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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY. S. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By SPECTATOR
What do you know about inflation? You hear about it on
every hand. Well, its very real. You men who were in France
during and shortly after the First World War may rememb
er that our army supported the French franc at seventeen
cents for a franc. In other words, an American could ex
change a dollar for almost six francs. How about it today? I
have just clipped from The Wall Street Journal this article,
in part:
“The French franc’s free market dropped to a 1958 low
yesterday in a week-long sag spurred by rumors of devalu
ation by the year-end.
On the Paris free market yesterday the rate shrank to
472 francs to one dollar against an officially pegged rate of
420 to the dollar. The free market franc held fairly steady for
several months at about 445 to the dollar until it started slip
ping a week ago.
By Friday its value was down to 465 to the dollar and the
Monday rate was only slightly better at 463. The price of
gold bullion on the Paris market soared to 546,000 francs a
kilogram yesterday. This corresponds to a franc value of 480
to the dollar. Now devalued to 493.
The current rate is the lowest since the franc was at 497
to the dollar in December, 1957. In November, 1957, it was
still lower at 529 to the dollar.
The French franc gave ground in New York foreign ex
change dealings yesterday, reflecting the downtrend in the
free market in Paris.
One large bank put the prevailing price at which francs
were offered at ‘roughly 460 to 465’ francs to the dollar—a
slightly lower valuation on the franc than at the start of the
week.
Perera & Co., foreign exchange dealers, viewed 480 francs
to the dollar as a realistic figure. Offerings of francs at 476
to the dollar, an official said had found ‘few takers’ and bids
were at a 487 rate. He also reported ‘a lot of speculation’ in
francs going on.”
Now what caused that? The Government of France has
adopted a program of Welfare of all sorts and now the chick
ens have come home to roost, as we say.
The lesson to us should be plain, except that many of our
leaders are imbued with the spirit of those French royalists
who spent and spent and spent and then said callously
“After us the deluge”. Yea, verily; it always happens; the
next generation will be taxed outrageously because we are
throwing money away.
In the good old days when we had common-sense people
and not a lot of fanciful dreamers, we would have thought
our course so absurd as to constitute the very negation of
common sense.
Just think of a nation foolishly throwing around billions
of dollars in all manner of ridiculous gestures and fallacious
reasoning while it is heavily in debt, in notable deficit, and
oppressively taxed.
Truly the Spanish proverb may be invoked: Sentido
Comun; el mas raro de todos los Sentidos—Common-Sense,
the rarest of all the senses. It is really true. We can find
people of unpractical schemes though people of character
and standing, people of notable intellectual alertness and
mental energy, but they live in an atmosphere of mysticism
and will not be influenced by such common things as ordin
ary arithmetic; they prefer to disregard simple addition and
multiplication and insist on adding three and three so it will
appear to be one half.
Whenever you find a man who subscribes to the profound
truth that two and two inexorably mean four you have a citi
zen with both feet on the ground.
If I might venture a word to our General assembly I
should say to add the items of productable revenue and be
governed strictly by that total, even allowing a reduction of
ten percent for error, or fluctuation in income.
You may depend upon it that some of our very best
people, most admirable citizens, earnest, sincere and all else
fine people, will have recommendations and bring pressure
to spend money.
Stand ye fast and quit yourselves like men, as the Book
would say.
The Clinton Chronicle is a sturdy paper. I say it proudly
that w r e have many sturdy editors. I quote a Babson Article
from The Chronicle:
“Babson Discusses Surrendering Freedom For So—Called
‘Security’. As I look back over my sixty-odd years as a voter
and try to interpret the Democratic landslide of the last
election, which happened while I was in Africa, I am forced
to this conclusion: The average voter today is more interest
ed in seeking ‘security’ than he is keeping ‘freedom’. Now
the only real security w’hich I have been able to discover is
spiritual security. This is confidence in one's God and in one
self so that, come what may, one can, and will, not only sur
vive but meet competition successfully. So this thing that
disturbs me most about the present wholesale desire for se
curity, particularly in a time of plenty, is that it suggests a
Hospital Patients
Mrs. Ida Baker, 619 Main St.
Mrs. Ruth Culclasure, 1411 Si-
! las St.
I
! Lon S. Davis, Drayton St.
i Mrs. Effie Derrick, 1311 Trent
St.
Mrs. Bettie Fulmer, 824 O’Neal
! st.
Mrs. Frances tint fin, Rt. 1, Po-
! maria.
\
.Miss Wanda Faye Giles, Spring-
- hill Apts.
! Mi's. Mary Ann Holsenback and
I Baby Boy, 1121 Summer St.
| Mrs. Anne Halfacre, 2018 Glenn
| St.
Miss Sue Halfacre, 1604 John
stone St.
Mrs. Dorothy Harmon, 1523
Clarkson Ave.
Mrs. Helen Hipp, 1317 Pearl St.
Mrs. Sara W. Houseal, 722 Cald
well St.
Mrs. Katie Connelly, 948 Cor
nelia St.
M iss Judy Jones, College St.
Extn.
M ss Annie Knotts, Prosperity.
Mi's. Lula Langford, 603 Bound
ary St.
Mrs. Hattie McEver, 708 Pope
St.
Mrs. Lavinie Matthews and
Baby Girl, 406 N. Jefferson St.,
Saluda.
Mrs. Mary Sue Mitchell, Rt. 5,
Saluda.
Miss Lalla Martin, 1513 Main
St.
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519
Harrington St.
Mrs. Drusilla Pitts, Rt. 1, Sil-
verstreet.
Luther L. Suber, Rt. 2, Pomaria.
Mrs. Obera Sexton, Joanna.
Mrs. Emma Shealy, Rt. 1, Little
Mountain.
Carlo Swindell, 1411 Johnstone
St.
Mrs. Callie Thomas, 1210 Fair
St.
Mrs. Lillie Timmerman, 726
Boundary St.
Herman N. Taylor, Rt. 1, Pros
perity.
Recent Births
BOWERS
Mr. and Mrs. William Everett
Bowers of 759 Baxter St. are re
ceiving congratulations on the
birth of an eight pound, three
ounce son, Kenneth Everett, at
the Newberry County Memorial
Hospital on January 16. Mrs.
Bowers is the former Bonnie Ann
Mims.
STOCKMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krell
Stockman of Rt. 1, Prosperity an
nounce the birth of an eight pound
two ounce son, James Randall at
the Newberry hospital on Janu
ary 15. The mother before mar
riage was Annie Rose Long.
BOUKNIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Dale Bouk-
night of Rt. 3 are parents of a
seven pound, four ounce daughter,
Donnie Marie, born January 17 at
the local hospital. The mother is
the former Betty Marlene Long.
HOLSONBACK
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Ray Holson-
back of 1121 Summer St. are re
ceiving congratulations on the
birth of an eight pound, two ounce
son, Alvin Ray, on January 18 at
the local hospital. The mother be
fore marriage was Mary Ann
Cunningham.
Samuel DeWalt, Rt. 3, Box 246.
Elizabeth Davis, 917 Booker St.
Lizzie Johnson, Rt. 2, Clinton.
Lucy Long, 910 Fair St.
Mary Elizabeth Miller, Rt. 4.
Baby Girl Neal, Rt. 4.
Mattie Pearl Swindler, Rt. 3.
Addie Lee Suber, 212 Boundary
St.
Maria Wells, 913 Wise St.
Mary Alice Watson.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mi's. Claire Vaughn, Rt. 1,
Newberry.
Mrs. Frances Epting, Prosper
ity.
George Cook, Rt. 1, Prosperity.
Mrs. Frank Brown, Prosperity.
Joe Turner, Rt. 3, Prosperity.
DEED
TRANSFERS
Newberry No. 1
George K. Dominick to H. Lee
Smallwood and Pearl M. Small
wood, one lot in Coateswood place,
$5. and other valuable consider
ations.
Robert D. Schumpert to R. B.
Baker, one lot and one building,
formerly belonging to Bernice
and Emily Hoof, $5. and other val
uable considerations.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
James Larry Boozer as execu
tor estate of Henry R. Boozer to
J. Luther Boozer, 1309 Highland
Ave., Camden, S. C. 5.26 acres
$1525.
J. Luther Boozer to Janie B.
Shealy, 5.26 acres, $1525.
J. Ellerbe Sease to Martha
S. Sease, 110.15 acres, $5 love and
affection.
R. C. Mays to David A. Grad-
dick, one lot fronting on Fair Ave
nue, $550.
Virginia S. Merritt and William
B. Merritt to Ruby Mills and Ben
jamin T. Mills, Jr. one lot and one
building on Rosalyn Drive, $500
and assumption of a mortgage.
Bu^h River No. 3
J. W. Craven to Wilbur E.
Mitchell, 107 acres, $7000.
Ambrose M. Mayer to R. I.
Chappell, one lot, $5. and other
valuable considerations.
Whitmire No. 4
J. O. Counts to David L. McCul
lough, Jr., et al, 117 acres, $5. and
other valuable considerations.
Mrs. John W. Hunnicutt,
one lot and one building, $5. love
and affection.
Pomaria No. 5
Ethel W. Johnson et al to Ista-
lena S. Wilson, one lot and one
building, $1500.
Little Mountain No. 6
May T. Elam to J. Ralph Wil
liams, two lots and one building,
$5. and other valuable considera
tions.
Mrs. Arie L. Shealy to Henry
Burton and- Mary C. Wells, 1/2
acre, $75.
J. Effice Metts to Tommy Wes-
singer, et al, one lot and one
building $5750.
Prosperity No. 7
Dan H. Hamm, Jr., et al to
James Henry Summers and Mary
Frances Summers, one lot, $5 and
other valuable considerations.
T. Earl Bigby to Roy H. Domi
nick, ont lot, also converted trial-
er, $650.
Hayne Morris to Nannie Bell
Morris and Cora Morris, .95 acre,
$5.00, love and affection.
Elizabeth S. Hunter as execu
trix to D. M. Shealy estate to E.
O. Shealy, 1.22 acres and one
building, $2300.
Recent Marriages
Herbert E. Youngier of Irmo
and Lillian Grace Ruff of Pros
perity were married January 13
at Newberry by Rev. Clarence L.
Richardson.
Clarence Alvin Stribble and
Martha E. DeLoache of Newberry
were married Jan. 14 at Newberry
by Rev. Carl J. Sexton.
Foster Manly Perdue and Mary
Elizabeth Covan of Newberry
were married Jan. 17 by Rev. Paul
D. Petty at Newberry.
COUNTY HOME AGENTS
The County Home Agents Mrs.
Margie D. Freeman and Miss Do-
ney Crain announce the following
schedule for January 26th through
30th.
Monday, January 26th—Office;
Home Visits
Stoney Hill 4-H Club at 7:30 with
Beverly Lake as hostess.
Tuesday, January 27th—Wooden
Tray School at Pomaria Luther
an Church at 9:15 A. M.
Silverstreet HDC at 3:30 P. M.
with Mrs. Ellen Abrams, Mrs. R.
C. Neel, Jr. and Mrs. Tommy
Lake as hostess.
Wednes, January 28th and Thurs
day, January 29th—Home Agents
Conference, Anderson.
Friday, January 30th—Office;
Home Visits.
F. E. Mims Dies
In Maryland.
Floyd E. Mims, 40, a native of
Newberry, died Sunday night at
George Washington Hospital in
Indian Head, Md.
Mr. Mims was born and reared
in Newberry, a son of the late
Ernest and Mrs. Bessie Dean
Mims. He had made his home in
Indian Head, Md. for a number of
years.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Sybil Berry, also a
native of Newberry; three chil
dren, Mrs. Horace Bowles Jr., of
Silverstreet, Jimmie and Tommie
Mims, both of Indian Head, Md.,
and two brothers, Carl Mims of
the U. S. Navy and Bennie Mims
of New York. One brother, Tom
mie Mims, died a year ago.
Funeral services wil be con
ducted today (Thursday) at 3:30
p. m. at McSwain Funeral Home.
Burial wall be in Rosemont ceme.-
tery.
Master Phil Riley, Rt. 5, Saluda.
Mrs. Minnie Reagin, 1222 Glenn
St., Newberry.
Mrs. Sue Williams and baby
girl, 3335 Casper Ave., Columbia.
Mrs. Vesta Metts, Prosperity. 1
Albert James Wilson.
senile civilization, not the youthful, fearless men that made
this nation great.
The Democratic landslide was a tremendous rebuff not
only to present administration’s pay-as-you-go domestic po
licy, but also to its foreign aid policy. The voters seem to be
saying, ‘We want peace, but we are unwilling to sacrifice for
it’. Our fathers knew that freedom and peace were conditions
that had to be cultivated by each generation. Life, for our
forefathers, was full of hazards. They were in danger of be
ing scalped by the Indians, were often cold and hungry and
without material comforts; but they were free men. Today
we are slowly, but certainly, surrendering those hard-won
freedoms as we move in the direction of a welfare state.
Subsidies and guaranteed ‘womb-to-tomb’ economic aids
of every variety have to be paid for by someone. Uncle Sam
has no mystical source of revenue. Money for your unem
ployment security or old age pension comes out of your pock
et, not Uncle Sam’s. He has no pockets; and if he did, I am
afraid they would be full of holes! When you put a ceiling on
a man’s earnings by taxing his initative, man tends to des
troy those financial sources that built our great educational
institutions, hospitals, research centers, and libraries. You
then begin to scare away private risk capital because the re
turn is just not worth the risk. Then government steps into
the breach to subsidize those projects which private capital
formerly undertook. This means that more money has to be
collected from your pay check in the form of taxes. Further
more, as government takes on these responsibilities, it also
assumes control over them. Thus, the individual, little by
little, surrenders certain aspects of his freedom in exchange
for what he thinks is security.
In my humble opinion, it then becomes but a matter of
time before national bankruptcy sets in; in that event, all of
our economic legislation may not be worth the paper the laws
are written on. It may not happen in your lifetime, or par-
haps even in your children’s life span; but it can happen
sametime. The history books will look back upon such a per
iod as an era of economic leaches. I have long said that the
next sizable depression will be brought about by organized
labor’s over-reaching itself. While we should be grateful for
labor’s watchful eye, we should at the same time be concern
ed about strikes and about any of labors’ actions which re
sult from its being exempt from the Anti-Trust laws.
Our founding fathers expressed their freedom in terms of
responsibility. Each, indeed, was his brother’s keeper. Men
were close to one another. If there was a fire, they had to
work together to put it out; if roads were to be built, the
building became a commuiity project; and the laggards were
chastized by their neighbors.
One trouble today is that the average citizen has become
so far removed from community respqnsibility that he has
really lost touch with democracy in action. Too often the av
erage man gives little thought to much of anything beyond
the evening TV programs. It is almost as if he were unaware
that freedom in our U. S. A. is fighting for its very life”.
John Milton, the illustrious poet says: Some men prefer
bondage in ease rather than strenuous liberty.
Years ago a Baptist Minister in Beaufort had me to read
that to him several times. It is,the truth even of today.
“Bondage in ease”, so-called Security, disregarding all the
teachings of history. If our people had always preferred bon
dage in ease there would have been no revolutionary War;
and we would be a dominion of the British Crown today.
“Strenuous liberty,” full-fledged fighting spirit, made
America. And we would swap that today for the fleshpots of
Egypt.
Do you remember the flesh pots of Egypt ? “Would God
we had died in Egypt”. Well, Well!!
Garden Club
Council Meets
The Council of Newberry Gar
den clubs met January 14 at the
home of Mrs. James Kinard who
is recording secretary. Mrs. Rich
ard Baker, president, presided.
The Council members voted to
continue the planting of Judas
trees in our city as a eonservatipn
and beautification project. Mrs.
Baker requested that all clubs
which had not submitted their
yearbooks for the annual year
book awards competition sponsor
ed by the council would please do
so immediately.
Members were pleased to learn
that an ordinance proclaiming the
City of Newberry a bird sanctuary
was passed at the City Council
meeting Tuesday night. This ordi
nance was presented to the City
Council by the Council of New
berry Garden Clubs.
Mrs. Baker urged all garden
club members to write their state
legislators and request that they
vote in favor of the Uniform Driv
er License Law. The passage of
this law will improve the safety
program by providing an increase
in the minimum driving age from
14 to 16 years and a driver re-ex
amination program with higher
minimum physical and mental
standards for driving.
Four new books have been add
ed to the Garden Center which is
located at the Newberry-Saluda
Regional Library. These books
are as follows:
“The House Beautiful Book of
Gardens and Outdoor Living” by
Joseph E. Howland.
An eighteenth Century Gar
land” by Louise B. Fisher.
“Flowers and Plants of Inter
ior Decoration” by Esther Wheel
er and Anabel Combs Lasker.
“Rockwell’s Complete Book of
Roses” by F. F. Rockwell and Es
ther C. Grayson.
Mrs. Heisey encouraged the
garden club members to take ad
vantage of the Garden Center and
read the large number of inform
ative books that are available.
Mrs. Baker expressed praise
for the wonderful assistance of
the garden clubs with the Civic
League Christmas Tea. A note of
appreciation was received from
Mrs. J. T. Rutledge, President of
the Garden Club of South Caro
lina, for the lovely orchid corsage
which was presented her by the
council and which she wore while
attending the Christmas Tea.
An announcement was made
that the Camellia Flower Show
Sponsored by the Columbia Gar
den Club and the Men’s Camellia
Club will be held on February 14
and 15 at the Township Auditor
ium in Columbia Admission will
be fifty cents.
Mrs. Baker stressed how inter
esting and informative it will be
for those who attend the Sympo
sium on Conservation, Horticul
ture, and Flower arranging on
January 29 at Drayton Hall, Uni
versity of South Carolina, in Col
umbia. The symposium is spon
sored by the Garden Club of kouth
Carolina in co-operation with the
University of South Carolina. And
is free to the public. The program
will begin at 10:00 a.m. following
a coffee hour.
The highlights of the program
will be a presentation, “Fashions
With Flowers”, by Mrs. John W.
Knight, Jr. of Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio. She is the winner of the
$5,000, Jackson and Perkins Rose
Company Award and a national
ly recognized flower arranger.
At the close of the council meet
ing, revised editions of the con
stitution were distributed.
Youth Thrown
Bike Dies
An inquest will be scheduled
soor^ into the death of an eight-
year-old Negro boy who was kill
ed near the Chappells section
about 3:30 p. m. Saturday while
riding his bicycle on Highway 56,
according to Coroner George R.
Summer.
The young lad, who had receiv
ed his bicycle for Christmas, was
Sherman Chandler.
Investigation showed, according .
to the Coroner, that the boy was
returning to his home in the
Chappells section after visiting a
neighbor, and apparently entered
.the highway into the path of an
automobile driven by Bernard
Young Hollingsworth of Cross
Hill. The boy was thrown from his,
bicycle and into a ditch, and was
pronounced dead on arrival at the
Newberry hospital.
The driver of the car stated
that he swerved to avoid hitting
the youth, but was not able to do
so.
Building Permits
Jan. 15: Charlie Golden, gener
al repairs to dwelling, 915 McKib-
ben St., $500.
FINAL CLEAW-UP
129 Pair DRESS SHOES $5.00 pr.
(VALUES TO $16.95)
135 Pair FLATS, LOAFERS .$3.99
(VALUES TO $9.95)
Anderson’s Shoe Store
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