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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 194?
12 18 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. ARMFIELD
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SPECTATOR
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Should South Carolina have a
State Police System? Perhaps
that word “system” stirs objec
tion. Let us eliminate the word
“system” and make a new start.
Does South Carolina need police
protection throughout the State?
Well, we have it, but there are
breaks in our policing and those
breaks operate against efficient
service.
If a man violates a law in
Orangeburg County near North
and does not leave the County
the Sheriff and the Rural Police
will find him. That is true of
Clarendon, Williamsburg, Sum
ter, Richland, Lee—and all the
other counties. But if a man
commits a crime in Lexington
County he can get over the line
to Richland in few minutes.
Within four hours a fast driver
can go from Pickens to Charles
ton and start out to sea.
Quite obviously we need local
policing, such as Town and
County officers afford, but we
need an arrangement that will
permit a Pickens officer to fol
low his man to Charleston. We
need also an arrangement which
will permit the Pickens officer
to call for help all along the
way, perhaps alerting officers in
Greenville, Laurens, Newberry,
Richland. Calhoun, Orangeburg,
Dorchester and Charleston.
Suppose the pursuing Pickens
officer should call the Highway
Department. It might also
“alert” all traffic men within
reach. Conceivably the Pickens
officer might call on City Police
in Sumter, if the criminal is
running through Sumter.
What I have in mind is a
State police coverage, but with
out a State “system”. Certainly
we need police protection _ that
does not stop at Town or Coun
ty limits.
South Carolina has fine paved
roads; it has bridges across the
rivers. The magnificent new
bridge across the Santee River—
the Francis Marion Bridge be
low St. Paul—connects Orange
burg and Clarendon Counties. A
culprit fleeing from a Rural
Policeman (or Town Policeman)
in or near Eloree, Orangeburg
County, can get across the San
tee River into Clarendon Coun
ty in ten minutes. Shall the law
stand impotent at the limits of
Elloree ,or at the West bank of
the Santee River?
A regular State Police Force
would probably be a new body,
an additional expense. Very
likely there would be as many
town policemen and County pol
icemen as we have today. Then
there would be the Governor’s
constables, the Highway Patrol
—and all others. Instead ot
thinking out a method we are
absorbed with men, jobs, auth
ority—and all the other consid
erations which arise when some
one’s toes are stepped on or his
dignity ruffled.
Axe we helpless before the op
position of those who resent the
idea because it may affect
them?
If organizations defeat a
State Police Force (and it could
easily become a political pow
er) then let us throw away the
form and save the substance.
Might we not accomplish the
purpose in this manner: Com
mission all State, County and
Municipal officers as State Pol
ice? They would be elected or
appointed as is now the prac
tice; and their positions would
be local, as at present; but their
jurisdiction would be State-wide.
They would continue to be un
der the same local authority as
today controls them except
when beyond the borders of
their present jurisdiction. When
beyond their respective borders,
whether Municipal or County,
the officers would receive trav
el expense from the State, and
the State would reimburse the
Counties or Towns on a per
diem basis for the services ot
the local men while in the serv
ice of the State.
This plan would leave auth
ority and local selection in the
control of local constituents but
would make available a large
body of experienced men for an
effective policing of all the
State.
South Carolina has no Central
Purchasing Agency because in
stitutions opposed it. An exped
ient might have been adopted
whereby each institution might
have continued to buy for itself,
though at indicated maximum
prices. We fail to adopt meas
ures because we fear to offend
the sensitive people—and all
taxpayers pay the price of a bad
plan. And we adopt measures
sometimes which may be desir
able but we proceed in a man
ner that is open to question, as
when the Budget Commission
allocates money in its discretion.
American workers are our
own people, ourselves, our
neighbors, our friends, our fel
low citizens. No one is hostile
to American workers. What,
then, is the matter? We are glad
when employment is plentiful,
when jobs abound, when work
ers are in demand. We are
happy when our people receive
good pay and have some time
for recreation. What troubles
many of us is that our workers
are being governed by Labor
Bosses who draw big salaries
and keep the country in a
“stew” much of the time. But
even that is not the worst of it.
Some of our workers find some
employers as selfish as some La
bor Bosses.
So far as Labor measures
strength with Management that
is democratic, provided both
sides fight by the same rules
and both sides •entend for
something reasonable.
We proudly present the fine rings
that have been the choice of more brides
than any other for almost one hundred years.
Quality diamonds—chosen in world diamond markets.
Original settings—created by fashionwise goldsmiths.
Ask to see the rings marked Art-Carved.
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W. E. Turner, Jeweler
What muddies the water is
that purely arbitrary considera
tions creep in, sometimes. Such
is the so-called “feather-bed
ding”. When ten men work on
a job that could be done by five
men we are operating unsound
ly, unreasonably, even foolishly
and extravagantly. Rail roads
are victims of “feather-bedding”,
and we frequently find that a
dozen carpenters must be idle
(on pay) while waiting for a
pipe-fitter to do a simple job
which any one could do. We
ought to throw overboard most
—perhaps all—of the laws which
deal with Labor, pay, and con
ditions of work. Labor is so
well organized that it can pro
tect itself. The recent agree
ment with John L. Lewis proves
that Labor does not need Gov
ernment pampering or coddling.
Whenever business is good em
ployers will go a long way
rather than to disrupt their op
erations. Many a great enter
prise operates at a loss because
it knows that if it “lays off” its
helpers it will lose them and
have to look for new help
among untrained people.
Big Business may not be en
tirely governed by the Sermon
on the Mount but is has learned
many lessons, among them that
a factory earns dividends thru
operations and that smooth op
erating is less costly than
changing workers frequently.
Selfishness, even greed, is found
in all of us, perhaps, but Am
ericans need not live in a State
of strife, like men in hostile
armies.
The average intelligent, suc
cessful employer will seldom re
quire one man to do any work
which can only be done compe
tently by two or three men. Of
course there are such men of
avarice, but they are more like
ly to be found in small plants
than in the big mills or jobs.
And there is no reason why in
telligent Labor should demand
more men on a job than may be
necessary.
Why shouldn’t we strike out
all arbitrary and capricious de
mands and agree on good work
for good pay, full value on both
sides?
As to the maintenance of our
State and local governments by
White men, how would this
plan work?: A preference indica
tion by ballots in a race by
White men, voted for by White
men, without the oath of sup- _
port in the General Election? the following positions:
That would knock out even the' Auto mechanic, senior, $1.13 to
semblance of legality which some : $1-39 per hour; auto mechanic,
Judges interpret as our control 1 $1.04 to $1.27 per hour; auto me
Pro-White Supremacy. All the
tireless efforts of politicians to
persuade the people to register
and then to vote resulted in the
amazing result of Mr. Roose
velt’s ticket polling only about
thirty per cent of the registered
voters! The Southern Demo
cratic ticket (for Byrd)—a mere
protest, or declaration of inde
pendence—received nearly twice
as many votes as the Republi
can ticket. More surprising
still, the vigorous camjpaign of
the Southern Democratic Party
measured its success in the non
voters rather than in the voters;
it seemed that the anti-Roose
velt sentiment did not carry
through to the polls.
The purpose of that observa
tion is not to revive political
memories or divisions; it is in
tended to point out that many
Democrats, most Democrats, will
either support the regular tick
et, or refrain from voting.
If there should be a ballot by
White men for White men it is
quite likely that ninety per
cent of the White men would
support that White man who
received a preference vote even
though a dozen Democrats might
appear on the ticket.
The social stigma of being «
Scalawag might well deter all
other White men. The name of
one or two Scalawags might
serve a useful purpose: it might
prove that the ballot in the Gen
eral Election is open as it really
is now. We should be voting as
White Men, not as Democrats.
Not even a court can make a
Black man a White man..
As things go in our Nation to
day, a Communist, a Socialist, a
Free-Spender, an Economist, a
High-tariff man, a Low-tariff
man, a Jeffersonian, a Hamil
tonian, a Wallace, a Truman, a
Morgenthau, corrupt City Boss
es, Venal Political machines. La
bor Despots, Negroes—all these
are National Democrats, but no
political artifice, no judicial
magic, no compulsion of the
Party, no broad humanity, can
transform a Colored man into a
White man.
CIVIL SERVICE
EXAMS ANNOUNCED
Applications will be received
until September 15 for the po
sition of Firefighter at the
Greenville Army Air Base. Sal
ary range from $2895.60 to
$4024.20 per year.
Also until August 21, 1947, ap
plications will be received for
by discrimination. We do not
require that a voter shall sup
port the nominees on the Nat
ional Ticket, though most people
do vote the straight ticket.
The last test of Mr. Roose
velt’s strength in South Caro
lina was in 1944 when a ticket
was brought out for Senator
Byrd. Mr. Byrd made no effort
to win support; the vote was al
most entirely anti-Roosevelt and
chanic (motor pool) $.96 to $1.18
per hour, all at Fort Jackson.
For further information, con
tact Miss Sadie Bowers, local
secretary, at the post office.
Mrs. John Henry Wesson gave
Miss Patsy Ann Miller a sur
prise birthday and going away
party at her home on Friday
night. A large number of Pat
sy’s friends attended.
You Are Always
Welcome At
Smith’s Drug Store
Pause, Relax and Refresh Your'
self At Our New Modern
Soda Fountain
Coca-Cola 1 v
6c ■ J]W
LEMONADE
Lge. 12c
ICE CREAM
SODA
ALL FLAVORS
15c
PEPSI-COLA
7c - * **
SANDWICH
Special Club
35c * *#'
SPECIAL
POLAR
PLEASER
Come "North” to our
Fountain and try one of
our giant sundaes that
temper the temperature!
It's a richly delicious
mountain of ice cream
smothered with snowy-
white whipped cream.
So for a frigid favorite
that helps beat the heat,
visit our fountain lodayl
SMITH’S
CUT R FITE DRUGSTORE
1212 Main Street Newberry, S. C.
NEWS FROM
MOLLOHON
Mr. Jerry Sanford of the West
End community visited Mr. and
Mrs. Burr Harmon during the
weekend.
Narvis Berry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Berry, is spending u
30 day leave.from the Navy.
Misses Carolyn Addy and
Wynona Layton visited in Co
lumbia Wednesday.
Mr. Nathan Richardson of
Kentucky, visited his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson.
Mr. Fitzgerald Jones' spent a
week in Saluda.
Tommy Mitchell is spending
several weeks in Columbia with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Murrah.
Mrs. Nathan Culclasure spent
a few days in Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs. Burr Harmon
and son, Larry, and Mr. Jerry
Sanford visited in Chester Sun
day.
Mrs. Winifred Cromer, of
Hartsville, is visiting relatives.
Mrs. Homer Addy is a patient
in the Columbia hospital.
The following are patients at
Newberry County hospital: Mrs.
D. C. Hurt, Mrs. Reba Martin,
Mr. J. T. Franklin, Mrs. Harold
Black, and Mrs. Lonnie Foy.
The community was saddened
by the death of Mr. Monroe Ber
ry. We express our deepest
sympathy to the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Doodie Franklin
and family of Greenwood, Mrs.
J. C. Kinard and daughter of
Prosperity, Mr. and Mrs. M. Z.
Watkins and Mr. and Mrs. M
W. Watkins of Batesburg visited
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Franklin
Sunday.
Mrs. Inez Hemker is ill at her
home on Glenn street.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cordle
and daughter Phyllis of Mariet
ta, Ga., visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
D. Cordle over the weekend.
We express our deepest sym
pathy ' to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
James in the death of their baby
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Dickert
visited their daughter, Evelyn,
in Columbia Sunday.
HILL PURCHASES
WHITMIRE CONCERN
The Wallace Laundry and Dry
Cleaning plant in Whitmire, has
been purchased by Robert Hill,
who assumed owner and mana
gership Monday, August 11.
Mr. Hill, who resides in New
berry, was formerly co-owner of
the M System grocery store
here.
NEWBERRY VETERANS
BORROW OVER $600,000
Newberry veterans have ob
tained loans guaranteed by the
Veterans Administration in th»
amount of $629,711.27, for real
estate and business purposes, ac
cording to figures released by
Edward B. Turner, manager of
the South Carolina regional of
fice of the Veterans Adminis
tration.
Total guaranteed loans for the
state amounted to almost 38 mil
lion dollars at the end of July.
Veterans in ten counties have
borrowed more than a million
dollars, with Richland county
leading with loans aggregating
$12,689,425.83, of which the VA
has guaranteed $5,924,378.93.
Runner-up is Greenville county,
with Florence, Anderson, Spar
tanburg, Aiken, Charleston* York
Lexington and Laurens also hit
ting the million dollar mark.
Loans have been made in
every county of the state except
Jaspar.
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outfit the young scholar from top to
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Sears Order Office streamlines your
shopping . . . saves you time and
energy as well as money. Come in
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ORDER OFFICE
The State Biulding &
Loan Association
Now Open For Business
at
1111 Boyce St
/
Under Supervision of the State Board of Bank Control
Deposits in any amount accepted at any time. 1
Reasonable interest rates on real estate loans. ’*’**>'
Overhead being held to minimum with no salaries paid
to officers or directors.
Dividends July 1 and January 1 based on earnings. ■
R. B. Baker, Pres. & Treas.
% H. B. Senn, M.D.» Y-Pres.
R. Aubrey Harley, Sec. (1$
J. D. Caldwell, Director 'fff!
Thomas H. Pope, Director.