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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 20, 1962 1218 StTM* NEWBERRY. S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armiield, Jr., Owner Second-Class postage paid at Ne; Wry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance: six months, $1.25. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS We hear and read much about Economics. I quote at length from a recent article in a great journal: “How do you teach school child ren a subject about which grown ups disagree, sometimes violently, even on basic definitions? Moreover, how do you teach it when there are hardly any satis factory textbooks available; when educators cannot agree where it should be fitted into the curricu lum, if it all; when few teachers are qualified to teach it and most* would just ts soon leave it alone; when, paradoxically, teaohers’ pro fessional organisations squabu.e for jurisdiction over it, and last bnt not least—the subject itself enjoys a reputation for being ex cruciatingly dull? These essentially, are the ob stacles that have impeded the teaching of economics in the na tion’s schools. Only about five per cent of the country’s high school graduates have ever had a real economics course. Even in colleges, only 25 per cent are ex posed to the subject. But since only a fourth of the population enters colleges, mass ‘economic illiteracy’ cannot be stamped out there. The problem, educators say, must be attacked at the elemen tary and secondary school level. A few, like one teacher, believe the first grade ‘is not a bit too soon.’ The need for action was evident long before Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges lashed out at ‘eco-; nomic boobs’ a few months back. A succession of surveys have dera- { onstrated Americans’ most appall- i ing ignorance about the system of j which they are a part. In a 1960. poll by the American Bankers As- sociation, for example. 42.2 per cent of those questioned believed corporations’ net profit are larg-1 er than their total wage payments —the reverse, of course, is true— i and 40 per cent believed profits ] have been ‘too high ’in recent years, even though they have ac-! tually been declining as a percen-! tage of sales. If the subject is so vital, why isn’t it universally taught? The most conspicuous reason is that economics is ‘controversial’. A teacher in a working-class dis trict risks trouble if she over stresses management’s point of view in a current wage dispute. In a town where local industry has been hurt by imports, the instruc tor must tread gingerly when he points out the drawbacks of pro tectionism. But economics is controversial even at the abstract level. Ameri cans, who can readily agree on ;the nature of U. S. political insti tutions even though they disagree on specific issues, cannot even get togetl er on a definition of their economic system. If Johnny's fa ther is a conservative, he may re act strongly it his son is taught that he lives under a ‘mixed sys tem’ in which ‘free enterprise pre dominates’. for this implies ac ceptance of the increased Federal involvement in economic life since If on the other hand he is a ‘lit eral’ and impatient for still more Federal economic programs, he may object of the term ‘free en terprise’ is used in the classroom without some qualifying adjectives. Even if ways can be found to teach the subject in an unimpeach ably nonpartisan manner—and in some communities such methods have been found—another funda mental problem remains. This is the thorny question of indoctrina tion. Though the word is an ugly one among educators, most would concede that all teaching below the college level contains a strong dose of it. The dosage quite prop erly diminishes as the child ad vances from the first through the 12th grade, as he is progressively taught to think more critically and New Dea’ days, raise basic questions. But even in late high school, much of what a student is taught about his country’s social system, its history, it* culture and its political structure is presented with ideal logical overtones as ‘the system we believe in’, ‘our Amer ican way of life’ or whatever. Nevertheless, most educators bris tle at the suggestion that maybe ‘our economic system’ should get an occasional plug. The reaction is emotional and sometimes even irrational. ‘We’re not going to pump them full of propaganda for the big business point of view’, snaps one school man. Evidently, what’s permissible in political science is wrong in eco nomics. And it is often fruitless to point out to professional educa tors that high schools for decades have imparted an appreciation of the countrys political system with out propagandizing for either the Republicans or the Democrats, and that a similarly neutral approach —stressing neither the labor nor the management point of view— should be possible in economics. Nevertheless, a double standard exists. More often than not, aca demicians prefer to present the U.S. economic system in a coldly ‘objective’, equivocal manner, with the student himself left to make his own evaluation of it. Who shall teach economics? Social studies teachers, despite their widespread apathy, are the principal claimants, but teachers of high school commercial or busi ness courses have lately entered a strong claim. A higher percentage of business teachers, it is said, have taken college economics than social studies teachers, and there fore they are better qualified to teach it.” The general confusion might be avoided by applying ideas to con crete cases. For example: Our nat ional government, our State gov ernment, our counties, our towns and our public schools, public coll eges and universities are supported by taxation. It is only fair that all individuals, all business should be subject to taxation. How, then, do we as Economists allow some types of business to escape taxa tion? Is that sound economics? The sons and daughters of men op erating a private power and mer cantile organization attend schools and colleges supported by the taxes paid by private power and mercantile concerns, while many of their classmates attending those schools and colleges are sons of men who operate business which pay little or nothing. How sound is that? The answer is elementary, whether in Economics or Political Science. AH people enjoy the same benefits of government, police pro tection. protection of the courts, etc. So why should not all be on the same basis? The answer is not taught in Economics or Political Science; the answer is found in Hospital Births Recent arrivals at Newberry j County Memorial Hospital include: j Sally Marie, eight pound, 13 ! ounce daughter, born Sept. 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Janies Dewey Cross- land, 1415 Dave Drive. The mother is the former Y-Genia Marie Hogge. Alan Dean, seven pound, six ounce son born Sept. 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Charles Riddle, Route 1. M rs. Riddle is the former Nath- aline Pardue Knight. Kenneth Wayne, three pound, eight ounce son born Sept. 10 to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Raye Avery, 2708 Milne Ave. Mrs. Avery is the former Sybil Ruth Jennings. John Bryan, seven pound, eight ounce son born Sept. 11 to Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin Derrick, 1311 Trent St. Mrs. Derrick is the former Martha Alice Bryan. Benji Carol, eight pound, seven ounce son born Sept. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Carol Mills, 1520 Trent St. Mrs. Mills is the for mer Sunie Viola Wicker. Kay Elaine, seven pound, nine ounce daughter born Sept. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson Kibler, Route 3, Prosperity., Mrs. Kibler is the former Martha Caro lyn Derrick. Tracy Marie, six pound, 10 ounce daughter born Sept. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Metts Jr., Route 2, Leesville. Mrs. Metts is the former Sara Frances Hun ter. Traci Sadaie, seven pound daughter bom Sept. 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wayne Beck Sr., 2609 Nance St. Mrs. Beck is the for mer Mary Alice Miller. Lisa Ann, six pound, 10 ounce daughter, born Sept. 9 to Mr. and Mrs. James Epting Davis, Little Mountain. Mrs. Davis is the for mer Judith Ann Hartman. James Anderson Bass III, seven pound ten ounce son bom Sept. 17 to Rev. and Mrs. James Anderson Bass Jr„ 1138 Summer St. Mrs. Bass is the former Beverly Ann Graham. Recent Marriages Paul Barrier Beaty Jr., of Ham let, N. C. and Elma Jean Piester, Rt. 2. Newberry, were married on September 9th at Newberry by Rev. Clarence L. Richardson. Thomas W. Weir and Ruby S. Longshore of Newberry, were married at Newberry by Probate Judge E. Maxcy Stone on Septem ber 9th. the Science of Politics, but not Political Science. There is a world of difference. TRANSFERS OF REALTY Newberry No. 1 Mrs. Dollie Reagin Proctor to Mrs. Myrtle S. Eargle, one lot and one building. 2015 Eleanor St., $5.00 and other valuable consider ations. E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge to T. E. Robinson, one lot and one building, (Bennie and Narvis B. Wilson, Prop.) $2600. Citizens Home Ins. Company to Carol M. Hipp, one lot and one building on Evans St., $5000. O. F. Armfield and W. Fulmer Wells to Lillie Mae Washington and Brooks Washington, one lot and one building on Taylor St., $5.00 and other valuable consid erations. Newberry No. 1 Outside J. C. Shealy to B. A. Fretweil, 3.20 acres, $5.00 and other valu able considerations. Herman W. Dennis and Reba Inez Dennis to Herman W. Den nis and Reba Inez Dennis, one lot and one building, warranty’ deed, $5.00 love and affection. Silverstreet No. 2 Marguerite S. Moseley and Ger ald W. Scurry to James J. Bruce, one lot, $475.00. Marguerite S. Moseley and Ger ald W. Scurry to Jack L. Lyle and Myrtle S. Lyle, one lot, $895. James and Mary Sims to Wise Home Inc., one lot and one build ing, $10 and mortgage. Whitmire No. 4 Outside Frank C. Propes to Bumes C. Waldrop, one lot and one building, $150. A. B. Weir to James Rice, one lot, $300. Pomaria No 5 J. Ben Eargle to J. P. Griffin, 23.1 acres, $5.00 and other val uable considerations. Prosperity No. 7 Geneva Alexander and M. C. Hare et al to Earl J. Bedenbaugh and David E. Bedenbaugh, 35.3 acres, $5.00 and other valuable con siderations. HOSPITAL PATIENTS NEWBERRY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Baby Boy Avery, 2708 Milne Ave. Mrs. Mary Alice Beck and baby girl, 1201 First St. Ted Burton, Rt. 1, Whitmire. Miss Linda Brown. Rt. 1. Box 121, Prosperity* Babv Bov Boozer, 1927 Benedict St. Miss Annie Bynum, 2103 John stone St. Mrs. Carrie Bedenbaugh,' Rt. 1, Kinards Mrs. Kate Berry, Rt., Saluda Mrs. Lola B. DeHart, 707 Mc- Swain St. Miss Nancy Henson, Rt. 2 James Virgil Kinard, Rt. 2 Mrs. Martha Kibler and baby gin, Rt. 3, Prosperity Mrs. Ellen Mature, B-21, Carol Court Mrs. Betty Motes, Milton Road. Joanna Mrs. Sara Metts and baby girl, Rt. 2, Leesville Mrs. Carrie Murray, Silver- street Louis Morris, 2012 Main St. James Wm. Padgett, Rt. 2, Ridge Spring Mrs. Sudie Roton, 520 Green St. Charles Reynolds. Rt. 5, Saluda Debra Marie Stone, Rt. 1 John Wilson, Jr., Rt. 1 Robert Herman Wright, 808 College St. Mrs. Murrie S. Wicker, Rt. 1 William H. Leaphart, Jr., Pros perity Mrs. Lola Bowers, Prosperity Mrs. Rebecca H. Killian, Pros perity William L. * Watts Sr., 2008 Montgomery* St. Mra. Sherrie Free, Pomaria Aaron T. Reeder, 1917 Lincoln Court Yarborough, Roy, 1518 Church St., Whitmire Mrs. Beverly Bass and baby boy, 1138 Sumer St. Mrs. Judy Davis and baby* girl. Little Mountain J. H. Cook Sr. Mrs .Ruth D. Wicker E. E. Evey, Harper St. Mrs. Faye Burns Miss Merle Summer, 1518 Kate St. MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Mrs. Kathryn White and baby boy, Newberry*. Mrs. Mary Kelley, Joanna. Mrs. Maria Attaway and baby boy, Newberry Edgar Hiller, Newberry Mrs. Eva Mae Taylor, Prosper ity. Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Charlie Chapman, Little Moun tain Mrs. Irene Dominick, Little Mountain Mrs. Dianne Rodgers and baby girl, Saluda Mrs. Elizabeth Frick and baby boy. Little Mountain ACROSS IDEAS FROM OD’ER EDIT )RS From the Catskiil Mountain Star, Saagerties, New Yark: There isn’t much a man can do about the tag-end of Winter ex cept hope that March will bring a good run of sweet sap from his sugarbush. The countryman knows that even now, while the hills are locked in saowy chains, the sap may somewhere be stirring in die underground roots of his tall A man has move daylight for his chores, and once in a while, be can feel the promise of Spring in the mid-day sun. But he knows it takes a lot of sun to start the sap running. There'll come a day soon when he’ll taka down the auger from a bam wall and hopefully make a test boring in a maple trunk. More than likely, it will he too soon for die sap to flow, but it will he an important date to mark on his kitchen calendar. One day a man knows, the sap will flow. And then the buckets will be placed, all collecting the sap that will magically be turned into syrup and maple .«’*gar Sometimes a man wooers hew the Indians collected sap. and how they managed to boil it down in bark buckets. They had a lot of patience, he reasons, as he re collects his own boyhood, and the evenings when he'd whittle sap spouts from sumac branches. Nowadays, he orders his steel sap spouts through a catalogue, and his buckets and their covers come from the same place. And he’s seen the big sugaring opera- dons, where men bore into trees with a gasoline-powered gadget that does the job in seconds. He’s even seen men laying plastic pips from each spot through die woods and downhill into the evaporator, die hugh tank under which Tires will bum day and night The Indians worked hard for their sugar, he knows. And he remembers working almost as hard, when he carried the buckets for long distances. But a man knows that when he sits down to a breakfast of buck wheat cakes lying golden brown in their pool of maple syrup, tbs hard work was worth it What’s Going On In Columbia? Eight chain stores have integratedtheir lunch counters but the news has been reported only meagerly. The Columbia newspapers, which held up the news of the lunch counter integration for several days, now have rejected anti integration advertising from the Association of Concerned Columbians. In order to insure the dissemination of the news and to publicize our oppo sition to the integration of the lunch counters, the Association has turned to the advertising columns of several newspapers outside Columbia. The Association, which does not think that out-of-state chain store organi zations should dictate custom in South Carolina, is seeking support in its ef forts to bring about a reversal of the action of the eight Columbia chain stores. The Association also does not think thatthatluneheounter integration should have been put over with the help of some Columbia civic leaders. The Association is resolved to con tinue and step up its efforts against what has been done. It invites and welcomes the help of a 1 ’ .south Carolinians who deplore this unnecessary and uncalled for integration, which could be but the first step to other integration moves not only in Columbia but in other parts of our state. MAKE YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR CAUSE KNOWN BY STANDING UP NOW AGAINST THE INTEGRATION OF THE LUNCH COUNTERS AT THESE EIGHT COLUMBIA STORES: NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We, the undersigned Jury Com missioners of Newberry County, shall on Wednesday, October 3rd, 1962, at 9 o’clock, A. M., in the l office of the Clerk of Court, open ly and publicly, draw the names of thirty-six (36) men to serve as Jurors for the Court of Com mon Pleas (Civil), > which will convene in the Newberry County Courthouse on Monday, October 19th, 1962, at ten o’clock A. M. BURKE M. WISE, Clerk of Court RALPH B. BLACK, Auditor J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer. September 19th, 1962 Newberry, S. C. n Permits To Build Sept. 12—E. E. Westwood, add one room to dwelling on Player St., $500. Sept. 14—Bertha Thomas, add one room to dwelling, 715 Wright St., $826. Sept. 14—F. C. Miller; general repairs to dwelling, 2031 Adelaide St., $448. ECKERD’S H. L. GREEN KRESS’ ROSE’S SILVER’S W. T. GRANT WALGREEN’S WOOLWORTH’S ASSOCIATION OF CONCERNED COLUMBIANS John Adger Manning, Chairman P. O. Box 1967, Columbia, S. C. a The Association takes this opportunity to thank all those who have contributed financially. All contributions will be acknowledged. By C. A. DEAN, M.D. MEDITORIAL: Pediatrics is the branch of medicine dealing with the specialized care of infants and children. There are many unfor tunate and sometimes perilous misconceptions about children’s illnesses. Some of these are as follows: Contrary to a belief held by many mothers, the scabs which form following the blister stage of chickenpox are not contagious. Scarlatina is not a mild form of scarlet fever or a different dis ease altogether but the same ill ness—the two terms are synony mous. If an infant between tf months and years of age develops a measels-like rash a day or two after a fever has subsided, then he does not have measles but rather a mild disease called rose ola. (This is important to remem ber when considering the possi bility of German measles being spread to a woman in her first three months of pregnancy.) Un necessary treatment with gamma globulin can be prevented by a careful check of the child before and during a rash. Concerning mumps: it is mis takenly believed that if a child has mumps only on one side, he can get it again on the other side at a later time. If this happens (and it rarely does) it can only be by coincidence, since anyone who is infected with mumps in one or more glands of the body will, in all probability, develop a permanent immunity. Another misconception concerns pinworms. The only significant symptom with this mild infesta tion is rectal itching. 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