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i THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1966 THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA PAGE THREE W I Rogers blasts McNair gift COLUMBIA — Rep. Joseph O. Rogers Jr., Republican can didate for governor, said Gov. McNair’s membership in the $1,000 club offends “the poli tical conscience of the South Carolina electorate which re jected the same LBJ in 1964.” “Gov. McNair has given $1000 of the $25,000 salary paid to him by South Carolina taxpayers to Lyndon Baines Johnson, and South Carolin ians deserve an explanation for this tribute,” Rogers said in a press statement. The Manning legislator said' ■“The Governor’s membership in this exclusive club for those ■who are close to the President was revealed last Friday in the newspapers less than 24 hours after McNair appeared before a widely-attended press con ference in Columbia and tried to disassociate himself from the national Democrat party.” Rogers said many persons had asked him to comment on McNair’s LBJ Club member- ahip since the fact became known in news stories. “How can the people of S. C. believe such an explanation from the man who rode the -“Lady Bird Special” campaign train through South Carolina and then appeared on state wide television in 1984 to urge South Carolinians to vote for the Johnson-Humphrey tick et?” Rogers asked. Rogers said “This political ^ payoff had to be inspired eith-, er by McNair’s dedication to' the beliefs and activities of L.BJ or by arm-twisting and pressures brought to bear on him to prove loyalty to his leader.” “Either of these reasons is reprehensible**, said Rogers. In answer to a press state ment by the Democrat State j Chairman, GOP State Chair man Harry Dent said his party “accepts the challenge of the Democrat Chairman and the Governor that ‘Progress’ is one of the key issues in the Gover nor’s race this year.” Dent said, “However, this matter should be debated by the respective candidates for Governor, rather than the Chairmen of the Republican or Democrat parties.” “To me the greatest exam ple of progress in recent times was the self-promotion of the instant Governor, Mr. McNair, from the $1500 job as Lieuten ant Governor to the $25,000 job as Governor.” “If McNair could increase the per capita income in the people of South Carolina as xapidly as he increased his own, then he would deserve the right to run on a record of progress,“ Dent said. However the per capita income in South Carolina since 1958 has drop ped from 48th in the nation to 49 th. “Is that State progress or are the Democrats talking a- bout McNair’s progress?” Dent asked. SPECTATOR In the little town of Man ning recently, and all the hur- ley-burley of almost incessant traffic over 301, a Manning policeman stopped a norther.; car of a colored man. As the Manning policeman was talking to the Northern Colored man a message came to the Man ning Officer that there was a trouble-maker at the hos pital. The Northern man turn ed out to be a policeman and he volunteered to accompany the Manning officer to the hos pital. Arriving there the col ored offender assumed a threatening attitude and forth with the colored policeman grabbed him and said “ I don t play with your sort. If you raise your hand I’ll knock your head off.” Later he said to the Manning officer “You gentlemen are too easy. We take that sort of fellow and handle him rough.” Ithink I’m safe in saying that the Northern colored of ficer did more to bring about a better feeling than a score of politicians working over* time. i Lake Norman brochure ready “Lake Norman—the Inland Sea.” That’s the title of a colorful, 16-page brochure Duke Power Gompany is making available to users of Lake Norman, new est and largest of Duke’s elec tric generation impoundments. The brochure emphasizes safe use of Lake Norman’s 32,- 500 surface acres—the largest inland body of water in North Carolina. It contains articles written by boating experts a- bout the lake, explaining the differences to be anticipated because of Lake Norman’s size, and other articles concerning the weather and hunting and fishing. The brochure also chronicles the history of the Catawba Valley and the historical sig nificance of the Cowans Ford Dam site. Information about Duke Power’s recreational lot lease program is included, along with explanations of the func tions of a power lake. A col orful insert points up safe boating practices and the 10 public access areas provided by Duke Power are indicated in n map. The new Lake Norman wat erway markers are shown in color drawings and the ordin ances concerning the marker system passed by the four counties bordering the lake are included. The brochure is available free by writing Public Rela tions Department, Duke Power Co., 422 South Church Street, Charlotte, or by making a re quest through any Duke Power office. So someone has discovered that the ladies are a numerous and efficient help in time of labor shortage. I’ve known for years highly efficient workers. An efficient woman at 25 may be available at 40 or even 50 and perform scores of tasks in a highly sat isfactory manner. I am not divulging a secret in saying that I’ve heard man agers express a preference for women as they lose less time than men. “ Swapping kitchen aprons for shop aprons is gaining popularity across the land. Largely because the manpower pinch brought on by Vietnam and the galloping economy, women are being welcomed with open arms to many pro duction areas normally consid ered the male worker’s do main. The manpower shortage aside plants are finding definite ad vantages in adding women. They are exempt from the draft. Most are married and their paychecks supplement their husbands’: thus, if the wife is laid off it usually does not create the same financiaf problems as does furloughing male workers. Women also are often more adept than men at some hum drum assembly line jobs. ‘They don’t fall prey to tedium as fast as men,’ reports Robert F. Brown, personnel Supervis or at the Seattle development laboratory of Honeywell, Inc. ‘They go about their jobs the same way they go about house cleaning—always looking for some way to do the job easier and more efficiently’. Eigh teen months ago the lab had 10 men inspecting electronic as sembly products. Now the firm has an inspection crew of 46 women and eight of the origi nal men because of a sudden pickup in the workload and the realization that women are generally more proficient than men at working with their hands. ” Now then, gentlemen, where do we stand? added that such a provision might not be a bad idea, and it even called public hearings on whether the rule should be changed. The order seemed vague a- bout whether the justices would unilaterally change the law on the basis of these hearings, though they apparently have that power. In any event, it seems a startling departure for a court to declare so candidly its interest in remaking the law, and indeed to usurp such a traditional legislative pre rogative as iniating public hearings. It seems all the more strange since, with the peti tion denied, there was no ques tion of righting any specific injustice. The Supreme Court ruled re cently, for example, that police must give suspects some broad hints that they’d better call ■« lawyer. But it also said this rule would apply only henceforth, not retroactively to past cases. Since the Bill of Rights hasn’t changed any time lately, it would be difficult to imagine a more clear-cut admission that this ‘Constitutional re quirement’ had no basis in law or history, but was invented by the Court’s five-man majority. Even more disturbing is the process of that invention. In dissenting in this case, Justice White made a telling point: ‘Insofar as it appears in the Court’s opinion, it has not examined a single transcript of any police interrogation, let aione the interrogation that took place in any one of these cases.’ Obviously, then, the Court did not discover in these cases any demonstrable injus tice which called for adjust ment of the law. Rather, it was using the cases to pro mulgate its own preconcept ions.” “F.P.C. Reports South Caro lina Electric & Gas Company rated fifth in efficiency, nat ion-wide. S. C. McMeekin, SCEGCO president, said that the FPC report lists the utility among the top ten most efficient sys tems for the fourth consecu tive year. The report covered 1964 steam ratings for both investor-owned and government owned power systems. He pointed out that although coal yields greater overall ef ficiency in steam plants, it is necessary at times to utilize natural gas and oil within the system. * ‘There is no doubt that our system efficiency is a major factor in maintaining an at tractive rate structure,’ Mr. McMeekin said, ‘in the face of higher than average freight rates and low population den sity of our service area.’ He stressed the SCEGCO residential customers are am ong the nation’s largest iTsers of electricity with an average 1965 use of 6,806 kilowatt- hours compared to the national average of 4,933 kilowatt-hrs. At the same time, he noted, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company customers are pay ing 2.02 cents per k.w. of elec tricity as compared to the nat ional average of 2.25 cents.” Jan les B. Hare rites Monday James Butler.Hare, 47, who served the Third Congerssional district in Congress from 1949 to 1951, died in a Columbia hospital Saturday after a long illness. He was the son of former Congressman Butler B. Hare, who served the Third district a number of years, and Mrs. Hare. He was a graduate of Newberry College and of the University of South Carolina School of Law. Mr. Hare served in the U. S. Navy, advancing to lieutenant commander in the Pacific. He had served on the Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina. Surviving in addition to his parents are his wife, Margaret H. Hare and a brother, Ad miral Robert Hayne Hare of Arlington, Va. Funeral services were conducted Monday at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church and burial was in Travis Park cem etery. FARM ' NOrES Iffiurr If tul'lllll III CITY BUILDING PERMITS The City issued building and construction permits, totaling $13,965 last week to: Willie Lee Ringer, 2121 Har per street, erect carport. Mrs. William Mac Arthur, Dominick Avenue, erect dwell ing. Otis Wells, 2342 Holloway street; Ethel Hunt, 68 Glenn street; Margaret Boozer, 616 Lyles street; Mary E. Lake, 308 Drayton street; Mrs. G. T. Newton, 318 O’Ne’al street; J. C. Collier, 412 Boundary street; Jesse W. Dominick, 1214 Simpkins street; Willie James, 1911 Lindsay street, repairs. As to the courts making the law, that is not new, but never before was it so general. Of course any one who has really studied law will recall that the great Chief Justice Marshall sometimes went '"/er the line. Today it is sometimes a matter of doubt just what the law is: whether it is as seems to be; or is as Judge says it is. Ask any lawyer to guarantee absolutely a statement of law. “Courts have always fash ioned the law as well as ap plied it, and yet there’s some thing especially disquieting in the current epidemic of judi cal legislation. Judges are not only invading the province of legislators more often, but are doing so on the basis of ide ology rather than and practical need for redress in the actual cases they hear. In the past, when an unusual case presented an obvious wrong not recognized in stand ing law, courts have often molded the law to provide jus tice. The case then became a precedent for similar future situations; and thus did the law evolve. The current fash ion, though, seems far from such reasonable progress. The most recent example, and a particularly lucid one, is a curious ruling by New Jersey’s highest court. A murder sus pect’s attorney asked an order allowing him to interrogate op posing witnesses prior to the trial, and the court refused on the ground that nothing in es tablished law requires the pro secution to reveal its case in court. Whereupon the court Attend alumni exercises Mrs. F. Scott Elliott Sr. and F. Scott Elliott Jr. attended Alumni Day and graduation exercises at the Opportunity School of South Carolina in West Columbia on July 16. Mr. Elliott Jr. attended the school in 1955-59. Dr. Wil Lou Gray, founder of the school in 1921, presented a check for $12,500 at the al umni luncheon. This was matched by a similar check from the alumni association, the interest from the fund to be used for scholarships. The Opportunity School, which is located on the former Columbia Army airbase prop erty, is beginning a period of development. Two new dorm itories are in the process of being erected. The purpose of the school is to provide edu cational opportunities for ad ults and out-of-school youth over 16 who wish to raise their educational level, regardless of prior schooling. After the luncheon, the 44th commencement was held with 73 graduating, the largest class in the history of the school. To graduate, a student must score 188 points on the state High school examination. The school does not give units or credits. Many of the students are those who have dropped out of other schools. • O-I GIFT' TO COLLEGE (Continued from page 1) into the environment around it” he said. A company must be able to relate “business” to “Society” he said and posed the question “How can you analyze the business-society relations and responsibilities in the complicated world of to day? The influence and invol vement of the United States in world affairs has never been greater. This ‘influence’ and ‘involvement’ may not be to our tastes or distastes but certainly no one will dispute the fact that they have never been dished out in larger por tions. ” He listed several questions he said managers are pressed to answer in the modern world: What position a corporation should take with respect to its own involvement and its own responsibility in civil rights; how far should business and politics be carried; how should a corporation determine how its donations should be distri buted. “Ours is truly a business so ciety” Mr. Brittain said. “It is the force generated directly or indirectly by the profit-mak ing motive that has more than anything else — except the church propelled us into the leaders’ role in all facets of life. Wherever commerce thrives civilization flourishes. He said that Owens-Illinois has always taken the broader view of its social responsibili ties and noted that while the first objective of management must be to protect the inter ests of shareowners “we never purposely overlook civic and cultural by-products of our day-to-day business chores.” “ Basically we at Owens-Ill inois try to operate our busi ness to satisfy customer needs at fair prices and to compen sate our employees as well or better than our competitors and industrial neighbors ” the speaker said. “In the prosecu tion of these objectives how ever we have not and will not sublimate the responsibilities and rewards of good citizen ship. It is within this frame work that we ask you to accept us as friends and neighbors in the full warm meaning of the words” Mr. Britain concluded. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pres to are now residing at 2124 Glenn street. Continue Cotton Insect Control Don’t be misled into believ ing hot, dry weather will hold cotton insects under control. A build-up of bollworm is being found in all fields checked. In some fields, bollworm is caus ing severe damage. Boll weevil is still mighty active too, ex cept in fields that have been kept on a continuous 5-day poisoning schedule. So, if you are thinking of quitting the battle against cot ton insects for a while, better check your cotton fields closely. Only if you have less than five percent of the squares infested with boll weevil or boll worm, should you consider stopping. Also, it means you will have to keep close check on those fields during the time you’re not on a regular schedule. Most successful cotton farm ers have found that under pres ent circumstances of high cot ton insect population, it pays to stay on the 5-day schedule. A lot of interest is being generated over the state con cerning this year’s Quality Cotton Program. Mills have indicated that if growers pro duce the quality cotton they need, they will buy it in pref erence to western cotton. Thus, an effective insect control program stands to gain for you two ways. You make more cotton per acre and will likely get a better price for it at selling time. Make sure all applications of cotton insecticides contain ade quate amounts of DDT or Se- vin for Bollworm control. Corn Not Ready For Silage Two weeks of hot dry wea ther have caused anxious mo ments about our corn crop for silage. True, the crop is suf fering and has been damaged in some areas of the county. But we don’t think it’s time to get the silage cutter rolling yet. As long as there’s green leaves on the upper half of the stalk, it will pay to wait for a rain. Corn with ears too young for cooking makes poor quality silage. If hot,dry weather continues, we may have to go ahead and salvage what’s left as silage. But we feel we can stand ano ther week or so before taking such drastic measures. Let’s wait and keep hoping for a good soaking rain. Hot Weather Tips for Farm Animals Farm animals suffer from hot weather, too—but not as much as we think, if we do our part in keeping them comfort able. Loss of production during hot weather is usually the re sult of too little water, im proper feeding or distress from fighting insects. A typical dairy animal, for instance, will drink up to 35 gallons of water per day in hot weather. This means that clean, fresh water should be available and convenient for all farm animals during the hot weather. Salt helps cattle con trol body temperature, and therefore, should be available free-choice all the time. Loose salt is preferred over block salt for cattle. Feed and shade are import ant, too. Cattle won’t spend much time grazing during hot daylight hours. But silage or green-chop fed in the shade or covered trough will do won ders toward holding up milk production. The grain ration should be a high-energy, low ! fibre one for hot weather. I i Finally, keep flies and other biting insects off livestock. Animals that have to spend | most of their time fighting in- j sects will surely drop off in ! production of meat, milk or eggs. We realize that these sug gestions are nothing new. But many farmers are still not giv ing their income-producing an imals adequate attention dur ing hot weather. Production can be held to near-normal levels during hot weather. It’s all a matter of doing our job that the animals can do theirs to the best of their ability. S. J. Keisler dies at age 53 Samuel Joseph Keisler, 53, of Batesburg died in the Baptist hospital Sunday. He was a brother of Dr. J. A. Keisler of Prosperity and Dr. E. Bryan Keisler, formerly of Newberry, now of Clinton. Funeral services were held Monday at St. Paul’s Luther an Church, of which he was a member, conducted by the Rev. Herbert Dunlap. J. C. Johnson rites Tuesday CLINTON.—Johnny C. John son 81, died Monday at 7 a.m. in a local hospital after a long period of declining health and an illness of two weeks. Lifelong resident of Laurens County, son of the late Martha McCrackin and Thomas Loften Johnson, he was a member of Bethany Presbyterian Church. He was a Mason and retired farm machinist, having been associated with Johnson - Mc Crackin Co. in Newberry many years. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Amanda Glenn Johnson; and a brother, Hugh Aaron Johnson of Ensley, Ala. Funeral services were con ducted Tuesday at 4:30 p. m. at Gray Funeral Home by Rev. Joseph A. Greer and Rev. Da vid McDonald. Burial was in Rosemont Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Britt and family have moved to 1919 McHardy street in the George Martin house which they re cently purchased. Mr. Britt is manager of Southern Bell in Newberry. 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