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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEW’BERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1962 1218 Colbffe NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Ne ’ ' >r ry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance jsi^months^SL^ COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS What does a new industrial en terprise mean to a small commun ity? If an industry of about a mil lion dollars should come to Char leston, Columbia, Greenville or Spartanburg the respective cham bers of commerce would offer a warm welcome, but the great met ropolitan centers would not be come excited. When, or if, the mil lion dollar outfit should suggest that it was interested in Manning, Summerton, Denmark, Blackville, or Ridgeland the wide-awake lead ers of those fine communities would bring out the red carpet as well as the high school band. Such once modest communities as Ham- ton, Aiken, Barnwell and Lexing ton now are among the dazzling group of opulence and look down their noses at their poor, small town cousins. So it was when great, good for tune burst in or near Canadys. Perhaps you know about Canadys. It is a quiet, very quiet commun ity in Colleton county. Now Coll eton was itself once a poor county of fine people, high standards and two rich banks, but modest econo mic ambition. Now along comes a real Santa Claus and drops undreamed of good fortune into the sturdy little city called Canadys. And by the same token riches came to enliven old Colleton, long proud of its as sociation with Sir John Colleton of the British Aristocracy. I re gret to say that no such colossal royal grant has come to the land of the Earl of Clarendon. How ever we walk by faith, not by sight, as the Apostle Paul tells us. Now as to the rich bonanza that glorifies Canadys, and Colleton, let us hear from a Colleton orator, Senator I. A. Smoak, a lawyer and Senator of Walterboro, county seat of Colleton. Wallterboro is not many miles from Canadys and will enjoy much of the bonanza as Colleton's queen city. I quote the Senator’s address in part: “Mr.. McMeekin, and other dis tinguished officials of the South Carolina Gas and Electric comp* any, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Let me first express my deep pleasure over the opportunity of being with you on this happy oc casion. As you entered this property to day, you drove over what was once Indian lands and through that which three years ago was a corn field surrounded by forests. But the corn field and the forest— as did the Indian—vanished be fore the march of progress. We do not begrudge the corn field nor the forest which have been levell ed and are now gone forever— for this plant gives employment to many and serves humanity in J workshop and home. In future days and in future generations— whenever new- industry moves in —when testimonial dinners are had, safety awards given, or sim ple statistics of production are re ferred to, widespread will be the praise for those who contributed to this growth inspired by the in stallation of this plant. Whenever in the night, a loving mother turns on a light to comfort a frightened child—whenever an eager farmer turns the switch to light his barn before the break of day, as the plant worker at Wal terboro, Asten-Hilll and Smoaks presses the switch to start his ma chine, or the office fingers the electronic device—in the home, on the farm, in the factory—this plant, hidden miles away on the banks of this historic river will play its important part in the life and progress of this county —of this State—of this nation. Today Colleton county proudlly salufres the South Carolina Elec tric ( and Gas company. This great and progressive company—mind ful that electricity is one of the major factors that make' our great econqmy and growth possible— is planning for the future with continous investments in additi onal equipment and plants. We salute this company and its part in a growing South Carolina. The courage, the skill, the con fidence and faith of this good neighbor—has written a proud page in the history of Colleton county. I called this a mammoth project —you can’t see it all, but it can be found: 167 miles of tubes. Enough structural steel to pro vide every family in Colleton County with a compact, automo bile. Enough con<?rete to pave a highway from Walterboro to Savannah. Canadys Station is the result of the confidence South Carolina Electric & Gas Company has in our State and community and is a contribution to our future growth and prosperity. I was privileged to watch as ' bulldozers churned ■ the virgin earth. As ringing axes and sputtering power saws felled, the ageless oaks— As rivit guns hammered echos far into the Edisto swamps— As shovels gashed deep into the earth to make large craters for coal storage— As the great smoke stack climb ed—brick by brick—majestically intd the sky— As heavy hammers drove pil ings deep and firmly into the marl — As monstrous crane and tall steel ladder reached higher and higher— As hundreds of scurrying, sweating men were building a plant— As an industrial giant arose from the breast of an Indian mound. This transformation left me breathless. We must admit a new respect for man who can harness steam and electricity. We must admit a new respect for man who —beginning with a substance so ! black as coke—is able to trans form blackness Into radiance, and light and power . . . This plant—one of the most modern and efficient in the world —cost roughly 23 million dollars. But, this is only a part of the story. The engineering and con struction of a second unit of like size is under w r ay. Work should be completed on the second unit by spring of 1964. By that time this progressive corporation will have spent 45 million dollars in construction. But—again—this is only a part of the story. This property was purchased and the plant designed for the location ul timately for four units. And it is expected that upon completion of all construction the total cost will exceed one hundred million dol lars . . . These facts present the ques tion: How much faith do we have in our future? This is the chal lenge that faces us today . . . A new payroll has been added: Carpenters, brick masons, cement finishers ,truck drivers, guards, heavy equipment operators and scores of others have secured work . . . I have referred to South Caro lina Electric and Gas Company as a ‘good neighbor.’ The ever-grow ing demand for more public serv ices—particularly in the field of education—creates a demand for a larger tax base. As the electricity is generated and sold, this ‘good neighbor’ will pay its local, state and federal taxes, and its contribu tion—by the way of taxes, will assist in the construction, maint enance and operation of our schools and in the education of our youth. Today, one third of all county taxes are paid by non residents. South Carolina Electric and Gas Company is the second largest taxpayer in Colleton Coun ty. When this ‘good neighbor’ be gin paying taxes, it will pay in to the treasurer of Colleton County enough money to pay for the cost of the construction and a new school each and every year . . .” Very fine. Senator: deeply stu died eloquently phrased and grac iously delivered. NOTICE OL SALE Pursuant to the Last Will and Testament of Thomas E. Davis, deceased, Mrs. Mildred P. Davis, as Executrix of such estate, here by offers for sale the following real estate located on the Newber- ry-Pomaria Highway, near Inter state 26, about two miles East of the city limits of Newberry, South Carolina. A tract containing 553 acres, more or less, and consisting of ap proximately 150 acres of good pas ture land, the balance in timber, the entire tract being under fence. The property includes a modern completely - furnished granite dwelling house, completely air- conditioned and centrally heated, with elevator, having four bed rooms and four baths, overlooking a fifteen-acre lake, with granite dam, well-stocked wdth fish. Place also includes two large metal cow barns, horse stables, heated five- room dwelling and other outbuild ings. Timber estimates by qualified forestry consultants, blueprints and aerial photographs are avail able to interested purchasers at the offices of Thomas H. Pope and Robert D. Schumpert, Attorneys, Newberry, South Carolina. Sealed bids will be accepted on entire tract and also separate seal ed bids will be accepted on the entire tract divided into three par cels, as follows: 1. Tract 1, containing approxi mately 182 acres, more or less, and consisting of 106 acres of well- sodded pasture with plenty of run ning water, and the remainder of such tract in timber on which are located dwelling house, barns, stables and outbuildings. 2. Tract 2, containing 192^ acres, more or less, on which are located the modern completely furnished dwelling house, as set forth above, with the necessary outbuildings and the fifteen-acre lake. 3. Tract 3, containing 178^ acres ,more or less, being com pletely covered with timber and growing timber. Sealed bids will be opened at twelce o’clock noon, on Satur day, September 15, 1962, at the offices of Messrs. Pope and Schumpert, Newberry, South Carolina, and all bidders are re quested to forward bids in care of such attorneys, in sealed enve lopes, marked “Bid" and all bid ders are invited to attend the open ing at the offices of the undersign ed attorneys. WASHINGTON AND SMALL BUSINESS By C. WILSON HARDER The action of the Canadian government in reducing the value of the Canadian dollar as compared to the U.S. dollar by 1V2% promises more trouble for weird U.S. farm programs * * * Theoretically, the U.S. and Canada are in competi tion. For ex ample, Italy imports large quantities of hard winter wheat needed for the mac aronis and other pastas. While Italian officials will c. W. Harder say they would rather buy U.S. wheat, they cannot pay the higher price. The competitive margin is now widened. • * * U. S. farm price supports will probably continue. The re suit is that the storage costs of surplus farm products running around $1% million dollars per day will continue, probably go up. It is estimated that of the total $1 million per day is the cost of storing wheat alone. * * « In the meantime, there is widespread hunger around the world. Wheat, the oldest food stuff known to mankind, is ac ceptable to all people. Thus, there is a good product, and one that many people need, ooo It seems obvious that no one will say that the government handling of surpluses has been anything but a failure. Some of it has been given away on for eign give away schemes such as to communist Tito’s Yugo slavia and Moscow loving Neh ru’s India. But there seems little doubt that if these rulers had to, they would have bought wheat to avoid revolt. (c) National F.rt.ntlon of Tndependont Bmln—«' Thus, the only barrier to sell ing U. S. wheat is the price based on a price support pro gram. Roughly speaking, the people of the U. S. still con sume about one-third of the American wheat supply, even though per capita consumption in this nation has dropped 25% since 1935. One-third is shipped out of the nation one way or the other, and the remaining one-third causes the trouble, oo* There is a market for this one third of the crop, but not at the prices American farmers must have to remain solvent. After all, the average national rate for farm labor is now 95 cents per hour, or about twice Italian factory wages. ooo Thus, evea if tariffs on all Im ports from Italy are eliminated, to give Italy more dollars, that does not mean, as claimed, that more U. S. farm products will move into export. ooo Because Italians, or any oth er people, are not simple. When they buy wheat, they are go ing to buy where it is the cheap est, whether that be Canada, Australia, or South America, ooo Nations will all accept the American dollar in exchange for their wheat. Thus nations like Italy will merely buy where they can get the most bushels for the dol’ar. And for example, with the recent Can adian government action on their dollar, an American dol lar costs 46 lira more than a Canadian dollar. Thus, it seems quite difficult to understand propaganda being issued that a new trade law cutting U.3. pro tective tariffs will open new markets for American farm products unless it is anticipated that the American farmer will be forced to sell at the same price as foreign farmers. Says The Wall Street Journal: “Associations that generally steer away from lobbying for par tisan issues usually qualify as tax- exempt educational organizations and anyone can deduct contribu tions to them from his taxable in come. But only businessmen are permitted Federal inqome tax de ductions for contributions to more partisan groups; these deductions are limited to that portion of their dues that are used for non-parti san activities. Some association that avoid open political battles, mainly to protect their tax deductible status, still manage to score points for thrift. Says the director of one such group: ‘We’re objective in all respects, but in some we’re more objective than others’ \ . . Of the 12 states without state wide associations at present, five are in the South—Mississippi, Ala bama, Arkansas, South Carolina and Virginia. The others are Maine, Vermont, Delaware, West Virginia, Kansas, Kentucky and Alaska."' A professional man recently asked me “Why don’t you revive The Farmers’ and Taxpayers League? We need it now as never before and it might render a serv ice both in State affairs as well as National affairs." I agree wholeheartedly, but I told this gentleman as I’ve told others, I’m quite willing to organ ize or revive the League, but one or two business leaders should volunteer to cooperate with me; I see no reason why I should as sume all the burden. Recent Marriages Arthur David Owens of Easley and Linda Puckett of Whitmire, were married on July 30 at Green wood by Rev. J. D. Anthony. Jerry Melvin Richardson and Barbara Jean Hawkins of Route 1, Prosperity, were married by the Rev. Thos. F. Suber at Prosperity on July 29th. WERTHEIM, Germany (AHTC C)—Willie E. Lark, 30, whose wife, Betty, lives in Union, re cently was promoted to staff sergeant in Germany, where he is a member of the 35th Artillery. Sergeant Lark, section chief in the artillery’s Battery B in Werth- eim, entered the Army in 1951 and arrived overseas on this tour of duty in June 1961. The sergeant, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lark Jr., 1810 Lindsay St., Newberry, is a 1950 graduate of Drayton High School, Newber ry, and attended Claflin College, Orangeburg. By LYN CONNELLY T HE business of working in ABC-TV’s “Leave It to Beav er’’ is one of those things that separate the men from the boys . . . The men are the boys who, toward the end of each day, can be found collapsed on dressing room cots between scenes, hope fully munching pep pills . . . The boys, such as 16-year-old Tony Dow, can very likely be found leaping vigorously about on the basketball court set up in one corner of the sound stage that houses the “Beaver" sets. Despite his daily eight-hour grind before the camera and in the schoolroom, which is also lo cated onstage, Tony always has plenty of vim left over for basket ball, vaulting the furniture and other energetic forms of skylark ing ... Not surprisingly, Tony’s chief interest, besides acting, is sports, which account for his lean, wiry frame and fine conditioning . . . His specialty is aquatics ... He has been swimming since age three and is an ardent body surf er, surfboarder, akin diver and water skier. » • 1 "■ ""* 1 "■ 1 " 1 1 '■ ' mi » The successful bidder or bidders will be given a period of ten days from the bid date within which to comply with bids and upon failure to do so, the property will be re sold at bidder’s risk. Possession of the premises will be given on Oc tober 1, 1962. The seller reserves the right to reject any and all bids and fur ther reserves the right to sell the entire tract as a unit or as three parcels. Successful bidders will be required to pay for all documen tary stamps to be affixed to deeds which will be furnished by seller. Taxes for 1962 will be prorated as of October 1. Anyone desiring further infor mation about this property may contact the undersigned attorneys at their offices during business hours. THOMAS H. POPE, ROBERT D. SCHUMPERT, Attorneys for Seller. Newberry, S. C. August 2, 1962 16-6tc SENATOR ■ STRO URMOND Reports PEOPLE Gat Tax**, Cat Spending NO PEOPLE in the world are carrying a heavier national tax burden and national debt load than the people of the United States. In fact, at the present time our national debt of $300 billion surpasses that of all the rest of the world put together. And, this does not figure in all the future financial commit ments of our government, which, when added together with the national debt, amount to the shocking figure of trillion. IN RECENT WEEKS the question of whether the lagging national economy should be sub jected to a quickie tax cut in an effort to spur the economy along, and also possibly to bring some favorable political results in November, has been much in the news. It now appears that the President is going to pass up the advice of some of his ad visors whose primary thoughts center around a tightly control led economy and deficit spend ing. THE REASONING behind the drive for a quickie tax cut this year is based on three ideas, each of which is subject to strong challenge. First, most “liberals" feel that either a tax cut or massive dose* of federal public works expenditures are necessary whenever the national economy is Isgging, even a little. Second, these same “liberals" think it does not matter if s tax cut would cause s deficit of $10 billion, because deficit spend ing is good for the economy and the national debt is of no con cern since we as s nation merely owe the money to ourselves. Third, some feel that a spur is needed to get the desired results in the congressional elections as well as in the national economy. I FAVOR tax relief, but I also favor a balanced budget. Any tax cut should be offset -by reduc tions in government spending. The “modern" thinking by White House aides is that we should throw out the present method of national bookkeeping in favor of the capital budget system, whereby research and capital expenditures are to be separated from the budget, so surpluses will be reflected in stead of deficits. This is nothing more than a clever way tc in crease government spending for more welfare state programs, i without engendering national ' concern about deficit financing, which has occurred in 26 of the last 32 years. The capital bud get system would make the bud get deficits disappear, but the annual additions to the national debt would not be erased. THERE IS evidence that the national economy is lagging. Even some “liberal" economists, however, do not feel that the economy is sick enough to justi fy a cut in taxes or increased government spending to' try to right the economy. There is no law of economics which decrees that the national economy will be spurred in direct proportion to the amount of government spending or reduction in taxes. In a few cases where taxes were reduced, the economy sagged more, one being the depression of 1929. From the standpoint of practical results, however, there is a line of economic reasoning which has, in the past, placed the strength of our national economy head and shoulders above the rest of the world, par ticularly those countries with socialist or communist-control led economies. This is the idea that the key to real economic growth, rather than mere gov ernment growth, lies in easing rather than increasing control of the economy in order to re lease the energies of a free people in a free market. Eco nomic theorists have tried and tried to change the natural laws of economics, but they have yet to come up with a workable sub stitute for the most fundament al of economic principles, the law of supply and demand. THE FALLACIOUS idea which assumes that favorable political results could be bought with a quickie tax cut has been largely diminished by lack of congressional enthusiasm, and a recent Gallup Poll indicating that 7 of 10 people polled are more concerned with a balanced budget than a tax cut. This again demonstrates that the people are ahead of the Presi dent’s advisors in the applica tion of practical judgments to national problems. The people tend to rely on time-proven concepts which bring practical results rather than turning to unproved economic theories spawned in an ivory tower. Sincerely, HOSPITAL PATIENTS NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Mrs. Toy Beatrice Amick. Rt. 1, Prosperity Georg-e Attaway, 2801 Clyde Ave. Mrs. Sarah Beasley, J, kins- ville Mrs. Sadie Brindle and baby boy, Rt. 1. Chappells Ernest H. Busby, 1309 Fourth St. Leon Clark, 2218 Wright St. Mrs. Mamie T. Campbell, 420 Wright St. Sam A. Cook, 1508 Lindsay St. William J. Darby, 1197 Chap man St. Mrs. Louise Davis, 816 Pauline St. Harry Wink Dawkins, 2020 Glenn St. Mrs. Ursula Dominick, Rt. 2, Prosperity Mrs. Maude Davis, 109 Glenn St. T. Ernest Fowler, Rt. 1, New berry Mrs. Hattie Graham, Rt. 1, Po- maria Mrs. Elizabeth Holsenback, 1610 Harrington St. Mrs. Ruth Hart, 1813 River St. Mrs. Belle Hamm, Rt. 1, Pros perity Mrs. Doshia C. Hitchcock, 120 S. Edgewood Dr., Stateburg, Ga. Mrs. Missielou Long, Rt. 5, Sa luda Mrs. Nettie B. Lester, 1225 Hunt St. Mrs. Julia Lake, 2900 Mil wood Ave., Columbia Mrs. Elizabeth Longshore, Rt. 3 Miss Mary Elizabeth Maw, 1124 Hunt St. Louis Morris, 2012 Main St. Mrs. Sayra Nichols, 2301 Hen ry Ave. Mrs. Peggy Preston and baby girl, Monetta. Mrs. Della Parrott, Rt. 1 Mrs. Iva Rice, 826 O’Neal St. Miss Mary Jane Stone, 2100 Adelaide St. Mrs. Carroll Shealy, Little Mountain I., T. Timmerman, 1831 John stone St. Walter J. Wicker, Rt. 2 Mrs. Linda Wilson and baby boy, 1322 Washington St. Joe R. Wheeler, Rt 5, Saluda Wesley E. Y'on, 3131 College St. Zerola Chapman and baby girl, Prosperity Sara Cook and Baby Girl, 704 Wise St. Hiram W. Dawkins, Rt. 2, Whitmire Ethel Lee Dorley and baby boy, Rt. 1, Little Mountain Nathan Dawkins, Rt. 2, Whit mire Mary Alice Harmon, Rt. 2 Baby Boy Henderson, Rt. 4 Nora Mae Miller, Turner St. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Mary Kelly, Joanna Edgar Hiller, Newberry Baby Margaret Rinehart, Colum bia Charlie Chapman, Little Moun tain Mrs. Ida Long, Prosperity Permits To Build Aug. 7: Mrs. Novice Stone, re pairs to dwelling 1223 Jones St., $600; Rev. E. E. Gaulden, add two rooms to dwelling, 533 Brantley St., $3000, and Mary Brown, re pairs to porch, 613 Alley, $30. Recent Births BIRTH OF SON Dr. and Mrs. Frank E. Kinard of Aiken, announce the birth of a son, James McNease, on July 31. Mrs. Kinard is a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. W. McNease of Fay ette, Alabama. Dr. Kinard is a son of Dr. and Mrs. James C. Ki nard of Newberry. Dr. and Mrs. Kinard have two daughters, Sally and Anne. From The Lincoln Times, Lin- coin ton, N.C.: Three scientists from the Nationsl Cancer Institute have brought a ray of hope into a dark corner of fear and misgiving. After studying the trend of the lung cancer death rate in this country, the NCI authorities came up with this encouraging report: There has been, a steady decline in the rate of increase in lung can cer deaths since the early 1930’s. Among white men, the rate of increase has dropped by one-half since the early 1930’s. Among white women it has dropped from 5.6 percent 30 years ago to ap proximately two percent in 1958. Among non-whites the annual rate of increase has been dropping since 1950. The scientists also made some hopeful predictions. If the down ward trend continues, they said, lung cancer among the white male population “will reach a peak in the forseeable future and then start to decline." Among white women, the rate of increase has already about reached its peak and should begin to show a de cline. Ordinarily, studies of this sort deal with actual deaths, which have been reported as rising from year to year. Actually, there are a number of logical reasons for the numerical increase. There are 104 million more Americana today than there were in 1900. Life ex pectancy is longer, so many more people live to the age where they are prone to lung cancer. And these include many who have been cured of other lung aflment^ These two factors—more peoiie and more older people—account for about half of the rise in re ported fatalities, one analysis shows. More accurate medical di agnosis and reporting of death causes have also contributed to the increase in reported cases. In their joint contribution to Can cer, a Journal of the American Cancer Society, Alexander G. Gil liam, M.D., Benno K. Milmore, M.D., and J. William Lloyd, M.Sc., observe: * “It is common practice to make dire predictions of the future posi tion of cancer of the lung as a cause of death ‘if present trends continue.* An important aspect of present trends in this country, which is generally ignored, is the declining rate of increase." We can be grateful to these gentlemen for their logic and for the more hopeful outlook. While lung cancer is certainly a serious health problem, the report puts it in considerably better perspective. (Hoi pnnUd at goatrnmsM tapania) SAFE AND SOUND ... SAFETY—Insured to $10,000 by Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, Washington, D. C. Your funds are unaffected by economic changes. SECURITY—Your money is earning the highest pos sible rate, 4% per annum, consistent with sound business practices. SOUNDNESS—Reserves of the association exceed $1,- . 332,000.00. Assets in excess of $17,500,000. SIMPLICITY—You can opn a Savings Account at any time for any amount and add as you please. AVAILABILITY—Your savings may be withdrawn in part or in full whenever yo uwish. OPEN AN ACCOUNT TODAY! PER 0 ANNUM avisos and Loan'Association SAVINGS INSTITUTION FOUNDED 1935 488U 00X0.808 8TBB8T, BBWBBKBT, 8. C- J. F. CLARKSON M. a SUMMER Directors G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE — Bafesburg, S. C. B. B. PURCELL W. C HUFFMAN