The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, April 26, 1946, Image 4
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26. 1»4«
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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 3, 1879.
What Is Democracy?
Spectator Queries
What is Democracy? I have no
reference to democracy, such as is
found in Russia. If that be demo
cracy we must change our idea of
democracy. If what the Washington
bureaucrats have fastened upon is
democracy we must put aside our
cherished idea and grow accustomed
to a radical change. If the bobtail
ing of bills by our Legislature; if
all this subterfuge; if all this sub
version of the law; if this deliberate
negation of the Constitution—if any
of his is democracy, we may under
stand why the Russians don’t un
derstand our democracy.
I’m talking about the Democracy
of our Democratic Party. What is
it?
Is Mr. Truman a Democrat?
Is Mr. Henry Wallace a Democrat?
Is Chester Bowles a Democrat?
Is the Truman Administration re
presentative of the Democratic
Party?
I ask seriously: What is the
Democracy which governs the Na
tion today? Tell me what is the
political creed of a Truman Demo
crat?
Mr. Truman is insistent for the
F.EJ’.C.—the bill to require equal
consideration in employment, so
that you must give the same con
sideration to negroes and whites in
virtually every business, calling or
occupation.
Mr. Truman is preaching the
urgency for higher wages for labor,
but would even deny to farmers the
right to count the cost of labor in
determining parity. If Mr. Truman
were not President of the United
{’totes I should think his idea of in
flation stupid. How can billions in
wages be economically desirable;
while billions in farm prices become
inflationary ?
It still remains true that the
President’s great concern is for
union Labor, though he demands a
minimum of sixty-five cents an hour
for all Labor. In the face of that
he opposes very simple justice for
the farmer! And, mark you, every
man of Labor receives this guanan-
tee individually; a farmer may
starve to death, in spite of high
farm prices, if he makes no crop!!
There is no guarantee to the indi
vidual farmer—nor to the merchant.
Now Mr. Henny Wallace told the
Colored boys and girls at Tuskegee
that the White people should be
EDUCATED! When we are educat
ed; when we lose our fear of the
negro, we shall have absolute equal
ity, said Mr. Wallace! And Mr. Wal
lace is a Democrat; he is Secretary
of Commerce under President Tru
man!
And th Solicitor General of the
United States says we must—MUST,
mark you, we must let the negroes
vote in the Democratic Primaries, or
he will rise up and smite us; will
put us in jail, you know—and all
that. The Solicitor General is an
officer in President Truman’s Ad
ministration. A Democrat is the
Solicitor General, just as Mr. Wal
lace is a Democrat; just as Mr. Tru
man is a Democrat. All Democrats,
they are, Carolinians. So what are
you?
-.1 like the spirit and spunk of the
Governor of Arkansas. He refuses
to be bound by Mr. Truman or his
underlings. Would that we had a
political leader in South Carolina
who would stand worth like a man;
who would not try to decieve him
self or his people into a slavish, an
ignoble yielding of the vital prin
ciples of Americanism and Demo
cracy.
We may be face to face with an
issue of National welfare more im
portant than a servile acceptance of
Party Platforms, Party deceit. Par
ty dishonor.
Why doesn’t someone defend this
treason against Democracy? Are
they holding their jobs, their fav
ors ? Nourishing fond hopes' of re
ward? Are they deliberately bart
ering the gredt principles and tra
ditions of our Nation, and especially
of the South, for a Party label, even
though from a pedestal in every
court house square the valient Con
federate soldier must want to hang
his head? He in his rags, barefoot,
htmgry, never dreamed of surrender
ing anything bust his gun. His
spirit never surrendered, tnough he
ate parched corn or dry corn
bread. It has remained for us, hist
sons and grandsons, to deny him
and his sacrifices, his principles and
policies; and to trade our heritage
of freedom for jobs and favors!
Several gentlemen are in the
field for the office of Governor and
are speaking throughout the State
on issues of importance. It is good
to have a discussion of public ques
tions in the calm of luncheons.
Luncheons may be calm even if
noisy.
It may be said that the greatest
evil in the government of our State
is functional, not structural. Reform
in the make-up of the State govern
ment has been discussed and earn
estly advocated for thirty years, or
more, but even the studies, reports
and investigations have resulted in
nothing. On the contrary, the Gen
eral Asembly has continued to create
offices and to enact laws with little
regard for order or symmetrical
development. Of course the Nation
al Government has been a bad
example.
What really cries for immediate
correction is the practice of disre
garding the Constitution. This re
sults in the fostering of a dominant
group who can rule like an ancient
oligarchy. We need to reassert our
principle of Constitutional govern
ment. In doing so we must also
impress upon the courts that a citi
zen is a party in interest when any
public measure violates the Consti
tution.
A little frank talk with our
courts may be desirable before some
one launches an attack on the at
titude of the judiciary in refusing
to look behind or beyond the certifi
cate of a presiding officer. If the
Courts are to be the refuge of a
citizen; if the Courts are to redress
grievances, the courts must not
throw' a mantle of sanctity around
a legislative certificate, or deqy to
any citizen the prerogative to invoke
Constitutional guarantees, regardless
of the offender.
In the friendliest and most ap
preciative spirit I call attention to
the wide-spread popular dissent from
a decision which was tantamount to
a refusal to act on a constitutional
question, which was, and is, a mat
ter of common knowledge. When
the Constitution plainly inhibits an
act, and that provision is pleaded
with pr»of, we must expect the
Courts to be our bulwark of defense
against all infractions of the funda
mental law.
has streets North to South and
East to West. There are »o meand
ering thoroughfares built along cow
trails.
The surveyors ran lines North
and South,. East and West seeking
a Central point for a County seat.
Mr. Junius White and Mr. Lesesne
agreed on the Commission and on
the geographical center—a point in
Ox Swamp. Well, that would’t do
at all, for despite the glamor of
Francis Marion’s retreats, ; no one
wished, to live in the heart of a
samp. So the Commigsion chose
the salubrious site near the swamp
for a County Capital.
The truth is that we are sur
rounded by swamps at least on the
North, East and South, with bays,
branches and Savannah on the West.
This explains the healthfulness of
the town and its bracing summer
climate. The artesian water is wide
ly appreciated.
What about your town? I don’t
claim everything for Manning;
there are many other attractive
towns in our State. Consider Sum
ter, Orangeburg, the tranquil charm
of Beaufort, Aiken, Camden, Winns-
boro, and many others.
ing fragrant cigars and drinking ex
pensive liquors, rather glamorously
throwing their weight about, and
trying to look big as they feel. But
they don’t own the enterprise; the
real owners are probably two hund
red thousand little fellows, widows,
orphans and estates holding a few
shares. They are the owners.
An investigator has made a study
and his report is informative. Much
of his information comes from the
United States Department of Com
merce, a vast Department now pre
sided over by that great Democrat
and Statesman, Henry Wallace, who
seems to dream all day and to re
member his dreams as facts.
The Department of Commerce re
ports for 1944 that wages paid were
as seven to one; that is, seven dol
lars to Labor for one dollar to the
owners.
If the enterprise should fail, the
owners would lose not only the divi
dend but most of the investment!
But Labor is sure of wages, sink or
swim.
What part of the earnings of a
business does Labor receive? As
suming that a business enterprise
“makes” a gross profit of a million
dollars, what part is kept by the
owners ? What percentage is paid
to Labor? I refer to all elements of
cost without wages.
I once owned a few shares of
stock in U. S. Steel. During the
five years of my stock ownership, I
received exactly nothing, not one
cent for dividends. The other two
hundred thousand stockholders were
in the same plight, of course. We
owned the great Steel Corporation,
though my holding would hardly buy
a keg of nails, at present prices. We,
the owners, received nothing; but
during that five years wages grew
and taxes swelled steadily. That is
one thing worth noting; the owners
received nothing, but the Govern
ment and Labor received increases.
There are many great corporations
which are not paying the owners
anything today. They were so sunk
by wages and taxes during the New
Deal era, that even now they are
still too groggy to walk. Of course
if you go down deep you get groggy.
If you doubt that, try a trip down
on a submarine.
There is, .however, an impression
that Big Business gets all the mon
ey, and leaves Labor starving on the
outside. Part of that impression—
or all of it—is due to high-salaried
officials showing off, always smok-
Recently I have made several pil
grimages to the cemetery in Man
ning. The ladies keep the city of
the dead a clean spot. That the
next lot to the East should be used
for a town dump is hardly a beau
teous addition. That some one
should tear out a part of the iron
fence is rot praiseworthy. Our
people will correct these things, but
what is going on in your cemtery?
That is the real purpose of the dis
closure. It was my good fortune to
meet Mr. Fred Lesesne in the ceme
tery. We walked about, reading in
scriptions, one in French—which
we didn’t read very well. Mr. Junius
A. White joined us and contributed
to our information about early
dwellers in Manning.
Manning was laid off for a
County seat; it wasn’t a thrown-to-
gether village, without order. It
p^s
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WE HAVE THEM IN STOCK
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HOME
Demonstration
MIXED GREENS
Greens were considered good
spring tonic in grandmother’s day.
Today they are recognized as tonics
for any season because of their nat
ural richness - in important vitamins
and minerals, particularly vitamins
A and C and iron and cilcium. The
more valuable greens listed by nut
ritionists of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture are kale, collards,
mustard, greens and turnip tops.
A greater variety of greens in
home gardens and on family dinner
tables will help prevent monotony in
meals and provide more nutritive
value. Savory mixed greens, cook
ed together or served raw in mixed
gren salads, often will be more ap
petizing than the same kind of
greens served day after day.
A greater use of kale, especially
in mixed greens, was urged recent
ly by two New England State ex
periment stations. Scientists at
the Massachusetts Station pointed
out that kale has few insect enemies
and can be grown in many types of
soil in home gardens and commercial
market gardens.
“Unfortunately,” say these scien
tists, “the characteristic flavor of
kale is not relished by -some people,
and it is not as extensively used as
its' food value justifies. If its high
nutritive value were more widely
recognized, the amount consumed
could be increased by using it with
other greens.”
PRAYER OF A CHILD
Dear God, I wish I could have been
Among those girls and boys
You called to come and talk with you
And who lett all their toys,
And ran and climbed up on your knee
And held your hand and sat
Around you, learning lovely things—
I wish I had done that!
But God! I know that even now
I can get close to you.
I know you still love children—Yes
Indeed; I know you do.
And so I often slip away
Into the Church and kneel
Down at the altar where you are,
And tell you all I feel.
I cannot %ee your face, and yet
I know that you are there,
I know I’m just as close to you
As all those children were!
Engagement Of
Miss Smith Is
Announced Here
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Derrill Smith
announce the engagement of their
daughter
Derrill
to
Mr. William L. Beat
of Toledo, Ohio
The wedding will take place in
early summer.
. Mrs. Eugene Spearman, Miss Har
riett Harmon, Mrs. Ray Feagle and
Mrs. Ruth Mathis of the Department
of Public Welfare, attended an in-
service Training Meeting which was
held in Columbia Tuesday.
FOR SALE—Late model Majestic
coal and wood range, grey enamel.
This stove is in first class condi
tion. Telephone Mrs. L. G. Esk
ridge. 12-19-26p
On next Saturday, April 27, the
4-H Council will meet at the Court
House at 2:00 o’clock. All 4-H
members are urged to be present.
The program will consist of talks by
club members, team demonstrations
and games. There are also some
prizes to be awarded. Will be glad
for parerts to attend. The meeting
will n ot be much over an hour.
Baseball
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Saturday, April 27th. 4p.m.
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