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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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1218 Coller* Street
NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA
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Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday In The Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1987, at tht postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SPECTATOR
The campaign for a State ballot,
like Brasque’s ghost, will not doym.
I’ve heard all sorts of names for it:
Single ballot, secret ballot, Federal
ized ballot, and other designations,
but all that we need is a short bill
to direct the Secretary of State to
prepare all State ballots and to in
clude the nominees of all political
parties on each ballot. There is so
much loose talk about a single bal
lot that those who accept the gen
eral idea without details are pro
posing something which might
prove cumbersome.
Let’s make a clear statement of
the problem. If you go back to the
days of your mathematical misad
ventures you will recall the diffi
culty of solving a (problem until you
stated it clearly. Of course the
same rule applies in neighborhood
rumors as well as prefound philoso
phical speculations. We often speak
harshly of people because we do not
know all the relevant facts. Quite
obviously the converse is frequent
ly true—that we praise what is done,
without knowing the facts, the “real
inside,’ or low-down. So let’s start
at rock bottom and build our struc
ture on a firm foundation of trutJu
The State law requires three
State tickets for State elections.
Nothing is said about New Deal
iDemoorata, RtfpubKcane, White
Southern Democrats, Hillmanitoes,
Communists or other groups. Theo
retically some thoughtful citizens
have assumed that the absence of
any clear prohibition of all parties
on one ticket implies that all par
ties belong on one ticket. That may
be good logic, very sound reasoning,
indeed, but it isn’t the law, as pro
claimed by the functionaries who
say what is what—and why.
If we had one ballot for all parties
for all offices, State, County, and
National, that ticket would be long
er than a bus ticket to California
with fifty stop-overs. That is what
many of our legislators think we
mean by a single ballot; the chair
man of one of the most important
committees told me exactly that—
and he is a lawyer of ability and
considerable practice. That, how
ever, is not what we mean, and we
Ttttnrt clarify our statements.
The State might as well continue
the three tickets as now but put all
parties on each ticket. That is
what the proponents of a single bal
lot mean. For example, one State
ticket is for United States Senator,
Representative in Congress, and
Presidential Electors. Taking the
recent campaign as our guide that
would be a ticket carrying the names
of New Deal Democrats, White
Southern Democrats, Negro Pro
gressive Democrats and the Repub
licans. Such a ticket would not be
a great puzzle. The law requires
that there shall be one ticket for
State officers. That is even short
er than the other ticket and would
not be difficult if it carried the
nominees of all parties for State of
fice. There' were no nominees this
summer except those proposed in
the Primary other than presidential
electors, of course.
The third ticket contains proposed
amendments to the State Constitu
tion and is sometimes so long and so
complicated and confusing that we
marvel at any man’s saying that a
•ingle ballot would be to long or too
involved. However, there is no ques
tion of partisan politics in the case
of Constitutional amendments. You
are for them, or you are opposed,
whether you be Hillmanite or what
not.
Nothing has been said about xmn
ty offices. Of course County tick
ets are distinct from State ticktes
now. The plan, naturally, would
call for all party nominees to be on
one County ticket. It is understood
that I refer to the General Election.
I have no reference to the Demo
cratic Primaries. Republicans have
no right to be on Democratic party
tickets.
The Single ballot, then, may be
three ballots, or more, hut it would
mean the inclusion of the nominees
of all parties on each ballot. That
is really the point at issue, the very
nub of the whole matter. Some de
tails would suggest themselves at
once. If all parties are to be treat-
«f alike on State and County tickets,
such tickets being prepared and cir
culated by the Secretary of State, he
would ask “What is a political par
ty?" The Senseney bill in the
House provides very briefly and
clearly for that.
As you observe, the Senseney bill
refers to State offices, only. The
contention so far has been for State
and Federal tickets, only. The same
general principle could be made ap
plicable to County offices.
It would be a thoroughly democra
tic procedure also to permit inde
pendents to prepare and distribute
their ballots as we do now. If any
group, for any reason, should prefer
not to be included on the official
ballot, why let them operate inde
pendently. At least I see no objec
tion to it. The principal thing to
consider is the free expression of
the Citizen’s preference without too
much machinery if he doesnt want
the machinery.
There might not be so much insis
tence on a snigle ballot if some
politicians were not disposed to re
gard themselves as Divinely ap
pointed and consecrated to manage
the public affairs. The recent Gen
eral Election was distinguished for
four things: (1) the number of peo
ple who registered and would not
vote; and (2) the failure to send
the ballots of all parties to all pre
cincts; (3) the effort to persuade
even coerce, voters; and (4) the fail
ure to count some ballots, according
to complaints of many citizens.
The Columbia “State” carries a
story under a headline “Seven Mil
lion Dollar Steam Plant Better Than
Sixty Million Dollar Dam.” I hope
that statement will stand the test of
strict investigation became it is
what I have been suggesting oyer
six radio stations for several years.
I am not an enginer and could not
speak with any technical accuracy;
I could only generalize as a lay
man who formed conclusions based
on superficial reading. So this
statement, I should like to think,
proves my conjectures little better
than I dared hope.
A respected attorney of the Sum
ter bar, Mr. John D. Lee, has done
me the courtesy of sending an ex
cellent study of the proposed Buck
ingham Landing Santee develop
ment. I don’t know whether we are
under the spell of a frenzy against
the power companies, or whether we
are plunging headlong in unmeasur
ed enthusiasm, as sometimes charac
terizes us. Let us look at this: We
have sufficient power today even
for wpr’s demands, although pre
sent facilities in South Carolina are
capable of a third more Kilowatt
hours. So an immense surplus will
he ours during peace time.
The power operations and the rates
are under full control of the State
Public Servtqe Commission. What
more do we want? We have the
power and we control the price.
The State Public Service Com
mission neither controls the Santee-
Cooper nor fixes its rates.
Let me repeat. I am not repre
senting the power companies. I have
already said that 1 was out of the
enthusiastic advocates of the Santee-
Cooper development; . I must admit,
however, that I was enthusiastic
j over an idea, without knowing or
: understanding the engineering and
! political scope of the Santee-Cooper
i plan. We people of the United
. States, on a national scale and we
: South Carolinians during the last
‘ ten years have authorized plants \nd
expenditures on a prodigious scale
without any clear idea of what we
were sponsoring. In a very vague
way we advocated all sorts of things,
like the Social Security program
which even today startles us in the
amplitude of its ramifications.
I do not like to argue on a low
level, but the surest way to stop this
gigantic absorption of land and for
est is to serve notice of a clear defi
nite and unwavering purpose to use
your influence and voting power to
command respect for your interests.
Of course our Government has be
come so socialistic that it assumes a
better knowledge of our means than
we ourselves have. Perhaps our peo
ple should not object, for they seem
to have endorsed it strongly.
One day the newspapers carried
and appeal by General Isenhow’er;
the next day General McArthur aip-
pealed to us. . They urged that we
buy bonds and that we increase pro
duction of war supplies. Very im
pressive was the statement of Gen
eral Isenhower that our attack on
Aachen had been delayed because of
shortage of shells: Equally ominous
was the General's statement that his
armies are now using shells which
he was saving for attacks next
March. All this comes on the heel
of an illuminating statement by
Chief of War Mobilization James F.
Byrnes, that the need for manpower
is urgent in order to supply our
forces at the front in their stupen
dous attacks on a resourceful enemy
now fighting to save his own land
from the destruction, he has so ruth
lessly handed out to Poland, Russia,
France, Belgium, and Greece. Mr.
Byrnes made his plea with irresisti
ble force when toe told that shells are
being shipped while still hot from
the great munition forces.
In the same papers which carried
the statements of General McArthur
and Isenhower we read of a strike in
the steel plant of Cary, Ind. and
a telephone strike involving great
key cities of industry. I need not
comment; the facts speak more
strongly than could any commenta
tor’s interpretation.
There must be a screw loose when
men at the front fight and die for
us, while we sit back and decide not
to work. And this is made more ri
diculous when we recall that most o f
the men at the front were drafted
by the Government for military ser
vice, with no choice of theirs, while
we at home nick and choose as we
like.
JOSEPH E. LONG
Joseph Epting Long, former sup
erintendent of Lower Richland
High school and a native of New
berry county died at 9 o’clock Fri
day night at the Veterans’ Hospital
in Columbia.
•Mr. Long is survived by his wid
ow, Mrs. Emma Mack Long; two
daughters, Miss Edna Long and
Miss Olive Long; one son, John
Mack Long; three sisters, Miss Bes
sie Long of Prosperity, Mrs. L. W.
McFadden of Rock Hill, Miss Cor-
rie Long of Lykesland; one broth
er, Oline S. Long of Ward and sev
eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral serivees were held at Mt.
Pilgrim Lutheran church. Prosper
ity, at 3 o’clock Sunday aftemon,
and were conducted by his pastor,
the Rev. E. B. Heidt, his former
pastor, the Rev. D. M. Shull, the
Rev. M. M. Benson of Eastover, and
the Rev. Carl B. Caughman of Co
lumbia and the Rev. J. B. Harman,
Newberry.
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SINCLAIR 1
Tax Penalty Notice
A penalty will be added on all taxes not paid on
or before December 15 for the year 1944. A penalty
of 1 per cent added December 16; January 1, 2 per
cent and February 1, 10 per cent. It you wish to
avoid any penalty please arrange your 1944 taxes be
fore December 16, 1944.
The Town of Newberry
By D. L. NANCE, Clerk & Treat.
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Buying Poultry
Will Load at NEWBERRY
Thursday, Nov. 30; 10 to 12 A. M.
(ON LOT BACK OF COURT HOUSE)
Will Load at PROSPERITY
Thursday, Nov. 30; 1 to 1:30 P. M.
Will load at LITTLE MOUNTAIN
Thursday, Nov. 30; 2 to 3 P. M.
HENS, Colored, per pound 23c
HENS, Leghorns, perpound 20c
STAGS and OLD ROOSTERS,'pound ...15c
DUCKS and GEESE, pound 15c
All TURKEYS, pound .....30c
THIS WILL BE A WEEKLY SCHEDULE
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
GREENVILLE POULTRY CO.
Jim will be home for the holidays, IF ♦ ♦ ♦
W ONDERFUL news for mother 1
For the whole family! Jim has a fur
lough! He’ll be home to carve the Christmas
turkey, if . ..
IF . . . you are willing to give up your
holiday trip—or postpone it.
IF... civilians travel by rail only on abso
lutely essential business between December
22nd and January 2nd inclusive.
The men and women of the Southern
Railway will handle all the necessary travel.
No doubt about that. They’ll see that troop
trains get through as usual, that casualties
from the war fronts are properly taken care
of, that essential civilian travel is provided
for, and that service men on furlough get
home for the holidays.
But it will be impossible for the railway to
do this vitally necessary transportation job
as it should be done, and at the same time,
handle a peak load of civilian holiday travel.
So, it’s really up to you—whether or not
Jim gets home for the holidays.
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