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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1959 1218 Colkg* Stmt 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 Where was Andrew Jackson born? Recently someone said that he knew that Tennessee and North Carolina claimed Jackson as their native son but that the South Carolina claim surprised him. Yea, verily; there is nothing more astounding than the truth, sometimes. If old Hickory was born in three states, Kentucky not as serting any claim so far as I have heard, then the redoubt able old General was almost as greatly claimed as a well born Statesman of South Carolina who was born within the borders of this state though dangerously near the Sa vannah River. My friend, as Fve heard, claims to be indig enous to the soil of old Edgefield, Aiken and Barnwell, though the creation of new counties from those great coun ties may permit him to include Saluda, McCormick, Bamberg and Allendale Counties, as well as a fringe of Greenwood. Now as to Andrew Jackson: In the heyday of the Farm ers and Taxpayers League I spent many happy hours with a splendid citizen of Lancaster, T. Yancey Williams. Mr. Williams told me that Andrew Jackson was born in a cabin on a piece of land in the Waxhaw community of Lancaster County acquired later by Mr. Williams. That was enough for me and settled the question beyond challenge. However, historians, like my brethren of the Bar, thrive on challenges to claims, accepting nothing as settled until submitted to good men and true under the guidance of learned societies. Andrew Jackson was a man who did his own thinking; and he acted independently. It seems that there was a Judge Hall in Louisiana who reproached the General for some order or act during the renowned campaign of New Orleans. The Judge threatened to arrest the General, but the General acted first and sent a squad to arrest the Judge. The Judge imposed a fine of three thousand dollars on the General for contempt of Court. The General’s mistake was in showing his contempt for the Court. You may have heard of the case in which the Judge roar ed: “Do you mean to show contempt for this Court?” “No, your Honor,” replied the lawyer, “I’m trying not to show it.” Men from many states contributed a total of ten thousand dollars for the payment of the three-thousand dollar fine imposed by Judge Hall; and some Legislatures adopted reso lutions endorsing the General and rebuking Judge Hall, among them the Legislature of South Carolina. I am surprised at Judge Hall; all the Halls I regard as singularly appealing and ingraciating. The General wrote to the Governor of South Carolina, James H. Hammond, the following letter in part: “Conscious as I am of the integrity and propriety of my conduct in re gard to Judge Hall, it is truly grateful to my feelings to find the legislatures of my native State, South Carolina, un iting with the legislatures of other states in those high and honorable feelings of justice . . .” “Your obdt Servant, Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage, 13th January 1843.” By the way: Andrew Jackson’s mother is buried by the side of the road going into Charleston over Highway 52. All this historical iore was sequestered in the archives of former Senator James H. Hammond who has so much South Caroliniana hidden away in his basement library that I am tempted to ask if he has the “log” of Noah’s Ark, taken out when it was dismantled near Magnolia Gardens, up the Ashley River. One provision of the Taft-Hartley Act—says my Clinton Brother—“authorizes the States, if they so desire, to enact Right-to-work laws . . . Nineteen of the states have passed these laws.” I agree with the editor’s conclusions but I again challenge the authority of congress to “authorize the states to enact right-to-work laws.” Congress has nothing to do with laws by a State which operate within the State. That is the sole prerogative of the states. It so happens that under the Inter-State Commerce pro vision Congress covers entirely too much ground. If the reas oning of the Congress should prevail, it would permit a Na tional bureaucrat to require a Lexington County farmer to be governed strictly in all his affairs by National laws since his peaches, cotton, corn and vegetables may pass over .the line into Georgia; therefore his labor could be regulated by Federal authority. We should not tamely submit to all the encroachments by the Federal Government; the states have merely fallen in line with so many usurpations by the National Government that we now bow in abject acquiescence. - Take off the hat to Nebraska. How’s this: “Editor, The Wall Street Journal: We noted with much interest your article of July 14 con cerning the financial difficulties of many state*. The only thing I regretted about the article was the fact that you did not wind up with the good news from some of the states, j Labor Reform and Threats Labor union bosses are now venting their wrath and hurling threats at the courageous 229 members of the U. S. House of Representatives — all six South Carolina Representatives included —who resisted the torrid lobbying efforts of the union bosses against the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform Bill which recently passed the House. On August 19, 1959, Mr. James B. Carey, President of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers and Vice-President of the AFL-CIO, wrote a very intimidating and threatening letter to these Con gressmen. Prior to this, Teamster Boss James Hoff a said he would blacklist the 228 Congressmen from coast to coast. Both actions brought immediate reaction by the Congressmen, the press, and the public. Messrs. Hoffa and Carey may have made invaluable contri butions to the ultimate passage of the vitally needed effective labor reform legislation. Congressman Steven B. Der- ounian of New York gave the best answer to Mr. Carey that I have seen. Here are excerpts from his reply: “In the privacy of my own con science, I do not doubt that I have given the problem of Viol ence, embezzlement, thuggery and mayhem in the labor movement more consideration than have you. And when I considered the conse quences, I consicffered them in the light of all the people of the United States, not just the high paid union bosses like yourself. The Landrum-Griffin bill allows members to remove crooked offi cers, protects union funds and freedom of speech and assembly for union members, prohibits in creases of dues or imposition of assessments except by a vote of the membership, protects the right to sue, guarantees a free election by secret ballot, allows legitimite picketing but protects the public against blackmail picketing, and so on. such as Nebraska, that have no debt and arfc operating in the black every year. The reason that Nebraska has no debt and cannot have any is because of a provision in our Constitution. Further, we just ended the current fiscal year on July 1 with a bal ance of over $4 million in our general fund. It has long been the practice of Nebraskans to operate on a sound fiscal policy and that very fact is of great benefit to us in inter esting new industry to come to our state.” (David Osterhout, Assistant Chief, Division of Nebraska Resources, Lincoln, Neb.) “Congressman Robert P. Griffin says: ‘Back in 1933, a government corporation known as the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was created by Congress to administer a navigation and flood control project to generate some hy dro-electric power as an ‘incidental by product,’ in order to provide a government ‘shot-in-the-arm’ for an under-devel oped region of the country.’ What has happened in the intervening years to this seemingly innocuous and constructive corporation? For one thing, TVA now represents an investment—provided by all the federal taxpayers of the whole country—of $2,047 mil lion. For another, about 80 percent of that gigantic invest ment is in electrical pow r er facilities, not in navigation and flood control works. For another, 70 percent of all TVA elec tricity is now steam-generated, instead of being a hydro electric incidental by-product. And, finpdly TVA is now the largest steam generating power system on earth. So, to quote Congressman Griffin again: ‘It should not be surprising that TVA is dear to the hearts of people in the vast 80,000 square mile area which is serves. The sys tem supplies electricity to its customers at almost half the price paid in other areas served by private utility compan ies .. . But cheaper TVA power is not made possible through some form of magic. It is subsidized power provided by the generosity of the Federal government—that means all the taxpayers of rhe nation. As a government corporation, TVA pays no Federal income taxes (while competing private com panies pay 52 percent) ; TVA receives its capital from the taxpayers . . . and it pays no interest thereon.’ There’s an accurate description of the TVA ‘yardstick’ that was supposed to measure the propriety of rates charg ed by private enterprises.” The DuPonts, inventor of black powder, nylon and orlon, among other things, soon will begin to market a new plas tic. Over the past decade, the chemical concern has invested $42 million to develop this versatile material (as against $37 million two decades ago for nylon). It is acclaimed by its creator as a rival not only of wood, glass, ceramics, rubber and other plastics, but also of the whole gamut of die-cast metals, from aluminum to zinc. Though more than 50 per cent oxygen, it is expected to win markets in several types of consumer goods and in a wide variety of industrial parts where strength and toughness are at a premium. Already would-be buyers are said to be beating a path to DuPont. This imminent arrival on the industrial scene, which clear ly should lift duPont’s prospects in the continuing free-for- all among producers of the basic plastics, has been heralded by a heavy fanfare of publicity. Much less attention has been directed to what is going on meanwhile at the other end of the same industry—the burgeoning of uses for these protean materials after they emerge, one by one, from the test tube into the market-place. However, a directory com piled by the Society of the Plastics Industry totes up more than 1,000 such applications, beginning with Accessories; Automotive and running through Barrettes, Caskets and Dinnerware to Valves, Wire and Zipper Pulls. Indeed, plas tics, once widely regarded as second-rate substitutes for more satisfactory materials, today increasingly are being used, out of choice rather than necessity, to replace wood, leather, brass aluminum, rubber and steel. Furthermore, certain plastics are going into applications, from missile nose cones to containers for liquid oxygen, for which no other substance will do. The industry that has made such phenomenual progress in a remarkably short time is a complex one. To begin with, ,r v"e 200 companies turn out and compound the raw ma terials.’’ PROSPERITY NEWS The Azalea Garden Club will meet Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 2 at 3:30 with Mrs. Roy Conelly. Miss Barbara Hawkins last week attended the Luther League Convention in Cornell University at Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. arid Mrs. M. P. Connelly returned this week to Ambrose, Ga. where he is teaching. Mrs. G. H. Caldwell and daugh ter, Debra, are visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Josey of St. Charles. Mr. W. H. Brown has returned to Augusta, Ga. after a visit to his sister, Miss Clara Brown. Jesse Rentz, Miss Virginia Rentz, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Rentz and children, Ann, Rebecca, Ed die and David of Williamston, were guests Sunday of Misses Susie and Mary Langford. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Summers of Lexington formerly of Prosperity, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a baby girl, Pamela Kay, born Monday, August 17 at the Columbia hospital. Mother and baby are doing fine. Mrs. J. H. Nunnelly and chil dren, Peggy, Tim, and Ricky have returned home from a week's visit at Meadowview, Va. They were accompanied home by Miss Ruth Nunnerly. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Counts, Bud dy and Emily Counts were dinner guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Brooks, Columbia. Little Miss Rose Mary Perry of Johnston is visiting her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Perry. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Caughman and Rusty of Atlanta, Ga. were weekend guests of Mrs. Robert W. Pugh. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Barnes, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Mills, Mr. and Mrs. McFall Bedenbaugh spent Sunday in Spartanburg with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hunt and also visit ed the Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Con nelly who remain shut-ins from a recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ackerman, Mrs. M. D. Derrick Sr., Mr. Roy Derrick spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Derrick Jr. of West Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jacobs, and children, Ernie, Marshra and An dy of Beckley, W. Va., are visiting with Mrs. Jacobs parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Eargle. Elizabeth and Tommy Loftis of Charlotte, N. C. are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Taylor. W. E. Moseley of Jacksonville, Fla. was a business visitor in town the past week. Mrs. Henry Kinard returned home Sunday after visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs. James B. Ki- : ‘You call this Landrum-Griffin bill, which received a majority of the House vote, ‘piimtive and re pressive.' In addition to benefit- ting unions in the attainment of their legitimate objectives, spell ing out the opportunity of future growth for labor and protection of the union member, it clearly re presses the abuses perpetuated by the evil overlords of the under world who have moved in on the unions and are victimizing the rank and file union members. So, Mr. Carey, if the shoe fits maybe you ought to try it on for size. At any rate, I accept your chal lenge. Let the American people pass judgment. “P. S.—Please send me 10,000 copies of your letter of August 18. I want to distribute them to the residents of my district so they can see how you operate.” I hdve also felt the scorn of the union bosses because I have sought to put real teeth into labor reform legislation designed to end the exploitation of the working people and the public. They have also blacklisted me because of my op position to socialistic measures that have been coming before the Congress in increasing numbers during recent years. I owe my seat in the Senate to no special inter est group—be it labor or business —but to the people of South Caro lina who bucked the tide in a -write-in election for the right to vote their own consciences. I be lieve they expect me to vote my conscience regardless of the op position it may generate from out- of-State union bosses or anyone else. My conscience dictates that I continue my support of effective labor reform legislation in the best interest of the working people and the public. Brief Notes I have issued approximately 2,- 009 passes to attend Senate ses sions to South Carolinians thus far this year. More should take ad vantage of this opportunity to witness the transaction of the people’s business . . . The “goob er” rights maneuver by the so- called civil rights proponents may end up hurting many small farm ers who grow and sell boiled pea nuts. By attaching so-called civil rights amendments onto a bill ex empting boiled peanuts from quota restrictions the peanut bill may be put on the shelf. Sincerely, Strom Thurmond FARM NOTES By COUNTY AGENTS Dairy Farmers Take Heed The Holstein heifer sale held at Laurens earlier this month was history making. Fifty-e-ight head, all daughters of bulls available through artificial breeding, sold for an average of $548.10. Twenty open heifers sold for an average of $400 while the bred heifers averaged close to $625 each. We believe this was close to the highest average per head of any sale ever held in South Caro lina. Quite significant we felt was that all these animals were pur chased by S. C. buyers, yet none of them came to Newberry Coun ty. They were top cattle. We would like to have seen some of them come to Newberry. However the important point is that we must realize the race is on. We’ve got to get higher pro ducing dairy cattle to stay in the business. There are two ways of getting such cattle. Qne way is to buy them. The other is to breed them. That is—use the best bulls available on the cows you now have. Certainly the Laurens sale prov ed that the Holstein bulls now be ing used by all Cooperative Breed ing Associations in South Carolina are among, the very best available. We’d like to vouch for the fact that bulls of other breeds avail able are also tops. These bulls are available to every Newberry County Dairy farmer through the Newberry Cooperative Breedmg Association. They have a valuable service to offer. That is, best bulls available through the services of Tom Riser, the top serviceman in South Carolina. As the fall breeding season ap proaches every dairyman must de cide whether he will buy the cattle he needs or raise them. If we don’t want to pay such prices as these then we’d best be sure we’re raising the right kind. That is, the kind that will be just as good. Cotton Picking Slogan Cotton growers let your slogan be—“Good, clean cotton from the field to the bale.” All gins in New berry County are equipped to do a good job of ginning. However, they can’t put in quality that isn’t there when you bring the nard and Mrs. Apa Dominick of Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Boozer of Winter Haven, Fla. were weekend visitors of Mrs. P. C. Singley. Mrs. Boozer was the former Miss Annie Mae Gibson. Also with Mrs. Singley were Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Callahan of Columbia. Mrs. A. J. Richards of Heath Springs spent Wednesday and Thursday with Mrs. B. T. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wise and girls, Judy, Pam, Freida and Margaret of Cayce spent Sunday with Mrs. L. J. Fellers. Mrs. J.- D. Luther is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry Kisle- vitz of River Edge, N. J. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bedenbaugh of Easley visited relatives over the weekend. cotton to them. Remember how we used to jack on all the cotton a wagon would hold. This practice only helps to stain the fiber by mixing in dirt and trash so it can’t possibly be removed. So don’t jack those wag ons when hauling to the gin. Split grades and premiums for Jiigher quality cotton make it all important we do everything pos sible to maintain quality this year. Now another point, if you’re a “Plan A” farmer, don’t sell on the open market. Take the time and effort necessary to have your cotton classed and put it in the Support purchase program. There may be a little red tape to go through in marketing your cotton through the purchase pro gram, but isn’t about $15 a bale worth a little extra effort? We think so, and know you will too, once you see how simple the pro cedure is. Fall Planting Fall planting time is at hand. Dairy farmers particularly should make every effort to start winter grazing crops as soon after Sep tember 1st as possible. This means taking every opportunity to pre pare land now and getting it in shape for seeding as soon as there is a good season. One of the best crops that can be planted to furnish early grazing is rye. We like it best planted alone instead of in mixtures. A new variety out now has proven itself. Gator its called. ' Our old standby Abruzzi is still good, too. Remember your grazing crops are heavy fertilizer feeders. Use plenty of complete fertilizer and lime under the crop and plan to topdress with Nitrogen as soon as it comes up to a stand. We’re getting out soil test re ports as quickly as we can. If you don’t get yours in time for your fall seeding, give us a ring on the phone. We’ll make every effort to get it to you if you let us know you need it Recent Movings Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Chrisly have moved to 1220 Kinard St in the house recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Henderson and family, who have moved into the late John T. Cromer house on Kinard St which they purchased several months ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Bigham are now making their home at 1615 Dominick in the house they recently bought. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Gardner moved Tuesday from Greenwood to 1619 Hutto Avenue. The gard- ners are owners of the City Fi nance Company on McKibben St Mr. and Mrs. R. P. McCutcheon have moved to 1302 Summer St BOOKMOBILE THURSDAY, AUG. 27 Airport Community, Buck’s Place Gary Community, Mrs. A. P. Ram- age Bush River Community, Mrs. Willie Singley Bush River Community, Mrs. L. L. King Tranwood Community, .Mrs. R. E. < — — Also we have a hupply of the new 1959 Fall Planting Schedules. It gives recommended varieties. Rate of Seeding, Date of Seeding, Fertilization and Topdressing rates of all fall seeded crops. Bet you’d like it if you saw one. Let us know if we can send you a copy. Last Call for Grape Sign-Up 'September 1st is the deadline for signing up for planting grapes this year. Farmers who are int erested should decide and take ac tion by that time. Prospective growers must join the Palmetto Growers Association in order to have a guaranteed market. Please contact us immed iately for all details of the pape program if you are at all inter ested. Available Accommodations ON Jekyll Island are procurable during the summer sea son and on through 1960 due to expand ing facilities now open and to be open soon. Prior reservations are desirable and are requested but not mandatory. Write, telephone or wire the following: Forrest Runnels, The WANDERER, Neptune 5-2211 A. L. Nance, Jekyll Club Hotel, NEptune 5-2281 Vernon Moore, Jekyll Estates Motel, NEptune 5-2924 *Fred Collier, Corsair Motel, NEptune 5-2291. *Mrs. James Whaley, Seafarer Motel, NEptune 5-2202. •To open approximately August 1, 1959. Consolidate... 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