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THE NEWBERRY BUN
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1946
1218 College Street
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 poetoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
Comments On
Men And Things
By SPECTATOR
Just musing over the Fourth of
July. What was it all about? Why
all the fuss and fury? Were the
Americans of 1776 just a quarrel
some lot of men, ever ready to
magnify trifles, to make much
ado over nothing? What had the
King of England done to them?
Perhaps it would not cause a war
today, a rebellion, for the Ameri
can Patriots were rebels, accord
ing to law; they denounced and
defied their Soverign Lord, the
King. Today we cry aloud in the
press, some papers will take a
stand; a few radio commentators
will discuss the issues; but most
Americans will swallow any medi
cine if it be given them by their
political party.
The King of England had levied
some taxes—which were not heavy;
he asserted the right to try Ameri
cans in the Courts of England. If
you read the indictment against
the King, which is the bas s of our
Declaration of Independence, you
will find that Thomas Jefferson
set out in detail the reason for a
break with the English Crown. It
is rather a long indictment, indi
cating that the King had “refus
ed hig assent to laws the most
wholesome and necessary for the
public good”. That “He has erect
ed a multitude of new offices, and
officers to harass our people and
eat out their substance”. “He has
combined with others to subject
us to a jurisdiction foreign to our
Constitutions, and unacknowledged
by our laws . . . ”. “He has excit
ed domestic insurrection among
us . . . ”.—and the conclusion in
cludes these sentences: “That these
united colonies are, and of right
ought to be set free and independ
ent states.”
This year, 1949; a hundred and
seventy years after the Great Dec
laration, how goes it with America?
When the American colonists
took the bold step in 1776, declar
ing all mandkind to b e free and
equal, they meant, of course, that
all men were entitled to the equal
protection of. the law; that all
men stood on the same level for
justice. That became a basic prin
ciple of our law, of our govern
ment—the Equal Protection of the
Law for all. That is really the
greatest achievement of the found
ing fathers.
Let us compare the grievances of
1776 with the conditions of 1946.
There are no grievances today be
cause there is no King to rule over
us; whatever we may complain
of is a condition due to ourselves, a
condition which we can correct if
we feel the urge to act.
Briefly reviewing the afflictions
of 1776 we find that the really
large issues were taxation without
representation and a general arro
gance that virtually held he colo
nists in contempt. A little diplo
macy would have smoothed things
over, for the colonies did not plan
to revolt.
Today, 1946, we have no enemy
from the outside to harrow our
spirits or lay the heavy hand of
compulsion on us. But we have
enemies within our gates, and
they are ating at the heart of the
great republic which so bravely
declared itself when just a small
body of patriotic spirits.
Do you recall the Trojan Horse?
Helen with her lovely self had
brought on war with Greece. The
Greeks beseiged the City of Troy
ten years without success, until a
great wooden horse was built and
filled with soldiers. The Trojans
took the horse within the walls of
the city and the hidden soldiers
slipped out and opened the gates
of Troy to the Greek Army. And
the enemies who entered our gates
seeking liberty, seeking the oppor
tunity which i s America—those
enemies are Socialists and Com
munists by name; and hundreds of
thousands of Americans who are
blind or cowardly are hand-in-
glova with them.
Most of us carry life insurance;
we wish to provide for our families
when we no longer can bring home
the weekly wage envelope or the
salary check. We are looking to the
future of those who have a claim
on us; we wish to provide against
many contingencies. But the best
insurance we can provide, in a
broad, national sense, is a revived
spirit of liberty, of equality. And
not only a revived spirit of equal
ity before the law, but a revival
of that fact, a revival of the equal
ity itself, in all aspects of our cit
izenship.
A little property, a few dollars,
can quickly make cowards of some
men. Instead of daring to do all
that may become a man, as Mac
beth said, they refuse to stick their
necks out. “Safety first” has be
come the refuge of men who hold
fast to the present, with craven
fear lest they suffer for any act of
real public welfare. They proudly
suffer the “slings and arrows of
outrageous fortune”, rather than
take up the cudgels to correct a-
buses and restore the heritage of
freedom to work, to live, to build,
to succeed.
Those of us who know of the in
fluences at work, the P.A.C., and
the others; who, see our Govern
ment in Washington toadying to
Communistic elements;—where is
our Americanism, that we tamely
submit to this?
Who is it that is trying to in
flame the negroes and bring about
a clash in the South? The spon
sors of all that are the CIO; and
our Government eagerly adopts
the CIO planks and platforms be
cause we are living in a day of
votes. Principles of government—
the basic equality before the law—
have been thrown overboard; we
have sinister influences at work
seeking power; scheming to under
mine and overthrow this “land of
the Pilgrims’ pride”. And even
the President of the United States
the Congress and the Supreme
Court are made to feel the power
of an arrogant political oligarchy
which masquerades as a Labor Un
ion.
Some of my South Carolina
friends must wonder at this, for
in this state we have no such la
bor government. Indeed we have
some real patriots in the Unions of
South Carolina. But the threat is
coming even here, just a s the fact
is established in Washington.
Spectator is not a nervous, excit
able calamity-howler; he sees only
what is clear to most men who
read the news of the day. I quote
an editorial from The Charlotte
Observer of July third:
“Revulsion against Communists
and left-wingers leads the head of
union local at Philadelphia to call
a conference to consider gettting
out the CIO. Even some members
of CIO unons are so nauseated
with what they see that they can’t
stand it much longer. Many people
—and they are not all members of
the National Association of Manu
facturers—have a lively fear that
the open co-operation between the
government and the CIO will re
sult in the latter taking over the.
government. Worse than that is
in prospect. If the Communists
take over the CIO that would
mean the Reds taking over the
government. Taking over is a
mild word. It would mean over
throw of the American system oi
government and everything else.
It isn’t strange that the union lead
er calls for a conference to meei
this -menace. The record of Com
munism i s that among the first to
be overthrown and liquidated are
the misguided sympathizers who
help them attain power. They
have reason to fear. The shadow
of Communism is the shadow of
death.”
No one will deny that this is
one of the great papers of Ameri
ca; nor will anyone accuse it of
being a wild paper.
We have something worth cher
ishing. The sturdy men who chal-
langed a mighty King were men of
affairs, men of vision, men of
wisdom, men who risked their
property and their lives for prin
ciples of government. Those sign
ers of the Declaration were not just
glib talkers, men of no stake. Of
the illustrious names signed to the
Declaration of Independence, many
were businessmen, several of them
being merchants. They were not
professional politicians or vote-
seekers. It is a challange to men
of substance to use their ability to
conserve the untrammelled oppor
tunity which made possible their
own rise in life.
Today the great nation which
was built on the thirteen Colonies
which became States, is trying
through our courts and through
laws and decrees to destroy the
States. Through judicial usurpa
tion the Inter-State Commerce
clause is being made the weapon
to obliterate the States.
Why did the Colonies declare
themselves to be “States”, not
provinces? What does the word
“State” mean? The word “State”
means an independent country, a
sovereign nation, as free and self-
governing as was Britain herself in
all her pomp and majesty. The
America" Union was a voluntary
associa m of Sovereign powers,
calling themselves “States”. They
were recognized as independent
States by the King.
In a nation so vast, of so many
varied interests, the States were
independent in their local or dom
estic affairs, the National Govern
ment assuming only the duties
common to all the States, such as
providing for the Common defense.
And the States made a bargain,
drew up an agreement, called the
Constitution of the United States,
which expressly declares that the
Nation has only the prerogatives
mentioned in the Constitution; and
that all other s are reserved to the
States, or to the people.
Just as our forefathers left Eu
rope for a larger opportupity so
may any man or men leave a State
and move to another State. It is
not the function of the United
States Government to strain at and
stretch the Constitution so as to
usurp the reserved Sovereign pre
rogatives of the States.
What is undermining the States
is not any consideration of effi
cient administration, but owes its
greatest, most powerful impulse to
scheming men who are subverting
the fundamental rights and liber
ties of citizens of the States for the
glorification of themselves, the en
trenchment of their personal pow
er even at the cost of communistic
despotism.
Announcing The Arrival
OF THE NEW
1946
Packard Clipper
The public is invited to see and drive this new eight-cylinder Packard demon
strator.
The new Packard Clipper is being shown for the present at Baker-Summer Ga
rage on McKibben Street, next door to the Newberry Recapping Company.
Our permanent location at 913 Friend Street is now undergoing repairs and re
modeling and when ready for occupancy will offer a complete
SERVICE & REPAIR DEPARTMENT
The repair department will be under the management of A. S. Pruitt of Anderson,
who has had over twenty years experience in motor car maintenance.
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HENDRIX-CROMER
Miss Dorothy Amelia Hendrix
and George Haygood Cromer were
married on Saturday, June 29 in
the St. Luke’s parsonage in Pros
perity by the Rev. C. E. Seastrunk.
Mrs. Cromer Is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tiller
Hendrix of Newberry. She has
been employed at the Oakland plant
of The Kendall mills in Newberry.
Mr. Cromer is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Cromer of Po-
maria. He is employed at the Rock
Quarry in Newberry.
After a short wedding trip to
North Carolina, the young couple
are making their home in Newber
ry.
white accessories and a corsage of
pink rosebuds.
Mrs. Bedenbaugh is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Eva McKissick and the
late William McKissick of Newber
ry. She received her education in
the city schools, and is now em
ployed as cashier at the Little
Star grocery store.
Mr. Bedenbaugh is the 'son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Bedenbaugh of
Newberry. He is employed with
the City Construction Company in
i Newberry.
FULLER-BLALOCK
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Fuller of
Clinton announce the marriage of
their daughter. Ruby Agnes, to
William Moore Blalock on Sunday,
the thirteenth of June, nineteen
hundred and forty-six, in North
Augusta, S. C.
McKISSICK-BEDENBAUGH
Miss Mary Frances McKissick
and William Grady Bedenbaugh
were married Tuesday evening,
July 9th at 8:30 o’clock at the
home of the bride’s pastor, the
Rev. H. C. Ritter.
Miss Edith Chappell and William
McKissick were the only attend
ants.
The bride choose for her wed
ding a dress of light blue with
I profoundly deplore the fact that
more of this has been done by our
own party than was done by all
others since the first days of the
republic. At the same time I am
happy to observe the manly course
of our Senators and Representa
tives who are waking to the menace
of Socialism and Communism and
are standing for the full heritage of
a free people.
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