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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1966 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. i VIIMW&W &/fW* • f i f i i r asm ^ i s i | I $ t k HI is b; -ii-f ilai.Ik, mUtMliiWUWHXUi i illfif MUIM Marilyn Man ion FREE MONEY—WITH STRINGS ATTACHED If you knew you could get several million dollars free to complete a pet project, wouldn’t you try immediately to take advantage of the op portunity ? Many people would — and most educational institutions do. Under the giant Federal Aid to Education program, hundreds of millions of dollars are given to colleges and uni versities, both private and pub lic. But one College president who recently appeared on the Manion Forum refuses to even consider accepting Federal funds. He is Dr. John Howard, President of Rockford College in Illinois, Howard maintains that Fed eral Aid to Education tends to destroy the diversity that has been a traditional hallmark of our schools. “The educational institutions which have grown up through the years have been very different from each oth er,” he pointed out. “I dont’ think we realize how import ant this difference is. It isn’t only that such an educational system serves well a nation of diverse population groups, but the products of all those dif ferent colleges as they go into positions of leadership, being diverse, provide a very creative sort of nation. The reliance up on a single source of funds will destroy that diversity.” Certainly most Americans shudder at the thought of one huge educational system, whose products have all been schooled to think a certain way. But proponents ’ of Federal Aid insist that there' is no danger of this, because the Aid is free, with no strings. Here is what Dr. HowatcT said bn that sub ject : “Any of us would be reluct ant tw»yS"»u4“»ndl- make a big public fuss in behalf of some thing yi^tlkur en^>fl5i , er didn’t like, fi^tt^^soufj# iof your funds is deadset in a certain direction, most people aren’t likely to go out and argue ag ainst their employer publicly. “At the time of the alumin um altercation with the Fed eral go’\U&'nir®itj|dl?^Wall St. JournXl wepoBeJg that in a telephon&suiyy^ML great many execu&vf^Wr lanll^* corpora tions said they felt that the Federal government had over stepped its proper limits, but they to he quoted |h4 promise of andffpmiry. r^ffiink ’the same thing is true of educational in stitutions. Wheri* a* ttirge pro portion bud get confi* TSSrf ft\4shington, and is given out ultimately un der the politically-appointed of- SPECTATOR “Well—in lb45, r>nc vote gave Oliver Cromwell control of England. In 1(349, one vote caused Charles I of England to be ex ecuted. In 177(3, one vote gave Am- enca the English language in- stead of German. In 1839, one vote elected Marcus Morton Governor of Massachusetts. In 1845, one vote brought Texas into the Union. In 1868, one vote saved Pres ident Andrew Johnson from impeachment. In 1875, one vote changed France from a Monarchy to a Republic. In 1876, one vote gave Ruth erford B. Hayes the Presidency of the United States. In 1923, one vote gave Ad olph Hitler leadership of the Nazi party. And in 1941, one vote saved Selective Service just twelve days before Pearl Harbon! How important is one vote? Your vote.” reluct- the ob- ent ad- ficers, you will be v, ant to argue again jectiv minis Fin ed hi^c<mcerh' , abbuT* the im pact OT®i^deral Aid upon re ligion. “ Since haj&e a sep- express- M2L SENATOR STRO PEOPLE I have just read something from the Baltimore Sun: It is very clear and revealing. Just as we of Massachusetts, Virginia and South Carolina reveal somewhat of the early British flavor of our govern ment and social order—after all the years since 1670, so some of our statesmen of Tex as upbringing show the Mexi can psychology, for Texas was Mexican politically until about 1847 and carries the fla vor of it still. Of course fol lowing the Civil war, many Virginians and Carolinians moved to Texas as may be the leavening influence, so far as Texas seems American. The Spanish have long since lost control of Mexico, Peru, Chile, the Argentine and Ven ezuela, but Spanish still per meates all. Incidentally no one can real ly understand a nation or its people by a haphazard visit, spent largely in hotels. Until one can speak and understand a language he is only super ficially, very superficially in formed. By the way, what do you know of the vast Amazon riv er? Of course I might find that most of our people have the vaguest notion of the Mis PROTECTING CAPTURED AMERICANS THE PRESENT CONFLICT in Southeast Asia occupies an agonizingly unique status, for there is nothing comparable in U.S. history. Although the mili tary forces of the United States are and have been locked in combat, no state of war has been declared to exist by the Congress. EVEN THE EVENTS in Ko rea do not serve as a precedent for the current situation. In that instance, the United Na tions, acting under the charter, declared the communist in vasion of South Korea a “threat to the peace,” and officially authorized intervention by mili tary forces of member nations. This action by the UN Security Council, to some served as a substitute under international law for official declarations of war by participating nations. THE C.S. HAS TAKEN the position that this fa Sooth Viet Nam’s war ' for independence, and we are merely assisting. It fa significant, however, that the United States has repeatedly annoooed that it has no inten tion or purpose to undermine or overthrow the existing com- munist government of North Viet Nam. A 'declaration of war by the United States against North Viet Nam, according to historical ~ precedents, would conflict with this announced policy of non-interference with the political control exercised by Hie Ho Chi Mlnh govern ment. THERE A^E MORE VALID considerations which weigh against a declaration of war. Such a declaration would vali date and authorize a broad ex panse of Preafidential war pow ers which haye been set up on a stand-by basis. There is legiti mate concern about Hie effect of a declaration of war in this threatened to conduct trials of captured American aircrews. Some of the communist propa ganda from North Viet Nam, Red Cfchya and others has dwelled on “war crimes” trials, citing the Nuremberg trials of Nazis following World War H as a precedent. North Viet Nam concentrated I has more heavily, subject of flyers am. than prfaqncejl legal statdofp THE Americans viously been t logical weapon inhibit UJS. in North very real by 'mm Its propaganda , on the of American ” rather V since no (ts. TO “try” have ob- ftm a psycho- rim attempt to of targets tCbere is a ty that the actually go eooduct of which but the that such Immediate they will and will ap- least communists through with “trials” of they hold latest ib “trials” ON has been threat of actually whether be pearing one and American flyers are being be headed by of some tme of JBriar’jpMit have more far reading political im plications, the lives and welfare only must steps be taken to prevent execuHon of captured States to insure that treatment of captured Americans fa in cord with aration of church and state,” he said, “as the state'? moves in tp education, the church must move oiit. It’s that sim pie. I certainly think there are called into question such things as whether you can have re ligious pictures in a building paid for by the Federal gov ernment, and a lot of other thoj-ny questons which are ye to beresolved.” Dr. Howard’s arguments ag ainst Federal Aid are very con vincing—but one question stil remains. Where is the money going to come from to educate the growing American popula tion? For Dr. Howard’s unique answer, watch for this column next week. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS. however, have brought new problems to the surface which may well require a complete re consideration I of whether the de ft state to have • nee the Gulf of EC MAY WELL RE that a declaration of war win be nec essary, and even that may not be enough. JUmay also, be nec- HIAHUO EARN AT OUR NEW ANTICIPATED DIVIDEND RATE OF 4.50% I * USE OUR NEW DRIVE-IN WINDOW • \ .V ••••• 1 Building and Loam Association 1117 Boyce Street Newberry, S. C. Dial 276-5660 DIRECTORS: Ralph B. Baker Pinckney N. Abrams Louis C. Floyd Tbotnss EL Pope R. Aubrey Harley sisippi river. Ill not’ mention the Ashley and Cooper, the Santee. Although I have been all over South Carolina I ran into a new one to me—some where near Pumpkin Town, Pickens county—The Ooolinoy river. Ever hear of it? So many Americans have visited Cuba that I can’t un derstand the attitude of our *> v We rushed into Santo Dom ingo, going around Cuba to get there, but why are we so hesitant about correcting Cu ba? Cuba is really vital to our safety and the Russians have been arming Castro! We rush ed to Santo Domingo—and we may think it too close to the Panama canal for complete as surance. But we sent three hundred thousand men, the' greatest fleet in the world to Viet Nam—Why? Does any one know? We have lost sev eral hundred planes, several thousand men, billions of dol lars—why ? Our Government is running with cold, callous disregard for the Constitution—Why ? Where is the Congress of the United States ? Lost in the shuffle. And the courts! Just how do we reconcile the present trend of our courts with the early, basic decisions of Chief Jus tice Marshall and the learned men of the early court? I talk and write quite a bit about affairs of government— national and state — but I en joy more telling of some other places of the world. You’ve heard of the vast Amazon river: it rises in Peru and eastward to the Atlantic, washing the shores of Peru and Brazil for several thousand miles. You’ve heard of Iquitos? It is in Peru, and in the early days of Rubber—ships came from Liverpool up the Ama zon—2,700 miles! Quite a riv er, eh? Mark you, ocean ships from Liverpool to Iquitos! In the early days of rubber muso rubber was found wild in the forests of Brazil and Peru. Natives picked out the rubber trees and hauled them th the great port. Nowadays, rubber is cultivated just as cot ton is cultivated. Men no longer depend on hunting for the oc casional rubber tree in a dense forest. Iquitos was part of my ter ritory when I served as Dir ector of the North and con tinued so, of course when I served as Director General. There was a Catholic father who had a mission on the Am azon. He was supported by the government and came to see me about once every two weeks. His trip was one of six weeks on the Amazon, then he climbed the Andes to 17,000 feet and came from there by train. In his long stay (30 years) on the Amazon—at first among savages—he brought hundreds into the fold of Christianity and established peace in all the community Padre Ginger! I shall always remember him! My office had to finance his mission. I never traveled the Amazon river, but I lived a year and a half in the Andes mountains —in Cajamarca—a sort of gateway to the vast country on Looking A head ...by Ur. G«org« S. Btnion PRESIDENT—NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SMrcy, Arkanso THE DANGER OF “EASY” , FEOfigAL^MONEY A statewide ousinessmen’s organization in a midwestern state recently held a sympos ium in its capital city for local Chambers of Commerce staff executives and city and county government officials. The key note speaker stated the topic of discussion: “So many Fed eral handout programs are be ing created in the ‘War on I Poverty’ that the typical city and county have only a hazy idea of what they can get and how to get it. We have brought together for this symposium Federal and State experts to enumerate and explain the new Federal aid projects and what each community and county must do to get its share.” One of the members of Con gress who appeared on the symposium program said: “I voted against all these pro posals, but they passed Con gress and now we’d be foolish not to get every penny of this money we can get. Our taxes are helping pay for the pro grams.” He was one of the “experts” but had come out from Wash ington to assure his constitu ents his office was prepared to help cut the red tape. The experts explained the programs and the “paper work” neces sary by each community and county to “qualify” for the easy money. “Bred and Circuses” Out of this symposium (and they are being held in many areas of the nation) came some significant facts: 1. The statewide businessmen’s organ ization and the Chambers of Commerce which sent execu tives to the symposium had historically voiced opposition to “Federal Aid” programs of the type being discussed. 2. The keynoter did not talk about and local “needs” but emphasized the bonanza-for- all nature of the Federal out- i pouring of money. 3. The Con gressman’s “practical” attitude shows how the idea of “some thing for nothing” ultimately infects a whole society once it has taken root. Great societies are not creat ed through paternalism. They are destroyed by it. History records a long list of nations which rose to the pinnacle of world leadership and then fell victim of the deterioration of individual responsibilty. The fall of the Roman Empire is but one dramatic example of the deadly effect of Govern ment-provided “bread and cir cuses” for the population. Cultivating Dependency The swiftly expanding array of “War on Poverty” programs conceived by the “Social Se curity” planners in Washing- tbn are designed, they say, to improve the lot of individual persons. The net results of many “projects” is to provide easy income for persons classi fied as “poor” or “disadvan taged.” But instead of stimu lating and motivating a will to ward seif - improvement and self-reliance in the individual, too often the “aid” programs are based on paternalism— care and control. And this poses a grave danger to the American way of life and the great general prosperity which it has brought. “Give a man a fish,” an old proverb says, “and you feed him a day. Teach him to catch a fish and you feed him for life.” Some few of the pro grams coming out of Wash ington are directed at improv ing the level of competence of individuals but on the broad front they are handing out fish rather than teaching people to catch their own. No more dramatic proof of the destruc tive nature of such paternalism can be found than in the story of the sea gulls of Conch Island, Florida, just off the waterfront at St. Augustine. A few years ago, their pitiful plight made news in papers all over the nation. Too Many “Free Lunches” The Conch Island gulls were the pride of the Atlantic, powerful of wing, keen of eye, flashing, slashing, diving fish ermen. For years they would fly each morning far out to sea, search out their small fish prey schools, and dive among them to eat their fill. Then the shrimp fleet moved into the late evening each day, the fleet would come in from the shrimp grounds and at dockside clean thousands of pounds of shrimp. The water was littered with bits of culled shrimp. The Conch Island gulls saw the bonanza. They quit flying out over the ocean hundreds of miles for food. Often the tide even brought the shrimp meat right up on the Conch Island Beaches — supper served in andU one S5. Irrr DEED TRANSFERS Newberry No. 1 Elizabeth R. DeHart John ny Caldwell and Patriq|a \ H. Caldwell, one lot building on MsSwain St. R Dupree Harmon to irma H. Perry and Jafttes D. Perry, one lot, $5 love and affection. Hazel W. Halfacre to Willie Suber and Bertha Suber, one lot on Holloway St. $5. Clara O. Stewart to William McSwain Nabors and Carolyn S. Nabors, one lot on Orchard St. $5. Newberry No. 1 Outside Ruth B. Higgins to Lewis E. Lever, 2.90, .35, and .64 acres $10. J E. T. Nelson to J. Hottel Johnson and Jessie C. Johnson, 242.49 acres $5. Silverstreet No. 2 Walter Senn to Jo Ann P. Pollard and Johiv^E, Pollard,’‘H one lot $5. John ri E. Whitmire ^ ^ : la L. Fulmer, one lot, $5 love and affection. Little Mountain No. 6 Walter Regnery to Steve C. Floyd and Mary Ann Floyd, 1 lot and 1 building on Lake Murray $10. S. C. Gas & Electric Co. to D. H. Hamm, Sr., D. H. Hamm Jr., and J. Walter Hamm, 1.07, 2.41, 1.21, 6.50 and i.46 acres $10. D. H. Hamm Sr., to D. H. Hamm Jr. and J. Walter Hamm 85.3 acres $5 love and affect ion. E. T. Nelson to J. Hottel Johnson and Jessie C. John son, 24 lots $5. E. T. Nelson to James H. Williams, two lots $5. James H. Williams to J. T. Seay, two lots $5. Prosperity No. 7 Dr. J. E. Grant to W. P. Lassiter, one lot $1495. Bobby B. Lester to Rosann F. Lester, one lot and one building $5 love and affection. Lee Hickman tc W. Manning arris, two lots, $5 and as sumption of a mortgage. Robert A. Boul bara J. Boulware Federal Savings atf^ sociation, one lot and'orie buifd- ing on Duckett Strdet, satisfaction of mortgage/ Pomaria No.»0' Dolly S. Ruff to 0. 95.63 acres and twd'&ui'Riittl^ $5.00. * vmw Eunice S. Dehihns to J. W2 Smith, 95.63 acres and two buildings $5. Antoinette Seaff U^gjfcftleyj G. G. Sease, and Jas. SmitK Sease to J. W. Smith, 95.63 acres and two buyd r Horace A. * Lfvitv Herman O. Fulmer and Llewel- Take positions at College bed! For three years the shrirap, fleet stayed at St. Augustine. Then it moved far around the coast. The Conch Island gulls waited in vain for their food to be served up. After a ,jtew days they began screaming. They were starving. The shrimp “hand out” had ended. The St. Augustine residents*^ err y» heard the mounting screams and noticed tne dying gu.ijs. They investigated. They found that the gulls had lost the ability to hunt and fish for themselves. . . . , , - In the animal kingdom or in human society, the “hand out!* program is the most dangerous aspect of the “ Wetfa?** Staty& w Four changes have taken place recently in the clerical staff at Newberry College. Miss Brenda K. Lester, of Newberry, a 1966 honor grad uate of Newberry College, join- led the staff as secretary to the registrar and director of ad missions. She holds the B.A. . 4 degree in business education. * tcf Mrs. James M. Smith, Jr. of Newberry, assumed duties as secretary €b L. C. Graham, special assistant to the presi dent and to the dean of stu dents. She has had experience as stenographer in the New berry County Welfare depart ment and receptionist as New berry Federal Savings & Loan Association. Mrs. Terry Brummett, New- become telephone operator. She received a busi ness certificate from Newberry College ill. May after com pleting a two-year course. Miss Gail Beggs, McCormick, is the new secretary to the di rector of alumni affairs. She was formerly employed as sec retary to the principal of Mc Cormick High school. the Amazon river. Where are our great men? As a man said, “they ain’t.” Why not? Can it be that the dollar is the only measure of a man? Is the dollar all sup reme ? Will it,. buf. ’ anything, everything? ItVieems so, but now and then we find a person, man or woman, who thinks a- bove and beyond a dollar. Rare thing, certainly, but we’ve all been so fortunate as to meet some one occasionally who. finds sound, solemn values in some thing other than physical, monetary, value. But Uncle Sam’s Eagle still flies ahead in all times and places. Once upon a time we had statesmen who based their course in high principle, devo tion—the just rights of all. Alas and alack! letting the the boys pop up and the fielders scooped up the ball. As I sat in the bleachers some one made a bumble and a fan shouted ‘Send him to Manning’. I didn’t know of Manning’s world-wide fame, but it seems that Manning made a world record about 60 years ago of not winning a single game! So Manning was known in New York! We’ve had a number of splendid men in the box: Wal ter Johnson, notably. Matthewson, you may recall, snowed out the wonderful Phil adelphia team five times in a World Series! Men were men in those days! I am still somewhat of a baseball fan, very quietly so and largely through the news papers. My special interest to day is “The Yankees” of New York American League. Bobby Richardson is my hero on that team. I once cherished many heroes on the diamond, includ ing the enigmatic “Bugs Ray mond” of Charleston and New York fame. My baseball hero of all time was Christy Matthewson, the New York wonder. I saw him once in New York. I remained over because I was sure he would be in the box on Mon day for Matty never played on Sunday. And Matty was there, winn ing his game. In Matty’s youth he was a marvel, like Koufax, with a world of speed, curves and remarkable control. Later Matty took it easy,uge. “ South Carolina Electric & Gas Company electricity is coming to Bull’s Island; con struction of the power line be gan recently. If you know Bull’s Island, already you are wondering how they will do this. SCE&G will accomplish the feat with the help of a helicopter to set the poles into the muck of the marshland. This muck extends down about 30 feet before solid marl is en countered. The ground crews will reach pole sites by boat or by wading. At each pole site they will drive a hollow pipe and load it with dynamite. The helicopter will then lower a pole, which ground crewmen will Hold upright by lines pre viously attached. When the dynamite is exploded, the base of the pole will slip down into the cavity blasted out beneath it. A timber attached crosswise above the base will allow it to sink to the resired depth. Once in place, the mud will usually fill in around the pole of its own pccord and after the poles are set, the helicopter will ag< ain be used—this time to string wire. ^Sometimes it takes a lit tle doing to get SCE&G elec tricity where it is needed—but get there it will, and the few folks who live in the area will benefit as well as visitors from all over the nation who go to Bull’s Island to observe the native wildlife and migratory birds in the famous Cape Re main National Wildlife Ref- TJ< ■ r T , 'T e >11 ^ If you Judge a Savings & Loan Association by Experience, Good Sign . is a if ■ * * • .'* You have the choice of selecting an institution that .1 ' v . * r has paid uninturrupted dividends for the past thirty- ■ ? .V '■ one years, always paying the highest rate consistent yTU-t St.- with safety and a high reserve position. Effective July 1st, 1966, our anticipated dividend •v -»... •: *# flismoti • / rate is 4 1 /2% per annum, compoundecl semi-annually. .e- c ■rr'. 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