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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 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. 1 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 Does the Constitution of the United States stand in the way of such regional institutions as the Southern Governors have proposed? Many of us think the regional plan a workable one because the individual states are not able to carry all the burden that law may lay on them. For example, it is doubt ful if a hundred Colored stud ents would care to study law. The establishment of a Colored law school in every state would be a heavy expense for a few students. The same is true of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or graduate academic studies. The plan of the Governors will require acceptance by their Legislatures and an Act of Congress. Sub-section 3 of section 10 of Article 1 of the Constitution says: “No State shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty of ton nage, keep troops or ships _ of war in time of peace, enter into an agreement or compact with another stale, etc.’’ Congiess will hardly raise any objection, but it must act in the matter: and so must the Legis latures. The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that the Congress may continue rent- control under its war-powers. Without discussing whether rents are high, or too high, the ques tion may be asked what auth ority Congress had, even in the' first instance, to control rents. Much has been said about the war-powers of the President. His powers are defined in the Constitution, and are not so vague or so vast as seems to be assumed. Too much of our dis cussion is based on speeches and writings of those who hardly know anything about the great basic law. For example, the Constitution confers ■ on the Congress large powers, even somewhat in, detail, but nowhere enlarges the' scope of the Presi dent’s power to make- him the “All-highest”. And the powers of Congress are set forth rath er clearly also. • After stating in seventeen paragraphs or clauses the scope of Congressional power, the Constitution provides in the 18th clause: the Congress shall have power “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execu tion the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof.” The powers are set forth as I said. There is nothing said which touches on many things which have been done. Nor does the great law even by implica tion contemplate control of rents. There is one phrase which has i become the excuse for much that has been done. That is a phrase in Subsection 1 of section eight, of Article 1. It says that “the Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay all the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.” But the seventeen sub-sec tions which set forth the outline of the Congressional powers, and other sections reserve cer tain powers to the States, in cluding all powers not confer red on the Congress nor denied to the States. Law is sometimes the customs of the People over a long per iod of time. We must not let loose handling of the Constitu tion become a custom, growing into law. Look at this decision, as a matter of law. The war is over. True Congress hasn’t said so; nor has the President issued a proclamation. But it is over. We may be brewing another war, but the Second World War is over. We are paying and suf fering the consequences of war; but that war is over. The Supreme Court has accepted as a power of Congress that which it did not have validly in the first place. Now the great court continues it. sanctions it; it is more political loyalty than good law. As I said, I am not discussing whether rents are too high; I am discussing the law. If we play fast and loose with the Constitution when it suits our purpose; or when our sympathies are aroused, we may convert the great fundamental law into something to be twisted and dis torted according to convenience. It is a permissible question whether the Congress would maintain a Minimum rent-rate to protect the owners, if the ren tal value should fall below a fair return on the investment. Would it? That would be fair, would it not? When too high, hold it down; when too low, raise it. But there are so many more tenants than owners that the answer leaps to the eye. More tenants mean tnore voters. So how do politicians act in such cases? The worm will turn, wont it? So we’ve always heard. I’ve never seen a worm turn. In fact, worms don’t appeal to us, whether they be men or crawl ing things. Worms are not sup posed to be intelligent and vigilant. We have heard that the early bird gets the worm, though why the worm turned up early has not been explain ed. Now here is something inter esting: The Santee-Cooper pub lished all over the State that it had delivered a check to the State of South Carolina of $193,000. So happy were pur brethren of the Santee-Cooper that they bought advertising space and published a cut (picture) of the check—$193,000. Well, that’s money; and all of us from the backwoods stood in awe and amazement at this vast contri bution to the State. It would probably cover the expense of Special Messengers in our Leg islature for a whole session. So, now comes the South Car olina Electric and Gas. 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Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hentz, Fred Hentz, Mrs. Sara Ruff and child ren, spent Sunday in the Ston- ey-Hill section, as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook. Visiting Mrs. R. N. Taylor and Miss Erwin Taylor Sunday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Joe Webster of Columbia, Mrs. B. T. Gibson of Prosperity, Mr. John Morris, Miss Ethel Mor ris, Miss Frances Morris, Mrs. “Red” Newman and children, Kay and Bob of Newberry. Mr. C. A. Cameron of Colum bia spent the weekend in the home of Mrs. L. V. Livingston. Miss Annie Enlow had spend ing the night with her recently, her class mate, Miss Barbara Mae Sease.- Mrs. Cora Sligh and son, publishes an advertisement. Here it is: “$819,995.67 of our 1947 tax bill was paid to State and local governments.” Pretty good, eh? But the advertise ment took a mild fling at San tee-Cooper by insinuating. Lis ten; “And that was just for the fiscal year 1947 and not an ac cumulation of taxes or monies due the Stale, Counties and communities over any period of years.” And the adv. says more: $577,137.95 to the State of South Carolina . . . and $242,- 857.72 was paid to the Counties and communities we serve, etc.” You remember that the San tee-Cooper tried to swallow this big taxpayer; and now steps in its way. That is good work. Why don’t more of our big tax payers stand up and fight? And no mention was made of the taxes paid to the Federal gov ernment. The Santee-Cooper pays little in taxes to State and Counties and nothing to the Federal Government. ' The anti - Truman meeting sponsored by the Jasper County Democrats promises to be a live ly occasion. I was in Ridgeland in 1944 to a political meeting and recall that the evening was full of pep. From letters I learn that Mississippi really means business in calling the Democrats of the South. Those men have opened headquarters and are calling themselves White Democrats. Someone has written from Washington that the Party lead ers count on Governor Thur mond’s loyalty to Mr. Truman. The Governor must speak for himself, but this flare up in South Carolina will not be calmed by nice, sweet words. A well known citizen of Co lumbia, though in a hurry to get into a bank before the last minute, said “I tell you one thing: I’ll not vote for Tru man.” That might seem like an isolated case but two men in another town said the same words. The South is being aroused. South Carolina, with the others. If some one from Washington should come to South Carolina and ask us what we need, one man whom I respect would say that the common schools and colleges need a hundred million dollars; some other citizens could prove that we need twen ty millions for libraries; a 3rd would say that the farmers need a hundred and fifty millions: yet another would say that a half billion is necessary to re build all our industries and other commercial enterprises; another might prove that we need immediately a half billion for roads and bridges. And a good case could be made for each claim. But we can move on without a dollar of all that. I greatly fear that Europe and Asia are in that plight, at least in some degree. They have been led to believe in the great Am erican Santa Claus and they are regaling us with their needs. I recall vividly the beginning of Federal aid for our needy people. It seemed to me that five thousand dollars would have been liberal. But I was asked by an official “Can Clar endon use $25,000?” I was stupified. Since then, of course, Clarendon has learned to use much more. And the other Counties have learned how to use public money. And the very giving of the money is a career, based on studies of So ciology. A girl goes off and crams her pretty head with a lot of theory and the bureau crats feed her constantly with more of it. And we pay the bill. Sociology has taught that an unmarried mother of promis cuous proclivites is deserving of support, whereas' a decent moth er with poorly fed children is less entitled to help because she has a husband even though he may be ill. The socially-minded, theoreti cal people who have become specialists in fluent speech and mechanical sympathy are prob ably the sort who have prepar ed and administered our foreign relief. And all this has been so overwhelmingly supported by propaganda that even the news agencies can’t tell when they are sending out the truth and when they are the cats-paws of a bureaucracy which lives on pretended emergencies of one kind or another. This question remains: Is this Country blundering into some thing? George spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. J. D. Koon and Mr. Koon. Sunday dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Shealy were: Rev. and Mrs. C. H. Stucke and little son; Mr. Frank Shealy and children of Newberry; N . Mrs. Janie Lindsay and Mrs. Annis Jenkins of Ware Shoals. Miss Alice Cameron has re turned to Columbia after spend ing some time with Mrs. L. V. Livingston who is ill at her home. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Half acre and son, Gordon of Irmo, spent the weekend with their relatives .in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Robert Koon and sons .of Goldville, were supper guests Sunday night of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koon. Mrs. Belton Kinard is spend ing the week with her sister, Mrs. Madison Longshore of Newberry. Miss Lillian Ruff of Irmo and Mr. Wilbur Ruff of Spartanburg were at home vith their par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ruff the past weekend. ■ Mr. and Mrs.' E. T. Werts and family of Newberry were Sun day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hil lard Werts. Mrs. Wille Shealy of Colum bia, visited her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Roy Shealy and children during the weekend. Mrs. Levi Koon and children went to her home in Simpson- ville, last week, after spending some time in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crumpton. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Livingston and daughter, Margie, of New berry, spent Sunday with rela tives here in this section. M0LL0H0N We extend our deepest sym pathy to Mrs. Mary Kelly James in the death of her mother, Mrs. Regina Kelly last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Bund- rick and daughter, June, of Cross Hill, visited Mr. and Mrs. Robert Langford Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lively of Athens, Ga., visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Bishop, Mrs. Corinne Berry and daugh ters were visitors in Ninety Six Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Moates and daughter of Macon, Ga., and Mr. Lamon Moates of Fur man university were weekend guests of Mr. add Mrs. Claude Jackson. Lamon delivered the morning sermon at Eastside Baptist church Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Mitchell of Fort Worth, Texas, are visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Jackson. Mrs. Osborne Padgett and Miss Madge DeLoach visited Mark Padgett at the Bob Jones university in Greenville, Sun day. We are sorry to report Mr. Claude Jackson a patient in the Newberry Hospital where he had his leg amputated Saturday. We wish for him a speedy re covery. Miss Peggy Harmon is a pa tient in the hospital. Miss Julia Nelle Griffin has returned from the hospital. Attaway-Ruff Miss Grace Attaway became the bride of Samuel J. Ruff on Thursday, February 19th at six o’clock. The Methodist double ring ceremony was performed in the presence of relatives and close friends, by the bride’s pastor, Rev. B. H. Harvey at his residence on Milligan street. Mrs. Ruff is the daughter of Mrs. Lillie Attaway of Milligan street and is a graduate of Per ry Business School. At present she holds a position with the Security Loan and Investment company. Mr. Ruff is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Ruff of. River street. He is a veteran student at Newberry high school and is employed at Mollohon mill. Mrs. Bessie Crisp has been ill for several weeks at her home on Main street. Mrs. Verona Dominick has re turned to her home on Walnut street after spending several months in Spartanburg with her daughter, Mrs. James De Hart and Mr. DeHart. Mr. and Mrs. Ruff left after the ceremony on a short wed ding trip after which they will make their home at 1531 Cald well street. We wish for them a long and happy life. THE BEST PLACE FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service IS Dance! 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