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« PAGE 2 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1964 tw 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29103 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. 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 Someone suggests that I might have made a point in my last week’s comment. He says that he and his family go to the beach in summer and enjoy sea breezes when the tide comes in, but suffer from heat when the tide goes out. This is not news to people reared on the coast and those who leave their comfortable homes and en dure much less comfort while hoping to enjoy the salty air of the ocean. And by the same token people run away from the chilling blasts of winter, passing weeks in stuffy places. Well, well. I did cover the ground when I pointed out that electrically heated and cooled houses made the home ideal for all seasons, the home where we have our nooks and corners and where we leave so much when we go away. What I really intended to tell our friends who do not know the ways of the ocean-beaches is that during the 24 hour day the tide comes in six hours and goes out six hours. So you have only a SO SO chance of the salty breezes of the sea, whereas at home we may have our own breezes 24 hours in each day and night at a cost not more than ten per cent of the ex pense of even modest accommoda tions as we seek cooling comforts away from home. And all that ap plies equally to the joys and thrills of the comforts of home, with plenty of light and heat, as you wish it. What a comfort may be enjoyed in this good day and night-heat and breezes as you yourself wish, regardless of the weather. Tom Anderson is a straightout, straight-forward, vigorous writer on public matters, and he can for get public affairs for a moment and pay a fine tribute to General Mac Arthur. I qupte the tribute: “Speaking to young men who have chosen a lifetime of service to country and Constitution, one of history’s greatest generals, Douglas Mac Arthur, said: ‘Duty, honor, country: Those three hal lowed words reverently dictate what you want to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying point to build:cour age when courage seems to fail, to regain fuith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to cre ate hope when hope becomes for lorn. The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pe dant, every demagogue, every cy nic, every hypocrite, every trou ble-maker, and, I am sorry to say, some others of an entirely differ ent character, will try to down grade them even to the extent, of mockery and ridicule.’ ; / . While he was in the Philivj»in^s General MacArthur w r rote this prayer which he repeated many times during the early-morning devotions: ‘Build me a son, O Lord, whp will be strong enough ,to know when he is weak, and brave n-< ough to face himself vihen be is afraid; one who will be prbpd -ind unbending in honest defeat, j snd humble and gentle in victory. ‘Build me a son whose wisshes will not take the place of dee'ds; a son who will know Thee—and that to know himself is 4he f<\wy- dation stone of knowledge ‘Lead him, I pray, not in the path of ease and comfort, but un der the stress and spur of .diffi culties and challenge. Here let him learn to stand up in the storm; here let him learn com passion for those who fail. ‘Build me a son whose heart will be clear, whose goal will be high, a son who will master him self before he seeks to master other men, one w r ho w r ill reach into the future, yet n-ver forget the past. ‘And after all these things are his, and, I pray, enough of a sense of humor, so that he may always be serious, yet never take himself too seriously. Give h i m humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness, the open mind of true wisdom, and the meekness of true strength. ‘Then I, his father, will dare to whisper, I have not lived in vain.” Youth /seeds the right kind of heroes. Shining examples to look up to. To be truly great, one must be truly good. Robert E. Lee was as near perfect a hero as mortal man can be. We have had many heroes throughout Am erican history. One of the true giants, General Douglas MacAr thur, has gone to his reward. One of history's greatest soldiers, and great if he had never been a sol dier. First in his class at West Point. Brilliant, dedicated, courag eous, patriotic, strong physically, morally and spiritually.” Sometimes a writer, especially an editorial writer, will misstate facts and mislead his readers be cause he has wandered into a path entirely unfamiliar to him and roams around like a lost soul. At times an editorial is an in nocent error, due to lack of know- ty taxes, public order and public security taxes and Federal In taxes. Coops pay no Federal In come taxes and their contribu tions, voluntary contributions, are a mere bagatelle, more or less like the proverbial hill of beans. The coops were authorized to help the farmers. Today 99 per cent of the farms are served, many by the private companies. So the Coops today are reaching out to serve factories, the U. S. navy— and others not known as farmers and unknown to farming interests. It was the dominant idea that the Coops would carry electricity through barren and thinly settled areas—and they did quite a bit of that. Later it was thought that the Coops, claiming special fel lowship with my farm brethren, would sell power below the price charged by private companies. I, too, once had that idea. Now in my county a Coop serves an out standing official, charging a high er rate (he tells me) than that charged his cousin across the road. Just recently a well known lawyer built a home next to that same official and the lawyer re fused the service of the Coop, pre ferring tiie service of the private company—mind you, next door to the Coop customer. In all fairness, good fellowship and brotherly love, why must the Coops berate and antagonize the private companies and mislead the public ? I have never known the •••••••••• Dean Manion THE MANION FORUM « ledge of the subject rather than a Private companies to attack the display of malvolence. Such an Coops; why not live in peace and editorial appeared recently in a I harmony ? SPECIAL ! 160 prs (were Anderson’s periodical published by our friends —the Coops. The government in the effort to encourage investment of capital for building enterprises so badly needed will defer certain taxes. Now that is where our friends go astray: they think and say that the deferred taxes are a fraud. Words usually mean some thing: deferred taxes are not a denial of obligation; nor a failure to pay. Deferred taxes are collect ible later and are collected. No body swindles the Government out of a penny of deferred taxes; they are only postponed and come back with full force. A great part of new investments are. enjoying for a time deferred taxes, but the day of payment is only postponed, not forgiven. Nay! nay! Nobody runs away from Uncle Sam; everybody, except the coops themselves has to pay and does pay. , If we want to see all this ques tion the facts are simple. I am served by a Coop on some land and I enjoy no special favors. To be frank, my tenants have the ser vice. I myself am served by .a Just think of the special privi leges enjoyed by the Coops: (1) cheap money (2 per cent); (2) virtually no taxes; and (3) no regulation (virtually free lences, scot-free). Why seek to undermine the tax-paying power companies? Lest we forget: A law authoriz ing tax postponement for elderly citizens was enacted by Congress for self-employed people. It was passed in 1962. Does anyone at tack the self-employed, elderly citizens ? ? Our foreign policy is a mystery to me. We are waging war in Asia. Why? What is there at stake? So far as appears on the surface we are trying to out-wit and out-flank the Communists. Well, why? If we continue cheek- by-jowl with Russia, the cradle and nurse of Communism, why run all over the world trying, to battle Communism ? What have we at stake in far away lands, whether they strive for Communism or not? Are are private power company. It ** responsible for every nation that owned by stockholders. I have no stock in that company; nor do I receive any special favors or con sideration. As I said, some of my land is served by a Coop. The private company was built and maintained by customers like myself. The Company borrows money paying banks five per cent, sometimes more. My Coop breth- aspires to walk .under the Com munist banner? Why not give more thought and attention to the United States? Over here we are threatened with all sorts of whims and whimsies of would-be leaders, all tending to divide our people and disrupt our progress. We seem to be receptive to Russia, though not enthusiastic ren borrow from the Government a bout Hungary, Poland, Rumania, at two percent (2) although the* * - - Government itself is paying as high as 4 1-4 for the money lent to Coops at 2 per cent. All private companies are regu lated and controlled by the Pub lic Service Commission of South Carolina; all pay State and Coun- While we are considering 1964 Presidential possibilities, we must consider the ominous, wholesale decline of morality in the United States. George Washington, in his farewell address, said: “Of all the ciispositions and habits which lead to political prospetity, religion and morality are indispensable sup ports. “ . . . Where is security for pioperty, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the in struments of investigation in the courts of justice? “And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.” It was a tragic day in the life of cur nation when atheists were allowed to veto recognition of Almighty God in our public schools. Isn’t it strange that it took the Supreme Court of the United States 186 years to find out that prayer and Bible reading m nur public schools is unconsti tutional ? There is a difference between the Constitutional separation of church and State, and the separ ation of God and State. In June, 1962, the Supreme Court held that a prayer used in New York State public schools was unconstitutional. That prayer was written and prescribed by the State Board of Regents of New York and many people agreed with the court that the use of a prayer composed by a governmen tal agency was unconstitutional since it might be a technical vio lation of the separate functions of the church and the state. A year late the Supreme Court, at the instigation of suits bi*ought by atheists, held that the use of the Lord?s prayer and reading of the Bible is public schools was also unconstitutional. No one argued that the govern ing bodies of that community wrote the Lord’ prayer or th > Bi ble. The later decision was a nat ural follow-up of the first one. Unless something is done to stop the trend of such decisions, it will $oon be unconstitutional for a pub lic school teacher to answer a child’s question as to the exis tence of God. To do so might of fend atheists and ‘Hie Supreme Court would doubtless hold that such offending answer violated the Constitution. Prom the founding of the first public school in this country, Bi ble reading has been an accepted practice. It has contributed to the moral character of generations of Americans. The Declaration of Independence states the author’s trust in a “Divine Providence.” The thous ands of churches in this country, the dozens of seminaries, and the respec. accorded religious observ ances, all evidence the fact that this is a religious nation. The Su preme Court itself declared that this is a religious nation, but the effect of the two recent decisions is to move this nation toward the status of an officially godless na tion, in the same category with the Communists. The atheists and the seculariz- ers are now asking the court to invalidate the use of the words “under God” and thev are also at tacking certain portions of the Star Spangled Banner and Amer ica which refer to God. They also are urging that the words “In God We Trust” which appears on our coins and to remove any ref erence to God in oaths of witness es and anyplace else any such ref erence appears. Congress is presently consider ing proposed constitutional amend ments which will permit Bible reading and prayers in the public schools, and will also permit pub lic recognition of God in all other phases of official life. If the peo ple will speak, Congress will act on these measures—the sooner the better for all of us. There is no question but that Federal taxes are too high, and the reason they are too high is that the Federal government is spending too much money. Taxes are unpopular and spending is popular. Perhaps this is why there is such widespread accep tance of the tax reduction bill, even though it is not accompan ied by any marked or comparable reduction in Federal spending. To some of us, the very fact that the Federal Administration proposed to cut taxes and thus reduce income, and at the same time increase spending, seems in credible. But obviously this view is not shared by the majority of the Representatives and Senators, who face re-election campaigns in the near future. Somebody will have to make up this difference. It will no doubt be passed on to future geneiations, to our children and grandchildren, and probably to their descendants. The Government economists ex plain it; they say something like this: The Administration thinks it might be all right to balance the budget some day, but to balance it any time soon would make us poor because there would be no Federal deficit to make us rich. And to make us richer faster, they propose bigger deficits by cutting taxes and raising expenditures at the same time. The problem seems to be that we will have some trouble in trying to keep from go ing broke while we are getting de ficit-rich. As of June 30, 1963, the Federal deficit was some 8 billion dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury tells us that the deficit next June 30th will be more than $11 billion, and probably it will turn out to be more than $15 billion. To be sure, it is a huge task to decide where to begin to cut Fed eral spending, but a good place to begin would be in the foreign aid program. We have spent more than $105 billion in that program since the end of World War II. A great saving could be effect ed in the field of military expen ditures. This could be done by eliminating waste and extravag ance. Domestic civilian expendi tures could be reduced by four or five billion without reducing ef ficiency. Almost every category of Federal spending, except legal claims and interest on bonds could be reduced. We have taken a very severe loss of our gold reserves which a cut-back in foreign aid spending would help. Ten years ago we had $24 billion in gold to back up our currency. We have less than $16 billion now. Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia made a detailed study of the places where the Federal government could cut expenses without sacri ficing efficiency, and it was re leased to the press last March. Among other things,., the state ment shows that if the Presid ent’s budget were enacted into law for 1964, when added to the money already appropriated and unspent in the various agencies, there would be some $195 billion dollars available for the Government to spend this year. In the unspent funds is an item of $21 billion in the foreign aid fund. This huge unspent fund did not prevent Congress from appro priating another substantial am ount to be added to that fund, in the current session of Congress. If the foreign aiders consider $4 billion sufficient for their opera tions for a year, it is easy to see then that they could continue for at least five years more without any additional appropriation what ever. THE MARINE SEE YOUR LOCAL U. $. MARINI RECRUim and other countries under the Rus sian heel. If we are evangelizing the world, let us start with the in cubator of all this trouble—Rus sia? As I read the news I become more and more impressed by the apparent freakishness of our diplomatic aims and the apparent throwing our weight around need lessly. FREE ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE personal checking accounts at ©Q® when you keep as little as $100 in your personal checking account! Save money by banking FREE at SCN! Get free account maintenance. Free statement mailing. Get printed statements completely itemixed. If your account falls below $100 there^ just a small charge of 10* per check. FREE MONTHLY STATEMENT MAILING IF DESIRED COMPLETELY ITEMIZED PRINTED STATEMENTS SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL M«mb«r Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Ranh fob CuetutltodH THERE’S Mi SCN OFFICE NEAR YOU NEWBERRY PHONE 1549 1119-21 BOYCE ST. Mother Dies Mrs. Nannie Haddon Thompson, 90, of Cross Hill, died Monday at her home. She was the daughter of the late Joe and Eugenia Haddon, natives of Saluda. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Ralph Haile of Newberry- Funeral services were held on Wednesday from Cross Hill Bap tist church. Burial was in Liberty Springs cemtery. For Your Awning Needs CARPORTS Wrought Iron Shutters Quality REYNOLDS Aluminum WE GUARANTEE TO SAVE YOU 20% No money down—local bank financing. For information see Route 1 Phone 276-5252 Dempsey Bonner’s Awning Co. NEWBERRY, S. C. CARD OF THANKS I am indeed proud to have been el ected as Commissioner, District 1, and I appreciate the fine vote given me in Tuesday’s primary. I shall be happy to discuss any pro blem or complaint with any citizen at any time after I take office next Jan uary, and I pledge to work with other officers for the betterment of Newberry County. Thank you! BEN F. DAWKINS To BANK or SAVE. that is the question A long time investor with the association asked us a few days ago the difference between banking money and saving money. We didn’t think there was any difference, but we asked an expert and he said either was correct when saving money. Millions of Americans are getting a larger salary check due to the recent tax reduction. Instead of using it as “spending money,” why not put it into a sav ings account where it will earn 4% per annum? Many are trying this method of saving and they say they don’t miss it. BRANCH OFFICE—BATESBURG, S. C. (CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE ANNUM (Compounded Twice a Year) avijvos jcatp Zoa.jv Association 1. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER DIRECTORS G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE —Batesburg, S. C. r # .vawMaaT, •• E. H PURCELL W. a HUFFMAN