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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963
1218 College Street, Newberry, S. C.
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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.
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THE
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FORUM
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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
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