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w ? - PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1959 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR We Americans have lost our horse—sense; we should re open the old livery stables and rent a horse now and then so as to recapture, regain or revive our ancient equanimity, which was Yankee shrewdness, hard commonsense. We Southerners don’t enjoy being called “Yankees”, though we have always respected the notable practicality of our Northern brethren and their addiction to sound values; but woe to the Nation for the Northern politicians and their Western brethren have joined many Southerners in the most fantastic tomfollery any nation could practice. There is such a thing as human nature; it seeks its own first, quite naturally; and it cannot be bought. It respects certain qualities, such as strength and vigor, but it yields only lip service to handouts. Behold our Nation: The Congress has reduced the For eign Aid about $353,000,000, according to the reports from Washington. Wonderful, marvellous, a splendid gesture of economy by our Congress. But it leaves $3,556,200,000 as a ceiling for the hand-out, the giveaway, the foolish effort to beguile other Nations; the childish faith in their loyalty, cooperation and support. Think this over: Our nation is in debt about $282,000,- 000,000—two hundred eighty two billion dollars! Other Na tions owe us probably more than fifty billion dollars; and we had a deficit the last fiscal year of $13,000,000,000 and Summer Dies In Columbia Thomas Evans Summer, 64, of ] 423 Dunbar ' Rd., Cayce, son of Luther F. Summer of Newberry, died at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Bap tist Hospital, Columbia.. He was formerly of Peak and had lived in Cayce the past 20 years. He was a retired automo bile mechanic for the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. Mr. Summer was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church at Peak. He was a veteran of World War I. Survivors besides his father are two sons, Thomas E. Summer Jr., and Donald Edwin Summer, both of Yonkers, N. Y. McClellan Dies On Saturday John McClellan, 66, husband of the former Mrs. Edith G. Getz, of Newberry, died Saturday morn ing in a North Carolina hospital after a long illness. He was a native of Anderson County, son of the late Jonathan and Minnie Gambrell McClellan, but spent most of his life in Greenville. He was twice married, first to the former Ethel Hughey, who died in 1949. From this marriage Survivors include three grand children. Surviving his second marriage is his wife. Also surviving are four sisters, Miss Annie McClel lan of Greenwood; Mrs. David Bramlett of Belton, Mrs. Alonzo Williamson of Donalds and Miss Elizabeth McClellan of Green ville; one brother, Joe McClel lan of North Augusta, and a sev eral nieces and nephews. Funeral services were conduct ed at 2 p.m. Monday from the Mackey Mortuary in Greenville. we have nearly four billions to give away! We have a ruinous, entirely unfair income tax; an extor tionate corporation tax of more than half the profits; and we have vexatious, restrictive and excessive other imposi tions yet we, in all our debt, and in our current deficit, we have billions to give away! It is a monstrosity. There is something wrong, something pernicious, some thing ridiculously absurd in the National Government, and it pervades not only the learned Supreme Court but the Con gress and the Presidency. Reduce this iniquity to simple terms. Imagine a man with an income of $6000 a year, who owes $25000 and has a de ficit at the end of the year of $1500 yet gives heavily to fi nance people he hopes to impress with his squandering prodigality, but in whom he can have only a sort of dubious and remote hope of grateful cooperation. There are such people, of course, but what do you think of them? Did our great country develop and thrive on any such wasteful folly as this? Lee County has reduced the tax by two mills (2 mills) and Marlboro has added five mills, while the City of Bennetts- ville has added fifteen mills (15 mills), making the new bur den to citizens of Bennettsville 20 mills. Why? No doubt public services require that. Since I am not a citizen of Bennetteville I can’t have an opinion because I don’t know the condition. But I’ll read The Marlboro Herald-Advocate with special interest to ob serve the repercussion. Be Sure To Cast Your Ballot IN THE Municipal Primary Election Tuesday, Aug. 4th VOTE FOR GEORGE W. MARTIN FOR ALDERMAN OF WARD 2 PROSPERITY NEWS The Azalea Garden Club will meet at 8 o’clock Wednesday ev ening, Auguct 5, with Mrs. Robert Bowers. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Simmons had as their guests the past week Mr. and Mrs. David Wicker of Lake City, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur E. Taylor have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Everett Edmonds of Asheville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Har mon and children, Luanne and Frank, spent several days the past week with Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Lowe of Allendale. Mr. and Mrs. Byrd Gibson had as weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster and daughter, Lois, of Florence. Miss Lois Webster reclamed this week as guest of her cousin, Miss Kay Newman. Mr. and Mrs. James Barnes and daughter, Jeanne spent last week at Windy Hill. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills had with them over the weekend their grandsons, Robert and George Brissie of Woodruff. Sunday guests of Dr. and Mrs. W. Leslie Mills w«re Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Garner and children of Un ion. With Mrs. A. B. Hunt for the weekend were Mr. and Mrs. James Hunt and Miss Joanne Hunt of Spartanburg. Mrs. E. B. Smith and daughter, Beth of McRae ,Ga., are visiting Mrs. A. R. Chappell. Misses Susie and Mary Lang ford spent Tuesday of the past week in Williamston with the family of Q. C. Rentz. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Counts and Buddy were dinner guests of* Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brooks of Colum bia. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Connelly, Mrs. Mary Long, spent the week end in Atlanta, Ga. with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Mayton. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Caldwell, Kenny and Debbra are spending this week at Ocean Drive Beach. Miss Katherine Counts of Greensboro, N. C. spent the week end in Prosperity with relatives and Miss Grace Sease. , Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Lowman had as their guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. M. U. Lou r man and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Low- man and two children, Mrs. Leona Koon, Jimmy and Wanda of Co lumbia, and Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Low r man of Joanna. over TV, in the press, in public addresses, in every possible way— warning them they must act to preserve their economic and poli tical freedom. Not enough citizens have so far responded. But Sena tor McClellan fights on—he hasn’t quit. For a part of two days recent ly, I was with him in Los Ange les. He had come out from Wash ington to deliver the feature ad dress of our Los Angeles Free dom Forum on the subject “Can American Freedom Survive?” I have never seen a more dedicated man. Every minute of the several hours we were together, he was putting forth a strenuous physi cal and mental effort to awaken the people of America. Dedicated To Job His work days in Washington are 18 hours long. He had left the hearing room at the end of a heavy day and had flowm out to Los Angeles, working with his brief case on his knees en route. When we reached ‘his hotel room his telephone was ringing until he left the next evening. At his invi tation I joined the Senator early the morning after his arrival. We were constantly interrupted by the telephone. At 9:30 he made a speech which later was used on television by the American Broad casting Company.. Ten s minutes later he was being interview by another network for a delayed broadcast. At 10 o’clock he went to a pre arranged press conference. Twen ty members of the nation’s press kept him more than 30 minutes with a barrage of vital questions —and some of a “needling” na ture. Then came the TV and ra dio newsmen with their camera crews. As the cameras turned and the hot lights beamed down, the Senator stood for nearly 45 min utes, his mind and body taxed as he answered the questions, made his statements. In everything he said there was an urgency, a warning that American citizens must wake up and participate in their government—or lose their freedom. Work and More Work With only a few seconds to spare, the Senator was escorted into the main ballroom of the Biltmore where 800 West Coast citizens leaders had gathered for his Freedom Forum luncheon ad dress. The whole affair was on live television i and other cameras were recording it for delayed broadcasts. I introduced the Sena tor. The lights were hot, the room crowded. He spoke impassionately for 30 minutes, closing with his challenge: “Our forefathers in words, deeds and sacrifices pledg ed their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to secure free dom. We should be willing to pay the price, too, for its growth and survival. Can American freedom survive- It can if we really want it to. The answer lies within us.” Throughout the afternoon he was giving interviews for televis ion—network and local programs, answering the phone again. Ho used the night to fly back to his Senate work, As I observed his great capacity for work, his dedi cated sincerity, the urgency of his message to the American peo ple, I kept saying to myself: “Here is a great public servant. If we the people will help him, he will break the back of a powerful enemy of freedom — the labor boss.” Will we? Or will freedom die because of our default? To Attend Camp For Crippled Five residents of Newberry County will be participants in the annual Easter Seal Family Camp sponsored by the Crippled Chil dren Society of South Carolina, to be held at Cedar Mountain next week. This information was reported by State Headquarters to Mrs. Emmett Nichols, chairman of the Newberry County chapter. Attending from Newberry will be Henry Humphries, who will be ac companied by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Humphries and brothers, Carlton and Tharon. Gail Dominick of Greenwood is visiting in Newberry this week with her cousin, Gay Stewart at her home on Jones St. Looking A. head ,. by Dr. George S. Benson PRESIDENT—NATIONAL .£^7 EDUCATION PROGRAM Searcy, Arkansas YOUR SUPPORT WILL BE APPRECIATED If honored with election as your Alderman I pledge to serve you efficiently and courteously at all times, endeavoring to serve as you would have me serve, with the best interests of the city as a whole, always in mind. Man Working for Freedom How would you feel if you were a United States Senator, and had found through investiga tions that some of the nation’s biggest labor unions were con trolled by criminals, hoodlums and gangsters with sufficient politi cal power in the Congress to neu tralize any attempt to control them? You would be frightened for the safety of our country. What would you do? As a Sena- j tor you surely would introduce legislation to cope with the un bridled power of the labor bosses and keep them from gaining con trol of our nation. And if the legislation failed to pass, you undoubtedly would go to the people of America and per sonally warn them they must act at once to restrict the monopolistic power of the labor bosses—or meekly accept the destruction of the American way of life. But what if the American people didn’t respond in sufficient num bers to force the neded Congres sional action? You would consid er giving up the fight, wouldn’t you? Certainly a United States Senator, under these circum stances, might be forgiven the im pulse to “throw in the sponge”— to quit. Senator McClellan’s Fight Senator John L. McClellan has lived through all these circum stances as chairman «f the Sen ate Rackets Committee. But he hasn’t quit. He has found a men ace gnawing at the vital structure of our personal freedom—in some of the powerful labor unions whose bosses are riding rough-shod over our whole freedom structure. He has tried—without success — to • -t ler si. ti<'-n enacted by Con gress to curb this menace. He has gone co the American people— To The Voters Of Newberry * I wish, first, to express my appreciation for the fine sup port you have given me in past elections, and for the coopera tion and assistance rendered by residents of Newberry during the four years I have served as a member of Gity Council. I feel that many things have been accomplished during the past few years for the betterment of our City, and I am proud to have had a part in rendering to you, the taxpayers, the best service possible. I hope that my record as your alderman from Ward 3 has been satisfactory and that I may depend on your contin ued support. You may be sure that I shall, in the future, as in the past, vote for what I feel is best for our City. Remember to cast your ballot Tuesday. I shall be grate ful for your support. S. D. (Bozo) Paysinger ALDERMAN FROM WARD 3 Consolidate... ALL Your BILLS ] WITHA | Low-Cost LOAN! GOOD ADVICE! THERE'S GREAT PEACE 01 MIND IN GETTING OUT FROM UNDER A PILE- UP OF BILLS You can pay them off all at once with cash from a low-cost loan from us. Then you will have only one payment to make each month . . . saving you time and steps.. Come in today and let us explain this low-cost plan to you. I Purcells ‘YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS” •fel 1418 Main St Newberry, S. C. m 1