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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1964 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 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 Shall the State of South Carolina, through the wisdom of the General Assembly, ponder the suggestion of the expert from New York as found in his letter to The News and Courier of Charleston? ' “The proposal of the investor-owned power companies for acquisition of the Santee-Cooper system is provocative to a power engineer because of the technological and economic implications. Power engineers recognize that we are in the era of big generation and big transmission for the production and dis tribution of electricity. The advantages of the big units can be attained only in big power systems. Large systems are essential for the use of large units because continuity of service requires ade quate spares or reserve capacity. A power system cannot be served by just one power house, one generating unit, or one transmission line. Present-day generating units have been so perfected that they offer the lowest total cost—investment, fuel, labor, and maintenance—only in the largest sizes. These advantages can be realized when big units can be accommodated to the system. Technologically, these big units are such that a single turbine-generator, a single boiler, a single atomic re actor is far larger than the total load of many entire elec tric power systems. So the small power company, or the small power system, cannot hope to compete on economics. A large system, with ample demands and ample intercon nections, is requisite if the customers are to enjoy the eco nomic advantages of large units. This is why the proposal of the four power companies to buy Santee-Cooper and to coordinate it into large demands, interconnection and diversification is so attractive to any power engineer. This is the one solid fundamental way in which to assure the users of electricity in the Carolinas all the economies which accrue from the best modern power technology. These are the fruits of the laws of nature rather than the law r s of man. The consequences are inexorable. Let’s give this acquisition proposal the enthusiastic support which it fundamentally deserves and not be distracted by socio logical blandishments and political machinations.” (Theo dore Baumeister, The Rectory, Willtown Bluff, Yonges Island.) Editor’s Note: The author of the foregoing letter teaches mechanical engineering at Columbia University in New York City and edits Marks’ Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook. in consequence of a sale. The simple truth of the matter is that Congress has sought to put an end to the racial dis crimination in all restaurants wherever situated regardless of whether there is any demonstrable connection between the activity of the particular restaurant as to which enforce ment of the act is sought and interstate commerce. Tf our premise is correct, Congress sought to achieve its end by the sophisticated means of first declaring a restau rant a place of public accommodation if its operations affect commerce, and by thereafter abandoning the ‘effect com merce’ requirement by legislating what is tantamount to conclusive presumption that its operations do affect com merce. The court will not sustain a presumption when there is no rational connection between the fact proved and the ultimate fact presumed.” Mr. Justice Black has intervened to block the effect of the decision by indicating that the Supreme Court would hear an appeal. Frankly, most of us expected something of the sort. We must assume that Mr. Justice Black has heard that a law just like this recent law was declared unconstitu tional by the United States Supreme Court about 1875, as I recall. And yet the learned justices wonder why people are losing respect for the court. You’ve read this ad I’m sure: “Napoleons Navy traveled on its stomach, too. A cann? invention kept it going. Napoleon’s Men-o’-War prowled the seas thousands of miles from home port. His sailors lived for months on salt pork and hardtack—a diet so deficient they often grew too weak to fight. To find a way to keep mariners in fighting trim, the French government offered an award for a new method of preserving food. In 1809, the emperor handed the winner 12,000 francs. The invention :food sealed in air-tight glass jars and then sterilized. Thus was born the canning industry. The idea rapidly spread to Am erica. Soon tinned containers joined glass. By 1870, 30,000,- 000 cans were sold yearly, mainly of tomatoes, corn or beer. Still a far cry from the tremendous variety of high-quality canned goods that grace menus today. To keep these pro ducts economical, while steadily improving quality, the canning industry has had to make constant improvements in equipment and processes. Someof these improvements were helped by research on the quality and purity of salt and its essential behavior in canning and pickling. It is added to most canned foods as flavoring and preservative. In brine form, it washes and grades vegetables and ‘cures’ many products such as olives, pickles and sauerkraut.” Just think: you can go to your pantry and get a variety of food already prepared and surpassing the banquets of early kings. We Americans have an amazing variety of foods ready for the opening of the cans and jars. Years ago while doing a little work in New York Univer- > sity I had rooms in Goud Hall, far up in the Bronx, while most of my work was in the Wall Street branch many miles away. Some days I walked thirty or forty blocks and observ ed the display of breads and cakes, tarts and what not in about 15 bakery windows. I thought I should like to buy bread and cakes from a different bakery every day. What a variety was offered to the public! Ala sand alack, I have not the robust resistance that I once boasted. But the idea still fascinates me. A Washington dispatch recently said: “In a gloves-off speech President Johnson said: “Americans must stand up and be counted to prevent the country from being taken over by reckless and rejected extremes’. I agree wholeheart edly with that statement but the “reckless extremes” are swiftly, strongly, repeatedly and urgently being proposed, fomented and imposed on the nation by President Johnson. Mr. Johnson has become all things to all men and seems to talk from both corners of his mounth at the same time. Mr. Johnson plays on the word “extreme”: What does he mean? Let us have a clear statement; the only extreme I’ve heard of is the all-out campaign of Mr. Johnson to spend money while preaching economy. I expect a certain indulgence in wild talk by some poli ticians and we discount most of the speeches and statements knowing that, they are just old-time bunk, but we are hear ing a lot about the threat of “EXTREMES.” What extremes? A clear-cut distinction of the campaign vociferation seems to be prodigality in spending by Mr. Johnson on one side and urgent emphasis by Mr. Goldwater for more careful spending and a national program within the clear scope of constitutional operation. Three Federal Judges have declared unconstitutional that provision in the so-called Rights Law regarding serving meals. I quote the introduction in The National Observer and the reasoning of the court: “There on the bench in Birmingham, Ala., were three Federal Judges: One has once ordered the University of Alabama to admit a Negro : the tw'O others had ordered Southern Governors not to interfere wdth school integration. Last week the three handed down another ruling, but this time is was a white segregationist who stood before them and said of their decision: ‘I’m very thankful .... I do be lieve it’ll stick.’ The decision was.the first court defeat of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The judges ruled that it is unconstitutional to apply the law’s public-accommodations section to a Birming ham restaurant, Ollie’s Barbecue. Judicial Reasoning: The reasoning of 3 Federal Judges in the Birmingham restaurant decision is in these excerpts from the ruling: ‘No case has been called to our attention, we have found none, which has held that the national Government has the power to control the conduct of people on the local level be cause they may happen to trade sporadically with persons who may be traveling in interstate commerce. ‘On the authority of cases collected, we believe it to be a settled rule of Constitutional law that goods cease to con stitute a part of interstate commerce and become a part of general property in a state and amenable to its laws, when they are sent to a state, either for the purpose of a sale or The Manion Forum , At long last, the American people are beginning to realize that something is radically wrong with recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Recently nine clergymen, bishops and other high-ranking religious leaders of all faiths, joined in a scathing criticism of fhe decision which gave free rein to filthy pornographic books that had been banned from circulation by the Supreme Courts of many states. A distinguished constitutional lawyer, presently a United States Senator from Virginia, A. Willis Robertson, recently had this to say about the Supreme Court: “For many years, the Supreme Court limited itself to the function described by the great Justice Story, who said: ‘Its true office is to expound the nature and extent and ap plication of powers actually conferred by the Constitution and not substantively to create them.’ “In recent years the Supreme Court has not followed this path. Instead, it is usurping the legislative authority vested by the Constitution in the Congress. It is usurping the power to amend the Constitution, which is vested by that docu ment in the people and in the States ... It is upsetting the basic framework of our three-branch Federal system of government.” There is nothing in the history of the Fourteenth Amend ment, in either the spirit or the words, that authorizes the Supreme Court to hold that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. And in the re-apportfonment cases from time immemorial the states have redistricted their Senate Districts with consideration to geographic as well as pop ulation areas. Neither the Fourteenth Amendment nor the Interstate Commerce Clause delegates to the Federal Government au thority to enact such laws as the accommodations section of the Civil Rights Act. Authority to enact such laws is clearly reserved to the States or to the people. In its essence, the right of the Supreme Court to legislate is the philosophy of dictatorship. Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life, and the only way to preserve the Constitution now is by Congress ional legislation which will limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The danger of the evil trend evidenced by the recent Su preme Court decisions is obscured by a popular misconception that every evil in our society must be corrected by some branch of our government. If this erroneous concept is au- lowed to prevail we are destined in all things to be ruled tyr- anically by nine men appointed for life. This is pure unadul terated despotism which only the Congress can prevent. Quick ’N Easy Salads Diced cooked beets team well with minced scallions and crisp lettuce. Serve with tarragon-fla vored French dressing. Cooked cauliflowerets and whole green beans are wonderful marinated in a light Italian dress ing and served with greens or as a garnish with meat. Asparagus tips with minced onion and escarole are another gourmet type salad when served with mustard-flavored French dressing. Have you tried cucumber with thin onion slices and watercress? It not only looks Spring-like but it's wonderful for the crisp tex ture you like as contrast to a meal. Tomatoes look like tulips when they’re cut into petals and gar nished with sieved hard-cooked eggs. Serve with mayonnaise to which has been added a little mayonnaise and grated onion. Orange and grapefruit sections make a good tangy salad when you use a French dressing. Vary the citrus sections with avocado slivers, tomato wedges, and cu cumber slices. Helen's Favorite: Strawberry Cream Parfait (Serves 6) 1 pint strawberries 1 package instant vanilla - pudding ZVt cups milk Clean strawberries and slice in half lengthwise. Combine pudding with milk; beat for time shown on package. Allow to set partially. Layer straw berries and pudding into par fait glasses and garnish. ITEM: While shellac is seldom recommended these days for fin ishing furniture because of its sensitivity to alcohol and water, it still has a valuable function in some types of furniture refinish ing. If you are planning to use a light enamel over a previously stained and varnished surface— and this goes for woodwork as well as furniture—a single coat of white shellac will prevent the stain from bleeding through the enamel and turning it pink. • • • ITEM: If a woodpecker raps your tree with the staccato persistence of a power drill, it’s usually a sign insects are inside. Take a tip from the woodpecker and see that the tree is properly sprayed and fed this spring. This is neces sary to keep the tree insect-free and healthy. • • • ITEM: Tests of radiant base boards in research work at the University of Illinois have dis closed that the floor-to-ceiling temperature differences are the smallest ever achieved by the University in tests of any type of heating unit. Even in sub-zero weather, the floor to ceiling tem perature differential was found to be less than 3 degrees. • • * ITEM: Well groomed ladies can now lengthen the life of their stockings with a new anti-run spray for nylon stockings. After - hose are washed and dried, a thor ough spray will coat the threads of the sheerest hosiery and pro tect them against possible runs. Treatment is given after each washing and the push-button prep aration is non-toxic and harmless to the skin. BUG BEAN BAG—For this species of insect, use print and plain cotton bags to cut out one stomach piece, two back pieces, one head piece and four leg pieces. Sew on stitch lines, back to back. Baste legs in place on bottom piece. Sew top and bottom together, leaving opening for stuffing. Turn. Add embroi dered eyes. Fill with beans and close opening. And herein do 1 exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men. These are the words of the Apostle Paul, in reply to charge he had been creating disturb ances in the temple. Paul knew well his responsibilities—to God and to his fellow man. He knew the teachings which he brought to the people were considered “dangerous” by individuals in ^^uldidwhat he thought was right, what he considered his duty. This is not an easy thing with most of us. Sometimes we forget about God and give too much thought to people—to what they might say and think about us. We “follow the crowd” with out asking ourselves where the crowd is going. Other times, when we remem ber God, when we follow the dictates of our conscience, we Read your BIBLE dally and GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY How Good Is On Your Money? We've posed the question, and now we'd like to answer it— because we think the answer can be important to an awful lot of people. The first and most obvious answer is that an interest rate of 4% is good return indeed, and people who can't afford to take any kind of risk with their money are well satisfied with this re turn. This is evidenced by the fact that there is now more than $17 Million Dollars invested with Newberry Federal. When you leave the 4% rate, you begin to take chances with your money. Think before you speculate for a higher int erest rate. That's why we've always said, that before you invest, you should be able to cover your living expenses comfortably, you should have adequate insurance, and you should have sav ings to meet emergencies. Your savings should be invested where they are safe and available, without notice, in case of an emergency. Invest with us. BRANCH OFFICE—BATESBURG, S. C. J. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER 'avijvgs Aj\n> Loan Association* TITUTION fOUNDKD **»• COU.BOB BTMMMTt DIRECTORS G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE — Batesburg, S. C. m. a. E. B. PURCELL W. C. HUFFMAN