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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1969 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR How shall we promote business? I have read advertise ments of the fine liquors served on some air lines and I have known something about the food and liquors served on great ocean liners, but here is something new under the sun: “On the Seaboard Air Line Rialroad’s Silver Meteor, . bound for Florida from New York, an^:attendant strolls through the train handing out free coffee, orange juice and sun tan lotion to travelers. These uncharacteristic railroad doings point up an in teresting fact: While some roads are talking of completely abandoning their money-losing passenger service, a growing number of lines are stepping up efforts to woo back some of the riders they’ve lost to the airline, buses and automobiles. It’s a cautious courtship, to i>e sure. These roads show little enthusiasm for the commuter and other short-haul (up to 100 miles) riders; like most lines, they’re convinced there’s no profitable future in such business without higher fares, tax relief or extensive Government subsidies. But the Coast Line the Seaboard and others figure there’s still money to be made on longer-haul travelers. Following this philosophy, these railroads first are try ing to prune away as much of their unprofitable short-haul service as possible. The Coast Line last year eliminated enough short-haul trains to cut its total passenger train mil eage 10 % below the 1957 level; similar cuts on the Seaboard brought its total 4% below 1957. Second they’re stepping up service and cutting rates in efforts to lure as many Jong-haul travelers as possible. In so doing, these railroads already are well embarked on a course recommended to railroads generally just this week by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In closing a three- year-old study of rail losses growing out of passenger ser vice, the I. C. C. said railroads should develop plans for ‘re constituting railroad passenger service into less extensive network more closely tailored to the needs of the public’, and recommended aggressive drives by the roads to win new pas sengers, in part through new equipment, better service and fare adjustments. While it will take more time to gauge accurately the suc cess of the campaigns pow under way, some indicators al ready are available. Eyeing a 67 % increase in Pullman travel on Brownsville- Houston trains during the last 10 months, which recently cut some fares as much as 28%, says: ‘The program has been very much worthwhile. We’re very much encouraged’. A. C. L. and Seaboard also report an upward surge in passenger traffic since they began courting customers with renewed vigor. Admittedly, the railroads are fighting a tough battle. Passengers have been deserting the rails at such a fast clip that many railroad authorities, including an Interstate Com merce Commission examiner, predict that rail passengers service will disappear within 10 years if the number of pas sengers continues to decline at the same rate it has in the past decade. Last year the major U. S. railroads hauled only 380.3 million passengers, down 41 % from the 642.7 million carried only 10 years earlier. Pasenger revenues during the decade dropped to $675.2 million from $964.3 million, despite rate increases. The railroads new campaign to recapture passengers is two-pronged: First, the roads are trying to make travel aboard trains more agreeable and comfortable. And second, they are trying to entice the economy-minded with lower fares. Some of the promotions, like Coast Line’s fashion show 7 , are one-shot affairs to dazzle passengers. Other railroads are hitting hard on the service angle with a variety of schemes. The seaboard’s free coffee, orange juice and suntan lotion is just one of the line’s passenger- soothing projects. Harried parents are given an assist on the Coast Line: Children are offered coloring books ‘to give the parents a more pleasant trip’. A few weeks ago the Coast Line began staffing its pur ple and silver trains with uniformed passenger attendants who look after special service requests. The Seaboard even puts registered nurses, wearing nat, powder blue uniforms, on its silver streamliners as a psychological fillup for pas sengers’ sense of well-being. ‘This appeals to the older people who travel on our trains to Florida’, says a Seaboard spokes- LAFF OF THE WEEK “Don’t worry nbout the fit ... We can always put a roll of paper under the sweatband.” Strom man. Assessing the results of their campaigns, many railroads report increased passenger traffic. For instance, during the first three months of this year Seaboard’s passenger volume climbed nearly 5% over/the like 1958 period, and the Coast Line’s long-haul trains had a 10% increase in the same pe riod.” Would it be worth while to offer special rates to tee-to- tallers ? I couldn’t drink enough soda pop or tea to make up for all the costly wines and other beverages served to my brethren who need these pick-ups. Now, there are people who call for everything served on ships. They want to “sample” a dozen desserts, and all the regu’^r dishes. Would it be a good idea to advertise coffee, peas and rice | FIRMNESS WITH RUSSIA n recent weeks major attention has been focused on the big Four Foreign Ministers meeting in Gen eva, Switzerland. The purpose of this important conference is to lay the groundwork for a possible sum mit meeting of the Big Four heads of state at some later date. At the time of the writing of this report, little progress has been made ex cept that the Communists have seized upon this another oppor tunity to spread their propaganda around the world while attentfcs is centered on the conference. I am glad that President Eisen hower has let it be known again that unless real progress is made at the foreign ministers meeting he will not agree to make the trip to the summit .The President has demonstrated time and again that he is more than willing to sit down and confer with the Kremlin lead ership when he has firm assurance that the talks will be conducted in good faith with an earnest desire to move toward a lessening of worW tensions. He knows, as do most Americans, that agreements with the Communist leaders a- mount to no more than mere scraps of paper, and that summit meetings are used by them only to further their propaganda efforts and to give the appearance of be ing proponents of world peace. It is not just coincidental that the “Worker”, the Communist news organ in the United States, and red front groups continually advo cate summit meetings. THE BYRNES POLICY The only way to deal with the Communists is with resolute firm ness. I am proud of the fact that a great American and South Caro linian, James F. Byrnes, initiated the “get tough with Russia” policy while secretary of State. He did so over the protests of Commerce Secretary Henry Wallace, whom President Truman had the good judgment to dismiss from his cabi- net as a result of his opposition to the Byrnes policy. With the Byrnes policy, we forced Russia to move out of Iran after Stalin had threatened armed conflict, if he were not permitted tocontinue his occupation of that country in violation of his war time treaty agreement with Iran. Also in 1946, we backed Turkey when Russia tried to force that country into an undesirable treaty affecting control of the Straits of the Black Sea. The Communists again made war-like noises, but they backed down. RUSSIA GAINS NO MORE In 1958 the Coipmunists tried to force us out of Berlin, as they are now trying to do, but our Berlin Aircraft operation scored another “toughness” victory for the free world. I feel, however, than we could have averted the huge ex pense and loss of life which the airlift cost us if we had employed the necessary firmness tp have maintained our rightful ground routes through East Germany to Berlin. More recently, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who died of cancer two weeks ago, refused to be frightened by Communist bullying tactics and threats. For six years the cold war has been in a stalemate, but Russia has gained no ground. In fact, during this period she has been forced out of Austria. j The “stand firm” diplomacy ad vanced by Mr. Byrnes, and practi ced for the past six years by Se cretary Dulles, has kept the Rus sians from taking^ over all of Eu rope. I hope President Eisenhower and his new Secretary of State, Christian Herter, will continue to be steadfast on the side of right, because such a policy is ths key to continued liberty for the people of the free world and the hope of all enslaved peoples. Sincerely STROM THURMOND Hospital Patients Harold Benntir, 1302 Washing ton St. Mrs. Nettie S. Bigham, 2807 Fair Ave. Mrs. Vivian Bishop and Baby Boy, Rt. 1. Mrs. Ida Baker, 619 Main St. Mrs. Mary Ellen Berley and Baby Boy, Rt. 2, Pomaria. Mrs. Bessie Clopton, 113 Glenn St. Mrs. Essie Cromer, Rt. 1. Mrs. Sadie Cumalander, Little Mountain. Mrs. Mattie Donald, 2047 Pied mont St. Mrs. Margaret Epps, 1125 Hunt St. Mrs. Maybelle Epting, Rt. 4. Luke Harmon, Rt. 3. Mrs. Viola Harmon, 2017 Pied mont St. Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity. Mrs. Lillian Krell, Rt. 2. Mrs. Mattie Kneece, Rt. 1. Mrs. Lula Langford, 603 Bound ary St. Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. Billie Sue Robinson and Baby Boy, 2112 Osborn Ave. Caldwell Ruff, Rt. 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Maude Summer, 1411 John stone St. Mrs. Maggie Senn, 626 O’Neal St. ^ Mrs. Clara Wright, 808 College St. James Davis, 1203 Feaster St., Whitmire. Baby Floyd Lawrence, Rt. 2, Johnston. Norma Jean Mayer, Pomaria. Gertrude Schumpert, 1223 Play er St. Thomas Turner, Tweet Ruff Ln Sam Williams, 706 Wise St. Lula Mae Worthy, 311 Bound ary St. Annie Wilson and Baby , Boy 2501 Johnstone St. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Miss Johnette Minick, Prosper ity. Mrs. Minnie Johnson, Little Mountain. Mrs. Margaret Rinehart, New berry. Mrs. Laura Eargle, Chapin. Mrs. Pearl Counts, Rt. 2, Pros perity.. Rev. James McGill, Newberry. Brooks Haltiwanger, Little Mountain. Mrs. Evelyn Smith and Baby Boy, Ridge Spring. Mrs. Linda Bedenbaugh, Rt. 2, Prosperity. Garrett Moore, Leesville. ROBINSON Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hance Rob inson of 2112 Osborne Avenue an nounce the birth of an eight pound, seven ounce son, Jeffrey Scott, on June 8 at Newberry Hospital. The mother is the former Billie Sue Adair. for those of simple taste? Or oatmeal and tea for the British? In all fairness, I must mention that there are passengers who never eat anything at sea. They reason thus: What’s the use of eating? It won’t stay down”. Some people play cards from breakfast until midnight, on shipboard; others walk about; some just sit. All day long they just sit. On a trip through the Carribean the ship was tossing and pitching; then rolling, fairly wallowing in the heavy seas. I was sitting on deck, without enthusiasm for food, resolved to pursue an abstemious course, when a young lady mission ary returning from Chile, passing in sprightly stride, headed for the dining room. I marveled but resolved, sink or swim, survive or perish, I’ll go. So I set out, none too steadily, for when I was prepared for the ship to dive, it began to wallow. Even so. Roll, you know. By dint of great resolution I reached my table, where the missionary was ordering a very substantial meal. I marveled even more, wondering how she could contemplate so calmly all that food. Upon the arrival of the meal, she looked at it and abruptly left the table. I quickly followed suit, but took two apples. Arriving on deck I took one bite and removed it precipitately, theq threw the apple to the sharks, thus saving time. I’ve never been sea-sick, but I have discreetly called for; FA R M NOTES Five Acre Cotton Contest The Five Acre Cotton Contest is being sponsored again this year. Jt is open to all farmers in the county who have not won in the past, or a past county winner can not again be county winner he must be a district winner or high er. The Contest closes July 1st so any fai ler interested should get in touch with the County Agents for the rules before the deadline date. 4-H Dairy Judging Well, the 4-H Dairy Judging class is off to a good start. Mem bers started training Tuesday morning at William Senn’s dairy farm. Two teams, four members each, will be selected to represent New berry County in our State Dairy Judging events. Any 4-H Dairy Calf Club mem ber is invited to join in the try outs. We will be judging dairy cows each week this month. Each of you will receive notices of our meeting schedule. Come on out, you have a chance to receive awards and recognition in this 4- H club project. Grapes Black rot is one of the most im portant diseases of grapes. If you are wondering whether your grapes are affected with this disease, take a look at them now. Look at the leaves, they will have somewhat circular dead spots, reddish brown in color. The shoots will have small black sunken elongated spots. If you have berries now, they become affected first with round, light-colored spots, later the entire berry gradually becomes rotted, black, and wrinkled. The only practical way to con trol this disease, as well as other grape diseases, is to follow recom mended spray schedules. These spray schedules are available to you, free, at the County Agent’s office. Let us know, we will mail you one. simnle fare—and not very much of it. BERLEY Mr. and Mrs. David Edward Ber ley of Route 2, Pomaria announce the birth of an eight pound, eight ounce son, James Edward, on June 7. at Xewoerry Hospital. Mrs. Ber- av before marriage was Mary El len Berry. DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Adam Cromer to Janie B. Murry, two lots, $800. Abraham U. Davis to Julia S. Norman and Ethel S. Gallman, one lot and one building, 510 Cald well street, $800. Bonelle E. Cromer to Azilee C. Henderson, 2 lots and one building, 1219 Kinard street, (John T. Cro mer home) $5 and other valuable consideration. E. Maxcy, Stone, Probate Judge to State Building & Loan Associa tion, one lot and one building, 1611 Vincent street, $3264.47. Fred L. Clary to Azilee C. Hen derson, one lot, quit claim, $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside R. Earl Willingham to Miriam C. Willingham, qne lot and one building on Highway No. 176, $5 love and affection. Ambrose Olin Willingham to Narvice Willingham, one lot and one building, $5 love and affection. Bernice Rutherford and Jeffer son Rutherford to William Chick, 120 acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. < Silverstreet No. 2 Eugene Blease, Frank Addy and W. M. Cromley, Jr. to Dr. Robert C. Rollings, one lot, $675. Marcus B. Hendrix, Sr. to Har old Hendrix and Marcus B. Hen drix, Jr., 33.67 and 81.78 acres, $5 love and affection for sons. Bush River No. 3 Ruth E. Shealy to William L. Shealy, two acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. Whitmire No. 4 Robert C. Rikard to Gladys R. Patterson and Dorothy L. Rikard, one lot and one building, 1/3 in terest, $5 love and affection. Pomaria No. 5 Lilian Victoria Swygert to J. K Shell, one lot and one building (six acres) $5 love and affection. Little Mountain No. 6 South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. to Waldo M. Chapman am Olive D. Chapman, 1.23 acres, $1 and other valuable considerations. Bessie K. Lominack to C. Hayne Shealy and Edel V. Shealy, one lot, $150. Prosperity No. 7 Virgil L. Cotney to E. G. Long shore, one lot, $5 and other val uable considerations. E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge to Mid-State Homes, Inc., one acra and one building, $1000 (George Bedenbaugh property.) Hugh Bedenbaugh to Gertrude Bedenbaugh et al, 54 acres and one building, $5 and certain in- debtness due to grantee. Virgil L. Cotney to Glenn L. Stewart, one lot, $5 and other valuable considerations. Virgil L. Cotney to William P. Bodie, one lot $5 and other valu able considerations. Virgil L. Cotney to Clarence M. Fulmer, one lot, $5 and other valu able considerations. BISHOP Mr. and Mrs. James Peter Bi shop of Route 1 are parents of a four pound, 14 ounce son, Robert Beaty, born June 6 at the local hospital. Mrs. Bishop is the form er Vivian Ruth Beaty. - Building Permits June 6: R. B. Baker, add four rooms to dwelling, wood frame, 1905 Main Street, $6000. June 8: Milton L. Wall, re-roof dwelling, 2202 Nance street, $200; Alfred Spotts, one six room brick veneer dwelling on Tanyard and Mower street, $14,000. June 9: Frank and Otis Carr, general repairs to dwelling at 319 Boundary street, $1900. Estelle Summer of Aiken spent Sunday night and Monday with her sister, Miss Marie Moore pa College street. SpWn, garden and patio Whether you host la green, or have friends oei* a barbecue in your smaller, mid-city plot, one common ob jective is dppennost—a lovely garden with little effort. The right tools make for easier gardening. Power imple ments, for example, are fine for larger plots; uneconomical for small or “town gardens.** Small hand tools do the work in flowerbeds. ■- : Use the trowel to dig up seed lings and small plants and for general chores. A three- pronged fork does weeding without damaging flowers and keeps the soli loose. Hand rakes are idenl to mix in fertiliser. 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