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m • ai fssm ^.-y- ^-r-wissT- >•? - mm 'dtgm PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1960 Kv un 1218 College Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Ctess postage paid at Newberry, South? Carolina. ■ .W&y.* . SUBSCRIPTION RATES: vance; six months, $1.25. $2.00 per year in fl^- //?• -v. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS By SPECTATOR There fs some talk of arresting the Federal Judge (Wright) and his marshalls for their forceful intervention in the school-integra tion matter in New Orleans. That would be very interesting and would serve to clarify the author ity assumed by some Federal Judges. If the Federal District Judge could serve subpoenas on the Gov ernor of a Sovereign State then the State might serve subpoenas on a Federal Judge who oversteps his authority. Anyone who ever studied our Constitution and our constitution al history must know that the Supreme Court in Washington was entirely wrong in assuming jurisdiction clearly belonging ex clusively to the States. This matter of States Rights is by no means merely a Southern question; nor is it merely a mat ter of White and Colored people. We might pass over the South for a moment and consider the Act of the Supreme Court in setting aside and invalidating laws of Pennsyl vania, Ohio and other states, af fecting Communism. As a matter of constitutional law, no decision of the Supreme Court or Act of Congress or Executive order is valid if it con travene the reserved powers of the states. The mere ipse dixit ot a Fed eral Authority does not confer constitutional authority. Whether an Act of a General Assembly in local school matters is subject to Federal jurisdiction, let’s go to the source. On what do they base all this assumed power? On the 14th amendment. Well point one: the 14th amend ment was never legally, lawfully or validly adopted or ratified. It is an outstanding case of chicanery. Since we were parties to upset ting certain controls exercised by the Arabs for thirteen hundred years, let us have the ordinary honesty to admit that the 14th Amendment is not valid and the Supreme Court cannot ipso facto validate a proposed Amendment which was never validly adopted. Another point: A Federal Judge is not superior to a State Judge. There is no question of superior ity: each has certain jurisdictions and a State Court is not inferior or subservient to a Federal Court: if a Federal question is involved a Federal court may assume jur isdiction, but a Federal Court has no jurisdiction except in such cases. If a Federal Judge may over ride State jurisdiction a State may take action in defense of its aovereignty. We live in an age of easy com pliance; back in early days men were ready to go to jail but they fought for their rights against Kings and Lords. The Irish never surrendered, but the British com promised ‘ with the Irish. Virtually every question today between Federal and State gov ernments rests on unconstitutional assumptions of power by the Federal Courts, the Congress and the President. I would like to see a Governor challenge the Federal power, be-, ginning with an injunction to stop the use cf the 14th Amendment and then following it through. Why not invite a dozen histor ians of recognized standing and a battery of pre-eminent lawyers! to challenge the Supreme Court on this Louisiana issue? The report the President-elect Kennedy will investigate the big Federal Commissions, is very gratifying. What we need today is encouragement of business, not repression. No nation develops standing still. We need investment; we need industry; we need faith in our people. The big Commissions are be coming agents of oppression. The News & Courier of Char leston carries a splendid story of the new projects of The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. That Company is further enlarging its program by an additional forty- five million dollars. The company will have an in vestment of nearly three hundred million dollars in a short time, unless the investment has already passed that colossal sum. Has anybody ever wondered at the great builder who directs that company? I have enjoyed close fellowship with many great build ers and leaders, but S. C. Mc- Meekin is the greatest South Carolina builder I’ve known. With in twelve years, under his dyna mic leadership, along with a very fine Board of Directors, that com pany has invested more than ten million dollars every year. This is the largest South Carolina com pany and it is led by a native of Fairfield County, a graduate of Clemson College—the man of vision, faith and great practical ability is Silas C. McMeekin, a quiet, modest, chivalrous man who does great things without courting recognition or acclaim. As to the utter fallacy under lying foreign aid and the w T oeful futility of the w r hole scheme, even if we regard it respectfully in stead of branding it as a super lative expression of complete fol ly and incredible wastefulness, let us wonder if old-time horse-sense, has become so dishonored that we mistake crass prodigality for statesmanship. For a heavily burdened nation to tax its own people and busi ness harshly, while throwing away billions of tax money is something entirely irreconcilable with even very ordinary intelli gence. “For years now, ever since the end of the war, the American peo ple have been hammered insist ently with the theme that .it was necessary for the United States to send billions of dollars abroad year after year in the effoi’t to “contain communism.” Commun ism has not been “contained,” of course. Hundreds of millions of additional people have been brought under its yoke. So now w T e are being told by the proponents of the great give away of our resources that the program really has another pur pose. According to a study pre pared for the Senate Foreign Re lations Committee the real pur pose of foreign aid should be to help set in motion “revolutionary processes abroad.” This study w^as prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations' Com mittee—at a cost cf $12,000, by the way—by the Graduate School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at an Eastern University. It is an amazing document. And that is an understatement. The report says, on page five: “The yearning for economic de velopment presents unique oppor tunities for the United States and other industrial countries to par ticipate in revolutioinary proces ses that will determine the future of political institutions in the world’s less developed area”. . ‘The principle of economy in government is of bedrock import ance to every American. This na tion of ours was built as a great fortress of freedom on the solid virtues of hard w r ork, thrift, and frugality. Now these virtues have been, for the most part, abandon ed by our Federal Government. Our government has been spend' ing the taxpayers’ money reck lessly and extravagently for years As a result we now have the high est peacetime budget in history and we have the highest taxes in our history. We are on a road that, unless we change direction, can only lead to the destruction of the economy of the United States. And we may know for certain that once our economy is destroyed, our whole way of life will go down with the economy . . . “With all the developments in the field of space, the people who pay the bills should not lose sight of one space area wdiere the Un ited States holds the all-time championship—that is, in office space and floor space occupied by the Federal Government. At the latest count there were two hundred and ninety-six Fed eral buildings in Washington. They contained thirty - four million square feet of floor space. Plans have been made to add more than tw r elve million new square feet by 1966. That is an increase of con siderably more than thirty per cent wdthin six years. The bureaucrats are forever drawing up new descriptions of new T jobs and finding new ways of spending the taxpayers’ money. Our population has grown forty- five per cent since 1930. In the same period, the number of civil ian employees of the Federal Gov ernment has increased three hund red per cent. There are two mil lion four hundred thousand of Leading 2^4 million 4-H members in a rousing “hurrah” for safer highways, homes and farms are these eight national winners in the National 4-H Safety Program. Calling for even greater en thusiasm and emphasis on the traffic phase of safely is Anthony G. De Lorenzo, vice president in charge of the public relations staff of General Motors, which is safety program awards donor for the Ihth consecutive year. Each of these winners received a $400 college scholarship from GM. In addition. General Motors gave them and other safety winners all-expense trips to the 39th National 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Left to right (kneeling) are: Elsie Clasen, 18, of Glenwood, Minn.; J* 1 *** 8 ® i ' a88e tt, 18, of Alstead, N. H.; Christian Scherer, 18. of Olney, 111.; Pamela Gay Chiles, 17, of El Reno, Okla.; Frank Klepetko, 15, of Golden, Colo.; and Richard Hatler, 18, of Crossville, Tenn. Standing are \ ivian Warminski, 16, of White Deer, Texas; Mr. De Lorenzo; and Gwen Anne Smith, 17, of Reno, Nev. By G« A. Dean, AA* D. MEDITORIAL: A while back I wrote that animals are now catching human diseases. We all know that for a long time man has been catching diseases from animals. In recent years the in cidence has been rising and this is due, mainly, to closer contact and domestication of animals. This hazard was noted many years ago by the Greeks, when only a few diseases were known. Today there are more than 80 diseases passed from animals to man. Modern methods of preven tion and treatment, however, have kept most of them in check: Some, such as rabies, are still a problem. When animal diseases are spread to humans the disease is similar in man and animal. It is common in persons having close contact with animals or their products. For example, farmers handling cows infected with brucellosis have the highest in cidence of this disease. The ill ness is seldom passed from man to man. Most of the diseases spread from animals are due to viruses, bacteria, fungi and worms, the most serious being rabies. Some others are tularemia, a bacterial disease of rabbits; fungus infec tions of animal skins; psittacosis, and infection of parakeets; trich inosis, a worm-type infection of pigs. Human protection against ani mal illnesses depends on three things: immunization of the ani mals by proper vaccination, treatment of the animal, if possi ble, once the illness strikes and isolation of the diseased animals to prevent further spread. Domesticated animals present a hazard, but we have found ways to minimize it. Improved living conditions have also re sulted from the proper utilization of the animals at our disposal. FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Service Sunday For Mrs. Smith Mrs. Lillian Rowland Smith, 89, widow of John “Jack” B. Smith, died Friday morning at a New berry County hospital after a long illness. She was born in Greenville, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edgeworth and Octavia Longshore Rowland and was a member of Bush River Baptist Church. She was a Gold Star Toother of the Newberry Chapter of the American Legion. Surviving are two sons, L. W. Smith of Fairfax and H. G. Smith of Tallahassee, Fla.; one daugh ter, Miss Lucille Smith of Kin- ards, and two grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at 3 p.m. Sunday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Arden J. Stewart and Rev. Mr. Hamm of Joannna. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were I. M. Smith, John Earle Smith, C. T. Smith, C. M. Smith, Wade Smith and William Senn. Serving as honorary pallbearers were Judge Eugene Blease, Tom H. Pope, Van C. Oxner, Jesse E. Johnston, W. M. Buford, R. G. Boozer, Dr. Ralph P. Baker, Cyril Abrams, S. C. Campbell, Eugene Spearman, Whit Johnson, J. J. Johnson, D. M. Vaughn and Tom Riser. Assisting with the flowers were Miss Louise Senn, Mrs. Al fred Bradley, Mrs. Pat Bowers, Mrs. J. E. Johnston, Mrs. Wade Smith and Miss Carrie Bell Work man. them now. The new buildings planned to house Federal employees will cost the equivalent of from a hund red and fifty to two hundred dol lars for every family in the United States. Most families would be very happy to have such a sum available for making improve ments around their own homes wouldn’t they?” . . . “The greatest growth in expen ditures of the Federal Government is found in spending for what surely must be considered non-es sential purposes. Most Americans would undobtedly place the foreign aid program high on the list of non-essentials. How non-essential it really is becomes clear when we consider that although our federal debt is larger than the combined debt of all other nations, we are sending foreign aid to seventy-three of the world’s eighty-six nations. Past and present foreign aid programs are taking one out of every five of our personal income tax dol lars. • “Some of the individuals who operate the giveaway do pretty well by themselves. Over in Pak istan, for example, the 271 Am ericans running things for the In ternational Cooperation Admini stration have been provided with 269 automobiles, 529 refrigera tors, 650 stoves, and 666 air con ditioners. Also they hired—at the expense of American taxpayers, of course—1,021 natives as gard eners, chauffers, guards and clerks.” WODDS FIRES We are in the woods fire season now. W T e don’t have anything like as many as we used to. And that’s because we don’t want ’em. Woods fires are mostly man made. And when folks don’t want ’em they don’t have ’em. We are planting tens of millions of pines on bare lands each win ter. And we are taking better care of the woodlands we have. This growing interest in trees is building an empire of values for the future. Not only the future, but the present is feeling the great lift of a growing income from our forests. Our forester, Bill Barker, points out that a few simple acts will prevent most of our woods fires. As Smokey says: “Break your match, crush your smokes, and drown your camp fire and be sure it is dead out.” Also I’d add, be careful with all sorts of necessary burning of trash, hedges, ditch banks, etc. And watch your weath er for any burning. Wild wires are a lot easier to prevent than to stop. AROMATIC TOBACCO IN NEWBERRY Several growers tried aro matic tobacco in Newberry the past season. County Agent Busby says they sold their 3,500 pounds for an average of $1.10 a pound. Bull of Abbeville tells me several of his growers are liking this crop too. Clemson employs two special assistant county agents to as sist with these demonstrations. Any growers interested in the crop should check with them through their local county agent. For a lot of know-how they .can supply is needed in producing this crop. GOOD CORN IN DORCHESTER County Agent Epp .■’ays Dor chester county has just harvested its best corn yield in history. Eight of the 16 plots checked in their corn contest made over 100 bushels per acre. And that coun- Jiy can sure use corn, for they have foever ceased selling it through hogs. Hogs through weekly ship ments are their major money crop. BEEF CATTLE IN GREENWOOD The Greenwood area continues its development of beef cattle. County Agent Garvin tells me the 877 head of feeders sold in their fall sale brought $96,958.71. Ag ents from adjoining counties tell me of satisfactory sales their growers made at this event. HIGH PRODUCTION IN HAMPTON ‘From a production standpoint, the farmers in Hampton county enjoyed the most bountiful har vest this year since anyone can remember,” says County Agent Thompson. However, “this does not mean the farmers have receiv ed the greatest return,” he says, “because produce must be sold for a reasonable price to make a prof it.” And he points out that much of their produce, specially melons, sold at very low prices. Watermelons, cotton, corn and soybeans, their four major money crops, all made bumper yields. He points out that this seldom hap pens, that all crops are good the same year. BOYS ARE THAT WAY i Spring jrain, the patter of April showers on the window panes and shingled roof, brings memories aplenty. School was out early in the Stone Hills, for we didn’t have but four or five months of it. That meant farm work started early for us. And rain meant rest the next day. W'e had a saying, “More rain more rest.” And we lazy kids sure liked that. But rain did not really mean rest for us. Actually that was not what we wanted. We wanted to play. And our play was us ually more vigorous than the ‘ work we did. We thought it drudgery to have to plow, which it was not, just holding up the handles, as the mule walked down the furrow. But totin’ heavy rocks all day to build a dam across our favorite branch was fun of the highest order. Even the very light job of dropping peas in the corn mid dles at lay-by time was irksome indeed and we hated it. Yet to drag great armfulls of long canes from two miles down and across the creek was in the na ture of high adventure. For look what we could make from those things! Whistles, water- squirters, popguns and the like! But the spring phower really had meaning to the grown folks. It meant the hard land could be prepared, planted, and that the stuff could . come up. It meant power to the home gard en there too, and it was need ed. For the winter had been long, and fall stores had dwind led low. It also meant the dan ger from woods fires was about gone until winter returned again. For our woods meant a lot to us. First was firewood. Then was straw for the stables and for building the compost heap. We couldn’t have endured long without that. It was the life of our landr Not much fer tilizer then, and nothing to buy it with. And our woods were our fort too when a house burned or we needed to build or repair one. And the choicest longleaf pine was selected for shingles when a building needed its sel dom recovering. The ways of the past! They served their purpose well. But in this ever-changing world they seem rather strange now. REV. ROBERT H. HARPER IN NEW ORLEANS EAR the end of April, Charles de Gaulle, president of the French Republic, spent a night and a day in the city of New Orleans. And he was hailed with great enthusiasm in a city that in 1718 had been founded by a Frenchman, and, later under the flag of Spain, had been re stored by Napoleon to France and soon sold to the United JUST A THOUGHT: How many times do we meet someone and say to ourselves, “I don’t like him” . . . only to discover, once We get to know this individual, that he is really a “fine fellow”? It hap pens to nearly all of ns, de spite how “objective” we may profess to be. What we shonld all do is look first for the good in people, rather than the bad. Goodness will out, it’s true, bnt sometimes It’s not as ob vious as It shonld be. States during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson for fifteen mil lion dollars. One can only imagine what the emotions were of the distin guished guest in visiting a cRy that had been under the rule of his nation in the long past. But he showed evidences of his pleas ure in being in a city once ruled by his countrymen. And the many persons of French descent in New Orleans and other citi zens also gave de Gaulle a great welcome. It is apparent that the visit of Charles de Gaulle to a city with so many traditions and associa tions that are French would con tribute much to the friendship that has always existed between France and the United States. SPECIAL Christmas HBYAl PORTABLE Small Down Payment—Convenient Monthly Terms, NEWBERRY TYPEWRITER CO. 1508 MAIN ST. PHONE 2611 Grape Crop On Increase In County Acres By COUNTY AGENTS MORE GRAPES Fourteen hundred and fifty more grape vines were received in Newberry County last Friday. Newberry County now has plant ed, to be planted, and reserved, eighteen and one half acres of commercial grapes. Grapes are here to stay. Just wish Newberry County farmers had more acreage. This is a crop that will yield more profit per acre than cotton or any other row crop in our county.- Even a four ton average per acre for grapes can mean profit. At $75 per ton this nr. ians $300 per acre. Cost of production will amount to $100 to $150 per acre per year. This leaves a profit of $150 to $200 per acre. All you have to do is ask most anyone that has been producing grapes, with the proper care, and you will find that even better than four tons per acre can be expected as an average. • Now that we have a guaranteed market, and a guaranteed price, the only problem left is to produce quality grapes. Why don’t you reserve acreage for your farm ? Only 300 more acres are needed for the state. It will then be expanded by present members and producers when ad ditional acreage is needed. If yon plan to get in on the ground floor, better do it now. Contact the County Agents of fice at once if interested. SAFETY It’s that time of year that many young boys and girls, as well as adults take unnecessary chances. The holiday season is near. Our children will be on the streets more often, so will adults in their cars. Be certain that your child obeys traffic laws. Why mar the holidays with a useless accident. that Christmas tree decoration. -Be certain your son is old en- | ough and has been instructed care- t fully enough as to the use of that gun you are thinking about giving | him for Christmas. We always say, accidents wiil happen to others, but not to me or my family. Be careful and it won’t—be careless and it will. 4-H LEADERS Our 4-H Clubs are all organized for this coming year. The new of ficers have been nominated and elected. These boys and girletare bdpn-?* ning a year in office which is go ing • to demand some effort on their part, but in return it is go ing to help them develop the de sired traits of a leader. It’s going to help develop the boy and girl in character and responsibility. We need more peo ». willing to take the lead, willing to guide the majority. But we also want more than just a leader. We want the leader that has been trained in citizenship and wbr.t our Country stands for. We need more leaders- that understand the farm, the farm people, and the farm prob lems. This is what 4-H member* are learning by being members of the organization. They “learn by doing,” not by hearsay, but by doing. . f | Encourage your boy or girl to join the 4-H Club. Certainly there are many good clubs and our boys and girls can’t belong to all of them, hut there are also ‘ club* that carry a name, but do notbfipHp! of value. You as a parent .should guide your boy or girL in the direction of the better clubs. "The 4-H Club is one of them. It has much good beneficial training to offer if the boy or girl is interested in be longing to a club that does thing* and learns while doing tK m. Contact the County Agents of fice for a list of the many project* and assistance any boy or girl 16 to 21 years of age may receive by becoming a 4-H Club member. -+m KINGSMORE Mr. and Mrs. Elton, David Fire works? Worth the loss of | Kingsmore of Pomaria announce an eye or finger? There is no fun when an accident happens. We as adults forget to be care ful also. Watch the way you drive. Watch your step while climbing the ladder to put on the birth of a six pound, four ami one-half ounce son, David Claude, on December 3 at Memorial Hos pital. Mrs. Kingsmore, before mar- - riage, was Miss Mary Claudett* Lester. G/v« i ( * . l. Indians b4C kK> th * ! Nil*** ITS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE MOCCASIN V o- w ;•». -tv m vvrw -XT- ■ $0 A’.-V RED OR BLACK WOOL FELT AA & B $6.50 c4nderdon3 Shoe Store o ir 9-x'.\s' -HAWW UMl “See, dear? 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