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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, AUGUST 23. 1947 12 18 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. ARM FI ELD 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 Congressman William Jen nings Bryan Dorn speaks out against those who are claiming to be Democrats though full of un-Democratic ideas and loyal ties. Mr. Dorn’s attitude does not differ sharply from that of the other Representatives In Congress from South Carolina unless it be that he has more oratorical fervor. Our six “Congressmen” voted with mark ed independence and are more truly reflecting the State’s poli tical philosophy than are those who follow more or less blindly whatever the President advo cates or disapproves. Congress man Dorn declares that South Carolina especially is the home of the real Democracy, the foundation of Jeffersonian gov ernment. unblemished and in corruptible. Mr. Dorn includes the South, the old South, as RADIO AND TELEVISION SALES - SERVICE - We Specialize in— PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS AND SOUND EQUIPMENT Sale of for Rental INTER OFFICE COMMUNI CATION SYSTEMS Geo. N. Martin 1303 Friend St. Phone 74-J Directly Opposite Post Office partners with us in our Demo cracy, but he vigorously de nounces Henry Wallace and ex cludes him from our Party. Mr. Dorn is refreshing. Just what he thinks of President Truman’s close fellowship with some well known groups and or ganizations is not known to me. Mr. Dorn has a great name to uphold and a great tradition of service to maintain if he would follow in the steps of William Jennings Bryan. Mr. Bryan had courage; he had the simple faith of a great soul and went down in defeat because he advo cated many of the measures which were adopted later. Mr. Bryan was a political evangelist, preaching decency in politics and fairness in government. No man out of office was ever so powerful an influence in Amer ica; he made no deals or trades; he appealed to the heart of the nation and his oratory nearly elected him to the presidency in spite of the millions of dol lars used against him. Quite a mark to shoot at, Mr. Dorn. Judge Eatmon has raised a question which should be ans wered now. May a Judge or any court enjoin or restrain the State from enforcing a Statute? Apparently the Attorney Gener al of the State thinks the Judge has no such authority. And to the average citizen, the man in the street, the matter appears like this: The General Assembly enacts a bill and the governor approves it. That is a law. It may be challenged on the ground of unconstitutionality and a Judge may rule that it is un constitutional, but even in that case the issue is determined at a trial. In the Myrtle Beach case the Town of Myrtle Beach seems to have passed an ordin ance authorizing a guessing game at races. The State de clared that the whole procedure was an effort to evade the State law on betting. It is well known that no town ordin ance can set aside a State law. Towns are agents of the State and subject to the State. In this case Judge Latmon ruled that the guessing practice did not violate the State law and enjoined the State officers from interfering with the races and the guessing. The State brought the matter before Justice Oxner of the Supreme Court. Justice Oxner overrode the restraining order of Judge Latmon, so the State will proceed to arrest anyone whose operatioris vio late the State Statute against betting, as the cases may seem to come wihin the purview of the law. It seems to me that the whole matter might have been brought Sheriffs and others had made Maybe it’s travel you want —in exotic foreign lands. Or thrilling adventure along new frontiers in electronics, aviation, medical science. Perhaps the chance to learn a useful, modem skill. If you are 18 to 34 (17 with parents’ consent) and otherwise qualified, you can get them all in the Regular Army. Yes, it’s true: only 3 out of 5 appli cants are good enough to make it. That means you’ll serve your country with an outfit you can be proud of. Study the pay chart below. That pay is clear. You don’t pay a cent for food, lodging, clothing. Sound good? Then — get the full facts today at your nearest U. S. Army Recruiting Station. 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It is unthink- to a speedier conclusion if the able that the enforcement of sovereign enactments of a state should be paralyzed with out even a trial on the merits. Former Judge A. W. Holman seems to have stirred up several issues. He attacked the Legis lature for. granting “official-ex pense”, as the extra compensa tion is called, but he did not challenge the extra payments to Judicia land Executive officers. Judge Grimball and Greneker have made the issue by declin ing the additional emoluments given to the Judges. Where does the matter stand now? Judge Grimball is being con sistent. Back there in the days of our poverty, when we were all poor and not even dreaming of today’s free handedness and rich bounty; at a time when a dollar was a dollar and com manded our respect; even before the days of a thirty seven bil lion dollar budget of the Nation which can’t be reduced, and the lavishness of State spending— even so, before all that, the Leg islature reduced the pay of Judges and other constitutional officials. Poor indeed, we were. The budget of the State was about eleven million dollars and had to be reduced to less than six millions. Hard to believe that we ever were so “hard-up”. Judge Grimball demanded his full salary and relied on the Constitution. And the Judge won the case. As all the Courts were affected, so all the Judges stepped aside, declining to rule in a matter affecting themselves. The specially appointed Sup reme Court upheld Judge Grim ball. All Constitutional officers shared the benefits flowing from that decision. The Court even issued a mandamus compelling the payment of the deducted amounts without an appropria tion by the Legislature. The Special Court went so far to up hold the Constitution in regard to salaries that it overruled any question of requiring an appro priation to make effective the judgment. Direct action. Just so. Up to this point, at least so far as salaries were concerned, the Constitution was “vindicat ed”, upheld, enforced and made a respectable document. Now what part of the Consti tution was that? Section 9 of Article 5 says: “The Justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of the Circuit Court shall each receive compensation for their services to be fixed by law. which shall not be increased or dimmished during their continu ance in office. They shall not be allowed any fees or perquisites of office . . .” That seems clear enough; and to sustain that mandatory provision the special Supreme Qpurt resorted to the unprecedented procedure of ord ering the Comptroller General to make payments from any un appropriated funds in the treas ury. It must be admitted that the Constitution is quite clear and that Judge Grimball was clearly within his constitutional rights to invoke the Constitution against reducing his salary. Now Judge Grimball declines certain emoluments because the very section of the Constitution he invoked long ago prohibits an increase in pay, or the enjoy ment of special emoluments. Judge Greneker takes similar action. , , From the letters of Judge Grimball and Greneker declin ing to accept some perquisite, fee or emolument beyond the salary as of the time of their election, one must conclude that the Legislature overstepped the Constitution again, generously providing for the Courts and others, while providing so gen erously for themselves. This is a very interesting ques tion. At the very moment that ex-Judge Holman argues against We Close All Day Each WEDNESDAY W. E. TURNER Jeweler FENNELL’S Jewelry Store T. M. ROGERS & SON Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building an increase for the Legislators, as “official expense money” two Judges decline certain “extras”, tacitly, at least, declaring the “extras” to be unconstitutional. An interesting sidelight on this is that Judges Grimball and Greneker, in declining “extra pay”, or perquisite,—to make it sound more impressive, were acting in their private character. Though they decline certain emoluments which they might receive as Judges their decision is not official or judicial. Here the Judge is not a Judge but a public functionary only, and in his private life. If this matter had been presented to either of those two Judges judicially, and he had ruled as his private act implies, then the whole affair might have been held in abey ance until the Supreme Court could act. A layman is often mystified by the processes of the law. A great lawyer once said to a group of us: “If your ideas and the law don’t coincide, change your ideas, for the law is right”. The law may be right, always, but by whose interpretation? The judgment and decree of the court in the thirties proved that the Constitution is a docu ment to be respected, observed and enforced when salaries are reduced, but it is yet to be es tablished as an inviolable docu ment when increases, are prov ided in salaries, emoluments, perquisites, expenses fees, or whatever the increased “take- hame pay” may be called. That expression “take-home-pay” is one that is very much in vogue nowadays. Government by secrecy or Government “on the quiet” has become a part of our new policy. A citizen can go to the County Auditor’s office and hear all about the assessed valuation of property, he can ascertain what the courts have decided; he can buy a volume containing the recent decisions of the Supreme Court. All court matters are discussed in open court and are public. But the awards made by our Industrial Commission are not published, nor are they open to public inspection or in quiry. I was suprised when an employee of the Industrial Com mission told me that the law holds the Commission’s awards not public. My next surprise came when I was told that the awards made to men and women by the Welfare Boards are not for the public. This savors of bureaucratic sway doesn’t it? Why secrecy in what the tax payer gives away? And why not publish the awards of the Industrial Commission? Of course this applies equally to the payments made by the Un employment Commission. There is one essential differ ence between Welfare grants and awards by the Commission —and the difference deserves emphasis: All awards by the Industrial Commission and the Unemploy ment Commission are paid wholly by the employers; the State pays nothing: whereas all the money paid by the Welfare authorities is paid by the tax payers in general from ordinary funds. J. K. Breedin is speaking reg ularly over the following sta tions: WNOK (Columbia 1230) WRNO (Orangeburg 1450) on Wednesday at 2:30 P. M. and WFIG (Sumter 1340) on Satur days at 5:15 P. M. Mr. and Mrs. George Martin have returned to Newberry af ter a vacation at Ocean Drive. Quattlebaum- Proffitt Miss Peggy Jean Proffitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Beryl G. Proffitt of Colorado Springs, Colo, became the bride of Major A. C. Quattlebaum, son of Mrs. S. A. Quattlebaum and the late Mr. Quattlebaum of Prosperity on August 17, 1947. The cere mony was conducted by Chap lain Eugene J. Graebner in the chapel of Peterson Field, Colo. Baskets of white gladioli and fern decorated the chapel, witn cathedral tapers in candelabra furnishing a soft light while the service was performed. Traditional nuptial music was rendered by Miss Naida Graeb- er, organist, and Major James Miller, soloist. Major Quattlebaum chose as his best man Col. W. C. Garland of Colorado Springs. Ushers were Roy King and William Bibb Lamar, also of Colorado Springs. The bride’s matron of honor was Mrs. Roy King. She was dressed in ice blue nylon taffeta designed with a sweetheart neckline. She wore matching mitts fashioned in point over the back of her hands, and car ried an all blue colonial bou quet with matching coronet for her hair. The bridesmaids, Miss Marie Bucciarelle of Pueblo and Mrs. William G. Kelly of Hutchinson, Kansas were attired in yellow dresses, similar to that of the matron of honor. They also wore matching mitts; carried yellow colonial bouquets and wore matching yellow flowers in their hair. The bride was charming in her wedding dress of heirloom satin, designed with a high neckline, draped front and bustle effect back. Her three- quarter length veil was of double illusion. She carried white orchids and gardenias. Her onl yornament was a strand of pearls, gift of the groom. Mrs. Proffitt, mother of the bride, wore a chartreuse crepe dress with matching feather hat, and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Quattlebaum, mother of the groom, was attired in black crepe and wore an orchid cor sage. Immediately following the ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride. The couple left for a wedding trip to California, after which they will make their home in Sacramento, Calif., where the groom is stationed with the U. S. Army. For traveling, Mrs. Quattlebaum wore a brown two piece suit with brown accessories and an orchid corsage. Mrs. Quattlebaum attended Kansas State College at Man- attan, where she was a member f Phi Beta Phi sorority. Major Quattlebaum attended Wofford College at Spartanburg. e was a member of Delta Sig- la Phi fraternity. Among those attending the ■edding were Mrs. S. A. Quat- ebaum, mother of the groom, •om Prosperity, and Mr. and ry. WHEELER-KIZER Mrs. J. D. Wheeler announces the engagement of her daughter, Mary, to Wilson C. Kizer of St. George. The wedding will take place in the early fall. 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He served two years and eight months in the U. S. Navy during the war, and is now employed in the Oakland plant of the Kendall mills. Mr. and Mrs. King will reside at 2811 Hunt avenue. H. D. AGENTS ATTEND STATE CONFERENCES TRIBUTE TO LOVED ONES Consecrate the memory of your loved one with a dig nified and enduring monu ment. O. C. PHILLIPS, Memorials Located on cut-off at Morningside Nursery. BATTERIES To Fit Any Mako Car. Reasonable Price- General Automobile Repairing Ignition Repairs and Carbuerators SEASE MOTOR COMPANY Your PACKARD Dealer M3 Friend St Phone 37-M Miss Ethel Counts, Newberry county home demonstration agent, and Miss Jane Winn, as sistant home demonstration agent, will attend a conference for extension workers at Winth- rop College from September 1 through September 6. Agents from 42 counties, to gether with 32 assistants, are expected to attend the confer ence for special training for the 1947-48 extension program. Speakers during the week will include C. G. Cushman, ex tension dairy specialist from Clemson college, D. W. Watkins, extension director from Clem son, S. L. Latimer, editor of The State; Miss Elizabeth Watson of the home research department at Winthrop, and M P. Napier of the extension department at Clemson. CELEBRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Hornsby will celebrate their 29th wed ding anniversary on Wednesday September third. Miss Anne Culbertson of Due West is visiting Miss Carolyn Lipscomb this week. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We the undersigned Jury Commissioners of Newberry County shall on the 4th day of September, at 9 o’clock A. M., in the clerk of court’s office, openly and publicly draw thir ty-six names to serve as petit jurors for the general sessions court which will convene on September 15th, 1947, at 10 o’clock a. m. H. K. BOYD. Clerk of Court, P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor, J. R. DAWKINS, Treasurer. 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