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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24. 1947
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NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
O. F. ARIMFIELD
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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