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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MAY IS. 1M7 12 18 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. ARMFIELD Editor and Publisher Published 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: lii 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 Well, what are you going to do about it? I am not talking about the weather. Some one said that we complain about the weather, but never do any thing about it. That is not strictly true; we have done a lot about the weather; we have heat in winter, fans in summer. Some people have gone far be yond that: they have air condi tioned houses and 'places of business. So, we are doing something about the weather. Then again, we are adjusting ourselves to the weather, by wearing clothing best suited to the temperature. Seldom do we see a man with a high, stiff collar and vest, in the broiling days of July and August. Nor does father v ear a stiff shirt as in the good old days. As for son, he goes with very little raiment and no hat; daughter goes with even less. And dad and son, mother and daughter pour in cold drinks to fight off heat. So, something has been done about the weather. And when one leaves home he does not ride in an open buggy, pulling through mud holes and ending the trip chilled to the bones, even after drinking big cups of hot milk—sometimes fortified for greater power. To day the man rides in a car, with a heater. In most matters of personal comfort we have made great changes. Something has been done about the weather and liv ing conditions. But we seem to go back, to fall d°wn, in some phases of our public life. In the book of Ecclesiastes Solomon told the experiences of his life. He summed it up in these words: “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his com mandments: for that is the whole duty of man.” Probably we are in agree ment with that when the end is near and the Doctor tells the family to call the minister and begin negotiations with the un dertaker. In our public life, both in Congress and in our State Legis lature, we seem unable to meet any issue on the ground of right and wrong. We becloud every issue with a dozen reasons for ducking and dodging. The real truth is that we are fighting for selfish interests; we are not trying to do what is right. I read a page advertisement on the Labor Bill before Cong ress. One might wonder that such statements would be ser iously made, addressed to the public. What is the truth of the Labor issue? Is any one threatening to reduce wages? No. Is anyone trying to compel any Worker to do anything? No. Is anyone advocating any meas ure which restricts a man’s rights as a citizen? No. Will a Union man suffer any loss by the proposed law? No. Well, what then is the matter? The answer cannot be given in few words, but let’s look over the ground and see what’s going on. We have Labor laws and Labor administrators. Taken together, they have operated so that ev ery owner and every manager is at a serious disadvantage in dealing with his workers. The laws are one-sided, and the ad ministration has been almost completely against management. Labor has operated with the assurance of Federal support Justice and right were ♦hrown out of the window. Why was this? Because politicians want ed the political support of La bor. Labor, being under the thumb o' ambitious labor lead ers, has been more assertive, more arrogant, than a military dictatorship. We must recognize that a leadership of labor has develop ed which is a highly paid body of trouble-makers. Of course the greatest trouble-maker since the war has been Mr. Truman. He meant well, but he fell un der the sway of Henry Wallace and applied the match which started the fire. Every day our papers carry great headlines: Truman says this; or Truman will do that; or It is predicted that Truman will do something else. This splendid country of ours is under the spell of a dictator ship and is almost bound hands and feet. Why can’t we see the truth? Why must the Government of the United States dictate prices? Prices may be too high; I think they are; but there used to be a sort of Scotch thrift among us which refused to buy what was not immediately necessary. What do we see today? Every American, whether banker or street-sweeper, buys about the same clothing and wants the same food. We Americans are frequently victims of our own ignorance or foolishness: Why can’t we use cheaper cuts of meats and make nourishing and palatable dishes? Why must we compete with millionaires for steaks? Why must everybody have a car? In this country the only men who can afford to do without a thousand gadgets of life is a rich man; he can afford to live a simple life; a poor man has to have everything just to prove that he isn’t poor. We haven’t time to read and think. We live in a car or in a hectic round of useless activity, or we dwell in the scream of the lat est screen thriller. And now we come to our Legislature. The States owes money; the State is living ex travagantly; the State is head ed for a fall. And how do we prepare for it? Do you remember the wild or gies of the French King Louis XIV? Well the next Louis, the XV went along in the whirl of dissipation. He is remembered today for the remark “After us, the deluge”. So, indeed. And the deluge came. We act about like that. More serious than the amount of money being injudiciously spent. is the new idea of stew ardship. Did you ever know of a business which would allow its employees to increase their salaries and allowances at will? Does it not violate a primary rule of stewardship? Is it not the same as a man agreeing to do a piece of work for one amount and then taking more for it? It doesn’t look good, does it? And the Constitution is clear in prohibiting extra pay. Our court would do well to re fresh its loyalty to the Constitu tion rather than seek means for sanctioning acts of impropriety. I have no doubt that the court will declare against “Extra pay.” The idea of this pay being “expense money” is ridiculous. How could a hundred and sev enty men—men from Pickens to the sea—have the same expense as men living in Columbia? There is no “expense issue”; the thousand dollars is extra pay. Those who didn’t approve it should be remembered with ap preciation. “They know not what to do”. These words from the Cross might ,be applied to two groups of our people. One group is bent on racial mingling. It is strange that educated men and women should fail to recall that clashes come when two races live together. Just as the Brit ish and the Irish could not see alike, so no two other races will bury all their differences "be yond remembrance. There are marked differences between the White and Colored people. In all the agitation for admitting the Colored people to the same plane as the White people have you heard of any wish on the part of Colored people to admit White people to their schools and churches? Why is it that we have these trouble-makers among us? Sometimes I think these people who regard them selves as bright lights should leave the South and shed their light in other regions. The White people of the South will always govern the South. They will maintain their posi tion by whatever means may be necessary. Regardless of Feder al laws or Federal attitudes the South will not change. Why not let the South live in peace, quietly solving its problems, rather than to stir up racial bad feeling? Our busy-body friends should consider whether they can hope to help the Colored people by constant agitation. Recently a large group of Col ored people made a trip through several States to test discrimi nations. They expect to try to change conditions by suits in the Federal courts. Suppose they win a few suits—what then? In every Southern state a man will lead the White people in a racial solidarity which will result in bitterness and reprisals in such degree as will make the English and Irish fued seem like a picnic. We have some Scalawags in the South, but the South should not be irritated further; it will stand just so much. Our Communist friends seem to be drawing the fire of our people. Our newspapers are publishing items of un-American activities which make most real Americans think that this coun try has been harboring vipers. What is a Communist? He ad vocates a government by all the people. That sounds good. Haven’t we that, now? Yes, but the Communist wishes to put all things under the government— all mines, factories, stores, farms. No one would own any thing; the Government would hold title to everything, includ ing your home. The people would be tenants of the Govern ment and wage-earners of the Government. A permanent OPA with unlimited authority over everything. Doctors, merchants —all of us—under the Govern ment. Well, who is the Govern ment? There you have the fly in the ointment, or let us say, the roach in the milk. These agitators for Communism are either well paid now, or they hope to drive the horses, with the rest of us acting as stable boys. As I’ve often remarked, the Dictator and his friends have a good time, but the mass- JORDAN-MITCHELL The wedding of Miss Mary Alice Mitchell and Lawrence Hartwell Jordan was solemnized at the First Baptist Chrch on Thursday evening, May 1, at 7 o’clock. Rev. J. Aubrey Estes, pastor of the bride,, and Rev. H. C. Ritter, pastor the groom, of ficiated, using the impressive double ring ceremony in the presence of a large assemblage of relatives and friends. The church was artistically decorated, using Southern smi- lax, floor baskets of white glad ioli and spirea, and candelabra which held cathedral tapers and formed the setting for the wed ding party. Preceding the ceremony, the following musical program was rendered by Miss Vivian Ellis of Newberry, organist, Mrs. J. P. Moon of Newberry, pianist, Mrs. J. R. Suber of Whitmire, violin ist, and Mr. Milton W. Moore of Newberry, vocalist. “The Ros ary” (Nevin). “Prelude” (Chopin, “Clair de Lune” (Debussy) by Miss Ellis, organist; “Ave Maria” (Bach-Gounod) by Mrs. J. R. Suber, violinst, Mrs. J. P. Moon, pianist, and Miss Vivian Ellis, organist; “Traumerei” (Schu mann) by Mrs. Suber, violinist, and Miss Ellis, organist. The bridal party entered while Miss Ellis, organist, played the “Brid al Chorus” from Lohengrin. Mr. Milton W. Moore sang “I Love Thee” (Grieg) and “Because” (D’Hardelot) and at the close of the ceremony Mr. Moore also sang “The Lord’s Prayer” (Ma- lotte). For the recessional, the traditional “Wedding March” from A Midsummer’s Night Dream (Mendelssohn) was used. The candles were lighted by Luther Branders Shealy, broth er-in-law of the bride; Dr. E. H. Moore of Newberry; I. Boyce Covington, Jr. of Camden; and Jack Harris, of Edgefield, who also served as usher-groomsmen. Mrs. Luther Branders Shealy of Newberry and Whitmire, sis ter of the bride, was dame of honor. Mhs. Shealy wore a gown of white dutchess satin and net. featuring a tight fitting bodice with sweetheart neckline, and carried an arm bouquet of red carnations tied with white satin ribbon. Miss Barbara Lawing of Paw Creek, North Carolina, niece of the groom, and Miss Patricia Haygood of Lexington, served as junior bridesmaids and wore identical dresses of white net with fitted bodice and bouffant skirts. They carried arm bou quets of red carnations tied with white satin ribbon. The bride, who entered the church with her father, Patrick Bowers Mitchell, by whom she was given in marriage, was charming in her gown of white dutchess satin made with long, torso bodice, with high neckline and a slight bustle. The skirt was fitted, ending in a train. The long sleeves came to points over the hands. Her veil of finger tip length fell gracefully from sprays of lilies of the val ley. She carried a white pray er, book topped with' a white orchid with deep purple throat and showered with white satin ribbon and lilies of the valley. The groom had as his best man his brother, Raymond L. Jordan of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Mitchell, mother of the bride, wore a beige gown of heavy crepe with a corsage of white carnations. Mrs. Charles S. Suber. mater nal grandmother of the bride, was gowned in a black lace and crepe dinner dress and wore a corsage of pale pink roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Jordan is the older daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat rick Bowers Mitchell of New berry, maternal granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Su ber of Newberry, and the pater nal granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Edward Mitchell of Batesburg. She was graduated from Newberry high ischool and attended Newberry College. For the past eleven years. Mrs. Jordan has been sec retary to the manager of Ken dall Mills. Mollohon plant. New berry. Mrs. Jordan prior to her marriage was choir director of the First Baptist church, a past president of the Newberry Mus ic club and has also served as a State Chairman on the South Carolina Federation of Music Clubs Board and is at present Newberry County Chairman of the Columbia Music Festival Association. She is also a past president of the Newberry Bus iness and Professional Women’s club and is at present a member of the State Board, serving as District Chairman of the South Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs. Mr. Jordan is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lawrence Jordan of Paw Creek, North Carolina, maternal grand son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Mason of Spartanburg, paternal grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. James J. Jordan of Spartanburg. es feel the heavy hand of a bureaucratic oppression. We Americans don’t like bureau crats, though we can’t persuade Congress to reduce the payroll. Under a scheme of Communism bureaucrats would multiply like rabbits, but the sturdy citizen ship, a country’s pride, when once destroyed cannot be sup plied. Communism is not only boss- ism, but multiplied bureaucracy, regulation and control. Would you like that? Mr. Jordan is overseer of Carding and Spinning with the Kendall Mills. Addison Plant, Edgefield, having been recently transferred from the Mollohon plant in Newberry. Immediately following the ceremony, the parents of the bride and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Suber entertained with a re ception in the parlors of the First Baptist church which were beautifully decorated with arrangements of white spirea and gladioli and white candles. The bride’s table was centered with a lovely three tiered cake and the table was overlaid .with a white linen cloth and shower ed with fern and lilies of the valley. Receiving were Mr. and Mrs. G. K. Dominick, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Tedford, Mrs. Walter Tarrer, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kaufmann, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Estes, Miss Katherine Elmore and Miss Mazie Dominick, all of Newberry; and Mrs. E. K. Mit chell of Lexington. Miss Rose mary Shealy of Little Mountain and Miss Mary Ann Todd of Pel- zer pinned bows of white satin ribbon on each guest. Serving green and white ice cream and pound cake were Mrs. Claude P. Summer, Mrs. J. N. Jenkins, Miss Mertice Dickert, Mrs. J. F. Hawkins, Mrs. J. N. Burgess. Mrs. C. E. Hendrix, Mrs. G. P. Hawkins, Mrs. W. Roy Ander son, Mrs. R. C. Floyd. Mrs. A. W. Murray, Mrs. S. E. Denton and Mrs. J. L. Dickert of New berry; also, Mrs. Jack Harris of Edgefield, Mrs. I. B. Covington. Jr., of Camden; Mrs. E. L. Shealy of Little Mountain. Mrs. Pinckney Abrams, Mrs. M. W. Todd, Jr.. Miss Lilyan Jones and Miss Nancy Hornsby of New berry served green and white mints. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Todd of Pelzer and Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore of Newberry introduced the guests to the receiving line which was composed of the wedding party, the parents ol the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Suber, Charles E. Mitchell of Florence, brother of the bride, and Mrs. R. L. Jordan of Char lotte, North Carolina, sister-in- law of the groom. Miss Sadye Jones and Mr. J. Y. Jones of Newberry and Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Haygood of Lexington presid ed over the register. The bride and groom left for a wedding trip to the mountains of North Carolina immediately after the reception. For the traveling, the bride wore a navy dress and coat with correspond ing accessories and an orchid corsage. Upon their return, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan will ' make their home in Edgefield. Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. L. Branders Shealy and Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Su’oer entertained at the bride’s home on Wednesday evening imme diately following the rehearsal. The dining room table was cen tered with a punch bowl from which lime frozen punch was served with assorted sandwiches and cookies. The table was ov erlaid with a lace cloth and white roses and fern were ar ranged around the bowl. On the buffet and the table tall white candles in silver candel abra burned. Arrangements of spring flowers were used in the den and living room where tables displayed the gifts. PVT. BROCK BE SEPARATED FROM ARMED FORCES Pvt. James J. Brock, route 1, Newberry, has been ordered to the separation center at BAMC for separation from the armed forces. He was formerly sta tioned at Brooke Army Medical Center. Fort Sam Houston, Texas, largest and most com plete medical installation of its kind in the world. Guy V. Whitener, oqe of the state’s largest lumber manufai?- turers and dealers, presenting bonds to the winners of the Vet erans Administration Essay Con test, “The Value of National Service Life Insurance to the Veteran, his Family and Com munity”. Mr. Whitener and a friend sponsored the contest and donated the prizes. V. Whitener presenting bonds, Miss Katherine Hawkins, ninth grade, Prosperity high school, first prize winner, receiving $50 bond; Frank P. Hill, superin tendent, Prosperity high schpol, and Miss Ann Bedenbaugh, ninth grade. Prosperity high school, second prize winner, receiving $25 bond. Mr. Whitener, in presenting the bonds, congratulated the winners and said, “As a veteran of World War I. I know and ap preciate the value of all Gov ernment Life insurance and those that entered the Veterans Administration essay contest, have truly rendered World War II veterans of Newberry County, an outstanding service, one that will mean security for them selves and families when needed most.” GIFTS FOR THE GRADUATE AT SEARS ORDER OFFICE Shop the easy, economical way Graduation is an important event in the life of every boy and girl. 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