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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1963 Utt 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. Dean Manion THE MANION FORUM THE “SPECTATOR'S” COLUMN Looking A. head ...by Or. G*org* S. Benson PRESIDENT—NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Seercy, Arkense* Astronaut Gordon Cooper hav ing completed his adventure of 22 times around the earth, the U. S. is once again enjoying what is considered part of the pay-off from its commitment to a space program. The glory of it all, the prestige among nations, the unity of extreme venture may not be worth the billions it is costing, but militarily and technologically the value may prove to surpass any conceivable dollar measure ment. These matters are difficult to estimate. So the Congress, which was al most unanimous in committing our billions last year, is once again wrestling with the priorities as well as the tremendous responsib ility of trying to decide whether the $5.7 billion next requested should be granted. There are some particularly difficult problems in volved here, especially those call ing for enough foresight to pierce the veil of the future. Thoughtful leaders in congress and out are asking whether these vast govern ment expenditures are useful or even desirable. Varying Viewpoints There was Senator Fulbright’s implication that the unemployed should be given higher priority than the unexplored. One might consider whether this, as a nat ional policy, would lead to social ism than to full employment. Then former ASC Chairman Lewis Strauss attacked the space pro gram as “colossally wasteful.” Mr. Strauss questions the value of the moon as a missile site or obser vation post, and he predicts that the cost of the present program will run nearer to $40 billion than $20 billion. The temporary prop aganda value of a few weeks of headlines, he maintains, is hardly worth that amount of money. Mr. Strauss has seen one of the government's research pro grams at close range, that of ex ploration into the mysteries of energy and the structure of mat ter. He is acquainted with the gla mour angle of the atomic age, and he knows something of how far a billion dollars of research will take us. He is possibly familiar with the frustration that results from the necessity of making something practical out of a technological breakthrough. Price Of Knowledge As of now, the big attraction that government space research has for this free people is simply that we do not know what we would like to know. The most practical uses of space (except for the military) are of less concern right now, although in time we may be able to claim more direct benefits. But the question remains whether we can be assured of Acre overall national gain than loss after pouring many billions into the moon-shoot program. If such ventures prove worthless, this as well as other expensive re search may tend to make us a high-cost nation trying to com pete in a cut-price world. Perhaps the biggest problem we face is that of keeping bigness under control. We must not come to believe, whether we have sue cess with space probes or not, that any kind of a problem can be solved by pouring big money onto it through the government. Our general experience so far, upon analysis , may provide evidence that we often have failed to ach ieve net ganis by this method. The Soviet economy is out of joint at least partially because of its space program, although the system ap parently does not count costs or concern itself about lost values. Keep Control of Spending We must not allow our govern ment do-it-all programs to break us down ( a thing the Russians themselves, incidentally, have vowed to accomplish). It takes no great imagination for citizens weary of giving away tax dollars to wonder what this nation could accomplish with $20 or $40 billion worth of Federal aid to education or to medical research. No doubt Ea3t f< . ar the Red chinese The tax cuts or p ayments on the nat-: ese and the Free chine8e 1 e-i Vx A- y-V 4- kx 4- ax mw ^ w I yj I —' A recent traveler in free China and Formosa reports that the general atmosphere all over Free China was that Red China is fall ing apart. This information came from conversations with military officers, leaders of the Free Chin ese Government and the “man in the street.” The captives of the Communists in Red China, of course, do not have the true information about the conditions in Free China, and if they did, the entire population would no doubt rise in opposition to their own oppressive govern ment. This is borne out by the fact that after the Koren war, when Red China was riding high, hav ing actually defeated us in that struggle, 85 per cent of the Chin ese Communist prisoners elected to go to Formosa rather than to return to their own families. This was also before the present col lapse of the Red Chinese indus trialization and agriculture. Today, few people in the Far “Most of the thousands of year ly visitors to the 555 1-2 foot-high Washington Monument probably know little of its stormy past or its myriad oddities. Standing on the famous Mall halfway between the Lincoln Memorial and the Cap itol, the white marble obelisk is the capital’s highest structure. For a nominal ten cents, an el evator whisks visitors to the top in 70 seconds. Since revenue from this source exceeds operating and maintaining expenses, the Monu ment actually pays its own way; a striking phenomenon itself in these days of high spending of Government projects. From the top, visitors thrill to a spectacular view of the city has written illuminating articles on public problems. Let me quote him: “‘Let us not beguile ourselves by the argument that since we are spending so much on the military, nc appreciable savings can be made in ci\il expenditures. In ten years the cost of national defense has increased 18.8 per cent. All other expenditures have gone up 162 per cent. One of the most glaring items of pork is the fantastic plan to make Tulsa, Okla., in inland port. It grew through the influence of Robert S. Kerr, who was governor from 1943 to 1947 and senator from 1949 to his death last year. First, he secured an ‘authorization’ Although monument officials I which is a hunting license for an ional debt to that extent would don . t fear ^ and the feeling strengthen the economy. Anyone can pick out a favorite terriestial need that might seemi, worthy o* national commitment. By which token . some minds can easily jump thQ. gap that ought to exist between private and public activity. Spending $20 bil lion plus is not likely to be under taken by any private - corporation nor by any of the states. If the Federal government must spend in this manner, let *is do it only- after much public s^ul searching, counting the possible consequenc es. If we take such steps without being aware of the dangers, we may one day be spending billions without having any choice at all, as the Rusisan people do. Billions spent in government research will indeed be profitless if the “spill over” brings loss of freedom. there is rampant that only West ern diplomats at the council tables of the world can save Red China from its natural liquidation. The Red Chinese have 2 1-2 mil lion troops to about 600,000 for the Free Chinese, but the Communists have many- fronts to defend, in India, in Korea, in Vietnam and in Laos. And of course, it takes quite a force to keep down and po lice the Chinese people, and to pre vent an internal uprising. A large force is maintained in the provin ces opposite Formosa, and cer tainly many of these would defect to the Free Chinese side in event of an attempted return to the Free Chinese to their mainland. In the light of these divisions, the Free Chinese forces appear to be adequate. One principal obstacle to any at tempt of the Free Chinese to re take their homeland is opposition from the United States. This op position is a bit hard to under stand in view of the fact that in preserving Red China, we are per mitting a nuclear power to be built up outside of the scope of the test ban treaty. A successful landing by the Nat ionalists is the most expedient an- service that has been and is still « wer 40 ? he P^lem °f expanding beinsr rendered bv the oress een- Communism in the Far East. Vir- ^ x ' l tually every one of our problems erally and your loc&l newspaper i. . . ,, , . , ,. . y * in Asia would be solved by the re in particular. We have noted that there have Letter To Editor Dear Mr. Armfield: - - We would like to make mention through this letter of the observ ance of National Newspaper week commencing on October 13, land extending through October 1&. We wish to convey bur sincere appreciation for the community been some very important articles that have been directed specifi cally to textile matters. For this we are grateful. ** We also want to thank you, the editor, and all of ydur staff for the understanding that you must have of the problems that have been confronting the textile in dustry and for the position that you have taken concerning a more wholesome community life .for Newberry. Newberry Mills appreciates the service that has been rendered by your newspaper and’ wpuld like for you to know that we will con tinue in our efforts at improving textile public relations in our community. Sincerely, L. E. GATLIN, JR. General Mgr., Newberry Mills, Inc. by Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Pruitt are now making their home at 1912 1-2 Harper street. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cobb have moved to their new home, 2405 Highland Drive. ALWAYS CHECK (vTOO®! SOUTH CAROL! MA NATIONAL BANK for AUTO LOANS UP TO 36 MONTHS SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK MBMBIR POIC occupation of his homeland Chiang Kai-shek. If the United States allows Red China to be preserved by holding back the Free Chinese until they become a nuclear power we will be in for some real blackmailing. The problem of India and Paki stan would be eased if the Red Chinese no longer threatened the Indian border and the need for continued aid to India by the U. S. would end. If we no longer felt obliged to send help to India, Pak istan would not feel that we were aiding her enemy and our rela tions with Pakistan would be bet ter. The large Red Chinese forces backing up the Viet Cong and the a Free Chinese landing on the con tinent, and the routing of the Red Pathet Lao would be broken up by Chinese. * A successful defeat of the Red Chinese would have a wonderful psychological effect on other na tions, and could lead to a massive uprising right to Moscow itself and might be the beginning of the end of Communism. We were gratified at the news that there was a split between the Russian Communists and the Red Chinese, but we must remember that the news of such a split came from the Communists and the evi dence is suspect. Back in 1947 we heard much the same news about Khrushchev and Tito but they are now back in each others' arms and our three billion dollars spent on Tito to keep Yugoslavia free of the Russian control was wasted. The same result can be expected in the publicised differences be tween Mao Tse-tung and Khrush chev and especially is this true in the event that because of illness, death or other happening, Mao Tse-tung should be replaced, then immediately the chill now evident between the two countries would disappear and the Communists would again be united, if indeed they have ever been separated. Red China came into being be cause of what we and other west ern nations did or failed to do, and if we fail to lend encourage ment to any attempt on the part of the Nationalist Chinese gov ernment to retake their homeland we will be again in the position of helping further the Communist cause to the destruction of our own. discourage publicity stunts, usual ly about one person a year suc ceeds in walking down the hun dreds of steps on his hands. One day -Blackstone, the magician, rode up to the Monument astride a pony. Officials refused his re quest to take the horse to the top and make it disappear. No one knows how he proposed to carry off this bit of legerdemain. However, some stunts have been permitted. Dr. Alfredo Warsaw of the Metropolitan Opera Company once sang from the top of the shaft to test the carrying power of his voice. A National Symphony Orchestra trumpeter gave this lungs a real workout when the notes he blew from the monu ment’s top could be heard way down on Constitution avenue. Thoughtless visitors sometimes toss all manner of things from the top of the shaft, including 12- inch steel spikes, pennies and bot tles. One unhappy housewife flung her wedding ring over the side. Perhaps her husband feared he might be next, for they quickly patched up their differences and a few minutes later recovered the gold band. Undoubtedly Mrs. S. E. Long- well of Middlebury, Vt. suffered one of the most harrowing ex periences. Several years back, when attendants locked up for the night, they inadvertently over looked her presence. After a long night alone in the shaft with only bats and howling winds for com pany, an hysterical Mrs. Long 1 - well greeted the guards in the morning. A very thorough night check is now the last order of the day. About one of seven visitors walk up the 898 steps to the top of the monument, a feat that requires a- bout half an hour. Those hardy souls view the 202 memorial stones along the stairway in the shaft's interior. Contributed by in dividuals, states, groups and even countries throughout the world, they include some from the an cient ruins of Carthage, the tomb of Napoleon and the battlefield of Bunker Hill. California voted to give a gold quartz block in 1850. It rests on the 120-foot landing. Low on funds the state signed a note for $975 in payment for the stone. Not un til 1943 did the legislature realize the original $975, plus compound interest, had snowballed to a whopping $2,277,550. That year, Governor Earl Warren signed the 93 years after the original debt, checks to pay off in full. The monument opened to the public on October 9, 1888, the to tal cost, foundations and shaft, a- mounted to $1,187,710. But if it were constructed today prices would probably cost close to $15 million to buy the land, pay the labor and purchase the materials, acres $5. I never walked up the monu ment, but I walked down; that was quite bad enough. I recall walking down the steps from the top of the beautiful cat hedral in France. It causes sore muscles. We Americans are be coming soft. An Englishman re joices in a country home several miles from the railroad and fre quently he walks from the train to his country estate. Raymond Moley will be remem bered as the very able man who worked with Mr. Roosevelt as leading man in the original brain trust. For some years Mr. Moley appropriation’. Then a small item was appropriated, $1.7 million. With this foot in the Treasury door, more and more was appro priated yearly, until the final cost will be $L2 billion -The project, well under way, would build the shallow, meandering Arkansas river a channel to carry freight vessels 516 miles from the Miss issippi. But there are railroads serving that inland city of Tulsa which desperately need the busi ness which this project will deny to them. What next? A subsidy for the railroads to make up for lost business. Another fat piece of pork is the Fryingpan-Arkansas diversion project. This one, authorized last year, will take water from the west slope of the Rockies, where every drop is needed, and dump it into the Arkansas, mostly for the purpose of supplying supplemen tal irrigation in areas where the government is already spending tens of millions to put acreage out of cultivation. And the states on the lower Colorado desperately need water thus diverted. But people who lobby for these projects in Congress are mainly employees of President Kennedy. He alone among elected officials should serve the national rather than greedy local interests. But he is not meeting that responsib ility.*' Unhappily for the nation the principal effort of today is to persuade the National Government to spend millions for whatever somebody dreams about. PROPERTY TRANSFERS Newberry Nix 1 < Ola T. Newberry to Clyde Teas- ter, one lot and one building on Boundary street $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside Ralph T. Williams, Executor of the estate of Will S. Glenn, dec eased, to Henry Duckett, 1.25 acres $5. Harold Lee Taylor to George W. Roberts one lot and one building, $5. Silverstreet No. 2 J. Madison Longshore and Nar- vice K. Longshore to Tennie M. Longshore, two lots and one build ing, $5 and assumption of a mort gage. Carolyn W. Epting, individually and as executrix of the estate of Carl E. Epting Sr., to Thomas Blair, one lot and one building, $6,250. Wise Homes, Inc. to Jimmie Shelton, one lot $10. Bush River No. 3 Clifton Horton to George W. Moates and Yvonne H. Moates, 3 Whitmire No. 4 James C. Suber to Martin Gay Suber, one lot and one building $5. R. M. Duckett Jr. to Rufus L. Duncan Jr., one lot $5. J. S. Gleason Sr. as administra tor of Veterans Affairs, to Ken neth A. King and Earline S. King, one lot $1000. J. F. Gleason Jr., Administrator of Veterans Affairs to David B. Miller and Ella Mack Miller, two lots $1000. Pom aria No. 5 The General Synod of the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian church to the Prosperity Cemetery from m Supper Treats Crest the top of your next cas serole with dairy soured cream into which has been stirred minc ed onion and lemon juice. Dash with paprika and place in the oven for 5 minutes to heat, after the casserole itself has baked. Add a half cup of chopped dates to your next batch of blueberry muffins for a very nice treat. Helen’s Favorite: Crunchy Avocado Spread (Makes % cup) 1 large avocado 1 tablespoon lemon juice Vt teaspoon salt Dash of tabasco 2 strips bacon 1 teaspoon finely chopped onion Cut avocado, remove skin and seed. Mash with fork and blend in lemon juice salt and tabasco. Cook bacon until crisp and crumble into mixture with onion. Use for spread on crack ers and chipSo FtOM YESTEBY The first UJ5. seaplane was patented by Cnrtiss, August 23, 1911. The Foreign and Domestic Commerce Bureau of the U.S. was estab- blished, August 23, 1912. The White House was burned by the British, August 24, 1814. Terri torial government was granted Alaska, August 24, 1912. The United States and Germany signed a peace treaty in Berlin, August 25, 1921.' The First U.S. Army entered Paris, August 25, 1944. The 19th Amendment, allowing Woman Suffrage, became effective, August 26, 1920. The Spanish landed in St. Augnstine, Florida, August 27, 1565. The first petroleum well was opened by Edward L. Drake, August 28, 1859, at Titusville, Pennsylvania. An Indian reservation was established in New Jersey, August 29, 1758. Oliver Wendell Holmes was born, August 29, 1809. Packaged mix is excellent for the muffins. Speaking of dates, they can be chopped and combined with mini ature marshmallows to use as a stuffing for a slit in an unpeeled banana. Place bananas on grill and heat enough to melt marsh mallows for a quickie dessert. Melt 1-ounce at baking chocolate and let it drip on a cake iced with boiled frosting. Decorate with slivered almonds or walnut halves. Here’s a nice salad to make: use orange-flavored gelatin par tially congealed and add to it cling peach slices, crushed pineapple and 1 cup of marshmallow creme whipped with 2 teaspoons orange juice. Fold in Vi cup mayonnaise and pour into a mold. TAX NOTICES The tnx books will be open for the collection of 196j taxes on and after October 1, 1963. The following is general levy for all except special pur poses : County: Ordinary Bonds, Notes and Interest Hospital School Ordinary Bonds and Interest TTiei following are the authorized special levies for the various tax districts of the County together with the gen eral levy : 71/2 mills 7 mills 1 mill 351/2 mills 7 mills i „ , * c County School Total District No. Tax Levy Tax Levy Levy i . i*’*' Mills Mills Mills 1. ; Newberry 15V2 42/2 58 2. Silverstreet 15K2 421/2 , 58 3. r Bush River 151/2 42/2 58 4. Whitmire 15V 2 42/2 58 5. ; Pomaria 15V 2 42/2- 58 6. Little Mountain ISM! 42/z 58 7. Prosperity 15V 2 42/2 58 ' * * - 'a* There will be a discount of one (1%) per cent allowed on taxes paid on or before October 31, 1963. On and after January 1, 1964, the penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in which the property is located. J. RAY DAWKINS . Treasurer of Newberry County BuiMing Permits Little Mountain No. 6 Murray Counts, repairs to dwel ling $1000. W. Derrill Wicker, one 1-room brick veneer dwelling, $10,500. Newberry No. 1 Outside Leonard Wright, Route 3, re pairs to dwelling $2300. Ralph Coates, Clyde Ave., ope 4-room wood frame dwelling $895. PomarU No. 5 John G. Long, Route 2, repairs to dwelling $600. Sam Aull, Route 2, one store building, cement block, $2006. .. Frances Hentz, repairs to dwel ling $1000. Aubrey Wicker, Route 2, one 7- room brick veneer dwelling, $11,- 000. Walter Suber, one 6-room frame dwelling $3000. Recent Marriages Roy W. Lanier and Minnie Em ma Jean Clanton of Lincolnton, N. C. were married October 7 at York by Probate Judge Charles F. Dunn. Billy McHugh Coats of New berry and Margaret Loretta Shealy of Batesburg were mar ried at Leesville on September 22 by Rev. Donald B. Long. • f State Bank No. 67-693 c > ^ REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF COMMERCE OF PROSPERITY, IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON SEPT. 30, 1963 ASSETS Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection $ 310,867.40 United States Government obligations, direct and , guaranteed J 295,989.59 Obligations of States and political subdivisions 197,772.76 Other bonds, notes, and . debentures (including > y - $144448.05 securities of Federal agencies and cor porations not guaranteed by U. S. 144,148.05 Corporate stocks (including no stock of Federal ^ BfcServe Bank ... . None .Loans and discounts (including $11.57 overdraft) 761,927.06 Bank premises owned $19,911.73; furniture and fix tures $8,477.72 28489*45 ^ " (Bank premises owned are subject to $ n«ns not assurood by bank) 4 Real estate owned other than bank premises None ; Investment and other assets indirectly represent- ing* bank premises or other real estate None ^ Customers’ liability to this bank on acceptances . outstanding None i^Other assets 8,884.51 t TOTAL ASSETS $1,747,978.82 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and Corporations j > $1,017,72541 and savings deposits of individuals, partner- rps, and corporations 330,387.58 a of United States Government (including postal savings) 77,905.33 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 127,905.72 Association, 4.72 acres $5. Elders and Deacons of the Can non Creek Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian church to the Prosperity Cemetery Associa tion 4.72 acres $5. Newberry No. 1 Corrie Lei Havird to Lee. [ Havird, 2-5 interest in three $5 love and affection.' Lee E. Havird to Corrie Havird, one lot and one buil 3-5 interest on Boundary street, love and affection. Prosperity No. 7 C. S. Holland to Wyman Frick, one lot $5. Little Mountain No. 6 W. K. Swygert and H. B. Shealy to Eliza B. Brakefield and Harold H. Brakefield, one lot $5. fYDoposits of banks — Certified and officers' checks, etc. — TOTAL DEPOSITS $1,656394.79 U (aY Total demand deposits -$1426,507.21 .. ... (b). Total time & savings deposits__$ 430,887.58 Mortgages or other liens none on bank premises “ pone on other real estate — scounts and other liabilities for borrowed money l ptances executed by or for account of this and outstanding 4 — liabilities - None 2,971.05 None None None 26,070.78 LIABILITIES $1482,965.57 - none None Surplus 60,000.00 . TJjuiivided profits 55,013.25 . Reserves (and retirement account for preferred cap ital) None Here you see Cadillac’s new front end appearance for 1964. The horizontal bars of the grille carry around the front fender over the popular cornering light. All Cadillac models offer the new high performance 429 cubic inch engine. The de Ville models, Fleetwood Sixty Special sedan and Eldorado convertible introduce the new Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission. CAPITAL ACCOUNTS (a) Common stock, total par value $50,000.00 (b) Preferred stock, total par value none, total retirable value none (c) Capital notes and debentures none 50,000.00 None TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $ 165.013.25 TOTAL LIABILITIES & CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $1,747,978.82 MEMORANDA Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabilities and for other purposes (including notes and bills rediscounted and securities sold with agreement ment to repurchase) $ 170,022.54 Loans as shown above are after deduction of vadu- ation reserves of 24,856.53 Securities as shown above are after deduction of valuation reserves of None I, Jacob A. Bowers, President and Cashier of the above- named bank, do solemnly swear that the report of condition is true and correct, to the best of m> knowledge and belief. JACOB A. BOWERS, Correct—Attest: RUDOLPH C. BARNES, J. MONROE FULMER, W. G. LYLES, Directors State of South Carolina, County of Richland,—ss: Sworn to and subscribed before me this 8th day of October, 1963, and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bank. ELEANOR F. WASSON, Notary Public My Commission expires at the pleasure of the Governor.