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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARMFIELD
Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1937, at tht postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
SPECTATOR
A farmer's income—what is it?
We read again about the great in
come of the farmers. As the stat
isticians tell it, the money received
by a farmej is all profit. Some
body must give him his seed and fer
tilizer, his labor, gasoline, feed and
taxes. Sounds that way, doesn’t it?
How much is the farmer’s cotton
selling for? Is it twenty-one cents
a pound? Nay, my brother; long
delays have produced “blue” cotton
and the fanner is receiving as little,
sometimes, as eighteen cents a
pound. He could not get the pick
ers; many have not picked yet, some
have just started. And the farmer
is paying any price , even two dol
lars a hundred 'pounds for the pick
ing. At two dollars a hundred the
farmer is paying about six cents a
pound for the picking, is he not?- For
the $2 per 100 pounds, includes seed
uncleaned, unseparated cotton.
Since the cotton farmer is sup
posed to be so prosperous this year.
tial electors headed. by James L.
Coker. Any other course is to in
vite challenge and rejection or invali
dation. It is entirely .permissible for
any citizen to advocate a single bal
lot or to apply to courts for manda
mus, but unwise to mark or scratch
or experiment on the ballot itself if
one wishes his ballot to be counted.
Vote the Southern Democratic bal
lot without mark or alteration of
any kind.
.HE NEWBERRY SUN
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. :
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for State and
County Officers will be held at the
voting precincts fixed by law in the
County aforesaid on Tuesday, Nov-
Tues-
. ... . . . ember 7, 1944, said day being Ti
We hke to think of ourselves as d following the first Monday,
shrewd traders, as careful business- - - - -
men, men of affairs, who know val
ues, and are alert to their own 'in
terest. Sometimes we mistake the
glitter and glamor of the moment, for
substantial value. However long we
may live here, it is but a brief time,
as compared with the time hereafter;
and however much we may accumu
late here, it is for only a brief time
prescribed by the State Constitution.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in the State for two
years, in the County one year, in the
polling precinct in which the elector
offers to vote, four months, and the
payment thirty days before any
election of any poll tax then due and
1 payable. Provided that ministers in
of enjoyment, even if we ^t the J c j lar g e 0 f an or g- a nized church and
greatest thrill an d satisfaction. t eac h ers 0 f public schools, shall be
C J e ^ y As th v en ’ W ^i * la .™ii^D 8 Dr 4 r 'iir tl - n I e 'entitled to vote after six months’
of TODAY and TOMORROW to I residence in the State, otherwise
weigh in the balance, against the | quajifiej.
timeless period after that. Managers of election shall require
The Book, the Brble, tells of the 0 f eV ery elector offering to vote at
man who filled his barns and felt I an y election, before allowing him to
proud of himself and sure of his
prosperity. Measured against the
value of his soul—what did it amount
to?
The Book tells us to live in such
a manner that our light may shine,
so that men may see our good works
and GLORIFY GOD.
Clearly this does not mean that we
should strut about, advertising our
selves or our charity; it means that
a righteous LIFE shines with a true
LIGHT, and all see the way of truth
more easily BECAUSE of IT. Said
the Great Teacher: “Then shall the
righteous shine forth as the sun, in
let’s compare a one-horse tenant Illc „ uo olllllc . ivIWI „„ tIlc s
farmer with an unskilled worker. The t j, e kingdom of their Father ”
unskilled worker is receiving in in
dustry about thirty dollars a week,
at the least. That is about $1,500 a
year. He has no capital expense in
volved. Do you know many one-
horse tenant farmers who have clear
ed $1,500? To “clear” it, that is to
put this farmer on a par with even
unskilled industrial workers, the
farmer must have total sales of
about $3,500. If he “made” te nbales
of cotton, even at 21c, he had a gross
revenue of about $1,500, with his
seed. But do you know of any one-
horse tenant farmer who received
$1,500 for his cotton? That would
require about fifteen acres. As ha
could hardly cultivate more than 25
acres, where would the rest of his
income come from? Of course, one
man cannot cultivate fifteen acres of
cotton and ten acres of corn, oats and
other stuff unless he be a second
Claud Counts of Newberry. There
are not many like my friend Counts;
he’s a man in a million.
Spectator may lower his flag and
strike his tent soon. I’m not sure
of that, but it may be that readers
have grown tired of the weekly visits
of Spectator.
Spectator came into being at the
suggestion of a devoted and very
partial friend, Ira B. Armfield of
Newberry. Week after week for jen
years, these letters have gone to the
papers. I am not paid for this, and
must be a fool, for I recall the re
mark of my one-time friend of
Winnsboro that only a fool works for
nothing. Very generously he said
that I was no fool. Therefore, . . .
etc. However, I am not, and have
never been, paid for Spectator.
In the early days of the Farmers
and Taxpayers League the daily and
weekly papers were so generous to
me with space that I accepted the
suggestion of Mr. Armfield that I
write regularly. It also avoided the
use of my name. Readers grow tired
of the same name appearing fre
quently.
My name was not used for years;
nor do most of my readers know me
now. In fact I’ve had the pleasant
experience of having a man (who did
not know me) quote Spectator to pie.
You who have read my letters
have noted that I like to tell about
the problems of the farmers. I op
erate a farm and it is a business, hot
a hobby. My partner and I make it
“pay out”, but we know all the dif
ficulties of the farm..
The News and Courier tells us to
day that the New Deal Democrats of
Charleston are using the city police
4s agents for the sale of tickets to
the ball to be given i norder to raise
money for the Roosevelt campaign.
That is on a par with the use of
the Public Service Commission’s ste
nographers and typitss to copy the
15,000 cards in the Secretary of
State’s office for the New Deal ma
chinery of the state. We have many
taxpayers in South Carolina who are
not New Dealers. This plan of using
men and women on the public payroll,
for the New Deal, is nothing short of
a forcible demand on them to contrib
ute to a political candidate not of
their choice.
The use of policemen for the sale
of these tickets has the same moral,
or immoral, effect of sending the po
lice to solicit contributions to a poli
tical campaign.
It seems to be difficult for our
New Deal friends to understand that
a State government and a city gov
ernment are not agents of a political
party, but belong to ALL taxpayers,
equally, regardless of partisan affilia
tion. These gentlemen may think
that they own the State, as well as
the City govei^imente, but a few
challenges in court, wiould clear
their minds about this.
The ridiculous feature is that the
New Deal rests on, and is composed
of, office-holders and office-seekers,
their friends and associates'—most of
whom pay little in taxes. Their main
support of the government is lip ser
vice, not tax money.
vote, the production of his registra
tion certificate and proof of the
payment thirty days before any elec
tion of any poll tax then due and
payable. The production of a cer
tificate or of the receipt of the of
ficer authorized to collect such
taxes, shall be conclusive proof of
the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe to the constitu
tional oath. The chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer
the oath to the other Managers and
to the Clerk; a notary Public must
administer the oath to the Chairman
The Managers elect their Chairman
and Clerk.
The polls shall be opened at such
voting places as shall be designated
at 8 o’clock in the forenoon, and
close at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of
the day of election, except in the
City of Charleston, where the polls
shall be opened at 7 o’clock in the
forenoon, and in the Cities of
Charleston and Columbia where the
closing hours shall be 6 o’clock in
the afternoon, and shall be held open
during these hours without intermis
sion or adjournment; and the Man
agers shall administer to each per
son offering to vote oath that he is
qualified to vote at this election, ac
cording to the Constitution of this
State, and that he has not voted dur
ing this election.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint from among the qualified
voters, the Manager®, who, after
being duly sworn, can conduct the
election.
At the close of the election the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot box and
Count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjourment until the
same is completed, and make a
statement of the results for each of
fice, and sign the same. Within
three days thereafter the Chair
man of the Board, or some one
designated by the Board, must de
liver to the Commissioners of Elec
tion the poll list, the box containing
the ballots and written statements
of the results of the election.
At the said election qualified elec-
Regardless of this present in- J t ovs will vote upon the adoption or
stance, what America needs most is 'rejection of amendments to the
for men of substantial interest to be- i state Constitution, as provided in
stir themselves. Every man who | t he following JOIN T RESOLD
owns a home, or hopes to own a TIONS:
home, has a very substantial inter
est.
This country has been governed
too long by men who support the
government only because the govern
ment supports them. America needs
to purge itself of the barnacles of
political hangers-on, the payroll pa
triots who care little for traditions
or principles, but who regard the
government as a machine which they
should operate for themeslves and
their friends, even though they make
strange bed-fellows.
Sometimes the law is confusing.
Even the broad and general man
dates of the State Constitution con-
Every week, as I write (with pen- , tradict themselves, or may be so
- * 'variously interpreted as to require a
court decision on the exact point in
order to be intelligible.
Considered solely as a matter of
law, the proposed purchase by the
City of Columbia of a power corpor
ation, at a cost exceeding appreciably
the total assessed valuation of all
cil) I imagine I see a Bamberg farm
er. Years ago my Secretary of the
time told me that a Bamberg farmer
read Spectator every week in the
Bamberg Herald. So I write for him
and to him.
I’ve always tried to make Specta
tor stand for the solid and substan
tial interests of our people. I have property within the city, one reads
given to Spectator my very best and ' Article 8 of the State Constitution
it has been a pleasure to me. [ in search of light. Says Section 3 of
Whatever I may decide about Spec- : Article 8: No debt may be contract-
tator, let me express my heartfelt ed by a city “except in pursuance of
appreciation of my readers and of
the editors who have steadfastly
stood by me.
I admire our newspaper and news
reporting folk; they are splendid peo
ple, men and women of character and
good service. I have great respect
for our industrialists and other busi
nessmen and have not hesitated to
present their side when politicians
were cringing and scraping; I think
quite a lot of most of the .public offi
cials of the state; my most solicitous
. regard has always been for the citi
zen of small means who carries a
heavy burden.
I am a working man; few men
work harder; but I know that we
need capital for investment if we are
to have jobs. I know that invest
ments must be encouraged. I know
that punitive laws and regulations
not only scare capital away, but
they prevent the creation of jobs and
opportunities for those of us who
work.
Spectator, like all other loval
Americans and Carolinians, loves his
country and loves his State and
wishes the road to development to
be kept wide open.
I very earnestly advise friends of
Southern Democratic Party, to vote
the straight ticket sent out by South
ern Democratic Party, with presiden-
law, for public purposes specified by
law.” What does that mean, if it
doesn’t apply to the proposed pur
chase? Of course they tell us that
this is a debt binding only on the
property sold to the city. In other
words, it is the sale of a house, with
out down payment, and with the
house itself as security. It isn’t un
usual, but it might be justified by
an excessive price; or the property
may resemble a white elephant, and
be well sold at any price.
True enough it is, that Section 5
of Article 8 authorizes the purchase
of a power plant by a city, if en
dorsed by a majority of the electors
who are uqalified to vote on a bond
ed indebtedness.
How far does this modify Section
3? Then Section 7 forbids any
bonded debt, which, together with
existing bonded indebtedness, shall
exceed 8 per cent of the taxable
property within the city. This pur
chase would be itself an increase of
the bonded debt amounting to about
140 per cent of the assessed valua
tions. Again, however, we shall
htear that this is something new,
something not contemplated by t!?e
(Constitution, a self-liquidating trans
action which would form no part of
the bonded debt of the city.
This is a case requiring someone
to explain away the Constitution.
STATE - WIDE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
NO. 1
A JOINT RESOLUTION propos
ing an amendment to Article III of
the Constitution of South Carolina,
1895, by eliminating Section 32, re
garding pensions and containing
limitations on granting of financial
assistance to certain needy persons.
NO. 2
A JOINT RESOLUTION propos
ing an amendment to Article II of
the Constitution of South Carolina,
1895, by striking out Section 10
thereof, which reads as follows:
“The General Assembly shall provide
by law for the regulation of .party
primary elections and punishing
fraud at the same.”
NO. 3
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
Section number 6 of Article X of
the Constitution relating to the
credit of the State and for what
purposes taxes may be levied . <jr
bonds issued by providing that the
limitations there imposed shall not
be applicable to funds expended for
the construction and maintenance of
airports or landing strips.
LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS
NO. 4
Charleston County
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
Article 10, Section 14-A, of the
Constitution of South Carolina, 1896,
b.- adding further roadways of the
City of Charleston and to provide for
the provisions thereto so as to
further define the type of permanent
improvement which may be used, on
the streets and levy of a portion' of
the cost against abutting property
if the remainder shall have been
paid by a governmental subdivision
or unit or agency other than the
City of Charlestcn.
NO. 5
Chesterfield County
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing
an amendment to Section 5, Article X
of the Constitution of the State of
South Carolina, 1895, relating to
bonded indebtedness of counties,
townships, municipal corpor a ti o n s
and other political divisions of this
State, so as to provide that the pro
visions thereof under certain condi
tions shall not apply to Chesterfield
County, nor to any township or other
political division of this State in
said county, and to authorize the is
suance of bonds under certain condi
tions by said county, any township
and any school district thereof.
NO. 6
Richland County
A JOINT RESOLUTION to amend
Article XI, Section 5, Constitution of
1895, relating to school districts, by
excluding Richland' County frpm the
provisions relating to area.
NO. 7
.j-AiSen and Hampton Counties
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing
an amendment to Section 20, of
Article 5, of the State Constitution
with respect to the terms of office of
magistrates in Aiken and Hampton
Counties, so as to increase the term
of two years to four years.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
The following Managers of Elec
tion have been appointed to hold the
election' at the various precincts in
the said County:
NEWBERRY COURT HOUSE
Mrs. John Peterson
Raymond Blair
Mrs. Lucille Sease
John Peterson
NEWBERRY COTTON MILL
Dewey Kinard
Rev. V. L. Fulmer
Edward Bauknight
A. H. Clark
MOLLOHON MILL
Q. L. Shealy
Rev. J. B. Harman
T. B. Grant
George Martin
OAKLAND MILL
W. C. Holsonback
Carl Setzler
Loyd Davenport
C. G. Summer
MT. PLEASANT
T. W. Henderson
Willie Ringer
Mrs. Raymond Ringer
E. L. Glymph
HELENA
Mrs. Myrtle Cook
C. J. Zebel
Will Waters
J. C. Abrams
MAYBINTON
James Henry
W. F. Cathcart
Mrs. Jphn McCollom
Minor Cathcart
WHITMIRE
W. H. Miller
Joe H. Simpson
A. H. Dallas
S. C. Young
LONG LANE
J. A. Brown
B. H. Caldwell
R. C. Carlisle
J. C. Glenn
JALAPA
John Swittenberg
Herman Wise
Andrew Miller
Mrs. E. E. Melton
LONGSHORE
Johnnie Neel
Furman Sterling
Harry Shealy
W. W. Senn
DOMINICK STORE
W. D. Bozard
C. S. Fellers
P. T. Harris
Ralph Lancaster
CHAPPELLS
J. B. Scurry
B. W. Watkins
J. L. Holloway
J. H. Boozer
HARTFORD
H. L. Shealy
W. B. Goggins
Bille Carter
Gurney Nichols
PROSPERITY
B. O. Lovelace
Mrs. Colie Wessinger
J. B. Pugh
T. A. Dominick
O’NEAL NO. II
Vernon Pugh
J. S. Dawkins/
Curtiss Long
G. A. Lindler
MIDWAY
F. A. Boland
G. M. Epting
J. H. Singley
Warren Dowd
JOLLY STREET
G. I. Kinard
O. S. Richardson
T. L. Boinest
T. A. Ellisor
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Ernest Shealy
Perry Lindler
Olin Setzler
C. M. Wheeler
POMARIA
S. P. Koon
J. P. Setzler
J. E. Counts
Julius Hentz
WALTON
Brab Crooks
J. W. Parrott
Joe Ruff
M. O. Mayer
MT. BETHEL
George S. Ruff
Chalmers Brown
Leland Rikard
John H. Ruff
ST. PHILLIPS
J. W. Lominick
Loma Ruff
George Shealy
Holland Ruff
LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Ned Boland
Harold Metts
Mrs. Eula Boland
M. Q. Boland
UNION ACADEMY
G. S. Enlow
T. P. McCartha
J. A. Kinard
Clvde Wilson
SILVERSTREET
Richard Neel
B. W. Mills
J. V. Havird
J. H. Bowers, Sr.
KINARDS
Robert Yong
Hugh Epting
John Earl Smith
Mrs. D. M. Vaughn
GARMANY
Kemper Albritton
Vinnie Kate Price
Robert Sease
Allan Qxn«r
peak r
M. Q. Mayer
F. T, Chapman
J. K. Shell
J. V. Eargle
ZION
Jess Bundrick
J. B. Kinard
Marvin Graham
George Richardson
The Managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
the boxes and blanks for the elec
tion Saturday morning, November
4, at ten o’clock at the Court House.
JOHN A MAYER,
REUBEN E. MINNICK,
LAMBERT W. JONES,
Commissioners of State and Coun
ty Elections for Newberry County,
South Carolina.
October 16th, 1944. 020-27
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for United States
Senator, Representatives in Congress
and Presidential and Vice-Presiden
tial Electors will be held at the
voting precincts fixed by law in the
County aforesaid on Tuesday, Nov-
vemfoer 7, 1944, said day being Tues
day following the first Monday, as
'prescribed by the State Constitu
tion.
The qualifications for suffrage
are as follows:
Residence in the State for two
years, in the County one year, in
the polling precirfct in which the
elector offers to vote four months,
and the payment thirty days before
any election of any poll tax then
due and payable. Provided that
ministers in charge of an organized
church and teachers of public schools
shall be entitled to vote after six
months' residence in the State,
otherwise qualified.
Managers of election shall require
of every elector offering to vote at
any election, before allowing him to
vote, the production of his registra
tion certificate and proof of the
payment thirty days before any elec
tion of any poll tax then due and
payable. The production of a cer
tificate or of the receipt of the of
ficer authorized to collect such
taxes, shall be conclusive proof of
the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe to the Constitu
tional oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer
the oath to the other Managers and
to the Clerk; a Notary Public must
administer the oath to the Chair
man. The Managers elect their
Chairman and Clerk.
The polls shall be opened at such
voting places as shall be designated
at 8 o’clock in the forenoon, ind
close at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of
the day of election, except in the
City of Charleston where the polls
shall be opened at 7 o’clock in the
forenoon, and in the cities of Char
leston and Columbia where the clos
ing hours shall be 6 o’clock in the
afternoon, and shall be held <q)en
during these hours without intermis
sion or adjournment; and the Man
agers shall administer to each .per
son offering to vote oath that he is
qualified to vote at this election, ac
cording to the Constitution of this
State, and that he has not voted dur
ing this election.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy, and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint from among the qualified
voters, the Manager, who, after be
ing duly sworn, can conduct the
election.
At the close of the election the
Managers and Clerks must proceed
publicly to open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and con
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make a
statement of the results for each of
fice, and sign the same. Within
three days thereafter the Chairman
of the Board, or some one designated
by the Board, must deliver to the
Commissioners of Election the poll
list, the box containing the ballots
and written statements of the re
sults of the election.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
The following Managers of Elec
tion have been appointed to hold the
election at various precincts in the
said County:
NEWBERRY COURT HOUSE
T. S. Humphries
Mrs. Sam Beam
M. A. Counts
Miss Mary Burton
NEWBERRY COTTON MILL
B. S. Goree
Rev. N. K. Polk
Lou Davis
H. C. Corley
MOLLOHON MILL
J. Ed McConnell
C. H. Johnson
C. L. Duncan
C. J. Jackson
OAKLAND MILL
D. D. Darby
R. L. Timmerman
H. W. Sanders
George Attaway
MT. PLEASANT
Ernest Ringer
John H. Cromer
Mrs. Maude Graham
Lovett Miller
HELENA
J. R. Wood
Mrs. Nellie Coates
R. E. Gee
Gerald Baker
MAYBINTON
F. B. Hardy
J. R. Thomas
B. H. Maybin
Miss Lula Bess Whitney
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1944
— - . . . .. ■ j-i i_»!»'n.
WHITMIRE
George Young
L. D. Moates
E. A. Christy
R. C. Lake
LOI*G LANE
C. M. Folk
W. S. Hentz
L. E. Chandler
L. C. Hargrove
JALAPA
V. E. Miller
J. F. Long
B. S. Derrick
C. C. Wallace
LONGSHORE
Richard Neel
N. J. Martin
John Senn
Oscar Pitts
DOMINICK STORE
R. S. Sanders
Clarence Pitts
Sam Wertz
Miss Maude Sanders
CHAPPELLS
L. E. Wertz
R. D. Morrett
M. L. Connelly
J. L. Fellers
HARTFORD
V. J. Livingston
J. W. Cromer
B. L. Bishop
Walter Buzhardt
PROSPERITY
T. L. Dawkins
John A. Sease
J. S. Wheeler
M. P. Connelly
O’NEAL NO. II
R. C. White
Fred Koon
Noah H. Moore
Pat B. Wise
MIDWAY
Ross George
G. L. Bowers
G. Y. Shealy
Ernest Alewine
JOLLY STREET
D. L. Wedaman
Nolan Wicker
L. B. Bedenbaugh
Carl Epting
CENTRAL SCHOOL
Sligh Wicker
Willie Seybt *
Mrs. Maude Harris
E. H. Koon
POMARIA
L. A. Mayer
E. W. Epting
W. D. Hatton
J. A. Kinard
WALTON
John H. Harmon
George Hentz
W. B. Graham
Mrs. Louise Suber
MT. BETHEL
H. H. Boland
Daniel Graham
Oscar Graham
T. W. Keitt
ST. PHILLIPS
Perry Halfacre
David Luther Ruff
D. Govan Sease
Ed Enlow
LITTLE MOUNTAIN
D. 0. Frick
F. E. Metts
\ V. J. Shealy
J. L. Bowers
UNION ACADEMY
A. H. Kinard
J. C. Kinard
C. L. Counts
J. L. Halfacre
SILVERSTREET
T. M. Fant
Murray Sheppard
Sam Shealy *
Mrs. Ellen Abrams
KINARDS
J. H. Bedenbaugh
F. M. Satterwhite
J. R. Longshore
J. B. Smith •
GARMANY
T. P. Adams
Luther H. Folk '
Mrs. Minnie Leitzsey
Roy Carroll
PEAK <
Joe E. Meyer
H. L. Suber
C. E. Stuck
John Mayer
ZION
Jacob Bundrick
C. D. Eargle
Joe Ringer
■Mrs. Henry Folk
The Managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
the boxes and blanks for the election
Saturday morning, November 4, at
ten o’clock at the Court House.
JOS. H. SIMPSON,
FRED CROMER,
W. B. BOINEST,
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Newberry County, S. C.
October 16, 1944. 020-27c
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