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Chattooga and Two-Price Colton . . .
A bale of cotton in the lobby of the
Farmers and Merchants Bank in Summer
ville is graphically telling the plight of the
American textile industry—the industry
on which the economy of Chattooga Coun
ty depends.
A placard notes that the bale of Amer
ican-grown cotton costs a local textile mill
$182.50.
But it would cost any foreign textile
mill only $l4O. It’s easy to see how this
hurts American textile business. The
foreign textilers also have a lower wage
scale.
In general, American textilers pay
about one-third more for American cotton
than do their foreign counterparts. And
they are allowed to buy only very small
New Uniforms Needed By Band . . .
A drive to raise money for new Chat
tooga High band uniforms has been start
ed by the CHS Band Boosters Club.
The present uniforms are a dozen years
old and have been taken up and let out
so many times that many are at the
breaking point. In fact, officials state that
the uniforms can’t be used much longer
and that unless more are purchased the
II here Some Tax Dollars Go . . .
This is the time of year when we do a
lot of thinking about taxes. And so, at
this time of year, we often wonder just
what we are getting for our tax dollar.
Indeed, this newspaper had causa to
wonder anew this week at the matter.
We received a news release from the
Georgia Department of Agriculture telling
about plans for offering civil defense
courses, no less, to the public. It did state
that the courses would be offered “in co
operation with th^ State Department of
Education and the National and State
Civil Defense Oft ice and the U. S. Office of
Education".
Now we are all for civil defense courses
and for civil defense in general. But we
Notes From 20 Years Ago...
A
ONCE AGAIN, there is before
Congress a measure which
would, at least in part, return
this country to the Constitu
tional government intended by
our founding fathers.
This is S. J. Resolution 16, the
Talmadge School Amendment,
which 1 and a _ '
number of like
minded col
leagues have
re - introduced
in the Senate.
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itHHBv fIH
would do no mote nor no less
than restore to the States and
local i .immunities control over
public education, where, as the
Constitution makes clear, it be
longs.
Written into the resolution arc
specific safeguards to insure the
protection of the Constitutional
> gl’.ts of every individual, every
parent and school child in the
nation.
• • *
IN THE PAST. 1 regret that
my efforts to correct the erosion
< f the Constitution- which for
tlie most part has come about
through judicial and executive
fiat have not been given con
sideration worthy of their
merits.
Earnest attempts to return
this cumtry t the basic concept
of u < onstitutional government
of che< ks and balances between
the legislative, judicial and ex
ecutive branches ' ' < om< bogged
pediency and elfishness.
So extensive has the abuse of
the judicial ; u executive pow
ers, with the apt a lent acquies-
Bk
MB :< Mosul of trend has
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llcrman Talmadge
Reports From
Washington
HERE IS HOW the situation
was described recently by Alfred
J. Schweppe, the nationally
known Constitutional authority:
“The theory of checks and bal
ances envisioned by the Found
ing Fathers is largely gone,
through the obsequiousness of
Congressmen intent on their
own reelection Hither than on
the great concerns of the Re
public.”
Mr. Schweppe, in an address
before the North Carolina Bur
Association, expressed the fear
that "Hie days of a federal gov
ernment of strictly delegated
powers, with all other powers
reserved to the states and to the
people, nre definitely over.”
* * *
THE CONSITH TION was
meant to bind man from mis
chief, Jefferson said. However,
Mr. Schweppe asserts that the
"chains of the Constitution have
become gossamer threads. . . .
We have, through greed for pow
er nt all federal levels, and im
patience with the orderly pre
scribed procedure for Constitu
tional amendment, the thing that
Jefferson so greatly feared in
the Virginia Protest of 1825,
namely, 'a complete government
without limitation of powers 1 ."
I fear that Mr. Schweppe may
be right. But nonetheless, when
1 assumed the office of U. S. Sen
ator, 1 took an oath to uphold
and defend the Constitution
against all enemies. Titis 1 will
do.
The restoration of the Con
stitutional balance of power be
tween the federal government
and the rights of the States and
their individual citizens demands
no less.
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amounts of the cheaper foreign-grown
cotton.
This .situation has existed since the
mid-1950's and in 1962 President Kennedy
declared that a solution had to be found.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, the
textile manufacturers and all others con
cerned with the problem have together
been drafting proposals for legislative
remedy.
We hope something can be done during
this term of the Congress and are confi
dent that Rep. John W. Davis, as well as
both senators, will support whatever meas
ures are necessary to remove this inequity.
Certainly, all Chattooga County, which
has its livelihood in textiles, is immensely
interested.
band may soon have to appear in regular
garb. .
A band is an asset not only to the
school and the students who participate,
but also to the entire community, which
includes all of Chattooga County. We hope
the band uniform fund drive will be a
success and that next fall our band will
be stepping out in bright new outfits.
were under the impression that we had
a state civil defense organization whose
sole duty is to look after things of this
sort. Why, then, is it necessary for the
Georgia Dept, of Agriculture, or the State
Dept, of Education for that matter, to be
involved in civil defense courses?
We would assume that the Dept, of
Agriculture, at least, is greatly involved.
The release was from the “Civil Defense
Office” of the Department and D. A. Pullin
was listed as “Information Director”.
Could it be that the massive organiza
tions for agriculture in our state are find
ing their reason for existing slipping and
are thus trying to edge into other fields
as a matter of survival?
A meeting to perfect plans
for the 1943 American Red
Cross War Fund Prive was held
at the Pless restaurant on Fri
day night, Feb. 26. at 7:30
o'clock After dinner a business
session was held.
Mrs Cecil Conaway surprised
her mother, Mrs. Oscar Precise,
with a birthday dinner Sunday.
Pleasant Grove Baptist
Church tn Dirttown Valley will
this fall mark its 100th anni
versary. Plans are underway
for repairing and painting the
building, a new floor and new
windows are needed.
Fire of undetermined origin
destroyed two buildings of the
Summerville High School here
early Friday morning, causing
damage estimated by school of
ficials at approximately $60,000.
with insurance covering about
one-third of the loss . . .
Nearly all the school equip
ment, including tlie high school
band's instruments, the home
economics equipment and oth
er school material were lost in
the fire
The building was used
We d nes da y afternoon and
Thursday until 9 p.m. by the
teachers and others assisting
in the rationing program and
all of Thursday s rationing rec
ords. together with books and
declarations of the people of
the Summerville district were
lost . . .
The two buildings, erected
with money derived from two
separate bond issues, cost ap
proximately $48,000
The two grammar school
buildings and the gymnasium
near by were saved Pro! N V.
Dyer states that school will be
held in the gym and lunch
room until plans can be com
pleted for the erection of a
new building
Chattooga County Post 129
at Summerville will meet
Thursday night, March 11 at
8 o'clock To ail men age
16 to 38 the American Legion
will hold classes of military
drill in basic military training
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The Summerville News, Thursday, March 7, 1963
AID OR RAID?
—The Georgia
A LEGISLETTER
By Glenn McCullough
ATLANTA—The General As
sembly convened Monday for
the next-to-last week of the
present session with a mass of
legislation still on its calendar
and Governor Carl E. Sanders
planning, if possible, to push
through a new major admin
istration bill. It would place all
Georgia sheriffs on a salary—
rather than fee—basis.
The governor expressed dis
appointment with a report to
him by the Georgia Sheriffs
Association and the Associa
tion of County Commissioners
which failed to come up with
expected legislation to place
sheriffs on a salary. They said
the remaining legislation time
was too short to pass such a
bill, and suggested that it be
postponed until the 1964 ses
sion of the Assembly.
Gov. Sanders did not agree.
He is conferring with his
House and Senate leaders in
the hope of pushing through
an administration bill on the
subject. This could lead to a
serious floor fight in both
■ ■chambers.
Meanwhile two major legis
lative events were scheduled
for Tuesday:
1. Gov. Sanders planned to
address a joint session of the
House and Senate on the re
vised bill to create a new De
partment of Youth one of the
major planks in his legisla
tive platform.
The bill has been locked up
in the House State of the Re
public Committee where it has
been drastically rewritten in
an attempt to reach a com
promise between demands of
the juvenile court judges for
a separate department and the
necessity for keeping it under
“the umbrellla” of the State
Welfare Department to insure
some $4,000,000 annually in
Federal child welfare funds.
In its final form the bill is
expected to provide for admin
istration of the Youth Depart
ment by a 15-member board of
which Mrs. Bruce Schaefer,
state welfare director, will be
chairman. The department
will function under a director,
expected to be Tom Parham
of the Emory University psy
chiatry department.
2. Senate Floor Leader
Charles Pannell said he ex
pected Tuesday to call up the
$954,000,000 two-year appro
priations bill passed last week
by a 170-2 vote of the House
of Representatives An attempt
to slice $11,000,000 from the
bill was made by Reps. Den
mark Groover of Bibb county
and A A Fowler of Douglas
county, who insisted the origi
nal bill would result in future
as many evenings as is desired.
If you are expecting to be called
to United States service it will
pay you to take all this train
ing you can . . .
The marriage of Miss Mary
Warthen Sparks of LaFayette.
and William Fredrick Aldred,
of Summerville, was an event
of Saturday afternoon. Feb 27.
and took place at the home of
the bride's mother on North
Mam Street ut LaFayette. with
the Rev W E Storey, pastor
of the First Baptist Church, of
LaFayette. officiating, in the
presence of the immediate rela
tives and a small group of close
friends.
M M Allen Jr left Tuesday
for Daytona Beach. Fla fol
lowing a two weeks' visit to
relatives here
Science has promised us
truth and understanding of
such relationships as our
minds can grasp It has never
promised us peace or happi
ness.
—Gustav Lebon {
higher taxes. Their amend
ment was defeated 107-52.
The bill is expected to
emerge from the Senate with
out substantial changes.
A floor fight may develop in
the House over Senate Bill 80
which has been favorable re
ported by a 14-4 vote of the
House Hygiene and Sanitation
Committee. < It would provide
legal bulwarking for rules and
regulations issued by the
Georgia State Board of Ex
aminers in Optometry, which
forbid the advertising of terms
and rates by optometrists.
The bill is vigorously op
posed by the Georgia Press As
sociation as well as optome
trists empioyed by department
stores and corporations.
A case now pending in the
Superior Court of Floyd county
(Georgia State Board of Ex
aminers in Optometry vs.
Pearle Optical of Monroeville,
Inc. et al) seeks a legal deter
mination of the same issue
now raised in the Legislature
—the board's powers to regu
late the business practices of
licensed optometrists.
Appearing at a public hear
ing held last Wednesday by
the Hygeine and Sanitation
Committee, this writer told the
group:
“The stipulation of facts (in
the Floyd county case) shows
that it is not a complaint
against professional standards
of conduct, but in reality is an
attempt of the board to elimi
nate as competition corpora
tions employing optometrists.”
Citing sections 14 and 15 of
the board’s rules and regula
tions which forbid advertising,
the GPA representative asked:
“If Henry Ford had not been
able to advertise the price of
his cars, would we know the
kind of economy that exists in
America today?”
Meanwhile, Senator Ben F.
Johnson of DeKalb county
pushed through the Senate by
a 37-0 vote a substitute for a
House bill which had raised
from 10 to 16 the legal age at
which a person may be exe
cuted for a capital offense in
Georgia. The Senate version
raises it to 18 years. It also is
applicable as the House bill is
not—to pending cases unless
they have reached the State
Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Rep. Earl P Story of Gwin
nett county introduced a bill
in the House lowering from 17
to 15 years the age at which
the name or picture of an ar
rested person may be pub
lished or publicized by a radio
station. It has received its sec
ond reading in the House.
Bible Verse
To Study
"Judge not. that ye be not
judged. For with what judg
ment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what
measure ye mete, it shall be
measured unto you.”
1. From what discourse is
this quotation taken?
2. Where is it found in the
Bible?
3 In what other book is that
same thought more fully ex
pressed ?
4. What is the meaning of
the word "mete"?
ANSWERS TO BIBLE VERSE
1. The Sermon on the
Mount.
2. Matthew 7:1, 2
3. Luke 12:37, 38; see also
Mark 4 24
4 To nicasure. estimate or
appraise—as used in the text
but this meaning is now con
, sldcred out-of-date.
I John Davis
Reports From
Congress
AS I NOTED LAST year, the
main difference which has
marked the respective perform
ances of the United States and
Russia in outer space can be
traced to the fact that Russia
fielded a larger and more
powerful rocket engine in 1957
while we have yet to do so.
The reason for this rests in mil
itary striking power. We built
a hydrogen bomb of devastat
ing power which was light
enough to be delivered to a
target in Russia with a rocket
engine of moderate power.
Russia's bomb was powerful, all
right, but it was so much heav
ier than ours that Russia, out
of sheer necessity, developed a
powerful rocket engine so the
bomb could be delivered to
American targets.
As a by-product of the build
ing of such a rocket engine,
Russia discovered she could
raise as much as 7>/ 2 tons of
payload to the velocity required
for orbit—about 18,000 miles
per hour.
As Dr. Wernher von Braun
told our committee last year,
it takes five years to design and
test a brand new rocket engine
to the point where it is thor
oughly reliable. We began work
ing on a greatly enlarged rocket
engine in earnest in early 1958.
Now, about five years later, we
Looking Ahead ...
By DR. GEORGE S. BENSON
President—National
Education Program
Searcy, Arkansas
SUNSET TRAIL?
Historian Arnold Toynbee
has said that of 21 notable
civilizations, 19 were lost not
through subjugation or con
quest, but from a decaying
faith within. If Britain and
the U. S. in the coming cen
turies should join the 19 which
have perished, Toynbee will
have been proved a prophet.
Before this worst comes to
pass, however, we might con
sider whether loss of faith and
purpose is a condition to be
feared when a nation reaches
what appears to be a zenith pf
status and power.
Britain today is undergoing
a time of serious testing and
trial. (And so are we, but per
haps less aware of it.) Entry
into the Common Market will
not serve to undo the damage
caused Britain by the Socialist
government in 1945 when it
denied the individual the right
to own property and con
demned a whole nation to
mediocrity. Britain has thus
dissipated its wealth (or re
distributed it, according to the
Socialists) and destroyed in
centive to create more wealth.
The Socialists have been
clamoring for a return to
power so they can resume
their program. Once the
world’s foremost model of jus
tice and stability, Britain has
few followers today.
Importing Ideas
But what of America? Men
the world over have praised
our love of freedom, our belief
in the worth of the individual,
our abhorrence of tyranny, our
emphasis upon opportunity.
Other nations have patterned
their government after ours in
an effort to become responsible
republics. Our freedom docu
ments have been considered
models of excellence. Our na
tion has been an exporter of
ideas during its 175 years of
existence. In more recent
years, however, it seems that
we have had less of real value
to export in the way of ideas.
Mostly, it seems, we have
been importing ideas, and
some of the least valuable of
these imports have come from
British intellectualism. Let's
face it, the Fabian Socialists
penetrate our universities, ob
tained our ear, and muddied
our thinking. For a generation
our major parties have nailed
down some of their platform
planks with points right out
of Karl Marx’ Manifesto. We.
too have made steps down the
road to socialism.
A "Human" Right
The American idea was not
that of a strong government
for people who are too weak to
take care of themselves. There
were freedom guarantees
broad enough to protect every
one. even the minorities, but
there was no paternalism. Into
the Bill of Rights went all
kinds of protections, rights,
and assurances for individuals,
and in no way was the govern
ment made superior over peo
ple Implied in the Constitu
tion’s "due process" provisions
was the right to own and to
acquire. It is a tragic thing
that the right of the individ
ual to own property has come
to merit such little respect
among persons in positions of
leadership.
Whether taking up to 91 per
cent of an individual's “tax
able" income violates these
concepts is today only a nice
point that not many politi
cians bother to argue. Whether
are on the verge of declaring
our two big engines, the F-l
and the J-2, a complete success.
The largest of these engines,
the F-l, delivers a thrust of 1 >/ 2
million pounds. Five F-l en
gines will be used to power the
first stage of the Saturn launch
vehicle which has already been
successfully test - fired three
times. During launch, these en
gines will burn fuel at the fan
tastic rate of 900 tons per min
ute and will deliver a total of
7^ million pounds of thrust
throughout their 2’/ 2 minutes
of operation.
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DR. BRAINERD HOLMES, Di
rector of the Office of Manned
Space Flight, National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion, testified this week that
our Saturn I vehicle should put
eight tons into orbit before the
end of this year. When fully
developed, it will orbit an 11-
ton load.
Our Saturn I-B, which was
approved last September, will
be capable of boosting about
32,000 pounds into earth-orbit
and will be used to test the
spacecraft which will later go
to the moon.
The rocket which will ac
tually be used for the moon
shot is known as Saturn V. As
Dr. Holmes told us this week,
the Amish farmer who had no
intention of accepting govern
ment handouts and therefore
did not pay Social Security
premiums should have had his
horse (his means of livelihood)
confiscated by the federal gov
ernment is also another inter
esting question. In the name
of “social progress” we have
seen the government, in so
many instances, deny the right
of property which is one of the
most “human” of all rights.
The Private Sector
The wide interest now being
shown in tax reform may
direct our attention to an im
portant principle: the eco
nomic necessity of invest
ment capital. It is something
rather new in this generation,
this insistence upon the use of
“seed money” and even upon
the value to our society of
those who own this kind of
property. The idea of tax cuts
for business growth, sponsored
Straight from the
horse's
mouth
By DONNIE ESPY
It was shocking listening to
an English speaking Cuban an
nouncer over short wave radio
Tuesday night talking about
the 1.2 million dollar gift the
UN. was giving them (Cuba).
Shocking indeed, when Cas
tro is using this money to train
hundreds and probably thous
ands of Latin Americans in
sabotage and other activities to
use against the U.N. members
who gave him the money.
Shocking indeed, when Cas
tro and his red friends could
start World War 111 by simply
pushing a button on one of the
40 or more offensive missiles
some say are still in Cuba.
Yes, it’s shocking, shocking
indeed, when $480,000 of the
money will come from the pock
ets of U.S. taxpayers.
Individuals need balance for
successful living — essentially
at the bank.
The money-conscious women
shoppers of today would have
a ball shopping for groceries
or clothing if prices today were
as low as those in the ads of
the March 10. 1930 issue of The
Summerville News — Ballard's
Obelisk Flour. 24-lb. sack. 95c;
48-lb. sack, $1.85; Dry Beans (6
different kinds >, 5c lb.; coffee,
2 lbs. 19c; Bananas, 12c doz.;
Peaches. 2 cans 15c; Lard. 8 lbs.
78c; Corn or Green Beans, 2
cans 15c; Soda, 7 pkgs. 25c; Lip
stick or Rouge. 2c each: Face
Powder. 3c: Dress Prints, 10c
yd. Anklets, 10c pr.; Ladies’
Slippers 99c. $139, best grade,
$1.69 pr.; Pure Silk Hose, 39c
pr ; Brooms. 19c each.
One trouble with legislation
is that too many lawmakers
overdo the “lit” in politician.
While talking to a friend the
other day the conversation got
around to this column. He asked
why I didn’t use more "Sum
merville Scenes" each week.
I told him it seemed that the
more I looked for those little
oddities, the harder they were
to find A writer depends large
ly upon his or her readers for
it will be 280 feet high and 33
feet in diameter. It will develop
enough thrust to send 45 tons
of equipment and men to the
moon.
AT HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA,
an enormous test stand for fir
ing these engines is now under
construction. This facility will
be the largest static test stand
in the United States.
At Michoud, Louisiana, a
giant government-owned plant
is being converted and is now
being used for construction of
the giant booster stages. The
Michoud plant includes a fab
rication building with 43 acres
of floor area and a ceiling of
40 feet, fully air-conditioned,
and is served by rail, highway,
air and water transportation.
Thirty miles from Michoud,
along the Pearl River in Mis
sissippi, the giant Mississippi
Test Facility is under develop
ment. At this facility, vehicle
stages will be test-fired prior
to shipment to Cape Canaveral.
We are definitely about to
overtake and surpass the
Russian booster capacity which
has thus far been exhibited.
We can be sure, however, that
the Russians have not been idle
and I, for one, predict that they
will unveil a big new rocket
engine within the next two
years.
as it is by an administration
known more for animosity
toward business and for push
ing government planning than
for considerations toward pri
vate enterprise, must acknowl
edge the validity of a prin
ciple.
This is the tacit admission
that private capital, private
investment, private spending
comprise the tap-root of our
economy. Modern technology
has made Americans great
consumers, but it might have
widened the markets more all
these years if the tax bite had
not prevented. If we believe in
capitalism, that is, in the lib
erty of men to employ the
fruits of their labor in the
ways they think best, isn’t it
time we should act like it?
What happens to our faith in
freedom of enterprise as one of
the basic requirements of our
free society may prove whether
Toynbee was right about us.
material of this kind, and I’m
sure quite a few people have
seen or heard of some “Scenes”
they would like to pass along to
the readers of this column.
So. if you would like to see
your “Scene” in print, drop us
a card or letter, c/o The News.
Whether it is a fund raising
drive, support for a project or
just the use of a display window
to hang up a poster, the first
person most people call on are
our local merchants.
Local merchants seldom fail
to help when called upon, and
contribute much to our com
munity life in many ways, and
in turn should receive the sup
port of the community.
Visit their stores and show
that you appreciate what they
do for the community.
One great need of the coun
try is for some new jokes.
The drug business must be
booming, or they have some
migljty lazy people working in
a Cleveland. Ohio drug store.
The store uses a model railroad
line to shuttle prescriptions
from the front counter to phar
macists at rear.
I see where Detroit engineers
hope to beat motorist fatigue
on 1965 model cars with a de
vice which detects drowsiness
in way steering wheel is han
dled.
With this, and all the other
new "gadgets" they are install
ing. or plan to install on future
cars a person might someday
get into a car in Summerville,
push a button, go to sleep, and
wake up in Florida.
If all the people I've heard
talk about the measure to put
the county officials on salary
had expressed their opinions
back in January to our State
Senator, possibly he would have
thought a little more about the
bill before killing it.
They can certainly express
theu oMßions at the polling
plaAs at the next election in
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