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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1957
Strom; lurmond
Let me discuss with you the
situation which has developed in
the Senate during the debate on
whether H. R. 6127, the so-called
civil rights bill, shall be consid-
■ered.
This particular bill is one which
was passed by the House of Rep
resentatives and placed on the
calendar of the Senate, as I have
pointed out previously, by the
highly unusual application of a
rule not ordinarily used in such
a manner. Then, when Senator
Knowland, Republican leader in
the Senate, moved to bring the
bill up for consideration, the de
bate started.
lH UNNECESSARY AND
UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Those of us on the Southern
side of the legislative fight have
pointed out that the bill should
not have been placed on the cal
endar in the way it was, and that
the bill is unnecessary in all re
spects and unconstitutional in
many.
Senator Russell of Georgia, who
has been in the Senate since Jan
uary 12, 1933—longer than any
Senator except Senator Hayden
of Arizona who became a member
in 1927—is the co-ordinator of all
efforts and strategy of the South
ern group. We have been meeting
from time to time to plan the
best course to be followed.
SENATOR RUSSELL SELECT
ED TO GO TO WHITE HOUSE
Prior to Senator Russell’s meet
ing with the President, our group
gave considerable thought to
whether it would be best for a
Committee to talk with the Presi
dent or for Senator Russell to
go alone. In the interest of trying
to present our views to the Presi
dent in the best way possible and
with the least fanfare, it was de
cided that one representative of
our group should go to the White
House.
The President listened for
nearly an hour and Senator Rus
sell indicated that the President
would be willing to accept a
weaker bill than the one passed
by the House. However, this has
not given us much encouragement
because the important thing is
that the bill not be passed in any
PLAMPIN’S SERVICE STATION
Mrs. P. C. Plampin wishes the friends of her hus
band, the late Mr. Pete Plampin, and herself, and the
public generally, to know that she is now able to re
sume the active conduct of Plampin’s Service Station,
and will be glad to serve them.
Mrs. Plampin appreciates so much the kindness and
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consideration which have been shown her during the
illness and passing of Mr. Plampin.
PLAMPIN’S SERVICE STATION
Mrs. Kathleen L. Plampin
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form.
As a matter of fact, I am not
sure that the Senators advocating
this vicious piece of legislation
would be deterred in their desire
to impose the provisions of this
bill on the South—even if the
President were to decide that it
should not be approved. While
the views of the President might
affect the actions of some con
servative Republicans in the Sen
ate, I am sure that what he has
to say about the bill would not
affect Northern Democratic Sen
ators such as Douglas of Illinois
and Humphrey of Minnesota.
NEITHER POLITICAL PARTY
TO HELP SOUTH
What this boils down to is that
the South cannot expect any as T
sistance from either of the two
national political parties.
The greatest encouragement we
Southerners in the Senate have
from any source—other than our
own determination to fight the bill
to the bitter end—is that a few
Democrats and also a few Repub
licans, who would vote for pas
sage of the bill, will vote with us
for an amendment to guarantee
trial by jury and to prevent the
use of troops for enforcement
But our hope is that we can pro
long the debate until we convince
our opponents that it would be
bad for the country or until ws
out-last them.
LITTLE HOPE OF CONVINC
ING OPPONENTS
Since there is little hope that
we can convince the advocates of
the bill that it would be bad—not
only for the South, but al§o for
the entire country—we must rely
on our stamina to debate longer
than they do
Practically everything else has
stopped in the Senate during this
debate over the so-called civil
rights bill, except the meeting of
Committees. However, even the
work being done in Committees
has slowed down as everybody is
devoting themselves to prepara
tion for the continuing legislative
battle.
At this stage of the debate, it is
impossible to predict how long
the fight will last.
ADVOCATES WOULD IMPOSE
HARSHER TERMS THAN
COURT,
I hope that every citizen of the
South—and of the Nation—will
realize the importance of this
fight to the preservation of con
stitutional government in the Un
ited States. This is a continuation
of the fight which started with
the Supreme Court’s decision in
the school segregation cases. The
advocates of this bill want to im
pose even harsher terms on the
Sduth than the decision of the
Court imposes.
I am doing my best to keep this
from happening.
the year, nationwide, about 1,-
341,000 children under 18 were re
ceiving monthly social security in
surance payments. Of these, 131,-
000 were being paid monthly bene
fits because of the retirement of
an aged insured parent. Children
who become totally disabled be
fore age 18 may now be eligible
for disabled child’s benefit pay
ments after age 18. This type of
social security insurance benefit,
however, did not become payable
until January 1957 and such bene
fits and beneficiaries are not in
cluded in the figures quoted
above.
Commenting on the steady
growth of the social security in
surance program, Miss Pressly
said that three-fourths of all men
becoming 65 this year will be eli
gible for social security benefit
payments.
PERSONAL
MENTION
Clyde McCarley is a patient in
the veterans hospital in Colum
bia, where he was admitted the
first of the month. His wife un
derwent surgery at the hospital
at Fort Jackson on July 10th. She
is reported to be doing nicely and
they both expect to return to their
home on Caldwell street in about
two weeks.
Mrs. Jack Koon and son, Har
old visited relatives in Georgia
over the weekend.
Mrs. L. D. Coleman spent last
week in Greenville with her son,
Charlie Coleman and family, and
is spending this week in Laurens
with another son, Griffin Coleman
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Summer
spent last week in Allendale with
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Young and
family.
Prof. F. Scott Elliott and son F.
Scott Elliott Jr., attended the
commencement exercises and al
umni banquet at the Opportunity
school. West Columbia on July 13.
One of the main features of the
program was a pageant “The Op
portunity School Through thfc
Years” which was written and
directed by Miss Erin Kohn of
Columbia.
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
CUmson Extension Information Specialist
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LOCAL 324 MEETS
There will be a regularly sched
uled meeting of Mollohon TWUA
CIO-AFL Local Union No. 324
Sunday afternoon, July 21 at 3:00
p. m. in the Mollohon School aud
itorium. All members are expect
ed to attend. The last two meet
ings were called off, due to a state
meeting and the two-week vaca
tion period. The last meeting was
held May 9th.
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“THIS TOO SHALL PASS”
Once I read a little poem that
impressed me much. I don’t re
call its name nor author. It de
scribed the common troubles we
meet in life. And it showed how
some look bottomless when you
are mired down in ’em. However,
after describing each one and
showing how low the spirits fall
and how hopeless the future can
look, each verse closed with the
reassuring and ringing refrain,
“And Yet This Too Shall Pass
Away.”
Many times, when troubles came
I’we thought of that refrain. And
there’s a measure of comfort in
it. Yes, do your best, and why
worry, for“This Too Shall Pass
Away”.
And another thing along this
line, Ive noticed this, most of the
things we worry about never hap
pen. Apply that to yourself and
see. And if they do, they are not
usually as bad as we thought.
I’ve sure gone a bit astray here.
For this is primarily a farm col
umn. But it’s about folks too. And
the above has to do with some
thing that’s mighty important to
folks. So I’ll leave it here in the
column.
MID-JULY
It is mid-July. Things are
making now, or trying to, if
seasons and bugs will let ’em.
Your soybeans might have been
looking good on yesterday. But
today the worms could have in
vaded your .fields and maybe now
are shooting them to pieces.
And how’s your cotton? Poison
ing up to now might have been
erratic due to weather. A new gen
eration of weevils has had time
to hatch. And slyly they could be
moving against the harvest there
in your cotton patch.
Even the pastures could have
been lush of late. But an eye needs
to be kept there. For worms can
come in a twinkling and reduce
them to stems and stubble.
Yes, farming is a battle now.
detected and applied right on time.
Clemson keeps your county agent
posted on the* newest and best
remedies, that are frequently
changing in this fast age.
Remember this ,insects usually
work fast. And unless you keep
a keen watchout the damage is
liable to be done before you know
it good. Early detection aids great
ly in the fight. Not only have they
done little damage then, but are
usually much easier to kill when
young. ‘
IRRIGATION GROWS
In most parts of the rainfall
belt, irrigation is growing fast.
The Arkansas extension service
says that state irrigated 513,000
acres of crops last year compared
with 16,000 in 1946. Almost half
of this was cotton. And look what
has happened to their cotton yield,
over -a bale to the acre average
now by just having some of it irr
igated!
Last year here in South Caro
lina we just got started with farm
irrigation on cotton. Up to then
Aged Irmo Native
Died Thursday
Henry Robert (“Uncle Bob”)
Derrick Sr., 89, life-long resident
of Irmo and retired farmer, died
early Thursday morning at his
home.
He had lived in the Irmo sec
tion his entire life and was a
member of Shady Grove Metho
dist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Marshall Derrick; five daughters,
Mrs. P. E. White of Newberry,
Mrs. C. B. Sease of Columbia,
Mrs. D. L. Stone and Mrs. L. A.
Kibler, both of Ballentine, and
Mrs. W. E Counts of Lexington;
four sons, H R. Derrick Jr. of
Sanford, Fla., W. M. Derrick of
Ballentine, Jesse L. Derrick antj
S. K. Derrick, both of Irmo; 16
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Sat-
A battle with many adversities, I urday afternoon from Shady Grove
specially the bugs. Science has Methodist Church, conducted by
pretty effective remedies. Yes, if (Rev. J. V.. Nates and Rev. Paul
Scott. Burial was in the church-
By J. M ELEAZER
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Of all the delights of summer,
none quite equaled a’ watermel
on to us country kids. Dewber
ries, blackberries, mulberries,
wild plums and the like were all
right in their season. But out
in July the supreme bounty of
it was principally at experiment
stations. It added about a bale
per acre in both the experiments
and farm experience. No other
item of expense going into that
crop gave anything like such re
turns.
Clemson has been irrigating
cotton for a. number of years. It
has paid, usually well, on all
years but ond. And then they
broke about even. But that was
an experiment. A farmer would
not have irrigated then. And up
to mid-season this year it hasn’t
been needed here. But most years
it will.
summer reached up in the foi
of watermelons!
How we watched them from
the time the seed were planted!
And when they came up, our
anticipation grew faster» than
they did. Soon the vines begam
to run on the ground, blooms
came, and little green melons
could be seen. We would never
point at ’em, for the colored
folks told us that would make
’em drop off. We made paths
to the ones that hung on early.
And even though it is only
about 30 days from the bloom to
the ripe melon, that seemed like
an endless age to us. At about
the end of thrqe weeks we were
becoming more and more eager
and could hardly “wait.
Parents had threatened dire
things if we plugged ’em. But
that’s one thing we just
couldn’t resist. So just before
anticipation reached the break
ing point, we would take our
knives and cut an inch square
plug from the older melons.
This urge was quite vicious.
Plug the first one, and it was
green. Then we felt that surely
the next one would show red
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NOTICE OF CITY
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Notice. is hereby given that a
Municipal Primary will be held
on TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1957,
for the purpose of nominating the
following officers to serve the city
of dewberry two years respective
ly:
Mayor; Alderman Ward No. 4;
Alderman Ward No. 5.
The polls will open at 8 a. m.
and remain open until 4 p. m. A
County Registration Certificate is
a requirement for voting but if j
you have misplaced your Certifi
cate you may present yourself at
your polling place, and cast a bal
lot if the managers are satisfied
as to your identity.
The following have been select
ed to act as managers of election
for the various wards:
Ward 1—Marion Baxter, Dolph
W. Whitaker, Mrs. James Ab
rams, Clerk. Voting atr City Hall.
Ward 2—Coke S. Dickert, Mrs.
Butler Holmes, Miss Ruth Feagle, I
Clerk. Voting at Smith Motor]
Company.
Ward 3, No. 1—Mrs. Cyril
Hutchinson, Clerk; Mrs. Tom
Summer, Tom Wheeler. Votings at |
Boundary Street School.
Ward 3, No. 2—C. A. Shealy,
Clerk; Junior Shealy, Hammett
Martin. Voting at Mollohon
School House.
Ward 4, No. 1—Miss Clara
Bowers, Mrs. John A. Senn, John
C. Wilson, Clerk. Voting at Old j
Court House.
Ward 4, No. 2—Miss Minnie
Havird, Mrs. J. L. Burns, Mrs.
Bettie Jo Bozard, Clerk. Voting
behind Layton’s Store.
Ward 5—Edgar Hiller, Clerk.
Mrs. O. S. Goree, Mrs. Fred
Jones. Voting near Corley’s Bar
ber Shop.
Ward 6—Mrs Gordon Clarkson,
Clerk; Mrs. E. D. Hart, Mrs.
Ben Stewart. Voting at McEl-
veen Motor Company.
Voting is city-wide for all can-]
didates.
SAM A. COOK,
Chairman
■ O. F. ARMFIELD,
Secretary
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