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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 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 yew in ad vance; six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR The people of South Carolina are not cheering the Genera Assembly and the Governor. While I find myself in agree ment with the people who have spoken to me I did not ex press my opinion; on the contrary, a citizen, combat veteran in the lower part of the State remarked to a group of men will never vote for any of those men”. I did hear one lady re mark “Well, I won’t be bothered by paying a lump sum to the Tax Commission”. On Main Street, Columbia, an old friend approached me exclaiming “Well, I’ve been wanting you to blow up the Le gislature”. He then spoke in great detail against unwarrant ed and extravagant spending, with time, place, and names. I do not use these criticisms to cloak my own opinion: I have frequently said that not one cent was needed in new or additional taxes and I told where quite a lot of mori^y coiilc be found. That is what I still contend: that if all business of competitive operation were taxed so that all persons would enjoy the equal protection of the law, not one nickel of new or increased taxation would be needed. I might enlarge on that somewhat and say that the State is operating extrava gantly and should be drastically curbed by an aroused citi zenry. Because of my part in the Farmers and Taxpayers Lea gue many men seem to think that I should revive that orga nization and bring about an effective and militant opposi tion to the free-spenders. I would gladly cooperate in arous ing and organizing the State - and I think it should be done— but I am not disposed to carry the burden alone. Organizing a State is hard and persistent work, even when the people are ready and willing to fight. Let some who want to fight buckle on their armor and draw swords. I’ll bring my little cap pistol, too. Of course we are in a spending mood and willing to spend the last dollar of the other man’s money, just as it was once said that the other nations were willing to fight to the last American soldier and the last American dollar. It still seems to be so, now doesn’t it ? Congress truly represents the American idea of spend ing; the price is not important, it is the monthly payment that determines the purchase. All that is necessary is a more or less attainable monthly or weekly installment for the la dies and, for the men, larger ventures, if deductible. If our country should ever return to sound principles, just plain old horse-sense, how would we ever become recon ciled to even a modicum of economy? Is everybody out of step? You may remember the remark of the fond and “dot ing” mother as she looked on while an old time militia Com pany was marching by, with flags and music and all the pomp of the ancient soldiery, “They are all out of step except Dan ny”. Well, I’m not Danny, if it means being a lone wolf; “Dan ny” is legion, for all over the State and all over the Nation you hear the same thing. • ^ You know, of course, that people once complained about the hot weather but did nothing to correct it. Today, how ever, air-conditibners have corrected the weather, relieving our inertia and lassitude during the hot weather. It could be possible that some day the citizens will emulate the air- conditioners and turn cold air on the free - spenders, even ^‘freezing them out”. ^ Although our National political life is narrowly partisan and badly selfish I do not think we need surrender to the pressures of various kinds. If a man of Mr. Roosevelt’s per sonality, persuasiveness and perserverance should come to the presidency resolved to correct the conditions of the day he could be a marvellous force for good. If such a man should be willing to serve one term only he could immortalize himself. There must be such a person somewhere sometime. There are good people and patriots in our country; and we do not lack commanding and inspiring personalities. Most men of that type are great masters of industry. I do not mean that a master of business would al ways be a master of men in a political or governmental sense. Eisenhower has the personal appeal and popularity but he lacks the political sagacity to apply his ideals. Are the people happy over the new taxes levied by the State? I quote editors from Beaufort and Easley - two ex tremes of the State. Says The Gazette of Beaufort: “The South Carolina General Assembly has approved its annual appropriations bill, which provides for new taxes amounting to some $16 million. There are plenty who will argue . . . convincingly . . . that the new taxes are necessary in order to keep our state going forward. But, we know that most members of the General Assembly, in their own pri vate affairs, are sensible men. They should realize that, in government affairs, too, there must be maintained a happy balance between income and outgo, and that if taxes are rais ed to the point where it is no longer profitable to work much less work will be done. Every legislator considering new taxes should reach his conclusions only after looking closely at: 1. The mess in Michigan where contempt for sound bud geting has brought the auto industry’s home state to the edge of bankruptcy and consideration is being given to put ting in hock the veterans’ trust fund for some temporary re spoke of a gleaming spire on a temple shown them by a govern ment guide. About half of the spire was covered in gold leaf. The guide told them that money to do the work had come from the U. S. Foreign Aid, and they hoped to soon get enough U. S. money to complete it. The group stayed in a hotel, built by the Thailand govern ment especially for tourist trade which they actively seek. The beau tiful temples in Bangkok were made of pieces of broken schina, set in patterns in cement. Again eluding a government guide who would show only what the government wanted them to see, the party went to the poor section of the city where houses were built over the river, which served as wash basin for humans, dogs and dishes. “I could under stand then why I had to have all those shots,” commented Mrs. Car penter. In the shops at Bangkok were found beautiful hand woven silks and various items made of silver, all at reasonable prices. The next visit was to New Delhi, India, a 16 hour flight. “Here the cow is still sacred, and roams the (World Trip Continued From 1) side, arcade-type. Here people can shop for blocks in the rain and never get wet.” “1,’ve never looked down on so many things in my life.” reported Mrs. Carpenter as she described trips to the Fijui Mountains, to the hot springs at Hankone and other places. She said that Japan ese girls are beautiful and wear pretty clothes; about one-half of them dressing in native costumes, the remainder in western clothes. The traveler’s opinion of Japan: “I like the Japanese.. I like their quick way of moving and walking, and their friendliness.? From Tokyo the group went to Hong Kong. “Here we got away from our government guide and went into the portion of town where lived the refugees. It is im possible to describe the poverty in which they exist. They have no homes, little food. I have never seen anything like it—and all of this is just two blocks from the main part of^ong Kong.” At Bangkok ,Thailand, Mrs. Car penter again described the unbe- lieveable poverty and in contrast, lief. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ' 2. The big business state of Illinois, where government costs have gone up 100 per cent in 10 years, and public wel fare payments climb at an astronomical rate. 3. The State of New York where new taxes must raise S424 million to close the gap between income and expendi tures in the new budget, which provides for heavy outlays to finance welfare schemes and to pay for numerous public relations people attached to state agencies. The public re lations personnel have the assignment of making the pill a little more palatable to the taxpayer. Some people out in the state of Washington have realiz ed that the government is not a spigot to be turned on when more money is needed. They know that every dollar spent by their government comes out of their pockets, so they have started the circulation of a petition asking Washington Gen eral Assembly to create no new state service and to spend no additional funds. When the people throughout the country are ready to de mand just that, then they may expect some relief from the staggering burden of taxation.” Now The Easley Prqgress: “The Copy-Cat Withholding Law “The South Carolina Legislature in its struggle to get more money for spending by a one vote margin in the House has passed the hodge-podge law recommended by the new Governor. One of the essential components is the withhold ing of income copied almost word for word from the Federal law. In the State that bragged of Nullification and Secession, all individuality and independence is dead. States Rights has long been buried—we can only copy the schemes of the Wash ington socialists. One might say that the Federal law is a complete surrender of individual freedom, when one’s em- poyer is ordered to impound taxes from the wages of the ser vant, because the servant would otherwise evade the taxes. As horrible as is that national socialistic doctrine of slavery, now the once proud commonwealth of South Carolina adopts the same scheme. Your state in effect says—too many of you have been dodging your state income tax—we are going to catch you by making the cotton mill corporation take it out of your wages each week, keep it for you to the end of the quarter and then send it in. You are in slavery to that ex tent to your employer. In the Court House at Pickens is a tax lien of over ten thousand dollars against an employer of Pick ens County. It states that it is for withheld taxes and Social Security taxes taken out of wages by the employer but not remitted to the government as intended. There are many of these Federal liens all over the nation where the employer has taken money from the wage earners pay check and fail ed to turn it in. Many might wonder just why an employer should have to be a tax collector for folks who would not oth erwise pay their taxes. The answer to that is that we are not that far along in the Socialist state—and now States Rights South Carolina accepts the same surrender of the sacredness of individual citizenship. The Governor and the legislature use a U. S. and a little s. c.” A word about a nation which in less than fourteen years has risen from the ashes literally. Both Western Germany and Japan may be cited for remarkable recovery. Many Thanks . . . I wish to take this means to thank the people of Newberry for returning- me to the office of alderman from Ward 5, wiithout opposition. I shall continue in the future, as I have in the past four years, to work for continued efficient ad ministration of the City’s affairs, and for a more prosperous and progressive fu ture for our fine city. Again many thanks, Cecil E. Merchant streets unmolested. We were al lowed to take pictures only at the hotel and at the Taj Mahal. This is another structure beyond de scription. You just have to see it to believe its beauty.” Here again they could see only what the gov ernment allowed, and they were unable to escape their guide to go “slumming.” After a 14 hour flight the party arrived in Cairo, Egypt—” a place I was glad to leave,” said Mrs. Carpenter. “It is beautiful to see, coming from over the barren de sert and all of a sudden to see so much green with modern buildings. But there are too many beggars— it is almost impossible to walk on the streets.” From their hotel bal cony, they could see the Nile River flowing below. In Athens, Greece the group saw the Acropolis and other points of interest and went to a night club. This was not a night club to which tourists are usually taken, but one patronized by the natives, Mrs. Carpenter stated. The thing here that amused her rpost was the singing—American tunes sung in the native language. “You found this sort of thing everywhere you went, all over the world—Ameri can tunes, but native words.” She stated that there was also much building going on in India and in Athens but that Rome appeared to be the same as always—dirty and old looking. At the Vatican they had a glimpse of the Pope. The group nvas most impressed at Rome by the Tiboli gardens. “This is something everyone who visits Rome should see. There are fountains everywhere; in one part of the park is a miniature replica of the Vatican.” From Rome Mrs. Carpenter and her party went to Nice in South ern France, to Monte Carlo where they watched some of the gamb ling; and to Monaco, which she de scribed as “isolated as Alcatraz.” After a visit to the Riveria, they flew to Paris. Here they met Miss Martha Vance Ellisor of Newber ry, who is on duty with the Ited Cross in France, and a friend from Greer, who came to Paris to have lunch with their friends from home. “In Paris we saw the usual sights—the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Versailles.” The grand climax to the trip, reported Mrs. Carpenter was the flight home. They left Paris on a Jet airliner and flew at 38,000 feet, and the trip from Paris to New York took only about eight hours. “I wasn’t a bit afraid” Mrs. Carpenter said, as she described the sudden take-off of the jet. “It goes smoothly down the run-way, a^id all of a sudden it takes off at about a 45-degree angle. You feel as though your stomach were still on the ground, but after the plane straightens out, it is wonder ful. The plane cruised at about 543 miles per hour—about 82% of the speed of sound. The clipper was a Pan American 707. “Everything cooperated to make our trip a fine one,” Mrs. Carpen ter concluded, “even the weather. It didn’t rain a single day of the Hospital Patients Mr. Earl Bigby, 1217 Glenn St. Mr. Matt Berry, Silverstreet Miss Dale Bundrick, Route 4 Baby Boy Bishop, Routel Mrs. Ida Baker, 619 Main Street Mr. Curtis Chapman, Route 3 Baby Boy Cotney, Route 1 Pros perity Mrs. Dorothy Cook, Route 3, Prosperity Mrs. Mattie Donald, 2407 Pied mont Street, Mrs. Maybelle Epting, Route 4 Mr. Dock Marion Fields, 109 Duckett Street, Whitmire Mr. Ernest Fowler, Route 1 Mrs. Magic Gallman, Route 2 Mr. Ossian Higgins, 1215 Kinard Street. Mr. Luke Robertson Harmon, Route 3 Miss Annie Knotts, Prosperity, Mrs. Lillie Krell, Route 2. Mr. G. N. Long, Route 1 Mrs. Lula Langford, 603 Boun dary Street Mr. Ellis McCollum, 562 Boun dary Street Mr. Jake Mars 1113 Sinclair St. Whitmiire Mrs. Euna Mize, Route 1 Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. Mrs. Cora Padgett, 314 O’Neal Street Mr. Van £. Price, Route 1 Mr. C&dwell Ruff, Route 3 Mrs. Ella Summer, Route 2 Mrs. Martez Sanford, Prosperity Mrs. Hattie Shealy, Little Moun tain Mrs. Clara Wright, 808 College St. Mrs. Evelyn Morris, Route 1, Saluda Mrs. Marie Rushton 948 Cornelia St. Mr. Ed Dominick, Route 4 Mr. Larry Bouknight, Route 2 COLORED: James Davis, 1203 Feaster St., Whitmire. Norma Jean Mayer, Pomaria James Praylow, Route 2, Pros perity Annie Ruff, Harmon St. Pros perity Mary Thomas, 1914 Lindsay St. Thomas Turner, Tweet Ruff Lane time we were gone, and only one night.” She urge4 world-travel as an aid to world-understanding and emphasized that those who have never traveled extensively before have no need to fear as long as a reputable travel agency is in charge, because “they take care of everythnig for you.” Lula Wise, Route 2, Prosperity MILLS CUNIC PATIENTS Miss Sadie Wicker, Prosperity. Mrs. Ruth Newman, Prosperity. Mrs. Minnie Johnson, Little Mountain. Mrs. Thelma Brock, Newberry. Mrs. Laura Eargle, Chapin Mrs. Harold Waters and Baby Boy, Leesville. -Brooks Haltiwanger, Little Mountain. Mrs. Linda Bedenbaugh, Pros perity. Garrett. Moore, Leesville. Nancy Bridges, Prosperity. Dorothy Cannon and baby girl, Prosperity. Margaret DeWalt, Newberry. MARRIAGE Ronald Wilson and Ann Lomi- nack of Newberry were married June 10 at Newberry by Rev. Ken neth B. Wilson. Irby Lee Longshore, Jr. and Mary Narcessa Hendrix of New berry were married by Rev. Phil M. Jones on June 7 at Newberry.. Thomas Edward Kyzer and Bev erly Joan Maxey of Newberry were married at Newberry by Ralph E. Rhyne on June 3. Building Permits June 10: Jack Hove, general repairs to dwelling on ChappMOS street, $500; Ernest Gruber, gen eral repairs to dwelling on Rodel- sperger street, $3800, and Virginia Glasgow, repairs to porch on dwell ing, 835 Bess street, $50.00 Mr. and Mrs. Otis Whitaker have moved to their recently remodeled home on Nance street. You’ll love to d&corate with Easy to do Easy to clean up »»«. Easy on the Budget, toot Wonderful, new colors I Chapman - Hawkins HARDWARE Newberry, S. C. know your State r CUFTOH PLANTATION MEStMRT CE0MK WUMOfON ON Nit S0VTMM TOON TMVBE0 MUTHWMD own not mao.ahm. xr-to. nti. while IN TINS YICUNTY THE OAT AND NIGHT Of AMIL Zt, Ml WtU THE GUEST OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM ALSTON ON THIS PLANDU19N.6UFT0N. WHICH OtiCiHALLY WAS A PAST OF THE HOKAW NAR0NY. = © in .kGtttstat Georgetown While lowing M One of Washington’s first stop ping places in South Carolina was at Cluton plantation near George town. Washington’s 1887-mile triumphant tour of the South in 1791 was most remarkable in that he used the same horses through out and kept to his day-to-day schedule, arranged months in ad vance, without delays for weather, illness or other incidents. 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