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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE Strom \ URMOND MAJOR LEGISLATION PASSED It was an eVentful week in the Senate. Three pieces of major legislation—the extension of the draft bill, the space research ap propriation bill and the Hawaiian Statehood bill—were all debated and passed by large majority votes. I supported the draft and space research legislation, since both are needed without delay if we stay prepared to meet threats from the Communists conspiracy. I could not support the Hawaiian Statehood Bill. LITTLE IN COMMON WITH HAWAII My opposition to the Hawaiian Statehood Bill was based on a number of factors but largely on cular emphasis on ihe anti-mis sile missile; and (M) increased per sonnel and modernization of wea pons and equipment for our ground lorces. 1 pointed out in my speech that this margin of safety in our defense program could be provid ed within the limitations of a bal anced budget by cutting or elimin ating certain non-defense pro grams. So-called civil rights legislation will be discussed in Senate hear ings commencing on Wednesday, March 18. I shall be among the first to testify in opposition to any legislation directed at one secton of the nation. The best, and only needed, civil rights guarantee is found in the Constitution and the observation that the people of its Bill of Rights ... It was a Hawiaii and the United States i pleasure last week to witness the have little in common and should | unveiling of a handsome painting not therefore be bedmates. State-j of John C. ( alhoun in the Senate hood, like marriage, is the most! Reception Room. The ceiemon\ intimate of relationships between; honoied ( alhoun, two people or two groups of '1 aft and Webster people. In the case of a bad mar-j est Senators in t riage, a divorce is possible; in the was my honor to ■case of State or dissatisfaction with a a State’s dissatisfaction with the United States, there’s no escape. More than 70 per cent of the Hawaiian people are of Asiatic origin. Only about one per cent of the present United States popu lation if of Asiatic background. It is doubtful that more than five per cent of the Hawaiian people will ever set foot on the American continent because of its location more than 2,000 miles from the North American continent. The Communist influence is already felt on the Islands through the Longshoremen’s Union. DEFENSE. CIVIL RIGHTS, ETC. . . A very important controversy has developed in recent weeks be tween President Eisenhower and Defense Secretary McElroy, on one hand, and Members of the Hou se and Senate and leadei-s of some of the services, on the other, as to whether the President has requested sufficient funds to pro vide an adequate defense program. I feel that the President has re quested the bare minimums and that this should be augmented by increased expenditures in specific categories to provide a margin of safety. In a recent speech, I ad vocated more money to be spent (1) to keep the Strategic .Air Com mand on an air alert to prevent our retaliatory striking force from being destroyed on the ground; (2) a speedup in our second genera tion missile program with parti- Clay LaFollete, as the 5 great- '. S. history. It have nominated unique distinc- mv pleasure to Calhoun for this tion, and it was have as guest at the ceremony om of Calhoun’s great grandsons, John C. Calhoun of Beaufort; one of his great granddaughters, Mrs. Mildred Calhoun Wick of Camden; and a great, great nephew, Allston Calhoun of Greenwood . . . Over the week end, I moved my office to the new Senate Office Building directly across the street from the old one. There is more room which to work in this new of- I! be looking for- you come by when Washington. The i‘>22o. m fire. and I sha wart 1 to having you got Up to rooii i number is r ? • _ to^ital Patients Mr.'. Mnble Buminek, Mount- ville. Mrs. Mamie Lee Bouknight, <>08 | O’Neal St. Mrs. Mary B. Braswell and Baby Boy, Rt. 3. Mrs. Ida Baker, 019 Main St. Mrs. Mollie Dale Cromer, 1244 Kinard St. Mrs. Rae Corder, Rt. 2, Bates- burg. .Ray H. Crooks, Rt. 2, Pomaria. Mrs. Pearl Counts, Rt. 2. Callie L. Duncan Sr., 1315 Jef ferson St. Mrs. Mamie DeVore, 1234 Cal houn St. Miss Bonnie Evans, 2534 Fair Ave. Mrs. Jeanette Farmer, 1443 Till man Circle, Joanna. Mrs. Margaret Frick, Rt. 1. We are delighted to announce that Mrs. Aletha (“Pete”) Bedenbaugh graduate of DON BONNE Beauty College is now associated with us % and invites her relatives and friends to call on her. Telephone—10 JZ.Uz JJeauty. Shop Amel & Cotton Dress Material The Finest. Easycare— A Real Bargain In Sport Materials @ 69c yd. EVERYTHING FOR HOME SEWING CAROLINA Remnant Shop Main Street Newberry, S. C. Charlie C. Fulmer, Little Moun tain. Richard D. Goodwin, 2800 Hunt Ave. M iss W anda Giles, Springhill Apts. Mrs. Edna Harmon, RFD, Po maria. Roland L. Hawkins, 1504 Nance St. Robert E. Holsonback, 1401 1st St. Mrs. Ollie Hiller, 414 Rodels- perger St. Mst. James Hamm, 1309 Pearl St. Miss Annie Knottts, Prosperity. Mrs. Gladvs Layton, 1303 Silas St. Mrs. Ella Leavell, 1601 Martin St. Mrs. Lula Langford, 601 Bound ary St. Calvin Morris, 514 Glenn St. Mrs. Euna Mize, Route 1, New berry, S. C. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Har rington Street, Newberry S. C. Mrs. Florence Nobles, 934 Cline Street, Newberry, S. C. Mrs. Kate Spearman, Chappells, S. C. Mrs. Louise Tankersley, 800 Cole Avenue, Whitmire, S. C. Mrs. Sease Vaughn, Kinards S.C. Mrs. Lula Wicker, Route 1, Pomaria S. C. Mrs. Clara Wright, 808 College Street, Newberry, S. C. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS H. S. Rikard, Route 2, Leesville. Mis. Francis Epting, Newberry. Mrs. A. D. Corder and baby boy, Batesburg. Mrs. Horace Oswald and baby boy, Leesville. Mrs. Mamie Shealy, Prosperity. Mrs. Etta Willingham, Newber- ry- Monroe Mills, Prosperity. Mrs. Lucille Dickert, Newberry. Mrs. Laura Eaz-gle, Chapin. Mrs. Essie Holliday; Newberry. Mrs. Vesta Metts, Prosperity. Recent Births BIRCH Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Franklin Burch of 920 Fair street announce j the birth of a seven pound, nine !'umee sail, Danny Franklin, on .aa'rii 12 at the local hospital. Mrs. Bareli D the former Brenda I Cockrell. BOZARD Mr. and Mrs. .Lanes Earl Bo- zard of 2403 Armfield Avenue are receiving congratulations on the birth of a six pound, 11 ounce son, James Bryan, on March 15 at New berry Memorial Hospital. The Bozards have two other children, Kay, age 5, and Doug, age 3. Mrs. Bozard, the former Dollie Davenport, and her young son re- tuTned to their home from the hospital Wednesday. BRASWELL Mr. and Mrs. James Lester Braswell of Route 3 announce the birth of a seven pound, 10 ounce son, James Lester Jr., at New berry Hospital on March 16. Mrs. Braswell before marriage was Mary Elizabeth Bishop. Park To Attend Dean Conference Dr. Conrad B. Park, Dean of Newberry College will attend the Annual Conference of presidents and deans of the colleges of the United Lutheran Church of Am erica at Washington, D. C.„ on Friday and Saturday, March 20- 21. Named Officers At a meeting of the South Caro lina Council of English Teachers on March 13, at the Jefferson Hotel, Columbia, Mrs. F. Scott Elliot was named treasurer and Miss Margaret Paysinger a direct or. In Favor Of United Fund Editor Newberry Sun Dear Sir: I would like to say that I en dorse 100 per cent Doris Sanders’ article concerning the United Fund for Newberry. The number of solicitations that are inflicted upon the merchants and citizens of Newberry has reached such proportions that it has become a source of aggrava tion and ridicule. In addition to people becoming aggravated with being asked to contribute to so many causes, there is a vast dupli cation and waste of time and ef fort on the part of those asked to work on the various drives. The "volunteer” workers are worked overtime. While all of the causes are wor thy and need help, the time has come to call a halt to each cause having a campaign. I understand that 4 some organizations refuse to be included in the United Fund. In such cases, they should be noti fied that they will be included in the United Fund, or be left out. I think the public will respond to the United Fund Drive, if the Looking Ahead (By DR. GEORGE S. BENSON) JOHN’S PLEA TO WASHINGTON John Jones works in an indust ry. He operates one of the small but amazingly productive ma chines in a plant that turns out a widely used electrical appliance. He is on an hourly rate. But the pay is good and his income is a little above the average workers in American industry. His month ly income is more than $450, his annual income above $5,000. John made out his federal income tax return two weeks ago, and he did some thinking and figuring. And then, for the first time in his life he wrote a letter to his congress man. John, on his tax return, attach- a slip that showed he had already paid more than a month’s income in withheld income taxes; and yet he owed an additional sum for which he had to send Uncle Sam a check. He noted too the amount of taxes he’d paid through che year on purchases of merchandise. And he set about figuring how much indirect, or hidden taxes he’d paid during the year. When lie totaled the whole thing up and then added his state and local tax es, John had a better understand ing of why he didn’t have a bank balance and was “just barely mak ing ends meet.” Just A Little Guy He wrote his Congressman and his two Senators. “I’m just a little guy,” he told them “and I know the government performs some mighty valuable services for me and my family. But I’ve been doing some figuring and thinking a lot. In spite of the services, gov ernment has become a heavy bur den on me. It’s costing too much. Even in defense spending I suspect a lot could be saved. And since we’re in a cold war we ought to be cutting expenses and not in creasing them in all the other ser vices. Please use your influence to cut government spending every where.” This is one of the most effect ive letters that could be written to Congress. It is sincere and mod erate. If just half of the workers in American industry would take careful stock of how much tax they are paying and do what John has done, the pruning knife would begin to work in Washing ton. Thrift-Minded Don’t Write citizens are made to understand that they will be asked to contri bute ONLY ONCE each year—and see that they ARE asked only ONCE. It is up to the civic clubs and various organizations to get be hind this effort to put an end to the countless soliticitations in the city and county, and the re sponsibility of the public to give the United Fund its support. Yours very truly, MRS. H. A. KEMPER. In Washington recently I visit ed with two members of Congress who are very influential in Con gressional activities. We talked about the budget, the national debt and the deficit. Both men are sensitive to the wishes of their people back home. One showed me his day’s mail. It contained sever al letters from people who were obviously banded together in an association to push for Congres sional appropriation for a particu lar pro'-'ct in their area. There was onl> one letter from a citizen asking that federal spending be cut back. “We know that most of our people back home want to see gov ernment spending cut back,” this Congressman said. “But we don’t hear from many of them. We hear from the ones who have some per sonal interest in some project that requires federal spending. The thrift-minded people, the thou sands who are aware chat con stantly increasing government spending has become a real bur den, eating away at a man’s earn ings, simply do not write letters— at least not many of them write to me. It is human nature for us to forget their situation and to be impressed by those who are con stantly camping on our doorstep— asking for some costly spending project.” Penalized By Waste It is no exaggeration co say that the average American family could own and operate an automo bile, or send a child through col lege, with the amount of money that could be cut from their tax bill if every possible measure of thrift were applied in government and if, for duration of the cold war at least, plans for new pro jects and all unnecessary spending were set aside. On my desk is a report from a House of Representatives subcom mittee which made an ever-so- brief study of some phases of our foreign economic aid program. They turned up hundreds of items of stupid waste. Just one of these concerned a sawmill shipped to Iran three years ago by the bene volent custodians of our hard earn ed money siphoned off to Wash ington in taxes. The sawmill cost us $500,000. The Iranians found it to he useless—it couldn’t handle the heavy teak wood logs of the region. It hadn’t even been un- crated; just allowed to sit on the hillside and rust away.-Let’s more of us follow John's example and write our Congressmen. It could turn the tide, give us more mon ey for our own family needs, halt the dangerou-s growth of powerful government, and preserve nation al strength. Income Tax Hints Given Self-employed farmers may use an alternate method for figuring their earnings from their farm Miss Martha F. Pressly, district manager of the Greenwood, So cial Security Administration of- tice, and Mr. Francis G. Duehay, iJistrict Director of Internal Reve nue, reminded farm operators to day. DIR pointed out that self-em ployed farmers may figure their earning's for social securnty in several ways. 1. If your gross income from ag ricultural self-employment is not more than $1800, you may count as your net farm earnings either your actual net or 2-3 of your farm gross income; 2. If your gross farm income is more than $1800, and your net farm earnings are less than $2,- 000, you may use either your ac tual net or $1200; 3. If your gross farm income is more than $1800 and your net farm earnings are $1200 or more, you must use the actual amount •>i your net earnings. DiR added that use of the op tion enables farmers with gross income as low as $600 to obtain social security protection for themselves in their old age and for their survivors in case of death. However, he emphasized that re gardless of the way in which you figure your net earnings, you must have net earnings of at least $400 (from farming alone, or in combination with other SE earn ings) in order to get social secur ity credit for the year. In addition to the revised op tional method, the law provides <or-ial security coverage to some farm owners who receive cash or crop shares from tenant farm ers. If the farm-landlord under his agreement with his tenant, mater ially participates in the production or management of production of the farm crops raised on his land, this income may be reported for social security purposes. Requests for information re garding taxes due and tax return forms should be directed to the In ternal Revenue Office at Green wood. Questions concerning the old-age survivors, and disability insurance program will be answer ed by your social security office at 619 S. Main St., Greenwood. Mid-Carolina Team At State Judging Meet The Mid-Carolina Soil Judging Team, representing the Fairfield Newberry-Union Future Farmers Federation, will be among the 24 teams participating in the soil judging meet of the South Caro lina Association of Future Farm ers of America today (Thursday) at Hillcrest High School near Sumter. The Mid-Carolina team is composed of Edmund Hentz, Al ford Morris, Heywood Riddie and Donald Wicker. The two top teams selected at the meet will compete for nation al honors at the International Soil Judging Meet to be held this spring in Oklahoma City, Okl i. educatibnal Conference, an inter- synodical organization of Luther an educational institutions with headquarters in Washington D. C. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., he attended Jacksonville Univer sity and received his bachelor’s de gree in 1958 from the University of Florida. Instituted last year, Lutheran Brotherhood Faculty Fellowships are designed to promote and en courage advanced study by mom bers of Lutheran college and semi nary faculties. In addition to these awards, Lutheran Brotherhood also makes scholarships available to students at Lutheran educational institu tions in the United States and Canada. Building Permits March 12 O. F.’ Armfield, Sr., one four room dwelling, wood frame on Bedenbaugh street, $2500; one five room brick veneer dwelling on Springdale Drive, Horace Williams and sons, Steve and Douglas of Savannah, Ga., sperA last weekend with Mr. Williams’ mother, Mrs. D. J. Wil liams on Harper street. $10,000 and one five room brick veneer dwelling on Springdale Drive, $10,000. March 14, Lonnie Shealy, gener al repairs to dwelling on Wilson street, $350.; and J. R. Clary, gen eral repairs to dwelling and add one room on Wheeler street, $1,000. r Plan No. 1147 2193 Square Feet Designed by Summer, Prater, White & Associates 732 W. Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta 8, Ga. W-e* Distinctive Features This French Provincial home, designed for modern Southern living, has such distinctive features as a sunken living room, with a wrought iron rail separating it from the hall and dining room. The master bedroom has a compartment bath. The other two bedrooms have access to a second full bath. A convenient U-shaped kitchen has a breakfast area. A large porch is reached through sliding glass doors from the dining room. The den is well-placed at the front of the house and has entry from the carport or hallway. Moderately priced plans for this home are available. MAIL ORDER COUPON TO: HOMES FOR SOUTHERN LIVING P. O. Box 1155 Atlanta 1, Ga. PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING: PLAN No. 1147 1 Set Blueprints @ $10.00 Additional sets @ $5.00 ea. Bargain 5 sets @ $25.00 PLAN BOOKS "Guide to Convenient Living" (40 plans) @ 50c ea. book "Home Plan for Better Living" .(54 plans) @ $1.00 ea. book TOTAL Q Check 0 Money Order Enclosed Georgia Residents add 3% Sales Tax NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE Reneke To Do Graduate Work James A. Reneke, instructor in mathematics at Newberry College, has been awarded a Lutheran Bro therhood Faculty Fellowship to as sist him in graduate study. Mr. Reneke is among 17 Luther an educators and pastors who are receiving Faculty Fellowship grants totaling $23,750. Carl F. Granrud, president of Lutheran Brotherhod, said the grants are part of the fraternal life insurance society’s 1959 scholarship program totaling nearly $liu )Uv Mr. Reneke’s award was r?com- mended by the National Lutheran Father Of Local Woman Succumbs Ben L. Davis, 71, of Honea Path, father of Mrs. Mildred Medlock of Newberry, died at an Anderson hospital Friday fol lowing four weeks illness. A native of Abbeville County, he was the son of the late August- ; us and Louise Drummond Davis. He was a member of Chiquola Baptist Church. A retired tex tile worker, he had lived at Honea | Path "or the past 50 years. Funeral services were conduct ed Sunday at 4 p.m. at Chiquola Baptist Church by Rev. Ken Jony, Rev. Paul Taylor, Rev. Clyde Lol- lis and Rev. Roy Gregg. Burial was in Easterview Cemetery. Homeowners POLICIES WHY PAY MORE? Get 1. Dwelling Coverage 2. Contents Coverage 3. Theft Coverage 4. Comprehensive Personal Liability All in 1 Homeowners Policy One Agent, One Company, One Low Premium —CALL 197 TODAY! J? U r c e LI “Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry Final Notice County Taxes There will be a penalty of 7 pei cent added to all unpaid taxes at the close of business APRIL 1st, 1959 All taxes not paid by April 15th will go into execution with further penalties and will be placed in the hands of the tax collector. Please see the undersigned and ar range your taxes and save these heavy penalties. J. RAY DAWKINS, County Treasurer