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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1959
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
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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
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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
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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.
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Plan No. 1147 2193 Square Feet
Designed by Summer, Prater, White & Associates
732 W. Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta 8, Ga.
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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.
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P. O. Box 1155
Atlanta 1, Ga.
PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING:
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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
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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.
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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