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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
By HP K(T A TOR
Well, ChrlMimsM of 1050 in o mstter of history: wo now
fseo 1000, with the problems oml vexations of the New,
Year, but, rather, let us say that we fare the opportunities
of the New Year, What are they ? Who can tell, There is more
in the man than there is in the land, we used to hear. We’ve
* seen men fail dismally on a farm where another man
nehieved success, And so with every business or occupation
and even in the so-called hum-drum experiences of ordinary
living,
Where one man sees only a dreary monotony another man
finds a challenge which brings happiness.
By request I am including in this Spectator my radio
comment on the notable book by Mrs, Swearingen. It follows:
“I feel as though I were under a spell: l have just read
the last chapter in Mrs, Mary Hough Swearingen's story
of her life with John R, Swearingen. Truly this is a book
most graciously sweet and appealing.
John R, Swearingen was a very extraordinary man in
every phase of a richly useful life.
Mr. Swearingen, though wholly blind physically from
his boyhood so developed his spiritual qualities that his
mind and spirit gave him acute vision of what his eyes
oould not see,
The remarkable achievement of Mr. Swearingen in grad
uating with first honor would even by Itself stamp him as
a marvel.
In this book Mrs. Swearingen (ells simply and entranc-
Ingly the cherished memories she has of a truly wonder
ful man.
My very fin© friend, Mr. Simons, Arthur St. Julian Si
mons, president of the R. L. Bryan Company, came up to
me one day In the store and asked if I had read Mrs. Swear
ingen’s book, 1 had not, so friend Arthur said: "Let me get
mine for you.” So, don't you see?
I enjoyed every word of it. Mrs. Swearingen is a great
artiet and proves the reality of her genius by a^stralght-
forward, unadorned account which sweeps you on by the
irresistible force of sheer charm.
And from this home of simple living and high thinking
came the head of the mammoth Standard Oil Company of
Indiana, John K. Swearingen, son of the late John E. Swear
ingen.
I’m almost tempted to repeat—What wonders old Edge-
field produces!
The New Year
Chrtatmss has gGae and ano
ther new year hi ab<Et here. My,
how swiftly they eiine and got
And each one brings change,
mighty change, to fatenlng ae we
have known it here.* Home are
wondering when it will stop. My
guess is never. For we have al
ways had change, It is a sort of
natural law, And U sure has been
operating fast in our time, In
fact, we have eeen more change
in farming and our way of life
in our time than tn all of the
time that went before that. At
this break-neek speed of change,
folks naturally wonder if and
when it will at least alow, up.
Maybe never, for progreae has a
way of pyramiding,
Heienee is working fast in ag*
rioulture, New things are found,
The county agent demonstrates
them in the field. Soon they are
a part of our eystem. And we
look to the experiment station,
the plant breeder, and to allied
industrial research for still bet
ter things,
Getting the findings of seienee
applied quickly to the field has
marked our agriculture tn our
time, ami It largely accounts for
abundance. As I’ve said before,
this abundance brings Its pro
blems, Put problems of abun
dance are far better than pro
blems of eeareity, such as many
countries of the world have.
HOUSING CArnli
Farm setups vary eo there is
often no best way of doing a job,
I was impressed with this at the
cattlemen's field day held last
summer in Spartanburg County,
The "best” for a farm depends
upon so many things,
Several successful cattlemen
were on the program, One never
housed the cattle he was feeding
out. The other housed his as
eoon as rough weather set in.
Each liked what he was doing.
Glemeon has had best results
with a breeding herd by not houa-
Ing it, Patehee of young plnee in
the pasture serve ae a wind
break and seem to give all the
shelter that’s needed.
'Parlmpa thor© # *la w'lTig" mun'hTthitm uwny somewhere, bul
on the nntlonul netm© there ure a lot of old political figures
and now sociological dreamers.
Our Nation was fairly well united ten years ago, And
v tht Nation was on the road to fresh and stimulating'dev
elopment. Then began the folly and unlawful hallucination
of our Federal Supreme Court. Since then we have become
divided and divinlon breeds more and more bitterness.
I The action of the Court was in keeping with the tendency
of the day, to invoke the federal Government in everything
from baseball and boxing matches to misbehavior at public
gatherings. The mere fact that something is wrong is no
reason to call on the National government. Many wrongs
must be corrected by ourselves without calling on a b *eau-
cracy.
Let’s look to the future with confidence. Years ago, be
fore the days of commentators, financial prophets, heralds
of doom—and all the heavy thinkers, we passed from year
to year without any special jar.
Perhaps the trouble today is the income tax man, both
Federal and State.
We look to the New Year ns though it were Doomsday,
and, verily, it is related to the greatly hated Doomsday
reckoning compiled for book of William the Conqueror when
' he became the King of England.
As I see it, the income tax is soundly conceived, but very
unsoundly applied. True it is that a man’s homo might well
be free of taxes, but profit-earning land, and land held for
investment, should be subject to tax. But a part of one’s
profit, or income, equitably based and applying equally to
all—on the same basis or percentage of income, is the most
equitable tax. But our Federal tax is a monstrosity to pena-
ly*e thrift and earning and to punish wealth by confisca
tion. It is thoroughly Socialistic and was imposed, as is,
because of Mr. Roosevelt’s headlong plunge into Socialism.
That so serious a departure from the American principle
-of the Equal Protection of the Law is hardly compatible
with true American virtue. Rather than a well-conceived
fiscal plan worthy of a great, free people, it savors of a
horse trade: ask all you can and take all you can.
The greatest tribute I can pay to the memory of Mr.
Roosevelt is that he flim-flammed the whole nation, bam-
boosled the whole Congress and was wildly acclaimed as
a Savior of America. Beyond all question he was a genius.
primarily engaged in the manufacture of explosives: within
this generation DuPont seems always studying, experiment
ing and producing. The latest product of their laboratories
appears to be something that may bo used as a substitute
for leather.
Ponder this:
"DuPont Co. has a new synthetic material for shoes,
which could replace leather—or at least threaten its dom
inance in footwear, according to talk at the winter leather
show here.
Leather dealers are calling the new DuPont product ’the
closest thing to leather ever developed-
DuPont representatives are considerably more restrain
ed. One DuPont man stresses that the product is not close
to commercial production. Another wonders if his firm will
ever be able to market a product which can compete with
the quality and price of leather. ’Leather is a pretty good
material,’ he says.
DuPont’s new material, according to shoe men, is a suede-
type synthetic aimed first at the higher priced women’s
shoe market. Eventually it may go into men’s shoes, too.
DuPont received a patent on the material about a year ago.
So far, shoe men concede, the material has been turned
out only in the laboratory, but DuPont is expected to have
it pilot plant in operation by next spring;
Horace K. Dugdale, president of the Tanner’s Council of
America, Inc,, stoutly made this comment at a press con
ference in New York yesterday: T hear a lot of talk about
work companies are doing in fields other than leather, but
that, doesn’t cool my enthusiasm for leather. I think leather
is a quality product and people will continue to use it.’
DuPont has been reticent with the shoe people about just
what the base of the material is, but the best guess in shoe
circles is that it’s a cousin of nylon. For the experts, shoe
men in St. Louis area call it a non-woven synthetic fiber
with a synthetic resin.
On a shoe, according to one shoe expert, you can’t tell
the material from fine-textured natural suede. It even has
the hand fed of suede, he says.
Shoemakers are encouraged about the possibilities for cost
savings offend by the new synthetic. It would cut down the
number of operations in making the shoe, they say.
They also anticipate that the synthetic may be cheaper
than leather. In addition, they credit the new DuPont mat
erial with having characteristics of leather, whfch other
synthetics do not have. Like liiather, the DuPont material
is said to have these features: It is porous, it stretches with
out cracking and wrinkling, it is compatible with cement (it
can be bonded to other materials with cement), its price
would be stable—in sharp contrast to volatile leather prices.
DuPont has been working on the synthetic for three or
four years. Shoe men think DuPont, in another year, will
come up with a ’grain’ type synthetic for shoes, too.
The Texti-leather division of General Tire Co. is said to
be probing in this area, too.
The threat of synthetic, however, hasn't dampened the
tanners’ outlook for next year. Irving R. Glass, executive
vice-president of the Tanners’ Council, predicts a record
640 million pair of shoes will be turned out in 1960. Obvious
ly most of these shoes will be made of leather.
He estimates production this year at 635 million pair,
up from 582 million pair in 1958.
Asked about leather prices in 1960, he said, ‘I anticipate
a reasonable level of prices and greater stability.’
Hide prices soared to 84 cents a pound last spring, prompt
ing shoe manufacturers to raise prices twice. But by last
month prices had dipped to 18 1-2 cents, and now they
have firmed up around 21 cents a pound. Economists pre
dict a greater supply of hides next year will keep prices in
the 18 to 22 cent range.
At the current leather show, shoe makers are buying ma
terials for their fall 1960 lines. The show has been sched
uled before Christmas for the first time to give manufac
turers more ’lead’ time for next fall’s production.
' Those wonderful DuPonts. I am amazed at the resource
fulness of that enormous concern. Years ago it was, I think,
It appears that some American enterprises are ready to
leave Cuba. Tfte same unhappy experience should convince
our Congress of the futility of our ‘foreign-aid’ delusion.
8. G. State Bonded Warehouse.
This gives the farmers in this
community storage facilities for
approximately 1,000 bale* of cot
ton.”
New Uee For Old lehooUtousts
Some abandoned sehooihousea
have been torn down. Others have
been converted Into community
houses that serve very useful
purposes, But County Agent Wil
lis of Chesterfiold tells of a new
uset "The cltlsans of Angelue
community have converted the
large high school building into s
Know Your Cows «
We have a lot of rather new
dairymen In this state. They
need to know their cows. And
this calls for at least some simple
records of production so the un
profitable cows can be weeded
out.out. The WADAM (Weigh a
day a month) program is the
very minimum tn the way of such
records each dairyman should
have, says our C. G. Cushman.
Full particulars about thk, in
cluding the necessary record
sheets, can be secured from local
county arenta, County Agent Wy
lie of Chaster says 85 of their
dairymen are on this WADAM
program. ,
BOYSARE
THAT WAY
By J M, ILIAIIX
He was raised on a bottle and
nevar weaned. Just changed the
content of the bottle ae he grew
up
We kids were deathly afraid of
him when on a drunken spree, as
he frequently was.
One Christmas eve we heard
him coming. Hia whooping and
yelling, and the clatter of the
buggy wheels and horses’ hoofs
on the rooky road was unmlstak
Able,
Before we could get away and
hide, he swished up in our yard
and jerked the foaming horse to
sudden stop. This upset him
and he feU forward acroea the
dashboard, catching to the sin
gletree. With a few vile oaths
at the horse, he righted himself,
and then ealed us hide out to the
buggy,
I had been soared before. But
never quite that had. Be pulled
an old sack from under tfc seat.
Had about a half bushel ot cans
of sardines in it. He gave each of
us one. Then he got out of the
buggy, staggered to the back of it,
raised the hc.ot, and it was plumb
full of coconuts. He gave each of
ue one of them. Said, "Kids,
these la youm.”
He then climbed back in the
buggy, gave the horse a resound
ing whack with the whip, and
barely missed the corner of our
lot fence ae he swirled around
the curve on his way home in
the deep woods.
We later learned he was to
have bought some Christmas
things for the family with the
money from their last remnant
of cotton. But theirs was just
sardines and coconuts that Christ
mas. Yee, and liquor enough to
tuin it for them and make a
1 beast of him.’
Rev. Robert M. Harper
TNI A OVD
pENTURIBS ego, the PsaldiUt
wrote that ht had been young
end was grown old yet had he not
seen the righteous forsaken nor
Ms seed bagging bread. My chief
appeal is that we as s people
cooperate to make the Psalmist's
words the expression of the ex
perience of the aged among us.
The care of the aged among us
has been given attention by the
Government end other institu
tions. Tlit advance of medical
Science and improved olsoes end
methods for the care of the aged
have raised the "life expectancy"
of elderly men end women so
that we now hive an smssing
number of the aged in our coun
try.
It has been found that old per-
sonn can do many things quite
dependably and emciontly. And
some business concerns have
emphasised Uv matter of giving
employment tj the aged. Soelil
Security is hjing a great boon to
our old people.
Let s glowing sense of gratitude
and s growing sense of obligation
nnd responsibility lead us to
cherish with love and needed care
the old people among us.
ra
I N a complete reversal of the
usual wildlife situation, Fed
eral and State biologists have
been working for several years to
ollmlnate one particular species
of wildlife from one particular is
land oft the Coast of California—
and the project la not yet termed
a complete success. The battle
has been taking place on Santa
Barbara Island, one of two islands
of the Channel Islands National
Monument oil the Ventura-Loi
Angeles coast. The enemy? the
rabbit.
MUllons of years ago, Santa
Barbara island was cut off from
the mainland. Because of this iso
lation, it was able to develop and
maintain ancient species of plant
and bird life—particularly a giant
sunflower, a song sparrow, and
other flowers and small animals
found nowhore else.
Early fishermen brought goats,
sheep and rabbits. When the dam
age being done to the island be
came apparent, the shoep were
removed. During World War II,
New Zealand rabbits weie Intro
duced aa a possible emergency
source of food. A period of less
than normal rainfall caused the
rabbit population to literally "ex
plode." The animals girdled trees
and shrubs and ate up everything
in sight.
The National Park Service, Fish
and Wildlife Service and Califor
nia Department of Fish and Game
undertook a joint program to eli
minate rabbits from the island.
The first year, they shot 500; the
second year shooting and the use
of poison accounted for 2,500. The
following year 600 more were ac
counted for. In 1957, 500 more
were takei and in 1958, over 200
vere taken. It was estimated that
at the end of the 1958 effort, 6 to
15 rabbits rt mained on the island.
CROONING AWAY ... A polar
boar at tho Faria 8oo stands
tall and aaama to mlmld tha
•ivla at aa ald-faokloaad
orooaor.
Some alack dates tn Califor
nia's CoschaUs Valley ara rad
when green
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Ft ret Major Issue
The A rat major issue expected
to faee the U, 8. Senate after Con-
S rees reconvenes on January 6 ie
tat of so-called federal aid to ed
ucation. More properly It should
be referred to aa "anti-federaT’
aid since it threatens to further
upset our federal system of di
vided pc were by taking away
another State newer and vetting
it in tha central government.
l*te in the last session the Sen
ate Labor and Public Welfare
Committee ap
proved a hill
authorising
the expendi
ture of $600
million annu
ally for a two-
year school
construction
K ogram. As I
ve previous-
_ ly pointed out,
the two-year limitation la mtraly
a "foot-ln-the-door" gimmick, Al*
moat ail of tha government's ap
proximately tOO grant-tn-aid pro
grams had their beginning as
"temporary crash" programs,
Soma of these "temporary" pro
grams data back aa rasa the!
1670’s.
The objective* of many of these
programs are vary wholesome. In
many inetanoea, however, tha ob-
jtetivea could be obtained at much
lower cost and the programs ad
ministered more carefully and ef
fectively by State and local offi
cials with local revenues made
poaatble by turning over some of
Washington’s many tax sources
to State and IcuAl government*.
After all, the taxes must come
from the people regardless of
which level of government col
lects them. Washington gets
moat of the tax take now. Of
$96,8 billion collected in fiscal
year 195ft, $68 billion went to
Washington, with $18.4 billion
going to local governments and
$14.9 billion to State government*.
At present tha States retain
two primary aspects of sover-
■jf
eignty. They are control over ed
ucation and police powers. Advo
cates of centralisation of power In
Washington are new trying to re
duce the status of our States to
that of mere entities or subdivi
sions by soiling control of these
two important powers, Tha So*
preroe Court's school segregation
decision, efforts to force school
integration, so-called civil righto
force bills, and so-called federal
aid to education bills are all a
part of the gigantic scheme to
strip the States of their remain
ing sovereignty. This la one of
the prineipiJ reasons why all such
centralisation legislation moat bo
resisted by those who believe tn
the principles of constitutional
government.
General so-called federal aid to
education is unconstitutional, un
wise, unnecessary, and uneconom
ical. I am prepared to dii
these points in detail
bllf is
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aid
detail
considered.
when
Brief Notes ;
A TV news announcer com
mented recently that street crimes
In Washington, D, C. are continu
ing on the upswing., In addition
to tbs aqggestlona of increasing
the police force by 800 and using
Marine* and police dogs to lower
the crime rate, it has now been
suggested that bus drivers and
trolley operators be armed , , *
Uncle Sam has approximate
million civilian employees
proximately 8,5 million mtli
personnel. Most civilian
ces work In the Executives
more than 8,000 agencies and
css. The Post Office Departin'
accounts for the largest number
of workers, approximately 884,000
... 1 plan to resume my weekly ft-
mlnute radio broadcasts over
many South Carolina stations bo
ginning with the weekend of Jan
uary 9. The broadcasts ere gen
erally scheduled on Saturday or
Sunday aftemqons,
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May we, too, pause for a moment to thank
you for enjoying "the pause that refreshes’
with Coca-Cola so frequently during 1959.
And to add... Happy New Year!
Sincerely, Your Coca-Cola Bottler
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