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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARlMFIELD
Editor and Publisher
Published Every Friday in the Year
Entered as second-class matter
December 6, 1937, at the postoffice
at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3,
1879.
COMMENTS ON
MEN & THINGS
By SPECTATOR
I’m thinkink of making a visit to
Mexico, hoping that my Spanisn
will be equal to the occasion, for
my purpose will be to talk to the
Mexicans about Mexico. Down at
bottom I want to look at our own
country from a distance. Twice be
fore I’ve had that opportunity.
When I was assigned by the General
Staff in France to talk to the sol
diers about the foundations of our
nation I had to think long and hard
about the why and wherefore of
America. In France I went to the
place from which the Crusades be
gan, that ambitious effort to re
cover the Holy Sepulchre from the
Moslems. Strange it is how the
currents of life flow from East tc
West and back from the West to
the East. Those fervent spirits
that went from England, France,
Germany, Spain and Italy to drive
out the Saracens found the mathe
matical sciences of the Arabians—
and were stimulated enormously in
the use of sugar and spices. There
are many who would gladly have
left Algebra to the Arabs. Broadly
considered while Pope Urban and
the great power of the Churcn
sought to recover the tomb of Jesus
they discovered and brought back
some rich treasures of *art and
learning. In saying this one may
be aware that thousands of boys
and girls will not shout praises for
the culture of the East, or other
learning brought back by the mili
tant army of the Lord.
Strangely enough, as we think of
today, the Crusades resulted in
greater liberty for the people and
the virtual destruction of feudalism.
The great lords and nobles, and
even the Kings, sold charters of
greater freedom to towns in order
to finance the war. Just think of
the difference! Today a war cur
tails so many of our liberties that
we seem to have gone backward. At
any rate, the wars of today are no
longer mere ambitious ventures of
proud kings or turbulent nobles. In
saying that I recall that the Kaiser
brought about the most devasting
wars ever conceived by man. If our
recent wars have been fomented by
arrogant rulers for selfish purposes
we like to think that we Americans
have poured blood and treasure in
defense of human rights and to re*
buke aggressive might.
If we were taking stock of our
country what would we find? About
the second of January many mer
chants will take stock, as it is call
ed.
They will make a note of every
article of merchandise, every fix
ture and all the office equipment.
Some time later they will make a
calculation to ascertain the value of
what they have. They will find
some cracked or broken dishes, per
haps, some crockery of an out-of-
date pattern. These they will
mark down because their sale-value
is less than it was some time ago.
Times have changed; people have
new ideas or new tastes. If the
merchant sells dresses, coats, furs,
shoes, hats—and all that—for the
ladies he may find that what he had
on January 2, 1947, is of small value
compared with January 2, 1940.
That is certainly true, unless the
ladies decide to revive the styles or
modes of seven years ago. That is
almost like expecting the mountain
to walk to Mohamet. In any line
of merchandise. you will find
‘goods” virtually unsalable today
that once were as much in demand
as an automobile is today or even
a battery. Even the drug stores
nave difterent medicines or pharma
ceuticals, not to mention the lines
af merchandise now carried in most
pharmacies that once were carried
in other stores, or not known at all.
Perhaps, in time, some drug stores
will adopt the plan of a drug busi
ness that once flourished in old
Edgefield—a full line of staple and
fancy groceries, along with prescrip
tion work, proprietary remedies
ana cosmetics.
Pink Pills for Pale People may
not be found today; that item may
nave been discarded in order to
make way for rouge and lipstick.
is a government subject to surti
changes of concept and practice? If
so, how far should a Government
service depart from the traditional
concept on which our government
was based. We might sit in thought
and try to think this out.
The original idea was that the
Government, any government,
should be a force for the mainten
ance of rights as between man and
man, and for the protection of the
individual against physical violence.
The Police Power was the basic
power of any government — and
still is. Any government worthy of
the name is primarily a police
force, and guards against thieves,
hi-jackers, highwaymen and other
marauders, though strife is tolerated
in certain Labor cases by a decision
of the Federal Courts. In order to
maintain the public peace and to
protect all people in the enjoy
ment of their property and other
rights the government imposed
taxes, Whether for the regular
police force or the militia, that was
the Police Power. Later it was de
cided that the education of child
ren should be a charge on the pub
lic revenue because a democracy
cannot rise above the level of its
citizenship, and that citizenship
should be educated. Ths idea has
been progressively advanced until
the State maintains, Universities
and Colleges. Further, we now have
school buses and school lunches, as
well as school books. .
The Public Health was an early
concern because of the disastrous
effects of epidemics. The idea is
growing today into a larger meas
ure of public participation in health
matters in order to conserve the in
dividual, to guide him in developing
his physical well-bMng.
Today even the National Govern
ment has been called on for help.
So, the National Government and
the State provide for the needy, the
blind, and others. I need not men
tion that today the State Govern
ment and Federal Government
have Employment and Unemploy
ment services; and that the Nation
al Government operates an Old Age
and Survivor Insurance, charging
both employer and employee—each
one percent of the wage or salary.
Then the employer pays three per
cent of the wage as a trust fund for
his workers when unemployed. Of
course I am not discussing all this
in detail. The Federal Govern
ment is undertaking so many serv
ices that one can hardly tell whether
the States should be wiped out or
maintained. We may ask the ques
tion: Are the States worth saving
We Americans are operating with
some degree of confusion. The
Counties and the State contribute
to the public schools, though the
schools are ’’district” institutions,
usually operating on a special school
tax. In South Carolina we haven’t
fully decided whether the schools
are “district”, “county”, or “State”.
The Federal Government contri
butes something, as least for
lunches. The overlapping must
produce some question of account
ing, at least.
The Federal Government is lend
ing money to farmers and home-
purchasers. It lends on a larger
scale through the R. F. C. The
Federal Government, through the
W. P. A. and other agencies, lent
billions of dollars, and give away
billions. The Federal Government
is today allocating sugar to foreign
nations and allowing a shortage
here at home. Almost everything
else is “sho' t” at home, though the
war ended (except in theory) many
months ago.
The Federal Government has
spent hundreds of millions of dol
lars on power projects and is con
templating further expenditures in
that field. Obviously the Federal
Government may prescribe certain
This year choose a useful gift... something that the homemak
er or the man about the house will appreciate. You’ll find all
you need here.
DOOR CHIMES
ANDIRONS
FIRE SETS
FIRE SCREENS
CHILDREN GARDEN
SETS—Three pieces — hoe,
rake and Shovel.
ROLLER SKATES
CORY COFFEE MAKERS
ELECTRIC TOASTERS
TEA KETTLES
HUNTING COATS
GOLF BAGS
FLOURESCENT DESK LAMPS
BED LAMPS
PYREX WARE in most any piece
you want.
BASE BALLS AND BATS
BASEBALL GLOVES
VOLLEY BALLS
FOOT BALLS
TENNIS RACQUETS
CARROM BOARDS
TENNIS BALLS
CHILDREN WAGONS
ELECTRIC SETS
CASSEROLE DISHES
KITCHEN CHAIRS
« DART BOARDS
BREAKFAST MAKERS — You can
cook eggs, bacon, and toast at the
same time.
ALUMINUM WARE in all wanted
pieces.
R. M. Lominack Hardware
conditions when it participates in an
enterprise. Some Federal regula
tions have irked our people immeas
urably. If the Government contri
butes to a school building it may
stipulate against all racial separa
tion. That follows inevitably, but
an opinion by the Federal Attorney
General leaves no doubt.
Now should we Americans take
stock? We have many governments
—Federal, State, County (School-
district) Town. What should be the
respective areas or zones of their
operation? If all may operate with
in the same a r eas; if all may parti
cipate in the same functions; if, as
the lawyers say, they have—all of
them—concurrent jurisdiction in a
given case, then we have a confu
sion of purpose and a worse confu
sion of functions.
i’ve studied some of th egovern-
ments of Europe, and for years was
a Director General of Government
in South America. So I’ve looked
at our great country from a dis-«
tance. It is the greatest country in
the world, and that is due to having
the greatest people. I say it not
as a jingo, but as one who, while
critical, yet finds his own land and
his own people the favored of the
Lord. But I want to see it again in
perspective, to ponder over what
has made this country so great and
whatever may impair it today or
threaten it with menace tomorrow.
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FENNELL’S
N. Y. Girl Leaves
For Switzerland
Obviously recovered from the
rigors of three years in a Japanese
internment camp in the Philippines,
Miss Helen Kephart, 19, of 265 Hen
ry St., Brooklyn, N. Y., left Novem
ber 20 for London aboard Clipper
Donald McKay % of Pan American
World Airways en route to Switzer
land where she will enroll as a
sophomore in the University of
Geneva. She will return home
next spring to marry Major Den
ton C. Rountree, 745 Caldwell
street, Newberry, son of Mrs. Au
brey Estes, whom she met when he,
with the Army’s 37th Infantry,
helped to liberate (Miss Kephart
and others at Santo Tomas Camp
near Manila. She was interned
there from 1942-45 with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kep
hart, of Brooklyn, and her three
sisters, Elizabeth, 20, Barbara, b,
and Nancy, 5. Kephart, special
representative for United States
Steel Corporation, was stationed
with the company in Manila.
WANT TO BUY— Geese, Ducks.
Rabbits, Pigeons. Bantams. R.
DERRILL SMITH, Wholesale Gro
cer, Newberry, S. C. 3-8tn
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1946
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The Baptists and Methodists of
South Carolina have held their an
nual meetings. Both denominations
report a good year. Such meet
ings are like an encampment of the
A my of the Lord and these armies
are recruited and organized for the
uplift of humanity.
Some one has remarked that the
Churches should be more concern
ed about some practical problems
of bread and meat. Undoubtedly
the influence of the Churches has
been the dynamic force for most of
the progress of men. And, of
course, the Church has been the in
fluence which has removed the
shackles from our womanhood. But
the Church does not use its great,
opportunity for the building of soup
centers; its prime function is to
move the hearts of men and to re
generate their spirits. These great
bodies of organized religion carry
the torch of civilization, appealing
to the heart, lighting the way of
eternal salvation, emphasizing the
deep, the basic, the abiding inter
ests of men and women. Great as
is the humanitarian service which
feeds the bodies of men we recall
the words of Supreme wisdom:
Man shall not live by bread alone.
Rather, indeed does he measure his
life by spiritual values and not by
the abundance of the things which
he possesses. With the concerns
here we shall be engaged but a few
years at most. According to Scrip
ture, it is better to endure the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune
here, with hunger, like Lazarus, with
rewards on the Other Side, than to
enjoy the purple and fine linen here,
like Dives, and be impoverished in
a few years, having spent it all
here. The Church keeps that be
fore us, a proper sense of values.
All National Service Life Insur
ance policies for South Carolina,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and
Tennessee have been placed in the
Veterans Administration branch
office in Atlanta.
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: What Will I Give
Them for Christmas?
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HAVE THE
ANSWER
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