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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1965 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 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 Must we have a campaign every year for state salaries? Having in mind the income of the State of South Carolina it is somewhat unfair to base our salaries on the salaries of other states. Would we set the salaries of all private positions as the same? Are all public employees of equal preparation? Better still, are all employees of equal service ? Why must the Legislature have the salary claims as aforemost issue every year? Why not have a table agreed upon so that the salary question shall be steeled? Does the Legislature fix the salaries in State Colleges? Following my injury to my back I have worn a steel brace. My injured back, however, does not affect the attitude of Spectator; it is, as always, alert to the pub lic interest. Both our nation and our state proceed boldly in incurring debts. Why not provide for the rainy day as all careful financiers do? The weak point is popular govern ment is also its strong points. We rush into all sorts of obligations when prudence should teach us to proceed carefully and slowly. Is America heading to a rocky levelopment as aworld leader; or s she trending toward a down fall? I regret to disbelieve in the seriousness or wisdom of the President and Vice President. Ev- ;n our General Assembly seems to mn off the track. Would that we had more solid nen, men who think seriously and ieeply and are not striving to be jlamor boys. “For 20 years only two or three Federally insured banks failed an nually. Then in 1964 seven failed. Four more have gone under al ready this year. Why? That was the question posed by Sen. John McClellan’s permanent investigations subcommittee last week. And two Government bank regulators provided a headline making answer: In at least some of the recent failures, underworld manipulators had pulled dishonest deals to ‘milk’ the banks dry. This testimony came from Jos eph W. Barr, chairman of the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corpora tion which insures bank deposits, and James J. Saxon, U. S. Comp troller of the currency. Mr. Saxon has authority over national banks. But even as he contributed to the allegations about ‘rot and corruption’ in defunct banks, Mr. Saxon himself appeared to be theman on trial. For there has been much criticism recently that the nation’s banking system would be a lot more sound if he had cut back, as he finally did last Feb. 19, on the liberality of his bank- chartering policy. The hundreds of banks chartered since he took office in 1961 include one of the recent failures. Among sharp questions put to Mr. Saxon on his policies were those of Sen. Fred Harris, Okla homa Democrat, about a Tulsa bank Mr. Saxxon chartered over the opposition of 12 existing banks in Tulsa. Mr. Saxon met such questions with the defense that he wanted to develop ‘lively competi tion.’ As for the recent bank fail ures he asserted he knew of none ‘that has not been attributable to gross misconduct r.nd gross dis honesty.’ In the January failure of the San Francisco National Bank, Mr. Saxon alleged that its president, 60 year old Don C. Silverthorne, charged the bank’s borrowers special fees and required they SENATOR STRO HURMOND Reports PEOPLE 1 Toting Bill Theory: Two Wrongs Make Civil Rights ACCORDING TO its sponsors, the “Voting Rights Act of 1965” is designed to right wrongs, end discrimination in voting, and prevent violations of the Con stitution. The bill, itself, how ever, makes a mockery of the Constitution and embodies the most wrongfully discriminatory features imaginable. IN STATES and counties in which the Attorney General cer tifies that less than 50% of the voting age population were reg istered, or less than 50% voted in the Presidential election of 1964, and in which citizens were required by State law to be able to read and write, citizens who cannot read or write would be entitled to vote. In States where more than 50% of the voting age population voted in 1964, and in which literacy is required, those who cannot read and write still could not vote. ACCORDING TO the Attorney General, there are 22 States which require that a person be “literate” in order to be eligible to vote. In 7 of them—Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis sissippi, South Carolina, and Virginia—the Attorney General maintains that since less than 50% of the voting age popula tion voted in 1964, persons should be permitted to vote regardless of whether they can read or write. In the other 15, citizens would still be required to read and write to vote. NEW YORK escapes the ef fects of the bill even though the Attorney General admitted to the House Judiciary Committee that a greet number of Puerto Ricans are denied the privilege of voting bccp.u-'e th^y cannot read and write English. ANY ST.^TE or eornty which r?j?» ,: ros a citizen to be able to read and «rt•• and in v.-h'cS 5 rs tV-p 5')% of th>* voting avc pop* u”*»t*vn vo’"'! in l”!! v * !v.* adjudged guilty of voting dis- rr"ir ? n*»tirn nrtil it proved b * **■ -uc"nt Whatever hann«’n"d to t’~" ron*titut : oral principle tHat fn dmerim. one i*» presumed in- nt?” "♦ until nrovod guilty? NO*? WOULD IT HE suffl- cb»»t for a Stat° or countv af- f-^ted to prove that it was not / -r^vo-tin" — even if it so j r. 'vi to the satisfaction of the District Court in the District of Columbia. A State or county would have to prove that there had been no voting discrimina tion for the previous 10 years. IN OTHER STATES, how ever, such as Texas, which re quires payment of a poll tax to vote in State elections, the State could even require by law that a citizen be a graduate of high school to vote, and it would be valid, even If a Federal court de termined that there was continu ous voting discrimination in Texas. And in Texas, only 44% of the voting age population voted in 1964. Yet the Attorney Genera] admits that in Sonth Carolina and Virginia there haa never been a finding of voting discrimination — bat they would be covered by the Act. IT WOULD APPEAR that the requirements of the 15th Amend ment could be satisfied and any existing voting discrimination eliminated by insuring that lit eracy tests are fairly and im partially applied. This, according to the Attorney General, is “un realistic.” He maintains that White citizens who cannot read and write have been registered and permitted to vote in the past, and it would be the Negroes who are now trying to register who would be denied the vote even by the impartial applica tion of a literacy test. TO MEET THIS objection of the Attorney General, why not require every citizen to register anew, with each, regardless of race or color, subject to the same impartial literacy requirements? This would no accomplish what is demanded either, testified the Attorney General, because it would work to the disadvantage of Negroes, who, he says, “for decades have been systematically denied educational opportunity.” The test of the 15th Amendment is “impartiality:** the test of the Attorney General—and of the th® h'M—js color and race. DENIAL OF the privilege of vc‘*ng on ac^onot of t repp or color is unconstitutional, dis- cn—roptory. and wrong: f/iitt bill. Two wrongs do not make a right; hut for the Presi dent, the Attorn- - General, and the sponsors e, the. “Vpting Rights Act of 1906, two* un constitutional, discriminatory, wrongs make “civil rights.” Sincerely, £bCovr^+&jULrvnr)fiJ*rjiJi ] buy stock from him. According to ! Mr. Saxon, part of the money went to finance Mr. Silverthornes I gambling in Las Yagas and part i of it went to a business associate. Mr. Saxon asserted: ‘It is a case of grossest misconduct and gross est deception.’ A deputy of Mr. Saxon, James T. Watson, testified that there was dishonesty, perhaps involving mobsters, in the collapse of the Brighton (Colo.) National Bank. He contended that through coun- terfeit securities, forged notes and bad loans the bank ‘has been com pletely milked.’ Since a criminal investigation is pending, he asked the subcommittee not to press for details. But he did assert that there is ‘some indication’ that the head of the bank, James W. Egan, ‘was acting as a front man for gangster elements’ in Chicago. Mr. Watson insisted that in chartering the bank in 1963, Mr. Saxon’s of fice was ‘unaware of a secret agreement between Egan and Hugh Best, proposed president of the bank, that if the charter was approved Egan would take con trol. Mr. Barr disclosed that he and the Justice Department are pre paring an investigation of how ‘hot money’ from underworld sources may be flowing into legit imate banking operations. He call ed such activities ‘murky and ob scure’ at present. The subcommittee will hear this week from those involved in the specific bank failures. Mr. Silver thorne declares that he ‘ can’t wait to get there. The subcomm ittee is going to find nothing wrong with the San Francisco National Bank that cannot be cor rected.’ But Chairman McClellan, Ark ansas Democrat already is con vinced that ‘there must be some way to make certain that front men are not used. There should be full disclosure of ownership’. There’s support for this also from Rep. Wright Patman, Texas Democrat and chairman of the House Banking Committee, who long has charged that criminals have infiltrated some banks. Mr. Saxon, however, opposed a proposal to require—in advance— approval by the Government for any change in a bank’s control. This power would have ‘great sus ceptibility to abuse,’ he told the subcommittee. He declared that extensive regulation of banks could ‘communize and socialize the banking industry and, indeed, the entire economy.’ But he did an nounce a new regulation requiring that changes in a bank’s control be made public. The subcommittee is thinking of additional regulatory legislation nonetheless, and also about meas ures that Mr. McClellan says would give present rules ‘more teeth’.” “It’s a great pity, because of the force of gravity, it takes more energy to close the mouth than to open it.” “The best things in life are free. It’s the worst things that are expensive.” “The brain is a wonderful thing. It never stops functioning from the time you are born until you open your mouth to say some thing.” ^ “The trouble with being a par ent is that by the time you are experienced, you are unemployed.” “The wise man doesn’t expect to find life worth living; he makes it so.” Tact may be defined as the ab ility to hammer home a point without hitting the other fellow on the head. “Be Scared—Stay Alive.” “The purpose of this editorial is to scare the living daylights out of you; to frighten you to the point that you will not only drive carefully but rigidly observe ev ery safety precaution. Consider these facts: 48,000 persons were killed in traffic accidents, more than in any previous year, and within 5000 of all the American service men killed in battle in World War I. 587 men, women and children lost their lives in automobile ac cidents over the Christmas week end, an all-time record that brought sorrow and misery to their loved ones at a time that should be given over to joyful ness. Two million persons were in jured in automobile mishaps and the cost of the damage hit $8 billion. If these stark figures do not have any effect on you, if they do not make you vow to adhere to every safety measure in the book, then nothing will. You know all the things you are supposed to do to insure a safe trip—whe ther you are going a few blocks or a few thousand miles. Things like driving carefully, observing all traffic rules, keeping tires in top condition, using seat belts, having brakes and steering appar atus regularly checked, seeing that signal lights are in order and having functioning windshield wipers. One little slip from prudent roadway practice and you may be one of the fatal statistics that other people will read about—in editorials like this one.” : THE • : MANION j : FORUM \ « + •• + »•• + •# + *•# + •**# Whoever stops to listen these days is sure to hear some kind of call for unity. Senator Goldwater appeals for unity in the Republi can party. President Johnson wants unity in the Nation, and Professor Toynbee, of England, is calling for unity of all mankind under some sort of a super-gov ernment of the world. Under all of these circumstan ces, the case for unity would seem to be closed with a solid, final judgment in its favor for all time and everywhere. Nevertheless, something remains to be said for the other side. Unity is not a good end in its- self. Unity in a bad cause would certainly lead us to catastrophe. A contrived unity that serves as a cover-up for deep and fundamen tal divisions can be a deadly trap for the people who are involved. It was just such a contrived unity of the German people behind Ad olf Hitler that drove the whole world into its present cross-cur rent of disaster. It follows that the case for disunity, for dissent and division, must always be heard. This necessity amounts to a moral imperative. The great Mormon leader, Brigham Young once said “There comes a time when by God’s com mand we must tell the truth and divide the people.” The time to tell the truth and divide the American people is now. The creeping contamination of aggressive error with the sharp knife of truth and we must do so promptly; otherwise the so ciety in which the disease prevails is doomed beyond redemption. We blithely ignore infallible signs of a killing sickness that now infects our society. One of these signs is crime and the other is Communism. Since 1958, crime in this coun try has increased five times fas ter than our population growth. Even more ominous is the fact that this rapid increase is largely due to crimes committed by the young people, who is 1963 were responsible for 72 per cent of total arrests for serious crimes. The head of the FBI knows that everything is being done that can be in prevention of crimes, in automatic alarms and detection devices and more police men, but he recently said that the only remedy for this terrible sit uation lies in a return to the teachingst of God. The missing link in the logical chain of cause, consequence and cure is religion. The assumption of personal responsibility requires a moral judgment based on a re ligious conviction. Have we become so concerned with government-granted “civil” rights that we no longer recognize our God-imposed personal respon sibilities ? If you are concerned about crime, Communism, and the need for re storing Constitutional government then avoid periperal distractions. The common denominator of your purpose is faith in God, and your arch enemy, therefore is atheism. Don’t expect to find unity in this crusade, because you won’t find it. But the fundamental division will enable everybody to determ ine where he stands and with whom. It is time to call the roll. ARE YOU LISTENING? The prophet Jeremiah would feel right at home in this modern day world. In his day they went about crying “Peace, peace, when there was no peace.” The same thing is very prevalent in our own day. We hear much about peace when in reality those who are crying peace do not want it. Just when these words were being written a radio reporter an nounced that his topic was, “Red China and the Bomb.” We have read with great interest the news reports which tell us each time another nation develops some form of atomic or hydrogen bomb. Many of the cartoons of our news papers show the leaders of other nations down-grading the USA, and then they say, “We have the bomb too.” The threat of such power should be driving men closer to God but in reality, it is driving them far ther from Him. It seems very apparent that the nations of this world will never be happy again until they have been able to put their bomb to the test. Man does hot want peace, but would rather prove that his bomb is stronger and more powerful than any other on earth. A dog food advertise ment shows a little boy singing, “My dogs bigger than your dog.” The world is adopting as its theme song, “My bombs bigger than your bomb; my bombs bigger than yours!” The Bible says “this peo- Easter Seal progress report is given Besides helping with the care and treatment of crippled chil dren in Newberry, supplying braces and special shoes, the New berry Society helps retarded chil dren and also helps with the training of teachers for these children, according to the New berry County Chapter of the Crippled Children’s Society. The Society also helps support a camp for handicapped children and their families. Easter Seals are used through out the Easter season, and those who do not yet have them are urg ed to get them before April 18. As of March 31, Newberry has received $1,355 from the Seals, and the Society expresses appre ciation to all who have so prompt ly responded to the Easter Seal letters. Under the National Charter, the Crippled Children and Adult So ciety is not allowed to participate in the United Fund, and the only form of fund raising is from Eas ter Seals and Coffee Day. Chief C /xie Dowd will announce at a la ter date where coffee will be avail able for BAG button wearers on April 16. Throughout the year, funds are contributed to help with the work of the Society through memorials. Mrs. L. G. McCullough, 1309 Cren shaw St., is Memorial Chairman. When memorials are given, they are not part of the campaign, but the entire amount stays in New berry county to help the crippled. Acknowledgment is made to the family of the person whose mem ory is being honored, also to the donor of the memorial. Three members of the New comers Club held bridge parties for crippled children and netted $60 toward the campaign. If any other groups are interested in a project of this kind, they are ask ed to contact Mrs. W. N. Hender son, College Street extension, who is chairman of the Newberry County Chapter. Book review is given at UDC meeting Tuesday Mrs. R. D. Wright was “wel comed home” when Drayton Ruth erford Chapter, U.D.C., met Tues day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ida Summer. Mrs. Wright, organ izer of Drayton Rutherford Chap ter and past President General of the Daughters of the Confederacy, recently returned to Newberry af ter spending the winter months with her son and daughter-in-law in Florida. Hostesses for the Tuesday meet ing were Mrs. T. E. Davis, Mrs. D. 0. Carpenter and Mrs. J. V. Kneece. They served sandwiches, cake and punch during the social hour prior to the meeting. Mrs. E. E. Westwood, president called the meeting to order and the UDC ritual was led by Mrs. Ralph B. Baker, chaplain. Mrs. Baker also gave the historical pro gram which consisted of a delight ful review of the book “Confed erate War Correspondence of James Michael Barr and JRebecca Ann Dowling Barr” compiled by Ruth Barr McDaniel. She conclud ed with a brief summary of the surrender at Appomatox. During the business session, re ports of the Ridge District Con ference held at Edgefield were given by Mrs. Elmer Shealy, Mrs. A. J. Briggs, Mrs. R. B. Beker and Mrs. Westwood. Drayton Ruther ford Chapter reported eight new members, the most reported by any chapter in the district. Mrs. West- wood presented certificates to members who had joined recently and announced receipt of papers by another new member, Mrs. R. F. Sanders. Mrs. Ralph P. Baker reported that the S. C. Division, Children of The Confederacy Convention will be held in Columbia on April 24 and invited members of Dray ton Rutherford to attend the con tention and the tea which will be given at the Governor’s mansion Saturday afternoon for the Child ren of The Confederacy. The secretary, treasurer, and other officers gave reports before the meeting adjourned. INFORMATION ABOUT TOUR The Newberry County Develop ment Board has received informa tion about a Midlanders tour of the World’s Fair in June. Those interested may get further infor mation by contacting the Board. DEAN ATTEND MEET Miss Hattie Belle Lester, dean of women at Newberry College, left today to attend the National Convention of Dean of Women in Minneapolis, Minn. She is sched uled to return to the campus Sat urday. pie hath a revolting and a rebel lious heart; they are revolted and gone” Are you listening? NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS COMMENTS By Gail Phillips and Barry Shealy Friday, April 2, was the last day for most of the student tea chers from Newberry college to teach at NHS. They have been ob serving the other teachers this past week. On Friday of last week the NHS Chorus and the Junior high school chorus journeyed to Laurens for their contest. All of the groups did a splendid job. Gail Philips sang her way into a scholarship worth $500 a year. Gail plans to attend Newberry college in the fall. Saturday, April 3, members of the NHS Future Teachers Club traveled to Sumter fo rtheir state convention. Kathy Avedisian ran for the state office of secretary at this convention. Although she did not win the election, Kathy repre sented NHS splendidly. By the way, if any student would like to take lessons on “speed driving on the super highway” just see Mrs. Williamson or Mrs. Mathis. All NHS students would like to take this opportunity to wish Miss Lorraine Paris a speedy re covery while at the same time wishing Mr. Doug Keel a very successful stay with the NHS band. As of Monday, April 5, the first home baseball game had not been played because of the “monsoon” season in Newberry. The second subscription cam paign for the ORACLE, the high school yearbook, has been under way this past week. The students are eagerly awaiting the arrival of these “mystery” books. “There’s a big difference be tween free speech and cheap talk.” “Most people are more positive what they don’t like, than what they do like.” im- LETTERS TO fife THE EDIT0R|H Mr. O .F. Armfield Jr. Editor THE SUN Newberry, South Carolina. Dear Mr. Armfield. I’m sure I speak for the entire egg industry of South Carolina when I express to you our sincere thanks for an outstanding job of egg promotion which was so well done in your March 25 edition. It was my pleasure to take sev eral copies of THE SUN to the annual meeting of the Poultry and Egg National Board in Chicago last week. It was the center of interest in many discussions with egg industry leaders of all parts of the United States. No one had even seen such an edition devoted to eggs. It has been a sincere pleasure working with you and your staff in the promotion of eggs as well as publicity of Newberry county Farm Bureau. We look forward to the future promotions when once again we will work together for the interest of agriculture. Again, let me say thanks for a job well done. Sincerely, JAMES F. FLEMING, Director, Department of Promo tions, S. C. Farm -Bureau Federa tion, Inc. Search No more! Have a long Look! GO—with Newberry Fed eral. Satisfaction guaranteed when you Save with us. You need search no more: our sav ings accounts are Insured to $10,000, are avail able when you need your funds and earn lib eral returns. We have customers who have maintained Savings Accounts with us for 30 years. They attest to the safety, convenience, and liberal returns on their investment. WHERE you SAVE DOES make a difference! BRANCH OFFICE—BATESBURG, S. C. DIRECTORS JOHN F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER W. C. HUFFMAN J. K WILLINGHAM E. B. PURCELL G. K. DOMINICK