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SPECTATOR '
Is the Christian religion out
of date? Is the Old Testament a
back number, just a book, or
series of books, not squaring
with the conditions of today?
Shall we of today make a new
code for individuals, since the
old code no longer is respected?
The Ten Commandments in
clude such declarations for the
public, and the public peace and
order, as the following;
Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord in vain.
Certainly that is not respected.
Not only men, but women, even
boys and girls, violate that daily,
many times daily. If lack of ob
servance of a Commandment ar
gues for throwing it overboard
by law, then this Commandment
should be thrown out; it should
be repealed by the .General As
sembly. Of course the Law of
Gravitation also operates against
us sometimes, and should be re
pealed. Then The Law of Sup
ply and Demand, which the so-
called Lebrals “repealed”, should
never be revived.
Keeping the Sabbath holy is
another Commandment which
has been almost discarded.
Thou shalt not kill. Now,
surely, that is out of date. Kill
ings abound on every hand. Why
have a Commandment which
the people don't obey?
Thou shalt not commit adul
tery. That has never been re
spected. It does not meet the
present-day idea. It is so com
monly disregarded that a popu
lar vote might tear it out.
Thou shalt not steal. When
you consider the many forms of
stealing from the crude and raw
snatching, to the many refine
ments of that practice, you will
see that the frequent violation of
this law indie Jtes that there is
strong popular demand for its
repeal.
Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor, the
neighbor being any well-dispos
ed person. How many viola
tions of this are committed every
day, even in South Carolina?
Thou shalt not covet thy
neighbor 3 wife, nor his house,
nor his servants, nor anything of
his (including new car, stocks,
bonds, position).
If violation of a Command
ment discredits the Command
ment and nullifies it, here, sure
ly, is a Commandment that no
longer applies to us.
You *recognize the Command
ments I’ve cited. They were
given to Moses by God. Jesus
said that he came to fulfill the
Commandments. He did not
nullify and Commandment.
Rather, He said: “Another Com
mandment give I to you”, etc.
Jesus said something else. Let
us quote the account that is
found in Matthew (19:3); “And
the Pharisees came up to Him
and tested him by asking: “Is it
lawful to divorce one’s wife for
any cause”? Jesus replied: “And
I say to you: Whoever divorces
his wife, except for unchastity,
and marries another, commits
adultery.”
That is clear enough. One can
hardly misunderstand that.
The question is: Can we repeal
that Commandment at the polls?
Can we amend or . repeal the
Commandments as we amend or
repeal the Constitution? Or, are
we becoming so democratic that
the voice of the people is, in
deed, the voice of God? In
other words we are making God
a democrat.
John L. Lewis makes the point
that the right to strike is a ba
sic American right. He is right;
any man has a right to leave his
work; and he has a right to re
fuse to work. Whether a group
of men should have the right to
organize a strike is open to the
same objection that is made to a
group of managers organizing a
shut-down. A man has as much
ethical right to operate or close
his business as the worker has to
strike. If we assert the right of
one, why not see the right of
the other? I admit the righ,t of
a man to strike, but I declare the
right of a man to work.
Mr. Lewis’ interest in main
taining true Americanism is
quite interesting and appealing.
But the right of every man to
the equal protection of the law
does not seem to impress Mr.
Lewis.
Mr. Lewis forgets that this
country owes protection to every
man as a citizen; the nation
should stop playing politics with
the Unions. Treat all men as cit
izens; and protect every citizen
in his rights. Stop using the
Government as High Protector
of Special Privilege.
J. Wade Drake of Anderson:
what a fine man he was. Spec
tator cannot write about every
good citizen who passes to the
Beulah Land, but Mr. Drake and
Mr. J. R. Fairey (of Fort Motte)
have been friends, supporters,
co-workers and comrades of this
writer throughout sixteen years.
Those two gentlemen have had
much in common: both were giv
en the title Master Farmer; both
were always ready to contribute
time and money to public causes.
Mr. Fairey still enables our citi
zenship by his rugged honesty of
mind and forthright speech.
Mr. Drake was my comrade in
The Farmers and Taxpayers
League, The South Carolina
Farm Council, The National Cot
ton Council, the Southern Demo
cratic Party, The South Carolina
unit of The Friends of the Land,
and The Farm Bureau. He was
active in many other organiza
tions. A man of wide and sucess-
ful operations, Mr. Drake took
time to participate in the var r
ious organization mentioned.
Seldom has our State produc
ed a man of his type although
this State has produced many
fine men. »
The last time I talked with
Mr. Drake was at a meeting just
four days before he was stricken
in Galveston. He urged me to
go to the Cotton convention in
Galveston. Strangely enough,
upon my arrival I was appoint
ed Mr. Drake’s alternate. And
he asked with great solicitude
that I take part in the fight to
out-law the Check-off and the
Closed-Shop. His other request
was that I revive the Farmers
and Taxpayers League in all its
crusading zeal.
A fine man, a generous friend,
a comrade in public service, a
sterling citizen, a remarkable
farmer—all this was J. Wade
Drake. To all the Cotton Coun
cil conventions came Mrs. Drake,
enjoying the trip with Mr.
Drake.
We have lost a man of great
usefulness.
When a State loses men like
Dr. Chester Smith, Dr. Crosson,
Dr. Maybank, Mclver William
son, J. J. Lawton, David R. Cok
er, James D. Guess, M. V. Hasel-
den, Lewis Rice, I. H. Hunt, Dr.
Seay, T. Y. Williams, the Oswald
brothers, Dr. Johnston, John G.
Richards, J. Wade Drake, Neils
Christensen, Skottowe Wanna-
maker—all leaders in the Tax
payers League—who takes the
place vacated by any one of
them?
What do we owe to Europe
and Asia? Recently General
Marshall was quoted as advocat
ing a loan (or gift?) of two hund
red and fifty million dollars to
Greece. That is a small matter,
of course, just a trifling sum of
money. The General thinks we
should rebuild the ports and
harbors, the docks and other fa
cilities. I can’t see that. If
Greece is starving, we must stop
bungling and let the Greeks help
themselves, with such immediate
supplies of food as may be re
quired. But there are import
ant countries which have never
had good harbor facilities, but
which have handled a lot of
freight. In South America—at
least on the Pacific—are few
good harbors. Freight is loaded
and unloaded in lighters—long,
deep, flat boats. The Greeks
can ship great cargoes in that
manner without charging heavy
costs to us. If we have all this
money why not rebuild our own
ports? Why not make Port Roy
al the great port Nature intend
ed it to be?
One doesn’t know all the in
side of anything, but we Ameri
cans are still supplying millions
at the request of every nation—
almost that bad, it seems—and
we lend and give money on the
recommendations of men whose
grasp of business would not rise
to the level of a village money
lender. ‘
America cannot feed, clothe,
and finance all the world. If we
had used even ordinary common
sense the other countries would
be virtually self-supporting to
day. The real history of Ameri
ca—if the truth were told—
would show the most ignorant,
devil-may-care squandering of
our resources that the most
reckless imagination can con
ceive. So long has this nation
floated about in the realm of
fancy that we think the nation
has a magic wand which can
bring forth gold from the sand
wastes and silver from the air.
The great scare of the day is
Russian propaganda, or Com
munism. if the world wants to
try Communism it is hardly
likely that this nation can pour
out the endless stream of gold to
buy off the peoples of all the
earth. Our best plan may be to
build more securely here at
home instead of dissipating our
assets from one end of the earth
to the other.
The Supreme Court of the
United States redeemed itself in
some measuer by its decision
against John Lewis. What we
need very urgently is a sane dec
laration of policy, clearly defin
ing the rights of citizens as in
dividuals. Mass action by manu
facturers even, a group of manu
facturers, is regarded as a viola
tion of law; but a group of men,
even a combini tion of unions, is
capable of star ung the cities.
That isn’t a violation of law.
Let’s get back to a concept of
law that will accord with com-
(Continued on back page)
YOUR ARMY DO ITS
PART FOR PEACE
With the President’s proposal for the discontinuance of
Selective Service on March 31, America will rely on
voluntary enlistments for the maintenance of the Regular
Army at authorized strength.
In view of world conditions today, this is a step of
the gravest importance to every American citizen. Never
before in history has any nation raised and maintained
a million-man army by the volunteer system alone. Our
ideals, our belief in individual freedom, our safety and
our duty to promote world peace — all are bound up in
this decision.
This is your Army, and voluntary enlistment is your
choice. It must not fail. With your help it will not fail.
The Army must continue to provide adequate occupa
tion forces overseas, to supply these forces, and to help
in keeping America strong and secure.
Your help and understanding can do much to en
courage a steady flow of 3-year voluntary enlistments,
necessary to sound training and the efficient performance
of the Army’s task.
When you discuss this subject with your sons, brothers,
husbands or friends who may be considering an Army
career, bear in mind the advantages offered by a 3-year
enlistment. Among them are the choice of branch of
service and of overseas theater where openings exist, and
the opportunity for thorough training in valuable skills.
A job in the new Regular Army compares favorably
with the average in industry, and has more opportunities
for promotion than most.
You can help by giving your respect and support to
the man who enlists voluntarily — to do his part in carry
ing out your country’s world-wide obligations to build
a peace that will endure.
ROBERT P. PATTERSON
| SECRETAKY OF WAR
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Sensitive Geiger Counter
Aids in Atomic Research
Better Farming
Briefs
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TESTING RADIOACTIVITY OF BIKINI LAGOON - Safety monitor:
take Geiger readings from the bow of the patrol gunboat PGM-29 after
explosion of the second atom bomb. At right is the Rev. John, F. Shuler,
Fellow in Physics at the University of Cincinnati, priest of the Diocese
of Covington, Ky„ and civilian scientist with the Radiological Safety
Section at Bikini, working with Lt Commander Randolph M. Eldredge,
of Sharon Springs, N. Y.
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Six months after the spectacular
atomic bomb tests at Bikini some
of the warships used in the experi
ments were reported to be radio
active and still too dangerous for
prolonged human contact. This was
determined by the Geiger counter,
an instrument so sensitive it can
detect a single electron or even the
ultra-violet radiation in the flame of
a match.
Finds Many Uses
Though originally discovered
nearly 40 years ago. general atten
tion only lately has been focused on
the Geiger counter because of the
intense interest in atomic energy
research in which it is used to lo
cate and measure radioactive ema
nations. It is becoming increasingly
important in the fields of metallurgy
and geology Prior to the war its
use was confined almost entirely to
laboratories and hospitals. There
have been a number df dramatic in
cidents in which it has recovered
small but highly valuable capsules
of radium lost while in use for the
treatment of cancer.
Until very recently the Geiger
counter has been largely dependent
on power cables for its operating
current, ordinarily requiring a vol
tage supply in the order of 1,000
volts. This was no great problem in
laboratories, for example, or on
board ship. The instrument’s in
creased and greatly extended use,
however, has created an urgent de
mand for portability. This has now
been made possible by the develop
ment by “Eveready” batteries of a
one-pound powerhouse—a 300-volt
dry battery. Most powerful for its
size ever put into quantity produc
tion, the battery is no larger than
two king-size cigarette packs.
Utility Is Expanded-
In a series of three, these bat
teries furnish current for a new
compact portable radioactivity me
ter developed in Chicago, which is
no larger than a conventional port
able radio. Having only recently
been produced, neither the portable
meter nor the battery was used in
the Bikini tests, but, being inde
pendent of power cables, this new
type of equipment is expected to
expand considerably the Geiger
counter’s range of use.
FIFTEEN ACRES A DAY—ONCE-OVER!
This stripper-type cotton harvester of latest design picks two rows
at a time, and will gather all the cotton from as much as fifteen acres
10 a day. It is meant for use only after frost has killed the plants.
Put On a Lid
By GEORGE S.BENSON
President of Harding College
Searcy. Arkansas
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IF YOU aren’t a deadbeat and
you expect to stay out of bank
ruptcy and you want a decent
credit record, the chances are
that you pay your expenses pret
ty much as you go. When emer
gencies arise, you watch your
budget so that you spend as little
as possible. It’s a good old Amer
ican custom to live within income.
That’s a practice that makes for
sturdy citizenship and for com
munity stability.
But here we are, all of us to
gether as a nation, very much
wanting to cut our taxes but very
leery about reducing budget ex
penditures. The national budget,
you know, represents what we do
with our tax money. It is fine to
shout hooray when taxes are cut,
but it will make more sense if we
first learn to whittle down our
alarming budget without frown
ing. A good strong lid on gov
ernment spending is the only
sane route to tax reductions.
Limit THE PRESIDENT
Expenses has proposed a bud
get of $37,500,000,-
000 which Congress is currently
reviewing. Sentiment exists in
Congress for a ceiling on federal
spending much lower than the
budget recommended by the Pres
ident. Congress, as soon as pos
sible, should place a limit of $30,-
000,000,000 above which federal
spending may not go. Ultimate
ly, a budget of $20,000,000,000
ought to be adequate to run our
federal machinery.
' Most citizens claim little com
prehension of these astronomical
figures. Twenty billion may seem
more like measurements charac
teristic of distances to the stars.
But the figure is dollars. This
proposed peace-time expenditure
program of $37,500,000,000 is $9,-
330,000,000 more than we spent
for non-defense items in 1946,
not counting interest on the na
tional debt.
Possible THIS astronomical
Reduction budget means that al
most $300 is asked
front every living American. It*
is estimated that such a budget
would cost the average family
$1,000 in taxes this year. Budget
in hand, your pencil will show
you in short order that we have
no better way to get out from un
der our tax burdens than to limit
our spending.
Senator Byrd says there has
been very little reduction in war-
expanded personnel of govern
ment. Not counting the various
war agencies, Senator Byrd
points to constantly increasing
personnel totals. These jumped
nearly 300,000 since V-J Day.
Moneywise, this tendency is
graphically shown by the request
of the Department of Commerce
for $261,000,000 in 1948. This is
an increase of 600% over the
$39,000,000 this department spent
in 1932.
Budget reductions reviewed by
Congressional committees have
suggested elimination of about
one-half million federal payroll-
ers. This is all too few. To bring
the number of civilian employees
of the government down to the
swollen figure of 1939 we must
lay off 1,500,000. (We’d still have
900,000 eating from the public
breadbasket). This would be a
most logical way to avoid an an
nual expenditure of more than
five billion dollars. This could be
money saved. It’s out of your
pockets and mine.
Rat Campaign Successful
Walterboro. — Twenty -one
hundred pounds of bait were
mixed and distributed to 700
people in a rat-eradication cam
paign conducted at the request
of the Colleton County Agricul
tural Planning Committee, ac
cording to County Agent L. W.
Alford. This is reported to' be
the largest number of packages
distributed in an initial cam
paign in which assistance has
been given by the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service of Raleigh, N.
C. Apparently the bait was ef
fective as many additional re
quests were received by Mr. Al
ford after the campaign was
over.
Cotton Improvement Planned
Moncks Corner. — Berkeley
county fanners are interested
in improving cotton production,
says County Agent M. C. Mason.
A county one-variety cotton im
provement association has been
organized with the assistance of
H. G. Boylston, cotton improve
ment specialist of the Extension
Service, and an application will
be filed for free cotton classifi
cation service under the Smith
Doxey Apt. Coker’s 100 wilt-re
sistant was selected as the one
variety to plant and 10 tons of
pedigreed seed have been secur
ed from the breeders.
Pasture Mixtures Sown
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Conway.—Through the Horry
Livestock Association complete
pasture mixtures to sow 32 acres
of pastures have been obtained,
according to County Agent V.
M. Johnston. Dealers in Con
way and Loris report the biggest
demand they have ever had for
permanent pasture (mixtures.
Mr. Johnston reports that most
farmers are using Dallis grass in
the mixtures and in many in
stances «re planning to add
White Dutch or Ladino clover
this fall.
of hybrid corn, says H. A.
Woodle, Clemson extension ag
ronomist. In 1946 about 10 per
cent of the state’s corn acreage
was planted to hybrid corn.
The prospects now are that
about 20 per cent of the 1947
corn acreage will be hybrid corn.
During 1946 the Extension serv
ice and farmer demonstrators
conducted 210 one-acre hybrid
com demonstrations which pro
duced an average yield of 47.5
bushels per acre.
The chief objection that farm
ers have to hybrid corn is the
sometime excessive weevil dam
age, which is usually much more
severe than weevil damage on
open-pollinated varieties. How
ever, many farmers are overcom
ing this objection by “hogging
down” their com fields, Mr.
Woodle points out.
Several hybrid com varieties
were grown on the 1946 demon
strations. The leading varieties
in 1946 were Funk’s G-714,
Tenn. 10, N. C. 26, and Wood’s
S-210. Many hybrid varieties
will be grown on the 1947 dem
onstrations in order to find out
how they produce and compare
with the old varieties of open-
pollinated corn.
Farmers who are interested
in growing hybrid com should
contact their local county agents
and plan to visit some of the 1947
hybrid com demonstrations next
summer and fall.
Miss Mary Ann Davis
Promoted By Penny
Miss Mary Ann Davis, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis,
who has been working in New
York with the J.. C. Penny
wholesale department store for
the past several months as an
apprentice buyer, has recently
been promoted to assistant buy
er for this large company, which
operates 1,500 departments stores
in the United States.
Newberry, S. C.
Gentlemen:
As you probably know, Mem
bers of Congress are allotted a
certain number of farmers’ bul
letins and leaflets per year for
distribution to their constituents.
These bulletins and leaflets cov
er a wjjde variety of subjects
which are of great assistance to
farmers and to people in town
who have vegetable or flower
gardens. ,
I realize that the mails are
very heavy at this time, and I
do not want to add to the bur
den of the carriers by mailing
to individual constituents a list
of the bulletins and leaflets
available through the Depart
ment of Agriculture, or copies
of any speeches I might make on
the Floor of the House. How
ever, I shall be glad to send this
information to anyone request
ing it, and I shall be delighted to
send the bulletins and leaflets
to anyone desiring them upon
receipt of a request from the
individual. The request should
be addressed to me at Room 340,
House Office Building Washing
ton, D. C.
Sincerely yours,
W. J. Bryan Dorn, M. C.
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