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M PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JANUARY 1961 1^18 College Streei NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. t\ 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 This is J. K. Breedin in Mexi- -co City, speaking over the great Station by the courtesy of Senor and his able assistants. It was once said that the auto mobile has divided the population into two classes: the quick and: the dead. The drivers of cars in Jfexico City must be the most; expert in all the world because they can drive faster and ap proach closer without accident j than any other drivers I can think of. My Mexican friends should ne- ▼er grow fat because the man on foot is on the jump all the time. He must certainly develop a cel erity and agility that would keep him in very fine condition. This morning I went about -without a guide, calling on gentle- i mow in the street for information and for attracting the attention taxi drivers who are approach ing at great speed. I found a Woolworth store and quite at home. In that store they understand “Yankee” as I jpentioned. ' Mexico City is not an easy city to find your way in because it fmg numerous parks and circles, hut the taxi man is comparatively cheap and very expeditious. If you are considerate of him he will reciprocate. Thinking of the United States and Mexico, what are the pro blems? What the advantages? We might expand the exploration and make a very superficial survey uf America and that would be gin at Canada and come down to the most southemly tip of Chile and Argentina. The English and the Spaniards carried their influence and their culture farthrest. In Quebec, Can ada, the French culture and lan guage still are dominant; South of the Rio Grande Spanish con tinues the pervasive and domin ant influence and language. Span ish is spoken over all the vast area of Mexico, Central and South America, excepting Brazil, which speaks Portuguese, an off-shoot of Spanish. We must grasp as a fact that throughout all this Spanish and Portuguese area of influence are magnificent cities, incredible wealth and a dynamic spirit of pn gress. Great centers of learn ing, great newspapers, great radio stations, as this mighty station in Mexico City which has so ex quisitely tendered me its far- reaching facilities. (More about my stay in Mex ico City in next week’s Specta tor.) Permits To Build Jan. 5: A. T. Butler, general repairs to dwelling, 212 Boundary St., $1200. Jan. 6: E. A. Brooks, re-roof apartment building, 1934 John stone St., $600. Jan. 9: Mrs. C. T. Summer, re pairs to dwelling on Johnstone St., $600. Jan. 9: A. F. Ellis, repairs to dwelling, 1901 Harper St., $3000. Jan. 10: G. B. Nalley, for.'A&E Tea Company, one building "80 X 120 feet, cement block and "brick on College St., $60,000. SENATOR STROM i RMOND Electoral College Reform THE CONGRESS seems to have the “bug” this year to enact much socialistic legislation, such as increased housing aid, mini mum wage changes, medical aid for the aged under Social Secur ity, and federal aid t > education and for depressed areas. All of this legislation failed last year, tfranka to the conservative coali tion, whose power the radicals hope to restrict this year by purges and rules changes. These live bills are expected to receive priority, but primary con- should be given to the g overdue need for a change the method of electing the of the United States. DURING THE PAST week sev- rbI resolutions proposing amend ments to the Constitution to revise the elec toral college system were introduced. I co - sponsored one of them, the district plan, with Sen ators Mundt, Morton, Mc Clellan, Hruska, and Binkley. THERE IS LITTLE question US to the need for electoral col lege reform. A recent Gallup Poll indicated that 50% of the people favor a change, while only 28% are satisfied with the present system. The 1960 presidential election reminded the people that it is still possible for one candi date to be elected President with out receiving a majoritv of the votes or even with fewer votes than another candi- such as occurred in 1824, 1876, and 1888. ^THE PRESENT METHOD is unfair, in addition to the popular will occa- For instance, one popu- vote in New York can pack 1* times the power of a single vote in Delaware. A one- margin in popular votes can tip all of New York’s 45 electoral votes — almost % of the votes needed for election — to one can didate while a one-vote margin in Delaware would only give a candi date three electoral votes. ORGANIZED MINORITY blocs, steeped in socialistic beliefs and dedicated to racial integration, have learned to use their balance- of-power strength in large North ern States profitably. Both ma jor political parties dance to their tune to woo their votes. In fact, this is the principal reason for the march in this country down the road to socialism and away from the principles of constitu tional government. THE QUESTION then is not whether to change the present system but how. Any plan which would abolish the electoral college gravely and unnecessarily endan gers State control over election machinery because the members of the electoral college are State officers. THE PROPORTIONAL plan would accurately reflect the pop ular will, but it lacks appeal be cause of its required computations down to three or four decimal points on a State-by-State basis and then nationally. It would also encourage numerous splinter par ties, long a weakness in the French political system. THE DISTRICT plan maintains the electoral college as a buffer against further erosion of the rights of the -States, permits voters in each State an equal voice by letting them vote for three electors—one for the dis trict elector corresponding to their Congressman and two State wide electors corresponding to the State’s two Senators—and it much more nearly reflects the popular will of all areas than does the present system. If in &0uth Carolina one candidate won three districts and also carried the over all State vote, he would receive five electoral votes to three for the other candidate who won the other three districts but lost the state-wide vote. I HOPE THE Congress will act favorably on this legislation, but those who favor electoral college reform must marshal public sup port as was done in 1959 when, except for strong public action, we would not have been able to pass the Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform Bill. Sincerely, i&jUUTSYYVGTlcL Learning—to Live Schools of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization recently graduated their 20,000th student at courses designed to train in dividuals for emergency leadership to assure national survival in event of enemy attack. In the past nine years students have attended courses of the OCDM Staff College or Chemical-Biological-Radiological Defense School at Battle Creek, Mich., and the Eastern and Western Instructor Train ing Centers at Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, N. Y., and at Alameda, Calif., respectively. ... SUBJECTS INCLUDE radio logical monitoring (to detect and measure fallout); basic civil de^ fense; civil defense planning, op erations, communications, res cue and care of the homeless or injured; emergency information; the civil defense role in natural disasters; emergency manage ment of resources and produc tion, and courses designed for special groups such as clergy men, medical personnel, indus trialists, and the like. Those attending the week- long, tuition-free instructor training courses teach oth ers upon return to their home areas. Rooms are available at $1.50 a night at all train ing schools, and food at nom inal prices. Many students also are able to qualify through their State civil de fense offices for one-half payment of their travel ex penses. Further information is avail able by writing to the schools. CHEMICAL-Biological-Radiolog- ical Defense is taught at a gen eral orientation course for com- i..unity leaders and government officials who would plan and di rect emergency recovery efforts after attack by thermonuclear weapons or chemical and biolog ical warfare agents. The OB-R Defense School course at Battle Creek, Mich, includes work with toxic agents. THE HANDY FAMILY BY LLOYD BIRMIN6HAM WWATiS TH/S- Pl66fN& FOR . WORMS, JUNIOR N0P6,PAD-XM MARINO A BAHaedUE PTT JUWCR'S PLAN FOR A BAR5€CUE PIT U& PIT ABOUT ONE FPOT DEEP WITH AREA DESIRED. UN£ VVtTH s dovtRBoncm OFPir WITH SMALL STONES m SPECIALIZED COURSES In fields related to non-military defense frequently are scheduled by the Office of Civil and Defense Mobiliza tion’s Staff College in cooperation with private or public organiza tions. This photo shows the use of moulages to train medical person nel in a Health Mobilization course on casualty care conducted in cooperation with the U.S. Public Health Service, using the Staff Col lege’s Battle Creek, Mich., facilities. Among other groups for which courses have been conducted are clergymen, educators, welfare work ers and industrialists. (Photo courtesy Battle Creek Enquirer and News) (Not printed at government expense) By Thomas Collins SELL OUT AND GET OUT WILL sing you a song of retirement,” the lady said. “It is sad in part as any good song must be, but it has a re frain which mothers in their gray- haired 60’s will understand, and it has a happy ending . . .” The lady speaking these poetic words was seated in a motel lob by in Colorado with her husband. They were on their way to a small cabin near Idaho Springs and were driving a 1954 car. Their plan was to live in the cabin dur ing the summer, fish for trout and hunt for gold, and let the rest of the world go by. “Five years or so before : ly husband retired,” the lady con tinued, ‘T became interested in antiques and spent much of my time at auctions of household goods. Invariably the household goods belonged to some nice old woman or man who had died. ‘T bought a lot of stuff at these auctions before it began to dawn on me that the heirs of the old folks were conducting, or at least permitting, the auction. “Was this what the old folks had intended? “Certainly not. “They had clung to these house hold treasures until their last gasp because they wanted to pass them on wo their children. They must have spent many pleasant hours thinking of the great appre ciation the heirs would have for the fine old walnut bedstead and the chairs in golden oak . . .” The lady explained that she be gan to investigate to see what happened to the possessions left behind by friends who died. Al most always, she said, she found AT 65, THIS LADY SAYS that children would pluck a piece a sterling here, a bit of Irish linen there, and possibly a piece of exceptional furniture. The rest was Junk to them and they usual ly preferred to sell it as Junk for a few dollars rather than pay cartage to get it to their own homes. “In the last three years before my husband retired, I was able to convince him—though it took some arguments—that our house hold possessions were treasures only to us and would be junk to our children. . that by clinging to our bedposts and vases and nee dlepoint chairs we were hanging a ball and chain around our necks. “So three weeks after retire ment, we called in a secondhand furniture man and sold every thing we had except a few spe cial treasures that would fit in the back seat of a car. “Our children naturally were aghast. But we were free of a burden. “I am sure many people ap proaching 65 distort their whole retirement by trying to hold on to the possessions they have ac cumulated in a lifetime. They cling to a house they don’t want or an apartment they can’t af ford in order to have a store house for what they own. Or they pay storage bills to pack the stuff in warehouses. Or they spend good money to ship their things to the homes of a genera tion of children which discreetly sends them to the basement . . For a copy of the new Golden Years booklet by Thomas Collins, send 35c In coin (no stamps) to (name of newspa per), Box 1672, Grand Central Station, New York 17, N. Y. HOSPITAL PATIENTS NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Miss Alice Janet Ruff, Route 4, Box 176. Mrs. Ola Mae Doolittle, Rt. 2, Pomaria. Holland Bedenbaugh, Little Mountain. Mrs. Belle Bouknight, 1306 Drayton St. Mrs. Clara Cobbler, Rt. 1, Sa luda. Guy Duckett, Rt. 1, Box 274-B. Frank Farr, Rt. 1, Prosperity. Crenshaw Halfacre, Rt. 2. Virgil Huffstetler, 1504 Evans St. Miss Mae Hendrix, 626 Wright St. D. V. Knight, Drayton St, Mrs. Roberta Kinard, Rt. 2. Mrs. Ella Leavell, 1601 Martin St. Sam Marlowe, 1519 Harrington St. Mrs. Vesta Metis, Prosperitv. Mrs. Euna Mize, Rt. 1. Mrs. Bernice Matthews, Rt. 1, Saluda. Mrs. Belle Kitchens, 621 Dray ton St. Mrs. Chrystal Oswald and baby girl, Rt. 1, Batesburg. Mrs. Bernice Price and baby girl, 1309 Ebenezer Rd. Fred W. Pitts, 942 Cline St.' Mrs. Mary Shealy, Rt. 3. Terrell Sease, 2309 College St. J. Clinton Shealy, Rt. 2, Pros perity. Mrs. Lillia Timmerman, Rt. 1. Emerson Westwood, 1427 Ebe nezer Rd. Mrs. Bessie Long, Silverstreet. Miss Evangeline Frick, Nurses Home. Mrs. Mildred Willis, 307 Duck ett St., W’hitmire. Mrs. Estelle Bradley, 503 Floyd St. Miss Ethel Marie Renwick, Rt. 1. Mrs. Eunice Longshore, Rt. 4, Box 273. Mrs. Mary Saxon, 726 Wright St. Miss Ann Warren, 822 O’Neal St. Claude Frick, Little Mountain. James Cannon Jr., Rt. 3. Brenda Cooper, 2338 Holloway It. Essie Graham, Kinards. Rosalee Hill, Rt. 1, Mountville. Alice .Johnson, 1722 Drayton St. Eugene Longshore, 718 Wi&e St. 1 Baby Boy Robinson, Rt. 1, Po maria. Albert Singley, Oil Mill Alley. Catherine Vaughn, Rt. i, Sil verstreet. Tom Cannon, Box 12, Little Mountain. LeRoy Dawkins, Rt. 2, W’hit- mire. Dean Wessley, four pounds, 11 ounces, and Gene Pressley, four pounds, eight ounces, tv/in sons born Jan. 7 to Mr. and Mrs. John Pressley Fellers, Route 2, Pros perity. Mrs. Fellers is the former Miss Shirley Dean Bowers. TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Carolyn E. Lipscomb to G. B. Nalley, one lot on College St., $5 and other valuable considerations. Nathaniel Gist Jr., to William P. Senn, one lot and one building, 2330 Johnstone St., $10 and the assumption of a mortgage. Erlene W. Lominack to Erlene W. Lominack and Edward K. Lominack, -one lot (waWanty deed) $5 love and affection. Ethel H. Feagle to Ruth Feagle, one lot and one building, $5 love and affection. Newberry No. 1 Outside D. R. Rice to Earl A. Cohen, one lot and one building, 606 Pope Circle, $5 and other valuable con siderations. W. C. Carter to Mary Ellen Me L. Carter, 4.3 acres and one build ing, $5 love and affection. Newbeny Federal Savings and Loan Association to Carlus A. Swindell and Ernestine G. Swin dell, 9 acres and one building, $5 and other valuable considerations. Silverstreet No. 2 Diana Mae Shelton to E. H. Bill ups, one lot, $5. Whitmire No. 4 Kemper Lake to William L. Mc- Murry Jr., one lot and one build ing, $10 and other valuable con siderations. W’illiam E. Dickert and Mary D. Dickert to Harley M. Silvers and Mary W. Silvers, one lot and one building, 417 Grant St., $2,525. Whitmire No. 4 Outside E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge, to The Prudential Insurance Com pany of America, one lot and one building (Calvin C. Reed, Prop erty, 1152 Reed St.) $3,650. Pomaria No. 5 S. C. Long to Alleson Patrick Long, 52 acres, $5 love and affec tion. ■» Little Mountain No. 6 Mrs. Louise C. Derrick to Hen ry D. Shealy, .53 of an acre, $5.00 and other valuable considerations. S. C. Electric & Gas Company to S. W\ Boozer, 4.82 acres, $1 and other valuable considerations. Prosperity No. 7 Tommie E. Harmon, Executor of The Last Will and Testament of S. I. Harmon, deceased, to Vir ginia H. Nelson, 1 3/4 acres, $5 and partition. Tommie E. Harmon, Executor of The Last Will and Testament of S. I. Harmon, deceased, to An nie Belle H. Quattlebaum, 15 acres $5 and partition. Tommie E. Harmon, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of S. I. Harmon, deceased, to James Irby Harmon, et al (Martha Joe Harmon, Mary Harmon, Louise H. Biggs, Children of Mary P. Harmon, deceased) 1 3/4 acres, $5 and partition. Tommie E. Harmon executor of The Last Will and Testament of S. I. Harmon, deceased to Lawson Harmon, et al (Allen Harmon, Es- soline Hartman), 30 acres, $5 and partition. Tommie E. Harmon, executor of The Last Will and Testament of S. I. Harmon, deceased, to Tommie E. Harmon, 15 acres, $5 and par tition. D. R. Rice to H. G. Ellesor, one lot on Kibler St., $5 and other val uable considerations. FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZEK Ciemaon Extension Information Specialist i WASHINGTON AN SMALL BUSINESS By C. WILSON HARDER The post-election action in Washington to seek to stop the flow of gold out of the United States was not to remedy a situation that just came up. « * * As a matter of fact, this col umn several months ago stated that some governmental action was needed to avert the serious trou ble that is now being quite widely discussed. * * * The n a - tion’s inde pendent busi ness people, voting C. W. Hardar through the National Federa tion of Independent Business, on several occasions, request ed drastic reductions in the for eign give away programs to conserve U.S. financial strength. * * * There is nothing particularly mysterious as to how this situ ation came about. If a person who has only sufficient money In a checking account to pay off the mortgage on the home is sues a lot of checks to charity, and these checks for charity are charged to his account be fore he makes the mortgage payment, he has a problem. * * * He would have a problem, in any event, with the holder of his mortgage. But if in addi tion, he had an enemy who wanted to see him thrown out of his home, and this enemy was so bitter that he was will ing to offer the mortgage holder a premium which could he paid out of funds the enem> had gathered by robbery, trou ble would be magnified. * * * And that gives somewhat au idea of the gold situation. (c) Xatior.al Federation of Independent Bust less About ten years ago U. S. gold reserves were valued at $24 billion Now, due to foreign nations exchanging U. S. dol lars for gold, the reserve is down to somewhere around $18 billion. Rep. Clarence Brown of Ohio points out that it re quires $11% billion in gold to support currency in circulation, while foreign nations, practical ly all recipients of U. S. foreign giveaways, hold enough U. S. dollars to be able to demand their exchange for $18 billion of U. S. gold. * * * There seems little donbt that Russia, adhering to the apostles of communism, Marx and Len in, that the best way to defeat the U. S. is to ruin it economi cally, are conscious of this sit uation; have been watching it develop with satisfaction while the international schemers in Washington have been giving away nation’s wealth. * * * For example, Rep. Brown reports U. S. has given Laos almost a third of a billion dol lars, even paying the salaries of the officers and men of the army of Laos. It was a bat talion of this army, whose equipment and pay has been picked up by the U. S. tax payers, that drove the pro- American government out of Laos as well as most Amer icans who were in the tiny nation. * * * Thus, there should be,no sur prise over the U. S. gold crisis. The nation’s independent busi nessmen, who of necessity must deal in facts rather than high blown theories, have for long pointed out this would be the eventual result of foreign give away programs which have taken over $70 billion out of the American lifestream. We are riot a big turkey grow ing state. But I doubt if any stiite has as close-knit turkey growers’ federation as we have. They meet several times a year and at their last meeting a few weeks ago in Newberry a goodly portion of the growers were* there. I know of no other comriiodity group that has such good attendance of its total producers as active members of their association. I’ve attended a lot of these tur key meetings and am not at a loss to know why they are so well attended. The main reason is they get something out of them, and, as a number of them expres sed it, our extension turkey spec ialist, Charlie Risher, is ever- morely on the ball in promoting the federation and turkey work in general oyer the state. “Our turkey people are just the finest in the world,” says Charlie. The last meeting of the federa tion had visiting growers from both Georgia and North Carolina in attendance. Corn Records County Agent Epps of Dor chester tells me their 22 corn contestants the past season aver aged slightly over 98 bushels per acre. They sell their corn through hogs. The past month their co operative shipments carried 1,304 hogs for 279 farmers that netted $50,041.94. A record corn yield for Flor ence County was reported by Coun ty Agent Livingston too. “The on ly bad feature is price,” he told me. They too are selling a lot of their corn through hogs, where they can net more for it. But good feeders have been hard to get by those who didnft grow them. 75 animals. Encouraging Sign , An encouraging sign relating to 1 soil testing in Allendale is the fact that farmers are amfcbqp thn the samples rather - than comm take them for them, says County Agent Funchess. The agent furn ishes containers too and sends tbft samples to Clemson. * This is progress. The average farmer must learn to take hi» own soil samples if this work i» to ever mean the most to the most folks. When To Fertilize Grain County Agent King of Orange burg has put out trials on three farms comparing the application of fertilizer when grain wa* planted with February applica tions. Some interesting observa tions should come from thatr Most folks are not sure which i* better. These field tests will be helpful in getting the answer. Livestock in Sumter Last fall’s fair exhibits reflec ted the livestock growth that/s taking plhoe in Sumter. County Agent Bowen tells me it was the largest livestock show they’ve ever had, with both cattle and hog bams overflowing. The 4-H registered pig club alone showed CHAPPELLS CLUB The Chappells Community Clul> members and their guests enjoyed a delicious turkay supper at the regular meeting on December 6. The dining room and table* were decorated with candles, ber ries, evergreens and figurines. After supper, the president wel comed everyone and recognized the visitors, and also welcomed as new members Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Boozer and family. He then presented W. D. Montgomery, program chairman, who introduc ed the speaker for the evening. Rev. Robert E. James, pastor of St. Paul Methodist Church in Ninety Six. He spoke on the “Meanin&r of Christmas.” A short business meeting wax held at which time the following officers were elected for the year 1961: President, Earl Boa»- man; vice president, H. T. Ox- uer; secretary, Mrs. Louise Mc Adams; treasurer. Miss Lillie Mae Workman. After the business meeting ev eryone enjoyed a gift exchange. i. fUMrife# •r-v* Ft- heart beat of main Farm and Home Service Program 12:30 to 12:45 P. D. Johnson and Company Items for Sale, Swap or Trade PUBLIC SERVICE No Charge —ON— 1240 Kc. ti ■ , CAROLINA METAL WORKS Sheet Metal - Heating - Air Conditioning COLLEGE ST. EXTN. TEL. US A. G. McCAUGHRIN, President A Treasurer. Auditors 1961 Tax Assessment Notice Returns of personal property, real property, new build* ings and real estate transfers, and poll tax are to be made at the County Auditor’s Office beginning: January 3rd., 1961 t- $ THROUGH -v.’a • February 28th., 1961 All a~ -bodied male citizens between the ages of twenty- one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. All returns are to be made by Tax Districts. Your failure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. RALPH B. BLACK, Auditor Newberry County D m