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STRO
CTSJI
HURMOND
Reports
t PEOPLE
CREATING A SCAPEGOAT
THE DEPARTMENT OF
Agriculture is clearly attempt-
ing to put a new breed of live
stock on the American farms—
scapegoats. The herds are to
consist of the farmers, them
selves.
IT IS THE potential politi
cal, rather than the economic,
results of inflation that has
caused the Department of
Agriculture to go about trying
to create scapegoats down on
the farm. Since politicians
rarely fail to claim credit for
“good times”, many people feel
the politicians also deserve the
credit for undesirable economic
consequences, as well. It is not
too surprising, then, that that
the Department of Agriculture
is trying to place the blame for
inflation “down on the farm”,
to keep it away from Washing
ton and the Administration.
ACTIONS HAVE BEEN
taken to depress farm prices,
both by damping government-
owned commodities on the mar
ket. and by increasing the im
ports of such items as Cheddar
cheese. The Secretary of Agri
culture publicly expressed his
pleasure at the drop in farm
prices which occurred earlier
in the spring. Adding Insult to
injury, the President even
counseled housewives to “buy
the cheaper cuts” of meat at
the market, which amounts to
calling for an economic boy
cott against meat producers.
NOT ONLY ARE farmers
not to blame for the inflation,
they are actually in the fore
front of the victims. Although
farm prices have increased, the
per capita farm income is still
only 63 percent of per capita
non-farm income. Even this
disparity does not tell the
whole story. Of the some 3.4
million farms, about 437,000
produce a net income of more
than $10,000. Since the aver
age annual farm income is only
slightly over $4,000, this leaves
the approximately 3 million re
maining farms well below that
level of income.
DESPITE RECENT gains,
farm prices today are the same
as the two year average for
the period 1947-49. Compared
with the same period, the cost
of production items on the farm
are up by 21 percent. After
persons on fixed incomes, the
farmers come next in bearing
the full brunt of inflation.
NOT ONLY IS the Admin
istration seeking vo depress
farm prices, but efforts are now
underway that will further in
crease farm production costs.
The House of Representatives
has already passed a bill, now
being considered by Committee
in the Senate, which would
take the first step toward
bringing agriculture under the
national government’s wage
and hour controls.
SEVERAL FACTORS make
it both inappropriate and im
practical to apply wage and
hour controls to agricultural
employment. Such employment,
in the first place, is seasonal.
Labor requirements multiply
in planting, and particularly, in
harvest seasons of specific crops.
No amount of management
planning and foresight can
eliminate or even minimize the
necessity for peaks and valleys
in the curve of farm labor re
quirements. Additionally, farm
labor is of such a nature that
a substantial portion of it can
be performed by unskilled, or
marginal workers. These two
factors are responsible for the
fact that most farm workers
are not regularly attached to
the nation’s labor force. Almost
half of those who are employed
in farm work are employed
for less than 25 days. Almost
one-third are students working
part-time.
THE IMPOSITION OF wage
and hour controls on agricul
ture will cause a further de
crease In the number of per
sons engaged in farm work,
which has already declined by
one-half since 1930. Unless the
trend Is reversed, the U.S. may
actually be confronted with a
shortage of food and fiber pro
duction where once it was a
nation of surpluses. With de
clining production, the costs of
food to the consumer will go
higher.
THE FARMER HAS enough
troubles without saddling him
with the blame for inflation.
The roots of inflation are im
bedded in the irresponsible
fiscal policies of the national
government, not in the soil of
the arable fields and pastures
where the Administration is at
tempting to create scapegoats.
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SPECTATOR
We are trying to cultivate
closer relations with the moon.
The distance to the moon is
more than 200,000 miles but if
we travel ten on twenty thous
and miles an hour we shall
arrive at the moon almost be
tween sunrise and midnight. We
are not deterred by distance or
other obstacles.
Now then. What shall we do
with the moon or on the moon?
So far as we ordinary mortals
can see the one benefit may be
in building such transportation
that we can travel to Europe
in comfort and safety beween
an ordinary twelve o’cl’ock din
ner and an Englishman’s tea
at about four o’clock.
We really have no special in
terest in the moon; our special
interest would fall within a
hundred miles or so, eh?
However this absorbing in
terest in the moon is not en
tirely the whim of the moment,
let your mind play with this:
Lunarology—refreshing your
memory of the little latin of
your school days—comes from
the Latin Luna, meaning moon.
So here goes:
“Lunarology is an established
science now; thought to be
new but actually moon-study
began in the 17th century in
Virginia. Gabrail Spady says
his ancestor, old Terrific Spady,
was the first man in this coun
try to take moon-study out of
the realm of superstition and
approach it from the attitude of
science.
Gabe says old Terrific was
a small, mild man who spent
much time in research. He
invented the mule—a cross be
tween mare and jack— and
moon-study began as a result
of this invention. Gabe says
another state always claimed
the mule’s development, but his
ancestor raised the first one
right here in Virginia. A jack
ass named Frantic sired the
first mule.
As little Frantic grew, which
was what the little mule was
called, it would climb the trunk
of a leaning tree which had
blown down in a storm. Some
nights the little jack would
look down at his family and
bray so mightily nobody in the
settlement could sleep. Terrifies
wife came out with a stick and
began poking in the bushes.
Frantic laid low, but his foot
slipped and he fell out of the
tree on top of Mrs. Spady—
and there was much disorder,
kicking, braying and stick-
wielding. Next day Mrs. Spady
looked a sight.
The High Sheriff saw her
next day and asked if her hus
band had beat her. She and
Terrific both spoke up quickly
and said no, a jackass had
jumped out of a tree on the
full moon and landed on her.
Gabe says after that answer the
High Sheriff never put much
faith in either of them.
Well, later on Terrific wond
ered why they’d both mentioned
the full moon. It had been full,
sure enough—bright as day
outside—but the fact hadn't
registered on their conscious
ness until they spoke of it. Ter
rific began his studies then. As
study went on he discovered
that things impressed them
selves on the subconscious more
readily at full moon time.
Old Terrific spent the rest of
his life studying the moon. His
notes were bound in volumes,
some of which have come down
in the Spady family by inheri
tance. They were the first al
manacs.
He discovered that butter-
beans planted on the waning
moon will drop their blossoms
and produce no pods.He found
that the moon was magnetic to
water, drawing up the center
of a lake or ocean when di
rectly over it, causing receding
water (low tide) on shore. He
discovered medicinal properties
in certain moon phases and he
cured the first epidemic of le
thargy by exposure to specific
moonbeams. When a bowl of
milk was set outdoors and the
moon reached overhead, it
would draw the cream into a
pool in the center. The first
cream separator, forerunner of
those used by dairies today, op
erated by moon lift. Old Ter
rific put in his almanacs so
many facts it is impossible to
outline them here."
I am a grandson of old Vir
ginia—of the Valley—and was
never told there about the moon.
I’ve heard, of course, of people
moon-struck, or luny, some be
ing lunatics, but old Virginny
seems to have fostered the
moon from an early perios.
So, hereafter, the fame of
George Washington, Thomas
Jefferson, James Madison, Rob
ert E. Lee, John Marshall and
Woodrow Wilson must be some
what diluted so as to allow old
Terrific Spary to share it with
his observations of lunology, or
lunarology. ,
Men of science are studying
A third of our lives is spent in
that state, with the little bro
ther of death that helps fend
off real death.
Should we call it unconsci-
ons? That is too simple. There
are odd and subtle awarenesses
in sleep, not to mention the
enigmatic dramas of our dream-
life, only fragmentarily retain
ed and apprehended as through
a glassy darkly. One thing has
been agreed, upon, from the
soothsayer to the psychiatrist-
our dreams are significant. We
don't begin to know, as yet
what they could tell us.
Possibly someday we shall be
able to capture dreams live and
whole.
sleep. Just what is it?
“We are waking up to the
fact that sleep is a mysterious
phenomenon; we know remark
ably little about it except that
it is a restoring boon and that
when it fails us we are reduced
rapidly to desperation. We are
becoming aware that sleep dis
order is a major illness, whe
ther in itself or as a concomi
tant of a variety of physical or
psychical disorders. It is an
illness that is never simple. It
is also one of those which is
least comprehended by persons
so blessed as not to experience
it.
If you live your traditional
threescore and ten years—and
if you’re lunck, or 'normal', or
whatever you may choose to
call it—you will have slept a
total of about 23 years. Rip
Van Winkle had virtually a
lifetime’s sleep in one bunch.
versities; health departments-
and a score of other outfits to
make life safe healthy .orderly
etc. and side by side are organ
izations which operate almost
without paying taxes and can
even borrow money from the
Government at less than half
what the Government itself
pays for the money it borrows
from banks and through the
sale of bonds.
An outstanding example is
that petted and pampered or
ganization called TV A which
now wants to be a billion dollar
organization, in direct compe
tition with scores of Power
companies which pay (as I re
call) about 12 billion dollars a
year in taxes.
What say you ? Does it
sound like common sense?
The TVA is a colosal decep
tion; it was begun to utilize
a munitions plant built for the
first World War. Then, years
later, the usual song and dance
and it has come to the relief
of small farmers. Today it blos
soms forth to compete with the
great concerns that pay millions
of dollars in taxes! The Cong
ress readily swallows that be
cause they curry favor with
thousands of men who are ready
to eat at the Government ta
ble, eating what the taxpayers
pay for and put there.
Any one with a sound idea
of fairness in government would
repudiate such a monuments
favoritism.
President Johnson and his
Congressional cohorts have
talked and preached and mag
nified what they regard as
political favoritism. But this
TVA is not favoritism, eh? No,
it brings votes.
In this day and time the
politicians crave votes above
all else; and the others wor
ship money.
What did the Romans say ?
Not Mirabile dictu, but O tem
po O mores! All bad customs
, Someone asked me “What
would you do if you were Pres
ident?” Anyone could answer
readily, indicating how billions
could be saved every year—
now let’s see. The very first
year I’d cut foreign aid at least
75 per cent, wiping it out the
second year and reducing per
sonal income taxes. Next, I’d
ly—“nhlhl rbil— xz“—gxz" xzx
call back all troops of ours from
foreign lands. Next I’d scruti
nize every appropriation by the
Congress in order to eliminate
all political boondoggling. If
necessary I'd veto the appro
priation bill and serve notice
on the Congress that no bill will
receive my approval until all
boondoggling is cut out. With
all other economies I think we
might save 20 billion dollars a
year and treat the taxpayers
with due consideration.
DEED
TRANSFERS
An amazing inconsistency is
our Nation built and main
tained on tax-money, money
paid by taxpayers who pay a
part of their earnings to sup
port government: to maintain
an army, navy, marine corps
and thousands of air planes,
courts, law enforcement officers
, school and colleges and uni-
MEN OF AMERICA
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Abraham Lincoln,
while still in Spring-
field, Illinois, where
he was a noted de
bater and country
lawyer, was also a
patented inventor.
He invented a device
which lifted vessels
over obstructions by
means of inflated
cylinders.
When he lived in Illi
nois, Lincoln never
sported the beard that
became his trademark.
He grew it after he came
to the White House in
1861 to give him some
“authority.” He was the
first whiskered chief
executive and set the
style that was followed
by 8 of the 10 Presi
dents who succeeded
him.
Today beards and mous
taches cure “out” except
as a symbol of youthful
protest,
have ii
lave in the past few
years become exceed
ingly grooming-con
scious. They spend over
150 hours annually shav
ing and top off this daily
rltpal with a pleasant
aromatic lotion like Old
Spice after shave. 7
Newberry No. 1
Carson M. Bobb to R. E.
Summer Sr., one lot on Harris
street, $5.
Frank H. Ward, Probate
Judge to Eddie Miller Sr. and
Bertha M. Miller, one lot and
one building, 2126 Adelaide
street, $6500.
Mildred P. Martin to Rich
ard L. Britt and Delors W.
Britt< two lots and one building
on McHardy street. $5.
Myrle H. Purcell to James
Boozer, one lot and one build
ing, $5. ■
R. E. Summer Sr. to J. S.
Williams, one lot and one
building on Nance street $5.|
Bruce D. Wagoner to Gar
nett Otis Duncan, one lot and
one building on Hillcrest road,
$300 and assumption of mort
gage.
Newberry No. 1 Outside
R. E. Summer Sr. to Carson
Bobb, Emma Sue F. Bobb
and Harold Ray Bobb, one lot
and one building $5.
Silverstreet No. 2
Carolina Tree Farms- Inc.,
to Gerald K. Kesler, Jack R
Kesler and Joseph A. Kesler.
82.2 acres, $10,000.
Bush River No. 3
Ida Mae C. Brehmer and
Patsy Anne Brehmer to Cham
pion Papers, Inc., 609. acres,
$5.00.
Elsie D. Dickert to Harriett
Dickert Smith, 188.15 acres. $5
love and affection.
Elsie D. Dickert to Mary
Louise Dickert Smith, 18815
acres $5 love and affection,
W P Dickson to Champion
Papers, Inc 471 acres and one
building, $94,780.
Pom aria No. 5
Edna G. Dominick to Henry
W. Lominack, one lot. $5 love
and affection.
Little Mountain No. 6
Carl L. Lindler to E T
Nelson, 73 70 acres $5
E. T. Nelson to Harold Mill
er and W. G. Jordan, 70.73
acres $5000.60, and assumption
of a mortgage.
Kathren H. Mills to Narvis
S. Willingham, one lot $10
Walter Regnery to Eva W.
Clamp and James V. Clamp,
one lot $5.
Prosperity No. 7
J Benjamin Bedenbaugh and
J. Wendell Bedenbaugh to
Martha K. Bedenbaugh 51.33
acres- $5 and exchange of prop
erty.
J. Wendell Bedenbaugh to
J. Benjamin Bedenbaugh, 38.04
acres, $5 and exchange of prop
erty.
Benjamin Roy Gibson, Bessie
Lee G. Epting and Olive T.
Gibson to County of Newberry
2.57 acres and one building-
$4,800.
James S. Grant, et al to
Newberry County Education
Board- 2.57 acres and one build
ing $1200.
E. W. Belin and J. C. Nye
to Arthur E. Bartsch and
Madge E. Bartsch, one lot,
$1000.
NEW ADDRESSES)
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Mahaffy
have moved to 1446 Calhoun
street.
Rev. and Mrs. Hoyt Graham
and family, moved Wednesday
to the O’Neal Parsonage. Rev.
Graham will be pastor of the
O’Neal Methodist church.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Bobb
have moved to Route 1, Coun
try Club road.
Mr. and Mrs. Erin Kunkle
are now residing at 2325 Os
borne Avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson
are now residing at 803 Glenn
street.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bed
enbaugh have moved to 2133
Oak street to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Martin. who recently sold
their home on McHardy street
to Mr. and Mrs .Richard Britt,
will move soon to 1721 Harper
street. Mr. Britt is the new
manager of Southern Bell for
Newberry.
TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT
CURTAIN!
“The Communists are mell
owing. ”
This is the password, of mo
dern Liberals—and even some
“moderates.” The Soviet Com
munists and their Eastern sat
ellites are considered to be
friendlier than ever. We are
supposed to help build “bridges
of understanding” to Rumania,
Poland, Yugoslavia et al.—brid
ges which consist of our send
ing them our wheat, machinery,
and other vital necessities.
The popular slick magazines
are full of color photographs
depicting the beauties of life
behind the Iron Curtain. The
captions tell of happy, healthy
people, good food, and increased
freedom.
“It’s the Chinese we must
worry about,” say the column
ists and the polictal scientists.
“The Soviets will probaly be
our allies against the Red Chi
nese in the future.”
But there is another side to
this happy story. A side with
no pretty pictures or mellowing
thoughts. A side so horrible that
one finds it hard to believe.
You will not find this other
side of the Red story unless you
talk to someone who has been
there. At first, you may not be
able to comprehend that “some
one’s” first-hand acooun|t—be
cause his testimony will contra
dict all of the “mellowing” lines
you’ve heard for the past few
years.
We have just talked with
someone who has been there,
He is a Lutheran minister from
Rumania, just arrived in Amer
ica after fourteen years as a
prisoner of the Communists in
Rumania. His name is Reverend
Richard Wurmbrand.
Richard Wurmbrand’s back is
covered with ugly scars—the
reamnants of Red torturers who
sadistically beat, burnt, stabbed
and mutilated his body during
his imprisionment. His eyes are
filled with memories so cruel
that he finds it difficult to
speak of them.
Richard Wurmbrand is of
Jewish orgin—and thet is one
reason he is free. The Rumanian
Reds SOLD him for seven
thousand dollars to a Lutheran
Church in Norway. Wurmbrand
asserts that thousands of Jews
have been sold to the highest
bidder by the Reds. “The
Communists mock the Nazis,”
he told us. “They say: ‘The
Nazis were stupid; they killed
the Jews. We sell the.’”
Some of the tortures that
Reverand Wurmbrand under
went are unspeakably in hu
man and vile. But they must be
spoken ofif we are to wake up
to what is going on—TOD AY—
behind the Iron Curtain. This
agonizing discovery when he
came to the United States was
that Americans don”t really
know or care what is happening
to thousands of innocent people
under the Red tyrants.
Next week we shall include
in this column excerpts from
Reverend Wurmbrand ”s heart
rendering testimony over the
Manion Forum program. Be
tween now and then, why don”t
you clip out all the articles
that you can find about the
Communists are “mellowing’?
The contrast between your
clippings and the ghastly truth
will become evident when you
read this column a week from
now.
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