The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 14, 1947, Image 4
The Newberry Sun
Friday, November 14, 1947
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
0. F. Armfield
Editor and Publisher
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., $1.50 per year
in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance.
SPECTATOR
I went to Marion one after
noon last week. Do you know
Marion? It is one of the towns
of character, a community of
standards and culture. Lem
Winesett, the editor has his pa
per there, The Marion Star, a
bright and newsy paper. Lem
is a newcomer, but he has “dug
in” and has the “situation well
in hand.” And Marion is grac
ed by that grand lady, Miss Kate
Lilly Blue. Years ago I attend
ed a meeting of the Marion
County chapter of the Farmers
and Taxpayers League. The pa
pers carried a very sympathetic
account of the meeting and
made the point that “The Wo
men’s Clubs were represented.”
A year o~ so later I was in Mar
ion again, to meet with those
resolute spirits of the League.
Up in the court room, sitting
daintily and off to herself I
saw the lovely spirit. Miss Kate
Lilly Blue, and I knew that the
Women’s Clubs were well repre
sented. I offer my tribute of
homage to that gentle and gen
teel representative of The Press
and of the Women’s Clubs. I
hope Miss Cappie Williams of
The Marion Star will speak of
me.
On the way to Marion I pass
ed through Florence, the Gate
to the Pee Dee, a city alive and
alert.
South Carolina has its attrac
tions; it is a State of great
beauty and charm.
A committee has recom
mended that the nation forth
with enact various laws, among
them the F.E.P.C., the Anti-
Lynching, Anti-poll tax—and
other laws. The real truth of
the matter is that none of these
is properly a matter for Nation
al concern; the F.E.P.C. is not
properly a matter for either
Federal or State governments.
The F.E.P.C., so far as it deals
•vith private business, is an in
vasion of the rights of a citi
zen; we have the right to em
ploy whom we please and to de
cline to employ whom we please.
The effort to make out a case
for the F.E.P.C. is a flagrant
denial of rights of all who are
engaged in business. I do not
think we gain much by arguing
this point, or by arguing at all:
there must be a bold, resolute,
vigorous and constant assertion
of the rights of all men. We
must stand up and act like
men.
Would it be even thinkable
for a moment that a farmer
should be required to buy his
seed or fertilizers from mer
chants without regard to Color?
Would it be possible to compel
our people to buy from Colored
clothing merchants? Would we
submit to a law compelling us
to retain Colored lawyers or Col
ored physicians? Must we ac-
ept Colored pastors of our
.hurches, Colored dentists?
Must we go to Colored hospi
tals? All this applies equally
to our Colored people. They now
have stores, restaurants, insur
ance companies, ministers, phy
sicians of their own. Must they
be compelled to accept white
people? Or, may they continue
to develop, as they are develop
ing? The two races are march
ing well under their own ban
ners.
This meddling of the Govern
ment with purely private affairs
is just another symptom of that
mental attitude which leads to
Communism. It is an effort to
clothe the Government with an
authority which is not properly
a function of a free government.
The other man’s liberty stops
at my rights. No man can claim
as his right any practice which
encroaches on your right. The
other man’s line stops at your
line.
It is impossible to know how
much of real Americanism is be
ing sacrificed by politicians; the
urge to rule, to hold office, has
blinded both Democrats and Re
publicans to the principles of
our government. The one pos
sible, practical recourse would
be to declare the Party inde
pendence of the South, with
such well-built balance of power
as would command respect for
Constitutional rights. This isn’t
merely a southern matter; it is a
broad National scope, for any
encroachment on the rights of
one region today may make eas
ier encroachments on other re
gions tomorrow.
The United States of America
is rapidly becoming a land gov
erned by and for those who
have nothipg, who hope to draw
on the others who are thrifty,
who hold office and exercise
authority. Principles of govern
ment, principles of economics,
principles of individual conduct
—all these are sacrificed for vot
ers.
It is very serious; it isn’t just
a matter for perfunctory editor
ials and radio talks. Sit down
and think for a while. What
counts supremely? Votes. Men
of the highest respectability
either make common cause with
crooks, crooked bosses and sub
versive groups, or they pretend
to be unaware of the bargains
and deals being made in their
behalf by their friends, agents,
or campaign committees. A de
cent despotism would be more
wholesome than a crooked, per
verted, venal gang, masquerad
ing as a democracy, though in
truth a corrupt oligarchy.
The passing of Dr. J. M. Bur
nett of The Baptist Courier is a
loss to the Baptists and to The
State. I read with profit a
number of papers but the week
ly visits of The Baptist Courier
and the Southern Christian Ad
vocate are always noted by me.
The Editors of those papers try
to bring to their people each
week the news of the Kingdom
as established among us, and
the thoughts that will prepare
for the Kingdom in its grander
development.
Dr. Burnett was a man of
gentle, modest spirit. I didn’t
think of him as a crusader, but
as one who had made his calling
and election sure, who had no
doubts, but went quietly on his
way, bringing to the work and
living of each day the full as
surance of God’s presence and
participation.
The Baptist Courier has grown
to a weekly of great circulation
and usefulness, but it retained
under Dr. Burnett its sweet sim
plicity and home-like appeal.
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The good Doctor has gone to
Beulah land, to live with all
those who have lived and lab
ored and now find a large field
of usefulness in the “joy of the
Lord.”
Our people, everywhere, are
talking against Communists, but
nobody seems to propose ser
iously that we amend the Fed
eral Constitution so that such
destructive doctrines may not be
permitted here. As seems to be
our habit in recent years, we
denounce Communism as griev
ously bad and subversive, but
we permit the Communists to
enjoy all the liberty and oppor
tunity which only America can
afford.
What, for example, will our
Congressional Committee do
about Communists in Holly
wood? What, indeed, can the
Committee do? Would it not
be more practical to deny to
any man or woman citizenship
in this country if he believes in
any form of government that
would involve a violent breach
with the basic ideas of America?
Of course you would have to »sk
yourself this question: “What
are the basic ideas of America?”
Do you think that a simple ques
tion and one easily answered?
Well, you are badly in error, if
you think that. Since the com
ing of the New Deal this coun
try has fed millions of people,
while drowning millions of pigs;
it has clothed millions, while
plowing up cotton; it has built
huge plants to develop electric
and political power, using the
public money in direct competi
tion with taxpayers.
Over in Georgia the Federal
Court js trying some chain-gang
guards, even after two State
grand juries had thrown out the
bills, or declared the complaint
unfounded. All this sounds like
the days of the Carpet-Baggers.
But, if you try to define our gov
ernment you must decide which
leader you will follow, whether
Thomas Jefferson, Grover Cleve
land, Woodrow Wilson, or
Franklin Roosevelt. Or, you may
be inclined more to Alexander
Hamilton. At any rate, we can
all agree on advocating Ameri
canism. But what is American
ism? How readest thou?
Everybody is talking about in
flation. Well, what is inflation?
When did it arrive and when
will it leave? What brought it
about? Who is to blame? Let
us find the guilty man. The
farmer is usually blamed for
everything, so, perhaps it is 'the
farmer. As our astute friend of
Laurens pointed out years ago,
when the farmer receives a good
price for his crops, that is infla
tion, according to so-called ex
perts; but when Labor receives
an increase in wages, that is
called a social gain. That is a
clear illustration of the sort of
thinking that is being done in
this country.
The politicians have all be
come great economists, or, at
least, they talk and write so
much that the people are living
in a daze; one day we are told
that a rise in rents is inflation
ary, but a rise in wages is not;
more pay for less work is not in
flationary, according to high
Government Economists, provid
ed enough voters are killing
time on the job. Boiled down,
we are living in a day of pro
nouncements by Government of
ficials, in the press and over the
radio, pouring on us like temp
estuous floods. Sometimes 1
think it would be a great bless
ing if every man in Washington
were to lose his voice, his pen
cils, pens and typewriters, and
the use of his fingers for a
month. It would enable the
people to think for themselves,
or, else, stop worrying. But
REGISTRATION FOR
GENERAL ELECTION
The supervisor of registration
has been ordered by the Council
of the Town of Newberry to op
en the books of registration Sep-
teber 29, 1947, to remain open
until ten days before the general
election of Mayor and Aldermen
in December,
Required for registration tax
receipts showing payment of all
taxes for 1946 and County and
State registration certificate.
D. L. NANCE,
Supervisor of Registration.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND
OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
I will make a final settlement
of the estate of Leila Kidd Conrad
in the Probate Court for Newber
ry County, S. C., on Saturday,
the 22nd day of November, 1947,
at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, and
will immediately thereafter ask
for my discharge as administra
trix of said estate.
All persons having claims
against the estate of Leila Kidd
Conrad, deceased, are hereby no
tified to file the same, duly veri
fied, with the undersigned, and
those indebted to said estate will
please make payment likewise.
Gladys Conrad Nickles,
Administratrix
STANDARD OIL
INCREASES PRICES
Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey is posting increases due
to the recent 20 cents per barrel
advance in crude oil prices and
to higher freight rates, in its
prices for gasoline, fuel oil, and
some other petroleum products
effective October 30.
The new price, representing
the first increases by the com
pany in seven months, provide
for an increase of three-tenths of
a cent per gallon on gasoline,
eight-tenths of a cent per gal
lon on heating oil, kerosene dies
el and other distillate fuels, and
30 cents to 37 cents per b.arrel
on some heavy fuel oils. Avia
tion gasoline and some speciality
saphthas are advanced from one
cent to three cents per gallon.
In some areas increases in
freight rates will add an addi
tional ohe-tenth to one-half cent
per gallon to the new prices.
In announcing the changes, M.
J. Rathbone, president, said:
“Our company has been doing
its utmost to resist upward pres
sure on prices of petroleum pro
ducts. Prices on our general
products have not been ad
vanced since last March in spite
of other general price increases,
because we have believed that,
under present economic condi
tions, prices should be increased
only when such increases tend
to maintain or bring out addi
tional quantities of most pro
ducts which are short in supply.
However, we are convinced that
the recent increase in the price
of crude oil makes a correspond
ing rise in our products prices
necessary in order to maintain
maximum supplies from all
sources in meeting current pres
sing needs for oil products. The
new prices we are posting, it
may be noted, put proportionate
ly more of the, increased cost of
crude oil against heating and
fuel oils than against gasoline.
This should stimulate greater re
finery production or the vitally
needed fuel products for this
winter and thus aid in correcting
the present unsatisfactory sup
ply outlook for these products.
Proportionately higher increases
have also been made in the
price of aviation gasoline to re
flect the rapidly growing de
mand for this special products
and the new price level should
bring out added supplies of avia
tion gasoline.”
they are dumb enough, after
all, aren’t they?
We are becoming a nation of
headlines, bulletins, blasts,
scares, emergencies, movie-thril-
■ers; we are not calmly thinking
out problems.
The greatest need of the world
today is for America to save
herself; to reconsecrate herself
to sober thinking, to sane gov
ernment.
South Carolina Tax Com
mission for license to oper
ate a Liquor Store at 1212
Thompson Street, in the
town of Newberry, South
Carolina, under the provi
sions of the Alcoholic Bev
erage Control Act of 1945.
LEWIS L BLALOCK
J. W. BUCHANAN.
Notice
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what I’d call a clever bor
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using your lawn mower
this afternoon?” You ans
wer: “Yes, I’m afraid I
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• • • •
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“How does the clock go
that you won at the Fair?”
“Fine—it does an hour
in fifty minutes.”
Oatch the small car ‘worriers’ promptly and
you may prevent big oar problems later.
Bring: your car to us for a careful check to
day. It’s sure to save You money ... it may
even prevent a serious accident.
Mills Garage
W. W. Mills and Sons
GENERAL AUTO REPAIRS |
Main Street Extension — Next to Norris’ Store
PHONE 458-J Near the Cut-Off
CHRISTMAS CARDS
by the world’s leading artists—Piscasso,
Norman Rockwell, Georgia O’Keefe,
Salvador Dale and others.
THE NOVELTY SHOP
Next to the Ritz Theater
Fender & Body Work
Have your Fenders and Body straighten
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upholstery service and Painting.
Davis Motor Company
1515-1517 Main Street
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CATION SYSTEMS
Geo. N. Martin
1303 Friend St. Phone 74-J
Directly Opposite Poet Office
We can’t speed things up
quite that fast—but when
you drive in for service we
take care of your wants
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‘There's Rhythm In That There Store"
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ON
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AUTOMOBILES
AND
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NEWBERRYINSURANCE
AND REALTY CO.
NED PURCELL, Manager
TELEPHONE 197
Exchange Bank Building
us.
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GROCERIES & MEATS
Summer’s
Radio and
. Grocery
Service
(Formerly known as Grad-
dick’s Grocery.)
Prompt Pick-up and deliv
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Phone: 629-J
NOTICE
We have moved to our new location, 1515 Martin
Street, across from the Bus Station.
We will be pleased to have you visit us.
City Radio Service
TELEPHONE 752
Radio Repairs ‘ Sound Service