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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 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 The South is waking up, pol itically. Many are still asleep quite a number are so tied up that they close their eyes, pre ferring bondage in ease rather than strenuous liberty. But the rank and file of the people are resentful of Mr. Truman’s pro posals along racial lines. That resentment may quickly resolve itself into resolute opposition. I need not say it again, but we have very little in common with the political groups and in dividuals who compose the Northern Democracy. In truth the leading spirits are not Dem- acrats, if Democracy means any thing at all. As has always been true, cer tain men among us will defend Mr. Truman; at least they will not break with him; they have jobs, or hope for favors; they have their bread now buttered on the Truman side and are afraid lest they go without both bread and butter, if they leave the Truman ranks. Many there were in our American Revolu tion who stood by the King; the fleshpots of the royal favor were mora to be desired than the political idealism of the crowd. Victory was due, how ever, to the masses, who made personal sacrifices. The South should break from the Truman ticket; and it should build a fire of opposition that would light the land of Dixie. And the signs point that way. Some of our Congressmen voted against the bill to reduce income taxes by $6,500,000,000. They fear that this would upset the National budget, imperil the national security, and militate against the foreign aid pro gram. Among those whose minds run along in that chan nel are Congressmen Bryson, Richards and Riley. These are very estimable gentlemen and excellent public officials, but is that reasoning sound? Mr. Tru man’s budget of $39,650,000,000 is a monstrosity; we have our navy in moth balls, our army small, our air force ranking third; but the fact is that this country has spent enough money to keep its navy in active serv ice, its army at the top and its air force supreme. The Congressmen seem to ac cept this enormous budget as a sacred total, instead of a fla grant extravagance. True it is that we should do something to reduce the national debt, but the needs of America are para mount, rather than the needs of the whole world. The people of America des erve consideration; the taxes should be reduced. In view of that, the proposed reduction by $6,500,000,000 is by no means too much: rather, it is too little. If the expected surplus does not justify a reduction of six bil lions in taxes the obvious rem edy is to reduce the spending. Does anybody know anything about the proposed aid for Eur ope, other than great totals, set forth in formidable style? Look at Greece: with a population of about six million people it has received from us directly and indirectly at least $600,000,000, or a hundred dollars per person, 1 9 7 Tax Notice After the close of i business on February 28, a 3 per cent Penalty will be added to all unpaid 1947 State and County taxes J. RAY DAWKINS COUNTY TREASURER men, women and children. And we are told that that effort of ours was a failure. Now we are urged to spend more. That is like sending $200,000,000 of Federal money to South Caro lina and then repeating it. When we received the sixty or sixty five millions of Federal money for the Santee-Cooper it was spread over a period of eight years. Even it could not rehabilitate the State, though it served adequately to rehabili tate some of the citizens. It may be assumed with some degree of certainty that the same sort of fantastic theoriz ing of some relief workers will characterize this foreign aid. It is just like juggling with mo ney: the spenders are afield and afire with zeal for spending. If any group of bureaucrats worked out the total of six bil lions for foreign relief it is al most credible Aiat the whole scheme, if commendable at afl, is top-heavy by at least fifty per cent. The only way to reduce is to reduce. The whole $6,500,000,- 000, if taken from the budget submitted by Mr. Truman, would leave that budget a gross extravagance. Why is it that men in public so often lose their balance in their eagerness to maintain . a fancied balance of the budget? If our representatives would see clearly, they must disregard the details and concentrate on cer tain principles and broad gen eral policies of fiscal reform. We need reduction of taxes, re duction of spending. If that is clear the method is obvious; re duce everything and eliminate much of it. February gave us the two greatest historical characters of America—Washington and Lin coln. I say that because they are the characters most highly esteemed by historians of the world. I would not detract from Abraham Lincoln one jot or a tittle of his renown. In a spirit of generosity we may con cede much. February 12th was the day of Lincoln’s birth. He was a strange character, Slow, thought ful, contemplative. He was capable of apt retorts, which proved the readiness of his mind; but he liked to mull over matters. His was the slow, un hurried thinking of a lazy man. One can be wrong about that: many a man is nervously ener getic, bustling, quick; while an other may seem lazy because of slow physical movements, though his mind may be alert and engaged all the time. Lincoln was not a man of fiery zeal nor marked initiative. In his slow, ponderous manner he waited things out; issues were thrust upon him; and ( he, with his usual method, left the issues to clarify themselves. Time is a great clarifier; and NOTICE I will apply to the South Carolina Tax Commission for license to operate a li quor store at 1506 Main Street in the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, under the provisions of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act of 1945. RYAN HILL. Loans! ON REAL ESTATE AUTOMOBILES AND PERSONAL PROPERTY NEWBERRY INSURANCE AND REALTY CO. NED PURCELL, Manager TELEPHONE 197 Exchange Bank Building 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 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 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. Lincoln’s slowness enabled him to avoid the rancor of partisan ship when the campaign was over. We Southerners need not be grudge Lincoln his meed of praise. He found himself in the presidency in a grevious time. He was a generous foe and worthy to sit in the com pany of men who rose above pettiness and reprisal. It is difficult to persuade leg islators to reduce taxes. Some years ago Governor Johnston vetoed the two-mill property tax; the people themselves vot ed off the constitutional three- mill tax, but the Legislature re-imposed it as a tax, thereby thwarting the will of the people. If any one assumes that the people were voting the tax off merely because it was a constitutional tax he ascribes to the people a degree of sub- lety which is entirely improb able; the people voted the tax off; they were not pettifogging about what sort of authority im posed the tax. Some years ago it was sug gested that the Legislature al low taxpayers to claim credit for the Federal income taxes paid. It is very clear that the taxpayer who pays the Federal Government five hundred dol lars or ten thousand dollars in income taxes has not enjoyed that part of his income. At first it was said that the State wouM lose a million dollars by allowing this credit or deduc tion. That was true; but is the State to act harshly toward its taxpayers, collecting taxes on taxes, because it would lose some revenue by doing right? Shall not a State do justly? At least that? As that was in the time of our comparative pover ty the selfish argument prevail ed and the injustice flourished. It still flourishes. And what do you hear? That this is not relief for the poor man, but for the rich man! Very well, then: our idea of right and wrong seems to be determined by the amount of money involved, or by the number of voters who will be affected. One cannot escape the conclusion that this is not a course of conduct which commands one’s respect. However one may look at this, it is the truth that a State which can throw ten millions around from the sur plus; which can vote a budget beyond the dreams of a genera tion ago—that State could afford to do right, since to do right could still leave plenty of mo ney to throw about. I even put the matter on the lowest plane: we can now do right be cause we have the money. What think you of that? The South is Democratic but its Democracy is a body of principles and traditions. Our Democracy is not mere idle phrases to catch votes; nor is the Southern Democracy a ren egade group so forgetful of its trust as to be willing to barter the customs of ohr people for votes. The State of the South, meaning the Democrats of the South, should nominate Presi dential electors sworn to vote independently to promote the principles of the South, as well as to foster our rights as Am erican freemen in Sovereign States. The South Carolina Democrat ic Party, by the rules of the Party, requires allegiance only to the Party of the State. Under the Party rules of this State any group may print and dis tribute ballots for presidential electors; and the regular Par ty’s electory may be instructed to vote for any Democrat. As is known, the President and vice President are elected by electors, each State having as many electors as it has Sen ators and Representatives in Congress — ours tbeing eight. These electors are nominated by each Party and voted for in the General Election in November. They are the ones who elect the President. Under the law presidential el ectors are a body of officials without partisan affiliation, just as the Governor is, after election, and of course, if not immediately running for some thing else. The electors are empowered to act according to their discretion. The South needs a voice at the moment—a voice to re-as- sert the right of self-governing States, free and Sovereign in local matters, and to demand that the National Government respect the Tenth Amendipent, which reads: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohib- BEER REVENUE SHOWS DECLINE Although beer revenue declin ed sharply for the month of December, state tax commission records showed today that New berry county received $299.23 from the state for its share of taxes on the beverage for De cember. The payment to the county was in addition to the amounts received by various towns in the county and to incorporated places elswhere in South Car olina. The state retained $201 v - 941 as its share to help pay school teachers’ salaries and for general educational purposes. The 46 counties divided $16,- 934 in revenue from beer alone while the various towns shared in a $19,353 fund. Tax commission records also showed that in the present fis cal year since July 1, that New berry county and the others in South Carolina had received $192,350 from the beer tax and that incorporated towns had gotten 220,011 in the six-month period. In addition, the state govern ment, which pays all expenses of collection and administration, received $2,331,942 to run the total of net revenue for the period to $2,744,302. The actual gross collections have been in excess of $2,900,000 but collec tion and other expenses are de ducted before payments to towns and counties are made. The decline in December con tinued a trend started in Nov ember when payments to town3i and counties were below those for October. In November counties shared $24,513 and $33,304 in October while towns divided $38,244 in October and $28,013 in November. 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