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THE NEWBERRY SUN WI. FRIDAY, AFR1L il, 1447 12 18 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published Every Friday. Entered i-as second-lass mat ter December 6, 1937, at the postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Con gress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year in advance; outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. CLASSIFIED RATES: Two cents per word, minimum of 35c; three insertions for price of 2. Long term rates on request. SPECTATOR Legislators are not having an easy time. It would be nice if a member could tell good news to every taxpayer and tax benefi ciary. It might be like a case of jugglery, but the old time artist of sleight-of-hand, the real magi cian, didn’t have a more diffi cult task than the legislator who advocates: a—increases for teachers, b—increases for officials , c—increases for institutions, d—increases for Departments, e—increases for the aged, f—increases for welfare, . . . and other increases . . . without increasing taxes. Some times it can be done; it was done during the time of the War, when we grazed on green grass in rich pastures, beside the still waters. All this could be repeat ed in similar circumstances. But while we roamed the lush pas tures and drank the sparkling water from the mountain brook, thousands of young men were pouring their blood on foreign lands and seas, and many a splendid young body fertilized alien soil. Legislators try to give us what we ask for. All the things i’ve cited have ben asked for, and are being asked for, day after day. Those ,who want something are “instant in prayer”, as we used to hear, meaning that they never let up. They are like the good me n spoken of in the book of Isaiah, “They can run and not be weary; they walk and faint not”. But they do weary the poor, legislator who finds them at ev ery turn, even when he sits at meals in a restaurant, or reads deeply in the Scriptures in the late hours of the night. Some legislators are seasoned men; they have weathered many storms, and resisted many ap peals—and yet survive to tell the tale; some are new and are hear, ing for the first time all th e ails that afflict us poor benighted creatures. They take our ills and ailments on themselves and suf fer acutely over the sad story of our wants. After so long a time a legisla tor finds himself in the condition of a father whose heart bleeds with sympathy for his children, but who can’t authorize a fam ily budget of $5000 on a $4000 in come. He may groan in spirit and let out loud lamentations, but you can’t squeeze $5000 out of $4000. Of course the children never understand this game of finance. Some fathers have authorized a Limousine budget on a Jeep income, but there came weeping and wailing and gnash ing of teeth. A father has been known to do without an overcoat, to pay son’s bill at school; and a mother has “cut the corners” a thousand times, to send * daughter to school. They didn’t try to squeeze $5000 out of $4000. A family has sacrificed the “bug gy-horse” or the car; has given up the week at the beach, in or der to pay a hospital bill. That suggests something: have we South Carolinians ever looked over our budget in order to prune it? I don’t mean to reduce salaries by ten per cent. Some men (and women) are very val uable to the public service. When cuts are made they suffer. That is not what I suggest. The ques tion is: What are the necessary public services? They should be suported; but we may 1 have other services which are less necessary to the State. They could be eli minated entirely. This sugges- gestion is not prompted by lack of apreciation of some services, but it is because those services can be provided by others. Tra ditions, associations — all cry aloud against the impious touch of profanation, but the children of the State need schools, the people need roads and bridges, the public order must be main tained, and the public health safeguarded. We can’t expand our public costs beyond a reason able per centage of the income of the taxpayers. Even though we eat cream today, we must be prepared for the day of whole milk, if n °t skimmed milk. We hope for good times, for continued prosperity, for high prices for all our products, a good income for all our people—farm ers, workers, merchants, mills— everybody—; but every ship that sails the seas provides life boats and life-savers in order to pre pare for the gale that may sweep the great waves into mountain ous billows that would engulf the vessel. Legislators may have to refuse our petitions for more and more money; they do not wish to in crease the taxes;; nor do they wish to impose n ew taxes. They are up a creek with every likeli hood of a fall. They know that this State needs a great expan sion of its industries, as well as new industries. Swapping dol lars doesn’t enrich the State. If the proud county of Barnwell should swap dollars with rich Greenville, the people of South Carolina would not get anything; it would be a mere swap of dol lars; but if we can u*e a thous and dollars of Anderson County cotton seed and convert it, pro cessing it through all the grades, until it becomes the highest qual ity of Olive Oil for French sar dines (caught off Maine)—then the thousand dollars would be multiplied many times by labor and profit until the final price— the big price—would remain in Anderson. Naturally my friends of Ander son would refuse such a spurious profit, but the idea is clear. ■ We need to change the form, to refine the raw products, so that the big profits will remain here. But people won’t want to come here unless w.e -hafre something special to offer. We have some thing, in truth. We have Ameri can born workers; we have a fine climate; we have good people. I am aware of our schools, roads,' raw products, our ample banking facilities. How can we bring ourselves to the favorable atten tion of investors? Something is being done now; let us do all we can and get all we can now. Let’s make hay while the sun shines. We are not having Labor trouble in South Carolina. My advocacy of the Open-Shop is just a recollection that we are gil prone to stretch our privileges too far. I want every worker to enjoy all his rights as a citizen, but I don’t want him to put a cprb and a halter on another man. That is the language of long ago; who today knows about a curb and a halter? Then let me say that no man has a right to put his foot on your brakes, or let the air out of your tires. All men have a right to work. The Closed-Shop is only a device to protect Labor Unions, mean ing their leaders; it is not a democratic plan. I say with sincerity that I re spect the Labor men in this State; but the overall Labor leadership is a group of highly- paid professionals whose chief concern is to stir up ti’buble. The public now knows that Communists are working with professional Labor leaders; that they are attacking America by spreading discontent; that they are making strife between em ployers and management. I’ve learned something from years of observation: I know that there are managers who are harsh, cruel and grasping, soul less gluttons. Yes, I know that. But I can think of some Labor leaders who ought to be hanged by the neck and dumped into the sea. There is no monopoly of vir tue; and the man who cries aloud oftenest may be the sorriest scoundrel of all. As Shakes peare says “He doth protest too much”. There are, of course, fine men in Business and in La bor, noble spirits. Labor is not a weakling today. It is a rich, a powerful army un der grasping generals. It does not need a Closed-Shop. Labor reported its income to the Unit ed States Treasury as $435,000,- 000—four hundred and thirty five million dollars!! That is in come, net income, not the amount of sales as in a factory. Men banded together and con tributing to their organization four hundred and thirty five million dollars a year are strong enough to stand alone Five times more than the enormous budget of South Carolina. And there is no more reason for taking Union dues from en velopes Rian to take the install ments due on their cars. The remark often heard, that the denial of a Closed-Shop is the same as the denial of liberty of contract, is wide of the mark. All of us know that a man’s lib erty stops at the other man’s right. I have no liberty which encroaches on my neighbor. I may not even drain my land so that the water will overflow my neighbor’s land; how much less right have I to keep my neigh bor from working to feed his family? You would not endorse a notice like this: “This is a Methodist Mill: all others will keep out.” We Baptists would throw a fit”, wouldn’t we? \ Announcing! We Now Have A Complete Stock of O&R Frozen Foods SPINACH BEANS ENGLISH PEAS CORN PINEAPPLE STRAWBERRIES and others'** also A Complete Line of Fancy Groceries COLEMAN’S EAST MAIN EXTENSION AT CUT-OFF Adjacent To C. D. Coleman Co. Bulk Plant Phone 9162 doesn’t mean being smothered, as may appear. It means that X must pay three per cent tax on his pay roll. X has eight “hands” at $15 a week—$120 a week. He must pay the unemployment tax of $3.60 a week. Y does not pay anything. If three men leave X and work for Y, and then quit Y, or art discharged, they file appli cation for un-employment bene fits .perhaps for sixteen weeks. These benefits are charged against X. Let that sink in. Why? Because Y was not covered; therefore the men who quit X, or had to be discharged, must get paid by somebody, so Who will pay? X’s account must bear the charge because X was the “most recent employer” who was cov ered. How about that, farmer? You wouldn’t like that,’ would you? Well, that is exactly how this thing is worked against all the employers of this State who have eight or more employees. Think it over; that’s “some pun- kin”, isn’t it? Some of our friends of the Un employment Compensation Com mission (now called The South Carolina Employment Security Commission) ’think that this is the solution: That is, to create a special fund for the purpose of paying such claims as I mention ed, as well as those claims by men who have worked in other States and claim benefits here. There is abundant money to do all this now. This plan would not involve any additional tax, but would permit such Covered employers to receive a lower rate. ■Another thing: the trust fund is now so great th§t some meas ure should be adopted to ease the burden on the employers. As is known; the employer pays all the tax; the employee pays noth ing. The trust fund is now near, ly forty-four million dollars — fourteen million more than nec essary to put every covered em ployee on the average benefit as to time and amount. We Close All Day Each WEDNESDAY W. E. TURNER Jeweler FENNELL’S Jewelry Store T. M. ROGERS & SON Dawkins-Dowd Miss Mary Katherine Dowd, daughter of Chief of Police and Mrs. Colie L. Dowd of Newber ry and Mr. Harry Wendell Daw kins, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dawkins of Prosperity were married Sunday afternoon at 1:15 o’clock in the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer with the pastor of the church. Rev. Paul E. Monroe, officiating, us ing the double ring ritual of the Lutheran church, in the pres ence of relatives and - close friends of the couple. The church was decorated with beautiful • Easter flowers for the occasion. Miss Frances r McCrackin of Newberry was maid-of-honor. She was attired in a suit of pale blue with black accessories and a corsage of rosebuds. Billy Dawkins of Prosperity, brother of the bridgegroom act ed as best man. The bride who was given in marriage by her father, was lovely in a two-piece suit of light blue gabardine with which she wore black and white acces sories, and a white carnation corsage. Mrs. Dawkins is a graduate of the Newberry high school in the class of ’45 and since that time has held a position with the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company in Newber ry. Mr. Dawkins served two years in the Navy and since his dis charge has been connected witn his father in business in Pros perity. After a short wedding trip the young couple will make their home with the brides parents. THE LOVELIEST THING IN MARE-OP Created by PRIMROSE HOUSE . . . Park Avenue’* smartest beauty salon! Chiffon is sifted through silk to yield a powder of incred ible fineness and matchless qual ity. Preciously scented. Shine- proof, won’t cake. Try Chiffon, in the shade that flatters your skin. Clings for hours and color stays clear and true. SMITH’S Cut Rate Drug The Unemployment Compensa tion Act needs revision. Much of it appears to be a crowning piece of injustice, but the bad features ar e too numerous to correct at one sitting; some fea tures are too harsh for anybody to defend, however. Let me tell you how it oper ates, using the farm as an il lustration, though farmers are not “covered” by the act. X is a farmer, employing eight wage- hands. Y is a farmer employ ing seven “hands’*. X is “Cov ered”; Y is not. Being “covered” Opening Sale Continues ... The swell response given the opening of THE MUSIC SHOP is greatly appreciated. These bargins will continue through Saturday, April 12th. WITH EVERY 2 RECORDS PURCHASED 1 Record Free ONE SPECIAL LOT OF ASSORTED RECORDS 3 for $1.00 TABLE MODEL RADIOS $16.95 Electric Hawaiian GUITAR OUTFIT $98.50 GUITARS $12.95 UKELELES $2.49 HARMONICAS 79© MANDOLINS $19.50 PIANOS $50 up , MUSIC BOXES $3.95 RECORD PLAYERS $29.50 RADIO AND AUTOMATIC Portable Combination RECORD PLAYERS $69.50 THE MUSIC SHOP is a complete music store to serve Newberry ... the finest musical instruments at the lowest prices. We invite you to call upon us for your every musical need. Visit our store and acquaint your self with the many services we offer: Piano Tuning- All Types of Musical Instrument Repairing Special .Services Offered to Mus ic Teachers All Types of Sound Equipment and Public Address Systems Cowboy Songs and Folios Radio Repair Service. And Remember... PLAY AS YOU PAY! Terms To Suit the Individual! Full Set Of GUITAR STRINGS 98© Fiber Glass IRONING BOARD COVERS $2.95 Metal Base IRONING BOARDS $5.95 TOY PARADE DRUMS $4.95 ELECTRIC IRONS $3.95 ELECTRIC TOASTERS $2.95 DOUBLE HOT PLATES $9.95 SINGLE HOT PLATES $2.95 NTTE-LITE HEATING PADS $3.95 ICE TRAYS 1.98 $295.00 $50.00 up mirrApiano PRACTICE PIANOS Your old piano taken as part of your down payment. Terms To Suit Your Budget The Music Shop Listen To THE SOUTHERN JOY QUARTET Presented By THE MUSIC SHOP Daily At 8:30 A. M. And Sunday At 2:15 P. M. CHARLES E. PRUITT Manager 1014 Main Street Open Evenings Until S:30 Newberry, S. C.