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' •►. • ■ ••v- - .• • ' *: *v* t#y' if, -3t& '.p5r i Hi THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, wEIgdf- ■ '- 4 ^ un 1218 CoiWg« Street NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Ne '^n-y, South Carolina. .SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad- six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Example creates a more lasting impression than preachments. Many years ago I was in New York state returning from a trip to Canada by Niagara Falls and read that Christy Mathewson, the great pitcher, had pitched for New York in Cincinnati on Wednesday or Thursday. I wanted to see Mat ty on the mound. He had shut out three times in one World Series the remarkably great team of Philadelphia—Connie Mack’s won ders. Although I was due to sail from New York to Charleston on Mon day by the Clyde Line I decided to stay over because the New York team was due to play in New York on Monday. I knew Matty would pitch. How did I know that? Every fan knew that “Matty” did not play on Sun days; so Matty was sure to twirl for the Giants. He did and he threw only 69 pitches and won. Matty’s example m6ant a lot to the youth of that day—a sober, serious young man of quiet living but the hero of most of us on the mound. If outstanding men in business, well known for their success, could be known also as men who never took a drink that would appeal to more young men than many ser mons. I don’t suggest that they become temperence orators but that their example would so shine that men might see their good course. It is a mistake to assume that all men who drink are bad fel lows; some of our finest men en joy their toddies, apparently with out harm to themselves or their families. Their example, however, may dignify a practice that some one else may adopt disastrously. Unfortunately we are having liquors in the homes, for men and women; we are popularizing the social drink. There again the homes involved may experience no bad effect but why is the drinking habit developing so rapidly among refined people who are leaders in the community and ordinarily be yond reproach? > : 'V : KT-Vi' I wonder if I’m growing sour. So much that I read impresses me as either nonsense or poppycock or downright meddling in a dan- •gerously officious manner. A t times I fancy that plain old com- monsense no longer rules in the affairs of the world. In the daily papers I have just read President Kennedy opines that wages could be increased three per cent. How does he know that ? But the real question for me is “Why does the President of the United States meddle with the wages in private industry? Can anyone imagine that the President would ever advocate reducing wages three per cent? ' When you get to the bottom of this we find politics, votes involv ed; Wouldn't it be salutary for members of congress to put a stop t© all this Washington nonsense? Of course very few, if any, would do that. The truth is that our Gov ernment is all-out for meddling in ail the affairs of the people. We range from one extreme to the other; we want all wages up and all profits down; we tax our people and throw billions to the four winds, helter-skelter, while insisting on imposing higher pos tal rates. How does this impress you; bil lions all over the earth but increas ed postal rates here? While we have money to throw away we continue to impose and collect confiscatory taxes here. Look at this: Corporations start i their tax-paying by handing over fifty two per cent of their profit; then the individual citizens pays up to ninety one per dent on his income. But more than that he must estimate what his income will be and pay in advance the estimat ed tax, for the next year. As a matter of sound law how can a man be required to esti mate his profits or earnings a year in advance and pay on that esti mate during the year in advance? The average member of Con gress will bow to any sort of wild dream as was done during Mr. Roosevelt's terms—and every <> V er term since. Speaking of the utter folly of increasing postal rates and con tinuing ruinous taxes while throw- ing away the tax money paid by our people—an unlawful policy by the way—I see now that he asks for greater spending power in case of emergency. Woudn’t even ordinary horse sense suggest that we eliminate all unnecessary programs, including this farsical foreign aid, in order to husband our resources for any emergency ? Recently a letter came to me from Scotland. Speaking of nostal gia, I think of that land of serious folk and I think of a group of Scouts I knew in Peru. John Calvin McKay, a choice spirit, Soldier of the Cross, ami able gentleman. And his splendid wife is of the glorious woman hood who lift the world from the gross everyday business to a spir itual level. When I was in Cajamarca in the Andes I knew the consecrated Mc Kays of Cajamarca and their splendid co-workers of Lima. Recalling my days in Scotland I like to think of a visit there, with rambles about among the hills, by my old friend McKay, and stopping in at a “Pub” for a lem onade!! Whenever I have been on a ship at sea the Captain was an Eng lishman or American but the Chief Engineer was a Scot—he knew how to conserve fuel!! The Scotch are also the ock of faith in a weary land anu like Horatius at the. bridge they gu? d the ancient covenants and rep the evil one. I congratulate the Senate of South Carolina on its attitude to ward the United Nations. The Na tions of the world could profitably have an interchange of ideas and plans in occassional meetings, but without authority of any sort, kind or degree. Some of our brethren are ideal ists—and we need them—but the affairs of any nation must be properly and solely the concern of that nation. We of the United States must govern ourselves and determine for ourselves both our domestic and foreign policy. Why should we have Honduras, Nicara gua, Japan, Italy, Egypt and Ar gentina voting on our course. And, of course, why should we meddle with them? We have a cardinal declaration of policy known as the Monroe Doctrine. That is helpful in secur ing Costa Rica and Cuba from foreign aggression, but how far we may invoke it in the case of Mexico, Brazil or Argentina I don’t know; they are now great and powerful nations. But through the United Nations all the world may dictate to us. Russia and sure ly China and all their satellites. We sponsored and fathered the United Nations, but it has devel oped into a super-state with auth ority superseding the Constitu tion. Two farms of mine have been served by Electric coops. No one in business could take the risk of spending probably seven thousand dollars for one customer. So the Government adopted a program to help the farmers enjoy electric power. The Government in order to help the farmers lent money at two per cent and gave liberal credit. Many years have passed. The Coops prospered. Today they have more than five million dol lars invested in Government bonds, they own fine office buildings and they still borrow from the Govern ment at two per cent although the Government borrowing money, paying four (4) per cent and lend ing it to my Coop friends at two (2) per cent!! Now the Coop program has be come ambitious; it would sell power to towns and factories, too. It isn’t just the poor farmer’s friend but a big business, grasping and proud. Now the Coop pays nothing to build and support our schools and colleges. Your town and county schools, Winthrop, Clemson, The Citadel, Carolina, The State Hos- pityl gets nothing from the Coops. The Courts, the law enforcement officers, from the Governor, the Legislators, the Magistrates, all the rank and file, including jurors —nothing from the Coops. The Penitentiary, the jails—nothing from the Coops. They don’t pay taxes to the U. S. Government, or the State or the Counties and Towns. Coop property enjoys police and fire protection, but pays no taxes. Ask your County treasurer. I have letters from officials thru- out the State telling me that the Coops pay no taxes; they enjoy all that the taxpayers support and pay nothing. I’ve heard of a T.V. program telling that the Coops pay taxes sufficient to build two school houses and pay 300 teachers. WTiere? No Federal taxes, no State taxes, no County taxes, no Town taxes. W'here ,thea? Somebody must pay taxes in a TRANSFERS OF REALTY Newberry No. 1 Wilson Rowe to Joe H. Bonds, one lot and one building on Clara St., $5 and asumption of a mort gage. Robert D. Schumpert to Malin- da Young, one lot and one build- ! ing, $5 and other valuable consid erations. Malinda Young to Mildred Young, one lot and one building, $5 and assumption of a mortgage. Newberry No. 1 Outside Robert Lindsay to Murray Lum ber Co., 14.20 acres, $5 and sat isfaction of a certain mortgage. C. Ashley Abel to John C. Bil lingsley ,77 acres, $10 and assump tion of a mortgage (.. undivided interest.) Pauline Singley to G. C. and Mary Simmons, one lot and one building, $382.85 (.25 acre). Mary R. Chapman to Walter B. Wallace, 48.28 and 50.96 acres, $5 love and affection. Whitmire No. 4 Emma Smith to Alva and Pa tricia J. Sutton, one lot fronting on Duncan St., $50. Letha B. Baldwin to William Brock, one lot and one building, 495 Sims St., $5 love and affec tion. Whitmire No. 4 Outside C. Jack and Vernel E. O’Shields to Olin S. Huckaby Jr., two lots, $10 and assumption of a mort gage. Pomaria No. 5 J. N. Stuck and Elsie G. Stuck to R. S. Stuck, one lot, 1.05 acres, $5 and other valuable considera tions. Little Mountain No. 6 H. B. Shealy and W. K. Swy- gert to Ruth H. Metts, two lots, No. 11 and 12, Holiday Acres, $5 and other valuable considerations. Mamie L. Dominick (Mrs. Hen ry Webster) to Lowell Allen De- hardt and Joann D. Dehardt, 1.65 acres, $5 and other valuable con siderations. S. C. Electric and Gas. Co. to Holbert E. Westmore, 1.97 acres, $1 and other valuable considera tions. Prosperity No. 7 O. F. Armfield Sr., to Walter C. Merritt, one lot and one build ing, $5 and assumption of a mort gage (Wheeler St.). Annette S. Connelly to Bruce A. Connelly, one lot, .81 acre, $5 love and affection. Jessie K. Sligh, Annie K. Counts and Vera K. Kinard to J. Virgil Kinard, 36.9 acres, $5 love and affection. J. Virgil Kinard, Jessie K. Sligh and Vera K. Kinard to An nie K. Counts, 26.3 acres, $5 love and affection. J. Virgil Kinard, Annie K. Counts and Vera K. Kinard to Jes sie K. Sligh, 28.2 acres, $5 love and affection. J. Virgil Kinard, Jessie K. Sligh and Annie K. Counts to Vera K. Kinard, 29.35 acres, $5 love and affection. big way. Our State has a budget of about $200,000,000 (2 hundred million dollars). We individual taxpayers groan a lot about the tax burden—and it is heavy, Fed eral and State, though our State legislators have kept us in mind most of the time. But look over the figures: Who really bears the burden ? Business, industry espec ially. And among the heaviest tax burden is borne by the private powe r companies: they pay heavy taxes to every sort of Govern ment. I make a guess that the three (3) large private companies pay at least 50 million dollars a > ear ,about 25 cents on every dol lar taken in. I will not weary you with an itemized list: Ask the Tax Com mission and the Federal Govern ment and your County treasurers. Do you know that the private companies are supervised and con trolled by the Public Service Com mission of the State? Do you know that the Private Companies sell power at rates prescribed or ap proved by the State and are not allowed to earn more than 6% profit? Mark you, nobody guaran tees them a profit—not a nickel: but if by good management they can earn more than 6% the Pub lic Service Commission orders a reduction in rates. Who controls the Coops? They pay no taxes, are not regulated and do as they please—absolutely unregulated as to rates or service, or anything. How long could we operate, the State, the Counties, the schools if nobody p iu taxes? Now is it to our interest to throttle our big gest taxpayers m order to pro mote group:, i.ul enjoy all the benefits, bu. pc.y nothing? It is time to think! You hear all the demand for more pay for the teachers. How much will the Coops pay? Not a dime. I ask again How Long could this State operate without taxes? Which group is the foundation of our prosperity and progress: Those who pay millions in taxes or those who pay nothing? HOSPITAL PATIENTS MILLS C UN C PATIENTS Baby boy Kinard, Prosperity Mrs. Sara Lathrop, Pomaria Mrs. Ola Riley, Saluda Edgar Hiller, Newberry Jake West, Prosperity Mrs. Eva Mae Taylor, Prosper ity Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Haskell Derrick, Prosperity Anthony Marrier, Newberry O. V. Fulmer, Pomaria Charles Metts, Chapin Mrs. Leila Bickley, Chapin Mrs. Violet Marier, Newberry •Bill Leaphart, Prosperity Margree Tolen and baby girl, Batesburg. Atherine McDaniel and baby girl, Leesville Baby Boy Conner, Batesburg. Newberry County Memorial Hospital Stephen Alexander, 1609 Emory St., Whitmire Mrs. Sue Ann Bickley and baby girl, Rt. 3, Prosperity Mrs. Gladys Black, Rt. 2, Pros perity WASHINGTON AND Mrs. Beverly Bowers and baby boy, Rt. 4 Miss Freda Bowers, Rt. 2 Jobie J. Betchman, 1314 Pearl St. Tuesday Lynn Cleveland, John ston Miss Sara Caldwell, 2029 Main St. Frank E. Culclasure, 525 O’Neal St. Mrs. Pearl Dodgen, Chapin Mrs. Barbara Jo Folk and baby boy, 1228 Summer St. Guerry H. Fulmer, 1809 Pied mont St. Mrs. Mary Folk, Rt. 1 T. Ernest Fowler, Rt. 1 Mrs. Judith H. Hamm and baby boy, Prosperity Mrs. Hattie Hendrix, Rt. 3 Louis Morris, 2012 Main St. Mrs. Claudia Nobles, 311 Ber ry St. John W. Pitts, Rt. 3 Mrs. Carolyn Richardson and baby boy, Rt. 1, Pomaria Julius B. Rister, 701 Main St. Mrs. Katheryn Senn and baby boy, 908 Reid St. Grady Foster Senn, Silverstreet Jacob Eugene Stockman, Nance St. Ext. Frank Shealy, Little Mountain Mrs. Amanda Smith and baby boy, Little Mountain Theodore Scott, 521 Floyd St. Andrew H. Willingham,, Rt. 1 Mrs. Janie Wages, 1401 Friend St. Mrs. Lula Livingston, Rt. 2 Mrs. Minnie Mae Allen, 1126 Douglas St. Fred Jennings, 112 Duncan St., Whitmire. Charlie Andrews, Rt. 4 Morris LeMont Davis, Rt. 3 Moses Dawkins, Rt. 1 Ella Glymph, Rt 3, Pomaria Eloise Humphrey and baby boy, 5 Beltline Ave., Batesburg Josephine Johnston, Rt. 4 Alberta McGrown, 2342 Emory St. John Owens, Prosperity Addie Lee Suber, 212 Boundary St. Robert Lee Sims, 1409 Caldwell St. Bill Turner, Rt. 3 Nurse Neomi S. Ruff, 845 Ba ker St. Thomas Boyd, Rt. 1, Whitmire SMALL B.U B y C> ISON HARDER mk By an overwhelming major ity, in fact 85%, the nation’s independent business and pro fessional people, voting through the National Federation of In dependent Business, have ex pressed opposition to the pro posed measures to permit fed eral employees to unionize, a • a If federal employees were ever unionized, the present 2H million em ployees would constitute the biggest union in the nation. * * * For some c . W. Harder time the nation’s businessmen have also requested a reduc tion in non-essential federal ex penses, of which employee payrolls are a big item. * * * In this session of Congress they are going to get strong support in this direction from many Congressmen who are appalled at the constantly in creasing inflationary pressures brought on by putting more and more civilian jobs on Uncle Sam's payrolls. * * * Rep. Richard Roudebush points out that in the first ten months of last year, 100,000 new employees were added, or a rate of 10,000 new civilian jobs a month. * * * He points out that in fiscal 1961, the federal civilian pay roll reached an all time high of S13.6 billion. In order to support this vast bureaucratic payroll, it cost each family in 'Cl National "ed"ration of Inriapendent Businoss the land an average of $242 in hard earned tax money. * * * In 1947, he states, the per family cost for the bureaucrat ic payroll only averaged $134. Thus, the biggest cost increase in the nation in the intervening years has been the expense of more and more people t 0 shuf fle more and more papers. * * * Yet all this vast increase in payrolls does nothing to in crease the productive wealth of the nation. A comparable em ployment increase in business and industry, of course, would mean a greater output of goods and services, thus increasing the gross national output. * ♦ * But money paid out in fed eral payrolls becomes steril ized and places a burden on the economy. * * * Despite this fact, in the last session a bill was defeated which would have raised salar ies as much as 75%. * * * To Rep. Roudebush, and many others, it seems more than obvious that Federal civ ilian payrolls must be slashed, and slashed quite quickly. * * * That is why the bill intro duced by Rep. Ben Jensen at the last session will be the focus of considerable atten tion during this session. This bill provides that when vacan cies arise in federal jobs, that only one out of each four va cancies be filled until there has been a ten per cent cut ac complished in the total federal employment. This bill will get substantial support from the nation’s independent business and professional people. SENATOR 5TRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE The International Patsy THE CONGRESS is being pressured strongly to act favor ably and soon on the President’s proposal to purchase approxi mately $100 million in United Nations bonds to meet a UN deficit caused in large part by the recent acts of aggression against the Congo’s anti-com munist province of Katanga. It would be a serious and far- reaching mistake for the United States to participate in or lend financial support to this unwise proposal. THE UN fiscal deficit la not the cause, but is merely one manifestation of the sickness which besets the UN’s organiza tion. The deficit is a reflection of initial defects and the subse quent degeneration of that body. The failure of countries to pay their dues and assessments to the UN demonstrates the low value to which UN membership has sunk. LORD HOME, British Foreign Minister who opposed the UN action against Katanga, has stated that 82 of the 104 mem bers of the UN are in arrears in their dues. In fact, the So viet Union, Egypt, and several other countries have flatly re fused to contribute any funds to pay for UN operations in the Congo and the Gaza Strip. IF IT IS the judgment of our country that the UN has a po tential worth saving—and this is questionable in view of the fact that the communists con trol the so-called neutralist na tions and these nations control the UN—we should by no means channel our efforts toward a stopgap solution such as the far-fetched bond issue proposal. Rather, we should for the first time bring all of our power to bear to reorganize that body, making, among other things, the payment of dues and assess ments an absolute condition of membership. IN ADDITION, the scope of activities and purposes of that body will also have to be revised so that membership will be worth the payment of pro-rata dues and assessments. For in stance, freedom would be a more worthy purpose than the present vague goal of “peace,” especial ly when aggression is under taken in the name of “peace.** IN THE processes of such re form, interference in the inter nal affairs of countries by the UN, such as occurred in the Congo, particularly with refer ence to anti-communist Katan ga, will necessarily have to be eliminated from the authorized scope of UN activities. AS TO THE bond i&rae, there can be no gain of prestige or credit in magnanimously ac cepting once again the role of “international patay** in picking up half the tab for the UN defi cit. We have one vote in the UN, just like Chad, the desert oasis with a population of 100,- 000 nomads mid 300,000 camels, goats, and hyenas. We have played the role of “international patsy” in the UN and on the world scene too long by continu ing to pick up the tabs and pass np the vetoes. AS LORD HOME has aptly remarked: “There seems to be a code of behavior where there is one rule for the Communist bully, who rules by fear, and another for the democracies, be cause their stock is reason.” I agree with this summation ex cept for the last word, which should be changed to read “naivete.” Recent Births LIVINGSTON Mr. and Mrs. Ned Troy Living ston, 608 Rodelsperger St., an nounce the birth of a seven pound, two ounce daughter, Nebra Kay, on February 1. The mother is the former Miss Sue Emma White. WICKER Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodrow Wicker, Rt. 2, announce the birth of a five pound, four ounce daugh ter, Pamela Jean, on February 2. The mother is the former Miss WUlie Mae Frick. McNUER Mr. and Mrs. Robert Watson McNeur are the parents of a sev en pound, seven ounce son, David, born Feb. 4 at Newberry Hospital. Mrs. McNuer is the former Miss Ollie Mae Rowe. They live on Rt. 4, Leesville. CROMER Mr. and Mrs. Harry Emanuel Cromer, Sr., 1907 Harper St., are the parents of a six pound, three ounce son, John Malone, bom Feb. 4 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Cromer is the for mer Miss Carolyn Jeanette Col lins. Chapter Gives Finance Report The Newberry County Chapter of the Crippled Children's Society held its February meeting at the home of Mrs. Mary Nell Eargle, with Mrs. Ruth Pugh as associate hostess. Refreshments were serv ed to the members and visitors up on arrival. Mrs. Aubrey Harley, chairman, called the meeting to order with prayer by Mrs. L. G. McCullough. Minutes were read by Mrs. J. E. Nichols secretary. J. D. French, treasurer, gave a financial report. Mrs. F. Scott Elliott, parliamen tarian, recommended some changes in the constitution to be voted on at the next meeting. Mrs. McCul lough, Memorial Chairman, urged the giving of Memorial gifts to the society. Mrs. Harley gave the following ACROSS IDEAS FROM OTHER EDITORS From The CatskiU Mountain Star, Saugerties, N.Y.: A favorite whipping boy for novelises and social critics these days is the advertising man. He is pictured as a huckster without conscience, a modem day counterpart of the old-fashioned medicine man. Well, we arise to the defense of the ad vertising man—and not because newspapers derive their main revenue from advertising, either. We simply think it fair to put the thing in better perspective Some people in advertising de serve to be accused of dishonesty and lack of a social conscience. Yet the same might be said of some in almost any field. There are lawyers, doctors, business men—and ves. even a few news paper editors and reporters—who seek only their own selfish ends. Generalizing about any group from a small sampling of its members is always a mistake. Advertising performs a useful and important function in our society. It tells those who buy what is available, what is new in file way of goods and services. It whets the appetite of consumers for new products that might otherwise go untried whatever their merits. Advertising stimu lates demand and acts as a lubri cant for our remarkable system of mass production. It is not the be-all and end-all, but it does con tribute positive values which should , not bo minlmwoH report: rii/sical therapy given 1 > o white and two colored cb 1 $425; $788 spent for braces appliances; $544 spent for gfour new wheel chairs; $150 spent for transportation to clinic; $200 spent for mileage for home-bound teaching; $100 spent for medicine; $200 given to State Sheltered Workshop in Columbia; $450 spent for teacher training at the Uni versity of S. C. for special educa tion classes. Mrs. Harley told of the fifth an nual Easter Seal family camp scheduled July 8-15 to be held at Camp Socareda, 14 miles from Greenville. Families interested in attending are asked to contact Mrs. Hatley for information. Mrs. Harley announced March 15th as S. C. annual kick-off meeting for the 1962 Easter Seal campaign. The one-day meeting will begin with a coffee party to be held at the Governor's House and will conclude with a luncheon at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia. The guest speaker will be Henry Viscardi Jr., known na tion-wide for his outstanding work with the handicapped. Mrs. Harley introduced the guest speaker, Prof. Philip Kelly, Easter Seal chairman for 1962. Prof. Kelly gave plans for the 1962 Drive. ■ '>■ . ' AJL m - f > < m —— —— AUDITOR'S 1962 ASSESSMENT NOTICE I, or an authorized agent, wiR be at the following places on the dates given below for the purpose of taking tax returns on all per sonal property, real property, new buildings and real estate trans fers. Persons owning property in more than one district must make returns for each district. All able-bodied male citizens be tween the ages of twenty-one and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll tax. At Auditor’s Office to March IsU after which a penalty of 10 per cent will be added. RALPH B. BLACK, Auditor Newberry County 36-tfc tm ■M (Not prinUd at gavammant expanaa) Holiday Thursday, Feb. 22 Being Washington’s Birthday The following Business Firms will not be open for business The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business accordingly. Newberry County Bank Newberry Joanna The South Carolina National Bank 4 Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Assn. The State Building & Loan Assn. The Bank of Commerce 89I Prosperity, S. C. Chapin, S. C. ■ *.jv gSg,-