buildings to stay dose to the 1956 amount of 38 bil lion dollars. Money for loans, bank officials report, despite restrictions, will be plentiful, but probably confined to good risks. Credit for automo biles is expected to be readily available by bankers. A Montana bankers puts it this way: “If the public accepts the new models, we can finance them.” Interest rates, the experts say, will remain high as demand for money is expected to be heavy. The general picture, of course, varies by area. Troubles are pre dicted for the textile industry and the lumber and plywood indus tries in certain areas and the Southwest particularly is singled out by the analysts as a below av erage spot California, still booming at a rate that has long since been ac cepted by residents as “normaV* can safely be expected to stay on the high.side of the national aver age. Home buildings, car sales, heavy construction, capital addi tion to plant—all are expected to continue at the Gold State’s dizzy rapid pace. Employment-wise the heavy ac tivity in California spells a contin ued tight labor market with Jobs plentiful and pay good, and above the national average. American political campaigns, die business experts are fairly agreed, are rough and ready—and they can affect the national econo my. But for now, the economy is healthy and can be expected te stay that way for the forseeable * - - tutor*. ONLY HALF RATIONS By Maud McCurdy Welch its rows of eclairs and bona and S HE WAS walking slowly'down the colorful business street, a woman of indeterminate age, neat ly dressed, with sad, hungry eyes. Now she was stopping at a win dow where there was a tempting display of lingerie and it seemed as if the bleak look in her eyes momentarily changed to bright ness and interest. But after a mo ment, she wait on walking slow ly down the gay street, a little more tiredly, it seemed. Next there was a pastry shop. She stopped here too, casting a look of longing at the rows of eclairs and cinnamon buns, at the great length of nut-brown rolls cunningly displayed in a shiny new tin. Her tongue came out and touched her lips, but she lingered here for only a moment, went on. After a few moments she unex pectedly turned, came back and stood in front of the window again. It was as if she were saying, “Oh, well, no harm to look.” As she stood here, the hungry light in her eyes deepened. She looked at the price of the eclairs with eyes that were suddenly ra pacious. Only five cents. Five cents each. So cheap, and yet so dear ... so very dear. Once she figured the thin slab of her purse as to count mentally the smaU store of pennies it might, or might not contain. Then with an air of sudden resolution, she walked firmly on. On down the gay street she went, this time holding her head straight ahead, not even turning her eyes once to the shop win dows of which there were so many. It was as if she had taken a vow to herself. “I won’t look . . . there are so many pastry shops Then I shan’t realize how hungry I am.” For the length of nearly two blocks she kept her resolution not to stopband gaze in the shops. But the one at the far end of the comer at last proved her undoing. Another pastry shop it was with rich cakes with a great luscious pie in the center richly spread with brown cocoanut shreds. More tempting far, she knew, than the others she had passed with her head held so resolutely high. She made a faint effort to pass on this time. But ha- feet lagged against her wHL She moistened . her lips avidly as if in anticipation. Then it seemed as if her knees be gan to weaken beneath her. AIL imagination of course. But sh* couldn’t go on this time. She stood there gazing to bar heart's content. There was a small splintered crack in the heavy plate glass of the window. Per haps she was thinking as she looked at the crack how very easy it would be to give it a tiny push, and make it crumble. Quits simple then to thrust her hand inside Hb» break and secure at, least two of those delectable eclairs, then whisk away before anyone had time to notice. She straightened up. Such a thought was sheer idiocy. Was aha taking leave of her senses? But the idea must have beat fascinat ing for she stood there a long time with a sort of avid smile on her face . . . perhaps she was think ing how deliciously the rich brown, crust of the eclairs would crunch beneath the savage attack of her strong teeth. And now it had happened. Her rebellious inwards was waking up »nd beginning to clamor loud ly for food. It was as if someone were fiercely and fantastically beating a drum beneath the walls of her lower torso. She felt herself growing weaker, emptier, every minute. Once again her knees were' threaten ing to buckle under her. Suddenly she flung her head high and marched with firm, de termined steps into the shop mur muring to herself in a voice of thick disgust. “What’s the use? I never cotild stay on a diet, any way/' This an' That Selecting a team captain prob ably was a tough assignment for the Montana State College basketball team. Of the 15 play ers on the fquad, eleven captained their respective high school cage squads ... As a protest against Russia’s intervention in Hungary, the German Ice Sports Associa tion proclaimed a “freeze” of all official international and interclub matches between the German and Russian teams scheduled for the 1956-1957 winter season . . . The Pittsburgh Pirates have signed a 1957 working agreement with Beanmont, Texas, of the Class B Big State League. Beaumont replaces Waco, Texas, as the only Class B team among the 10 clubs of the Pirate farm system .. . George Myatt, for two years a coach with the Chicago White Sox, has signed to coach for the Chica go Cub}. He will coach at third base ... Stanley Short, 21, a sen ior end on the Westmar, Iowa Col lege football team died of a brain injury suffered fta an early No vember football game. He suffered a brain injury in a game with Yankton, S. D., College at Le Mars, lewa. He collapsed after walking off the playing field. v TOPS MIDWEST . . . Coach Forest Evashevskl led Iowa’s football squad to Big Ten title and Bose Bowl match. Losing only to Michigan, they beat Notre Dame 48-6, and Rose Bowl opponent, Oregon State, 14-13.