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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1948 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. 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 So much happens in a short time, in this topsy-turvy world. About three years ago I became aware of the Communist threat to the peace and security of the world. A distinguished friend sent me some printed matter that opened my eyes. He is a man of large affairs, and carries in his life as a citizen that careful study and broad discernment which have always characterized his atti tude in business. Even three years ago we were quietly doz ing like a sidewalk idler in the August noontime sun. About that time I spent an hour with Roger C. Peace, publisher of the daily papers of Greenville. We began to discuss the march of Communism, though it was more threatening than march ing at the time. Since some people seemed to think that I was “raising a scare”, it was astonishing to find Mr. Peace so deeply stirred. His informa tion came at first hand, for the Secretary of State had told him of the impending march of Com munism. Today everybody is alarmed. How do the Communists be gin their subversive activity? We’ve read of their propaganda and work in France, Germany, Italy, Greece and Czechoslovakia but how do they work? Step by step, as is here indicated: First step: Build up “fifth colu-nn”, winning members for part.' in labor unions, colleges, left-ving groups, government departments, the publishing field. Second step: Launch propa ganda campaign, favoring poor people, factory workers, minori ties, Russia, and opposing “big business”, “reactionaries,” war mongers. Third step: Get party mem bers elected to key offices in labor unions and left-wing groups; when necessary, let op posing factions split off, label it right wing. Fourth step: Elect communists to parliament on platform of wide popular appeal, stressing higher wages, lower prices, so cial security, civil rights, world peace. Fifth step: Form “popular front” in parliament, through alliance with Socialists, Social Democrats, or other left-wing parties willing to go along. Sixth step: Obtain key places in government, seeking to con trol first the police, then public information, later army, foreign policy and finance. Seventh step: Uncover “plots against the people” as a means to discredit opposing parties; use Communist-controlled police to seize or threaten opposition leaders. Eighth Step: Carry out or ders of high Soviet officials, sent in at psycological moment to direct strategy and, drive home idea Communists are backed by Russian power. Ninth step: Push for full control of government, using threats of general strike, civil war of “protection” by nearby Russian troops to paralyze op position. Tenth step: Complete grip on government by purging anti communist parties and office holders, taking over press and radio, and nationalizing indus tries. We are having a lot of agi tation by various groups. Or ganized Labor has to fight to prevent the capture of its or ganization by Communists; and the propagandists of much re form are Communists in their program. The plan is to create discontent, promote disorder and foment violence and upheavals. America is spending—giving away — billions of dollars throughout the world to fight the spread of Communism, but allows it to flourish here among us under the protection of the law. Our constitutional rights and guarantees should not pro tect any man who is deliberately promoting measures to destroy Insist on ^ The Original BRQN jlSHOE Solid Metal Process W. E. TURNER, Jeweler our Government and our social order. In allowing these mis guided people to carry on their campaign as so-called Liberals and Social Reformers we are coddling snakes in our closets; or, like the Spartan boy of classical renown, we are hiding under our shirt a fox which is gnawing at our vitals. Much of the agitation for in spection of vehicles has always seemed more like hysteria than a program based on facts. Most machinery will show some mi nor lack, just as the human body is full of imperfections, mal-adjustments and functional variations. Our traffic men have told us of defects in many cars, but they’ve never examined the brains and nervous systems of the drivers. My observation is, and has been, that run-down car causes little trouble, except to their drivers; so it is inter esting to quote 'the following from the Duke Power Magazine: “Two out of every three au tomobile accidents in the United States last year involved mis takes by drivers. Exceeding the speed limit was responsible for 42 per cent of the fatalities. In no other year since the record has been kept has sp>eed loomejl so large as a factor in accidents. Nearly one-third of 1946 auto mobile accident fatalities were pedestrians. More than 70 per cent of all accidents occurred on dry streets and highways in fair weather. Fifty percent more persons were killed between intersec tions in cities than at inter sections. Less than 1 per cent of ve hicles reported in fatal and non- fatal accidents were found to be mechanically defective. Sixty percent of all fatalities occurred during the hours of darkness when only about 25 per cent of a days total traffic was on the roads. Saturday became the most dangerous day to travel in automobiles for the first time since the road record has been kept.” Read that and ponder this paragraph: “Less than 10 per cent of the vehicles reported in fatal and non-fatal accidents were found to be mechanically defective.” What caused these accidents? Read this again: “Exceeding the speed limit was responsible for 42 per cent of the fatalities.” Nothing was said about liquor. Not all fast drivers drink; and not all drinkers are fast drivers; but a car is a machine that Philco brings you this sen sational new freezer value. Model AH 24 . . . 2Vi cu. ft. ... fits any kitchen. It gives you ample space for food storage that permits you to keep fresh-frozen foods for months and months. Sen sational value! should be under control all the time. That is even more true of the driver; he should be in full possession of all his facul ties all the time. In other words, we need more inspections of young drivers than of old cars. And some of the old boys get frisky on the highway, too, perhaps trying to imagine the thrills of youthful exuberance; or, else, having slowed down themselves, they try to regain the pep and ebullience of youn ger days by “stepping on it.” And when all of us gather a- round and take a last look, they do seem at peace, wearing the mortician’s smile. What do you know about Thomas Jefferson, the patron Saint of Democracy? Orators like to call on his name and proclaim his political ideas. But what about Jefferson? He is be coming a dim figure of history —remote, unreal, fading into the nebulous atmosphere which envelops great figures after a time. Jefferson was one of the great intellects of America. He was a remarkable blend of inventive genius, with an extraordinary understanding of things both great and small. He was a master of nearly eveirything, from philosophy and languages to cookery. Says one authority on Jeffer son: “The range of his inter ests was astonishing. Apart from his vast knowledge of law and great knowledge of literature, he was also a botan ist, an agronomist, a paleontol ogist, a zoologist, an anthropol ogist, a geologist, a mathema tician; he was also an archi tect, a surveyor, a musician, an astronomer, a philosopher, an expert mechanic, an inventor. What a man! He was not merely a dabbler: his grasp of things was firm; he mastered principles and knew how to apply them. I recall reading a tribute to Jefferson which was a letter by a distinguished au thor of a treatise on one of the branches of science. Buff- ton, the naturalist, wrote to Jefferson: “I should have con sulted you before publishing my Natural History, and then I should have been sure of the facts.” So superior were Jefferson’s attainments that it was said that “he could calculate an eclipse, survey an estate, tie ■an artery, plan an edifice, try a cause, break a horse, dance a minuet, and play a violin.” Some one else said of Jeffer son: “When he spoke of law, I thought he was a lawyer; when he talked about mechan ics, I was sure he was an engi neer; when he got into medicine it was evident that he was a physician; when he discussed theology, I was convinced that he must be a clergyman; when he talked literature, I made up my mind that I had run against a college professor who knew everything.” And that was the father of our Democratic Party—a great intellectual, yet a man of warm impulses, one whose aristoc racy was of the mind, but whose life was simple and unaffected. What did Jefferson think of the scope of the National power? Remember that he had served as Secretary of State, as Vice President, and as President. In his first inaugural address, he said in part, “. . . the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.” “Still one thing more, fellow citizens—a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities. About to enter, fellow citi zens, on the exercise of duties, which comprehend everything dear and valuable to you, it is proper that you should under stand what I deem the essential principle of this government. ALSO — 300 LB. 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Economy in public expense, that labor may be lightly bur dened ; the honest paiment of our debts and sacred preser vation of the public faith; Encouragement of Agriculture, and of commerce as its hand maid; the diffusion of informa tion, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason; Freedom of Religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of Person under the protection of the Habeas corpus.” This first inaugural address is a greater Stat^ paper than any of Lincoln’s; even better than the celebrated short ad dress at Gettysburg. It is sur prising that it is so little kndwn. And when we recall that Jef ferson had just come through a campaign of great bitterness, even of personal hostility, the tone of the address is even more gracious and magnanimous. And he concluded the address with these words: “And may that infinite power which rules the destinies of the universe, lead our councils to what is best, and give them a favorable issue for your peace and prosperity.” NOTICE OF ELECTION A petition having been filed with the County Board of Edu cation asking for an election in Midway School District No. 19, for the purpose of electing a trustee to take the place of the one whose term expires in April 1948, the said petition is hereby granted and the election ordered held Saturday, April 17, 1948, between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. at the school house (white) in the said dis trict. The trustees of School District No. 19 to act as mana gers of said election. Only pa trons and resident tax payers shall be eligible to vote. Newberry County Board of Education CHAPPELLS Mir. and Mrs. P. G. Coleman and Mary Frances were visitors at Edisto and Magnolia Gardens Sunday. They were joined at Edisto Gardens by their daugh ter Gene from St. Matthews who accompanied them to Magnolia. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Werts spent Sunday in Johnston. Ac companied by their children, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Carlson, they visited Edisto Gardens at Orangeburg. W. A. Webb spent Sunday with his family in Columbia. We are sorry to learn Miss Frances Webb is home sick. She teaches at Aiken. We hope she will soon be feeling better. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Arant, Mrs. S. S. Arant, and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Webb of Saluda visited Mir and Mrs. Will Montgomery at Elloree and came back by Orangeburg to see the Garden there. Miss Lillie Mae Workman and Mrs. J. B. Scurry were shopping in Newberry Thursday. Mrs. W. E. Spearman, Jr. spent a few days the past week with home folks in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Long were shopping in Greenwood Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dominick visited the Wessingers in Saluda one evening during the week. Among the fishermen to make good catches the past week were Mrs. Emma Squrry, Inez Hollo way, W. A. Webb and John Scurry. Mrs. R. E. Johnson is spend ing this week with her daughter, Dorothy Crews, in Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Johnson were in Newberry Saturday shopping. Willie Brooks’ small daughter has been ill in Greenwood Hos pital for several days. We are glad to report she is home now, doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Carter, Columbia, and daughter Lee, spent Easter with Mr. and Mrs. Basha. Mrs. Haskell Adams and daughter, Sandra, were shopping in Newberry Saturday. Mrs. Sallie Holloway was vi siting in the community one day during the week. Mrs. R. D. Marett, Mr. and Mrs. B. Boatwright, were Aiken visitors Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mt Adams visited the Gardens in Charles ton Sunday. 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