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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1948 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. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR South Carolina does not show to advantage if her business en terprises are paying exorbitant ly in the matter of claims aris ing under the Workmen’s Com pensation Act. I have before me a statement prepared by Mr. E. W. Kapen of the South Caro lina Industries, Incorporate, which I submit for your infor mation. Here it is: “The employing companies in South Carolina—which have a payroll of more than $250,000,- 000—are burdened with 40 per cent increase in cost of insur ance coverage under the Work men’s Compensation Law above the average for the other 10 southern states. This means that the employing companies in South Carolina are paying $1,- 000,000 more than they should be paying for insurance in acci dent cases. The following Table shows the DECREASE in rates in the 10 southern states, other than South Carolina, during the last 8 year period, during which time benefits have increased 12 per cent and more. Per Cent State Decrease Alabama 33 p.c. Florida 33 p.c. Georgia 24 p.c. Kentucky 38 p.c. Louisiana * 30 p.c. North Carolina 27 p.c. Tennessee 27 p.c. Texas 28 p.c. Virginia 30 p.c. South Carolina, An increase of 11 per cent.” In considering this we usually become so politically minded that we refuse to study the facts, lest the facts should em barrass some one in office. I »m not reproaching any one in )ffice. I am, in fact, very .riendly with the officials I now. Nor am I condemning he Insurance men; I am sug gesting that we find out the real trouble and that we cor rect it. The basic fault may be in the aw itself; we could easily as certain that. But this State leeds so urgently to bring in business that we should not al low anything to operate against chat effort. Of course we should do everything possible to pro tect the enterprises we already rave, big and little. We have businessmen in both :he Senate and the House, and these gentlemen are men of experience on their respective committees. For example if the -enate Committee on Commerce and Manufacturers would con- ■ider the present law, that Com mittee is composed of the fol lowing: J. Moore Mars of Abbe ville; M. E. Abrams of Newber ry; J. B. Pruitt of Anderson; W. P. Baskin of Lee; J. D. Par- ler of Dorchester; L. L. Hester of McCormick; Milo Smith of -.exington; Olin Sawyer of Georgetown; Calhoun Mays of Greenwood; O. T. Wallace of Charleston; Wilbur Grant of Chester; W. J. Ellis of Jasper; J. R. Moss of York: J. L. Row land of Oconee; E. W. Cantwell of Williamsburg; Yancey Mc Leod of Richland; Bruce White of Union; and) R. M. Kennedy of Kershaw. I know most of these gentle men and know the others through friends. This is an ex- ellent group of men, whether considered as citizens or offi cials. Seme of those Senators are engaged in enterprises which have to carry heavy insurance under the law. Most of the others are bankers and lawyers and probably know all about it. Certainly the ability is there to do whatever may be necessary. Over in the House, the Com mittee on Commerce and Manu factures is composed of C. Mar ion Mims, of Lee; Charles A. Rice of Greenville; Zach Mc Ghee of Richland; McKendree Barr of Lexington; Isadore Bogoslow of Colleton; M. W. Brawley of Greenville; N. W. Cabell of Charleston; W. J. Carter of Darlington; E. J. Clary, Cherokee; Marvin Craw ford, Abbeville; Josiah Evans, Marlboro; J. Carl Gibson, Ches ter; W. M. Gresham, Green ville; Doc D. Harrelson, Horry; Charlton B. Horger, Orange burg; James H. Howey, Lancas ter; T. Belk Ingram, Chester field; J. Byrum Lawson, Ander son; Fred Lesesne, Clarendon; Louis Lesesne, Williamsburg; A. Frank Lever, Lexington, W. H. McDaniel, Charleston: J. G. McMaster, Richland; Waiter B. Miller, Spartanburg; Henry N. Obear, Fairfield; Charles N. Plowden, Clarendon; Francis L. Rawl, Richland; Bayliss Spivey, Horry; J. Morrison Tuten, Hampton; Robert M. Ward, York; George Warren, Jr., Al lendale. I have not the pleasure of knowing many of the cofnmit- teemen just named, but I do know some of those gentlemen well; and know enough about the others to say that this group can make as thorough a study as the condition seems to re quire. Here is something which ought to be done. Businessmen and Labor leaders have repeat edly asked for remedial action. Why do we wait? Isn’t it a matter of urgency that we put our house in order? The President’s recommenda tions to Congress must be read in relation to their political ef fect. We can readily agree that the presidency should 1 be above the wiles of small politics, but the great days of Woodrow Wil son and sturdy old Grover Cleveland are gone forever. Cleveland and Wilson did their own thinking; and they wrote their own messages and speeches. President Wilson tapped away on his typewriter the thoughts of his mind, the fruit of study, thought and con sultation. He knew what he meant to say; he knew what he was saying; and he knew what he had said. And so with President Cleveland: the pond erous literary style is always proof of Cleveland’s own pen, just as the rare felicity of Mr. Wilson’s papers leave no doubt of the authorship. I cannot conceive of either Cleveland or Wilson making recommendations merely for ef fect. or to beguile the big blocks of voters. Senator Maybank spoke frank ly in criticism of some of Mr. Truman’s proposals. Mr. Tru man still tells us to open the Democratic ranks to the Colored people. He may provoke a storm among the people of the South, but men in politics seld om rise to the heights of real statesmanship and stand ready to go down in defeat for a prin ciple. So Mr. Truman assumes that he has nothing to lose by irritating us, while he hopes to capitalize the issue and win the Colored support. The recent suggestion of Mr. Sims that we hold the South in a position of balance of power is well worth consideration. This was long advocated by C. Norwood Hastie and The News and Courier. It has merit. Southerners lose their effective ness when they declare them selves for Mr. Truman, though they sharply dissent from his proposals. Congressman Dorn, usually so independent, made a mistake in so pledging himself. Obviously the big political pow ers want nothing but support. Criticism, censure, bold decla rations, have no value when the man’s support and vote are al ready pledged. In other words, we are safely corralled, with the privilege of talking. We are in the bag. All that South Car olina once proclaimed as politi cal principles must be put away, perhaps in moth balls. Tod'ay South Carolina has no part in the leadership of the na tion or the Democratic Party. I do not know where the Demo cracy is, unless it be in the States of the South. Certainly Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building 1947 t TAX NOTICE At the close of business on January 31,1948 A TWO » PER CENT PENALTY will he added to all unpaid 1947 State and County J. Ray Dawkins Treasurer in National affairs there seems to be a race to suggest any thing, any plan, any device, any expedient, any artifice, that will appeal to a lot of voters, many of whom are not—and never were—Democrats and don’t know what we mean by Democracy. And perhaps we have forgotten. When the sun shines in Jan uary the farmer begins the work on cotton, com and tobacco. The oats, wheat and rye, which should have been sowed two or three months ago, must now be sowed, late as it is, if the farm er hopes to have small grain. The rains of November and De cember held the farmer indoors, restless, gloomy, nervous, like a race horse champing at the bits. The farmer is as eager to break the land as a boy is to go swimming in July. And the land casts a spell over you. Those who have been connected with County papers speak of having printer’s ink still on their fingers. It may be true. Certainly the smell of the ink, the clank of the presses remain indelibly in the mind. City newspapermen may not see the presses for theirs is a work far removed from the rush and whirl of the pressroom and the lurid language sometimes used there. They clatter away on typewriters but they are not printers, composing men, or anything like that. They are the knights of the press, riding forth gaily on big war horses, (maybe) crushed down in buses, while the sturdy yeomanry of the plant sweat and toil ail night getting the stuff ready for circulation. The farmer has a kinship with the land. He loves to walk over the newly plowed ground as he surveys or ex plores the general situation. Farmers lose a lot of money; most farmers have lost so much that they are still “broke”, when their pockets are full. Some have lost so long and so steadily that the only conceiv able explanation of their pres ent day prosperity is a profit on the magnitude of their losses. Things have changed. Today both the farmers and the Coun ty paper brethren are looking up so high that I must regard them as plutocratic friendb. All facetiousness aside, no one means more to the world than the farmers and newspap ermen, including the radio men as Rouble first cousins. The in dependent thinkers of today are found frequently among those brethren in whose fold I proud ly claim membership. AUDITOR’S TAX NOTICE Returns of personal property, new buildings, transfer'of real estate, poll and/ road tax, are to be made at the County Audi tor’s office beginning: JANUARY 1st, 1948 through FEBRUARY 29th, 1948 All able-bodied matte 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 incorporated towns are liable to pay commutation tax of $1.00. All dogs are to be assessed at $1.00 each. All returns are to be made by School Districts. Your failure to make return calls for penalty as prescribed by law. PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS. County Auditor. 1948 Chevrolet is Massive The over-all simplicity and massiveness of the new, 1948 Chevrolet is well shown in this three-quarter view of the Fleetmaster Sport Sedan. Fenders, hood, body and door panels all blend; and the crease moulding, below the windows, is wider than that used in previous models. Note the new T-shaped chrome center bar on the radiator grille. / THE KST PLACE Buick & Chevrolet Service ft IS Davis' .Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street •fleeted 4. — ai iime ii±elf p MONUMENTS & MARKERS A beautifully designed memorial costs you less when you buy it here. See our selec tion soon. Our place of business is lo cated on the cut-off and here you can see our dis play of all sizes and de signs of monuments made from WINNSBORO BLUE GRANITE. O. C. PHILLIPS Memorials Contact us or our repre- senative, Mrs. F. G. Hart ley at Phone 283. 1323 Nance St. Radio Repairs FOUR POINT SERVICE 1— Our Parts and Work are Positively Guaranteed. 2— Immediate Pick-up Service on Notification from You. 3— Prompt Delivery Service—To Your Home. 4— All work done at reasonable prices by experienced Tech, nicians. 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