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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1957 tut 1218 College 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 By SPECTATOR “Inflation” has become a much overworked word. A highly placed man contends that an increase of six dollars a ton for steel will not be inflationary. Well an increase of six dollars a ton for some kind of old-fashioned soothing syrup might not be inflationary, or even six dollars more for fifty gallons, notwithstanding the increase in the number of babies, because the use of soothing syrup is relatively limited in quantity for the individual. Perhaps you never heard of soothing syrup. You may be of the generation of babies or mothers accustomed to “shots” of one sort or an other. Steel enters into so many articles that the increase of six dollars a ton might involve only a small sum of money. A six-dollar-a-ton increase for a ton of steel would not af fect us like one cent a pound increase on flour, or beef, but if it lead to any increase, however small, it would be infla tionary in its essence. What is real inflation? The Federal Reserve Board now charges member banks a higher rate of interest on loans. If a merchant buys a $100,000,000 of merchandise, borrowing the money, and pays a higher rate of interest he must charge that to the consumer. That be comes inflationary all down the line, everyone adding some thing because of the higher interest. But the Federal Board seems to think this will curb inflation. How? Only by discouraging loans. If too stringent a policy is follow ed on loans our prosperity will be affected because we do business largely on borrowed money. Everybody operates on faith. If everybody confined his operations to the cash he had we should dry up economically in a few months. Money is like food; it must be used mod erately and never with a strain on digestion. At any rate the w r ord “Inflation” now covers a multitude of sins: If we increase taxes—that is certainly inflationary because it will be passed on; if we have harsh regulations they may be inflationary; if you increase the interest rate, that is increasing the price of money, and that must be passed on, so that is inflationary. You have heard that a mild degree of Inflation is a good thing. Well what is a mild degree of inflation? And how do we keep it mild? If we increase wages, that must be pass ed on, so that is more inflation. No one says this, so far as I know, but if we have high er prices for' crops that is inflationary, too. While we are in the mood to discuss inflation everything may be inflationary, including higher prices for farms and and building lots. “Uncle Sam” has increased some postal rates. And that, too, is inflationary. Our foreign-aid program seems to me the wildest dream of ordered minds. We seem to have visionaries in charge of National Affairs and the Congresshasn’t the wisdom or the courage to stop the ridiculous throwing away of Amer ican tax-money. “President Eisenhower was scheduled to make another /appearance on television; his aim, to forestall cuts in the $3.8 billion foreign aid request made to Congress as part of his record $72 billion budget. Now, starting with Lend-Lease, foreign aid has been with us in some form for almost 20 years. Never has a country poured out so much to so many peoples beyond its borders, gpr giuch of that period the time-honored American position of concentrating on domestic affairs and avoidance of the foreign entanglement has been deeplysubmerged. A one-time foreign aid advocate, though a less-enthus iastic one, is Senator O’Mahoney of Wyoming. He declared that the Administration was neglecting America and taking care of the other nations of the world. * Reasons for the disillusionment of the people are not hard to pin down. It is not just that taxes continue at a high level. It is not just that inflation coiitinues to chip away at salar ies and savings. There is the over-riding fact that foreign aid just hasn’t seemed to have gotten the country anywhere. Just since the end of World War 11 some $55 billion has been rushed abroad, much of it to ‘hold back Communism. But where Communism has been ‘held back’ there ij the very great question of whether it wouldn’t have been held back anyway. And in some places where contributions have been made, the people there have come to regard the aid as a permanent price for not going Communist. Then there are cases-as in the middle East recently-where offers of aid have been more embarrassing to anti-Communist forces than of help to them; offers of dollars were offered as proof by pro-Reds that the U. S. was about to take over the country. Certainly the record is not a clear one. But it is just as clear that sweeping assertions that this or that appropriation is sacrosanct because it will ‘hold back Communism’ are not enough. Clearly wh&t the people require aresome specific examples of how foreign aid has done what it was supposed to do. The Administration must have some favorable examples to set against the case of Indonesia-freed as a Dutch colony from the Japanese with American help, backed in its drive for independence from the Dutch by this country, granted dollar help and now-so its leaders announce-looking to Mos- WHAT EVERY MOTHER KNOWS cow for precept in moulding it-self into a nation. In grappling with the realities of today’s foreign affairs the public has begun to ask some questions. If there is reason why we should now provide the additional billions being asked, the President should supply it—with a detailed run down of facts and figures, of who has been saved from what and by whom. Ringing slogans, after 20 years of them,haVe lost their impact on the American people.” If that doesn’t cover the ground, here is something more “The United States started extending foreign aid forty years ago, at the beginning of World War I. Aid extended during the First World War was in the form of loans, most of which remain unpaid today. The present amount of unpaid principal and interest on these loans as carried on the Gov ernment’s books amounts to about $18 billion—and it' had just as well be written off as a bad account. During the Second World War, most of the aid was in the form of lend-lease and gifts, amounting to about $40 billion. Since this War, gifts of economic aid have been made amounting to almost $28 billion and military aid of a little over $18 billion. During and since World War 11, loans have been made totaling more than $11 billion. These loans are perhaps just as doubtful in value as those made during World War 1. This makes a total of $15 billion of foreign aid extended by the United States during the past forty years. Of this aid, more than $38 billion went to Britain, almost $13 billion to France, almost $12 billion to Russia, more than $5 billion to Italy, more than $4 billion to Germany, $2 and one-half billion each to China and Japan, and so on down the line. One might say, of course, that we had to get into both World Wars—to make the world safe for democracy in the first one, and to ‘win, the war to end all wars’ in the second one. That statement could be argued at length. For instance, just look where our foreign aid has gone in several cases. Germany, our enemy in both wars, has received more than $4 billion. Dollars have been used to rebuild her fact ories, her huge war m ts have been wiped out, she is re quired to spend very 1 . i e on defense. The same application can be made to Italy—i re than $5 billion—and to Japan— $2 1-2 billion—both oi wmch were enemies in one of the wars. As a result, our i nds during both wars, such as Great Britian, are sufic.^g severely from industrial com petition—which has required us to help them even more. And look at Russia—*..m.:st $12 billion—the most deadly enemy freedom has in uus world. The communists would destroy our way of life at the slightest opportunity. We gave China $2 1-2 billion u..d then betrayed her to commun ism. We have given communist Yuogoslavia aid, and now we are talking about aid rqr communist Poland. We have extended aid and are considering aid for various and sundry other totalitarian type governments. How foolish can we get? Another foolish venture of our National leaders is the headlong plunge into the electric power business. Is the Nat ion trying to control power ? Well, let it take over the big oil companies, with all the oil wells. Let us take over the coal mines and all the Nau:ral and artificial gas business. If we do all that > why not start from the ground up? Let us. operate all production, including agriculture, of course, and collect all the billions for the Government through higher prices. Let us do aw^ay with all taxes because we shall do away with taxpayers. WATERING DISH . . . Deep metal pans too battered (or further kitchen use make excellent watering dish for chickens. Cut holes in one pan large enough for chicken’s head and neck, invert this pan and rivet or wire pans together to form unit shown above. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER I’ve been telling you of that goat, my most prized posses sion as I grew up in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork. As he got older, he got mean to all except me, and he’d chase the other kids. Our house was high enough off the ground so when I went in it, he went under it. There he could watch the steps and I couldn’t get away from him. Our creek was a mile down the hill from home. Although he didn’t like water, my goat just had to go everywhere with us. So he joined us on our daily summer excursions to the creek. He was so annoying to the other boys and kept after them so, they walked out in the woods a piece, and the goat and I walk ed majestically down the foot path together. When we’d all get in the wat er, he would bleat on the bank and go from one side to the other, trying to keep closer to us. Occasionally several of the larger boys would hem him up, drag him to the very water’s edge, and give him a shove. Al though our swimming hole there in a curve of the creek was about 30 feet across, when he saw he was going in anyway, he’d crook his back and give one mighty lunge and try to jump ) it. That landed him about 10 feet out, in the deepest part. Then he’d swim desperately for the shallow bank, go out in a sunny spot, shake himself, and keep his distance for awhile. But each time we returned, he seemed to have forgottten, and got trapped there on the bank again. DEED * TRANSFERS NEWBERRY NO. 1 Outside B. M. Davis to Cecil E. Wick- er and Margaret Boozer Wicker, one lot on Hazel street, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. R. F. Sanders, et al to Jesse Lee Johnson, et al, one lot and building on Rosalyn Drive, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. J. D. Caldwell and E. B. Pur cell to B. L. Saxon, one lot on Hazel street, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. SILVERSTREET NO, 2 W. Carmon Bouknight ,to Dave C. Waldrop, et al 78 acres, $5.00 and assumption of mortgage. Mieks Livingston to E. Mkxcy Stone and E. M. Anderson 18 acres, $5.00. R. Michael Turner and Edgar T. Sullivan to George M. Hugly, three lots on Lake Greenwood $10.00 and other valuable con siderations. Hmietta , B. Sullivan to R. Michael Turner, one lot on Lake Greenwood, $10.00 and other val uable considerations. BUSH RIVER NO. 3 Queen Ann Hall and Roberta Hall Hapkins to Matthew Hall, 51.1P acres, (Johnson Hall, Est. their interest) $5.00 love and af fection. M. O. Mayer to Luther H. Nobles, four acres, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Lawrence K. Bedenbaugh and Leila Mae Bedenbaugh to Royce W. Bedenbaugh, 2.43 acres, $5.00 love and affection. WHITMIRE NO. 4 Outside John S. Crocker and .Bessie J. Crocker to Joyce B. Baker, one lot and one building, 1531 Church street, $3900. William Earl Summers to Allie M. Graham, one lot and one build ing on North Church street, $4,000. LITTLE MOUNTAIN NO. 6 Bessie K. Lominack to Walter Regnery, one lot, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. BOOKMOBILT THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 Oakland Mill, Mrs. J. I. Reeder Oakland Mill, Mrs. Reeder Brooks Dead Fall, Sheppards Store Silverstreet Community, Shep pard’s Store Silverstreet School Chappells Community, Holloways Store Smyrna Community, Mrs. Frank Senn FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 Recent Marriages James C. Vaughn of Newberry and Shirley A Gardner of Col umbia. were married on August 29th at Columbia by Rev. Robert N. DuBose. Charlie B. Cole, Jr. of Joanna and Mae Frances Davenport of Kinards were married by Rev. James B. Mitchell at Joanna on September 1st. John O. Miller and Elma Jean Roop of Whitmire were married at Whitmire on August 31st by Rev. Paul H. Bullington. Roy Lawson and Inez William son were married September 1, at Newberry by Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone. Gary W. Corder of Whitmire and Brenda Inez Summer of Union were married September 1, at Newberry by Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone. Hospital Patients Mrs. Maggie Ammons, 621 Dray ton street. Mrs. Carrie Ballentine, City Mrs. Edith Boland, Prosperity. Mr. James R. Cromer, Miss Susan Cousins, 1110 Speers street. Mrs. Elizabeth Carbosco, 1416 Kate street. / ✓ Mr. Fred Cook. Mr. Albert Donald, 2047 Pied mont street. Fowler, Casper Harris, 514 N. Edgewood St., Greensboro, N. C. Carroll, Horace C. Dominick, Mrs. Ohpelia. Sligh, Master Stevie. Hunt, Mrs. Unity G. Hazel, Mrs. Gladys. Hawkins, Martin Luther, Pros perity. Johnson, Mrs. Luva. Knotts, Miss Annie, Prosperity. Koon, Ray, Piedmont St. Koon, Miss Ethel. Livingston, Mrs. Ruth, Clara St. Long, Mrs. Leila, Prosperity. Lake, Mrs. Mattie E. Prosper ity. LeValley, Miss Susan. Lathrop, Mrs. Sara, Pomaria. McKittrick, Miss Nannie, Kin ards. Miller,’ Mrs. Inez, Fair Ave. Marlowe, Mrs. Estelle. Mize, Mrs. Euna. Phillips, Mrs Dora, Fair Ave. Richardson, Fred, Prosperity. Rowlette, David, 741 Oakland Ave., Columbia. Suber, Mrs. Lucy, Silverstreet. Vanderford, Donald. Wood, Miss Mary. Waits, Mrs. Frances, Henry Ave. Waters, Mrs. Lillie. Carlton, William Gordon, Har rington St. Colored Patients Boozer, Idella. Brown, Hattie, Helena. Clark, Carrie Bell. Clark, Rebecca. Collins, George. Gibson, Govan, Saluda. Rutherford, Jim, Pomaria. Stephens, Annie Bell, Prosper ity. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Etta Lorick, Route 3, Batesburg. Mrs. Edith Caldwell, Rt. 2 New berry. Mrs. Francis Epting, 715 Glenn street Newberry. Mrs. Minnie Frick, Chapin. Mrs. Fannie B. Rauch, Rt. 2 Columbia. Mrs. Minnie Reagin, 1222 Glenn street Newberry. Carl Epting, Rt. 3 Prosperity. Mrs. Georgia Haltiwanger, Chap in. COLORED Virginia Holley and baby boy. PERSONAL MENTION . Mrs. E. A. Carpenter returned to Newberry Sunday after a week’s vacation trip in the New England states with her brother, Dr. J. L. Cunningham of Baltimore and sister. Miss Alta Cunningham of Greer. En route home, Mrs. Car penter and Miss Cunningham spent a week in New York buying fall and winter merchandise. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Wilson and granddaughter, Anne Hentz, spent last week in Smyrna, Ga. in the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Andrews. The Andrews returned with the Wilsons for a visit Labor Day weekend. Prosperity School Mollohon School We have some out-and-out Socialists; we have some Conv- munists, too; but most of the Socialists are putting on a great nitrate plant was started there for the use of the standing example is the T. V. A. In the First World War a great nitrate plant was started there for the use o the War Services. Later our Government swallowed the Com munist program, that part of it to control electric power. The Government (National and State) has control of the Electric power business through taxation and regulat ion. But the so-called Public Power is scarcely controled, regulated or taxed. Anyone with a modicum of intellingence can quickly grasp that the Government is providing the capital and losing the taxes on Public Power. And the chief beneficiaries are chosen for cheaper power at the cost of their neighbors. Prosperity News MRS. B. T. YOUNQ, Correspondent MISS HARMON’S ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Harmon announce the engagement of their daugnter, Margaret Alan, and Paul Duane Wicker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Wicker of Prosperity. The wedding will take place in the early fall. VISIT IN COLUMBIA Mrs. M. P. Connelly, Miss Ophe lia Connelly and Mrs. Mary Long visited relatives in Columbia Sun day. BACK TO SCHOOL Miss Grace Sease, Mr. and Mrs. James Luther have resumed their work in the Columbia City schools. RETURN TO VIRGINIA ‘ Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt have returned to Alexandria, Va. after visiting relatives in Prosperity. Their daughter, Miss Janet Hunt, has gone to Converse College, where “she is a senior. Their other daughter, Joan, will remain in Prosperity until Columbia College opens. She will be a freshman at Columbia. ATTENDS WEDDING Miss Jewel Connelly spent the weekend in Elloree and attended the wedding of her suite-mate, Jackie Ulmer. From Elloree Miss Connelly will go to Edisto Beach for a few days before returning hoipe. HOME FROM ATLANTA Miss Kaye Connelly of Atlanta, Ga. spent the weekend at her home here. RETURNS TO LATTA Mrs. Frank McMillan, who has spent the summer with her moth er, Mrs. L. W. Harmon has return ed to her home in Latta. Her son, Frank McMillan, who has been here since the closing of the U. of S.'C. summer school, accom panied her home. LEAVES Tp TEACH Miss Joy Thomason, who has been working at the Isle of Palms this summer, came home Sunday and Wft Monday for Columbia, where she will teach in the Brook- iand-Cayce High school. TEACHES IN AIKEN Miss Phyllis Wise left Monday for Aiken to resume her work in the Langley-Bath-Clearwater high school. CHARLOTTE VISITORS * Mr. and Mrs. Curtis I*ugh of Charlotte, N. C. spent Labor Day weekend with Mr. Pugh’s moth er, Mrs. R. T. Pugh. SUNDAY VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ger ald Bedenbaugh in Orangeburg. CHAPPELL FROM LACKLAND Mike Chappell, who has just completed a three month’s train ing at Lackland Air Base, Texas, is at home for a few days before going to the University of S. C. FREEDS VISIT FOLK Dr. and Mrs. Joe Freed of Co lumbia spent the weekend with Mrs. Freed’s mother and aunt, Mrs. E. W. Mjerts and Miss Kate Barre. LEAVES FOR SWANSEA Mrs. Annette Brooks left Tues day for Swansea to resume her work in the school there. WEEKEND GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Callahan of Columbia were weekend guests of Mrs. Callahan’s mother, Mrs. P. C. Singley. RETURN TO SALUDA Mr. and Mrs. Joel Taylor who spent most of the summer in Pros perity have returned to Saluda where both are teachers in the high school. AT NORTH AUGUSTA Miss Mary Langford left the first of the week for North Au gusta, where she is a member of the school faculty. WEEKEND AT WARE SHOALS Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Wise spent the weekend at Ware Shoals as guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Scott. BROOKS ARE GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brooks and their two sons, Allen and Tommy of Columbia, were weekend guests of Mrs. Brooks’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Counts. COLUMBIA VISITORS Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nance and their daughter, ■ Mary of Columbia, were guests Saturday of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Black. VISIT BREVARD Mrs. A. B. Hunt, Mrs. Frances Spotts and her two children, Lar ry and Frances Ann, and Miss* Joan Hunt spent the weekend in Brevard, N. C. AT GRANDMOTHER’S Rick Richardson of Columbia spent last Wednesday night with his grandmother, Mrs. J. A. Sease. SHEALYS VISIT • Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Shealy of Aiken spent the weekend with Mrs. Shealy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Bedenbaugh. EXPECTED HOME Dennis Bedenbaugh, who has been in the Baptist Hospital, Co lumbia, since he was injured in an automobile accident on August 26, is expected to come home this weekend WEEKEND GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hall of Columbia were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Leaphart Sr. H.D. AGENT SCHEDULE The County Home Agents Mrs. Margie D. Freeman and Miss Doney Crain announce the fol lowing schedule for the week of September 9th through the 14th: Monday, Sept. 9—County Agents Conference; hoipe visits. Tuesday, Sept. 10—Office; home visits. Wednesday, Sept. 11 — Office; Tranwood 4-H club at 4:00 p. m. at the school. Vaughnville HDC at 3:00 p. m. with Mrs. J. T. Hol lingsworth as hostess. Thursday, Sept. 12 — Office; O’Neal HDC at 3:00 p. m. with Mrs. Cora Fellers as hostess. Tranwood HDC at 3:15 with Mrs. Carroll Eargle, Mrs. G. W. Jac obs, and Mrs. Henley Davenport as hostesses. Newberry County Junior Leadership Club meeting at 8:00 p. m. at the Agriculture Building in Newberry* Friday, Sept. 13—Office; Jalapa HDC at 3:00 p. m. with Mrs. Vir gil Irons and Mrs. Carrie Ballen tine as hostesses. Saturday, Sept. 14—4-H club special Poultry Show and Sale— Show at 10 and Sale at 10:30 in Newberry on the Junior High school grounds. Scout Promotions Troop 1: Marion Crooks, Ten derfoot to Second Class; Bobby Anderson, Second Class to First Class; Frank Partridge, First Class to Star. Troop 66: Seth Williams, Ten derfoot to Seconds Class; Parker Martin and Lawrence Musselwhite, Second Class to First Class; Billy Martin, Life to Eagle. Merit Badges, Troop 1 Van Anderson: basketry, fire- manship, safety. Mac Cobb: Life saving, person al fitness, world brotherhood. Lewis Lipscomb: safety, schol arship. Jerry Oxner: camping, cooking, personal fitness, public health. Frank Partridge: citizenship in the home, dog care, metal work, swimming. Ben Rook: life saving, metal work, scholarship. Johnny Rucker: first aid, fish ing, scholarship. Merit Badges, Troop 662Lj|| Billy Martin: camping, life sav ing, nature, personal fitness, swimming. Lawrence Musselwhite: home repairs, pioneering. Alex Theriot: wild life manage ment. Baker Services Held On Friday j Funeral services for Jeff Law rence Baker, 69, of Prosperity, who died Thursday morning at a Columbia hospital after an of several years, were conducted at 3 p. m. Friday at Bethel Bap tist Church by Rev. Lamar Gam ble. Burial was in the church ce metery. Mr. Baker was born and reared in the Bethel section of Newberry County, son of the late J. A. and Emma Alice Connell Baker. He was a member of Bethel Bap tist Church. For a number of . years he had made his home in Prosperity and formerly operated a cafe and was a painter. Surviving are his sister, W. H. Long of Route 1, Prosper ity, and a number of nieces and nephews. The Newberry Steam Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co. 1 SANITONE DRY CLEANING COMPLETE LAUNDRY SERVICE ALL WORK GUARANTEED 9S4 MAIN STREET PHONE Sit r