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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN xm 1218 Collet* 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 Here is how inflation affects us; we may receive or handle more money but what counts is what you have left. And if you miss step with the procession the onward push will knock you down and trample on you. “Once there was a farmer who raised corn and a man who raised hens, but no corn. The hens said no corn, no eggs. So the man agreed to work for the farmer one day a week for $5 a day. And the farmer agreed to sell corn to the man for $1 a bushel. They paid each other off every time with the long green. The farmer ^paid the man $5 and the man paid the $5 back to the farmer for the five bushels of corn which he wheeled home in his wheelbarrow. I H After a while, the man said to the farmer, “Everything’s gone up, and I regret intensely to inform you that I can’t work for less than $6 a day.” The farmer said, I understand. But you must understand that everything’s going up with me too, and I regret intensely to inform you that I can’t sell you my corn for less than $1.20 a bushel. The man said he understood, so the man got $6 a day and at $1.20 a bushel paid the farmer the $6 for five bushels of corn. Both of them said “happy days are here again.” And so things went until the man was getting $10 a day and the farmer got $10 for five bushels. And the hens kept right on laying even on Thursdays, and the man told his wife, “Ain’t it wonderful. . .-. $10 a day.” And the farmer told his wife, “Ain’t it wonderful. I $2.00 a bushel.” And the hens kept clucking away on five •4 » bushels of corn. And the statisticians down Washington way said, Isn’t it wonderful, and bragged. that they had done it. And everybody felt so good and prosperous that the man and the farmer voted for the politicians, and that is how it was “eggsactly.” The man got three times as much for the eggs, but paid three times as much for his shoes, and the music went round and round. After all, everything has advanced, has “gone up”, very considerably except electric power, which has steadily de clined, or “gone down”, or become cheaper, though better. Oil is up, gasoline is up, wages are up; food s up; rent is up; everything is up except electric power. Wonderful!! Loaded with bargains Get your copy NOW! Sears new FALL circular is just off the press. Wait ’till you see all the timely values. Many Spring items you may be planning to buy are now cut in price. Come in or phone today for your FREE copy. CALL 1702 .youxm&uy sums 1211 MAIN ST. NEWBERRY, S. C. Where are the farmers? Once upon a time men in public life thought “first and foremost” about the farmers. “87 PER CENT U. S. PEOPLE NOT FARMERS A phrase recently used by Mississippi’s Congressman Jamie Whitten has a lot of meaning. It goes like this: mem bers of Congress represent all the American people, 87 per cent of whom are not farmer’s. Farm proposals, more and more, will be written to meet city specifications. Rural programs on which farm leaders themselves do not agree certainly w r on’t get very far. That was made clear in the recent House vote to end the Soil Bank reserve. City Congressmen could see no reason for continuing a program that their colleagues from farm districts were condemning. Let’s hear from The Progressive Farmer: “Agriculture today faces its gravest , crisis since the Great Depression. Its danger then was financial bankruptcy. Serious as that was, it could not compare with the danger agriculture faces today. That danger is collapse through disunity. Back in the thirties, 25 Americans out of 100 lived on farms and there was great public sympathy for farmers in their fight for survival. Farmers stood together then. United, they were so powerful that they could often thwart foreclosure and help poor families stay on land they were about to lose Banded together, farmers were so strong in the halls of Congress that they could win approval of measures that mapped out a route toward the long-sought goal of financial “Equality for Agriculture” . In many ways, the very severity of the Great Depression forged-bonds of unity that led to a triumph of farming. What of our farmers today, in a period when America as a whole is enjoying the greatest prosperity it has ever known? Are farmers working together for yet greater economic progress ? Has prestige in Congress gained or lessened? * , First and foremost, number of Americans living on farms today has dropped to only 13 out of 100—31 per cent less in number of farm people than in 1935. Farmers are in creasingly becoming a minority group. But as their numbers have declined and their need for united action has can- sequently increased, their willingness to work together seems to have faded. Here are some of the disturbing signs of disunity we see on the farm horizion: The three leading national farm organizations support different farm policies and have different goals. Rather than presenting a united front, in many instances they openly oppose each other. Commodity groups and sectional groups - in many cases compete with each other in a harmful manner, rather than reconciling their differences and boosting each other. The Secretary of Agriculture, instead of striving to improve the condition of farm people as he is pledged to do, seems bent on undermininng them. Congress, as number of farmers rapidly declines, is be coming less heedful to their pleas for helpful legislation. With each passing year, our lawmakers are responding more rapidly to demands of consumers in the cities. Building Permits July 17: Andrella S. Bodie, gen eral repairs to dwelling, 1814 Nance St., $500. July 18: Mrs. Annie Harrelson, repairs to porch on Caldwell St., $50; A. C. Hunter, one 4-room wood frame dwelling on O'Neal St., $4700. July 22: J. L. McCord, repairs to dwelling, 2214 Main St., $2000; Mamie Coleman, 1808 Lindsay St., repairs to dwelling, $40; and Robert H. Lister, one 6-room brick veneer dwelling on Mower St., $11,000. » July 24: Sara Franklin, add one room and general repairs to dwelling 1119 Summer St., $1200. BOOKMOBILE THURSDAY, JULY 23 Union Community, Mrs. Grady Lee Halfacre , Union Community, Eugene Hor- , ton Jolly Street Community, Mrs. E. J. Wheeler Midway Community, Mrs. J. C. Wheeler Little Mountain Community, Rev. Garth L. Hill « Wheelers Bridge Community, Mrs. . Joe Fulmer Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs. G. W. Cooper Mount Pilgrim Community, Mrs. Luther Hawkins Prosperity Public Square. Mr. and Mrs. John S. Timmer man and daughter, Nancy of Cayce spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Koon. Also visit ing them for a few days were Dr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Brady and children, Debbie, David and Su san of Greenville. P0UTICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR_MAYOR I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election to the posi tion of Mayor of Newberry, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. CECIL E. KINARD. FOR MAYOR Friends of Ernest H. Layton hereby announce his candidacy to the office of Mayor of the City of Newberry and pledge him to abide the results of the Democratic pri mary. LOOK Bambi Hay Bags! Now Given TSee with Sanitone Dry Cleanini Ready for play — just cut -u? arms and h«ad holer on dotted line*. Thi* new serie: W from Walt Disney's "Bambi" coming to your favorite th =*. 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Laird an nounce him as a candidate for election to the position of Mayor of Newberry, and pledge him to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Aider- man, Ward 1 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. O. F. ARMFIELD, JR. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Aider- man, Ward 2 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. C. A. DUFFORD, SR. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Aider- man, Ward 3, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. S. D. (Bozo) PAYSINGER FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for Alderman Ward 4 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Pri mary. CLARENCE B. DeHART. FOR ALDERMAN WARD 4 I hereby announce my candi dacy for the position of Alderman from Ward 4 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. A. P. (PETE) PARROTT FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Aider- man, Ward 5 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. CECIL MERCHANT FOR ALDERMAN WARD 5 I hereby announce my candi dacy for the position of Alderman from Ward 5 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. JAMES BANNISTER URM0ND FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election as Aider- man, Ward 6 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Demo cratic Primary. DWIGHT W. JONES AIRLINE ALCOHOL BILL PENDING I have a bill pending in the Sen ate Interstate and Foreign Com merce Committee which has ac counted, for more of my mail this year than any other topic, includ ing government economy and the so-called civil rights bill. It is S. 4, a bill to prohibit the service or consumption of alcoholic bev erages aboard our commercial and military aircraft. Offers of support for this legis lation have come to me from ev ery section of the country. These offers have come from both drink ers and non-drinkers who are con cerned about the dangers which are inherent in the practice of serving cocktails while planes are in flight. Here are my reasons for spon soring this legislation: 1. VThe unregulated consumption of liquor by air line passengers is a compromise with safety which we can ill afford. 2. The serving of liquor to pas sengers places an unnecessary bur den on the flight crews. 3. Drinking aboard airplanes creates a social problem, in that even though in some instances no safety hazard develops, the drink ing passengers may offend or an noy other passengers. Drinking cannot be confined to club cars as on trains. Alcohol and flying do not mix any more than drinking and driv ing. In fact, alcohol intoxicates in the air even more than it does on land or sea. PILOTS AND STEWARDESSES SUPPORT BILL This legislation also has the strong support of both the Airline Pilots Association and the Airline Stewards and Stewardesses Asso ciation. The stewardesses are tired of filling the role of bar maids, and the pilots feel that their duties require that they remain at the controls and not in the cabin helping stewardesses wrestle with intoxicated passen gers. A spokesman for the pilots has had this to say about the “flying Saloons": “We had cases of drunks pulling guns on pilots and drunks trying to force their way into cockpits. These incidents can occur again in spite of the airline’s code, and someday we may have a bad crash that you can blame directly cn trying to mix alcohol and air. “A 110-pound stewardess can’t handle a 250-pound drunk. And pilots are too busy in these days of increasingly complex air traf fic to become airborne bouncers.” VOLUNTARY PLAN NOT WORKABLE After my bill was introduced in the 84th Congress, the airlines which serve drinks endeavored to beat Congress to the punch by set ting up a voluntary “two-drinks- to-a-customer” plan. I have been receiving reports, however, that this code is not being enforced by the airlines. Besides, passengers can still bring their own drinks. Rowland K. Quinn Jr., presi dent of the Stewardesses Associa tion, has issued this statement on the voluntary plan: “The airlines have failed com pletely to provide any relief through their proposed code. The airlines seem to have a tacit agreement to ignore the code, and we have had many reports of stewardesses being disciplined for failure to serve enough liquor to meet airline quotas.” I am a member of the committee to which this bill has been refer red, and I have been assured by Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Mike Monroney that hearings Will be held on S. 4 in the very near future. EDUCATION CAMPAIGN PAYING OFF Since the debate over the • so- called civil rights bill began ap proximately two weeks ago, we have made rather remarkable progress in educating the people of the nation on the dangerous provisions - contained in this ob noxious legislation. A number of large Northern dailies have now come out against some of the bill’s provisions. Some are in sisting on inclusion of the right to trial by jury and other amend ments. Many persons, including the President of the United States, evidently did not realize just what type bill thq Attorney General and sponsors of the legislation were trying to foist on the people. This band of integrationists was mas querading i ts cunningly-drawn provisions under the guise of a “right to vote” bill. They were successful in shoving its through the House without any ameliorat- THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1967 ing amendments. Since reaching the Senate, however, the fangs of this mon strous legislation have been ex posed, and we have won new sup port from several quarters for the purpose of yanking its venomous teeth. Now that the President has been educated to a degree on this legislation, he has even stat ed publicly that he would not fav or vesting some of the bill’s tyr annical powers in the Attorney General. WILL NOT COMPROMISE There has bee* some talk in the press of compromise, but I do not faVor any compromise. These is sues are too vital to our people and to the principles of constitu tional government to barter .away any of them. The people of South Carolina can count on me to con- | tinue to fight this unconstitutional legislation to the full extent of my physical capacity. It would be difficult to predict what success we will have in the Senate in amending and ultimate- — . .« » • i • vt ly defeating the entire bill. Sena tor Russell, leader of our forces, expressed my sentiments exactly when he appeared on a TV pro gram with me recently and said; “Our numbers are few, our backs are to the wall, but we have no spirit of surrender. We will fight it out to the last.” QUEBEC, Canada. — Hoyt C. Hatchell Jr., boatswain’s mate third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt C. Hatchell of 821 Pope St., Newberry, arrived a Quebec, Canada, July 17, aboi the heavy cruiser USS Moines, for a fiVe day* visit. 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