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/ PAGE FOUR 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Annfield, 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 As a citizen and taxpayer I would offer this suggestion to our Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly and the same suggestion deserves consideration by our Sen ators and Representatives in Congress, namely, to wit, as our lawyers say: Require all citizens to pay taxes, without ex emptions based on favoritism. All recommendations seem to be based on higher taxes rather than on equal taxation by all, though equal protection means equal obligation. Why not put all business operations on the same level? Let’s be specific: the suggestion of withholding taxes adds to the bookkeeping of all business concerns and is some what of an imposition bordering on being a nuisance. Increa ses of all kinds should be most scrupulously avoided and every effort should be made to simplify our methods and cur tail some operations, if necessary. To say that economies cannot be affected in a budget of a hundred and fifty million dollars is merely to dodge the obli gation to make exhaustive investigation. And it takes cour age. We live in a day of easy spending. Great buildings, wide-range activities of small value char acterize our national activities both as a government and as a people, privately. Father must buy six suits and a new car every year because he thinks his “standing” (sitting or rid ing) requires that, though the last year’s car may be better. For our State, let’s see that no business escapes taxation, but that all pay on the same basis. The cry is frequently heard about showing special con cern for the farmers. Frankly I never heard farmers ask for special favors. I am associated with farmers, having a farm ing interest of my own and I think the farmers are ready and willing to do their part, as they have always done. We have enough business, profitable business, escaping taxation to suggest as an imperative consideration that all .operations of competitive business, without exceptions should be taxed on equal basis. j Merely to pile on taxes to meet extravagant operations is riot the. real statesmanship needed in fiscal affairs. i As a practical expedient I suggest that each Senator and Representative act in Columbia with the same degree of cau tion and consideration that he shows in handling the affairs of his county. We need in Congress and the General Assembly some re sourceful persistent and aggressive champions of the taxpay ers. Let us exalt “strenuous liberty” rather than “bondage in ease”, to quote John Milton’s great sentence “Some men pre fer bondage in ease, rather than strenuous liberty.” President Eisenhower’s proposed budget breathes hot and cold, economical and squanderous at the same time. We are to continue, perhaps to increase the unalloyed foolishness of throwing away billions of dollars in “Foreign Aid”. Can you name one Nation we can depend on? Just one. With the possible exception of Great Britain, we can’t rely on any other Nation. Even here at our doors we have Cuba, a doubtful ally. The only policy consistent with our own interest is to be strong at home. If war should coijie all our foreign “strength” would be like a puff of wind. Just as the British built an “impreg nable” fortress at Singapore, which quickly fell to the Japan ese, so will all the foreign help we think we can rely on. Then President Eisenhower continues all the wasteful Government ventures in competition with private enterprises. Incidentally it all boils down to this: Private citizens invest billions of dollars in developing the nation and Government spends billions to cripple those who pay the taxes. The equal protection of the law. Did you ever hear of that? That was one of the foundations of this Government. No man shall be denied the equal protection of the law. ' The much cited Fourteenth Amendment, says (last clause of first section) “No State shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”. That’s why our State should put every business or occupation on the tax books. Whether allegedly operating for profit or not, if it competes with taxpayers it should be taxed. Has anyone the courage to do that? When it comes to political courage most of us are like the soldier who wrote home “We have met the enemy and we are his’n”. What say you to this: “Whatever its peculiar difficulties, whether political or e^nQmi<H it may be said of virtually ev ery backward or laggakhpari of the country: the cure lies in its own hands. This is not merely theory. Since World War II, a large number of places, notably the depleted mining towns of Pennsylvania and the hard-hit textile centers of New Eng land, have shown how an area can lift itself up by the boot straps. In every case the job has been done, often at a profit, THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1959 i • Strom jBlurmono pOOOOOOOOOOflj •wwiA RLE FIRST SPENDING TESTS The United States Senate faced its first spending tests during the past week, and advocates of free government spending prevailed. I voted for i-eductions in both the omnibus housing and airport fed eral aid bills. When most of these proposed reductions were defeated, I then voted against final passage of both bills. Extravagance was niy principal objection to the airport bill. The deputy administrator of the Fed eral Aviation Agency told the Sen ate his agency did not need, nor could it program, the $100 million annually which the bill proposed. I favored a continuation of the present program of airport con struction, which is approximately $63 million annually. The addition al money proposed in the bill is to he spent principally on five per cent of the nation’s airports, none of which are in South Carolina. HOUSING BILL I vigorously opposed the public housing and urban renewal pro visions of the housing bill. Since integration is being pushed so vig orously in public housing, I believe this program is dangerous to the South. For this reason, most of this low-rent subsidy is being en joyed by many with adequate in comes, while the subsidy cost is being- borne by all taxpayers. Be sides being socialistic in nature, the public housing program puts the government in competition with private enterprise, which is con structing housing at less than $17,000 per unit at a record rate. Approximately $1,350,000,000 is already authorized and unspent for the urban renewal program. Little, if any, of this money will be spent in South Carolina, but we will help pay the tax burden to clear up the sliyns of prosperous New York and other large cities. Integration by Filtration For the second year in a row, integrationists have attempted to sneak through the Senate a pro vision which would permit hous ing integration by a method of in filtration. Last year I had this provision removed from the omni bus housing bill by an amend ment. This year I found a similar provision well hidden in the policy section of the title on Public Housing and got it eliminated again. It would have permitted integration by snaking it possible for Public Housing officials to condemn privately-owned family dwelling units for conversion to public housing units, where inte gration is decreed. Textile Prosperity Seen If the Congress and the Execu tive Branch act favorably on the ten recommendations of our Sep- ial Textile Subcommittee, I fore see a new and prosperous era for the textile industry which is so important to our State. Included in these recommendations was one calling for import quotas on for- eign-manufactured textiles. Get ting this recommendation into the official Subcommittee report was of much personal satisfaction since I have been asking for quotas on low-wage imports from Japan and other countries for years. Also at my request, the Office of Defense Mobilization made a study of the textile industry to determine its importance to our national security. Its report show ed the textile industry to be very vital to defense, a fact that should enable us to gain much support for the acceptance of our Sub committee recommendations. Sincerely, Strom Thurmond. incidentally, by the local citizenry, in cooperation with muni cipal or state authorities. The moral seems clear. To restore prosperity to a community, as well as to create it in the first place, is not a task for the federal government. It is the joh of those who live and work there”, says Barron’s magazine. i; I need not remind you that the Constitution of South Caro lina also provides “Nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws” (Article 1, Section 5). We should challenge all infringements in the Courts. Kingstree! Did you ever go to Kingstree? It is a fine town of traditions situated on Black River. Black River, as you know, flows on to the Atlantic by way of Georgetown. Black River is just one of five rivers which make Georgetown the most river—ed city in the world, maybe. In the lower part of the State you can trace happenings to the days of long ago, even before the Revolutionary War. The immortal George Washington travelled through much of our lower Carolina and must have slept in a hundred places, more or less. And if Washington missed any home it is possible to find traces of Layafette’s visits. I’m, of course, indulging in a bit of persiflage, you know. Georgetown is the town of King George. And there is a Prince George Winyah there. In Charleston there is King Street and it is crossed by Queen Street. Quite possibly the King was frequently crossed by the Queen. Kingstree is the County seat of Williamsburg County. There you are again: Williamsburg, named for King WTlliam. Kingstree is so called because the early arrivals coming up Black River saw a tree of the kind reserved for the King and they called the settlement Kings-tree. And there you are. By the way, Kingstree, and all the County, can boast of a number of Macs, but they are Irish, not Scotch, they tell me. But they are fine, upstanding citizens and, like the unterri fied woman of Irish origin who was asked “if she sprang from the O’haras of Donegal”, replied “Wo sprang irom no one; we sprang at ’em”. * Well the intrepid citizens of Kingstree deservfr a medal; nay and much more than a medal; something like a towering monument to signalize an act so rare in this day as to appear unexampled, aye even exemplary, for those Kingstree men have “fired a shot heard round the world”, as was said of the early heroes of our great Revolution. What did they do? They actually reduced town taxes!! You may wonder; you may even disbelieve, but the record stands for all to see; and may all other towns profit by the example. Yea, even the State of South Carolina and the Con gress and President of the United States might inquire just what makes Kingstree tick. If I may remind you that Julius Caesar was so great that someone asked “Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed that he hath grown so great” ? Well, if eating the meat of Kingstree resulted in reduct ion of taxes let us ascertain the kind and quality of that meat and ship a few car loads around. Tell me this: if someone on the moon were wounded or killed by a missile from this earth where would the suit for punitive damages be tried? The old question remains: Is the moon made of green cheese? Or do the Mooners think we Americans and Russians are dangerous lunatics ? By the way, how shall we learn what they think and what language will they speak? Since Americans are notably poor linguists we might detail a thousand Chinese to interpret for us. UDC Chapter Hears Talk On Cavalrymen The glowing fires and the lovely flower arrangements in the home of Mrs. Frank Lominack, Sr., was a sharp contrast to the gloomy outside for the large gathering- of Drayton Rutherford chapter mem bers on Tuesday afternoon. In 'the absence of Mis. H. L. Parr, Mrs. A. J. Briggs conducted the Ritual. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting, the usual order was reversed by having the historical program be fore the business. For this Mrs. Emerson Westwood gave an in forming and interesting study of Confederate Cavalry leaders— Hampton, Wheeler, Forrest, Mor gan, Stewart, Cobb—104 from eight states who made themselves famous m a greater or less degree by their daring exploits. She based the study upon “The Wizards of the Saddle” a book by Gen. Ben nett Young, a distinguished sol dier who knew many of these cav alry leaders personally and who was entirely familiar with their exploits. To use - a few of her quo tations: “The men of the South were not only familiar with the use of firearms but a majority of them were skilled horsemen, and these two qualities combined brought to the Confederate cavalry volunteers active, adventurous, daring, reckless, chivalrous sol- die-s who were bound to perform the highest type of military duty”. “The cavalrymen were without equipment of any kind except their horses and their arms; they were to feed in large part in the enemy’s country, and rely upon their foes for arms and ammuni tion. They had no tents, no wagons except for ammunition; no cooking utensils except an iron skillet, yet they were training- incessantly for any kind of military duty when called upon. They were car ried by their horses with great celerity, sometimes marching 50 miles in a single night, often 75 to 90 in a day. Their marvelous en durance has never been equalled.” Mrs. Westwood selected Hamp ton and Forrest for special men tion, giving details of some of their deeds of daring. In connect ion with Forrest she gave the fol lowing: “On June 24, 1846, Gen. Sherman sent President Lincoln the following dispatch ‘I have or dered Gen. A. J. Smith and Gen. Mower to pursue and kill Forrest promising the latter in case of success, my influence to promote him to Major General. He (Mower) is one of the gamest men in our service. If accident should befall me, I ask you to favor him if he succeeds in killing Forrest. Signed William T. Sherman, Major General. In American military history there is no instance similar to the foregoing. “Wizards of the Sad dle” is a thrilling book and should be read by every Southerner. During the business period, Mrs. Elmer Shealy reported that Mrs. M. F. Fowler had met with the Junior-High group of the Children’s chapter, for Lee-Jack- son program and that 153 pupils were present for it. Mrs. Shealy also explained that the 50c dues beginning with the Elementary group under Miss Sallie Lee Cr»mer, has to be sent to State and General treasuries. This leaves the chapter without any funds for the purchase of ap plication papers, engraving prizes that are won by the chapter, con tributions to various objectives, etc. Some financial help was pro mised her. Mrs. Holland Sligh read some notes of appreciation received by the chapter. Mrs. T. B. Lester re ported remembrances sent to the sick. Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, reported year books oritered, and collected 25c jmej* member for same. She also ann^&itfed the offer of a scholar ship by the General U. D. C. and the Sons of Confederacy for $500 to the high school student who writes the best essay on the sub ject—“Jefferson Davis—the Wash ington Years”. Mrs. Wiseman will give publicity to the requirements governing the essay. Mrs. L. G. McCullough report ed the members prompt in paying the dues for 1959, with six sub scriptions to the Magazine so far. Mrs. T. E. Davis for the county graveyards has had two requests for clearing—Head Spring and Chapman (Paysinger). The terms of the members of this Commis sion expire in June but not the Commission. The chapter, hopes for Mrs. Davis’s re-appointment. The Ridge District, U. D. C. con ference will meet here in April instead of March as previously an nounced. Committees will be ap pointed from the two chapters here to outline plans for the meeting. Mrs. Tom Fellers announced the March meeting would be with Miss Lucy McCaughrin with Mes- dames Jordan Pool and Bothwell I'Graham assisting. DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge, to Ernest H. Layton, one lot and one building, (James D. Mathis property) $1995. Nancy Elmira Boozer to Leon D.. Nichols, one lot and one build ing on Main St., $5.00 and other valuable considerations. Newberry Mills, Inc., to J. How ard Cook, two lots, $5.00. Newberry Farm Equipment Co., Inc., to Dr. R. P. Baker, two lots, $10 and other valuable considera tions. P. D. Pohnson & Co. to T. D. Johnson, Edna J. Kirkegard, Mary J. Smith and Eleanor D. Johnson, one lot and one building, $5.00 and other valuable consid erations. Legare Ammons to Paul Ray Price, one lot and one building, $5 and other valuable considerations. Newberry No. 1 Outside W. H. Hendrix to John M. Hol- sonback, four acres and one build ing, $5 and other valuable consid erations. L. B. Rinehart to E. H. Busby and Virginia C. Busby, one lot and one building, 1309 Fourth St., $5 and other valuable considera tions. Silverstreet No. 2 Carolyn B. Miller et al to Pearl Blackman, two acres and one building, $5 love and affection. Eunice B. Barksdale et al to Pearl Blackman, two acres and one building, $5 love and affection. Bush River No. 3 P. D. Johnson and Co. to T. D. Johnson, Edna J. Kirkegard, Mary J. Smith and Eleanor D. Johnson, 265 acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 J. M. Howell to Joe H. Bonds, two acres, $600. Myrtle Suber Miller to Henry Martin Miller, one lot, $5 love and affection. Colie L. Lindler to M. E. Lind- ler and Faustine E. Lindler, one lot and one building, 425 Grant St., $5 and assumption of mort gage. Little Mountain No. 6 Nathaniel Cannon and Jestine Tobe to Marie Cannon, 103 acres, $5 love and affection. Prosperity No. 7 Tom M. Fellers, Sheriff of Newberry County to J. W. Robert son, one and 3-4 acres, $2316. J. W. Robinson to the Town of Prosperity, 1.75 acres, $2600. Duray Oscar Lovelace to Joe Frazier Lovelace and Dorothy Leaphart Lovelace, six acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. Recent Marriages George M. Foster and Betty Lou McMillan of Whitmire were mar ried on January 27 at Whitmire by Rev. Carroll Pitts. Hospital Patients Miss Lucretia Adams, Silver- street. Mrs. Maggie Amick, Little Mountain. Mrs. Bradley Bowers, Rt. 2, Prosperity. Worth Bedenbaugh, Rt. 2, Pros perity. Mrs. Ida Baker, 619 Main St. Mrs. .Miriam Chandler, 607 Pope Circle. John Cook, 503 Green St. Mr^.vFIprence Crump, 1808 Har rington St. • Andrew Davenport, Langford St. Mrs. Lona Mae Franklin, Rt. 3. Mrs. Hazel Glenn, Rt. 1. Mrs. Gertrue Guy, Rt. 1, Chap pells. Miss Wanda Giles, Springhill Apts. Mrs. Vera Harris, Rt. 1, Po- maria. Mrs. Dorothy Harmon, Clark son Ave. Mrs. Sarah Houseal, 722 Cald well St. Mrs. Grace Joye, 3101 College St. Mrs. Rebecca Koon and Daugh ter, Rt. 3. Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity. W. Frank Lominack, 2213 Main St. Mrs. Lula Langford, 603 Bound ary St. Mrs. Nancy S. McDonald, Rt. 1. Mrs. Reba Martin, 316 Berry St Mrs. Freddie Morris, 110 Cald well St. J. L. Matthews, 1604 Silas St. Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1. Miss Lalla Martin, 1531 Main St. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Harrington St. Rion Price, Rt. 1. Baby William Shealy, 1325 Lindsay St. Mrs. Emma Shealy, Rt. 1, Lit tle Mountain. Mrs. Constance Thomas, 2425 Rosalyn Drive. Mrs. Lillie Timmerman, 726 Boundary St. Mrs. Gallic Thomas, 1210 Fair St. Mrs. Frances Sue Vance, Rt. 3, Batesburg. Thomas Vines, 403 Rodelsperg- er St. Mrs. Evelyn Wicker, 1314 Mil ligan St. Mst. Rodney Wicker, Rt. 1. Mrs. Julia White, 1003 Caldwell St. Janie Wonner, Rt 3. Alice Guise, 626 Morgan St. Joseph Gary, Rt. 3. Carrie Gary, Rt. 3. Thomas Gladney Jr., Rt. 2* Blair. Sadie Morris, Rt. 2, Whitmire. Mary Elizabeth Miller, Rt. 4. Baby Girl Neal, Rt. 4. Addie Lee Suber, 212 Boundary St. * Pearl Sims, Rt. 2. Margaret Wallace and Daugh ter, Rt. 3. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Claire Vaughn, Prosperity. Mrs. Francis Eptiqg, Newberry. Mrs. Leila Joyner, Newberry. Mrs. Verdie Wise, Prosperity. Mrs. Mamie Shealy, Prosperity. Mrs. Ethel Bedenbaugh, Pros perity. Mrs. Lucille Dickert, Newberry. Tillman Harmon, Pomaria. Mrs.- Carl Timmerman and Baby GiH, Cross Hill. Mrs. Dessie Rae Boozer, Pros perity. Mrs. Joyce Jumper and Baby Girl, Leesville. Mrs. Vesta Metts, Prosperity. BOOKMOBILE Thursday, Feb., 12th: Oakland Mill—Mrs. J. I. Ringer Oakland Mill—M r s. Reeder Brooks Airport Community —Buck's Place Gary Community—Mrs. A. P. Ramage Bush River Community-—Mrs. Willie Singley Bush River Community—Mrs. Lamar King Bush River School , Tranwood Community—Mr. R. E. Gee Friday, Feb., 13th: West End School Whitmire Library Feb. 6—D. R. and W. J. Rice, one five room brick veener dwell ing on Clarkson Avenue, $7000; and O. R. Higgins, one 30 X 60 Concrete building on Johnstone street, $3450. Such famous Roman structures as the Colosseum and the Panthe- non were built from a mixture of volcanic ash with slaked lime. Jfil 2 u- > HERE’S THE ANSWER TO A QUESTION YOU MA Y HA VE ASKED... t Can I borrow Money for any purpose n my home? f Yes, you may borrow for any purpose. You may also borrow money to Construct a New Home, Repair your present home or add additional improvements. If you already have your loan with us it can be added to the present balance with small monthly payments. It wiH take only a moment to explain it to you. Drop in today. ASK US ABOUT OUR DIRECT REDUCTION HOME LOAN PLAN OVtKQT *MO!SCrrOM •*r loaa/m 'avijstgs aivd Loam Assogiatiom SAVINGS INSTITUTION F O U N 1383 COLLEOB 8TBEET, NEWBEHHY, 8. C. ■ 7 s * ' “Use our Modern Night Depository for after office hours business.” “NEWBERRY’S LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION” Y r G!U.