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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MAY fl, 1947 12 18 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Puhlished Every Friday. Entered 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 Republicans are throwing away their big opportunity for lack of courage. No one is so in nocent nowadays as to expect a great political Party to do right merely for the sake of being right. That, indeed, would be too innocent an attitude of sweet simplicity; the political idea is this: “How many votes are invovled? What shall I gain or what shall I lose? Our Nation is in a bad way; professional Labor leaders on one side and professional poli ticians on the other side, are constantly muddying the water. The question which comes to my mind is this: What business is it of President Truman to dabble all the time in the mat ter of wages and prices? And in all this Mr. Truman has fre quently proved himself badly informed. It is the policy of our Nation to prevent combinations or trusts, but the President calls for reductions of prices and in creases of wages as though all industry were under one man agement. Normally no two enterprises do equally well. Of the hund reds and more newspapers of South Carolina no two are ex actly alike; no two show exact ly the same net profit at the end of the year. Even if all the papers pay the same wages and have the same number of employees, and pay the same price for paper and ink, their costs will be different because of volume of business, type of business, rents, power—and so forth. The Berkley Democrat and The Edgefield Advertiser may run sixteen pages the same week, but if one is carrying le gal notices and the other dis play advertising the business office will observe a difference. If in Darlington leaders of opinion publish letters of mild castigation at advertising rates while Bishop Smoak devotes double that space to the social whirl at Green Pond, the respec tive treasurers will observe some degree of unbalance. That word unbalance has become an official sweet, but it taste like “deficit”. The point I make is that ev ery newspaper in the State may be making money hand over fist (whatever that is), but there is a wide difference in earnings. Lem Winesett and Ben Davies are not alike except as up and going men: John Bar ton and Harold B joker are not like O. F. Armfieid except as successful men in their respec tive communities. The same applies all over the State: Wil son Harris and H. G. Osteen,' Mrs. Coffee and the Misses Ap- pelt—all may be successful, but with different net profits. By the way, there was a time when county papers didn’t even know there was such a thing as a net profit. I recall how 1 marvelled at “A. B.”—over in Dillon. He had gadgets all around him. cooling devices, speaking trumpets, bells and gongs. Over in Aiken, Friend King has a lovely receptionist to greet you. Aside from good service, how are the papers the same? Joe Mulieri sparkles in a manner all his own, and the Bruner Brothers play up Lex ington. My friend Latimer, (thinking at the moment .of Bishopville, but not discounting Sam) has been pulling a heavy load, and so has my friend of St. Matthews, but our papers very, as completely as Alison Lee and Tom Waring or Grady Hazel and D. W. Hiott. But from Dan to Beersheba—or from The Pickens Sentinel to The Beaufort Gazette, or from Wil ton Hall and J. E. Brunson to W. W. Ball—we have a free press, but individuality. Could we measure all by the same yardstick? Not except for honesty of purpose. My friends don’t write alike; their papers don’t look alike. How, then, shall Mr. Truman measure every enterprise by the same yardstick? Brother Gallimore probably has a great difference between his papers. Speaking of papers. Editor Wyatt of Easley packs a wallop and Editor Buchanan is likely to dig up something even on short notice. Back of this is my suggestion that our genial President talks too much and is not always on safe ground. Nobody can know everything, not even an editor, and much less the average man in office. If the Republicans had the courage to bring all parties to an even footing; to bring about equality before the law, they would command the respect of the Nation, and the support of great numbers. But Republi cans are pussy-footing because they fear to lose some votes. Their quality of leadership which is developed by a pro gram of great national service is weak. Politicians follow the crowd; Statesmen lead the masses: We need Statesmen. the conrtolling vote in the con trol of Clemson College—and it is—then we seem to be violat ing the basic policy of the State in contributing to an institution which we do not control. Legally, Clemson must be a State institution or a private college. If an institution of the State, its trustees must be State officials—as a matter of law. True it is that the Constitution refers to Clemson College, but it refers in the same manner to the University, Winthrop, the Colored College and Cedar Springs. It doesn’t refer to The Medical College or to The Citadel (Constitution, Article 11, Section 8). Governor Tillman referred to The Citadel as a ; “dude factop'”- and would prob ably have liked to close it. Why The Medical College was ignor ed isn’t clear to me. Is a life trustee of Clemson a State official? There is an opinion by an attorney General that a life trustee of Clemson is not a State official. On legal grounds I ask a little light: if such a trustee is not a State of ficial, what is he? That brings up a question: What is the legal status of Clem son College? Clemson College is either a State institution or it is a pri vate school. If. a State institution it is amenable to all the State laws affecting State institutions; if it is a private institution the State has no right to support it. The University, the Medical College, The Citadel and Winthrop are owned and governed by the State; Clemson is governed by a Board of Trustees of thriteen members, of whom seven are completely independent of the State, being chosen by them- serves as a self perpetuating group. They, then, are the gov erning body, or the majority. Mr. Thomas G. Clemson gave an endowment which was prob ably less than the amount giv en each year by the Legislature. It is not the policy of our State to own anything in part nership, nor may the State use its credit for private institutions. If the will of Mr. Clemson is R. Beverley Herbert, a lawyer of distinction and a man of not able public spirit and independ ence, tells the City of Colum bia that the City of Charleston is more economically governed than is Columbia. Surely here is something new. For genera tions Charleston has been re garded as the black sheep of the State—black without a redeem ing trace of white. And now, how can this be, that Charleston is more economically governed than Columbia? Sounds queer. Several weeks ago I quoted a merchant who said to me “These people get something for their tax money.” IJe was standing in a park in Charleston. Al though this was strong praise Dr. Ball did not refer to it; he felt that Charleston’s virtue needed no applause; k spoke eloquently for itself. He merely used up another box of matches on his pipe, and continued to prod the State Government. What a point my friend of Timmonsville would have made of that, or the alert scribes of Allendale. The Poet and scribe of the Ridge (Johnston) would have splashed ink all about, as would the worthy brethren of Pageland. Even so calm and philosophic Sn editor as our Winnsboro brother would have used that. As I remarked, editors are in dividualists, men of personality. Mr. Brunson of Florence is not like the Editor of The County Record; nor is Brother Hitt of a common type. Each man of the press stands out, whether he be Brother Knight or Mr. Em- • Remember—only Chevrolet gives you BIG-CAR QUALITY AT LOWEST COST • •. and only value like this need satisfy you! Naturally, you and your family want the highest motoring enjoyment at the lowest possible price; and you’ll find these advantages in the new 1947 Chevrolet— the only car giving Big-Car quality at lowest cost—as the following facts prove. Chevrolet gives you the Big-Car perform ance and reliability of a Valve-in-Head Thrift-Master Engine—together with Chev rolet’s low upkeep costs—and it’s the only car that does! 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As a man de voted to democracy and the open door of opportunity for all men, I think the Governor would be glad to sign a bill for bidding a Closed Shop. But the Senate should proceed to do its part, letting the Governor do his part. The Closed Shop is as com pletely un-American as any practice could be. If we allow the Closed Shop we ought to repeal every restriction on man agement and every Labor law and say to Management and Labor “Fight it out, boys”, even though we eat husks like the Bride-Elect Feted With Many Parties A series of social affairs were held during the past week in honor of Miss Mary Alice Mitch ell, bride-elect of May. The personnel of the Mollo- hon mill office gave Miss Mitch ell a farewell dinner party on Friday evening, April 18 at 7:30 Prodigal Son. I’ve argued for certain rights for the workers, and I cham pion all their rights as citizens, but I see no reason why Ameri ca should be governed by a Dic tatorship of Labor anymore than a political dictatorship, such as that of Mr. Stalin. The Grand Jury of Richland County shows an interest in the Fire Department of the City of Columbia. It has summoned— I’m told—members of the City Council and members of the Fire Department in an investi gation of an alleged lack of co operation between the Chief of the Fire Department and the City Councilman in immediate supervisory control. What can the Grand Jury do? o’clock in the private dining room of the Wiseman hotel, at which time the honoree was remembered with a lovely gift. The table where covers were laid for 22 guests, was beauti fully decorated with mixed spring flowers. On Wednesday evening, April 16, Mrs. A. W. Murray, Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Sr., Mrs. R. C. Floyd and Mrs. C. E. 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