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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1964 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY O. F. Armfield, Jr., Ownar 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 You read that the South Caro lina Electric and Gas Company will spend more than 90 million dollars between now and 1967. Already since S. C. McMeekin be came president, more than 300 million dollars has been budgeted for this great company. Every year of S. C. Meekin’s manage ment enough new money has been spent on the great service of his company to build and finance a big industrial plant. Mr. McMeek in is our State’s greatest South Carolina builder of all time. The company employs about 1,- 800 citizens and pays about 17 million dollars a year in taxes. Sometimes the papers are full of news and interesting special articles. Glancing over our South Carolina papers I cull from The Marlboro Herald-Advocate an ed itorial on the religious groups in America: Three of every five persons in the United States have religious affiliations, according to the forthcoming 1964 Yearbook of American churches. The nation’s church membership is 117,946,000, or 63.4 per cent of the population. In 1850 only 16 per cent of the population were church members. The figure rose to 18 per cent in 1870, 22 per cent in 1890, and 36 per cent in 1900. A World War II upsurge caused a rise from 49 per cent in 1940 to 57 per cent in 1950. A record per centage of 63.6 was recorded in 1960. Protestants outnumbered Rom an Catholics, 64,929,941 to 43,- 847,938, but Catholic gains in the last year exceeded the Protestant growth, 2.3 per cent to 0.77 per cent. Jews numbered 5,509,000; East ern Orthodox, 3,001,751; Armen ian, Old Catholic and Polish Nat ional Catholic, 597,372, and Budd hist 60,000. Protestants were 27 per cent of the United States population in 1926; 33.8 per cent in 1950; 35.4 per cent in 1960 and 34.9 per cent in 1962. The Roman Catholic part of the population rose from 16 per cent in 1926 to 23.4 per cent in 1961 to 23.6 per cent in 1962. Exclusive of Roman Catholic and Jewish, the largest church body in the United States is the Southern Baptist with 10,191,303 members. Methodists are close runners-up with 10,153,003. The third largest in a Negro church, National Baptist, USA, Inc. with 5,000,000 members. Others in the top five are Pro testant Episcopal, with 3,317,870 and United Presbyterians 3,265,- 234. The next five are: Lutheran Church in America, 3,080,272; National Baptist of America (Ne gro), 2,668,799; Lutheran Missouri Synod, 2,522,095; American Lu theran, 2,338,959; and Churches of Christ, 2,250,000. Others in the top 15 are: United Church of Christ, 2,056,696; Christian church (Disciples of Christ), 1,779,046; Church of Lat ter Day Saints (Mormon, 1,682,- 046; American Baptist Convention, 1,544,505, and Greek Archdiocese of North and South America, 1,- 500,000. Tradition and the prevailing themes in literature and govern ment documents of the early U. S. give the impression that Amer icans were a more devout neople before the 20th century. But statistics show that now, in an era of strongest anti-relig ious activity, interest in religion, as expressed by church member ship, is at an all-time high. (The Columbia Record.) So far as economy in our Nat ional Government is concerned, ample provision is made for some unnecessary special interests, as “The Rural Electrification and the Area Redevelopment administra tions. All regulatory commissions are given increased funds. No less than 44 new projects are to be started by the Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation at an ag gregate cost of $500 million (out lays always tend to outrun such estimates), even if the 1965 ex penditures runs only to $23 million. Any forecast of spending by the Department of Agriculture is bound to fall short ofthe reality until that sprawling empire loses its autonomy. Finally, the cost of last week’s Columbia River agree ment and Canada is likely to push even the official deficit estimate beyond $5 billion.” Our tasy-credit policy shows signs of extravagance, as the ex perience of the F. H. A. seems to indicate. The government is striving with some success to get rid of thous ands of homes it is acquiring each month as more owners default on their mortgages. Under their mortgage-insuring programs, both the Federal Hous ing Administration and the Vet erans Administration are taking over an increasing number of houses as lenders more often find it necessary to foreclose. The FHA is the owner or mortgage-holder of around 100,000 houses and ap artment units, and the VA has almost 20,000 on its hands. The situation is arousing con cern in Congress, as it has among real estate men. Today Democratic Sen. Sparkman of Alabama is to start two days of hearings by his Senate Housing subcommittee to determine if new legislation is needed or if fresh administrative efforts would help turn the tide. Housing officials don’t expect any major improvement this year in the high foreclosure rate. But sales of dwellings taken over are picking up as the government en gages in flashier advertising and becomes a bit less fussy about the credit potential of new buyers. Officials are renting out more houses they con’t sell very quickly and destroying some they’ve lost all hope of ever selling. The FHA is fighting an up-hill battle. It took over 42,242 houses and apartment units in the last fiscal year. By mid-1965, the ag ency expects to be managing an inventory of 120,845 units, up from 115,658 this coming June 30 and 99,154 a year earlier. The VA which, a spokesman em phasizes, ‘wants to get out of the real estate business,’ has already reached the turning point. Its inventory of houses jumped from about 8000 at the end of 1960 to nearly 26,000 a year ago but now has shrunk to around 19,400. Holiday Notice Friday, February 22 Being Washington’s Birthday The Institutions Listed Below Will Not Be Open for Business. The public is urged to take notice of this and arrange all business accordingly. Newberry County Bank Newberry Joanna The South Carolina National Bank Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Assn. * The State Building & Loan Assn. The Bank of Commerce PROSPERITY, S. C. CHAPIN, S. C. 9 Dean Manion o : THE *: MANION : : FORUM : • • •••••••••••••••••••a A lot of newspaper editorialists have been having a field day reg ularly castigating the 88th Cong ress, while they call for reorgan ization of our Constitutional sys tem to bring about the complete, unrestrained authority of the Pres ident to do as he pleases with the direction and destiny of the Am erican people. Khrushchev has this kind of absolute authority over his subjects, but this is no reason to assume that we must adopt the same sort of executive absolutism in order to coexist with our Red enemies. This idea is subversive of all that we fought for in the Ameri can Revolution. Our Declaration of Independence is filled with pro tests against executive dictator ship and against the then estab lished Kingly practice of “fatigu ing” the colonial legislature into compliance with British measures It is clear that foreclosures are much more common on houses sold with Government-backed mortga ges than on others. During the 12 months ended last September 30, savings and loan associations foreclosed in 12.4 of every 1000 FH A mortgages they held, the Fed eral Home Loan Bank board re ports. The figure was 7.7 for VA loans and only 4.1 for conventionol non-Government-backed loans. Foreclosures are touched off primarily by local ‘overbuilding’ of houses and special circumstan ces such as illness, long unemploy ment and shutdown of a major factory or military base that harms a whole community’s econ omy, officials say.” In the long ago buying a house or home was a serious transaction but easy credit today facilitates over-buying and extravagant de signing. Our foreign policy is—and has been—a series of colossal blund ers, as I see it. Now we have Britain dealing with Castro and France dealing with Red China. We might as well consider seriously that we are the greatest people in the world, and of all time, here at home, but the world’s most serious blunderers in foreign affairs. I would venture to tell Britain and France, with all the suavity of diplomancy, that all further contributions from us must be cut off, as we must take care of ourselves. Our course with Cuba was and is the very quintessence of blund ering ignorance and weakness. There are times when a show of resolution and forie can avoid greater disaster. We have fiddled and played with Cuba until Cuba enlisted the sympathy and co-op eration of Russia, Britain, and Latin America, from Mexico to the South Pole. We don’t seem to understand that a show of force may avert great losses, even disasters. What have we gained by our feeble policy toward Cuba? Gain ed nothing and today Russia has a foothold at our doors and we sacrifice not only our dignity but our national security by our lack of vigorous action. As I ventured to suggest two years ,and more ago, we could then have made a demonstration of force, without killing one Cuban or losing one man of our side. Dilly-dallying in ignorance and weakness; and now what? Panama has decided to profit by our lack of vigor. There was a Roman General of the long ago who was nicknamed “Cunctator” — Fabius Maximus, Cuncatator—the Delayer. Well to day we are old Fabius ourselves, while Cuba and Panama walk over us—and threaten to destroy the peace and security of this part of the world. for American taxation and gov ernment. Under our Constitution, the President is not supposed to make the laws. It is his duty to carry out the laws and directives of Con gress. This basic postulate of our Constitutional system is being submerged in a wave of newspa per criticism aimed at the present 88th Congress because of its re luctance to rubber-stamp into law all of the directives and desires of the President. Congress has been taking a long look at the foreign policy of this country which is largely left in the hands of the President. A great many Congressmen, like a great many citizens, believe that our foreign policy is utterly lack ing. They look at the situation in Laos, in Vietnaam, in Cuba, in the Canal Zone, in Tanganyika and in Zanzibar. We cannot afford again to back off and to demonstrate weakness in our foreign policy. Agreements with foreign coun tries are made in the form of treaties. In Panama, for example, we have a treaty that we entered into in 1903, which was ratified by Congress in 1904. Under this treaty Panama granted to the U. S. all rights, power and authority within a specified zone in which the Panama canal was built. Panama agreed that the United States should, at all times, have a right to use its armed forces in defense of the canal and auxiliary works. We entered into that treaty in good faith. It has been in effect over 60 years. In spite of the ex press agreement in the treaty, we are now being pressured to ne gotiate with the Republic of Pan ama with the result that a new treaty will be negotiated, giving up some of the rights we acquired under the original one. We have demonstrated weakness and vac illation on the Cuban situation, after the President had taken a position of firmness. While the nation was still applauding the stand taken publicly by the Pres ident, he backed down and we all know what the result of that weakening of position has been. Foreign policy is the obligation of the President, but Congress as representative of the people of the United States, has the right and the duty to watch the foreign policy as it is being administered and t o discuss the weakness and strengths of that policy in Cong ress. The Senate will have to rat ify any new treaty that might be negotiated with any other country, and in this way, Congress does have some control over such mat ters. Where the Executive may wish to concede some of our rights finder former treaties, a responsi- ble Congress may have another thought and may possibly have the last word. So far the present 88th Congress has given some assur ance to the American people that it will not approve further con cessions under valid treaties. BIRTHS « Recent arrivals at Newberry County Memorial Hospital include: Roland Allen, five pound, four ounce son bom February 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Allen Bobb, 1309 Poplar Street. Mrs. Bobb is the former Betty Jo Saville. Timothy Boiter Jr., eight pound son bom Feb. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Harris, 1107 Hillcrest Road. Mrs. Harris is the former Sara Amanda Mabry. Sharon Elaine, six pound, eight ounce daughter born Feb. 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Edward Cor ley, Route 3, Prosperity. Mrs. Corley is the former Marian Retha Kibler. Lee James Williams, six pound, 11 ounce son bom Feb. 16 to Mr. and Mrs. George Bobb Sligh, 2022 Rivers Street. Mrs. Sligh is the former Vemelle Metts. Stoney Hill precinct Democratic club will meet at 10:30 a.m., Sat urday, February 22 at the Stoney Hill Community Center, according to Earl Boozer, president. AUDITOR’S 1964 TAX i ASSESSMENT NOTICE Returns of personal property, boats, motors, trailers, mobile homes, r6al property, new buildings and real estate transfers and poll tax are to be made at the County Auditor’s Office beginning: January 2nd, 1964 through February 29th, 1964 « All able-bodied male citizens between the age of 21 and 60 are liable to $1.00 poll tax. All returns are to be made by Tax Districts. Your failure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. THE HOSPITAL PATIENTS IN Mrs. Nina G. Brown, Newberry. Mrs. Alice D. Bowers, Pros perity. Mrs. Susan Banks Newberry. Howard W. Bost, Newberry. Cohe R, Bedenbaugh, New berry. Miss Annie Bynum, Newberry. George A. Black, Clinton. Mrs. Victoria G. Bradley, New berry. Mrs. Lois L. Cannon, Newberv. Mrs. Margaret R. Donald, New berry. Willie Erskine Jr., Whitmire. Mrs. Kathryn Fuller, Joanna. Mrs. Pauline R. Goff, Saluda. Miss Dorothy E. Grant, New berry. Mrs. Orrie S. Jennings, New berry. Mrs. Carolyn Kyzer, Newberry. Mrs. Victoria Lindley, Newberry. Mrs. Mary Lominick, Newberry. Mrs. Bessie S. Long, Silver- street. Mrs. Julia Long, Silverstreet. Mrs. Josie McAlhany, New berry. Louis Morris, Newberry. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Murray, New berry. Allan Murray, Newberry. Mrs. Cornelia F. Miller, Little Mountain. Mrs. John A. Mayer, Pomaria. Forrest Powell, Newberry. Mrs. Patricia P. Roach and baby girl, Newberry. D. Hoyt Rankin, Saluda. Mrs. Leila Ruff, Newberry. Mrs. Vivian Reaves, Newberry. Mrs. Evelyn N. Reed, Whitmire. J. A. Suber, Newberry. Mrs. Faye Smith and baby girl, Newberry Mrs. Vemelle Sligh and baby boy, Newberry. Mrs. Belle Sinclair, Prosperity. James J. Sligh, Newberry. Mrs. Christina Senn, Newberry. Mrs. Carolyn M. Summer, New berry. Willie J. Suber, Pomaria. Mrs. Hattie S. Sheely, Little Mountain. Mrs. Ida Mae Taylor, Newberry. Mrs. Ella Trammel, Newberry. Dannie Lee Turner, Newberry. Edward L. Vanderford, Whit mire. Virgil Williamson, Pomaria. William E. Wicker, Newberry. Furman Anderson, New’berry. Mrs. Marie Cannon, Newberry. Mrs. Lou Amy Chalmers, New berry. Mrs. Eugenia Caldwell, New berry. Mrs. Ellen Cray, Newberry. Mrs. Susie Mae Harmon, New berry. Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Newberry. Master Henry Koon, Newberry. Mrs. Emma Owens, Prosperity. L. B. Praylow, Prosperity. Randle Worthy, Newberry. Eddie Whitener, Whitmire. John Werts, Prosperity. ■*- MILLS CLINIC PATIENTS Margaret Rinehart, West Co lumbia Mrs. Victoria Stockman, Pros perity Miss Lalla Martin, Newberry Olin Fulmer, Prosperity Baby Boy Wise, Prosperity Mrs. Naomi Kinard and baby girl, Leesville Mrs, Harvey Cockrell and baby girl, Batesburg Mrs. Adam Shealy, Rt. 4, Lees ville Jim Pet Cook, Prosperity Dorothy Curry and baby girl, Little Mountain Johnnie Ruth Crumblin and baby boy, Little Mountain PROPERTY : TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Robert D. Humphries and Judy Rinehart Humphries to L. Roy Stribble and Barbara D. Stribble, one lot, 57 Glenn street, $5. Donald L. McConaughy to Ruth T. Fennell, one lot on Wheeler street $5. Rvc.ii T. Fennell to Donald L. McConaughy and Janet P. Mc Conaughy, one lot on McDowell street $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside Clyde R. Merrick to William H. Anderson, 20 acres $5. Mrs. Gertie W. West to Burnest Wilson Neel, one lot, $5. Whitmire No. 4 Outside R. M. Duckett to Lee Hop, one lot $300. F. M. Duckett to Ida Mae Chick, one lot on Clark St., $300. s R. M. Duckett to Perry Lee Hunter, one lot on Clark St. $300. Clardy, one lot, $6.00. Pomaria No. 5 D. H. Hamm, Sr., to Genell Werts, 1.35 acres $5. Thomas William Metts to L. Pinner Metts, 2.9 acres $5. Claude Richardson, Clarence B. Metts and J. Walter Richardson as Trustees of Lewis Pinner Metts 2.9 acres $5 and premises. Burnell L. Delo to Burnell L. Delo and Adelbest Delo, 2 acres $5 love and affection. J. Henry Stockman to Ralph Moore, one acre $5. Edgar Lee Dawkins to Ophelia Dominick and Eva Lucinda Dom inick, 100 acres, $5 love and af fection. Arthur Pearl Richard ion to Jerry L. Richardson, 2.62 acres, $5.00 love and affection.