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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1948
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
0. F. Arm field
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.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
We begin a new year. If we
could be new people, that would
mean something, wouldn’t it?
Most resolutions don’t mean
anything, but we might resolve
to use our brains more and our
emotions less. I am not dis
counting the emotions; they are
the moving force, the great dy
namos of life. As Paul tells us,
“We walk by faith, and not by
sight’’. We might try to study
great problems calmly, making
sure of the facts, instead of as
suming the truth because of
prejudice or kindly regard, or
some sort of loyalty which be
clouds the issue and stultifies
the mind.
The Anderson Independen'
tells us of various savings which
Colonel Maiming has made a
the Penitentiary. A few more
able managers could save a lot
of money, while improving the
public service. A thorough in
vestigation of the expenditure
of all school funds should prove
desirable.
What will the White men do
about tha decision of the Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeal:
sustaining Judge Waring’s decis
ion to compel the enrollment o
negroes for the Democrati
Primary? NaturaHy, and prop
erly, the Democratic Executiv
Committee will either appea
the decision to the Federal Su
preme Court, or will propose i
Convention plan of nomination
But the Democratic Exec. Com
mittee is not empowered t
brush aside the traditions c
the South, nor to acquiesce i
any such attitude with bindin;
effect on the White people o
the State. Some of our discree,
and affable fellow-citizens art
for peace at any price. But that
is not the attitude of the people
back home. Some of them rt
member enough of English ano'
American history to recall tha
the advocates of peaceful com
pliance have seldom accomplis
ed much for freedom. In the
harsh days of old England, a
few men fought—and paid th(
price—for liberty. It was so in
the days of the American Revo
lution. Even here in South
Carolina we had strong loyal
ists, men who stood out for the
King. What we enjoy today-
and what even England and the
other nations have enjoyed—is
due to the bold resolution of a
few men.
It is quite proper to have
great respect for the courts; bu
courts can be wrong; courts
have been wrong; but whethei
right or wrong in the technical
interpretation of a law, the lav.
itself may do violence to cer
tain cherished sentiments or at
titudes of the people, and call
aloud for the clear expression of
the people’s will.
When Chief Justice Taney
read the opinion of the Supreme
Court in the case of Dred Scon
no one denied that he was faith
fully declaring the law of the
land- But the Civil War upset
much of that. And the provis
ions of the Federal Constitution
several of the Amendments to
the Constitution, were as un
fairly adopted as though arrang
ed by Soviet Russia in the Bal
kans.
Aside from all Constitutional
Amendments and Federal Stat
utes. the purpose is to compel
the White man to accept the
Negro in the White man’s Par
ty. Will the White man yield
to this compulsion? Or will he
do as the Northerners did—de
clare that there is a higher law
than the Constitution?
There is a higher law than
the Constitution. The ancient
rights of the founders of this
nation and their sons are not
subject to abridgment by any
Federal law. constitution or
statutory. Nor are decisions of
the courts in this late day ac
ceptable in flat contradiction of
decisions of a generation ago.
But all this is somewhat be
side the mark: the trend of
events in Palestine today shows
how much deeper is racial in
terest than any manmade law;
and the Irish are independent
because the British laws could
not uproot their sense of na
tionalism.
Let the Democrats decide on
their Convention plan; that may
palliate for a time; it isn’t a
cure. Sooner or late the South
must decide whether it will al
low this continued meddling
whether it will accept a mon
grel condition: or whether it
will stand like the Spartans at
Thermopylae, even to the last
Yes, there is a higher law
man. if necessary,
than the Constitution, or Stat
utes. or Court decisions, as our
Northern friends loudly pro
claimed. And they proved their
contention. History has a way
of repeating itself.
Can you believe what you
read? I have great confidence
in the press just as I have in
the brethren of the radio, but
no reporter can be sure of all
the truth; he has to rely on the
person who gives the informa
tion. Nowadays • everybody
seems to have a press agent
and that press agent is always
trying to get space free. Our
Government has press agents on
the payroll of every public serv
ice—thousands of them. They
are great ballyhoo specialists.
Much that you read is likely tc
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be inspired by. some one who
has an axe to grind. So we art
not shocked or disgusted on
learning that the Government
bureaucrats took a half million
dollars of the Greek relief ap
propriations and spent it on
propaganda, to persuade us of
the great need of the Greeks!
That doesn’t shock you, does it?
Why should it? But is must
make us suspicious of every
thing that comes from Washing
ton. Now the question arises.
How much money has been
spent by the Army in the effort
to persuade us to endorse the
proposed Compulsory Service
law? How much? Now how
much control has Congress over
the spending of the Nation’'
money? What does Congress do
about such abuses? Nothing!
Why? Because all the Demo
crats think they must support
anything that Mr. Trumar
does; and the Republicans are
afraid that the thousands oi
Government press agents will so
villify them that the voters will
turn against them. Now isn’t
that a kettle of fish? The Gov
ernment of the Nation has go-
out of the control of Congress;
Congress hardly knows what i;
going on.
The idea of this compulsor;
military training is a sort o‘
military dream, but of doubt
ful value. The encouragemen
of athletics for all student:
would help much more; ath
letics for all, not just a few or
teams. Every war has new
weapons, new,- tactics. Though
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie M. Graham, who observed their gold
en wedding anniversary on December 22, were honored with
an anniversary dinner at the home of their son, L. C. Graham
and Mrs. Graham on Wednesday night, December 31.
Mr. and Mrs Graham (the former Miss Margaret C. Hig
gins) were married on December 22, 1897 in what was then
known as the Rutherford school section of Newberry County,
where both were born and reared. They moved to Newberry
two years after their marriage and have lived here since that
time. ^
Mr. Graham was connected with the furniture business
from the time of his marriage until 1932. In 1934, he opened
a business concern on McKibben street which he still manages,
with the help of Mrs. Graham. In 1944 he was elected mag
istrate in Newberry County. He took office in 1944, and was
re-elected in 1945 for a two year term.
“Judge” and Mrs. Graham purchased the home at 1322 Col
lege street late last year, and moved into this residence re
cently.
They are the parents of four children: one daughter, Mrs. R.
S. Long of High Point, N. C.; and three sons, Marion Graham,
Detroit, Mich., and Frank and L. C. Graham of Newberry.
They have four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
With Mr. and Mrs. Graham to celebrate the occasion of
their 50th anniversary were Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Long and
two children, Patsy and Fred; Marion Graham, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Graham and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Graham.
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the grand strategy may be the
sanie. the methods are changed.
No school or peacetime military
training has much value in ba
tie. Ask the veterans, not th
desk-chair warriors. The gram
strategyof a war is determined
by the great minds, not the
fighting soldiers. The grea,
strategy which sent vast Amer
ican forces to Africa from Eng
land in order to defeat the Ger
mans in France was politics
not military. However, can wi
find out how much Govemmen
money the Federal bureaucrat
are spending in order to per
suade us to demand of Congres:
what they propose?
Henry Wallace may serve i
useful purpose in becoming <
candidate for the presidency
Wallace is the man who told
Mr. Truman that wages couk
be raised without any increase
in prices.
The present high prices took
a new turn upward when the
President accepted all thi
twaddle and advocated new
wage increases. Mr. Wallace is
a man of attainment, a clean,
honorable man, I think, but
as utterly unsafe as a child
playing with drugs. But if he
will vigorously expose the
shallowness, the hypocrisy, of
the National Democrats and
Republicans he may compel
them to propose measures of
sound reasoning. There is no
body in the Democratic Party
except Mr. Truman; and nobody
at all in the Republican Party
capable of arousing the public,
so let Henry Wallace stir us u
on big issues. Even Henry
Wallace may not be wrong all
the time; and if he is wrong he
will compel us to think. And
that is what we need most—to
think. So I’m glad Wallace
will stir things up. It would
never do to elect Wallace—but
there’s no likelihood of that.
But we 4lo need light.
The deep snow which covered
the New England and the Mid
dle Atlantic States was all
white. Should there not be a
liberal springing of black snow,
out of deference to President
Truman and his fellow FEPC
advocates? It is possible that
the Angelic hosts have not heard
that the President of the Unitea
States is opposed to White ex
cept when b^ack and brown and
yellow are liberally thrown in?
From now on the snow should
be mixed.
T. B. Duckett of Philadelphia,
spent the Christmas holidays in
the home of his sister, Mrs. P
D. Johnson, Sr.
AUDITOR’S TAX NOTICE
I, or an authorized agent, will
be at the following places on
the dates given below for the
purpose of taking tax returns of
all personal property, new build
ings and real estate transfers.
Persons owning property in
more than one district will
make returns for each district.
All able bodied male citizens
between the ages of twenty-one
and sixty are liable to $1.00 poll
tax. All persons between the
ages of twenty-one and fifty
outside of incorporate towns
and cities are liable to pay com
mutation tax of $1.00. All dogs
are to be assessed at $1.00 each.
WHITMIRE—City Hall, Fri
day, January 2nd, 1948.
WHITMIRE—Aragon- Baldwin
Mill, Monday, January 5th, 1948.
G. M. & R. E. NEEL Store—
Tuesday, January 6th, 1948,
from 9 until 12.
SILVERSTREET — Tuesday,
January 6th, 1948, from 2 until
5.
CHAPPELLS—Thursday, Jan
uary 8th, 1948.
HOLLINGSWORTH STORE—
Friday, January 9th, 1948, from
9 until 12.
KINARDS — Friday, January
9th, 1948, from 2 until 5.
PROSPERITY—Monday, Jan
uary 12th, 1948.
ST. LUKE’S—Tuesday, Jan
uary 13th, 1948, from 9 until 12.
O’NEAL — Tuesday, January
13th, 1948, from 2 until 5
LITTLE MOUNTAIN—Friday,
January 16th, 1948.
PEAK—Monday, January 19th,
1948.
POM ARIA—Tuesday, January
20th, 1948.
M. B. & T. P. CROOKS Store
—^Thursday, January 22nd, 1948,
from 9 until 12.
A. E. and R. E. REESE Store—
Thursday, January 22nd, 1948,
from 2 until 5.
F. B. HARDY’S Home—Fri
day, January 23rd, 1948, from 9
until 12.
At Auditor’s office to March
1st, after which a penalty of 10
per cent will be added.
PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS,
Auditor Newberry County.
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