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PAGE POUR THE WKWB—BT gPW 1218 College Street Newberry, S. C. 0. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher One Year $1.00 Published Every Friday Entered as second-class matter December •, 1037, at the post office at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of March 3, 1870. AMENDMENTS IN ORDER Candidate Wilkie wants to amend the Hatch law—a law that keeps fed eral officeholders from politicking. He would add a provision requiring out going and incoming presidents to file with the government sworn state ments as to how much money each carried to the white house and how much he had when he left. It sounds like a pretty god scheme, but why stop at a man’s pocket change. We are a curious folk and we want to know ALL about the pri vate and personal affairs of our chief magistrates. Each tiny detail of their daily existence is of the most import ance to the sovereigns. Further amendments to the Natch law therefore should include many details for the entertainment and en lightenment of people; and what is of far more importance to future genera tions who may want intimate glimpses of presidential life today. A school boy opening his history book a century hence would have a picture of presidential life if he could read sidelights like unto these: “In 1933 Mr. Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York, became presi dent of the United States. When he entered the white house he had a nice home at Hyde Park, a good automobile and a tidy bank account, and great trunksful of clothing. He was in comfortable circumstances. “In 1941 Mr. Roosevelt was succed- ed by a fellow named Wilkie whom Republicans found running around in Indiana without a party label on him. The day that Mr. Roosevelt left Wash ington he filed a statement with the government showing that he had a few tattered clothes, no automobile, he had only a rubber dollar worth 59 cents in his pocket; his shirts and socks were full of holes, Other assets included in the statement were a bat- tred stove-pipe hat and big headache. “The only assets listed by Mr. Wil kie was one government-owned public utility plant that he used to own.” The difference between an ordinary doctor and a specialist is about $25. We’ve got a safety device for ev erything but the politician who gets a screw loose now and then. I AM AMERICANISM I was born in 1776 of humble but sturdy and honest parentage. History relates that I was conceived in the spirit of freedom and that the pioneer stock from which I sprang determined that I should be forever free from the shackles of tyranny and oppres sion. My wise creators wrote two docu ments—the Declaration of Indepen dence which established the principle of a free people; and the Constitution which set forth the fundamentals by which a free people should be gov erned. In order to more thoroughly establish the ideals of freedom the Bill of Righto was later written and incorporated into the Constitution. I was cradled in liberty, nursed on freedom and weaned on equality. The swash-buckling years of my youth were happy go lucky but none the less marked with a strict adherence to the principle that all men are creat ed free and equal. From my rugged soil has sprung a rugged race of individuals who, be cause of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, have been permitted to pre serve their God-given individuality unhampered by privileged restrictions. Each of these individuals has had equal freedom to progress and grow. And it is in the aggregate progress and growth of the individual that we have found national expansion. The men who have sprung from my soil have contributed to the mother land a share of the vitality and ener gy that hac been so dominant through the years. I have given opportunity to each in dividual according to his deserts. I have not hampered. I have not res tricted. I have not in any way dictat ed. In every individual I have imbued the spirit of freedom in which I my self was conceived. And the result has been a happier and freer civiliza tion than ever before known. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness which I guarantee to all men became a magnet which drew peoples from all the world to my shores. There have been times when subver sive influences have endangered the guarantee of freedom and equality which has been one of my bulwarks. Just as there have been times when the preservation of life, librty and the pursuit of happiness was the cause of jeers and sneers of rabble-makers. But so thoroughly sound is my foundation that the many who believe in me and what I stand for will not stand for the few who do not believe in me. I want only to be left alone. I do not want anyone muddling with my inner workings. And woe to those who try to undermine my foundation. I want to be peaceful with all nations but I am wary of foreign entangle ments. I believe that the preserva tion of my credo is more important to me and my people than championing the doubtful and often ill-founded principles which constitute the quar rels of nations. I AM AMERICANISM. People Have Little Interest in Constitution Says The Spectator Our next legislature should address itself seriously to a survey of our government in South Carolina. At one time I thought we needed a new State Constitution; I don’t think that is a need of any urgency. Considering the pronounced tendency of the day to disregard principles and fundamental concerns, and to adopt all sorts of un sound theories, I should not like to take a chance on what theorists would try to embody in the supreme law of the State. Our people are not con- sttutionalists today. A few years ago everybody cited the Constitution to prove everything; today very few care anything for lawmakers, likewise, are prone to put on the law books meas ures whch are opposed to the old basic ideas. Regardless of the plain terms of the Constitution a bill once pass ed by the General Assembly is sel dom challenged in Court. Who has the money to run into court every time a doughtful bill is enacted? If the Constitution means anything at all, it forbids extra pay and week ly mileage. In very clear language it declares “No General Assembly shall have the power to increase the per diem of its own members”. (Section 19, Article 3). Everyone, even with the very ieast knowledge of th Con stitution knows well that this is a pro hibition of extra pay. There is no reason why we should quibble about it; the prohibition is clear and it is abso lute. When the Legislature tries to find loopholes in the Constitution, in order to pay more to its members, it not only makes a plaything of the Constitution, but sets an unwholesome example of a steward taking money entrusted to his care. The Legslature should have the courage and the wis dom to fix the pay as the law permits. If we do not respect such clear pro visions of the supreme law, why bother about a new Constitution? The Constitution of the United States allows to members of Congress so much a mile for one trip to Wash ington, and the return home at the end of the session. That was the very obvious purpose of the provision in the State Constitution, which reads. “Each member of the General Assem bly shall receive five cents for every mile for the ordinary route of travel in going to and returning from the place where its sessions are held”. Since 1895, until a year ago, every one understood the intent of this; but the tendancy today is not to res pect or observe the Constitution, but to get around it. Legislators who now collect five cents a mile every week are pettifogging. Very few men study the Constitu tion; still fewer study it historically in order to interpret it in the light of a broad policy. This superficiality is not confined to State Legislators, but creeps out in Congress. We’ve seen the fight to call the National Guard in to service. According to the Consti tution of the United States it is doub- tul to my mind that it could be called by the President, even for training; but the doubt is still stronger when the law would empower the President to call the guard into service under present conditions. The Constitution speaks of armies and the militia. The Natonal Guard is the militia by an other name. But the only authority for it is the authority for the militia. The Constitution says “The Congress oooo facts That Concern You No. 21 of a aeries may provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the militia, and for governing such part of them as may be employed in the service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers, and the authority of traming the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress.” “The Con gress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrec- tons, and repel invasion.” I fancy I can hear someone say, “Oh, bother about the Constitution; let’s do as we please”. Well, there you are; so why talk about new Con stitutions ? A little fellow seven years old walk ed with me across a Court House square. The little boy pointed to the Confederate soldier on his pedestal and asked “Who is that?” 1 would not keep alive or revive bad feeling, but the historical background of our Constitution and our moruments should not be forgotten. The Confed erate soldiers were great soldiers, and some of them were great men; and their heroism and greatness should inspire us to high patriotism. Likewise the Constitution was spoken of by the great British statesman Gladstone as “the greatest work ever 'truck off at any one time by the mind and puprose of man.” I fear you are weary of the Consti tution, so let’s pass on to seme-thing else. It would probably help our state to pass a law destricting punitive dam ages, and to investigate our constant ly enpanding institutions. We can see at a glance that if suits may be brought for large sums of money for trivial injuries, those with money to invest will not look kindly on us. I admit as a citizen trying to earn a livelihood, I want to see our state prosperous. That is my selfish interest of a more or less general sort. So, I should like to see new industries come here. But I have a personal or narrowly selfish interest also. I pay liability insurance on my car and it costs me about nine dollars more than a Georgian pays for the same policy. Our unlimited right to sue for unlim ited damages raises the cost of liabil ity insurance to every man who has such a policy. It is said that we send out of our State two million dollars more than Georgians pay for equal policies. Of course if that helped the Georgians, or helped our State Government it wouldn’t be so bad; but this two million dollars goes out of the State to casualty insurance companies so that they may pay the excessively heavy verdicts given by some of our juries in damage suits. Since those who favor this present practice are just a few, all the rest of us are paying what amounts to a heavy tax in order that the damage suit industry and ambulance-chasing may thrive. Of course there are mer itorious claims for damages; no one would restrict an injured person from recovering fair damages, in propor tion to his loss; but the punitive dam age practice frequently is not concern ed primarily with justice, equity, or anything like that; but rather with the effort to get from the person sued, usually a corporation, all that can be sueezed out. In the practice of law all men are entitled to justice. Wheth er rich or poor, justice is justice, and right is right. Our courts should be given a broad discretion in assuring that blood shall not be squeezed from turnips in the name of the law. And it might be a desirable safeguard to allow the Supreme Court to review the whole case on appeal when puni tive damages are asked. WHAT HOPS DO FOR BEER AND ALE Hops are for flavor. They give to good beer and ale their lively, appe tizing flavor, their pleasant, aromatic tang. Brewers select and blend their hops with extreme care. In fact, every step in making beer and ale is conducted with masterly skill — to give you better-tasting, more whole some beverages. Now the brewing industry wants to do one thing more. It wants to Protect your right to drink good beer and ale—by keeping the places where beer and ale are sold wholesome, too. We want undesirable, anti-social establishments “cleaned-up or closed-up.” A plan of action has al ready been put into effect in a number of states. This plan is being extended. We’d like you to know about it. Send for interesting fres booklet. Write — United Brewers Indus trial Foundation, 19 East 40th St., New York, N. Y. We may not be a totalitarian gov ernment, but we are running in that direction. The Secretary of War, finding skilled labor scare, says that certain labor will be used longer than eight hours a day for five days or five days and a half—and that Mr. Sidney Hillman has given his consent. So that’s what we’ve come to! In a grave crisis, a great national emergency, we draw men to the army and navy for any sort of hours and conditions which war services may impose; but only with Mr. Hillman’s O. K.”, can we use men at home! Well, well. Now who will “O. K” the new taxss? Surely there should be one man to do that, too And who will “O. K.” the farm program ? And who will “O. K.” something else? Why waste millions of dollars and millions of words with a perfectly use less Congress- Why not have a Mr, Sidney Hillman to give his “O. K.”? A half dozen Hillmans could run the whole shebang. What is behind this is the eternal hunt for votes. Our Government is so afraid it will lose a few votes that it is afraid to act energetically in promoting preparedness. When all is said and done, our people are citizens first and members of unions second. They will make any sacrifices for the nation, if they are treated with the same considera tion accorded to others. It is the poli- tican on a hunt for votes who fears to act with confidence, afraid that he may lose a vote. WILL PREACH AT TRINITY The Rev. M. Evans Boozer, pastor of Zion and Prosperity Methodist churches will preach at Trinity church Sunday, August 25 at 4 o’clock, The pastor of Trinity is away help ing in a meeting at Irmo. KILLED IN PLANE BEER.. ,a beverage of moderation Lieut. Huber T. Elders of Bar' dale Field, who was killed when army bomber crashed and burr Sunday night near Shreveport, I was the husband of a former Newb rian—Catherine Spearman, daugh of Mrs. Marcus Spearman of the ci Lieut. Elders was a medical offic Besides his wife he is survived by t children. CHANGES SCHOOLS B. Earl Livingston of Prosperity, has resigned his work in the Baron DeKalb high school of Kershaw coun ty where he has taught for the past two years, to accept work in the Ridge Spring high school for the coming session. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1848 Paul H. Haile For Supervisor I want to thank everyone for the courtesy shown me during the cam paign. The encouragement I have re ceived shot, s me that I will be in the second race with a fine lead. I have conducted a clean campaign. I I have not taken any part in the race of any candidate, nor do I intend to. With honest intentions, a high re gard for the worth of a dollar (for mine have always come the hard way) and four years experience as a mem ber of the Supervisor’s Board, I know that I can serve you well and I will be grateful for anything you do in my behalf. 1940-1941 Opening of the Newberry City Schools All new students and all conditioned students are requested to report for examinations and classification at 9 o’clock Wednes day morning, September 4th. All students except those of grades 9, 10, and 11 will meet Thursday morning, September 5th„ at 9 o’clock for lesson assign ments and other preliminary work. Members of the 9th., 10th„ and 11th, grades who wish to rent textbooks or who wish to dis cuss with the teachers and principal concerning course of study must report Thursday morning. All students are notified to meet their respective teachers at their schools on Friday morning, September 6th., at 9 o’clock for lesson assignments and other preliminary work. AH new students (beginners and students entering the city schools from other districts) are requested to enroll before the opening date of the schools. Students may enroll by calling at the office at the High School between the hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. M. Students must show that they have been successfully vaccin ated for smallpox. O. B. CANNON, Supt. Newberry City Schools A Business Man for a Business Man’s Job C. C. W allace CANDIDATE FOR Commissioner DISTRICT NO. 1 VOTE FOR W. T. BOLT CANDIDATE FOR SOLICITOR 8th Judicial Circuit For prompt efficient law enforce ment, by one who is an independent lawyer able to give full time to the duties of the office. For sympathetic and understanding treatment of all persons in Coart with promise of special favors to none. For fullest cooperation with all peace officers, magistrates, coroners and all citizens interested in law and order. I Solicit Your Friend ship and Support WANTED—Veals, Cows and Hoga; also your Cow Hides. Se us before you sell. The Newberry Abattoir. FOR SALE — Farmall 30. Rubber tires 10|20 steel tires. Johnson- McCrackin Co. 4tc FOR RENT—Mountain cottage at Bat Cave, N. C., for rent part of September and October. Equipped with lights and water. See Mrs. B. M. Scurry. Pbone 154-J. FOR RENT—One house and apart ment or will rent rooms to men. Private bath. See Mrs. Jim Wheeler 42-3tc. 1934 Harper street. FOR RENT—Three room unfurnished apartment with two clothes closets, pantry, kitchenette, and bath. 1003 Caldlwell street tf; Mrs. J. W. White DON’T FORGET furniture Clearance Sale now on. Buy affd save on easy terms. J. J. LANGFORD & SON. You Are Auto Financing Is Our Business We will finance a new car for you. / We will refinance your pre sent car so as to reduce your payments—or We will make you a loan on the car you now own. Standard rates — no red tape Quick and courteous service QUALIFICATIONS: Graduate The Citadel 1910. Special studies in bookkeeping and accounting. Ten years banking experience from bookkeeper to cashier. Two years insurance and auditing work. Eighteen years as manager of general merchandise business and ginnery. Residence and business at Jalapa, in approximate center of District No. 1. A Newberry Finance Company to Serve Newberry People Newberry Insurance & Realty Co. E. B. PURCELL, President Phone 197 •Exchange Bldg.