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fftllJ DENT—NATIONAL
EDUCATION HODIAM
WHAT KIND OF MANDATE?
A coalition of some 40 million
voters, large numbers of them
"bloc” voters from various self-
interest groups including the fed
eral establishment itself, easily
elected President Johnson. Just
what they were voting for, except
the status quo^ is still open to
question. Mr. Johnson, promising
generously and threatening wild
ly, led his various minorities into
secure control of the government
for the next four years. Some
interpret the results of November
3 as a mandate for all the prom
ises and schemes ever put forth
by anybody in the name of the
Democratic party.
We hope the nation will come
less and less to believe that, al
though socialism, American style,
appears to be on the march and
ready for the payoffs. One of its
first rewards has been that med
icare is tossed toward Congress
again, with talk that passage is
a foregone conclusion. A guar
anteed annual wage that might
make extended or enlarged mini
mum wages unnecessary, plus a
35-hour week and other labor
windfalls, would go far toward
repaying the $15 million that
unions are said to have spent in
the campaign. Martin Luther
King, planning new "demonstra
tions,” says that White House
backing of racial activities is part
of the mandate.
Conservatives Still Here
Despite the demands of these
payoffs, Mr. Johnson is surely
aware that a great many conser
vative-minded voters, having had
the wits scared out of them by
the negative image the liberals
hung on Senator Gokiwater, either
stayed at home or didn’t, vote
Republican. .Moreover, .although
nobody knows for sure, the Pres
ident seems pragmatically devoted
to some of the basic tenets, of
conservatism. If he really wants
to unite the nation and heal its
divisions, he will have to make
room for the 27 million.
Perhaps the most that can be
said is that Mr. Johnson has his
mandate to maintain prosperity
(cut taxes and boost pay), con
duct the affairs of state with op
timistic dignity (steady -trigger
finger, but no "war”), promote
adequate moral standards (or let
them resign), and further the
Democratic image as the party
that loves everybody (grants, to
all, at home and abroad.)
Nature of the Status Quo
Therefore if Mr. Johnson wants
to become a great president, and
no one doubts it, he will be re
quired to latch onto some princi
ples to which conservatives may
subscribe. No drastic remaking of
the nation will be necessary. In
fact, as shallow politically as it
is, the “Great Society” may well
turn out to be the status quo.
That much, we agree the people
want. What magic the President
can use to temper his radical
cohorts, even Hubert Humphrey,
we do not propose. But we do sug
gest that is part of his problem,
which includes keeping on in
creasingly better terms with lead
ers who are genuinely conservative
—in Congress as elsewhere.
The President’s well-made point
that good government liberates
rather than enslaves, can be the
base from which he operates.
Barry Goldwater would subscribe
Th« State of tho Union
AT THE BEGINNING of the
new year, it ia well to take stock
of the state of our national af
fairs as we begin preparing for
the future. On the international
scene, the United States is start
ing from a low point on the
totem pole.
IN VIETNAM, we are en
gaged in an undeclared shoot
ing war with communism. Amer
ican casualties are mounting
rapidly. Wo are losirg that war,
and despite ottcial assurances,
it is no secret in Washington
that the UJSL instead of trying
to save Southeast Asia, is look
ing for a way to pull out and
save face.
IN EUROPE, the collective
defense arrangements of NATO
have fallen into a shambles.
Mutual confidence has disap
peared and has been replaced
with mutual distrust
IN AFRICA, chaos reigns.
Our policy of supporting "in
dependence now** for peoples
who have no preparation for
self-government is bearing dan
gerous fruit The rebels in the
Congo are being agitated and
supported not only by the Sov
iets and Red Chinese, but also
by Nasser’s Egypt and Ben Bel
la's Algeria—both recipients of
large Seale UJ8. foreign aid.
IN LATIN AMERICA, com-
mumkct subversion, terror, and
influence continue to expand
from Cuba, where communism
is new an entrenched bastion.
Panama still seethes with the
. potential for more riots and dis
orders against the U.S. Our plan
to get around the crisis over the
Panama Canal by building a
new canal would be feasible only
if we used nuclear devices for
building it—something that is
blocked by the test ban treaty.
RED CHINA has acquired a
nuclear capability and is more
belligerent than ever. Russian
words are milder during this
period of power-consolidation by
the new Soviet leaders. However,
their actions indicate that our
policy of accommodation has not
caused the intended mellowing.
The Soviets are supporting the
Congo rebels, and have threat
ened to intervene if we strike
back at the aggression in South
east Asia from North Vietnam
and Red China.
IN THE UNITED NATIONS,
after strong words by the U.S..
we have : ust backed down from
U.N. assessments, which the
Charter provides shall result in
loss of voting rights in the Gen
eral Assembly. Since the U.N
has fallen under the control of
"neutralist” nations of Asia and
Africa, it is fast becoming a
part of the international prob
lem, rather then a part of the
solution.
AS THE LAST year ended,
there was a substantial increase
in anti-U.S. activities around the
world.
OUR INTERNATIONAL
monetary position has reached
a usw record. In the last decade,
our short-term liabilities to for
eigners, which are callable in
gold, increased from $13.6 bil
lion to $25.6 billion. In the same
period, our gold stocks diminish-
sd from $21.8 billion to 315.6
billion. Meanwhile, our balance
of payments deficit continues at
ths rats of about 33 billion per
year.
TURNING, to the domestic
scene, our fiscal course continues
down the primrose path. The
formal debt of the national gov
ernment has reached $313 bil
lion. The informal debt, includ
ing future liabilities, haa retched
IIH trillion. Last year’s deficit
was a resounding $8.3 billion,
and prospects look no better this
year.
OUR POLITICAL and social
structures have undergone fur
ther radical changes. The Su
preme Court, through the reap
portionment cases, has taken
from the people the right and
power to determine the struc
ture of their State governments.
Prayers and Bible reading in
public schools are now prohibit
ed. And, recently, the Court held
that a company could not make
a decision to sub-contract one
phase of its operation which it
previously performed unless the
company could obtain agreement
to do so from its labor union
CRIME RATES, particularly
crimes of violence and crimes
against property, continue to
surge. The threat of violence and
disorder hangs ominously over
numerous communities.
CORRUPTION and misfeas
ance in high places draws little
public protest, even when ex-
nosed in all its ugliness.
THIS, then, is the state of ‘he
Union, the "high plateau” from
which we are to enter the "Great
Society.”
Sincerely,
a showdown with the Soviets
over their refusal to pay their
to that.' With the late President
Kennedy’s neglected dictum about
what the citizen can do for the
government, not vice versa, in
mind, Mr. Johnson could put to
gether a consensus of principles
if he really wants to find a course
that avoids extremes. He has
much less to fear from conserva
tives (who are not extremists
despite all the wild talk) than he
does from his liberal associates,
who will do all they *an to make
a radical out of him.
How to Get Ahead
If honest conservatives in poli
tics want to make progress to
ward positions of leadership in
the future, they also shall have
to find some principles they can
rally around. Ttlen they shall have
to articulate them in specific
terms. While waiting for ’68 and
’72 they shall fcave plenty of op
portunity for criticism and articu
lation. To be effective and persua
sive, criticism must be purposeful
and meaningful without descend
ing either to generalized banter,
or textbook abstractions.
Some amazing sentiments were
discovered by Pollster Louis Har
ris when he remembered to ask
about issues. He found 60 per
cent agreeing with Goldwater that
federal power should be curtailed
and that some federal programs
demoralized. More than half a-
greed with the Senator on govern
ment corruption and morality and
the proportion was even higher
on other issues. The American
people are not sold on government
unlimited. Neither are they fear
ful of revisions of the status quo,
when led toward principled solu
tions based upon Constitutional
authority.
Newlyweds are
entertained
by Miss Kohn
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Summer,
newly-weds, were guests of honor
at a dinner party given on Dec
ember 23 by Miss Verna Kohn, at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Kohn on Johnstone St.
Gold and white Christmas dec
orations were used throughout the
hall, living room, music room and
dining room. The dining table was
centered with a circular arrange
ment of golden fruit, surrounded
by frills of spangled net and gold
ivy. On each side of the arrange
ment were glowing tapers in gold
candle holders, each decorated
with net frills and gold grapes.
Enjoying the delicious course
dinner, in addition to the guests
of honor, were Mr. and Mrs. Dav
id Summer, Miss Anna Keitt, Gene
Norris, Fitz Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
David Lazaar and Major Howard
Park.
Prior to the dinner, a social
hour was enjoyed, during which
attractive and delicious hors
d’oeuvre were served by the hos
tess.
Miss Kohn also entertained out-
of-town guests at a luncheon on
Tuesday, December 29.
Mrs. Craft, 78,
dies suddenly
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Dean Manion
THE
MANION
FORUM
e
In the recent Presidential cam
paign, the burning issue of Con
servatism vs. Liberalism was de
liberately doused in a welter of
carefully contrived confusion. Now,
many weeks after the election,
the confusion continues, but the
issue is still burning, will continue
to burn throughout the next four
years, and will ignite the 1968
platforms of both political parties.
The reason this issue is inex
tinguishable is embedded in the
fcistory of our own generation.
Thepeople of the United States
have long been divided on the
basic question of whether Amer
ican government is an agency for
the promotion of the general wel
fare of the world or a constitu
tional • institution with limited
powers and specific obligations,
one of which is to preserve the
national independence of the Uni
ted States.
On the one hand are the Lib
erals, who profess to believe that
government is meant to do, and
must do, whatever is necessary
for the general welfare; that it
acquires the powers^ to do this as
the necessity for their exercise
arises. On the other side are the
Conservatives, who believe that
our government is the creature of
our constitutional system and that
its powers are defined and limited
by constitutional restrictions
which cannot be relaxed except by
constitutional amendment.
To confuse the matter still fur
ther, many liberals believe they
are Conservatives. The converse
is undoubtedly true of some Con
servatives who like-to think they
are liberals. Then there are the
fence-straddlers who stay on the
middle-of-the-road position, and
who will be panic stricken when
they realize that the middle of
the road is gone and they must
soon move to the right dr to the
left.
The Liberalism that now runs
our government finds the area of
maneuver limitless, governed only
by Parkinson’s Law which requires
the bureaucrats to make more and
more work for each other.
In the face of all this political
largesse, how can Conservatives
expect eventually to substitute
their system for the system that
feeds constantly upon its own
growth?
The question now is not so much
a matter of how this can be done,
but a realization that is must be
done. The continuity of American
freedom depends upon our ability
to enforce the constitutional limi
tations that are placed upon the
powers of our government. This
ability is predicated in turn upon
the people’s willingness to enforce
the moral laws of God against
themselves.
In a poll taken last fall which
predicted a landslide victory for
President Johnson, it was discov
ered that 94 per cent of the Am
erican people felt that prayer
should be restored to schools.
This little statistic is a small
cloud of Conservative comfort that
"rises out of the sea like a man’s
hand,” for before, beyond and at
the beginning of everything else,
Conservatives believe that this is
God’s country, and they are highly
resolved to keep it that way. In
Craft, 78, died suddenly Saturday
at her home near Silverstreet.
Mrs. Craft was born and reared
in Abbeville county, the daughter
of the late Charlie and Mary Dorr
Girk. She had made her home in
Newberry county for a number
of years and was a member of
Cross Roads Baptist church. Be
fore retirement she was employed
by Kendall Mills.
Mrs. Craft was twice married,
first to Marion A. Attaway, who
died in 1920, and second to James
A. Craft, who survives.
Mrs. Craft is survived by two
sons, E. C. Attaway, Fort Mill,
and Jack Craft, Taylors; 6 daugh
ters, Mrs. Roy O’Dell, Fort Mill;
Mrs. W. E. Holsonback, Newberry;
Mrs. Cecil O’Dell, Joanna; Mrs.
Herman Coates, Newberry; Mrs.
George Jones, Anderson; and Mrs.
Russell Bolton, Charleston.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday from McSwain Funeral
Home with Rev. Larry Roberts
and Rev. Ray Timmerman, con
ducting the service. Interment was
in Rosemont cemetery.
Rites Tuesday
for W. A. Pitts
William Alvin Pitts, 84, died
Sunday at his home on Route one,
Newberry.
Mr. Pitts was born and reared
in this county and was the son of
the late John S. and Carolina
Sterling Pitts. He was a member
of the Junior order and was a
prominent and progressive farmer.
Mr. Pitts is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Lois Sheck Pitts, and
a number of other relatives.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday morning with Rev. C. L.
Richardson conducting the service.
Interment followed in Rosemont
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were David
Luther Ruff Andrew Longshore,
Charles Epps, Tom Price, Claude
Summer and Dixon Alewine.
Tindall child
rites Saturday
Funeral services for Thomas
Clyde Tindall III, who died last
Tuesday at the Charleston Naval
hospital, were conducted at 11 a.
m. Saturday at the Whitaker
Funeral Home by Rev. S. M. At
kinson. Interment was in Rose
mont cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Sam
my Tindall, George Bailey, Henry
Tindall and Jimmy Tindall.
Thomas Clyde, who was born in
Camden, was nine months old, the
son of Ensign Thomas Clyde Tin
dall Jr. of the United States Navy
and Mrs. Mary L. Clarke Tindall
of Charleston.
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by his paternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Clyde Tin
dall of Newberry; and his mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Lesta D.
Hollis of Camden; four great-
grandparents, Mrs. Josie Me Al
bany of Newberry, Mrs. W. M.
Tindall of Neeses, and Mr. and
Mrs. Dozier M. Davis of Camden;
one uncle, Harvey Clarke of Cam
den; and one aunt, Miss Josephine
Ann Tindall of Newberry.
the beginning of our History, Am
ericans took God’s Commandments
seriously.. Conservatives who want
to preserve our Constitution for
succeeding generations must un
derstand the necessity to restore
the laws of God to their proper
place in our government in order
| to maintain civil order.
FARM
NOTES
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Dairy Management Meeting
The second meeting of the Dairy
Management series of meetings
was well attended and even ex
ceeded the attendance of the first
meeting. Questions the dairyman
wants answered are answered and
valuable information is being pre
sented.
Mr. Dairy Farmer, have you
missed the first two meetings?
Last Monday night Dr. Allen, Ex
tension Agronomist, gave the var
ieties of Feed and Forage crops
for this area of the State, and
Dr. O’Dell showed the cost of pro
tein in a feed ration—how much
one could get the necessary feed
requirements for by substitution
of various grades and concentra
tions.
Next week — "Feeding Forage
Evaluation” by Dr. King, head of
Clemson Dairy Department and
"Grain Feeding for High Milk
Production” by Dr. Chalupa, dairy
scientist.
These meetings are for your
benefit and for you to present your
problems as a Grade A Daily
milk producer.
UDC Chapter
plans progra
Mrs. James E. Wiseman enter
tained Drayton Rutherford Chap
ter, UDC at the Wiseman Hotel
for the January meeting last
Tuesday. Assisting Mrs. Wiseman
were Mrs. Louis C. Floyd and
Mrs. Steve C. Griffith.
Members and guests enjoyed
a social period upon arival, during
which refreshments were served.
Mrs. E .E. Westwood, president,
called the meeting to order and
the Salute to Flags and Ritual
were led by the chaplain, Mrs. R.
B. Baker.
Mrs. M. F. Bowler, historian,
gave an interesting and informa
tive program on Dr. McIntosh,
who was in charge of the Con
federate Wayside Home, later
named Confederate Hospital dur
ing the War Between the States.
Minutes of the November and
December meeting were read. The
president announced that the Lee-
Jackson program will be held at
Newberry High school January
22 at 9:20 a.m. and asked for a
good attendance of Drayton Ruth
erford members. Mrs. Walter
Summer will be in charge of the
program. Her son, Walter, Jr.,
will give the invocation. Walter
is Chaplain of the General Div
ision, Children of the Confeder
acy.
The President and members ex
pressed their appreciation to the
children who presented the
Christmas program. They were
members of the elementary group,
Eloise Wright chapter, Children
of the Confederacy, led by Mrs.
R. F. Sanders.
Institutes set
at Furman Univ.
Applications are now being ac
cepted for the Summer Institute
for secondary school teachers in
Spanish, scheduled June 14-July
23 at Furman University. The
Institute, sponsored by the United
States Office of Education Lan
guage Development Program, is
one of 73 to be conducted at col
leges and universities in the Unit
ed States and Puerto Rico during
the summer of 1965 and the 1965-
66 academic year.
Those interested in the Furman
Institute may obtain a brochure
giving complete information and
application procedure from Prof.
Carey S. Crantford, chairman of
the Furman Modern Foreign Lan
guages Department, who is di
rector of the Institute. Under
provision of the National Defensa
Education Act, participants will
be awarded a $75 weekly stipend,
and allowances of $15 per week
for each dependent.
STEP school
offers machine
tool course
Applications for a machine tool
operator course at the Newberry-
Saluda STEP training center are
being taken, according to Dave
Morrison, chairman of the local
STEP committee. The course will
begin Monday, January 18. Mar
ried men, or those who qualify as
head of household are eligible for
a weekly allowance of $28 during
the course. Instructor will be A.
E. Bedenbaugh.
There is now a class for car
penters underway at the STEP
center. Two classes for nurses
aides have been completed, and
one course for gardeners.
Those interested in the machine
tool course should contact Pearce
Davis or Gurney Stuck at the lo
cal employment office on College
street.
PATIENTS IN
THE HOSPITAL
Warren Abrams
Miss Annie Bynum
Miss Lenora Broadus
Myrtle C. Cromer
Martha Yvonne Campbell and
baby boy
Edward B. (Ned) Carlisle
Mattie Dawkins
Juliette Dawkins
Julia Derrick
Ruth Dellinger
Ruby Davis
Miss Rhona Davenport
Miss Sarah Folk
Mrs. Mayme Fellers
Ethel B. Fellers
Mrs. Ruby Fulmer
Margaret H. Gary
Mrs. Ethel Giles
Emma Hendrix Goff
Eugene K. Horton
Walter Gustave Houseal
T. C. (Mack) Hunter
Mrs. Barbara D. Jones
Mrs. Lillie Kirby
Mrs. Mallia Kinard
Ben L. Long
Mrs. Mildred Lester
Mrs. Judy F. Lay
Mrs. Faye Morris
Alonzo Mack
Mrs. Essie Milstead
Mrs. Patsy Nichols
Mrs. Florence Nobles
Ralph P. Puckett
Mrs. Minnie Bell Reddick
Holland Ruff
Mrs. Earlene Ringer
Mrs. Pearl Riley
Mrs. Caroline Shealy
Henry C. Suber
Bessie W. Sanders
Lucille Harvin Smith
Mrs. Fannie Todd
Mrs. Eunice vVesson
Mrs. Marlene Whiting
J. Frank Wilson
James Walter Young
Lucille Abrams
Ollie Robinson
Nathaniel Bates
Ida Mae Cooper
Hiram Dawkins
Colie Hentz
Sara Alice Jeter
Barney Means
County native
rites Saturday
George Spencer Cromer, 52, of
Greenwood died Thursday at a
Greenwood hospital following an
illness of 12 years.
A native of this county, he
te*s a son of the late Andrew Cro
mer and Carrie Baker Cromer. He
lived in Greenwood the past 17
years and was employed by the
Greenwood Mills. He was a mem
ber of Harris Methodist church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Thelma Doolittle Cromer; one
daughter, Mrs. Addie C. Kesler
of Greenwood; one son, Jimmy;
one sister, Mrs. ''Mary Haltiwan-
ger of Chapin; three brothers,
William Cromer of Newberry, Joe
Crorrier of Chapin a..d Newton
Cromer of Newberry.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday at Beth Eden Lutheran
church by Rev. C. H. McCarson,
Rev. W. W. McNeil and Rev.
Keith Tompkins. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Mrs. Gibson dies
at hospital
Mrs. Sula Hipp Gibson, 78,
widow of Ernest Gibson died on
Monday at the Newberry County
Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Gibson was born in this
county, the daughter of the late
Newton and Mary Bedenbaugh
Turner. She was a member of the
Lutheran Church of The Redeem
er.
Her husband died last year.
She is survived by one son,
William N. Gibson of Newberry;
five daughters, Mrs. N. B. War
ren, Mrs. J. C. Kibler, Mrs. Car
los Swindell all of Newberry; Mrs.
Wendell Baker of Lancaster, and
Mrs. Cecil Bishop of Kinards.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at St. Luke’s Lutheran
church by Dr. H. A. McCullough,
Rev. J. Hilton Roof and Rev. E.
B. Keisler. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Active pallbearers were grand
sons : Clarence Kibler, Bobby Kib
ler, Gibson 'Baker, Wayne Baker
Simon Derrick, Frank Holson
back, N. B. Warren and Jimmy
Swindell.
Serving as honorary pallbearers
were the members of the Mary
Hipp Bible class, Mr. and Mrs.
Irvine Leslie George Heller, B. P.
Ringer, John T. Norris, C. C. Dun
can Jr., S. C. Floyd, Richard Earl
Addison, Mrs. Virginia Berley
Mrs. Abbie Martin, Mrs. Gaynelle
MacFarlane, Dr. James A. Un
derwood and Dr. Ralph Baker.
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Is In Your Hands
WHEN YOU HOLD ONE OF OUR
SAVINGS PASS BOOKS
The stature of a business depends upon the public’s
overall impression and evaluation of the business.
More than 11 Billion Dollars was placed in our type
of institutions last year, bringing the total to more than
102 Billion Dollars now invested in them.
Newberry Federal is an integral part of this ever
growing business with assets in excess of 22% Million
Dollars and Reserves of $1,791,000.00.
Savings are Insured to $10,000.00 by the Federal
Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation, Washington,
D. C.
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