The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 28, 1944, Image 5
FRIDAY JULY 88, 1944
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What Is A Democrat?
Is the a person who believes in cer-
All The Roses
Were Cut
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tain principles and traditions; or * I should preface thjs memorial pas-
' he sonieonr who calls himself a ^ sat r e -with seme such phrase as'
Democrat for the purpose of , “Breaking the News.” Perhaps lit-
vjciating- with other people who call erar y readers'would p’efer the well-
ithemselves Democrats? Ik ~
...
jthemselves Democrats? >■ Iknown French sentence “les lauriers
, "I ‘Sni in "somewhat of a quandary, |*sont coupes.” But I am writing this
;and I should be glad for someone to for simple English people and about
(dissolve the mental fog that seems
-to be glowing thicker every day
Let me - give nTy own background
way cf showing how I have be-
y
■ome
sample English people , during the
greet troubles which this war brings
upon them.' Ah msihnce befell me
of late though I never dreamed of
confused. As a child I at-1 making chronicle until I found that a
harp recital of,>wh«t I had heard and
Witnessed "was comforting to others
who had also suffered loss
Thtere ape times; when one has
found orteself, in. the great words .of
Euripides, ‘neither amongst the liv
ing nor the dead.” I* must have
been' eadh a time Yor- fate ! • when I
found myself seeking for a friend’s
face among the dead laid out in a
chapel; a face known to me;since
the boyhood of the reported dead;
the face of the last surviving non of
an old friend How I hoped" I should
not find it, but by some fate prear
ranged. his body was brought in
wihije I was searching and, know
ing the face I sought further identi
ty, .in .the. uniform - and the ribbon#:
which I knew too well. Then I" real
ised .that an immense , sorrow Wtis
about to ingulf a dear brave English
man I will not say what it is bo
stand and move among bodies that
held, but a day ago, spirits brave
and now brighter than one’s own:
but there is a line or two in Cole
ridge’s “Ancient Mariner” jvhich
came to life on my dry lips;
And many men so beautiful,
And they all dead did lie.
Rightly, my first thought was of
‘tended school in. Charleston. At that
' time fchirleeton was ! rich in memor-
,‘ies of the Confederate soldiers and
hfull -of reverence for states righte,.
constitutional government,' white su
premacy and a low tariff. In my
1 "boyhood I knew many of the men
•fwho' has fought with Lee . and Jack-
Hson. At that time there were many
•^Confederate voters in our country.
’Most of them—had- eome back '^o a
meene of desolation—their homes had
Sbeen burned and their filds ; had
■grown up in weeds They were very
ttpoor but very proud-. I never beard
a Confederate Veteran apeak of the
fWar except with pride They ', did
Inot grouch, because they were de-
“fepted.
What inflamed the South was that
period of eleven years—1865-1876—
tailed Reconstruction. Then it wa«
that the race issue came to the
front when Northern Republicans
sgave the negro the vote and took it
Tiway from the white man. Those
^11 years filled the South with a bit-
iftemess and deep-seated resentment
kwhioh srtill can be found through'the
land of Dixie.
In all the schools I attended, I was
taught the principles and traditions
‘of the South. At Washington and
••Lee University we looked upon the
handsome statue of General Robert ••Defpocracy would
4E. Lee every time we'Wefl-t to chapel ,: ' le st™ 1 * 1 of the
and in the basement we saw General brand.
I
not have
Roosevelt
‘Lee’s office as it was when he occu
pied it. fn the cemetery of Lexifig- 'Mr- Roosevelt: lb i* & miscellan
rai vr: i • it. _ i i_. oj. « oermim <vf nf^nrtlo whn havo nofal
-ton, Virginia, lies the body of Stone
wall Jackson.
If »I may be personal, I Was
brought up on stories of the Civil
War an<l of Reconstruction, for my
What -is this so-called Democracy
eous group of people who have noth
ing in common, ordinarily, except
the ho$e of sharing in a political vic
tory. I do not mean by that arty
suggestion that the delegates them-
.mother came from Society Hill in old ' selves are ''seeking personal advah-
Dariington county; and my father, ta f? e , but that they are staking
came from embattled and scarred {everything oh a party label though
.Winchester, Virginia, of the famous the label today is on a product as
different from the old Democracy as
General Robert E. Lee was different
“Shenandoah valley. Later 1 came
under the influence of Maor Sloan at
Carolina.
By inheritance and by 'daily asso-’ guerilla.
ia-tion I-have been embued with the
IdeaiiT of'the "Soith “ «b "-deepiy ^unbue?- from a<>uth G«r<>Mna, many,
that neither association in a nortbr-'' 0 ^' wham I know very . pleasant^,
cm universitv nor lone- vears in What in the world have these men in - -
from Genera] Villa, the Mexican
Look over the Iif»t of -Gentlemen
the parents of the boy identified and
as the cruel bri ef telegram from the
War Office came to mind, 1 had , the
thought' lhat I should try "to '^dre-'
stall the official news and tell them
with the Vcice of a friend. It was a
cihance If I could trace them, for they
had been moving arid their old ad-
diesses were of no avail; but by
.hance, call it Providence^ 1 was able
to know ’between'what 'points 'they'
Were travelling that day, and by
midday I had contacted the fhtlK-r.
It was in His, pffieg. in .th? fiity-
•tihat 1 reached him He stood so.
straight and his steady, eyes stared
without flinching. . . . He a^ked for
a little time to take the blow and to
make a few decisions. He said he
was only thinking of his wife then
sifting unawares in a little garden
iri- the Home Cburities. He decided to
reach her immediately before vjWrd
cable, asking me to perform a few
serveies in town and to join them
both later I grasped any little task
he offered me.' ;
My friend talked very quiefly, very
decidedly. He had been playing golf
in the sunshine' all that day when
bis son was killed: he had been at
peace among his friends while his
son's' body lay until that evehing and
through the night. He said to me,
“There must be people suffering and
ifeeding this every mimit'e somewhere,’
True enough, but I did not realise
his full case until he stood'and he^an
speaking. 'There in the City, amid
last war, I was left alone in my
generation. Then my two bpys grew
up. The eldest was killed flying, and
now the younger, you tell me you
have seen lying dead, to-day... It)
epukl pot have. befallen me more
cruelly. I have lost all now —
brothers and sons.”..
their glossy leaves,
were cut.—S. L. In
All the roses
London Times.
CLARY SELLS STOMP SPRINGS
M. W. Clary has sold the famous
Stomp Springs place to Lawyer
Thomas E. Hair of Columbia, a for-
Then I realised the huge extent of | mer Newberrian, now one of Colum-
hjs. wqe and' the last knife thrust he bia’s foremost real estate promoters,
musjt endure jn a^ few hours, as he ; The Stomp Springs site consists of
Wife’s grief, I
^strove tp..share his
crept..bumbled and crumbled into th
lift; I. set about a-few tasks. “Could
1 (-ontniunicate with .the Chaplain?’*,
ne had asked, . W'hat .little I could do;
f prayed I might do well and speed- 1
ify. ... .... .V ....
30 acies, and Mr. Hair is planning to
erect a hospital there in the near
future. The remaining 300 acres
was purchased by Coleman C. Mar
tin, also of Columbia, who recently
received a medical discharge from
the army,
her on this
COMMUNITY RALLIES TO BE
HELD
The Chamber of Commerce is spon
soring a series of community rallies
in cooperation with 4th Service Com
mand at the.request of the War De
partment and War Production Board.
The programs will include array
bands, returned heroes, some of the
latest war pictures, speakers, etc.
They will be entertaining in formia-
tive, and. educational to the general
public, and of partciular interest to
all who are engaged in war work.
Watch this paper for further de-
He, plans, to-cut Abe .tim-. tails and date of first rally, which
iplaied -and f!irm aie i fand.#wHlIbe held soon.
familiar .sounds and Sights glimpsed W( ,p j, urK .h
That evening I reached a littl
house near a Southern line and foum
-him with his wife. - Whonj sorrow
had joined .together -God had merci
fully not allowed to be . asunder that
4 day. . They stood ..together) and - the
evening sun,. .came into their little
garden We. .being untaught by An-:
gels know “there are no words, no!
aympabhies we eau.offer on such oc-'
rasions. But, as I thought of the un-,
coffined head Which-I should see;
again and which was not for the par
ents to look upon, .1 said, before my :]
going: “Any roses that his mother
nicks this evening I-can promise will{|
he. placed at his. head hefore burial.”
So she went, down into the. garden,*
and I stood with,her husband while,
she brought the roses-into the house,.'
only a handful, to .make .into, a fare-*
from the window, I was "listening to
sheer Greek Tragedy
The gods have not been kirid.^he
raid. “We were three brothers in
my family. I can Amember my eld
est brother killed in the Boer Wkr.
My other brother was killed in 'the
principles to the issue of battle.
Those men were Democrats. What
is a Democrat today?
veil for tbe spols of office? They
have absolutely nothing in common
with such people, but they are throw-
I find that Mr. Roosevelt is run- >'« ><? the winds the most revered
ning for a forth term and running traditions , of their fathers and the
as a Democrat. I am not sure that, Hest interests of their o\\n Jellow
any policy which he ft# , squares , c i6S? s 7° da ?' v *,jK. ,.S
with the Democracy of the Fathers what may anyone expect from the
and Grandfathers of the Gentlemen Chicago convention?
who are going from South Carolina ' Amenta will win the war, but Mr.
to Chicago I had the honor of a Roosevelt does not make the gqns
close friendship with the fathers of nor the shells; he does not lead the
some of our delegates, and I think soldiers. True, we have a iP'eat and
I mighty army and a wonderful navy.
Do we owe these things to Mr. Roo-
to CHECK
Liquid for Malarial Symptom*.
MAGISTRATE NEWBERRY
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of Magistrate for
District No. 2 (Newberry) and pledge
myself to abide the results of the
primaries and support the nominees
thereof.
RALPH G. HIGGINS
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the Office of Magistrate at
Newberry and agree to. abide the re
sults of the Democratic primary and
support the nominees of the party.
J. B. COWARD
I hereby announce myaelf a can
didate for the office of Magistrate at
Newberry and agree to abide the re
sults of the Democratic party and
support the nominees thereof.
W. S. (SHELTON) ALEWINE
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the office of Magistrate
for District No. 2 and agree to abide
the results of the Democratic pri
mary.
LONNIE M. GRAHAM
LOANS
ON
Real
Estate
Automobiles
and *
Personal Property
NEWBERRY
Ins. Sc Realty Co.
NED PURCELL, Manager
Phone 197 Exchange Bank. Bldg.
stvelt? Could not any man have
done what he did if given hundreds
of billions of .dollars to spend?, And
if \#e must study Mr. Roosevelt as
a war leader, do we-forget all they,
blunders of "the rubber campaign aod
all the other pyramided organiza
tions, crowding Washington with TO
men for one man’s work?
Under the charm of a smoeth tftice
and a cofck sure maner ha» he hot
eovedtd ;up- enough mismanagement
to convince us that he ,is, not an able
leader ? ‘
I ask again, what is a Democrat?
This party of ours is today coddling
the negro, crushing States’ Rights,
violati/ig the-Constitution - and main
taining high tariffs.
If Mr. Roosevelt is a Democrat;
and if the Gentlemen who are going
to Chicago age Democrat*; what are
the rest of us? Since the delegates
from South Carolina speak as loudly
as one any one else for all the prin
ciples of the South, how can they pro
fess these principles and support Mr.
RoosevhltJ - v -
Perhaps we have a riddle: When is
a Democrat not a Democrat?
Of course this very practical gen
eration does not draw its sword or
engage in battle over principles.
Principles seem to those who live en
tirely in the immediate present to
be mere abstractions and unrelated
to the all-absorbing and compelling
interest of daily living. Clearly that
is wrong; all life and living are
based on principles; there is no good
policy based on bad pimcples. The
Roosevelt polcy of smilingi jovial
dictatorship violates the principle of
nation developing through aelf-.re-
A nation of strong men is
better thgn a strong nation of weak
Tnen. Look about you. Mr Roosevelt’s
policies have -mfeebled the ■ character
of our people; we are changed from
resourceful, independent mSTi to
fawning, pleading, favor-seeking
weaklings. ,
Mr. Roosevelt has so encroached on
the common rights of useful, produc
tive men that we live in the smile of
his favor or we smart under his dis
approval.
We have seen hi South Carolina
e arrest of a aheriff on the gov-
nent’s order—a thing unheard
we have seen the experience of
e farmers.with peanuts; we have
sten the discrimination of a power
ful Roosevelt bureaucracy against
fair prices for cotton and tobacco in
relation to wages in industry; we
know of the autocratic seizure of
Montgomery Ward’s store. All tins
—and more—; and the South is slap
ped and kicked—All this is the Ad
ministration of Mr Roosevelt.
Before I departed I wandered down’,
the garden. Flowers there were few,
but the familiar ycifeHahles showed,
what care had been taken with the
produce of the sbil In one corner the
rose bushes were standing straight
and green.-* They had-need ' of all
,bm university nor long years in ... ,,
South America have made me forget common with negro politicians, the
the part the South played in the for- CIQ,_the Communists, and the sev-
tnation of the Union and magnificent I eral . heterogeneous gang which Is
courage of her people in carrying her bolding up the banner of_ Mr. Roose
i
Fractionating towers for producing Toluene at a Sinclair Refinery
H
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.UENE puts the knock-out punch
in TNlI, and it is TNT that gives
bombs, "block busters'”, sea and land
mines their destructive power,
• Sinclair makes great quantities of
Toluene froim petroleum in these newly
completed fractionating towers at its
refinery at Marcus Hook, Penna.
To supply our boys who are doing
the fighting, Sinclair makes not only
Toluene, but also components for syn-
S UY MORE WAR BONDS
thetic rubber, 100 octane ayiation
line and a fongijist of fuefs and spe-
H, -?■ M « M ' *' v Tx
cialized lubricants. Altogether, 10 mod
ern Sinclair refineries are turning Qut
A**. - * i«-• l• »• !:»&** Of**
products for war-front and
home-front usd.-»^ flj
SINCLAIR DEALERS do their
part by keipihg war workers’
cars, delivery trucks and other
vitally needed vehicles on the
job. Let a Sinclair Dealer care for
your car, too. ^
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