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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.
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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.
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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-
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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
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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.
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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!’’
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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.
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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.