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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. AUGUST fl. 134? 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: 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 The alumni of Washington and Lee University have elected Leon W. Harris of Anderson, South Carolina, as President of the Alumni Association. Most of us know Mr Harris and many oi us know Washington and Lee. Mr. Harris is one of our sturdy, right-thinking citizens, a lawyer of ability and a man of independent mind. Years ago Mr. Harris was a candidate for the Senate of the United States and made possible the election of James F. Byrnes in the Second Democratic Primary. He served capably as Solicitor of his judi cial circuit. Mr. Harris is the only South Carolina man ever to be elected as President of the Alumni of Washington and Lee. Spectator may be pardoned for talking about Washington and Lee; he went there, too, and be came indoctrinated with Vir ginia. That meant a closer spiritual fellowship with the immortal men who led in mak ing this great republic. I am a grandson of Virginia, my father coming from Winchester, in the Valley of the Shenandoah, the battle ground of Stonewall Jack- son in the early days of the Civil War. In my days at Wash ington and Lee I felt closer to the renowned Father of his country and to Robert E. Lee, that military genius and great Spirit of chivalrous conduct. Thomas Jefferson broods over Virginia like a spiritual canopy keeping off the torrents of Com munism, New Lealism, Wallace- ism and all other forms of poli tical quackery. And there live the spirits of John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe, Patrick Henry and others. And the migh ty name of Chancellor Wythe reminds us of the remarkable teacher who taught and inspired Jefferson, Madison and Marshall. In the cemetery of Lexington lies the body of Thomas J. Jack- son, the invincible “Stonewall” of Bull Run. Virginia’s soil, drenched with the blood of Americans of North and South, still is the sanest, most American State of our Na tion—American in the best sense; wisely progressive, alert, alive, but building on the rock of eternal truth, rather than be ing misled by shallow reasoning and narrow prejudice. Do you know about Washing ton and Lee University? Well, long ago, the Commonwealth of Virginia (that’s what they call it) voted a sum of money to George Washington for his ser vices. Washington had not claim ed “Extra pay”; men of that time had strict ideas of steward ship; Washington declined to claim even regular pay; so he donated the money to a school, an old time academy, a classical school, such as we had in Winns- boro, Abbeville, Darlington, So ciety Hill, Cokesbury and Charleston, notably. The school became gnown as Washington College. When the ragged, bare foot soldiers of the South turn ed toward home from Appoma- tox in 1865, General Robert E. Lee was ready for a new under taking. His military career was ended; his magnificent home had been confiscated; he was poor but too proud to eat bread ex cept as honest work might earn it. His great name had enor mous appeal; large salaries were offered him, but the Lee name was not for sale. In his poverty Robert E. Lee was a standing re buke to those who capitalize name or position for private gain. He declined $50,000 a year as President of a big enterprise which wanted only his name and all it meant of rugged character, simple faith and im perishable renown in war. Having led the fathers in bat tle General Lee decided to lead the sons in their training for peace. To that little college went Robert E. Lee and there he labored until in 1870 “Marse Robert” joined the legions of the triumphant, a figure without reproach, one like Nathanael, in whom there was no guile. Wash ington College then became Washington and Lee University, commemorating two of the noblest men produced by the eras in which they lived. If I have dwelt at length on great men, it is because we might well look back to those heroic figures and study our selves. Washington, Lee, Wilson were above chicanery. Men would not have dared suggest political expedients to them such as ve toing the Labor Act, vetoing the Tax Reduction Act. Both vetoes were steeped in the cheapest po litical strategy. And if we read Mr. Farley we might quickly conclude that he would never have had the ear of Washington, Lee or Wilson. We Southerners have very little in common with our Northern Democrats—so-called. Our trouble is a great lack of leadership. There are a few Southern Democrats who are rooted in the faith; most of them, however, are just labels. When a so-called Democratic President takes over the worst features of the Republicans in their worst days, these South ern Democrats join in heartily, proclaiming the greatness of those who foully betray the South. Nothing counts but elec tions; everything may be sacri ficed for victory at the polls. We Southern men owe more to the South, more to the Na tion, than we owe to any man or any label. A “Democrat” means nothing unless he be a true son of Democracy. Be not deceived by false labels, wolves in sheeps’ clothing; judge the tree by its fruit. From now I may claim to be one of the best people in th>3 world. As you know, one can achieve greatness, like Julius Caesar; or one may have great ness thrust upon him—like the me-toos in politics. I’ve had this title thrust upon me, though it is like an officer covering his manly chest with victory medals when he smelled only the gas of military conversation, far from the cannon’s roar and the whine of machine guns. I saw a military man once, all agloom and bespangled with medals, though he had never known bloody battle save as he killed fleas, flies and roaches. However, I shouldn’t be too se vere, for my title “one of the best people in the world” comes from a generous and chivalrous druggist of Chesterfield,' South Carolina, who says on a sign “Through these portals pass the best people in the world.” Well, I passed through those portals— so there you are. However honored I felt at re ceiving this “honor”, I still felt keenly the removal of the Hot- dog stand whose song I sang last year. I urged Editors Britton to ap ply for a mandamus to bring the Hot-dog stand back, but I “gathered” that the editors themselves eat peaches at break fast and noon, and fill up on watermelon at sun-down, going to bed quickly with a feeling of fullness. Quite a scheme to de ceive the appetite, eh? Chesterfield and Cheraw have bright, eager faces, like ruddy school boys, but that is a coun try of Royal grants. I walked over a tract cut from a grant from the British King and just now leaving the family of the original grantees. Some citizens think that we must bow the knee to whatever the courts may say about our voting. We have great respect for the courts, but courts may be in error; judges are fallible men, like the rest of us. We allow for some difference of opinion in routine judicial deci sions, such as are handed down in the usual practice of law; but when a court invades a reserved domain, as has been done of late, we are face to face with a question: “Shall we deliberately accept a plan which does vio lence to our traditions? Shall we betray ourselves and the next generation and repudiate our fathers because a court says so? That is a question; that is the question. We like to live in peace, quiet ly enjoying the fruit of our la bor. But man does not live by bread alone; the laws, the cus toms, the circumstances and con ditions are greater factors in liv ing than is bread alone. Progress results from an alert resourcefulness which battles against hampering encroach ments. We can progress by in terpreting and appying more broadly the principles of our people but we need not throw those principles overboard. Pru dence, discretion, have their commendable qualities, but they did not wring from King John the Great Charter in 1215. Those were not the qualities which earned for Britishers (they were 'our people then) the Bill of Rights. Nor did easy going compliance bring about, the Declaration of Independence and the foundation of the American Republic. Nor did prudence rule among our Northern frienas when they scorned the Dred Scot decision of the United States Supreme Court. The Court was right, so far as the law meant anything, but the aboli tionists contended that the cause of humanity was above the law of the land an dthey appeal ed to that higher law. What the North won on the battlefield was in clear defiance of the Consti tution and the Courts. They threw the Constitution over board; they abrogated a clear The State Building & Loan Association Now Open For Business at 1111 Boyce St Under Supervision of the State Board of Bank Control Deposits in any amount accepted at any time. Reasonable interest rates on real estate loans. Overhead being held to minimum with no salaries paid to officers or directors. , Dividends July 1 and January 1 based on earnings. R. B. Baker, Pres. & Treas. H. B. Senn, M.D.. V-Pres. R. Aubrey Harley, Sec, W J. D. Caldwell, Director Thomas H. Pope, Director. ^ understanding among the states; and now we should take a firm stand that there is a principle beyond the power of courts to set aside. We have learned something from our Northern Aemricans. We must decide to act as our interest may appear. Some coun sel us to avoid hasty and ill- considered courses. That advice is usually predicted on a do- nothing attitude, a compliance which is so lacking in spirit as to be cowardly. The do-little, or do-nothing man may have his place, but the world would never march to new victories with them. The C. I. O. boasts in head lines in its own weekly paper: "C.I.O. Defy of the T. H. (new Labor law) Law Goes Unchal lenged”. Let the Labor Government first engorce Labor laws before it tries to throttle the South. Notice of Primary Election Notice is given that the City Democratic club will hold a pri mary on August 12th for the purpose of nominating candi dates for the following offices: Mayor of Newberry. Alderman, Ward 3. Alderman, Ward 4. Polls will open at eight (8) o’clock A. M., and remain open continuously until four (4) o’clock P. M. No one will be allowed to vote unless his or her name appears on the enrollment book, and is otherwise quali fied. Voting precincts and the managers of same will be as follows: WARD 1—Mrs. A. H. Counts, Mrs. J. A. Peterson, Mrs. F. G. Hartley, John A. Peterson. Clerk. VOTING at Recorders room City Hall. WARD 2—John T. Cromer, Miss Ruth Feagle, Mrs. Martha Sease, Mrs. Marion Wilson. VOTING at Smith Motor com pany, College street. WARD 3, NO. 1—Irvine Les lie, C. B. Spinks, Mrs. C. B. Spinks, Henry T. Cannon. VOT ING at Spinks store. WARD 3, NO. 2—Adelle Ful mer, Claude Jackson, S. J. Ar thur, Florence Harvey-. VOTING at Dormitory. WARD 4, NO. 1—Mrs. Ethel B. Fellers, Mrs. Mary E. Dowd, Miss Clara Bowers, Thos. P. Wicker, Clerk. VOTING at Old Court House Corridor. WARD 4, NO. 2—Miss Corrie Lei Havird, Miss Minnie Havird, Mrs. O. F. Armfield. VOTING at park behind Layton’s Store. WARD 5—Sarah Rucker, Eve lyn Hendrix, Dorothy Rose, Carolyn Kinard. VOTING near Corley’s Barber shop. HENRY T. CANNON, Chairman, O. F. ARMFIELD, Secretary. Aug. l-2tc. TROUBADOUR OI.IOHIIMC The classic simplicity of th« fluted shaft, the deep evt design, the symmetry and flowing lines com* bine to make this timeless pattern a favorite. Verna & Hal Kohn Gifts and Flowers Your house can be made pretty as a picture ... with paint from R. M. LOMINACK HDW. 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Keep your present car in good running condition by bringing it to us for skilled service, now and at regular intervals; until you secure delivery of your new Chevrolet. Come in—today! CHEVROLET \ k v DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY 1517 Main St. Newberry, S. C.