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THE NEWBERRY SUN
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1218 Colleg-e Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. Armfteld
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 Conyress of March 3, 1879.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
1 sat with a man of vision re
cently: and all around him at a
leng table sat men who have
caught the inspiration of his
prophetic zeal. Nothing is so
stimulating as the dream of a
practical builder. Many of us
have visions and dream dreams,
but let the idea sink into the
vast, immensity of oblivion.
I was the guest speaker of the
Myrtle Beach Rotarians, because
of the kindly regard of my fel
low scribe, William A. Kimbel
of The Myrtle Beach New*. By
his courtesy I met a very at
tractive group of men, all eager
to promote the delightful town
which has grown from a fine
beach of the broad Atlantic.
As we entered the hotel for
the luncheon I met two friends
of the years, both distinguished
sens of the State in public and
private life. Ex-Governor Ran-
some Williams, formerly the
most renowned booster of Mul
lins, but now a member of the
booster clan of Myrtle Beach,
came up and we renewed the
fellowship of our association on
the Board of Coker College;
And then that great spirit and
builder. General Holmes B.
Springs, came to welcome me.
There is no one else in the state
like the General. He and his as
sociates set out to make a resort
when the most prominent fea
tures were sand dunes and a
beach. And may I point out
that we still have many miles
of beaches, but no other Myrtle
Beach. Myrtle Beach is the
product of great vision promot
ed by unremitting zeal.
Editor Kimbel reminded me
that Myrtle Beach is in a sort
of sun belt, enjoying the cheer
and warmth of abundant sun
shine. One of its charms is the
attractive back country, the
mountains being within six or
seven hours.
Most folk may not know it,
but the enterprising citizens of
Myrtle Beach are building a
year-round city, as well as a
great resort and playground.
The passing of William A.
Moorhead of Goldville is a
great loss to the State. In the
management of the big mill,
Mr. Moorhead lived with his
people, was identified with
every activity, and loved every
phase of its community life. I
was his guest in his hospitable
home and enjoyed the gracious
welcome of all the household;
and I was his guest in the Com
munity House and saw him with
the keymen of the plant. My
last letter from him told of his
enjoyment of a book and the
hearty laughs he had enjoyed
people portrayed, a quaint char-
from the accounts of one of the
acter.
Mr. Moorhead was a warm
hearted man, an employer of
untiring consideration and gen
erosity. The great enterprise
which prospered under his im
mediate direction is not merely
bricks and mortar and machin
ery, but it embodies a spirit, an
ideal of industrial cooperation,
a spirit of comradeship and
fellowship among all those con
nected with the big plant, from
President down to the youngest
worker. A year ago, just a year
ago this very month, I spent a
happy day in Joanna, most of
the time in the Club House
with numbers of the young folk
of the community. Some of
them remember my visit and
1947
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January 31,1948
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wave to me now. I was great
ly impressed by the friendliness
of everybody, beginning with
Mr. and Mrs. Moorhead and in
cluding the little boys I saw.
Those little fellows were eager
to hear the orchestra at prac
tice. -
And so passed a great citizen,
a true and constant friend. But
the spirit of comradeship in
service will always dwell in
Joanna, among those happy and
neighborly people.
January 19th was the birth
day of Robert Edward Lee, mili
tary genius, guide to the youth
true man, a humble servant of
of the South, great gentleman
the Most High. If you would
see the measure of Lee’s stature
look about you at the leaders of
today! At hand I have the book
“The Face of Lee”, sent to me
by my brother, the Doctor; on
my table I am looking at a cal
endar sent me from Washington
and Lee University. What a
leader Lee was, that his soldiers
loved him with profound rever
ence! What a man, that the
whole South thinks of him to
day as the finest product of a
great era, a manly man, a
knightly spirit, one in whom, in
very truth, there was no guile.
Great men and great monu
ments point the way to the
true course. Behold the man:
one whose name was not fot
sale, though he was in poverty.
Returning from Myrtle Beach
I parked in Georgetown long
enough to call on Brother J. J.
Hinds * of The Georgetown
Times. I didn’t stay long be
cause my friend was up to his
neck in work, and he was strug
gling to contain all the business
within the present space. If
friend Hinds receives just one
more shipment of paper he will
have to let himself and “force”
in through the roof. The
Georgetown Times is the paper
of a greatly expanded indus
trial region, as well as the cen
ter of many fine estates.
I forgot that the Legislature
was in session and looked
around for “Doc” Sawyer, the
Senator from royal Georgetown.
Georgetown shows the sign of
good business, heavy payrolls.
I stopped in Kingstree to call
at The County Record office. My
old friend. Editor Cromer, has
handed in his last copy and
Mrs. Cromer is capably wearing
his mantle. At least three oi
our County papers are edited by
ladies. May they prosper in
every way. Incidentally, the
ladies are not experimenting,
they are proved successes and
enjoy the admiration of all who
have seen their plucky efforts.
The State has too many pub
lic offices; almost everybody
will admit that. The structure
of the State government should
be simplified. But the creation
of a Commission will result in
just another report for the ar
chives. Haven’t we spent fifty
thousand dollars for this purpose
within the last five years?
Where is that report? And
where are the other reports? As
a matter of practical politics,
what will happen? Even if the
Legislature creates the Com
mission, the Commission wil
submit a report to a new Leg
islature, which will put it on
file with the other reports. Why
does not the Governor submit
a bill and proposed amendments
to the Constitution so that the
Legislature may have some
thing to work on? We need no
commission.
The suggestion that the Leg
islature vest in the Governor
the power to revamp the
structure of the State is not
sound in law. The Constitu
tion of this State is not the
same as the Federal Constitu
tion; nor are the powers of the
Governor the same, even by an
alogy, as the powers of the
President. The Federal Courts
did not permit the N. R. A. to
stand because it was too great
a delegation of legislative pow
er to the executive.
I believe the Governor would
submit a bill of definte, precise
be on surer ground if he would
recommendations, subject to the
adoption of the necessary
amendments to the Constitu
tion. Otherwise the Supreme
Court might be invited to give
a ruling on the measures some
what loosely presented.
The Governor is clearly right
in recommending that all oboso-
lete and conflicting laws be re
pealed. He might go further
and suggest clarification of
some laws and the modification
of others. This might include
the Constitution, which pro
vides that the Governor “shall
be re-eligible”, . . . “Provided,
That he shall not be eligible for
re-election”. This is quite a
strain on our English, even le
gal, juridical, or legislative Eng
lish.
It has been said that we have
many law-abiding families which
have less than we now provide
for convicts. It does seem pos
sible to improve conditions
within four walls without build
ing a new penitentiary. One
does not like to oppose a meas
ure that is intended to be a
wholesome reform but it should
be possible to make many salu
tary changes within any build
ing that has four walls, a good
roof and a floor. In this re
cent cold snap I saw many
people — law-abiding people —
who had very little fuel, scant
supplies of food and clothing
and very poor houses. Was any
prisoner kept cold, or hungry,
or naked?
Certainly we wish it were
not so, but we have many poor
people, White and Colored; and
not all are “on relief”, by any
means. There is such a condi
tion as genteel poverty which
neither proclaims itself nor
begs. South Carolina is not
divided equally between people
having good homes, with abund
ance, and criminals in the Pen
itentiary; we have more honest,
God-fearing people in needy cir
cumstances than we have in the
places of public detention; and
I am not referring to anyone
who is receiving the bounty of
the State and Nation.
We harp on something all the
time; some years ago we tore
down or abandoned some small
frame school houses for new
brick structures, as though the
bricks could teach; now we talk
of hospitals and jails and the
Penitentiary as though half the
people were in hospitals and
the other half in the Peniten
tiary and jails. The overwhelm-
ng majority of the people don’t
;eek entrance to either the
ilaces of detention or the hos
pitals.
The average town has neither
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park nor playground, nor much
else for the young and vigor
ous. Almost every county has
a debt—swelling public hospital
(sqmetimes politically manag
ed). Let us try to keep the
jails from running into debt.
A lady in Chicago has chal
lenged in Court the right of the
Federal Government to use tax
money for foreign relief. Of
course the only money the Gov
ernment has is tax money, al
though some of the recent bu
reaucrats have had an idea that
money springs from the ground,
drops from the air and is also
washed ashore by the ocean
tides. In great measure wealth
does come that way, but seldom
because of anything the Govern
ment does.
I rejoice that the lady chal
lenges the Government in
court. She will lose her case, I
know, but a vigilant citizenry,
ever ready to challenge irregul
arities, is our safest guarantee
of liberty. '
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Change Made In
Forest Districts
The state commission of for
estry recently announced that
Abbeville county has been |
transferred to the Newberry j
Forest district to better facili-1
tate administrative problems of j
the county. It was previously'
in the Spartanburg district.;
Union county, previously in this
district, was changed over to
the Spartanburg district to re
place the loss of Abbeville
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