Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SEC. A—PAGE TWO 3rft*ij£Sfe$w» 1218 OU8f« StTMt NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937 at the Pqstoffice 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 Did you ever know an old—time printer? Alas, alas, they are a vanished type, or rapidly fading into the land of yes terday. I’m thinking of the man who sat on a high stool before a case of type, steel letters of the alphabet, you know. He us ually had a mouth full of tobacco, a big chew; and now and then he would lean to one side and nearly fill the cuspidor. The compositor, the man who set type by hand, read the “copy”, that is the manuscript he was “setting up”, that is putting in type. He usually knew a bit of poetry and some of the grandiloquent oratorical outbursts, such as Patrick Henry’s “If that be justice, God save the Commonwealth”, and William Jennings Bryans’ “You shall not crucify man on a cross of gold”. He enjoyed much of what he “set” and he knew how to spell. Many editor was corrected by the old printer. Today we have the type-setting machine, setting a whole slug—or line. At times when a solid line has an error a new error slips in when the new slug or line is made. Recently a well known newspaper carried this headline: “Daniel says State losing in race to attack wealth”. Now, now; far be it from Charles E. Daniel to say that. Without consulting Charles E. Daniel we know that what he said was that the State (Our State) was losing in the race to “attract” wealth. And that’s a horse of another color. Charles E. Daniel is one of the great builders r of the South; he is eager to promote the prosperity of our State. And no body but a demigog attacks wealth today. Some cheap poli ticians indulge in that sort of thing, thinking they ingraci- ate themselves with the “blue—jean” boys by diatribes against men of wealth, but Charles E. Daniel is no demi gog; he is a man of large interests and sincerely and help fully devoted to the development of our State, for the build ings of South Carolina, the enrichment of our State, will in time help each one of us; will raise the general economic le vel of our people and that will bring about enduring pros perity. I am a member of the Farm Bureau and an admirer of the President E. H. Agnew. I don’t think the Bureau is on solid ground in recommending a higher level of taxing on large incomes. The danger is that we are adopting the Socialist idea, although the Bureau is decidedly against socialism. So what’s in a name? To be quite logical, if a man of large means or income is to be taxed on a higher percentage than a man of small income why not go all the way and take all his income, as well, as most or all of his capital ? Almost every farmer is a capitalist; he wants to acquire property and enjoy it; he*does not want to depend on the State or the Nation, but on his hard—earned capital, be it land and tractors, or mules and other properties, with some thing in the bank. Men of great wealth invest in Government or municipal bonds, as well as in some or many Foundations but the man of ordinary means, the well—to—do man of South Carolina, will get caught and fleeced. I quote with pleasure some recommendations of the Farm Bureau, or, at least some very sane and sound suggestions coming out of a recent meeting in Columbia: k* "John C. Lynn, a South Carolina native who is associate director of the Washington office of the American Farm Bureau Federation, spoke at the annual meeting of the S. C. Farm Bureau Federation at the Wade Hampton Hotel. Speaking on ‘What’s Ahead For Farmers,’ Lynn said the decade of the 1950’s may be recorded in history as that per iod in which agricultural sciences came of age. He predicted that the ’60’s may be characterized as the period ‘in which farmers cease to produce just to market and plan their production just for a market. ‘We see a new rural America emerging’, he declared. But he added: ‘It is important as we approach this new era that we take the road that will help maintain freedom in agriculture and at the same time provide an opportunity for high farm income. ‘If we choose the wrong road’, he warned, ‘we may go to the road of no return, which could easily mean asocialized agriculture’. Lynn told the S. C. Farm Bureau convention that it will be a real struggle to prevent Congress from adopting a ‘pie-in-the-sky’ scheme in 1959 and 1960. ‘It is necessary to avoid such things as the Brannan plan approach in agriculture’, he declared, ’in order to keep open ' the door of opportunity for programs designed to get more income into agriculture and to strengthen rural communi ties’. The AFBF legislative directors said farmers must also discuss matters not normally considered agricultural. He mentioned labor monopoly, inflation and states’ rights as major issues of importance to farmers in South Carolina. ‘We must protect states’ rights’, Lynn said, ‘otherwise we will be swallowed up by the all—powerful centralized gov ernment’. ‘Farm Bureau has worked long and hard to develop and [ THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1958 JL promote this legislation. It passed the House of Represen tatives in 1958 by a substantial majority and failed by only one vote in the Senate. We should renew our efforts to pass this legislation and to preserve some of the basic pillars on which our country has been built. ‘This becomes important to South Carolina where agri culture, the leading industry in your state, has an annual income of over $250,000,000. It is important to the future of agriculture because labor unions are devoting more and more of their resources to political activity’, he said. There is another element that is perhaps more important than all others’, Lynn concluded. ‘This is the threat of Godless communism to dominate the world’. ‘We should always keep up our guard against an attack by Russia .... but to me it is more important that we keep up our guard in America against those schemes that will grad ually lead us down the road to socialism.” Our plunge into Socialism was enthusiastically promoted by Mr. Roosevelt, who went so far as to advocate a maximum income of $25,000. If that isn’t strictly and wholly un—Ame rican and Socialistic, then what is it? Men of small means aspire to the ease and power of wealthy men. What someone else has done we hope to do. At least don’t block the road for here we come. Haven’t you observed pretty homes being built all over the State, out in the rural areas? Those men have resolved to have as comfortable homes as the men in town. Certainly; that is progress; and that is freedom and free enterprise in its essence. We want every good thing that anyone else has, and we set our hearts on it. You observe the various Co—op buildings? Neat and trim and commodious. The Coops don’t do business on barrel heads or cracker boxes, but are prospering and using their prosperity to provide attractive quarters for their opera tions. That is a sign of times; stores in many places are spending large sums to make their customers comfortable and to attract customers; it is the order of the day. 'N&r,/ ' :v :.A". •? Wmm ALAMp—Shrine of Texas Liberty. Over two and a half centuries ago, Spanish conquistadors exploring the Southwest named the City of San Antonio, Texas, and the San Antonio River. Today, where a quiet Indian village once stood, one finds giant skyscrapers and colorful reminders of San Antonio’s his toric past — as well as the river itself — which make the city a “Venice” in America. In San Antonio—the Alamo City —they say that “Life is Different.” Will Rogers once said of San An tonio that it was one of four cities in the United States possessing real atmosphere. This city of 537,- 000 population has many faces. It has known the tread of marching feet since the days of earliest Spanish presidio. Here the battle cry, “Remember The Alamo,” was bom and General Robert E. Lee decided to cast his lot with the South. General William Tecumseh Sherman served here before cast ing his with the North. Here today is Randolph Air Force Base, Fort Sam Houston, Fourth Army Headquarters, Brooke Army Medical Center, Kelly Air Force Base, largest depot of its kind in the world, and Lackland Air Force Base World-famous is the Alamo, Shrine of Texas Liberty, where in 1836 Crockett, Bowie, Travis and 180 others made the ultimate sacri fice in the name of liberty and freedom. Annually in April, a car nival celebrates the battle of San Jacinto. San Antonio is traditionally a city of parks, plazas and play grounds. The city won the “nation al cleanest city” contest in its category for 1952, 1953, and 1955 —and the National Grand Award in 1954. Parks and playgrounds comprise over 2,000 acres, include Brackenridge Park and Witte Mu seum. Zoo, Chinese Sunken Gar dens, Sunken Garden Theatre. Golf Course, Polo Field. Baseball Diamonds, Tennis Courts, Bridle Paths, Picnic Grounds, etc. 5 The old—time Country merchant has come back, though on a mammoth scale. Do you remember him? Anything from kerosene to fertilizer, with shoes, groceries, horse and cow “feed” included. Well, the stores of today, starting out with groceries, have meats, beef, hamburger, washing machines, refrigerators, perhaps, automobile tires, inexpensive dresses and “work- pants” .... anything you want. * So, on a magnified scale, the grocer of today sells all that the old country—merchant had, except perhaps harness for the mule — no harness, I think, but oil and grease for the truck and the car, not overlooking cow chains, going back to grandfather, even to the Nth degree!! Referring to the twenty nine dairies of Bowman, Orange burg County, did you ever think of the change in the milk business? Years ago a cow dwelt in a stable in your back yard and you as a lad had to take the cow out to graze and get water. You then had to milk the cow. Not so today. To day you buy milk at the grocery store, skim or skimmed milk being most popular because the ladies think that milk without cream results in bodies without fat. Even 86. Behind all that milk display is the wholesale milk buyer who sends tanks to the farms and collects all the milk for re—sale. So you do not drink the rich, creamy milk from Farmer Smith’s cow, your neighbor, but the milk brought in perhaps seventy five miles from the dairies of X, Y. Z et al .... all tried and true men. The same is true of egg; eggs are cheaper in cities than in small rural communities, sometimes. A change that you have overlooked: you seldom hear of a farmer hauling a load of wood to town. Gone are the days of lightwood knots and splinters, for the farmer uses Oil or gas. -U Blacks Radio & TV Service 1409 Main Street Phone 1082 Newberry, S. C. SANTA'S ON HIS WAY! Have the 9 merriest, most wonderful Christmas ever! THE GOLD SHOP, INC. 1206 Main Street Newberry, S. C. v'M m .CLARK WRECKING COMPANY Hedy and Howard Clark 702 Glenn Street Newberry, S. C. Unto Them* on Angel Appeared Saying, He is Bom... The Prince of Peace! MAIN STREET PURE OIL 1729 Main Street Phone 48 Newberry, South Carolina Y V/ >*• y a SHS Holiday Notice THURSDAY, DEC. 25 and FRIDAY, DEC. 26 BEING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS The Institutions Listed Below Will Not Be Open for Business The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business accordingly Newberry County Bank NEWBERRY JOANNA The South Carolina National Bank The Bank of Commerce PROSPERITY, S. C. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Association The State Building and Loan Association