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PAGE FOUB THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1969 1218 Collage Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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 Now then. What think you of this Associated Press dis- % patch: ‘‘The Senate restaurant's printed menu Monday included Maryland roast turkey and cranberry sauce. However, the cranberry sauce was crossed out and replaced by raspberry applesauce.” I'm not sure we can applaud raspberry applesauce; we’ve been given enough raspberry to last a lifetime; and more than enough apple-sauce (political) to satisfy the cravings of the most ravenous. Now if the Congressmen are indulging in a combination of raspberry and applesauce we look to the future with grim foreboding. One of the very able arguments against more dams on the Savannah River is that of a Clemson professor, a thoughtful and studious son of Sumter—Professor Ernest Rogers. I quote some of his points: “I appear here this afternoon philosophically as a tax paying citizen and technically qualified as a registered pro fessional engineer. I have, for many years, been very much concerned over a facet of this so-called flood control and navigation program, a facet which the general public has not been made aware of except in a left-handed sort of way on occasion. I am deeply concerned over certain terms used by the Corps of Engineers in attempting to justify these projects. Such terms include— ECONOMICALLY JUSTIFIABLE,’ ‘ECON OMICALLY FEASIBLE,’ and ‘ECONOMICALLY SOUND.’ Clark Hill was originally started at an estimated cost of 28J) million dollars—it was completed at a cost of 83.6 mil lion. Hartwell was originally started at an estimated cost of 33,3 million—latest estimate—in excess of 100.0 million. Bull Shoals (in Missouri-Arkansas) estimated at 40.0 million—completion cost 77.0 million. Want more? McNary (In Washington-Oregon) estimated 49.5 million— completion cost 287.0 million.” All this so-called waterpower is now so long out of date that the continued effort to promote it is a bit of flim-flam ming the public. Observe that the three great power companies now oper ating in South Carolina are today building enormous steam plants on the rivers, even where today they have water power and hydro-electric plants. What could be more convincing than these three instances: (a) Duke, one of the pioneers of hydro-electric power in South Carolina—Fort Mill and Great Falls—is planning a mammoth steam plant at the Savannah River. (b) The Carolina Power and Light Company is now building a great plant for steam on the Pee Dee River. (c) The South Carolina Electric and Gas Co., already owning and operating a big hydro-electric plant at the Saluda Dam, said to be the largest dam of its kind in the world, Jhas built within five years a vast steam plant at the Savan nah River, in Aiken County; and almost side by side with its Saluda Dam hydro-electric plant it is now completing the splendid McMeekin Steam plant, of the very latest de sign known to engineers. But our government continues the folly and ballyhoo of building hydro-electric plants. This is just as foolish and out-of-date as would be a government plant to build plows to break the ground with forked sticks. If our Congress needs any more light let it consider the resolutions of the McCormick Chamber of Commerce. Businessmen of McCormick say that the Clarks Hill pro ject has taken from cultivation thousands and thousands of acres of land and this has left McCormick County with a lot of so-called recreation land but no appreciable profit to the county or to the economic well-being of the taxpayers. The Allendale County Citizen editorializes on the problem of television. I quote in part a thoughtful editorial. “Better broadcasters will not be made by law. They can be made by public interest and public demand and public refusal to submit to the machinations of the easy money tempters. Broadcasters, too, must search their own fields of moral awareness, whenever they are presented with such propositions as big money quiz shows. Actually a moral law cannot be broken without loss to someone. Television officials mignt consider that the sale of patent medicines or soap or automobiles nets them noth ing if it also destroys their effective hold on the public con fidence. That alone should be enough to make a business man with any sense shy away from the dubious, the tasteless, the lure of something for nothing. Dividend payments by Corporations in the United States were the highest for any October in history—$883 milll °^ the total for the ten months-January through October-$9 billion 9 hundred million. There are now more stockholders in America than fac tory production workers—12,490,000 people. The number of production workers is about 12,191,000. HOSPITAL PATIENTS NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Mrs. Mattie Alewine, Bbundary St. Mrs. Hattie Bouknight, R.F.D. 3. Holland Bedenbaugh, Little Mountain. Mrs. Pansy Berry, 78 Glenn St. Mrs. Reba Bouknight, 1800 Montgomery St. Rufus Chapman, Rt. 4. Mrs. Rosalie Elliott, 718 Glenn St. Mrs. Georgia Fulmer, 1321 Jef ferson St. Dr. Paul Heisey, 1230 McMor- ris St. Miss Claudette Hipp, 1317 Pearl St. perity. Barry Stutts, 1141 Susan RfL, Columbia. Mrs. Mamie B. Taylor, Rt. 3. Mrs. Anne Whitener, 2323 Wells Park Dr. Mrs. Clara Wright, 808 College St. Sam L. Weir, Rt. 1. George Warren Chapman, C-62 Bouknight Ferry Rd., Saluda. Elley Davenport, 910 Caldwell St. Baby Girl Robinson, Rt. 1, Po- maria* Martha Sims, Rt. 2, Box 106, Pomaria. Lucy Strother, Ward, S. C. Eva Stoudemire, Rt. 1, Pros perity. Sallie Thacker, Boundary St. Willie Tobe, 1905 Main St. Ed Watts, Rt. 3, Box 286. Newberry No. 1 Outside J. B. West to Ezra C. Rinehart and Jonelle P. Rinehart, one acre, $5 and other valuable considera tions. Ryan Graham to George Hug gins, one acre, $1 and premises (to correct deed). United Textile Workers of America, AFL, Local 2014 to Oakland Community Club, two lots, $5. Silverstreet No. 2 Mary Williams and Nora Spear man to Rev. W. H. Scurry, 12^ acres, $1800. Whitmire No. 4 Outside George P. Crotwell to Trans- Carolina Corporation, 315 acres, $30. Trans-Carolina Corporation to Catawba Timber Co., 264 acres, $34,320. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, 1704 Johnstone St. Miss Jean Longshore, 2310 Hen ry Ave. Mrs. Estelle Marlowe, 1517 Har rington St. Mrs. Euna Mize, Route 1. Miss Louise Meece, Rt. 2, Kin- ards. Mrs. Elizabeth Martin, 396 Sims St. Mrs. Marjorie Nance, 1526 Friend St. Mr. Lance Reid, Rt. 4. Mrs. Margaret Rinehart, 2605 Fair Ave. Mrs. Cora Sligh, Rt. 3, Pros- DEEI> TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 H. B. Rayfield to Chevis Earl Franklin and Eleanor S. Frank lin, one lot on Glenn St., $5 and other valuable considerations. Thomas P. Wicker to Robert Reeves, one lot and one building on Drayton St., $5 and other val uable considerations. Citizens Home Insurance Com pany to W. W. Bigham, one lot and one building on Dominick Ave., $5 and other valuable con siderations. Pomaria No. 5 Lizzie L. Wiggins, Samuel C. Wiggins, Everett Wiggins, Marie W. Shealy, Emma W. Eargle and Annie Julia Jones to Bernard E. Wiggins, 5.6 acres, $5 love and af fection. Lizzie L. Wiggins, Emma W. Eargle, Marie W. Shealy, Annie Julia Jones, Carl Everett Wig gins and Samuel C. Wiggins to Bernard E. Wiggins, 80.8 acres, $3000. Prosperity No. 7 South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. to R. C. Lake Sr., 2.56 acres, $1 and other valuable con siderations. C. S. Holland to James E. Mis- kelly, one lot, $50. Elaine B. Covington and Jean B. Oxner to Ruth B. Bedenbaugh, 49 acres and one building, $5 love and affection. S. C. Electric and Gas.. Co. to Howard Lipscomb, .37 acre, $1 and othej valuable considerations. S. C. Electric and Gas Co. to George J. Sligh Jr., 2.77 acres $,1 and other valuable considerations. Thompsie Wise Martin to Hor ace C. Martin, 105 acres, $5 love and affection. Rebel Club Has Meeting The Mid-Carolina Rebel Club met Monday night, Dec. 7 in the gymtorium. The attendance was very good. The meeting was called to or der by the president, Richard Foster. The Invocation was given by the Rev. C. L. Richardson, Ytestor of St. Phillips Lutheran Cbiurch. The Mid-Carolina Chorus, un der the direction of Mrs. Richard Foster, rendered a number of beautiful Christmas selections. The Mid-Carolina Band, direct ed by John Conover, played a rousing march number, “Swanee River March” and concluded with “Jingle Bells.” Both performan ces were enjoyed by everyone. Mr. Foster introduced each of the principals of the three elem entary schools; Hubert Beden baugh of Prosperity, Eugene Stockman of Little Mountain and W. R. Lominick of Pomaria, and they each presented their midget basketbrll teams in uniform. Each principal thanked the Rebel Club for the gift of $100 that each school received to aid it with its football program. Coach Wade Rogers presented the Mid-Carolina girls basket ball team. He stated that there are 15 girls out for basketball this year. Coach Bobby Stokes introduced the 18 boys who are playing basketball this year. W. H. Caldwell acted as Mys tery Santa Claus. He circulated among the crowd and for ten cents anyone could attempt to guess his identity. The lucky win ner was the Rev. G. L. Hill. His prize was a corn popper, com pliments D. H. Hamm, Jr. Se cond prize, a box of candy, was won by Mrs. C. W. Dominick. This stunt boosted the treasury $6.60. During the business, the min utes of the last meeting were read and approved. The treas urer reported a balance of $346.24. The president thanked all who have worked to solicit new mem bers. Mr. Foster also thanked the Rebel Club members who had constructed the risers for the chorus. At the conclusion of the bus iness session, the meeting was adjourned. October Bond Sales $21,000 Series E and H Bond sales for the month of November in New berry County totalled $21,143.00 reports Joe M. Roberts, County Savings Bonds Chairman. Combined E and H sales for the state for November totalled $2,340,509, according to Robert G. Clawson, state chairman for the U. S. Savings Bonds Divi sion. The stockholder is not getting all the cream, however; he is being fed skimmed milk instead; and the resulting milk, after heavy skimming, is very thin. Here is an interesting and informative account of what happens. When a corporation earns $1.00, it pays 52 percent to the Federal Government. That leaves 48 percent. The company retains for further development, replacement, etc., 24 per cent. It pays to the stockholder (ownerL24 percent. Personal income tax of the stockholder is .07 percent. So that leaves for the stockholder and his family .17 percent. So you see: the man who owns the Company or Corpora tion, just thinking of one of the thousands of stockholders (the owners), receives 17 cents from the dollar earned. In 1929 that stockholder would have received 62 percent, §2, cents, instead of 17 cents. Why should we plunge into Socialism when the Govern ment willy-nilly takes 52 percent just offhand, (and other taxes) and the owner gets 17 cents? In 1929 the Corporation tax was eleven percent. "" " . A *• Now and then I am moved to express my admiration for the calm, purposeful, sincere and highly successful manage ment of the Joanna Cotton Mills. Mr. Walter Regnery prcfye^ his resourceful genius by inviting and securing th^ ehthtis-*. iastic cooperation of that great company of co-workers who operate the big mill. , , I read in The Joanna Way—an attractive magazine of the workers—notes to all the operatives signed by Mr. Regnery. As the lawyers say, the best evidence of a thing is the thing itself, so I quote a note from Mr. Regnery to all the personnel. “The long-awaited report on the questionnaire adminis tered by Survey Research Associates has arrived. In a two- inch thick volume of typed pages and tabulations we have your opinions on Joanna Cotton Mills Company in all its many phases of operations and personnel. In studying the new survey, we find improvement in many areas which were extremely sore points in the survey two years ago. For instance, more of you say that you know what is going on in your department ; more of you feel that other employees do their share of the work and help each other on the job; more of you understand how your pay is figured. Tools, equipment and work areas are reported as adequate by more employees. Many more of you say that your overseer listens to your complaints; that your assis tant overseer is fair and honest with you and runs his de partment well. There is improvement in your satisfaction in your pay in comparison with other Joanna employees and with work done. In some departments there is no longer any feeling of favoritism. On the other hand we have much investigating to do in certain areas where favoritism is still reported. We must study many complaints on job loads, pay rates, and fre quency of changes in standards. Conditions of inadequate cooling, rest room facilities, equipment and space require attention. Prompt fixing, adequate boxes, cooperation be tween departments, too, must come in for consideration. And we are evaluating the question of fringe benefits, which some of you consider less than other mills offer. In this brief report we have not been able to mention nearly all the items we are working on—nor could we in this month’s magazine give you any specific program, yet, to correct the points of criticism. We promise a complete re- what we are doing and planning to do about it. port within the next several months on what you said and Thank you, each of the 864 employees who sent in your questionnaires. The good things you said made us happy. The faults pointed out made us redouble our efforts to cor rect bad situations. It is our earnest intention to make im provements as fast as possible and to keep you informed. A man standing on a lurching subway noticed that there was nothing to hang on to. Others also noticed, and they grasped the opportunity to complain. The alert man grasped the opportunity to produce. He developed the leather strap— now a familiar sight in subways. A housewife, tired of broken milk bottles on the front porch, thought of the idea of putting milk in cardboard car tons. Driving across country a man got lost. He developed the system for marking highways that is used today across the nation.” Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holland Ruff were honored Sunday after noon, December 13, their 50th wedding anniversary, with a drop- in given by their daughters, Mrs. Elmer E. (Naomi) Epting and Mrs. Pinckney N. (Ruby) Abrams. Yellow roses, carnations, snap dragons, gladioli and mums at tractively arranged in brass con tainers, and yellow candles in brass holders decorated the Ruff home. The couple has lived in the St. Phillips community since be ing married, except for two years' residence in Newberry. Mr. Ruff, a farmer and mer chant, held public office 32 years. He has been magistrate, commis sioner and supervisor of Newber ry County. He has served as council member and Sunday school superintendent at St. Phillip’s Lutheran Church and as trustee of a school in the community. He is a former member of the New berry Lions Club. Greeting the guests at the door was Mrs. O. M. Cobb. Mrs. Von Long introduced, them to the re ceiving line, which was composed of Mr. and Mrs. Ruff, their daughters and sons-in-law, a nep hew, Carol .Counts, and Mrs. Counts. Guests were invited into the re ception room by a niece., Mrs. Ted McDpwelL ’ The dining table, overlaid with a white embroidered linen cloth, was centered with a three-tier ed white cake decorated with ; roses, lily of the valley and a nosegay'- (pdf yellow carnations. Serving ,v sandwiches, individual cakes* "cheese wafers, mints and spiced teal' were Mrs. John Epps, Miss Nancy Mayer, Mrs. Hubert Setzler, Mrs. Joe Mayer, Miss XefpaiA? Peirife Mrs. Fannie Mc Cullough, a cousin, poured tea from a silver service. Mrs. C. L. Richardson, wife of the couple’s pastor, invited guests froai the dining area to the reg ister, where Mrs. Herbert Young- iner of Irmo, a niece of the couple presided Another niece, Mrs. Eloise Werts, bade the guests goodbye. Mrs. Marvin Rocker and Miss Elizabeth Ann Ruff furnished soft music during the reception. Approximately 400 friends and relatives called during the ap pointed hours. Plan Now For Retirement “Make an old year resolution now to start the New Year out right,” says Miss • Martha F. Pressley, manager of the Green wood district office of Social Se curity Administration. , “Before your retirtment, not afterwards, is the time to apply for social, security benefits,” she added. “If you are planning to retire at the end of the year, speed up the receipt of your first check/by applying now, being sure te bring your Account Number card with you,” Miss Pressley. stated. ' “If you don’t already have birth certificate, don’t bother get one now. An old written cument, such as a family baptismal certificate, ii policy, census, school or voting registration record, is usually ceptable to establish age,” explained. For mo^e information, the social security office at 619 South Main Street, GraijljJ wood. Office hours are 9 aJ^ to 4:30 p. m. Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. Recent Marriages Albert H. Haltiwanger of Cha-. H pin and Florence Louise Living? , ston of Pomaria were married on \ Dec. 12 at Chapin by Rev. John > H. Koch Jr. ? H. D. Dawkins of Prosperity^ and Sadie L. Adams of Leesville were married on November 29 by Rev. M. T. Cullum at Leesville. Donald DeVoy Satterfield • Marian Louise Haltiwanger of Newberry were married at New- * berry on Dec. 20 by Rev. D. M. Satterfield. Houston Wilson Long Jf. of Newberry and Brenda Mae Crosby _ of Whitmire were married by ’ Rev. Thomas Earl Vaughn at ion on Dec. 19. fi Mr. and Mrs. Mack Fennell and daughter, Audrey of Hickory, N. C. and Miss Molly Fennell of $ Charlotte will spend the Christ- g mas holidays with their parents, v Mr. and Jjra. jr. Fennell.