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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1957 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 BY SPECTATOR . We hear a lot of talk about “Inflation”; Fve become con vinced that many people are using the word inflation some what carelessly. At any rate it is desirable that business ideas be presented clearly. That brings me to a statement by Mr. Walter Regnery, in The Joanna Way for January, always a readable and attractive magazine. Writing about the wage-dividend (bonus) of$222,000 paid to the employees, Mr. Regnery said: “It is a pleasure to announce that your stockholders, or owners of our plant, again wish to divide their profits with you in the form of a w&ge dividend. Our profits this year were up from last year, making possible a total divi dend of $222,000. This year’s wage dividend is the nineteenth paid since our profit-sharing plan was started in 1937. The cumulative total of these dividends is $2,995,760. This is a very sub stantial sum indeed and is an outstanding record. It is an outstanding record because il? means that the joint efforts of you who run the machines, and those who pro vide the equiptment, have produced a profit every year except one in the 20 years. We might ask what these profits have done for us in addition to making possible our wage dividend. Profits are the one and only source from which we can obtain what we w r ant and need most: a job, a productive job, where we can utilise our skills and energies to the fullest advantage; where we can serve our fellowmen; and where we gain a livelihood for ourselves and families. But this is only the beginnng, for profits do much more for us than this. They have provided us with a host of mechan ical slaves to relieve us of the back-breaking toil which our forefathers knew. They have lessened our hours of work and more than doubled our hours of leisure. They have increased the safety on the job. They have opened new job opportunities for our children and for their future, and they continue to provide us with the most enduring and reliable guarantee of job security that we wll ever find. Profits, in short, are the wellspring of all capital invest ment; and capital investment, machinery, tools, buildings, etc., make the fountain head of all job opportunities. What happens to a company that fails to make a profit? We all know that this cannot continue long before the money capital runs out and the organization must close its doors, leaving its employees stranded without a job. We have all seen ths happen in our business both in the North and the South in the last year. To put it in the words ~of a pioneer leader of American trade unionism, the late Samuel Gompers: “The worst crime against the working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.” Therefore, we all have much to be thankful for, that we are connected with an organizaton which makes a profit. You are to be congratulated for the big part you playin bringing this about.” Spectator was in error last week in several details of the large investment of The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. I was correct in saying that a fair estimate of the building program from January 1948 to January 1957 was a hundred and fifty million dollars!!!!! That stup endous sums the largest investment ever made by a private enterprise in the State in a like period. Of course that $150,000,000 was not beginning at scratch: there was al ready an investment of $100,000,000. The $150,000,ooo was a fresh investment during the recent nine years. The seventy five million which is in the new budget for 1957, 1958 and 1959 is more new money, an additional fresh investment of capital, over and above all the invest ment prior to January of this year. Nobody can forsee exactly all that may be necessary. Like practical men of practical wisdom and vision the management has prepared for all that seems probable so far as new enterprises and expanded enterprises may re quire, with a comfortable margin, but if Bushy River, near Charleston, should attract ten or twenty mammoth new industrial plants, and if all the other territory, Columbia Aiken, Beaufort, for example, or Hampton, Banrwell and St. Matthews, or any other community should have great establishments The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. would promptly provide all the power that all the industries could possibly use. One of my errors was the statement that out of the $75,000,000 of the fresh capital to be raised $16,000,000 would be for steam plants; the figure should be in excess of 34,000,000!!! Well, Well!! If we wish to stand for States Rights, or local govern ment, we must keep the Federal Government out of local affairs. Here we are, being tempted by a fresh, rich bait— Federal money for schools!!^ That’s the way we start; we call for help, regarding the money, the bait, more highly than any principe or government. THE DARKEST NIGHT IN HISTORY "fouW 6(fT-tbASX . 'tbo'vt Gotib cau. 4 *r Tow Truck // iVfi GoT To CALL MV a* —sv*; TbLO ML *, 9ACK9Y owe {II ^ ITbLD^bwM>r Tb * BACK 04 i LONELY KoADfft ] Tav CoTu« i* to Vrfit i fAtss—AtoK'^er * US OUT/|f / jCfcPEftS {{ icamV«omv«k./ SMcrDo*w*u. urf! JEkPegs • PAD ToLO ME MOT I To TAKE MiV MCw caaovt TbMCfrr/ j JrtPERS / 5 Tbutt.tMt>$A«OTb . <?*T Yo*/ aEftosc] T**e RooS-rms i JEEPERS//I N.V John C. Calhoun, our illustrious South Carolina States man, is quoted in the advertisement of a great industry, in one of our principal magazines, as follows: “Government has no right to control individual liberty beyond what is necessary to the safety and well-being of society. Such is the boundary .which separates the power of the government and the liberty of the citizen or subject in the political state.” Behold our magnificent country and its prosperity. Would you like a happy note on our national economy? “1956 was a banner year for American business. Indust- • v rial production, employment and personal income all reached record highs. It is interesting to note that early forecasts once again proved in many cases to be too conservative. Early last year, President Eisenhower reflecting what was then the prevalent opinion of the country’s top econ omists said, “Our economy, approaching the $400 billion mark, is at an unparalleled level of prosperity”. But by the end of the year, gross national product had out distanced the $400 billion mark and was racing ahead at a $412 billion rate. 1957 expectations call for another $10 billion gain. And this figure may prove another too conservative estimate! It seems we are slow to realize the truly amazing forward momentum of our dynamic economy, say the optimists. One of the most significant and heartening develope- ments is, that, for the first time, we are meeting with marked success in applying scientific management prin ciples to the entire economy—smoothing out the peaks and valleys in the business cycle. Hear a booster: We are making unprecedented strides in technological developement. Not so long ago, “reaching for the moon” was the ultimate expression for the unattain able—today it has become a matter of fact report of scien tific progress The Jet-age is not just approaching, it is here! The Atomic Age is no longer around the corner, it has arrived. Revoluntary new concepts in medicine, ag riculture, communications, construction and many other fields are being translated into tangible reality not tom orrow, but today! You may remember when one great invention or discov ery was sufficient to foster a new surge of prosperity in this country. Well, there are a host of tremendous new deve- lopements in store for all of us—developements that will expand and increase our prosperity to levels hitherto un dreamed-of: No political changes, no temporary set-backs can stem this tide* of progress. That is faith, eh? Never in our entire history has business, prosperity rested on sounder foundations, nor has the economy been more carefully shored up against any contingency. We have developed a system of ‘shock absorbers’ that all but rule out the possibility of a ious slump. These include federal insurance, fully coverira : 3 per cent of all bank depositors; government guarantee using loans, that all but eliminr ate the foreclosure t t ; strong farm price support pro grams; billions of d a: paid out through unemployment benefits, social secur. ? and private pension plans; sizable and growing defens public works program; a flexible money policy that c ; s the Federal Reserve to increase or dcrease the mone >ly as business conditions demand. But above all, we . ; n the midst of a technological revo lution, where resear ~ constantly creating new products which develop new x .n r ets; so that our whole economy today has more self- • n ating and self-sustaining bouyancy than at any time ir e past. And scientific forecasting enables business tc: n^ to make long-range plans, taking into account our am ng gains in population—and the new demand levels that n w appear assured.” We must put strong brakes on President Eisenhower!! He is making the old Harry Hopkins mistake; trying to spend the country into prosperity!! 1. Jasper National Park Is a mountain region in (a) Montana; Cb) Canada; (c) Alaska. | 2. The Canary Islands are located in the (a) Atlantic Ocean; (b) Pacific; (c) Indian Ocean. S. Big Bend National Park is In (a) Mlssomi; (b) Wyoming; (c) Texas. ANSWERS *s«xax *S ■«p«a«3 *1 From The Independent Record, Wildwood, New Jersey: According to a recent news item from Bridge- ton, N. J.: “Four prisoners es caped . . . from what had been con sidered a miximum security cell in the Cumberland County jail . They had sawed a hole 13 by 6Mi inches ... in a quarter-inch steel ceiling . . . disrobed, and covered their bodies with hair pomade. Af ter wriggling through the opening, they crept between ceiling and roof to a ventilator, broke it open and lowered themselves forty feet to the ground with blankets." Two of the men were quickly caught and the other two were being hunted. To what extremities people will go in an effort to gain even a short period of physical freedom! And yet these prisoners, even when they finally got out of jail, were not free. The forces of the law were after them and only by alternately fleeing and hiding could they hope, for a while, to escape capture. True freedom, “the glorious lib erty of the children of God,” comes from obedience to law—God’s law. There is no freedom in violating it. If we valued our genuine free dom as highly as these four pris oners did their false freedom, wouldn’t most of us be much more concerned than we apparently are about gaining and retaining it? * • • From The Independent, Fnqnay Springs, North Carolina: Adlai E. Stevenson’s firm withdrawal from the field of aspirants to the presi dency will set a lot of political wheels turning, or at least speed them up. The defeated candidate’s statement also prompts two thoughts about matters which lie essentially outside of partisan poli tics. Not that passions aroused by the campaign have subsided, many of those who were most vigorously opposed to Stevenson concede that he is a man of rare ability. His studies and travels during the past four years have added to his un derstanding of international af- fairs; that would be true of any in telligent man who had such an op portunity. And the crucible of prep aration for high office has surely given him unusual insight into the nation’s problems. Sqch a man should not be al lowed to sink into obscurity, even though the realities of politics have reduced his personal strength with in his party. Counsel from men of high caliber and strong social con science is always valuable to the nation, and it should not be for gotten that Stevenson is this kind of man. TELL US V0UR PROBLEm AM* LCT W PASS IT OH TO HELP OTHCU M SOLVMC TMUtS. BY JOHN ond JANE STRICKLAND 'T'HE late Louis Johnson, one- time representative of several Eastern states for the Hoover Suc tion Sweeper Co., was known to the men working under him as a man who was never satisfied with re sults. His slogan was “If you can do that much, you can do more.’’ And his men either got to work and proved what he said to be true, or admitted defeat and resigned. Mr. Johnson’s great belief was en thusiasm in what you have to sell. He walked through a large de partment store in New York City one day and stopped near the spot where Hoover Sweepers were be ing sold. Pretending to be inter ested in goods at the opposite count er he listened to the sales talk put up by one of the Hoover’s Com pany’s latest recruits. When the customer had gone on her way— without placing an order — Mr. Johnson stepped over to the Hoov er table. “You really believe this is the best Cleaner on the market?” he asked the young salesman who had never seen Mr. Johnson. “Oh, yeah; you bet,” answered the salesman, eyeing a pretty girl at the hosiery counter. “What makes it the best clean er?” insisted Mr. Johnson. “Oh—uh—the way it’s built Want to see it work?” Mr. Johnson did and the sales man poured some sand from a bot tle on a rug sample and had the Cleaner clean-up. Mr. Johns m stood silent while the salesman waited for his sup posed customer to place an order. When he saw no prospect of a sale, he turned to another hoped- for-customer. Mr. Johnson went on his way. And at the end of the week so did that salesman. CHEAPER BY DOZEN . . . Proud Brooklyn boxer mother “Prin cess” surveys her 12 youngsters ensconced on owner Dominick Giordana’s best china saucers. CROSS WOP ^ PUZZLE n i 2 3 4 _ 5 _ 6 8 9 10 r •*» •* : 11 77~ 13 14 15 i 6 m 77“ 77“ 19 20 21 _ 22 11 23 24 25 n 26 27 n 28 29 30 9, 31 32 33 34 11 35 ! s ■ m || m 36 37 m n 38 39 40 41 : 42 43 44 45 46 47 : 48 m 49 50 HI 51 52 ii 53 54 n 55 P w L 57 PH 58 59 . 60 yV.Y- 6) . 62 i§ 63 n 64 65 3o”~ 67 Hi m 68 n 69“ ill iVfifat PUZZLE No. 4SS ACROSS 1 Extensive 6 Immerse 11 Mariner 12 Chariot of ancient Britons 14 By 15 Muck 16 Bearing 17 21 (Rom. num.) 19 Small rug 21 As It stands (mus.) 22 Ever (poet.) 23 Gave susten ance to 24 Among 26 Oil of roses 28 Color of malachite 29 Withered 31 Scotch for John 32 Christmas visitor 33 Scoffing 35 To fondle 36 Unit of energy 37 The sun 38 Shade of red 42 Grazing plots 47 Kilns 48 Rodent 49 Minute re productive body 50 Confines 51 Device for fastening a door 53 Indefinite number 54 Nahoor sheep 55 Knowledge 56 Torrid 58 Obscure 59 French ror and 60 Insect 61 English boys* school 63 Canadian province (abbr.) 64 Attempted 66 Delaware Indian 58 Prepared skins into leather 69 Slumbered DOWN 1 State (abbr.) 2 Border 3 A nome in Greece 4 Main artery 5 Negotiating 6 To debase 7 Willow 6 Enjoyment of a right to use > 9 Japanese com 10 Man’s nickname 11 Part of flower 13 Chooses 14 Collect 18 Notions 20 To weary 23 Pulverized 25 River of England 27 Child’s f ame ’rohibit 30 Woman’s garment 32 Seasons 34 Anger 35 Race o£ lettuce 37 Valises 38 A brushwood 39 Occurrences 40 Rockfish 41 Those in power 42 Stroke lightly 43 Causes to rise 44 Cross 45 Weasel 46 Appears 48 Raved 51 Depart 52 Inn 55 Recognize 57 Sound quality 60 Anglo-Irish love 62 Short-sleep 65 Size of shot 67 Symbol for platinum a a a aaa aaa Answer t* Pnssls N*. 432 NO SECRET LOVER By Madge O. Adams Y OU don’t hardly dare miss a meeting of the *1 o’clock Bridge Club’ unless you want to be talked about. That was why I was surprised when Sally, my best friend, didn’t show up last week. She seldom misses. She shouldn’t haye this time. We always have a light desert before we begin to play. I was parrying a couple of plates out to the kitchen when I heard Clara, our hostess, explain that Sally had called and said she couldn't come today. “She seemed kind of breathless and didn’t give a reason!” Then someone else chimed in and said they knew Sally s hus band George was out of town on business. But when I got out to the kitchen they had changed the subject A little later, when I was dum my, I heard somebody at one of the other tables behind me re mark that Sally certainly was well preserved for her age. And her partner said that there prob ably was a good reason. But when I turned around to see who had said it everybody played dumb. Then right after I had made a grand slam, doubled and redou bled I heard somebody whisper that the reason Sally looked so young was because she was hav ing a secret love affair! I would have slung a few cards around the room hnd stomped off home, but 1 thought I might get a high prize so I stayed. Besides I might hear more. But when I did get home there was Sally sitting in my kitchen making lierself a cup of coffee, looking pretty as usual. Now, I didn’t know what to do. Should [ tell her what had happened at bridge club? I was no friend if I didn’t, ang. not much of a friend if I did. “Where on earth did you go today?” “With George. Didn’t Clara tell you? I rushed arpund so, after he asked me to ride along, that I almost forgot to call her.” “You forgot to tell her.** “How was dub?” “I won a potted plant and I’ve already got a potted plant.” Then I blurted out, ‘Tliey talked about you!” Sally stood with the coffee pot poised in mid-air, speechless .for a minute. “I knew it. George and I had such a good time. I knew my day would be spoiled some how! What did they say?” “First they said you—you were awfully young looking for your age.” “Then what?” “They said it was probably be cause you had a—secret (I al most choked on the words) lover around someplace I” Sally set the coffee pot back oa the stove and said softly, *Tt*d kill George if he heard they were talking'about me like that!” “What are you going to do?” “I don’t know, but I’ll think of something!” A couple of days later sh peared at the back door. She on an old yellow dress that I'd remembered from a few sum mers ago. One I hadn’t liked even then. Now it seemed a little Hcht on her, and shabby. There dark circles under her e; her skin was sallow, not it usually was. “Now, I’m ready!” “For what? Halloween?” “Fm going down town, girls usually drop in for a coke “The Sweet Shop” about this of day! I’m going to make eat their words!” That afternoon I dropped in Sally’s house for a chat. “Well? Have you heard thing?” I nodded. Do they still think I have secret lover?” she asked eager “No.” “Well, arhat are they saying?” I took a deep breath. She’d have to know sometimes. I guess. “Well, they’>e decided now you’re going to have a baby, instead!’’ .hex at 4 i n c i o n Q—Can yon tell me the number of corporate mergers recorded in and whether the trend is up or down? A-—According to figures of the Federal Trade Commission the tot in corporate mergers since 1952 has been approximately 3,{ According to years they are: 1952—823; 1953—793; 1954—611 1955—846; 195fi—more than 900. ». Q—How many Hungarian refugees have been received in the United States? A—Out of a total of 88,000 moved out of Austria as of January 1, 1957, 15,000 were received in the United States and 73,000 accepted in other countries. The President has set a quota of about 21,000 for the United States including refugees and parolees. Q—TVho has the longest record of service in the Congress among present members? A—-Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, has the longest record of service in the House and Senate with 44 years, 10 months as of Jan. 15, 1957. Next in line is Congressman Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House, with 43 years, 10 months as of the same date. The record of Service was set by Congressman Joseph G. Cannon, of Illinois, deceased, who served 46 years. Q—Was this Country ever governed by a Committee? A—Yes, prior to the adoption of the Constitution. After the Declara tion of Independence was signed, the first plan was embodied *in the * Articles of Confederation. Under these articles, the country was governed by the Continental Congress with two or more delegates from each state. The assent of nine of the 13 states was required to pass a law. When the Congress was not in session, a com mittee of 13 persons, one from each of the 13 states, governed the nation. — ALL-ROUND DOG . . . Mrs. Lilli Schafer shows “pudelpoint- er” being bred at Bronte, Cana da, by Bolo Winterhelt. Cross between English pointer and water poodle, he works equally well in water and field for ducks, pheasants, rabbits, deer, as pointer, retriever and hound ail in one. This an' That The Boston Celtics make a barnstorming tour of the Pacific Coast after the end of the Na tional Basketball Association sea son . . . Training camps are like country clubs and today’s stars spend too much time on the ban quet circuits, old-timer Frankie Frisch was recently quoted. Frisch was a sparkping of the oM St. Louis Cardinal “Gas House Gang” . . . Cecil Garrison, bas ketball coach at Arkansas State Teachers College was about to take his team to a tournament in Memphis when a count showed that four of his ten first-line play ers were not available for dnty. One had joined the armed serv ices, another was an expectant father, and family problems oc cupied two more. Garrison dug into his reserves and filled ont a 10-man squad for the trip . . . Two officials of the lowa-State- Missouri game left the floor at Ames, Iowa under police escort after Missouri won in an over time basketball game . . . And maybe television had something to do with it, but a fellow charged with masquerading as Lon “The Toe” Grosa to pass checks was arrested in Florida recently . . . Parry O’Brien threw the shot 66 feet or better 53 times during 1956. Best heave for the world record holding shot putter was 63 feet, two inches.