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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1963
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When Fidel Castro came into
power, most of the worjd, and of
course most of us in the United
States too, were led to believe that
Cuba was ripe for a socal revolu
tion of some kind. The image we
all had of Cuba was that due to
backwardness, under-development,
misery and so-called “imperialist
exploitation,” a social revolution
was overdue in the island.
That was a false image, as we
have since learned, because Cuba
was not in need of a social revolu
tion. All Cuba needed was change
of the government by democratic
means. We know how the Com
munists took advantage of the mo
tivations that prompted the re
moval of Batista, and that the
small majority of • Communists
there, backed by the know-how re
sources of the International Com
munists, quickly siezed power and
victimized the Cuban people.
Cuba today is living proof that
no nation is immune from Com
munist subjugation just because
it is prosperous or just because it
is religious. Cuba was both. Nor
is iliteracy a protection, because
it was not the illiterate people in
Cuba who were responsible for
its present condition. It was a
segment of the middle-class, and
some wealthy people, who were
too absorbed and complacent with
their own affairs and too certain
of the safety of their country to
bother to inform themselves about
Communist techniques or to look
into the background of the man
they allowed to lead them.
In 1958, Cuba held an outstand
ing economic position among the
Latin American countries. Among
those countries, Cuba ranked 3rd
in annual per capita income, first
in TV stations and motion picture
attendance and in the per centage
of national income invested in ed
ucation. It rated second in the val
ue of imports and exports, and
was third in the number of news
papers and magazines, in paper
consumption, in telephones, i n
automobiles and in per capita of
consumption of electric power.
The standard of living at that
time was above that of Russia and
on a level with the most advanced
European countries. The Cuban
peso was worth $1 before Castro.
Today it is worth 14c.
American capital helped Cuba
to develop its resources, such as
utilities and mining, but in time
Cubans came into control of the
island’s wealth. Cuban-owned sug
ar mills produced 22 per cent of
the sugar crop in 1939 and 62 per
cent in 1958.
Cuba had its poor, but it also
had a large and growing middle
class. The peasants and working
class gave Castro very little sup
port in the beginning. The people,
riot Fidel Castro, defeated Batista,
then they turned to Castro as the
symbol of what they expected to
be a new life in Cuba—free elec
tions and an end £q political mur
der, torture arid Impression. It
did not turn out that way, as we
all now know.
The Cuban business men learn
ed the hard way that the^r cannot
remain aloof from x politics., They
know that when the exiled Cub
ans return to Cuba, they will re
turn with a sound knowledge of
the meaning of free enterprise
and the vigilance that is required
to keep it free.
It is not enough to be aware of
the inherent evils and insidious
methods of international commun
ism. It is not enough to be in
agreement that a common evil
threatens all of us. We must face
up to the problem with resolute
ness and the determination to
plan a course of positive action.
Lies and false pretenses are
major components of the Com
munist conquest and, unfortunate
ly, many naive but nevertheless
influential people in this country
are eager to swallow this Com
munist bait as a kind or rational
ization for their own apathy and
indolence. This is particularly
true of many businessmen who are
so pre-occupied with the clock
that they cannot look at the cal
endar.
Cuban laborers were not being
oppressed in 1958 to any extent.
Statistics published by the Inter
national Labor Organization in
Geneva show that Cuban workers
in 1958 received 66 per cent of the
gross national income, and in that
same year workers in Great Brit
ain received 74 per cent, those in
fallacy. It CAN happen here!
this country 71.1 per cent of the
gross income and most of the
other countries’ laborers received
much less.
Cuban workers now have lost
all their hard-earned benefits, and
now puts in longer hours without
overtime pay. They have no right
to strike and no labor unions to
protect them.
The story of Cuba’s enslaved
people should provide a truth-
shock treatment for Americans in
all walks of life who still believe
“it can’t happen here.” We might
justify that attitude with an oc
ean to separate us from Commun
ism, but when Communism moves
in next door we can no longer
have any reason to believe such a
Clearance Sale!
Final Sale of all Fall Merchandise
All STETSON FELT HATS reduced to $8.95
(Values to $15.95)
V2 price on all JACKETS and long sleeve
SPORT SHIRTS
Table of FL0RSHE1M SHOES to close out
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These are but a few of the many bargains
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Looking A. head
...by Dr. George S. Benson
PRESIDENT—NATIONAL
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Searcy, Arkansas
AID FOU CAPITALISM
Preoccupation on the part of
presidential advisors and federal
bureaucrats with “public sector”
activity can serve to steer Amer
ican influence the wrong way.
Some examples of our own boon
doggling are bad enough, but the
American people would not,, if
they had the choice, provide fav
ors for governments having ide
ologies they disapprove. It is as
if government officials, frustrat
ed by their inability to grab full
power over private industry, go
off to other countries with taxpay
ers' money to experiment with de
velopments in the “public sector.”
Something surely is wrong with
our thinking if we seek to promote
good will for America by encour
aging Socialist revolutions.
Administration leaders usually
show little strength when Latin
American countries choose to ex
propriate American-owned firms,
as Castro did in Cuba. Perhaps
some of these countries think that
government takeover is part of the
game, representing progress and
the wave of the future. New
Frontier VPIs incidentally, should
not equate Latin American chang
es of government with the Amer
ican Revolution. Such excesses, re
pressions, and seizures can delay
the development of real progress.
Capital Neadcd
A few weeks ago the U. S.
suspended its economic aid to Cey
lon, cutting off about $4,000,000
in loans and grants because that
country had failed to compensate
two American oil companies it
siezed last June. But there seems
to be no reason why this action,
slowly taken in this instance,
could not have been speeded up. It
would do no harm, in our view, if
the President would occasionally
make public statements about such
actions by foreign countries. Let
us, and let our neighbors who re
ceive aid, support the idea of in
tegrity with regard to business
property and relationships.
When the basic problem of many
under-developed lands is really
sought, we may find it is related
to the lack of private investment
and private capital. This was un
derscored recently in the case of
Latin America through the stud
ies of a special Commerce depart
ment advisory committee that has
been evaluating the Alliance For
Progress. J. Peter Grace, presi
dent of the Grace Steamship firm
and the committee’s chairman, has
predicted that the Alliance will
fail dismally unless emphasis is
put upon investment of private
capital.
Flight Capita]
The 10-Year Alliance, now fun-
neling a billion per year into Lat
in America, cannot succeed in its
present form, Mr. Grace said, be
cause it emphasizes government-
to-government assistance. The
basic fault, he said, is that we
have not required “self-help”
measures that would utilize “all
the skills and resources of the
private sector, local and foreign.”
Increasingly, we hear that dollars
we send to Latin America are
finding their way across the At
lantic to prosperous Western Eu
rope, where capital is presently
attracted by investment opportun
ities.
The suggestion is that even $1
billion is too small an amount of
aid, if it is to be handed over to
governments that insist only upon
social welfare experiments (en
couraged by our do-gooders), ra
ther than stimulating capital to
action. Not only does government-
to-government aid tend to dis
place private capital activity, it
encourages political systems that
show no warmness toward the
idea of private economic develop
ment. Instead of improving living
standards and supporting free
dom, our aid in some instances,
prolongs inefficient activities and
actually encourages trends toward
Marxism.
The Root of The Problem
Other business leaders on this
Committee studying the Alliance
issued a memorandum that com
mended land regorms and other
efforts to achieve income distri
bution, but they also declared the
only solution “is to put primary
stress on improvement in general
business climate as a prerequisite
for social. development and re
form.”
So far, they said, little has been
done to arrest the flight of cap
ital.
They called upon President
Kennedy to make a major address
stressing our opposition to nat
ionalizing of industries, unstable
money systems, trade restrictions,
price controls, and various other
* practices that weaken the econom-
J ic structure and prolong insecur
ity. Whether the president will
thus get to the root of the Latin
American problem is the question.
It may be too much to expect that
he will withold aid from countries
known to. discourage private in
vestment. But it does seem that
the Alliance for Progress ought
to be teaching Latins the advan
tages we have discovered in and
the blessings enjoyed from free
dom of enterprise and business in
vestment.
INSIDE STORY
OF INTEGRATION IN
SOUTH
Clemson College could have been
another Oxford, Mississippi. But it
wasn’t! In this week’s Post, you’ll
learn how five well-known Carolinians
spent years preparing the ground
work for peaceful integration. Which
three politicians they were most
afraid of. Why ex-Governor Hollings
asked Bobby Kennedy not to send
U.S. marshals. And how Marion Gres-
sette turned the tide in the State
Senate. Get the whole story in the
March 16 Saturday Evening Post.
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Mrs. Harden s
Brother Dies
Funeral services for John Mar-
chant (Marchie) Bull were held
Thursday in Columbia by the
Rev. James T. Womack, D. D. In
terment was in Fountain Inn in
Cannon’s Memorial Park.
Mr. Bull, 65, of 1028 Belt Line
Blvd., owner and operator of the
J. Marchie Bull Company, manu
facturers agent, died Tuesday af
ternoon in a Columbia hospital af
ter suffering a heart attack at
the Country club in Columbia.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
C. D. Harden of Newberry.
Mrs. George L. Epps, Sr., left
over the weekend for Columbus,
Georgia for an extended visit in
the home of her son, Dr. George
. L. Epps and family.
HOP DOWN THE BUNNY TRAIL
TOTS TO TEENS
1214 Main St. Ph. 276-2195
Auxiliary Has
March Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary
met on Thursday, March 7 at the
home of Mrs. Louis Floyd, with
Mrs. F. A. Truett, Mrs. P. K. Har
mon, Mrs. Paul Ezell and Mrs.
Wilbur Boozer associate hostesses.
Artistic green arrangements and
potted plants were throughout the
beauiful living and dining rooms.
Immediately upon arrival, guests
were served delicious chicken
sandwiches, cheese straws, cookies
and coffee. 1 -
Miss Grace Summer,, first vice-
president, opened the meeting with
the regular ritual. Minutes of Jan
uary and February meetings were
read and approved. Reports of of
ficers and committees were made.
Mrs. Truett reported that names
for Girls State were in, ready to
be approved. Mrs. Roy Anderson
reported for Child welfare and re
habilitation that several families
of veterans had received food, fuel,
shoes, etc. since February meet
ing. Nine members of Unit 24 at
tended the district meeting at
Ninety Six. Donations were voted
for Woodrow Wilson home, Salk
Vaccine Institute, Linwood hospi
tal and a school lunch program.
Flag canvas will be made when
the weather is warmer and there
is less sickness.
Letter from Department presi
dent, Mrs. J. J. Bullard, was read
by Miss Summer thanking Unit 24
for kindnesses and urging a large
attendance at the Spring Rally at
Wade Hampton hotel in Columbia
April 1 and 2. Mrs. C. A. Dufford,
Sr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson will
be on the program.
Post 24 and Auxiliary Unit 24
are to enjoy a covered dish supper
at the Legion Hut at 7 p.m. Mar.
26th.
Mrs. H. M. Hentz, program
chairman, read a very interesting
and helpful paper on Community
Service. Health, safety, recreation
and education were stressed and
many helpful suggestions were
given. She closed with the thought
that the community affords the
best opportunity to make mean
ingful service for God and coun
try.
The meeting was closed with a
prayer led by Mrs. Anderson, in
which special prayer was made
for the sick, absent and hospital
ized.
Permits To Build
William Charles Franklin and
Nita Jeanette Bunn of Columbia
were married on March 2nd at
Newberry by Probate Judge Frank
E. Ward.
George Arden Mills of North
Augusta and Sabra Erline Mc-
Elvean of Lynchburg were mar
ried by Probate Judge Frank E.
Ward on March 9th.
John M. Ochiltree of Newberry
and Margaret Kimbrell of Spar
tanburg were married on March
10th at Spartanburg by Rev. C.
B. Ray.
Mrs. Mattie Lou Blackmon has
moved to her new home at 1314
Wheeler street. She had formerly
lived on College street, before sell
ing her home to Dr. Milton Moore
and family.
From Mrs. Rose Krauss, Union
City, Michigan: I remember when
they sheared sheep on grand
father’s farm.
I went to grandma’s the night
before and before daybreak every
one, including two bachelor uncles,
were up and eating breakfast.
I remember how everyone
laughed when I said, at the break
fast tdble, “In the morning, I’m
going to the barn to watch you
shear the sheep.” It was six A.M.,
but still dark.
Several neighbors came, each
with his hand shears. The sheep
were driven into an enclosure,
then several at a time into a
smaller pen from which a chute
brought them into a single file.
As they came down the chute,
each man grabbed one, threw it
down and began clipping. There
was much joking and rivalry,
each man claiming he could shear
faster and cleaner than anyone
else.
I worried occasionally when a
sheep struggled and the shears
clipped too close and a little blood
flowed. If it was much of a cut,
grandpa touched it with pine tar.
He assured me it did not hurt the
sheep as much as I thought.
At noon, my mother, who had
arrived at daybreak with my fa
ther and grandmother, set up a
tablfr In the dining room. What
an abundance of food!
I still remember grandmother’s
huge kitchen with the range stove,
old-fashioned sink, bare pineboard
floor -scrubbed white, and scat
tered rugs laid here and there.
(Send contributions to this column
to The Old Timer, Community Press
Service, Box 39, Frankfort, Kentucky.)
ITEM: Turkey for the holidays?
Even if you don’t have a large
family, it may pay you to buy a
large bird. You get more meal
for your money this way. You can
roast the whole bird and after one
meal, wrap and freeze the left
over turkey to be used as you
wish. Or, you may cut up the un
cooked turkey as you would a
chicken and cook only the amount
needed. Freeze remaining parts.
Some markets sell quarters and
halves, if you’re still so inclined.
• % ..
Recent Marriages
March 5—Cyril Hutchinson, re
pairs to dwelling, 1500 Nance
street $20.00.
March 11—Earl Summer, re
pairs to store building on Main
street $900.
March 12—Earl Bergen, re
pairs to store building, 1208 and
1210 Caldwell street, $150.
March 12: Mrs. J. O. Berry, re
pairs to dwelling on Main street,
$300.
HOW A FARM MAN FOUND
THE SUNSHINE AFTER 65
■p\OWN the Ohio industrial val-
ley, around 450-odd curves
and by as many stop lights, lies
the picturesque city of Charleston,
W. Va. To this city came one
Joseph W. Matherson, a retired
Michigan farmer, who was bent
on reaching Florida before the
winter caught him.
Mr. Matherson and his wife
were registered for the night in
a motel at the south end of the
city. Their 1959 sedan, parked in
front of their room, was loaded
to the roof with their possessions.
“We left home at 4:30 this morn
ing,” he said. “By tomorrow night
we’ll be in Georgia, and by the
next night, with luck, we’ll hit
Sarasota. There we’ll stay until
Michigan thaws out next spring.”
This was the fifth year the Ma-
thersons had gone to Florida for
the winter. This time they were
doing it the long way because Mrs.
Matherson wanted to see the fine
turnpike between Charleston and
Bluefield, W. Va. It was the fifth
year they were traveling on gov
ernment payments being made' to
them to keep part of their'llcres
idle, and on rent from the rest.
It was the fifth year they had
simply locked their farm home,
notified the sheriff, and gone.
“We own a trailer in Sarasota,”
Mr. Matherson continued. “Every
spring * we put it in dead storage
in a public parking place, lock it
up and leave it while we go back
to enjoy the Michigan summers.”
Doesn’t this traveling back and
form cost money?
"Not much,” said Mrs. Mather
son. “We check the small motels
and usually find a room for $10
or less. We figure $20 for the two
nights on the road. And we eat
only two meals a day while travel
ing. We budget $6.80 a day for
that, since restaurant costs are
less in the South. For three days
that’s another $20 or so. On gaso
line we get 17 miles to the gal
lon.”
What about mising the children
on Christmas?
“We’ve got only two, one in
West Texas and the other in Cali
fornia. We don’t see them anyway
on Christmas. If they can come
see us at all it’s back at the farm
in the summer.”
What does a retired couple do
for excitement all winter in Sara-
sotd?
“Fish, mostly,” said Mr. Ma
therson. “Talk, sew, cook, and
visit,” said his wife. Both argued
that as age 70 approaches yoU
want no excitement, and you want
nothing to happen. “For tomor
row to be dependable, for you to
be reasonably sure that things
will be quiet and orderly—this is
what you want in retirement,” the
wife said. “And Sarasota's got-it”
What does this sort of life cost?
“Well, our outside maximum
budget is $250 a month,” said the
husband. “We hover around $210.
Food is the thing you manipulate
the budget with, lean rations when
other costs hit you, fat ones when
they don’t. A retired couple sitting
around in the sunshine doesn’t
need much food . . . and shouldn’t
gulp it anyway ..
TRANSFERS
OF REALTY
Newberry No. 1
L. A. Savage to John D. Ruff,
three lots in Harrington Heights^
$5.00.
John and Irby Davenport to Eli
zabeth Werts Davis, one lot on
Bess street $300.
W. Fulmer Wells and Henry B.
Wells to Jean C. Nichols and Bohr
by Ray Nichols, one lot on Reid
street $5.
William Foy Powell and Virgin
ia Ann Powell to John R. Werts,
III, one lot and one building, 2300
Nance street $5.
Bush River No. 3
Frank H. Ward, Probate Judge,-
to Harold Moates, 53.23 acres,
$4450.00.
Whitmire No. 4 Outside
Robert L. Whitney to Willie
lot $5.
Frank H. Ward, Probate Judge,,
to Security Corp., one lot $950.
Frank H. Ward, Probate Judge r
to James E. Wiseman, Jr., 98 acres^
$3700.
Carean Hunter to Lunette Boyd,
one lot on Calhoun street $50.
Pomaria No. 5
W. K. Swygert and H. B. Shealy
to Kirby Rader and Wilams L-
Rader six lots $5.
Ollie C. Heller to Dorothy Chap
man, one half acre, $5.
Little Mountain
Adams, et al, Alvin D. Adams,
Haskell L. Adams, Grady H. Ad
ams, Elizabeth A;. Sineath, Neva
A. Brown, Frances S. Adams, and
Jack T. Adams to Dorothy Smith,
one lot $5.
Adams, et al to Nelva A. Brown
one lot $5. f
Adams, et al to Haskell L. Ad
ams, one lot $5.
Adams, et al to Jack T. Adams,
one lot $5.
Adams, et al to Elizabeth A,
Sineath, one lot $5.
Adams, et al to Grady H. Ad
ams, one lot $5.
Haskell L. Adams, et al to Al-
vice D. Adams, one lot $5.
Frank E. Shealy toDonald
Dowd and Linda C. Dowd, 2.4
acres $5.
Mrs. Eva S. Dowd to Harold E.
Dowd and Linda C. Dowd .2%
acres $5.
‘ Prosperity No. 7
Wyche W. Moore to Albert IL-
Moore, 4,96 acres $5.
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
Tony Curtis, Suzanne Pleshette
and their little 40 pounds of
Trouble, Claire Wilcox.
“40 Pounds of
Trouble”
(AND A TON OF JOY)
SEE THEIR ADVENTURES IN
DISNEYLAND!
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY
Robert Mitchum, Shirley Mac-
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Two for The
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COMING NEXT WEEK
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FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Girls, Girls, Girls!
Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens,
Robert Strauss
SUNDAY
The Notorious
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Jack Lemons, Kim Novak, Fred
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