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✓ _ i • i ■ FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1947 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA O. F. ARIMFIELD 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. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance; Out side S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. CLASSIFIED RATES: One cents per word, minimum of 35c; three insertions for price of two. Long term classified rates on request. Cards of Thanks, Tributes, etc., will be charged for at 50c each. The SPECTATOR The resignation of James F. Byrnes snocked us. Mr. Byrnes isn’t a young man; about sixty eight years have relied by. From his boyhood in Charleston until now ivir. Byrnes has been a work er. He started and climbed by us ing his brain. i\o Soutn Carolinian has partici pated in more momentous confer ences than James F. Byrnes. While he is still among us many with hold the full measure of praise de served by Mr. Byrnes, but he must 0e accoraed a place of the highest distinction, both as South Carolin ian and American. A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsville enters the National and inter-Na- tional scene as James F. Byrnes steps out. Although a native of iNorth Carolina Lee Wiggins came to South Carolina while still a lad. ne is, in large measure, a product of South Carolina opportunity, and he has contributed his full part to his adopted state. In one respect Mr. Byrnes and Mr. Wiggins are alike: they work ed their way up from small begin nings; both are success stories in themselves. Mr. Byrnes, fighting hi? way through the shifts and en- t nglements, the harrowings and harassments of politics, served in many positions, advancing steadily in rank and in public esteem. In his distinguished service as Secre tary of State Mr. Byrnes rose to his full stature and received the applause of the nation. We can hope that the bright and active mind of Mr. Byrnes may continue to serve the cause of a lasting peace. Lee Wiggins has moved and grown and advanced in the field of business. Coming to the Cokers in his youth he had the rich exper ience of association with the great builder, James L. Coker, the extra ordinary man of the Pee Dee, in a county abounding with men of character, intelligence, vision and culture. Although “the Major” shines with special brilliance he developed many men of remarkable ability, and they carried out and expanded the Coker vision. To be closely associated with David R. Coker and J. J. Lawton was the great fortune of Lee Wiggins. And then when those stalwart men had passed on the men of the day were Lee Wiggins, Chris. Tim- berlake and Mr. Wilds, together with the younger men, Robert Co ker, James L. Coker, Edgar Law- ton. Major Coker, the wise leader, brought able men to his side; and they, with the same wisdom, have continued that sound policy. Lee Wiggins became the banker of the Coker group and Manager of the vast mercantile enterprise. And, while promoting the Coker interests, Lee Wiggins cultivated interests of his own—newspaper, educational and other phases of public serice. He probably wanted to be a teacher, and tried to recon cile that with his varied business interests. Today Lee Wiggins is second man in the Treasury of the United States, at a time when America is almost financing the world. Cer tainly not looking for anything but an opportunity to do his best on the largest scale of a notable life, he will go about his big task with the same directness and earnest ness which characterized him in Hartsville. He will not act until he feels sure of his course; nor will anyone rush him into action. Lee Wiggins has gone high, “nor lost the common touch.” He and Jimmy Byrnes I’ve found the same, just the same all the years. I’ve never tried this on Jimmie, but Lee Wiggins came to see me about six weeks ago—and we just talked a couple of hours, until we went in a little plain room and I filled him with collards and buttermilk. He We Close All Day Each WEDNESDAY W. E. TURNER Jeweler FENNELL’S Jewelry Store, T. M. ROGERS & SON seemed to survive it unweakened, even graciously pretending that he liked common “vittles.” Jimmie goes out and Lee goes in. May the best of everything, with wisdom, peace and durable satisfac tion, be vouchsafed to both. Both are fine products of free America, which recognizes industry, ability, and vision. Edgar A. Brown gives notice that new appropriations must be met by new taxes. That is certainly u sound position, though one wonder? about the unsound position of de voting the surplus to certain per manent expansions, which will re quire permanent new expenditures. What about that? A great university president once remarked that his institution was being impoverished by big gifts. Sounds queer, doesn’t it? But John Doe would give a million for a laboratory; Richard Roe would give a million for a library; X Y would give a million for something else. What about it? The rich giv ers did not give money for main- cenance, the result was that the institution had heavy additional expenses because of the buildings but no additional income. So it is with our State. Senator Brown would give more lights if he would tell us how the surplus will be spent—if there is a surplus. It is known that the State clos ed its books on June 30, with a deficit for the fiscal year. Most citizens didn’t know it. We had heard so much about the steady flow of money that no one sus pected a deficit. The deficit was covered by using a part of the golden surplus of earlier war years. Now we ask the question, Is the Stale closing its books on June 30, 1947 with a deficit? If so, the im mediate obligation of the General Assembly is to retrench. If we have an operating deficit there is no money for new things, new services, or expanded services. Even if there is no operating deficit the present income of the State is so clearly due for a falling off that the State should not embark on new ventures. James H. Hope, so long State Superintendent of Education that he has become, like Mr. A. S. Sal ley, an institution, has participated in the greatest expansion of our school operations. Mr. Hope tells us tnat a taxpayer of South Caro lina bears a heavier load for schools than does the taxpayer of any other State . He is referring, I think, to the potential load, be cause of the great number of chil dren of school age, or approaching six years of age. An ingenious man of figures tries to prove that the sales within a State are in di rect relation to the money spent lor schools. Of course he may be right; undoubtedly the direct result ol education is to increase wants, and thereby to increase expenditures (and sales). It would be interest ing to show all the possibilities of that, as, for example, increase in savings; increase in home owner ship; increase in church member ships, contributions and community usefulness. If we cannot prove that education lifts the whole man, spiritually, too, we must delve again to find where and wherein we fail. How much money the State can afford to spend is one question. How the State should spend that money is another question. The first approach is to find out the probable income of the State, dis counting special golden gushers and studying the regular, steady stream of income. Then the State, like a merchant, should decide what lines are most necessary, most vital to the soundest interests of the State. A great newspaper once operateef a book store. Beyond a doubt the owners of the paper thought of the book stre as a very desirable fea ture of the business. All of us like bookstores; most of us like to browse among the books. Books CAR HEATERS Let us install a Heater in your car before cold weath er. expert Carburetor and Elec trical service. WE SPECIALIZE IN AUTO AND TRUCK REPAIRS $EASE MOTOR COMPANY Your PACKARD Dealer >13 Friend St. Phone 37-M What Every Veteran Should Know About G. I. FUGHT TRAINING if you are an ex-serviceman, eli gible to receive the benefits of the G.I. Bill of Rights, you can take flight training at Govern ment expense while gainfully employed, and get pay while you learn to fly. This is an extra benefit of the bill and will not ' deprive you of its other priv ileges. Investigate today! ! Shealy’s Flying Ser. NEWBERRY AIRPORT E O. SHEALY, MGR. produce an atmosphere of serious ness and reflection. But . . . There came a time when a new manager came to the scene; he was a man of figures; he studied the records; he closed the book-store; it had lost money for years. Some farmers have discarded fine-look ing cows; and some housewives have culled their hens, because they were “boarders”; they didn’t pro duce enough to justify “their keep.” Did anyone ever study the State and municipal governments? How do we manage them? By pil ing on. Suppose a farmer with four mules buys a tractor. Does he keep four mules and the tractor? Does he manage by merely adding ex pense? Well, if he does, he will move to town some day and eat at his wife’s boarding house. How many “boarders” have we on the public pay roll? The Congress may pass any sort of legislation not prohibited by the Constitution, apparently, though the Constitution itself prescribes that the powers of Congress (and implied powers) are only those mentioned. But the Constitutional inhibition against "laws impairing the obliga tion of a contract" is only a restric tion on States. Congress can stop this portal-to-porlal foolishness. What makes America great? A Christmas card brought to mind a family up North. Some years ago 1 attended a University up above the Mason and Dixon line. The janitor of our dormitory was an Italian, a friendly fellow who lived in the basement with his wife and two children. These two children—a girl and a boy—were strikingly handsome, with large, lustrous eyes. The little girl was about eight, quite a motherly little soul, with the nicest manners and a sense of responsibility for her little brother. The little brother, while a child always polite, was all boy in one respect at least—he was always hungry, and always accepted ice cream, candy or cakes—or, all three. Little Mary was mortified because little Frank so readily ad mitted on all occasions that he was ready for whatever could be had. You will recall that little girls are made of sugar and spice—and ev erything nice; and have to watch over their little brothers—big ones, too. The two eager-eyed little children went with me to the “zoo” and to the aquarium—and all about. A few years ago x was in that city of the University and rode out to the big dormitory. As luck would have it I found Frank, the father, still janitor, still living in the basement. He recognized m - with a broad smile and bright eyes. Where were the children—those pretty little fellows? Mary became a teacher in Boston. Think of that! And little Frank, that boy ot the sound appetite, unabashed— little Frank is now a professor of Chemistry in the same University in which his father is a janitor: That is America. That father and mother are happy in their two children, both now in deserved positions of responsibility. A mil lion such cases can be found. Now would the America which has been the haven of the oppressed, the land of opportunity, be the same under Communism? No, then why do we tolerate designs against the foundation principles of our Na tion? TOMMY LONG ELECTED TO LOCAL POLICE FORCE Tommy Long, who accepted a position with the city force recent ly, was sworn in on January 10 filling the vacancy made by the resignation of John C. Neel, Jr., who resigned his position with the force on January 15 to accept a position as patrolman with the State highway department. v Mr. Neel, son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. J. C. Neel, is now attend ing a nine weeks’ special school for State Patrolmen which is being held at the Lexington air base in Columbia. Mr. Long will move his family to Newberry from Greenville as soon as living quarters are available. The Longs have made their home in Greenville for the past year. 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Also old feather beds and pil lows filled with goose or duck fea thers. We also have a nice line of groceries. W. H. Sterling, Vincent street. THE NEWBERRY SUN Whitmire Man BUTLER HARE RATED BEST HISTORY STUDENT Full Coloiiel The friends of Colonel Tom Su- ber, who was recently promoted to that rank from Lieutenant Colonel, wil Ibe glad to learn that he is do ing nicely after undergoing another operation on his leg in the Oliver General hospital in Augusta, Ga. Although being a patient in th<- hospital for the past twenty months, Colonel Suber has been able to spend part of the time in Whitmire with his wife, the former Helen Mower, daughter of Mrs. Frank Mower of Newberry, and their two small children, Nina and Frank, at their home on Bridge street, where they have been living for tne past year. Colonel Suber went into the serv ice in 1942, and spent three and one-half years overseas. He receiv ed his wounds in May of 1945, while on duty in the Philippines. He expects to receive his perma nent discharge from the hospital at an early date, and plans to resume his business interest in Whitmire AIRBORNE 'ANGELS' IN JAPAN Men now volunteering for three years: of Army service may enlist directly into six famed Pacific divisions, one of them the 11th Air borne, stationed in Japan. Known as “The Angels,” the men of this air-minded division collected ten distinguished Unit Citations for six months of fighting on Leyte and Luzon Islands in the Philippines. In one spectacular mission, they liberated the prisoners of the in famous Los Banos prison camp af ter a combined air and sea assault. REV. MAYES OF BEAUFORT SPEAKER AVELEIGH SUNDAY The Rev. Francis B. Mayes of Beaufort, will deliver the morning service at Aveleigh Presbyterian church’Sunday morning at 11:30 p. m. All members are urged to be present, and the public is cordially invited to hear Rev. Mayes. News & Courier (Charleston). If the production of a sketch ot the life and doing of Butler B Hare depended on the congress man from the Third South Caro lina district furnishing the infor mation, it wouldn’t be produced, in all probability, because Butler Hare is a man of few words, and those he uses are infrequently about himself. Chairman of the South Carolina delegation by virtue of the fact nt_ has had the longest service of any of its six members in congress, Mr. Hare is a man who gets things done while industriously engaged in do ing them, rather than talking about them. Take, for instance, the Clark’s Hill flood cntrol and power devel opment project on the Savannah River running between South Car olina and Georgia—that's a project which has been hanging fire for a goodly number of years, and one about which much has been said. Said, that is, by everybody but But ler Hare, who, contented himself with just working on the job. This year, the project gained favor—considerable favor, and con gress appropriated some $4,500,000 to start work on it. When the funds were set aside, they were put down as a Georgia appropriation—but the people of South Carolina stand to gain just as much, if not more, by reason of the project as do the people of Georgia. And regardless of the fact that the appropriation is listed as a Georgia fund, mem bers of both the South Carolina and Georgia delegations will tell one that the persistent, effective work of Butler Hare had more to do with the approval of the project than any other single factor. But Butler Hare, didn’t, when the appropriation was approved, call up any newspapermen and ten them what he had done for his dis trict. He left that to members ot the Georgia delegation—while he began planning ways and means ot obtaining another $4,500,000 from (Continued on back page) TELEPHONE 269-M HOURS: 9:00 TO 12:00 Dr Z. 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