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F' «* PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN un 1218 ColWfe 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 Congrress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR Do you know which of our National Banks in South Car olina is the oldest? Well the oldest National Bank is in Greenville and it has joined that great family of banks known as The South Carolina National Bank of Charleston and the name of the thirty-two banks is still The South Carolina National Bank (of Charleston). There’s a lot of history in all that. The great South Carolina National Bank grew r out of the Bank of Charleston; and the Bank of Charleston was organized to take the place of the Charleston branch of The Bank of the United States when old Andrew’ Jackson closed the Bank of the United States and left South Carolina farmers, merchants and shippers without adequat facilities for doing business. The South Carolina National Bank holds in special esteem Julian Mitchell and B. M. Edw’ards; they have saved the day in South Carolina and the great Bank w’eathered the De pression and the gloom and disheartment of the crash w r hich vdiich shook our nation to the very foundations. Everybody know\s, or has heard oUB. M. Edw r ard^; he is one of nature’s noblemen as well as a sound, sagacious and successful banker. In whatever situation,“B. M.”, as he is affectionately known, thinks out the problem with a mind as clear and cold as ice, but with a heart of gold. Never w*as his judgement clearer and surer than w r hen, like David speaking to Solo mon, he decided that he had labored and wrought so many years that he needed more time for fishing. He w’anted to plumb the depths of Saluda Lake and the black waters of the Edisto River. So with that prescience of the forward-looking man he carefully surveyed the field throughout the South seeking a man whose shoulders could bear the great burden of oper ating the big South Carolina National Bank, with its member banks in so many cities of our. state —13 cities, I think, from Charleston to Greenville, including the cities of Columbia, Sumter, Anderson, Newberry, Florence and reaching into the Pee Dee at Cheraw. 32 banks in 13 cities, in fact. The survey of the banking fraternity convinced “B. M.” that the very man, pre-eminently the wise banker, the con structive mind, the conservative yet progressive manager was the President of The First National Bank of Greenville, W. W. McEachern. THE fourth; modern version '—How do I know my electric meter is accurate? -If you have any doubts, ask that it be checked with the “absolute” watt-hour meter at your electric utility. Each electric utility has one of these meters, which is in turn checked for accuracy with the ultimate authority—the standard watt-hour meter at the Na tional Bureau of Standards in Washington. This is important to electric users, since a one percent error in electric meters on an average would cost consumers approximately $90 million a year, based on the annual electric bill of $9 billion. •Are municipalities taking advantage of the provision of the new water pollution control Act? According to public Health Service, applications from municipali ties in May were already $35 million above the $50 million appro priated for the first year of the Act, in 913 project applications filed with State agencies or in regional Public Health Service Offices. These involved $84.1 million of Federal money to be applied to projects costing a total of $456.1 million. -Is a six-month enlistee eligible for VA hospitalization after he leaves military service? A -He would be eligible if he was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable for a line-of-duty disability, or if he is receiving compensation for a service-connected disability. q—How many delegates attended the constitutional convention of 1787? A—Of the 74 delegates selected, the average daily attendance was about 30, although 55 of the 74 came to the convention. Some delegates left Philadelphia during the summer because they main tained the original purpose of the convention was to revise the Articles of Confederation, and not to draft a new constitution. Virginia, not only mother of Presidents, the inspiring back ground of our Nation, our Declaration of Independence, our Constitution and the Virginia-Kentucky Resolutions, for the old Dominion was the home of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Marshall and Harry Byrd. What could be better? Well, W. W. imbibed the spirit of Virginia. What a preparation! North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Virginia! I repeat, Virginia; yes, Virginia, with great emphasis. How was W. W. McEachern to be included to become Pres ident of The South Carolina National Bank? That was the problem “B. M.” wrestled with. “W. W.” w r as already Pres ident of a great National Bank, oldest in the State, with several branches, in the thriving City of Greenville, a great center conspicuously standing out as the center of the most’ industrialized region in South Carolina. With such transcedent achievement in Greenville, now at full fruition, W. W. McEachern could not be pried loose from Greenville. Incidentally it is as difficult to move a man from Greenville as it would be to move my great friend Mr. Mitchell from Charleston. So “B. M.”, with all the resourcefulness of an expert fish erman, worked out a plan: he would work out a consolidation that would bring The First National of .Greenville into the great brotherhood of South Carolina National and W. W. with it as President. And so it was accomplished. Now, do you know W. W. McEachern? I’ll tell you about him. He is a robustly handsome man, vigorous, friendly, a quick thinker, decisive but not abrupt or precipitate. Rather quiet and retiring yet vigorously purposeful, a careful planner and resourceful in execution. Strangely enough “B. M.” and “W. W.” were born in North Carolina, both farm boys who have risen by their own ability and unwavering avplication of their aptitudes, making op portunities for themselves. “B. M.” came to South Carolina and after years in the Pee Dee became connected with The South Carolina National Bank. And he piloted it through its most difficult experience. W. W. had a long and various association as a lad in Georgia and more fully as a young banker in Florida. When one hears the accounts of W. W. McEachern in Florida he sees in W. W. the same success story as has thrilled us all the years. There he w’as the lad in humble position but seizing opportunities, as well as creating them, he rose time after time because he had faith, vision, courage and indomitable resolution. During his time in Florida he was a notable success in Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Fort Lauderdale and elsewhere and then decided to retire. It is said that he caught almost every kind and condition of fish, though nothing has been said about sharks and whales. I take it on myself to suggest that he has come in to close con tact with some whales and many sharks but they were un land. W. W. was too energetic to while away his youth and en terprise travelling and fishing, so he explored the banking field so as to renew his career in banking. He went to Vir-' ginia. What better place could anyone adopt as his home? Quite naturally anyone whose ambitious spirit led him from North Carolina ;o Georgia, then to Florida, and from there to Virginia woi id never be saisfied with less than the best. Mark you, ...ter those States, emphasizinz Vir- gina, there was but <. e step higher: he took that step; he came to South Caro. a. I do not know whether he had heard that the Garden ^ Eden had been near Charleston or that Moses received th^ t ^mmandments on Paris Mountain, but W. W. knew that h. as taking the supreme step in his life of varied and rich enture by coming to Greenville, the wondrous hub of tnc piedmont, but so quickly has he become part and parcel o/ South Carolina that now he takes in all the State, for The S .th Carolina National Bank starts at Charleston and goes ly to Seneca, and spreads in all di rections so that with its thirty two banks it is everywhere. It isn’t usual to write su much about a banker, is it? If a successful man in high political position comes among us we fill time and space telling about him, even regaling the public with his taste in food and dress, as well as his whims, foibles and fancies, his eccentricities and his pre-possessions. If a renowned baseball artist, a Ty Cobb or a Christy Mathewson, a Walter Johnson or the blazing new fireballer, Score, were to drop in for just a few hours, all the radios, TV’s and newspapers would be full of his exploits on the dia mond. But now we have a man who w r ill have more to do with the prosperity of South Carolina than all the ball play ers and orators we might entertain. W. W. McEachern takes the helm of twirty two banks with resources far exceeding two hundred million dollars. Every industry that we may try to bring here will want to know about the banking facilities. The newly consoli dated banking group now has a much greater ability to serve all our needs than it ever had before. And now B. M. Ed wards and his directors who have served this State so well have a pre-eminently capable man to cope with the great op portunities to develop our State, from now on. We have abundant water, splendid workers, a fine native population, a sympathetic and cooperative State government from the Governor down and certainly including our Gen eral Assembly and our State Boards and Commissions. That is equally true of our municipal authorities, as well as our County officials. We have abundant power also and we have two hundred million dollars invested in our own South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., guided by a man of great vision and practical ity—S. C. McMeekin. 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BY JOHN and JANE STRICKLAND M RS. CARTER CHANEY, Pasa dena, California, faced a prob lem easily recognizable by those who have to deal with that large body of people who have not yet attained adult understanding. To their young daughter, Mary, nothing her parents did was right She felt perfectly capable of mak ing her own decisions, and she so advised them one evening when matters had “come to a pretty pass.” Said her mother, “Well, I sup pose the time has come when you don't need us.” Stunned but delighted, Mary re tired to her room to enjoy her triumph. The high school was a couple of miles from her home and her mother usually drove her there in the morning, and in bad weather called for her, but the next morning when Mary ap peared at breakfast, she found that her mother had not come downstairs. She dawled over her food until her mother appeared. “I’m ready. Mother,” she an nounced, as her mother started eating. “Busy today Mary; better take the bus,” her mother replied in differently. “I’ve missed the bus that would have got me there on time.” “Too bad.” A rainy afternoon and Mary came home in damp clothes and spirits—and found her bed un made. On Sunday the gang came over for a snack, i.e., the delectable dishes Mrs. Chaney always had ready for them. Nothing was pre pared; the pantry disclosed mea ger pickings. But they made out! The next morning Mary remind ed her mother of an overdue school contribution. Said her moth er, “Oh, I haven’t any change.” “What’ll I do?” “I don’t know. I'm sure you can solve it some way.”-So Mary took the amount from her allow ance which was not intended to cover such extras. A party on for Friday, Mary found that her dress which had to be altered would be done by herself. A lot of work to sand wich in between her homework. But she did it! Next she faced entertaining her class, the money for which her parents always supplied. Three days of moping, then in a burst of tears: “Mother, I can’t get along with out you.” From the Italy News Herald, Italy, Texas: For a number of years we have contended that millions of Americans now pay ing social security taxes would never collect on it. We base our reasoning on the fact that funds being collected each pay day are being invested in government se curities which have no way of be ing paid off except by continued borrowing and current tax col lections. The same argument is valid against the purchase of government bonds. They are non productive. According to a story we picked up on a financial page a few days ago, the day of the great debacle may not be as far away as many people have thought. According to this story, the current tight money policy of the government is caus ing difficulty in the sale of govern ment securities. It has been the practice to issue new bonds for those maturing, but now the bond buying public is demanding cash for matured bonds. This money is then being invested in commerical channels that afford a greater rate of interest. • • • From The Lincoln Times, Lin coln ton, North Carolina: In the course of 14 roll-call votes in one day, the House of Representatives voted a number of relatively trifling cuts in the budget—while a House Education subcommittee voted six to one in favor of a five-year two billion dollar Fed eral aid program to help build schools! Pres. Eisenhower, whose four- year, 1.3 billion Federal school building effort failed last year, re minded his press conference the day before that he had said he would try again this year. He re iterated his behalf that tt we got way behind in schools,” and that the Federal Government ought to help even though It “has not any proper role in the operation and in the general maintenance of our public school system.” He said he felt the thing to do was to “get these buildings built, and then turn the whole thing back to the states, and have nothing more to do with it.’’ But perhaps the President doesn’t realize how that class room shortage has shrunk since his aides began measuring it.* HEW’s first secretary, Mrs. Oveta Hobby, gave three different figures in 1954 and 1955, all Aipwards of 300,000, and in March 1955 revised the shortage estimate for the year 1959-60 from 407,000 to 176,000. This year Secretary Marion B. Folsom put the figure at 159,000 —which has been widely chal lenged. 000,000, is now truly a Statewide institution ready to serve all South Carolina, as was the dream and purpose of those great men who built a bank to promote the business of South Carolina when President Andrew Jackson shut the door in their faces. THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1957 ARKANSAS MARSHMALLOW By Allen Wishert B OB ANDREWS, former inhabi tant of Calico Rock, Arkansas, now permanently located in the Pan-Handle country, had earned for himself the unique sobriquet; “Arkansas Marshmallow.’’ Bob was a new hand on the out fit and his initiation was coming up, the one the circle-S had adopted the day That Haygood was hired as foreman. The spread was the possessor of a rangy, roan semi-wild prairie mustang that not one waddie on the Western Plains had ever spurred the second time. Devils Postpile, the title a California citizen who had visited the Nation al Monument, tacked onto the Texas Tornado just after his first set-to with the mare. The day Thad Haygood joined the outfit. Devils Postpile was the topic of conversation. “Say, Thad,” Jerry Ketchum was speaking. “You bein’ from up Dakota way, reckon you’ve done some fancy ridin’.” “Can’t say as to the fancy,” replied Thad. “But I’ve done my share.” “Ever been throwed?” “Once, and that couldn’t be laid to my door. The boys got careless, let the man-killer break before I got both feet in the stir rups.” “Jerry, I’ve never won any medals for bronc-bustin’, but I’m willing to put on a show for the boys.’’ Devils Postpile was snubbed and blind-folded, a saddle eased onto her back, Thad eased off the top rail into the saddle. The boys allowed him plenty time to get set, then swished the rope and blindef off. Postpile stood sprad- dle-legged for the tenth part of a second, then she plunged, no sun-fish had ever thought of the twist she executed. Thad gathered himself from the dirt and made a flying leap for the corral rail ing, he won by half a length. Post pile stood below expressing her opinion by snorting and pawing. - Bob Andrews, two Weeks ago, rode up to the bunk-house and asked the whereabouts of the foreman. After contact and much palaver he was hired on condi tion that he mount and remain in the saddle attached to the hurri cane deck of Devils Fostpffe f° r three solid minutes. “Gimme a look-see at the crit ter,” said Bob. “She’s in yonder corral,” re plied Brad. “Give a look then de cide.’’ The next morning, for some un accountable reason. Bob was miss ing. No one worried, only won dered, and was sure they had the correct answer. Sundown and Bob arrived at the ranch simultaneously. He ex plained that an urgent errand had “Tooken” him to Amarillo. He was clutching a paper bag. Every spare moment Bob was perched on the top rail of the cor ral wherein his opponent rambled. The eventful day arrived, ar rangements completed. Bob cupped his hand, placed it against Postpiles nozzle. Postpile champed at the bit. Bob slid into the sad dle, breaths were abated. Post pile snorted, swung her head around almost touching Bob’s knee, again the cupped hand cov ered her nozzle, again she champed at the bit. Then trotted around the corral as gracefully as a circus pony. Ten minutes later Bob removed the saddle, hung it on a top rail while Postpile rubbed her head affectionately along Bob’s spine. A miracle had happened, they clamored for an explanation, and Bob obliged; “Had a gal once, she had more fire and brimstone than a wild horse could pack. Folks Towed she couldn’t be tamed. I fed her marshmallows a couple of weeks. Afterwards, she followed me around like Mary’s Little Lamb." “Needed: a New Foreign Aid Policy.” This is the opinion of the Com mittee for Economic Development, a non-partisan, non-political, ob jective organization composed of 150 leading businessmen and edu cators of the nation. As a matter of fact it is the opinion of the CED Research and Policy Committee, and not necessarily agreed to by all the CED membership. The Re search and Policy Committee is composed of 39 members, headed by Frazar B. Wilde, President Connecticut General Life Insur ance Company, as qbairman. The sub-Committee on Interna tional Economic Policy, composed of 13 members headed by Howard C. Petersen, President Fidelity- Philadelphia Trust Company de clares that a fundamental reas sessment of the United States Foreign economic aid is urgently needed to shift our economic aid to the needs of more than a bil lion people living in grinding pov erty in 75 countries of the world. These countries span most of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Our foreign policy in the past has been aimed at the direct re lief of distress in war-damaged areas; the rehabilitation of Eu rope under the Marshall Plan, and the military strengthening of our allies in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Of the 57 billion dollars of foreign aid in the 11 years since mid-1945 these under-developed nations have received only ap proximately $3.8 billions. CED be lieves that our economic aid should be shifted to this under-developed world for their economic growth for three reasons: 1— It is vital to our national se curity that these nations should be stable, peaceful and independ ent—not necessarily allies, and certainly not “satellites”, but in dependent. Deeply resented pov erty and a frustrated desire to progress are not conditions in which stability, peace and inde pendence can be expected to grow. 2— Economic growth in areas comprising half the globe and where over a billion people live could not fail to enrich world trade and investment opportuni ties—including our own. 3— As individuals and as a na tion we have a traditional humani tarian concern with the well-being of people everywhere. CED would prefer to see private investment become the major in strument for development of these countries, however, “It is not realistic to expect that private capital can meet the needs of these countries until their development has proceeded beyond the present stage. Basic, but non-revenue pro ducing facilities such as roads, harbors, irrigation—are not suf ficiently attractvie for private in vestors. Once these facilities ar« created, private investment can play an important and perhaps a major role in developing mam* facturing, extractive industries, trade and similar productive enter prises.” This ai^ That Pee Wee Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers had only two seasons in the minor leagues before joining the Dodgers. Both seasons were with the Louisville Colonels, his home town, where he hit .277 in 1938 and .279 in 1939 . . . Five cage powers will be newcomers to the schedule for the University of Kentucky during the 1957-58 basketball season. They are Ohio State, Utah State, North Carolina, West Virginia and Minnesota . . . Officials of the Suffolk County (JSngland) Amateur Athletic Asso ciation measured the running track at Ipswich and found it was two yards shorter than they thought. The A.A.A. then an nounced that five records set earlier at the track would be dis regarded . . . With all of the brawls that have taken place during the present baseball it appears that there may be something more than base-hit skill involved when sportswriters talk about a player's •‘slugging” ability . . . The Amateur Swim ming Association of Victoria has asked the Amateur Swimming Union of Australia to investigate allegations fltat top stars have been taking stimulants. OPEN CHAMP . . . Dick Mayer, 34, St. Petersburg, Fla., pro, sewed a 72 to beat Dr. Cary Mlddlecoff by 7 strokes in play off after they tied at 282 In Na tional Open at Toledo. Title was worth $7,200. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUN