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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959^
Straight Talk
(By TOM ANDERSON)
The Congress of the United
States
Washington, D. C.
Dear Dignitaries:
Senator Byrd is trying to pass
a bill to give the President veto
power over certain spending items
in a bill without killing the whole
biU- Now that would really hurt
you fellas back home. You couldn’t
tack on your pet pork-barrel and
log-rolling projects. And that’d
sure hurt your “look-what-I-
gotcha” speeches to the homefolks.
In a ghost-written speech which
you will of course ignore, our
President has again set his eleat-
ed foot down in favor of a balanc
ed budget. His milk-toast deter
mination to stay within the all-
time-high $77 billion budget will
little change our time-honored sy
stem of checks and balances—gi
gantic checks and no balances, for
24 of the last 29 years.
Recently President Eisenhower
finally released $100 million for
alum clearance and “urban renew
al," from money you voted in past
years which he had allowed to lie
around unused until he got in the
mood. Couldn’t you makke a law—
or get the Supreme Court to—say
ing that the Executive branch has
to spend what the Legislative
branch votes, with all deliberate
■peed?
While it spends more than any
other Administration in the his
tory of our little world, this Ad
ministration has fallen down on
being able to spend it as fast as
you can vote it. For togetherness,
we either need more experienced
spenders as presidents or fewer as
congressmen. Shouldn’t we either
limit the number of terms you fel
las can serve or de-limit the years
a president can serve? Its hard
for even a military man to get ac
customed to spending $80 billion
a year.
You have been busy little beav
ers these past few r months slip
ping your favorite vqfte-getting
bills into the hopper. Even though
you may know that a presidential
veto is inevitable, you can prove
to the homefolks that you tried.
Don’t worry your little heads
about all this prattle about cut
ting down on your spending. The
nibblers haven’t got a chance. No
alcoholics never fade away, they
just die, or go on the wagon. I’m
vure you won’t let the turn-hack-
the-clock crowd intimidate you in
to any pay-as-we-go program. We
can afford all these nice things
you give us, we just can’t pay
for ’em. We still “owe it to oursel
ves” and in 25 more years what
we’re due to collect from oursel
ves will be absolutely fabulous.
Your co-owners Walter Rcuther
and George Meany, have present
ed a 10-point labor program which
would end mass unemployment,
raise wages, build houses, uplift
depressed taxes. And Mrs. Roose
velt’s ADA has just recommend
ed an additional $8 to $10 billion
program of new welfare necessi
ties by which we could spend our
way out of our present $12 billion
deficit. New billions for college
dormitories, reclamation, dams,
rivers, highways, illegitimate ba
bies, pensions, veterans, and “ur
ban renewals.” (You’ve taken over
the states, now you can take over
the cities.)
Some people gripe because one
farmer got $322,012 of our grand
children’s money for taking
127,239 acres out of production of
wheat. Always picking on the poor
farmer. U. S. News And World
Report said recently that one
drunk who had been arrested 285
times in one of our largest de
pressed areas had cost that city
$45,373. Yet you don’t hear any
great clamor to do away with the
drunk program.
Only 2,422 farms in this coun
try got price support payments
of more than $10,000 each in 1958.
Only 11 farmers got more than
$100,000. So you fellas are help
ing the poor little farm el's by
showing them what you can do
for them when they get big. There
are only 149,473 full and part-
time government agricultural em
ployees, federal, state, and local.
With their children, these agricul
tural employees would comprise a
city considerably larger than Bir
mingham. Kill the farm program?
That’d be like throwing every
bread-winner in Birmingham out
of a job. Even Bryant couldn’t get
away with that. To complicate the
farm program further, we have
fewer farms each year and that
means more government agricul
tural workers. The less there is to
do, the more government workers
it takes to oversee it. Speaking of
overseas, fellas, the Hoover Com
mission reported that of the
115,250 persons employed in giv
ing away our Foreign Aid, 84,560
were not even Americans. If we
killed the Department of Agricul
ture, could we let 84,560 of those
displaced government agricultural
workers take over those jobs from
the foreigners?
Most people think that our dy
namic debt in recent years has
been caused by so-called Defense
spending. They don’t realize that
since 1954 Defense spending has
decreased $300 million, from $48.6
billion to 48.3 billion. During that
same period you’ve increased non-
Defense spending $14.3 billion,
from $19.1 billion to $33.4 billion.
You voted most of those billions
for us, and we should appreciate
it. In 1958 you appropriated $1,-
250,000 a minute based on 138
eight-hour days you were in ses
sion.
In the olden days when charity
was a virtue instead of a govern
ment department, President Hoov
er spent less on everything than
you spend on mere interest on the
federal debt. Ever since Harry
Hopkins invented “tax and tax,
spend and spend, elect and elect”
we’ve had a thinking man’s frills
and a spending man’s taste. Mon
ey won’t buy as much today as it
would in the depression when we
didn’t have any. But don’t let any
body fool you with that “money
is w-orth only what it’ll buy” rou
tine. We like lots of money regard
less of what it buys, whose it is, or
where it came from. So keep ort
printing it .borrowing it, and
spending it on us. We’re all back
of you 20%, your present program
of cutting down on Defense only
is fine, until we go broke and the
Russians attack. If there’s any
body left, the next ex post facto
War Crimes Trials may be held
in some Smoky Mountain cave.
Guess who’ll be Castroed? You.
Mrs. Koon Rites
Held Saturday
Mrs. Rosabel Epting Koon,
wife of John E. Koon, died early
Friday morning at her home in
Pomaria. She had been ill for
the past seven months.
Mi's. Koon was born and rear
ed in the Pomaria section of
Newberry County and was the
Portrait of a Satisfied Cady
The lady has just paid eight bills.
It took her only twelve minutes because
she has a checking account at SCN.
She saved time and energy, and her cancelled
checks are easy-to-keep receipts.
Pine Seedling
Orders Now
Being Taken
(By County Agents)
Agricultural Program
Be sure to notice the 10 Point
Agricultural Program being out-i
lined throughout South Carolina
this week. This program was adop
ted recently by the State Agricul
tural Committee to be used as a
daughter of the late Walton J.
and Lou Riddlehuber Epting.
She had made her home in Po
maria for a number of years and
was a member of the Bethlehem
Lutheran Church. A member- of
the ULCW, Mrs. Koon was ac
tive in her community and church.
Survivors include her husband,
John E. Koon of Pomaria; one bro
ther, E. W. Epting of Pomaria
and one sister, Mrs. Eula Epting
Halfacre of Pomaria.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Beth
lehem Lutheran Church by Rev.
M. T. Cullum. Burial was in the
church cemetery .
Pallbeareis were Walton Half
acre, Olin Shealy, Bobby Epting,
D. L. Wedaman Jr., Roy Shealy
and Grady Shealy.
Honorary escort was compos
ed of H. W. Lominick, Billy Hat
ton, Robert Ruff, Willie Andrew
Eargle, Dr. Harriette Pinner and
members of the church council.
Mrs. Schumpert’s
Brother Dies
Cpl. Levi Berry, 38, brother of
Mrs. Ray Schumpert of Newber
ry, died Feb. 28 in Korea as a re
sult of severe multiple burns.
He was born in Edgefield
County, son of the late George
W. Berry and Annie Berry White.
Prior to entering the service in
1942, he made his home in Aiken.
Cpl. Berry was a veteran of 17
years of service, which included
service in World War II and the
Korean War.
He was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints. While on leave he
made his home with his sister in
Newberry.
Survivors include two sisters
in addition to Mrs. Schumpert,
Mrs. Vivian Smith of Columbia
and Mrs. John H. Hall of Aiken;
and five brothers, Olen Berry of
Graniteville, L. G. and R. Z. Ber
ry of Columbia, Ralph Berfy of
Aiken and Joe Berry of Lewis
ville, Ga.
County Native
Died Friday
Walter Gerald Reeder, 70, a
native of Newberry County, died
at his home in Cayce at 12:30
p.m. Friday.
Mr. Reeder had been living in
Florence for a number of years.
A member of the Holland Ave
nue Baptist Church, he was a
lifetime member of Pamplico
Masonic Lodge 324.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the
Holland Avenue Baptist Church
by the Rev. Paul Bullington and
the Rev. Even Taylor. Burial was
in Greenwood Memorial Gardens
at Greenwood.
RETURNS HOME
AFTER VISITS
Mrs. Daisy B. Denning has re
turned to her home on Nance
street after spending three months
with her sons and their families.
She visited Mr. and Mrs. David
Denning and son, Mark, in Morris
town, Tenn., then went to New
Orleans for a visit with Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Denning and their chil
dren, Kathy and Billy, Jr. The
Billy Dennings who are planning
to move to Newberry in the near
future to make their home, re
turned to the city with Mrs. Den
ning for a weeks visit.
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guide or blueprint for improved
farm family living this year. The
Newberry County Agricultural
Committee has endorsed this pro
gram also.
You know, it now looks like
prices for farm products may ave
rage a little lower than last
year. Hog prices, broilers and eggs
are already averaging lower this
year than last year. Also, with
lower support prices on cotton and
other crops, prices won’t be quite
as good on most crops this year.
Milk and beef prices will likely
remain about the same, but prices
of things farmers have to buy will
be a little higher. All this means
that farmers will have to plan
more, manage better and use sound
judgment to come out ahead this
year.
To us, it simply boils down to
the fact that we will have to pro
duce our farm products a little
more efficiently this year. So be
sure to study the 10 point Agri
cultural program sponsored by
Clemson College and the State
Agricultural Committee and use
it to your advantage in farming
during the year.
Order Pine Seedlings
Now
Newberry County landowners
who plan to set out pine seedlings
next winter can place their orders
now. The S. C. Commission of For
estry began taking orders for
seedlings March 1st. Orders may
be placed up until July 1st, but
as always, it would be better to
place your order early. Production
of pine seedlings by the four state
nurseries now in operation will
likely be the largest amount ever,
but there probably still won’t be
enough to go around.
The cost of seedlings this year
will be the same as last year -
$3.00 per thousand at the nursery
for loblolly, slash, longleaf and
shortleaf pine. White pine, Arizo
na Cypress, red cedar, and yellow
poplar will be $6.00 per thousand.
Shipping charges will be 50c per
thousand and extra if you have
the seedlings shipped to you.
One important change in the
procedure this year, if your order
is for 12,000 seedlings or less,, you
must make payment at the time
you place your order.
Application for pine seedlings in
Newberry County should be made
at the S. C. Commission of For
estry Office located in the Agri
cultural Building.
Coastal Bermuda
Do you need more summer per
manent pasture? Or another good
hay Crop? If so, Coastal Bermuda
might well fit into your feed pro
gram. For the past two years
“Coastal” has yielded from 4 to
almost 7 tons of hay per acre on
test plots at Clemson depending
on amounts of fertilizer used. Clif
ford Smith has made some except
ional yields of good quality coastal
hay the past two years.
Wilmer Longshore, Manager of
Sand Hill Farms, has just com
pleted setting out over 30 acres
of Coastal Bermuda. We think
they did a fine job of planting.
RITZ
Theatre
THURSDAY, FRIDAY
& SATURDAY
Charlton Heston, Yul Brynner,
Anne Baxter, Yvonne De Carlo
“ The Ten
Commandments
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2 SHOWS DAILY
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
3:00 P. M. & 7:30 P. M.
SATURDAY
2:00 P. M. and 7:30 P. M.
—ADMISSION—
Matinee Night
Adults 75c Adults $1.00
Children Children
Under 12 40c Under 12 40c
No passes good on this picture.
MON., TUBS., WED. & THUR.
Yul Brynner, Joan Woodward,
Margaret Leighton, Ethel Waters,
“The Sound And
The Fury”
CLOVER LEAF
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Theatre
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
First Showing In Newberry
“The Gun
Runners”
Audie Murphy, Eddie Albert,
Added Color Cartoon — Super
Salesman
SUNDAY
“La Parisienne”
Brigitte Bardot, Charles Boyer
Added Color Cartoon—Mystic
Coastal roots were put out with
a manure spreader, then disced
in lightly and firmed-in with a
cultipacker. Wilmer is also plan
ning to spray with 2, 4-D for Weed
control later when the weather is
just right.
We’ve observed over the past
several years that proper plant
ing is highly important with
Coastal. Use of freshly dug roots,
high soil moisture at time of
planting and not planting too
deep’y are most important rules
to follow. The next 30- days would
be the ideal time to set out Coast
al Bermuda.
Seed Certification
Newberry County farmers who
wish to have small grains or other
farm seed certified should act
soon. The deadline for making ap
plication for* certifying small
grains is April 15th. Bob Garrison,
who is in charge of Seed Certifi
cation work at Clemson, tells us
they would like to have all appli
cations as soon as possible.
We have application blanks in
our office.
Hospital Patients
Mrs. Dorothy Jean Arthur and
Baby Boy, Apt. 6-B, Springhill
Apts.
Mrs. Vanessa Boozer and Baby
Boy, 130 Caldwell St.
Mrs. Sallie Beck, 617 O’Neal St.
Mrs. Ida Baker, 619 Main St.
Bland Berry, 2640 DeLoach Ave.
David Bobb, Kinards.
Mrs. Nellie H. Corley, 500
Glenn St.
Mrs. Marilyn Crumpton, 92
Lowry St., Whitmire.
Mrs. Mamie DeVore, 1234 Cal
houn St.
Mrs. Gladys Graham, Rt. 2, Po
maria.
Miss Wanda Faye Giles, 40-J
Springhill Apts.
Mst. James Hamm, 1309 Pearl
St.
John J. Kibler, 1326 Pearl St.
Charlie J. King, 1314 Milligan
St.
Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity.
Mrs. Ella Leavell, 1601 Martin
St.
Mrs. Lula E. Langford, 603
Boundary St.
Mrs. Edna Feagle, 1011 Harper
St.
Mrs. Ollie Hiller, 414 Rodels-
perger St.
Mrs. Lucille Moore, Rt. 2, Pros
perity.
Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1.
Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519
Harrington St.
Mrs. Bessie A. Meetze, Little
Mountain.
Mrs. Bonnie Richardson, 509
Main St.
Mrs. Charles Teague, Rt. 3.
Katherine Baxter, Rt. 3.
Baby Mildred Blair, Rt. 1.
Janie Donner, Rt. 3.
Janie Jeter, 2500 Pike Circle.
Roy Long, Satterwhite St.,
Whitmire.
Norma Jean Mayer, Pomaria.
Mary Elizabeth Miller, Rt. 4,
Box 236.
Eugenia Rooks and Baby Girl,
Rt. 4, Box 30, Helena.
Ellen Singleton, Rt. 1.
Josephine Workman, Rt. 3.
Sophie Wade, 909 Sanders St.
MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS
Mrs. Claire Vaughn, Rt. 1, New
berry.
Mrs. Francis Epting, Newber-
ry.
Billy George, Prosperity.
Mrs. Mamie Shealy, Prosperity.
Mrs. Fannie Summers, Newber
ry.
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UDC Chapter
Opposes Change
In State Flag
In spite of bad weather and
much sickness among the mem
bers, the meeting of Drayton Ruth
erford chapter on Tuesday after
noon, at the home of* Miss Lucy
McCaughrin was well attended.
Mrs. J. M. Pool and Mrs. Bothwell
Graham were associate hostesses.
In the absence of Mrs. Parr,
Mrs. Ralph Baker led in the Ri
tual, also in the salute to the flags.
In the absence of Mrs. A. J.
Briggs, Mrs. Pool acted as Record
ing Secretary, the minutes of the
February meeting being approved
as read.
The historical progress was next
in order, with Mrs. J. E. Wiseman
Historian in charge. She announc
ed that in the absence of Mrs. El
mer Shealy, Mrs. Jack Chappell
would read Mrs. Shealy’s paper,
the subject of which was “Memori
als and Monuments to Jefferson
Davis erected by the U. D. C."
Mrs. Shealy gave detailed descrip
tion of the magnificient Davis
monument on Monument Avenue
in Richmond; the obelisk at Fair-
view, Ky., the Confederacy Presi
dent’s birthplace, which, next to
the Washington monument, is the
highest in the country; the mark
er at Fortress Monroe in the case
ment where President Davis was
imprisoned and for a time kept in
irons; the Jefferson Davis High
way extending from Washington,
D. C. to the boundary line between
the United States and Canada,
with granite markers in every
state thru which it passes. The
paper was interesting and informa
tive.
Mrs. Wiseman distributed the
new year boks and reported copies
mailed to out-of-town members.
Mrs. Wright reported for Mrs.
Shealy, co-director of the C. of C.
that two groups had held their
regular historical and business
meetings during the month; also
that Mrs. M. F. Bowler’s group
had met. The members were also
selling the candy that had been
ordered recently.
Mrs. L. G. McCullough reported
that a check for $106.00 had been
sent on to General and Division
headquarters for dues and contri
butions from members who have
paid their dues to dace.
Mrs. T. E. Davis reported three
additional requests for clearing
graveyards-Folk, Boyd, and Dun
can’s Creek.
Mrs. Ralph Baker presented re
solutions relative to the restora
tion of the Opera House, and
these were passed unanimously.
A request had come from the
S. C. president of the U. D. C.,
Mrs. W. L. King, that the chapter
express itself relative to changing
the S. C. Flag by combining it
with the Battle Flag of the Con
federacy. Opposition by the chap-
tre was unanimous.
Mrs. Lucille Dickert, Newberry.
Mrs. Kathleen Riley, Rt. 5, Sa
luda.
Mrs. Laura Eargle, Chapin.
Mrs. Essie Holliday, Clinton.
Mrs. Vesta Metts, Prosperity.
Mrs. Joe Watson, Batesburg.
In accordance with a request
from the state U. D. C. Legisla
tive committee, Mrs. Wright re
ported that she had written to
several members of the committee
in the Legislation to which this
bill for the change would be sub
mitted. Also she had been asked
to contact the members of the
Newberry county delegation. This
she had done and had found each
one unalterably opposed to the
proposed change.
Mrs. Hunter Brown asked for
colored historical pictures for the
chapter scrapbook.
The members were happy to hear
that Mrs. C. E. Thomas is at home
after months of hospitalization,
and greatly improved; it is hoped
that she may soon be able to at
tend the chapter meetings. *
The hostesses served appetizing
refreshments, including hot cof
fee for the cold afternoon.
OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE
FOR QUALIFIED MAN
OR WOMAN
To service and collect from cig
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or full time. Excellent opportun
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to $1,975.00 cash required to en
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Company finances expansion. IY
you have serviceable car and &
spare hours weekly write, giving
particulars to International Dis
tributing Company, Inc., P. O. Box:
1052, Oklahoma City, Okla.
FOR RENT: 2-bedroom house,
good location. Phone 872 afteir
5 p.m.
TEXAS COMPANY
Now manufacturing quality unit
needs qualified man or lady to op
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this area.
Good income for person who
qualifies.
Must have 4 to 6 hours weekly,
be bondable and have minimunz
of _ $750 cash to maintain inven
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FOR SALE — Coastal Bermuda^
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Johnston, S. C. Phone 2855 or
2947 for immediate delivery.
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