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page four THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963 1218 College Street, Newberry, S. C. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in ad vance :Six Months $1.25. THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN Well, never again! Never again what? And thereby hangs a tale, as Shakespeare says. I began a journey to Pumpkin- town. Ever been there? Ever hear of it? It is a community at the approach to Table Rock of the Blue Ridge mountains, in Pickens county, South Carolina. I entered the city of Greenville and there the trouble grew and multiplied, as might a family of rabbits. East and West, North and South we rode, everyone guiding us wrong, until in utter exaspera tion I vowed a vow: never again through Greenville. My plans were flexible: I was willing to travel by and through the City of Pickens, remembering that The Pickens Gazette comes into being there and that nearby is a branch of the South Carolina National Bank. But while ready to go by Pickens my guides suggest ed Easley, I being in desperate mood said Easley, Dacusville, or anywhere, but show me the way to Pumpkintown. Along came someone else and he blasted all the plans, both by Easley and Pickens, so away I drove under this fresh inspiration, resolving that hereafter I’ll go to Pumpkintown by way of New Orleans or Dallas. Arriving within the environs of Pumpkintown, finagling about, you understand, I thought my tribulations were ended, so forth with we headed for my brother’s mountain retreat, where he was awaiting me with kegs of some sort of Inspiration Cola. Alas and alak! We drove and drove up and down the moun tains, around and around, until we met a lone farmer who re-directed us around and around, up and down, for five or six miles and we ended the days at my brother’s but never again by Greenville. Leaving a arrived in Pickens and then to Anderson—and so home by Honea Path, Greenwood, Saluda, Columbia, Stateburg, Pinewood and Paxville. I’ve ridden over the Andes mountains, horseback, 13,000 feet, in a two-day climb, bat that was child’s play in compaHson with getting out of Greenville and on to Pumpkintown. From the esteeemed Marlboro Herald-Advocate I quote some in teresting figures: South Carolina gains in 15 im portant indices of industry and business have exceeded that of the nation as a whole. Latest figures released by the United States Department of Com merce show the Palmetto State sometimes doubled and ever trip- pled the growth of the rest of the nation over the past ten years. South Carolina topped the nat ional average in the following fields: Value added by manufacture of goods produced—S. C. 100.4 per cent—U. S. 82 per cent. Number of workers employed in manufacturing—S. C. 24.4 per cent—U. S. 16.4 per cent. Number of commercial and in dustrial firms in operation— S. C. 16.1 per cent—U. S.1.7 per cent. Number of workers employed in non-’agricultural occupations—S. C.—28.6 per cent—U. S. 21 per cent. Total personal income—S. C. 85.6 per cent—U. S. 83 per cent. Per capita personal income—S. C. 63,4 per cent—U. S. 51.8 per cent. Median family income—S. C. 98.6 per cent—U. S. 83.6 per cent. Number of telephones in opera tion—S. C. 145.2 per cent—U. S. 70.8 per cent. Cash receipts from marketings —S. C. 34.5 per cent—U. S.22.7 per cent. Number of beef cattle on farms —S. C. 256.7 per cent—U. S. 67.7 per cent. Value of all forms of construc tion work—S. C. 20.2 per cent— U. S. 17.5 per cent. Value of goods handled in export —S. C. 192.7—U. S. 104.5 per cent. Number of vehicles licensed— S. C. 55.4 per cent—U. S. 53.6 per cent. Number of miles of surfaced highways—S. C. 50.1—U. S. 27.6 per cent. Express and freight cargo hand led by airlines— S. C. 158.2 per cent—U. S. 86.5 per cent. Not so bad, eh? Ev ” the circus has to study the items ^ ' cost. The circus is chang ing with the times, as this proves. “Don’t lay that bucket down yet those elephants are still thirsty.” Such remarks are being heard around the land as the circus sea son gets under way again, and youngsters haul water for eleph ants in exchange for free passes. But while the circus custom of using youngsters to perform such odd jobs lingers on because it’s economical, other behind-the- scene practices have been chang ing. For circuses, like many more prosaic businesses, have been try ing to cut costs and r.crease effi ciency. Many of these changes seem to be paying off. Most circuses are enjoying considerable prosperity, particularly by comparison with five or six years ago when some of them were experiencing eco nomical difficulties. Probably the most dramatic example of this im provement is the Ringling Bros, and Barnum and Bailey circus, the largest of the approximately 35 outdoor and indoor shows that roam the country. On July 16, 1956, Ringling Bros, abandoned its struggles to keep up with its schedule, folded its tent in Pittsburg and stumbled back to its winter quarters. Many circus fans feared it could never be revived. ‘We owed $1,650,000’ recalls Rudy Bundy, treasurer. ‘For several years we had been making money in Madison Square Garden in New York, but losing it on the road.’ The show’s basic problem was that it had become too unwieldly to move, and this difficulty was aggravated by the loss of several key operating bosses. Nearly ev ery day during 1956 the 80 rail cars used to transport the show between one-night stands arrived too late for roustabouts to set up things in time for the matinee. Ringling ‘Bros, solution was to abandon its tent shows and limit its tours mainly to cities with large, indoor arenas. It thus elim inated the need to haul around tents, about 10,000 seats and near ly 1000 roustabouts, half of them just to raise and strike the Big Tcp. The eventual results, says Mr. Bundy, was to cut previous daily operating costs of $25,000 by more than half. The circus now travels in 15 railroad cars and em ploys 85 roustabouts. Backstage, Robert Dover, Ring ling Bros, performance director, points to a number of other im provements. Instead of strewing sawdust on the arena floor, labor ers now roll out rubber mats. Three ingenious square frames suspended from the ceiling sup port all the gear connected with each ring, replacing the separate bits of rigging used under canvas. son, We Are Pleased To Announce Our 56th Semi-annual Dividend amounting to approximately $329 000.00 payable to our 8,550 Investors on June 29th, 1963, at the Current Rate of 4% per annum •* Savings are Insured to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora tion, Washington, D. C. All new Savings Accounts or additions to present accounts received by the 10th of the month, earn interest from the 1st. ^ QJavtjvgs amd Loam Associatjom A SAVINGS INSTITUTION FOUNDED I93S ISSS COltltMOM STBBBT, BBWBBBBT. ». C. DIRECTORS J. F. CLARKSON G. K. DOMINICK E. B. PURCELL M. O. SUMMER J. K. WILLINGHAM W. C. HUFFMAN BRANCH OFFICE —Batesburg, S. C. o Dean Manion THE MANION FORUM •••••••••••••••••••• The iron hand of the Communist conquest presses down hard upon Cuba now but it does not rest there. The long fingers of this blood-red hand are constantly probing the Central American mainland and its index finger points ominously at the Panama Canal. There is the rich pay dirt of the United States territory. The Panama Canal is the key target of the world revolutionary movement in the Carribean. We have floundered from crisis to crisis making concession after concession to Panama, and Pana ma, in return, has continued with larger and larger demands. There was the attempt of Pan amanian students to hoist the Panama flag at the Canal Zone Administration Building in 1958; the November 3, 1959 attempted invasion of the Canal Zone by a Panamanian mob which required the use of the U. S. Army to quell. Then there was the action of the President in directing the formal display of the Panama flag over the Canal Zone territory as evi dence of Panama’s so-called “titu lar sovereignty.” Last October, the Executive Department ordered the formal raising of the Pana manian flag alongside the United States flag at the Canal Zone Ad ministration building and at other places in the area. Just 17 days before the 1962 di rective, the ceremonies at the dedi cation of the Thatcher Ferry Bridge at Balboa, attended by Un der-Secretary of State Ball, and other notables, had been marred by Panamanian demonstrators using Communist tactics who claimed Panamanian soverignty over the bridge. Our own state department has been aiding the piecemeal liqui dation of our undeniable treaty rights in the Canal Zone. Last March, President Chiari’s Secretary of Finance said: “In the future, with God’s help, we will achieve our objective; that the Panama Canal be the property of Panamanians, under full and ab solute jurisdiction of the Republic of Panama,maintained by Pana manians, operated by Panamanians and protected by Panamanians.” When the flag question was raised, the Congressional Commit- When it leaves New York, as it did last week, Ringling Bros drops its menagerie and side shows. Ringling Bros Mr. Bundy says: (Every year we’ve been doing 10 to 15 per cent better in attendance. This March for instance we set a record for Baltimore, $328,000, in seven days.’ This fall Ringling Bros, plans to launch its first branch operation, an American- style, three-ring circus which will tour Europe using costumes and props from the 1962 show.” tee on Foreign Affairs in early 1960, anticipating difficulties in that direction, conducted hearings on United Srates-Panama rela tions, at which high Executive of ficials attended and testified. The unanimous recommendation of the Committee was for a concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the congress that any variation in the traditional interpretation of the treaties of 1903, 1936, and 19- 55 with reference to matters of territorial sovereignty shall be made only pursuant to treaty. The resolution was introduced and was passed by an overwhelming vote, by the House, but died in the Sen ate. We must guard U. S. vital in- i terests. We must have control of the maritime approaches to the Panama canal. We must maintain untrammeled sovereignty over the Zone and meet our treaty obliga tions to maintain free and open transit for vessels of commerce for all nations with tolls that are just and equitable. The Governor of the Panama Canal Zone made a speech before the American Society of Civil En gineers, which includes Panaman- ianu engineers, which reflected the philosophy of international Soc ialist elements in and on the fringes of public affairs and ad vocated what amounts to a perm anent state of social revolution, as well as belittling the Constitution al foundations of our country. His conclusion was on illiberal assault upon those who differ with his views as having “small minds” bent on preserving the status quo and as being, in effect, domestic enemies as dangerous to the U. S. as foreign enemies. This was a deliberate attempt at public intimidation of those stand ing up for the sovereign rights, power and authority of the United States. This address served to invite further aggressions against the sovereignty of the United States over the Canal Zone territory. Since the birth of freedom, par liamentary bodies have preserved the just rights of a nation against the misguided exercise of Execu tive power. In this present junc ture, it seems that the Legislative Branch of our government must similarly act to uphold and main tain the inalienable rights of our nation in regards to the great Is thmian waterway. If the United States is forced out of the Canal Zone, the Red fist will close around the throat of the world’s commerce and trade. Building Permits June 18: Dam Hembree, repairs to dwelling and build carport, 1405 Jefferson street $1000. June 21: I. O. Warren, repairs to porch of dwelling, 700 Green Street $50. June 2?: George R. Summer, re pairs to dwelling, 1234 Keroes Ave., $2. ,! >90. June 24 Henry Bickley, one car shed, 327 Player St. $50. June 24: G. F. Holsonback, re pairs to dwelling and one car shed, $100. June 25: Tabor L. Hill, repairs to dwelling, 1310 Crenshaw St., $425. ‘COWARD’ BELIEVES BEST TO RETIRE IN HOME TOWN ttl AM NOT going to move away * from my home when I retire because I’m a coward. I think a lot of other people would be better off if they were, too . . .” This is how a man named Miller answers a man named Harris who advocated that retired people move away from the old home when the pension came. * “I kid you somewhat when I say I’m a coward,” says Mr. Miller. “At my age the word is ‘conserva tive.’ But it’s all the same. 1 am simply afraid of what 1 would run into if I moved from a com munity that has been my friend for 21 years. “Suppose I retired North, say to Chicago or Philadelphia. The aw ful cold, the racial problems, the big-town politics—I wouldn’t know how to cope with those problems. Suppose I moved West, or South. I’d run into weather problems, in sect problems and air condi tioners. Again, I wouldn’t be equipped to cope. “But here where I live I know the problems intimately and know how to handle or dodge every one of them. I know which are good folks and which bad folks, safe streets and mean ones, where to buy things for the lowest price, and where I can go see a doctor for $5 per office call instead of going to a specialist for $15.” Mr. Miller is afraid to swap his problems for some he won’t un derstand. He says he’s afraid, too, to give up his status as a law- abiding citizen, his reputation as a reasonably decent fellow, and his credit rating . . . and try to establish them again in a com munity that doesn’t know him. “This is very important,” he says, “and some people don’t real ize it. If my wife and I moved into a new area the people there would presume we were nice people, but it would take a while to convince them. And credit in the corner store or at the hardware, which I have now, would probably never come—not to a pensioner in a new town. All right, you don’t need it. Still, it’s a great comfort to know you don’t have to prove things all over again to get it if you do. “I am almost as big a coward about giving up my reputation as I am about giving up my prob lems . . .” Mr. Miller also feels quite nega tive about the effort he and his wife would have to make to gain new friends if they move away. “1 don’t want to have to promote us in the right places, inject us into new groups, always be care ful to go to the proper events and say the proper things. After all these years of being comfortable among the people around us I would be embarrassed to be a pusher again.” Loneliness looms large also on Mr. Miller’s horizon. He admits that he and Mrs. Miller have only a few intimate friends where they now live, and says they go out only occasionally. “Still, we know most of the neighbors for four blocks around and there’s com panionship of sorts in that. I would feel like I lived on an abandoned island if I lived in a neighborhood wn] knew no body.’’ PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL Mrs. Julia S. Bowers, Little Mountain. Mrs. Bell L. Bouknight, New berry James Thomas Bouknight, New berry Miss Annie Bynum, Newberry Mrs. Mamie L. Clary, Newberry Mrs. Bessie Clary, Newberry Mrs. Lillian B. Clayton, Wood ruff Mrs. Y-Genia Amick Dominick, Chappells Txlack Eargle, Pomaria Mrs. Cora S. Fellers, Prosperity Miss Mary Evangeline Frick. Newberry Mrs. Katharine Garner, Bates burg Mrs. Grace M. Harvey, Newber ry Robert T. C. Hunter, Laurens Mrs. Mary Hockett, Newberry Mrs. Lilly Kirby, Newberry Noah Kirkland, Newberry Jerry R. King, Whitmire Luther E. Long, Newberry Louis Morris, Newberry James O. Miller, Newberry Little Miss Brenda Sue Nichols, Newberry Mrs. Grace Oswald, Newberry Mrs. Grace E. Pitts, Silverstreet Mrs. Joyce Pitts, Newberry Mrs. Sudie D. Roton, Newberry Mrs. Annie Mae Sinclair, New berry Miss Josephine Shannon, New berry Mrs. Eunice Turner, Newberry Mrs. Lucy Tucker, Laurens Miss Jacqueline Tarlton, New berry Julian C. Wicker Jacob W. Warner, Newberry Chanie Jackson Bobb, Newberry Inez Howard, Newberry Sally Monts, Prosperity Addie T. Perry, Newberry Mary Thacker, Newberry Johnny James Wilson, Prosper ity. MILLS KLINICK Margaret Rinehart, West Col umbia. Baby Boy Garland, Newberry. Mrs. Fay West, Leesville. Miss Bessie Long, Prosperity. Mrs. Victoria Stockman, Pros perity. Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry. Paul Shealy, Leesville. Mrs. May Asbill and baby girl, Leesville. Mrs. Letha Freeman and baby girl, Batesburg. Mrs. Lottie Mae Rowe and baby girl, Leesville. Announcements FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candi date for re-election to the office of Mayor of the City of Newberry, and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic primary. ERNEST H. LAYTON ALDERMAN WARD 1 I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election to the of fice of Alderman from Ward 1 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. FRANK ARMFIELD, JR. ALDERMAN WARD 1 I hereby announce myself a can didate for election to the office of Alderman from Ward 1 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. JAMES M. LONGSHORE ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a can didate for election to the office of Alderman from Ward 2 and pledge myself to abide the results o:? the Democratic Primary. C. A. DUFFORD, SR. ALDERMAN WARD 2 I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election to the office of Alderman from Ward 2 and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Pri mary. GEORGE W. HELLER ALDERMAN WARD 3 I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election to the office of Alderman for Ward 3, and pledge myself to abide by the re sults of the City Democratic pri mary. CLARENCE A. SHEALY JR. ALDERMAN WARD 5 I hereby announce myself a can didate for re-election to the office of Alderman from Ward d and pledge myself to abide the results of the Democratic Primary. CECIL E. MERCHANT NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the estate of Elizabeth Hawkins Minick deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly verified with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment like wise. George Monroe Minick, Executor. c/o Harley & Parr, Attys. June 11, 1863 6-13-3tc School’s Outl you’ll need more Pet...you betl IN SOUTH CAROLINA BEER IS A NATURAL Brewed slowly, by a centuries-old natural process, beer Is South Carolina's traditional beverage of moderation — light, sparkling, delicious. And naturally, the Brewing Industry is proud of the busi ness it generates in South Carolina among the people and industries who serve as suppliers, such as pulpwood growers and the manufacturers of paper-boardj cartons and containers, and many others. In South Carolina, beer be- tongs — enjoy it. UNITED STATES BREWERS ASSOCIATION, INC. SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION