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THE. NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1961
employment benefit, paying the the Advancement of Colored Peo-
tax, the whole tax all the time pie.
the man drew wages or salary, Of a population of 30,979, some .
the worker paying nothing. 1,382 persons are on relief in this Eddy, Leon Nic ols, Sammj, Price,
SCOUT PROMOTIONS
Troop 66: Bobby Davis, Johnny
1218 Coil*f« Street
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
We need a man: when I say man
I mean a person with all the qual
ities that may become a man. You
will remember that Macbeth goad
ed by his wife to slay the king
burst out in Shakespeare’s word
“I dare do all that may become a
man.”
Wouldn’t you like to see such
a man, a person with deeply root
ed principles, swaying neither to
one side or the other, but standing
like a stonewall, even in the cher
ished tradition of Stonewall Jack-
son ?
I quoted someone as saying that
the only thing we learn from his
tory is that we do not learn any
thing from history. Even so.
You may recall that the Roman
politicians wooed ana won the ap
plause and support of the idle
masses by giving them food. W r hat
happened then happens today: if
a man can claim unemployment
relief and benefits he suffers from
a temptation to live idly, uselessly
on a public dole rather than to
earn a livelihood by the sweat of
his brow and the toil and strain
of his body.
Behold one of the problems of
life: the misuse and abuse of a
noble purpose. Unemploy m e n t
compensation was intended to af
ford some measure of relief to
deserving men and women who are
without jobs and without the or
dinary resources to buy bread and
meat.
Now what happens? I quote a
letter from a citizen of New Jer
sey:
“I would love to bring Presi
dent Kennedy and Mr. Dillion to
the house of a friend of mine in
Hackettstown. He lives near the
Unemployment Benefits Office
(the folks ’round here call it the
‘Easy Money Place’). On Thurs
day mornings people drive up i\ r
their $50 checks in Cadillacs and
Lincolns. There is a bar on the
corner. A large number of the
male recipients cash their checks
there and have a couple of hearty
drinks—sometimes a dozen—be
fore going on their merry way.
Another happy little anecdote.
A business friend of mine in Hac
kettstown told me one of his em
ployees was trying to get laid off
because he’d rather get $50 tax
free at the Easy Money Place
than work a week for his $65.
My next door neighbor is a
farmer. He sweated his dairy
farm out the hard way. I saw him
do it over 10 years. Now he’s so
disgusted he’s thinking of selling
out. Why? The Federal Govern
ment decided to look into his
barn and tax him on whatever hay
he might have there in storage.
There is a tire distributor in
Hackettstown with a huge ware
house. He used to keep it full of
tires. Now he’s trying to keep it
empty. Why ? He is taxed on his
tire inventory, so naturally he
doesn’t want one. Of course, we
now have to wait for tires—and
presumably the tire makers have
to wait for his orders.
I sometimes wish these planners
could spare the time from their
plans—enough to come to Hack
ettstown and see how wonderfully
it’s all working out.” (It is cus-’
tomary to pay on inventories at
the end of the year).
W e Americans are quick to
squeeze the last drop from all
benefits, even stultifying our
selves to do so.
Happily we have many sound
people, men and women who think
clearly and act wisely and rightly.
In other words, we still have many
men and women who have not
bowed down to Baal.
In passing I think the unem- ;
pioyment tax on the employer |
was a misapplied idea and not
justly conceived.
I f you will let your mind play
on the matter of employment you
will see that any business earns 1
its way by making a profit from
the work of its helpers; whenever
a worker does not produce suffi
cient to cover his wages, the cost
of the overhead, plus a fair profit!
he is a drone and a drag on the’
business. It will be seen, then,
that as long as the Business can |
operate profitably it will keep
the workers on the job. But if op
erations are unprofitable the
working force must be reduced or
the concern must go out of busi
ness, cease, shut down, close up.
So, then, the profits cease, altho}
some overhead remains, even at i
heavy loss, the plant, the insur- j
ance, the general upkeep—and all
that, including- property taxes.;
And at this time, with little or I
nothing coming in, the employer !
must pay the unemployment tax!
And benefits!
The employer would gladly con-*
tinue to operate, receiving a pro
fit, would he not? But when the
income for the Business stops
the Employer must pay the un-
Leaving out the question of i town not far north of New York
fundamental justice should such a City. The 13-point program would
one-sided taxing further straini include these measures:
the economy by a man coolly dead i Cash welfare payments, where
beating on the public rather than possible, would be converted to
accept work at a little more? food, clothing and rent vouchers
Just as soon as the employer (much relief money purportedly
adopts a plan someone will cir- now winds up in saloon cash reg-
cumvent it; someone will conceive isters). All able-bodied male re-
a practice that will beat the game, : liefers would be put to work by
as is said. the city on a 40-hour basis. Any-
Consider sick leave: the idea of one able to work but who refuses
allowing a week or two-weeks of! a job would be denied relief,
sick-leave certainly is a noble, gen- Mothers of illegitimate children
erous and gracious gesture. If who have additional offspring out
one is not sick, can one honorab-iof wedlock would be deprived of
ly apply for or use sick-leave? ' public charity. No one who left
Our morality is side-stepping his job voluntarily would be entit-
our obligations as we concentrate led to welfare aid. The relief in-
solely on our selfish advantage. | come of any one family would not
The little city of Newburgh, in be allowed to exceed the income of
the great State of New York, is the lowest-paid city employe with
now grappling with a problem | a family of comparable size. All
which carries a bad odor over all aid-to-dependent children cases
our great Country-. would be reviewed monthly by the
The Wall Street Journal pub- city attorney,
lishes a two-column account of the j New applicants for relief must
Newburgh uprising. i prove they didn’t come to New-
“This little city- has done what i burgh just to get on the welfare
many a city has itched to do—it rolls. A three-month limit would
has set in motion a program to be put on all welfare help except
reduce municipal welfare costs. 1 in cases involving the aged, blind,
But in the process it has started a and disabled. In addition, there
mighty row. ! are four other technical proposals
Pressed by-
den that accounts fur one-third of; control over its welfare activities,
the city-’s $3,134,383 budget, the Under federal law, a state must
City- Council has adopted a 13- administer welfare aid in a uni
point plan scheduled to go into ef- form manner if it is to qualify for
feet July 15- Aimed at eliminating Federal relief assistance, and this
welfare cheats from the public re- is what has state officials upset,
lief program, the plan is also de- Newburgh presently receives
signed to remedy mounting social about $500,000 or approximately
problems in a deteriorating section! half its welfare funds, from Al-
of the city. These problems are bany- and Washington. The City
violence, immorality, fire hazards, Council has said it intends to go
and unsanitary conditions stem- ahead with its new program even
ming from overcrowding and idle- if it means the city will be depriv-
ness. ed of state and Federal aid.
While gaing the support of most ‘The point here is,’ says Mr.
of its own citizens and many irate Mitchell, ‘not whether the welfare
taxpayers across the country-, ^ money comes from the state or
Xewbrugh nevertheless finds it- Federal Government. The point is
self embroiled with New York that it is taxpay-ers’ money that is
State welfare officials, various being misspent. Also, there is the
clergymen and religious charities, question of home rule. Can New-
its own staff of social workers,! burgh work out its own destiny or
and the National Association fori must it be saddled with regulations
HOSPITAL
PATIENTS
to Second Class; Johnny Lindsay,
First Class; Paul Fesperman, Life.
Troop 101: Randy- Stone, First
Class.
MERIT BADGES
Troop 66: Henry Brooks, row
ing; Gene Brossy, Leatherwork;
Paul Fesperman, Citizenship in
the Nation, Forestry, swimming;
Robin Foy, Pioneering; Leon
Graves, Camping, Insect Life;
Ronnie Kyzer, Citizenship in the
Home; First Aid, Woodcarving;
Jimmy Longshore, Swimming; St - ^ ~
George Park, nature; Ben Stew- ^ Irs - Charlsie Covan, 132 Cald-
art, Rabbit Raising. ! wel1 St. .
a, -i/vi r> j tw 4. Mrs. Betty Dominick, Rt. 1,
Troop 101: Randy Stone, First ; .
Aid, Leatherwork, Forestry; Dan- T p ^ q
ny Thomas, Campmg, First Aid, ; Graham, Rt. 1, Po-
Forestry, Leatherwork. •
I maria
John Grogan, Rt. 1, Chappells
that are placing the welfare of the Mrs. Betty Ann Hentz and baby
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Sobeski Louis Bond, 702 Shands
St., Clinton
John Patrick Bedenbaugh, Col
lege St. Extn.
James Harvey Brice, Rt. 1,
Greenwood
John S. Bolick, Blair
Mrs. Cora Bigby, 1221 Glenn St.
James Pressley, Chappells
Mrs. Clara Baird, 519 Wright
whole community in jeopardy?’
“Interestingly, a reporter found
that among long-time Negro resi
dents in the Water Street area
boy. City
Mrs. Nettie B. Lester, 1325
Hunt St.
Master Jimmy Lewis, 115 Main
there is considerable hostility tow- gt., Clinton
ard welfare cheats. A barmaid in i j 0 hn McAlister, 122 Hunt St.
a Negro tavern declared, T think
he’s (Mitchell) doing the right
thing.^ These newcomers make all
colored people look bad. I don’t
care what the N.A.A.C.P. says. I
a public relief bur- designed to give the city tighter used^to belong to the local chapter | n ight St.
Mrs. Vesta Metts, Prosperity
Robert Henry Martin, Rt. 3,
Prosperity
Miss Ola Miller, Rt. 2, Kinards
John David Reid, 2014 Bouk-
but I quit. You know why I quit? | M rs , Clara Stone, 1603 Barring
Because they were getting too ton g t
touchy. Just like a lot of white Mrs. Mary Shealy, Little Moun-
people, the N.A.A.C.P* forgets j i - ain
there are colored people and there
are colored people.’
Talks with 15 patrons in this
i same pub showed 13 favoring the,
plan and two with no opinion.”
The Colored barmaid in a Col-'
Mrs. Leona Thrift, 1405 Dray
ton St.
Robert M. Turner, Rt. 1, Saluda
Mrs. Julia Ann Wilson and baby
boy, 701 C’Xeal St.
Mrs. Reba Werts and baby boy,
ENGINEEBING
new fallout shelter
Raleigh, N. C., from
Carolina Civil _ _ _
was needed to block dangerous levels of radiatiea which, after an*
clear attack, could penetrate a normal door of this $l,Md shatter.
Green was hired early in 1961 under a Federal program to pay half
the costs of new civil defense employee. <ocdm Photo
SENATOR i
STROM imiRMOND
ored tavern in Newburgh hit the piedmont St.
nail on the head when she said: (~- ar i g Wiggers, 2127 Adelaide
that we sometimes fail to distin-i g^.
guish the good from the bad for M as t e r Bruce Eargle, 1264 Kin-
there are, as she says, Colored ar( j g t
people and Colored people. Most Miss Elaine Pinson, 1903 Luth-
of our Colored people are quiet | er g t
and peaceable. I E j g m ith, 1124 Hunt St.
I Chriss Franklin, Rt. 2, Prosper-
WASHINGTON AND
SMALL BUSINESS
B y „ C. WILSON HARDER
The unfairness of expecting
tax-paying business enterprises
|. to compete against non-tax
paying operations is becoming
more and more apparent to
the people of the nation.
♦ * *
Appearing before the House
Ways and Means Committee,
in delibera
tions on tax
reforms,
George
Burger, vice
president in
charge of the
Washington
office of the
National Fed
eration of In-
d ependent
Business,pre- c. W. Harder
sented the constantly rising
tide of feeling on permitting
cooperatives to escape pay
ment of income taxes required
from independent enterprises
with which they compete.
* * *
He pointed out that in Sep
tember of 1960 iJf a nationwide
poll of independent business
men, 79% requested that this
favoritism be ended. In a poll
on the same question taken in
March of this year, the vote
for this relief had grown to 86%.
* * *
Mr. Burger then further testi
fied as an adjunct to the wide
spread nationwide polls, the
Federation’s field . staffs this
year also made spot check
polls throughout the country on
which problems of small busi
ness loomed largest.
* * *
Next to the need for an over
haul of tax laws, the problem
of unfair competition from co
operatives ranked as the ma
jor problem, even outranking
unfair labor practices.
* * *
And while ruinous price com
petition from imports ranked
high as a major problem, only
in North and South Carolina,
and Connecticut, out of all the
50 states and the District of
Nationt] Federation of Independent Ro^'-ea*
Columbia, did this problem out
weigh in gravity the problem
of independent business paying
taxes and seeking to compete
with cooperatives enjoying a
most favorable tax status.
* * *
Spontaneous comments vol
unteered bj' businessmen were
most interesting. In Kansas it
was said “Put the co-ops on an
equal tax basis with private
enterprise. The taxes that they
dodge is becoming an almost
unbearable burden on our pri
vate enterprise sector.’’
* * *
A businessman in the state
of Washington said “Unfair
competition by co-ops is our
big gripe. We have two of them
in our town. It will be a bright
day for independent stores
when our Congress has the
courage to change this law.’’
From Wisconsin “If co-ops
were taxed like any other pri
vate business they would not
be able to undersell.’’ From
West Virginia “Let’s get the
c"o-op taxed as everyone else
is taxed. They deserve no more
than I deserve. Thousands of
small businesses are going to
be forced out mtess we tax
everyone the same.’’
* ♦ *
And as Mr. Burger pointed
out, it is not only independent
businessmen who are protest
ing this injustice.
•* * *
Last year, the National Farm
ers Union testified before Con
gress that cooperatives should
bear their fair share of the in
come tax burden. There is no
attack on cooperatives as such.
But the overwhelming senti
ments seems to be there is no
more reason for exempting
business enterprises from taxes
merely because they operate
under the form of co-ops than
there is to exempt from per
sonal income taxes all blue
eyed blondes. This latter, of
course, would do wonders for
the sales volume of the perox
ide industry.
The Right to Know Our Enemy
ONE OF THE most disturbing
and potentially disastrous con
spiracies being conducted today
is the movement to discredit and
discourage our military leaders
from their efforts to inform the
public and their military per
sonnel of the dangers posed to
our liberties and our survival by
the insidious forces of world com
munism. The movement origi
nated with the communists in
THE WORKER, official news or
gan of the Communist Party,
USA, has been boosted by TASS
and PRAVDA, and then picked
up by the welfare staters in this
country.
I HAVE OUTLINED to the
Senate in a detailed speech the
workings of
this conspira
cy and my un
alterable op
position to a
memorandum
by the Chair
man of the
Senate For
eign Relations
Committee
calling for
muzzling our military leaders in
their statements, speeches, and
seminars to prevent discussion of
the principal threat which com
munism poses to our country—
the threat of internal subversion
and welfare statism. In addition,
I have written a letter to the
President and the Secretary of
Defense in an effort to counter
the effect this memorandum and
a Defense Department directive
have already had in intimidating
and muzzling these dedicated mil
itary leaders.
THE COMMUNISTS, of course
want no criticism as to their aims,
goals, and threats to America.
They would love nothing better
than to lull us further into the
deep socialist sleep into which
America is slipping more and
more every day. The welfare
staters, on the other hand, are
generally willing to admit that
there is a threat posed to Amer
ica by the military might of the
Soviet Union. Some will even
admit further that the Soviets
have as their aim Mr. Lenin’s
announced purpose to make the
Soviets the “gravediggers, heirs,
and successors to the governments
of the world.”
THEY WILL NOT, however,
face up—and they do not want
the American people to face up
either—to the graver threat of
world communism—that is, the
internal threat of subversion and
gradually falling under the spell
of domestic socialism and welfare
statism. If Americans were fully
informed on the inter-relation of
communism and socialism and
welfare staljsm and also the
threat of internal subversion, then
the welfare staters’ “humanitar
ian” schemes would go out the
window with “share the wealth”
advocates in elected and govern
ment jobs and other positions of
power and influence in America.
MR. KHRUSHCHEV has told
us that our “grandchildren will
live under socialism.” He had told
the world further:
“We cannot expect the Ameri
cans to jump from capitalism to
communism, but we can assist
their elected leaders in giving
Americans small doses of social
ism until they suddenly awake to
find they have communism.”
OUR MILITARY leaders would
be blind if they did not recognize,
and derelict in their duty if they
did not state, that communism is
a total enemy which constitutes
a much broader threat in its total
nature than that exclusively com
prised by Red armed forces. In
deed, the gains by communism
over peoples and territories have
stemmed not primarily from mili
tary action but from other meth
ods they have resorted to—and,
indeed, from' our own softness,
naivete, and appeasement of them.
FBI DIRECTOR, J. Edgar
Hoover has warned that commu
nism can take over in America
and that this can be accomplished
with only a small number of com
munists, as happened in Russia,
China, and elsewhere. He has ad
monished us further that “we can
not hope to successfully meet the
communist menace unless there
is a wide kno wledge of its aims
and designs.”
OUR MILITARY leaders are
trained to know their enemy,
every facet of his capability for
success. In the Defense Depart
ment among military personnel
lies the real bastion of faiowledge
and understanding of the com
munist threat, an understanding
and knowledge long since lacking
in the White House, State De
partment and some other govern
ment agencies.
MILITARY PERSONNEL and
the American public must be fully
informed on this deadly menace.
If given the facts—all the facts—
the American people can be trust
ed to make the correct assess
ment of the threat and how to
combat it best in the many ways
still available to us. Suppression
of the military’s dissemination of
this knowledge would be disas
trous and completely out of keep
ing with American traditions.
Sincerely,
Announcements
FOR MAYOR
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Mayor j
and pledge myself to abide the re-l
suits of the City Democratic Pri-;
mary.
CHARLIE ALTMAN i
| I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Mayor
,and pledge myself to abide the re
sults of the City Democratic Pri
mary.
J. HOWARD COOK, JR.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for re-election to the of
fice of Mayor, and pledge myself
to abide the results of the Demo
cratic primary.
ERNEST H. LAYTON
ALDERMAN WARD 1
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for re-election to the posi
tion of Alderman, Ward 1, and
pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic Primary.
O. F. ARMFIELD, JR.
ALDERMAN, WARD 2
didate for the office of Alderman,
didate for the office of Alderman,
Ward 2, and pledge myself to abide
the results of the Democratic Pri
mary.
GEORGE W. HELLER
I hereby announce myself a (
candidate for re-election to the of- |
fice of Alderman, Ward 2 and |
pledge myself to abide the ’.'suits
of the City Democratic Primary.
C. A. DUFFORD, SR.
^ALDERMAN WARD 3
I hereby announce myself a can- j
didate for re-election to the posi-!
tion of Alderman, Ward ,3,.. and"
pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic Primary.
CLARENCE A. SHEALY, JR.
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Al
derman, Ward 3 and pledge myself
to abide the results of the Demo
cratic Primary.
S. D. (BOZO) PAYSINGER
ALDERMAN WARD 4
I hereby announce myself a can-
diate for election to the position
of Alderman, Ward 4, and pledge
myself to abide the results of the
Democratic primary.
JIMMIE B. DAVENPORT
FOR ALDERMAN WARD 4
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection to the office
of alderman Ward 4 and pledge
myself to abide the results of the
democratic primary election.
CLARENCE B. DeHART.
ity
Pierce P. Morris, Rt. 3
Joe Morris, Rt. 3
Ernie Maness, 54 McDonald St.,
Whitmire.
Herlean Mayer, Rt. 2, Chapin
Sammy Bouknight, Rt. 4
Lambert Filding, City
Bluford Simpson, Rt. 1, Kinards
Debra Faye Sims, Rt. 1, Pros
perity.
MAYER MEMORIAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. C. K. Derrick, Pastor
Sunday, August 6, 1961
Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Sub
ject: “Dorcas: Faith Translated
Into Service.”
Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m.
Sermon Topic “The Barometer of
a City.”
Church Council Meeting: 3:30 p.
m Circle No. 3, ULC Women: 7‘30
p.m.
Monday ,August 7:
Ethel Koon Circle, ULC Women:
4:00 p.m.
Edith Fulmer Circle, ULC Wo
men: 7:30 p.m.
Visiters are always welcome at
Mayer Memorial.
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ALDERMAN WARD 5
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for re-election to the of
fice of Alderman, Ward 5, and
pledge myself to abide the results
of the Democratic primary.
CECIL E. MERCHANT
ALDERMAN, WARD 5
I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of Al
derman Ward 5 and pledge my
self to abide the results of the
Democratic Primary.
CECIL E. KINARD
FOR ALDERMAN WARD 6
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection t* the office
of alderman Ward 6 and pledge
myself to abide the results of the
democratic primary election.
D. W. JONES.
SEARS CELEBRATES TWO BIRTHDAYS
Aids 4-H Youfh
Home Projects
For 15 Years
Sears Roebuck is celebrating
two anniversaries this year; the
75th anniversary of the mail
order firm’s founding and the
15th year of sponsorship of the
national 4-H home improvement
awards program.
A conservative estimate re
veals that more than 1,800,000
rooms have been improved as a
result of the program. The total
value of projects has been esti
mated by the members them
selves at $380 million, or an
average of $125 invested annu
ally per member enrolled.
Prior to 1947, when the Sears-
Roebuck Foundation undertook
sponsorship of new awards,
Sears stores had supported vari
ous local 4-H activities for more
than two decades. In some states
4-H’ers were already working
on room improvement projects.
Then with the addition of na
tional recognition, participation
increased and thousands of 4-H
homes enjoyed better living, re
ports the National 4-H Service
Committee.
Home improvement medals
awarded to county winners for
“making the best better” be
came a badge of accomplish
ment. At the end of the first
year almost a third of the
counties across the country
named winners. The number of
medals given was 1,190.
Proof of the popularity of
this modern home project has
been evidenced in the steady
rise of county medal recipients.
In 1950 some 3,400 medals were
awarded by the Cooperative Ex
tension Service which directs
4-H work. And in 1960 the num
ber reached 6,000, when 70 per
cent of all counties in 49 states
named medal winners.
On November 25, home improvement trip award winners from
virtually every state including Alaska and Hawaii, are expected
to arrive in Chicago. They will remain for the week-long National
4-H Club Congress held at the Conrad Hilton hotel Eight high-
ranking members will receive $400 college scholarships.
Approximately 235,000 mem- breakfast for the entire
hers are enrolled in the pro- blage of some 2,000 club
gram this year. They redecorate hers, leaders, business people
their own bedrooms; rearrange and guests attending the Na-
living rooms; make drapes, tional 4-H Club Congress. A
spreads, slipcovers; remodel and special program is planned to
upholster; plan, select and buy commemorate Sears* double
materials to complete projects.
One of the high spots this
year will be the annual Sears
birthday, according to the Na
tional 4-H Service Committee
which schedules the event