Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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2! /i THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8, 1944 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARMFIELD — Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday Th The Year Entered a? second-class matter December 6, 1P37, at tht postoffiee at Newberry. South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SPECTATOR Sumter has the best radio studio in the state, I think. This new studio is very attractive, suitable and con venient. I congratulate the manage ment heartily; and I congratulate this enterprising city. Most of the radio studios in our State are good. Columbia, Green ville, Spartanburg and Charleston are excellent. WTMA in Charles ton, by the way, is under the manage ment of a Clarendon man, Robert JE. Bradham, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Bradham, now living in Manning, and brother of our auditor, P. T. Brad ham. The Chief Engineer is D. M. Bradham, “Doc”, as all know him, son of Mr. and Mrs^. Allen Bradham, long of Manning, but now of Cam den. I find friends of this section wher ever I go. The editor of the Green ville News is a Clarendon man. Ha is J. E. Brunson. It is only proper to swap, now and then, a low-country boy for an up- country man; Dr. Ball, the valiant and vigorous editor of the News and Courier, is a son of Laurens; so it is fitting that a low-country man should be in Greenville. Radio Station WTMA, Charleston, is in the Dock Street Theatre, the restored old theatre of Colonial times. Congressman Hampton P. Fulmer was a man who gave prompt atten tion to his business. During the last 13 years I have had occasion to wnte to our members of Congress; almost invariably the first reply came from Congressman Fulmer. I would not leave a wrong impression here: All the South Carolinians have been courteous and responsive, but Mr. Fulmer’s reply was usually the first. South Carolina not only loses the chairmanship of the House Commit tee on Agriculture, but a faithful re presentative, one who knew the in terest and need of the farmers and small businessman but tried to serve all his constituents, all the time. The death of Congressman Fulmer, less than three weeks before the General Election, presents a prob lem which need not be serious. Ob viously the Democrats will wish to unite on one man It is unthinkable that they would do that except by a primary. The nomination of some one by a Convention would release all Demo crats from the obligation to support the nominee in the General Election, for the obligation is to support the NOMINEE OF THE PRIMARY. Furthermore, the chances for skull duggery are too many if a convention were allowed to nominate a man. We need not dodge the issue by ignoring the truth that a Convention would be dominated by a group who could not be elected to a State or Congression al office. The development of a ma chine in South Carolina is - a fact which calls for attention. The ma chine can be smashed to smithereens with just a little work and publicity. At this moment about four groups, heretofore hostile to one another, are smoothly working together for the rewards of New Deal recognition, if any. After what Mr. Roosevelt did to Jimmy Byrnes it is a very trusting soul which would rely on him. I think the chairman of hte New Deal group is authorized to order primary; but whether he may do so or not, the emergency calls for quick action to ascertain one man on whom the Democrats may concentrate. Of course Democrats will not accept con vention or committee dictation. The Southern Democratic Party also had Mr. Fulmer on its ticket, as the nominee of the Primary. It does not follow that the Southeip Democarts would vote for just anybody; or that they would meekly submit to any boss-action from the dominating group of the New Deal Executive Committee. It could easily nominate some one of its own choosing, if the New Dealers fail to have a Primary. Let’s have a Primary, of course, and then unite on a man for tHe gen eral election. tortured. This is where our first major effort should have been; here is whfere the heart and brain of America wanted action; while our great leaders followed the Churchill- Stalin strategy and left our own American interest to wait. However, after the long, . long wait we are in the Phillipinea again—“-fighting for people who have a right to exjwect protection from us. General ftlacArthur is still Ameri ca’s outstanding figure of the war for two reasons: 1. He is an effi cient officer and successful leader; (2) he is fighting in the theater in which America suffered so much .in dignity and humiliation. The nomination of Mr. Winchester Smith for Congress by the State Democratic Convention would be re garded by many as the triumph of personal or inside politics. That is not because Mr. Smith is objection able or lacks qualities suitable to a Congressman, but because most peo ple would charge the nomination to bossism. It may be that we have no bosses in South Carolina, but we have several preeminent public men of such unquestioned puissance that they seem always to prevail . ver their felow men. Naturally t..eir support of Mr. Smith would appear to be the dictation of bosses. If there is any real Democracy in South Carolina, let us have a Pri mary. Mr. Smith, as chairman, is amply empowered by Rule 40 to order a primary for the vacancy in Congress. He should do so at once. We hear some of our people say: “Well, what’s the use?” The quali ty of our citizenship has fallen very low when we bow the knee or bend to the yoke. If there is anything that we should have learned thorugh the centuries of struggle for free dom, it is that freedom, liberty, inde pendence, come high, but they are worth not only cherishing with lip service and pious platitudes, but they are worth fighting for. Whenever a people become meekly submissive, they have probably reached the point of not deserving any better than a dictatorship. I do not believe we have reached that point; here in this city with its memories of in dependence, of heroic resolution, of sacrifice, how can one talk of riding the band-wagon in craven partner ship with the elements of bad Gov ernment rather than walk in the dig nity and strength of virile manhood alone, if necessary. What America needs most is a courageous element in its citizenship, more who have the spirit of Revolutionary Patriots, and of the Civil War Leaders. No stronger arraignment could be made of us Americans than this: We have followed and are following, a leadership that seeks to put all men on a common level, by tearing down those men who have achieved some thing and by arbitrarily placing on their plane men whose development has not 'reached that point. The greatness of any country depends up on its great men Great men must lead; they must not supinely follow. Now what shall we do about that? Are we still the sons of our fathers,? Are we men or are we just the tools and playthings of the New Deal? ELECTOR HITS FDR’S METHOD OF VOTE-GETTING Coumbia, Oct. 26—Mrs. Marion Huggins Moye of. Clarendon county, a presidential elector of the anti fourth term Southern Democratic party, said tonight that ..-President Roosevelt’s method of getting votes were “destructive of .the unity which should weld us into’ A great nation.” Speaking over radio station WIS, in behalf of her candidacy in the November 7 general election, Mrs. Moye said she took it “for granted” the President means well but that “he looks upon public life as a mat ter of practical politics. That means he regards it as a mere problem of votes. “That being so,” she continued, “he regards himself as fully justi fied in adopting any method that may win those votes. Some of his methods are extremely dangerous; he plays race against race, class against class, the rich against the poor x x x.” i Mri. Moye, whose party is sup porting Senator Harry Byrd (D-Va) for president, said she favored Byrd “because he is one of us. He knows ' the South because he is a southern er; he understands all our traditions because they also are the traditions of Virginia x x x.” The presidency has been filled “for many years,” she declared, “by a man who has no first hand knowledge of the hard problems of life and who has shown himself too receptive to fantastic ideas of others to whom life is only a dream instead of hard reality, x x x.” METHODISTS VOTE $200,000 EPWORTH ORPHANAGE DRIVE Myrtle Beach, Oct. 26—The South Carolina Methodist church confer ence, southeastern jurisdiction, today passed a resolution to raise $200,000 for the rebuilding and rehabilitation of the Epworth orphanage at Colum bia. Tiie campaign will start March 5, 1945. A report from the conference of hospitals and homes calling for a statewide campaign for the Colum bia institution was adopted without a dissenting vote after addresses by Dr. W. D. Roberts, superintendent of the orphanage, and Rev. A. L. Gunter of Rock Hill, a member of the orphanage board of managers. The resolution will be presented to the Upper South Carolina con ference at Greenwood two weeks hence. If approved there, it wil be come one of the major projects of South Carolina Methodism next year. The conference added five pas tors to its list of retired ministers. They were Rev G. W. Dukes 'of Smoaks, Rev. C. C. Herbert, D.D., of Georgetown, Rev. G. L. Ingram of Bluffton, Rev. T. G. Phillips of ! Springfield and Rev. J. M. Collier ' of Darlington. An increase in assessment on churches for retired ministers was passed by the conference. The in- creae is from seven to 10 per cent of pastors’ salaries. Pastors will con- crease is from seven to 10 per cent, of their own salaries to the fund. *^exa££ ORIGINAL 1c SOLE CELEBRATION OFFER THIS OFFER IS NOT ON THE tc SALE PLAN MEN! &£H4u*€C LsdZ&et BILLFOLDS 'Now only* Amazing Value) This remarkable group in- cludesone-piece styles — even some with re movable pass cases. See them today. On sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday! USUAllY *1.98 LIMIT 1 TO A CUSTOMER ] SOLD ONIT AT THE REXALL STORE ORIGINAL Gilder & Weeks THE RIGHT DRUG STORE U SHE CELEBRATION OFFER THIS OFFER IS NOT ON THE l^xaU 1c SALE PLAN All the political groups in this State probably have their tickets in circulation. Based on a notice to the Southern Democratic Party, it must ben assumed that the tickets of the New Dealers and of the Southern Democrats arb -In the custody of the respective clerks of court, throughout the state, for the Federal Commis sioners of Election. Throughout' the Second Congressional District those tickets bear the name of H. P. Ful mer. Very likely both groups will issue new tickets, with the name of a nomi nee to replace Mr. Fulmer, but any citizen may draw a line through the name of Mr. Fulmer and WRITE JN ANOTHER NAME. That will be de- gal. and it may be necessary , since the delivery of ballots is a very slow business. ,. You may draw a line through Mr. Fulmer’s name and WRITE IN SOME OTHER NAME. BOX Of 6 LARGE CAKES 10RII Toilet Soap Now only * Sensational Soap Buy of the Yearl » Think of it! SIX large cakes of delicately scented Lone Toilet Soap. * Lathers freely, yet it is long lasting. * A favorite with your guests, too. * Sale priced Thursday, Friday, Saturday. LIMIT ONE TO A CUSTOMER SOLD ONtY AT THE RC iAlt STORE The return of our Army and Navy to the Philippines is one of-the.thrills of the war. That is American terri tory; there Americans fought and died; worse, still, we believe that some were cruelly mistreated, even Gilder & Weeks THE RIGHT DRUG STORE Democrats! Will you vote the New Deol ticket with its NEGRO vice- cheirmon? Do you believe that the New Deal is the same as the PARTY OF YOUR FATHERS? Was the Democracy of your fathers composed of Negroes, Socialists and foreign ideas and isms? Are we Democrats for sale for a,few hand-outs? Are YOU a New Dealer, or are the band-wagon politicians selling you out for their own political purpose? Do you want a Negro Democracy or are you for a Democracy of WHITE MEN? Vote The Southern Democratic Ticket It Is A White Man’s Ticket Southern Democrats are for Byrd for President For Unfettered Opportunity; for the Old-Time Americanism of INDIVIDUAL REWARD for INDIVIDUAL WORK and WORTH This is a White Man's country; he should rule it. It is the White Man's responsibility; he cannot escape it. Si ^1$ *^9 -■> What Does Byrd Offer? Constitutional government, government by law, instead of by whim, will or fancy of one man. VOTE for Southern Democrats and declare yourself for the opportunity of every man to rise to the highest level of his ability — that is what made America. Do you want the New Deal to REGULATE and DIRECT your life, your work, farming, industry, wages, profits, labor, medicine and hospitalization? RISE UP, CAROLINIANS and help regenerate the nation. Vote for a strong, prosperous America under the Great Providence which has always sustained us. THROW OFF the shackles of the New Deal; make South Carolina independent of rings and subsidized politics. * HERE IS OUR TICKET U. S. Senator OLIN D. JOHNSTON Representative In Congress BUTLER B. HARE Presidential Electors JAMES L. COKER JESSE S. PLOWDEN H. H. WOODWARD LEWIS M. RICE J. WADE DRAKE T. Y. WILLIAMS D. STROTHER POPE MARION HUGGINS MOYE DEMOCRATS, if you want a change, vote our ticket and remain a DEMOCRAT. Constitutional Government - Opportunity - Freedom - White Party DO YOU WANT A BALLOT? We shall be glad to send you an official bal lot which you may put in the box without change or get one at the polls Sauthern Democratic Party Box 1144 Strictly American and ALL White Columbia