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o PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 7, 1967 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $2.00 per year in advance Six months $1.25. COMMENT on Men & Things By J. K. BREEDIN Friends, I’m a very small fish in a vast ocean, hut even a fish rni^ht play havoc some times, and when he becomes entangled with wires and tubes in the (h pths of the sea. My special growl at t h e moment is the happy go-lucky manner of the great Spirit who guides the destiny and multiplies and magnifies the debts, obligations, confusion of our national life. We seem to operate about like a lad of 20 suddenly en trusted with the responsibilities of .John lb Rockefeller. It seems to me that our national course is the last word in utter i [‘responsibility. And now, in August we were told that fresh taxes are ahead of us. Frankly, if we are not utterly beyond every con sideration of prudence, even commonsense, why not begin effective cuts for at least 25 billion dollars at once! Instead of that, the President irrespon sibly, tells the world we are able to carry on two wars, etc. 1 challenge the legality of fresh or additional taxes dur ing the middle of a new fiscal year. So far as the retro-ac tive tax on business, beginning last .Inly, I regard it as im proper, unfair and illegal. We may be above rowdyism of the mobs but we should ieg- ister a wholesome, persisted and unyielding resentment against the w illy-mlly a n d haphazard course of the (lov- ermnent including the feeble acquiescence of the Congress With the exception of a score id' democrats, 1 should b.ke to see all tlie wild Ibniocrat. re turned to private life The Republicans are not saints but no group can follow ob.-unui ousl v policy of the minion recent years. I wish \\e had mo• e m<u oi Stnuii Thurmond' attitude am I include A Wert \\ a t on. 11 fa i rm s - 1 may include o u i ot her eat oiial membei - ft oin this State We are lending, giving, at random with, a harum tarum attitude of clnldi.'h inmu ent.-. Perhaps if we cou id n t. re tiie entire Administration now deluding us with false gran dell r l! Would be a bit of i oV lossal good luck. I like to think that the: e was a time when the Congress de liberated and decided on the need for more taxes. Alas and alack: the Presi dent dot's all ‘the deciding’ and the Congress tamely, lamely, and obediently swallows the dish prepared by the President. W*' could save a lot of money by doing away with the Con gress; or would it serve us best to accept the President’s w ithdrawal ? I remind you of some ele mentary finance: Suppose a man drawing $100 a week goes home and finds that the fam ily have prepared a budget calling for $125. Shall the man of the family go to the big shot he works for and say “I am already in debt about $5( so I must have a raise of at least $25 a week 0 Would he get it 9 Here is a clearly conceived and mildly presented opinion from The Wall Street Journal: “TAXES: THE PROMISE OF FAILURE. The President’s tax message several days ago is a confession of failure past and a promise of failure to come. I’he proposed increase — a whopping 10 percent on indiv iduals and corporations, in stead of the 0 percent talked of earlier testifies to the Administration’s inability to get Federal finances under con trol. Vietnam is offered as the main excuse, but in fact spending on all kinds of do mestic programs has been rapidly nsing as well; the Administration has adamantly refused to set the spending priorities obviously required by war. In the process it has gener ated fresh inflation, itself a vicious form of taxation. It is producing prospective budget deficits or unacceptable propor tions. Now, unwilling to res train its own extravance, it wants to grab still more of the people’s hard-earned money. Assuming Congress goes along (and it may not go all the way), will the tax boost work—that is, contain the def icits and curb the inflation? There is not pretense at all that will erase the red ink; Mr. Johnson himself calculates that this fiscal year’s deficit would still be in the range of $15 billion to $18 billion. Such an enormous sum, coupled with Hie Covernment’s easy-money policy, means that the pros pects for inflation are good, oven if business activity de clines as a result of the tax increase. Moreover, as these columns have previously observed, the Federal planners would almost certainly view higher taxes as a mandate for even higher . pending. What they urgently m ed is discipline; what they would be getting is a license foi a new binge. The tecommeiided ‘siirchai- c.i a i e supposed to expire noi quite two \ ears hence, un less the Administration says it mill needs the reveiun . I’n- bappily, that is a likely upshot. Foi mst one consideration, but a big one, il seems most piobubb that defense spending .pi UP 1 n the years ahead, v 1 < v. n if \ • tnam outlays de • ei ease. Already the talk is of major increases for strategic weapons, ie-l Russia overtake us in that area; some officials aNei believe the C S. will have to deploy an extremely costly anti ballistic missile system. If the Administration will not cut less e.> ential spending m the face of such possible demands, the qmwtion is raised How much more taxation can the people and industry ,'tand without significantly in terfermg with their ability and willingne-s to produce? We ’think Fongress should finally assert some courage and insist on substantial spending reduction- and only then de cide whether this tax is really necessary. That is the sum and sub stance of the act of President Johnson. The Nation is running ten billion in debt and all he can think of is more taxi's! lb.w many members of ( on- gross will forthwith prepare bills cutting some tom-foolery 1218 College St., Newberry, S. C. 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina / c T wT ■ / Ca R I ’'V :\ trMw \U m K 0AG d Keep America beautiful, Inc., the national anti-litter organiza tion, estimates that litterhugs in 1067 will dump enough trash on 1 .S. streets, highways and beaches to fill a freight train stretching from Chicago to Houston, a distance of 1,080 miles. The hypo thetical tram would he made up of 100.000 cars with a total ca pacity ot 2() million cubic yards. I’nfortunately, points out KAB, this litter won’t end up in freight cars or any other receptacle. It will cost l .S. taxpayers S500 million to have it picked up. The answer to this staggering tax bill: Don't litter. Carry a litter bag m your car. Stash vom trash in litter containers, not on the road. Reagan dinner expected to be largest yet South Carolina Republicans are adding a large reception to what they expect to be their “ record-breaking” fund-raising dinner for Governor Ronald Reagan on September 29. Senator Eugene Griffith of of Newberry, chairman of the Reagan dinner committee, to day announced plans for a reception honoring the popular California Governor prior to his speaking engagement that evening. Reagan will receive Republican sustaining members and their guests at the Wade Hampton Hotel’s ballroom at 5 p.m. Following the reception, din ner will be served at the Col umbia Auditorium between 6 fostering? How many! Do you really know our own country? How about the rivers ? “Kentucky’s Western Water- land is an exciting region of lakes and resorts within a day’s drive of one of every two Americans, and one of the mwvst and most popular ad ventures to be found here is a spectacular boat trip you can take in your own craft or one rented in the area. It’s an 80- mile eircle tour known as the Ride Round the Rivers. When you’ve completed its course, you I! have left two giant man made lake.-, a modern canal and three agel- rivers lapping in your wake. What's more, you wdl ha', i had a chance to ex- (doie Kentucky's largest State pai k." and 8 p.m. The speaking pro gram will begin at 8 p.m. and be concluded by 9:15 p.m. “Governor Reagan is the most popular speaker in the country,” Griffith stated “and this will be his only trip to the South this year. We are mighty glad to have him hon or our state with a visit, and we are confident that this will be the biggest political fund raising event in the history of the state. Our Dirksen dinner broke all previous records, and now we expect to top the rec ord of 3,000 persons we es tablished at that dinner on July 14.” Republicans are selling tick ets to the dinner at $100 each or two for $145. Contributors who give $10 monthly to the party will be admitted free and can purchase a guest ticket for $25. There are a limited number of tickets for Young Republicans and Teenage Re publicans at a special price. They must be purchased thru local chapters or State Repub lican headquarters. Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966 by more than a million vote margin ov er an incumbent Democrat governor. we have been promoting and ■' 1 .uxemhiHirg, in the heart i'f Kurope, summnded by Bel gium, Franee and Germany, Inis eften been ealled by visit ers Fti’ope m Mmiatuie. And s»> it is. Luxembourg’s variety of seenery. vistas and views, i:s long embattled history and modern life of today hav ■ made the eoiintry a unique attraction for EuAqve travelers. The rugged stern beauty of the Ardennes highlands in the North appeal to the hiker and nature-lover and above all to those with a flair for history. In the Middle Ages Knights and Barons played a leading part in the life of the nation. They led the country out oi the Dark Ages and their homes -—the awe inspiring strongholds dotting the countryside, now n ruins, have won the country the name: ‘The Land of Haunt- id. Castles.’ Final rites for Mrs. McCary Mrs. Inez Hutchinson Owens McCary, 70, wife of J. 0. Mc- Cary, died Saturday at New berry County Memorial hospi tal after a lingering illness. Mrs. McCary was horn in this county, the daughter of the late John S. and Mary N. Hutchinson. She was a mem- ber of Summer Memorial Lu theran church. She was twice married, her first husband being the late George R. Owens. Besides her husbind, she is survived by two sons, George R. Owens of Newberry and Chaplain Albert D. Owens of Shaw Field and one daughter, Mrs. Broadus Lipscomb, New berry. Funeral services were held Monday from her church by Rev. Ernest Burns. Interment was in Colony church cemetery. ATTEND MEET IN TENNESSEE Rev. Nettie Carroll, pas'tor of the Church of God of Proph ecy located on Bouknight St. is presently attending the an nual assembly of the organiza tion convening September 5-11 at the international headquar ters in Cleveland, Tenn. Political Announcements FOR MAYOR I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of Mayor of New berry in the September 12th Democratic primary, and I pledge myself to abide the re sults of the Democratic prim- ar v. CLARENCE A. SHEALY, Jr. FOR ALDERMAN I hereby announce myself as a candidate for reelection to the office of Alderman for the City of Newberry and pledge to a- bide the results of the Dem ocratic Primary election. Cecil E. Kinard FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of City Councilman in the September 12 Demo cratic primary, and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary. L. D. GARDNER FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of City Councilman in the September 12 Demo cratic primary, and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary. ROBERT “SPOT” COATS FOR COUNCILMAN I hereby announce myself a candidate for nomination to the office of City Councilman in the September 12 Demo cratic primary, and pledge my self to abide the results of the Democratic primary. Claude W. Partain NOTICE OF CITY DEMO CRATIC PRIMARY Notice is hereby given that a Municipal Primary will be held on Tuesday, September 12 1967 for the purpose of nomi nating six candidates for aid ermen for the City of Newber ry, S. C. The Polls will open at 8:00 A.M. and remain open until 6:00 P.M. A County registration cer tificate is a requirement for voting (must be 30 days old.) The following have been se lected to act as managers of election for the various Wards: WARD 1 NO. 1 — Marion Baxter, Mrs. Otis Whitaker and Miss Sudie Dennis, Clerk. Voting at City Hall, Boyce street. WARD 1 NO. 2 — Marvin Bouknight, Walton Philips and Ray Darby, Clerk. Voting at Oakland Commun ity Center. WARD 2—Mrs. Miller Wes- singer, Mrs. Albert Ringer and Coke Dickert, Clerk. Voting at Smith Motor Co., College Street. WARD 3 NO. 1—Mrs. Sue Hutchinson, C. B. Whittle and Vernon W’heeler. Voting at Boundary Street School. WARD 3 NO. 2 — Clyde Arthur, R. J. Willingham and Norman Beck, Clerk. Voting at Old Court House. Voting at Mollohon School House, Player street. WARD 4 NO. 1—Miss Clara Bowers, Mrs. M. K. Wicker and T. P. Wicker, Clerk. WARD 4 NO. 2—Mrs. Ray Schumpert, Mrs Arthur Wick er and Frank Jones, Clerk. Voting at Union Hall, Dray ton street. WARD 5—Mrs. Eula Smith, Mrs. Estelle Kinard and Frank Taylor, Clerk. Voting at Scout Cabin, Wil- lowbrook Park. WARD 6 — Mrs. Helen Whitaker, Mrs. W. R. Reid, and Mrs. Chris Folk, Clerk. Voting at Jack’s Used Car Building, 1515 Main street. SAM COOK, Chairman PETE PARROTT, Sec’y