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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 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 Pbstoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance.
COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
The Truman ship is about to
sink. The politicians are aban
doning it to the mercy of the
voters. The South is leading
the fight, and Southern Con
gressman are declaring that
they will not support either
Mr. Truman or anyone else of
the same political attitude.
The Congress decisively re
pudiated Mr. Truman by over
whelmingly voting for the in
come tax reduction over the
veto. This Southern position
is no flash in the pan; it is
growing steadily every day.
Such dyed-in-the-wool Truman
men as Senator Lister Hill and
Senator Sparkman of Alabama
have declared against the Tru
man candidacy. Recently two
of the Roosevelts, sons of the
late President Roosevelt, de
clared for General Eisenhower.
Every day, in every way,
events are against Mr. Tru-
man.
It is pathetic, for Mr. Tru
man seems to have put himself
in the hands of several ‘sfhart’
politicians, men whose smart
ness has led to deals of all
sorts. But these astute gentle
men ran against a Southern
attitude which would no longer
sacrifice the South for some
body’s smile or blandishments.
The readiness of the two
Roosevelts to throw Truman
overboard should not lead us
astray; we know nothing of
General Eisenhower, politically.
Until we are informed clearly,
definitely and irrevocably, we
should be worse than foolish to
embrace him as a political pro
phet. As matters stand today,
the General is a prophet, but
he doesn’t prophesy. Like the
old preacher of the plantation
church, he “sputifies;” "he
orates;” “he specifies;” but he
‘'doesn't say wherein.” The
wherein is what we must
know.
The Democrats of the South
should be on guard against the
leadership of men who disavow
Mr. Truman’s policies and re
pudiate Mr. Truman’s leader
ship, but who are themselves
no more in sympathy with the
Southern attitude than those
who persuaded Mr. Truman to
sell out the South for Colored
support. Men like Mr. Farley
—and scores of others— are
not Southern men. Mr. Farley
is said to have been the poli
tical guide who first led the
Negro vote to the Democratic
Party.
In casting about for leaders,
it is pertinent to ask whether
Chief Justice Vinson advocated
the F. E. P. C.
Why should the South put
its trust in any man whose
record is open to question? We
have men of loyalty and ability
who have been faithful thruout
the years; who as the Psalm
ist says “. . . they have never
lifted up their souls to vanity,
nor sworn deceitfully.”
America is taking a stand
against the further spread of
Communism; the President’s
call for universal military
training and a revival of the
military draft law is a solemn
suggestion that the world mud-
le is again at a critical stage.
It is too late to point out the
blunders of our course; in fact
it is probable that the nation
would not have responded
warmly to a decisive attitude
toward Russia until the ag
gressions of Rusian policy con
vinced the average citizen that
stem words must be supported
by military might. At any
rate now we stand in the path
of Russia.
I have not been a supporter
of universal military training.
Nor do I endorse it now. One
of the lessons of our military
experience, as I interpret that
experience, is that every war
has new weapons. The only
basic training of general value
is the military drill; and the
value of that could be had in
four weeks of intensive work,
after being called into service.
In fact before the uniforms and
the weapons become available,
the men could have had basic
training, and a general physi
cal toning and toughening. A
month in the theater of war is
better than six months in the
home camp. Was it not true
that the soldiers trained in
this country in 1917-1918 had
to be given intensive train
ing in France?
We are always unready be
cause we are slow to provide
the weapons. Has our army
the weapons today for a war?
Or would we repeat the experi
ence of 1917-1918 when we
used foreign-mad eartillery?
Who devises our plans for
training men? Haven’t we al
ways had the infantry to spend
months with one kind of rifle,
only to issue something very
different at the last minute?
A soldier accustomed to rifle
X in training here, is given
rifle Z in the combat zone—
a new strange weapon.
Our first task should be to
provide what we mean to use,
then call the men as they are
needed.
The United States should not
try to build new camps, far
from existing sites: nor should
it choose ponds and lakes for
camp sites in the excitement
of the moment.
The first need is for wea
pons , planes, ammunition.
Some of this we must have,
surely; and ships and tanks
and tankers — we must have
them, but have we?
The South is not trying to
hold down the Colored people;
the attitude of the South is
that it will not longer tolerate
the chicanery of politicians who
try to make a football of the
’South for votes. This does
more harm than good for it
is developing a racial sensi-
tivesion on both sides which is
tending rapidly to open hos
tility. We are making a con
dition here which will grow
into a state of mind and an
averson like that found in
Palestine between the Arabs
and the Jews.
At bottom the South is real
ly contending for the right of
Massachusetts and New York
to govern themselves.
Several public men have
come forward as champions of
State’s Rights. In this State,
gallant, loyal, and indomitable
Klugh Purdy stands out. Then
Representative Cabell of Char
leston; Senator George Warren
of Hampton; Robert Figg of
Charleston; William P. Baskin
of Bishopville; Senators May-
bank and Johnston; Represen
tatives Rivers and Dorn, espe
cially, but the others are also
in line. Of course Governor
Thurmond has played the ma
jor part; and Judge Eugene
Blease has been a tower of
strength. It is eminently pro
per to recall the initiative of
Mr. Cabell; he started the ball
rolling; he had the courage to
enlist his fellow legislators and
put them on record. Klugh
Purdy, using the regular party
machinery, led his county of
ficially against the Truman
program, and against Mr. Tru
man.
Some other men of earnest
participation are Leon Harris
and Charles Johnson of Ander
son and my esteemed friend,
Matthew Barkley of Charles
ton, an idealist and a man of
clean mind and straight think
ing, who stands four square
all the time.
Of course there were stal
wart champions in other places
—in Camden St. George, Lau
rens, Calhoun—and all about.
And the newspaper bretheren
and radio men have been in
the forefront.
Speaking of Thomas Jeffer
son one might dwell on his
political philosophy at length.
His letters, addresses and State
papers breathe the spirit and
language of democracy. In a
letter to a friend in Massa
chusetts, he said: “I am for
preserving to the states the
powers not yielded by them to
the Union. . . .and I am NOT
for transferring all the pow
ers of the States to the general
government. I am for a gov
ernment rigorously frugal and
simple, applying all the possible
savings of the public revenue to
the discharge of the National
debt: and not for a multipli
cation of officers and salaries
merely to make partisans, and
for increasing, by every device,
the public debt, on the prin
ciple of its being a public bles
sing.” We should consider these
words well; they are as sound
as when written by Jefferson.
Politicians don’t ‘ discover any
thing new. The idea of spend
ing all the money for general
benefits is as old as history
itself; and none of our recent
spenders is more eloquent a-
bout it than the rulers in Rome
fifty years before the birth of
the Prince of Peace.
Two men in public life have
recently cited our old friend
Alcibiades who has long been
to me the classic example of
what Harry Hopkins seemed to
believe. And of Alcibiades
one patriot said “Go on brave
boy; your success will be the
ruin of us, all.”
Jefferson knew all the his
tory of the ancients and he
distilled the wisdom of their
failures. Jefferson had hind
sight and so could develop
foresight. Most of us don’t
,learn from our own experi
ences nor from 4he failures of
others.
At' this time / many would
like to use as their own the
concluding words of the letter
I quoted earlier: “The first
object of my heart is my own
country. In that is embarked
my family, my fortune, and my
own existence. I have not one
farthing of interest nor one
fibre of attachment out of it,
nor a single motive of prefer
ence of any one Nation to an
other, but in proportion as they
are more or less friendly to us.”
I should like to quote Jeffer
son again, for we Jeffersonians
should know more about him.
“Our country is too large to
have its affairs directed by a
single government. Public ser
vants at such a distance, and
from under the eye of their con-
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CAMP WHITMIRE PW’s
SENT CARE RELIEF
Several months ago, The Sun
printed a letter which was writ
ten to Ellerbe Sease and his
family by a German prisoner of
war who worked on the Sease
farm while he was interned at
Camp Whitmire. The letter des
cribed the plight of the German
PW’s after their return to their
homes, especially those in the
Russian zone of Germany.
Several prisoners worked for
Collier Neel at his dairy farm,
and Mr. Neel has been receiv
ing letters from them since
their return. The letters tell the
same story ... of returning to
fnd their homes have been lost;
of having no Clothes except
those they took from America
when they were repatriated; of
hunger and starvation.
Mr. Neel, and others for
whom the prisoners worked in
"Newberry, have been sending
packages "to the prisoners
through CARE, a government
approved organization to handle
distribution of goods sent to
Europe. For $10.00, the CARE
nackages, containing basic foods,
may be sent to any person
designated. The individual re
ceiving the package is required
to sign a receipt, which is re
turned to the doner as. evi
dence that the CARE package
was delivered.
Mr. Neel has a list of some
of the prisoners who were in
terned in Newberry, who are
badly in need of food or cloth
ing, Anyone desiring to donate
to the relief of one of these
prisoners may secure names
from Mr. Neel, or may leave a
donation with him, and he* will
be glad to take care of the de
tails of sending CARE pack
ages.
Excerpts from some of the
letters received follows:
“Your address fell into my
hands by chance and I seize
upon it as the hand of God . .
coming briefly and tersely to the
request in my letter, is it possi
ble for you to send me and my
children some food? It may be
the Cheapest of cheap. I and my
two children, one six and the
other seven, stand in this great
need but then this is endurable
if the spectre of hunger were
not standing before my door.
The divisions of rations does
not go far enough to give the
children enough . . . one could
despair . . . the children are
pitiful. A slice of broken bread
to them a delicacy. You as a
citizen of a prosperous country
cannot imagine our distress and
trouble. I do not know, of
course, whether you Eire in a
position to help me, but I cling
to the hope of hearing from you.
But should it be impossible for
you to do so, please pass these
lines on to some other dear
person who is in a position to
do a deed for kindness . . . .”
The following is from a letter
written by Herbert Haberland,
former Camp Whitmire PW:
"... I was very much pleas
ed when I received your very
kind letter. The same day your
letter reached me, I got another
one from Erwin Jaksch. He met
the worst chance. He lost his
home and everything. His family
he met after being home more
than six months. Mr. Neel in
your letter you told about help
ing me. For that I thank you
very much. Think first of Erwin
please, he has only the clothing
he brought home from America.
I for myself haven’t lost my
home and clothing I can wear
from father and brother. . . .”
Erwin Jaksch, mentioned in
the letter above, describes his
return to his home;
“. . . This letter we try to
smuggle into the American
zone, we believe that you will
receive this letter for sure. Your
letter from March pleased us
very much. I always told my
folks how nice I have been trea
ted as PW in America, and
especially by you people. My
stituents must, from,the circum
stance of distance, be unable to
administer and overlook all the
details necessary for the good
government of the citizen . . .
What an augmentation of thfe
field for jobbing, speculating,
plundering, office building and
office hunting would be pro
duced by an assumption of all
the State powers into the hands
of the general government. The
true theory of our Constitution
is surely the wisest and best,
that the States are independent
as to everything within them
selves, and united as to every
thing respecting foreign nations”
Read it again and again; pon
der it well; it is the essence of
wisdom.
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
COUNTY GIRLS IN
WINTHROP CHOIR
Patsy Lominick of Pomaria
and .Belvin Sease of Little
Mountain are members of the
Winthrop College choir which
will begin its annual spring
tour of the state Saturday. The
group will perform in Colum
bia, Spartanburg, Greenville,
Anderson and other South Car
olina towns.
MISS FELKER TO
WED MR. PITTS
Mr. and Mrs. Roland H.
felker have announced the en
gagement of their daughter,
Barbara Louise, to Leonard
Clarence Pitts III, also of New
berry.
The wedding will take place
in June.
little girl, I must always tell
her some nice stories from
America. As you know, we must
leave our home, and didn’t take
very much goods with us. I
never saw my home again. All
I possess, it’s what I took along
when I left America as PW. It
is too bad, but true. But still
I believe that America will
help us again. We are not mad
at you, that means good think
ing German people.”
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COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS, NEWBERRY, S. C.
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND SURPLUS — CURRENT FUND,
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1947
SALES: v
Electric current
Water 1
Sewer service charges
Gross profit on merchandise sales:
Sales $ 540.53
Purchases 497.22
$93,215.64
36,615.14
8,573.63
43.31
Total sales
138,447.72
COST OF SALES:
Power purchases
Plant expenses:
Salaries $
14,360.58
58,966.07
Supplies & material
2,629.40
16,989.98
Sewer maintenance
Electric line repairs:
Salaries
6,084.04
350.00
Supplies & material
3,681.27
9,765.31
Auto and truck expense
1,909.45
GROSS PROFIT ON SALES
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES:
Salaries 11,345.29
Retirement taxes 1,469.93
Workmens compensation tax 268.96
General expenses 2,676.47
NET PROFIT ON SALES
OTHER INCOME — Interest and dividends
87,980.81
50,466.91
15,760.65
34,706.26
385.72
Total 35,091.98
INCOME CHARGES:
Interest paid 33.33
Loss on sale of U. S. govt, bonds 668.25
Globes & supplies for St. lights 942.11 1,643.69
NET INCOME FOR YEAR 33,448.29
ADDITIONS TO PLANT ACCOUNT
(Transferred to Capital Fund) 59,065.00
CURRENT REDUCTIONS IN SURPLUS 25,616.71
CURRENT FUND SURPLUS, DEC. 31, 1946 55,629.38
CURRENT FUND SURPLUS, DEC. 31, 1947 $30,012.67
It will be noted from the above statement that a net income of
$33,448.29 was earned during the year. The following factors
should be considered, however, in connection with viewing the
current operations as they have a very definite bearing on the
results:
1— No depreciation on plant property has been provided for
2— No charge has been made vs. the town for water, street
lights, etc., furnished.
3— The revenue of $8,573.63 from sewer service charges re
presents only approximately 65% of a normal annual income from
this source since the practice of making such charges was institu
ted during the year.
As indicated above, plant extensions in the amount of $59,065.00
were made during the year from operating funds. This resutted
in a reduction of $25,616.71 in the current fund surplus. It is
obvious from this, therefore, that unless the expansion of plant
facilities are curtailed considerably, it is going to be necessary to'
increase your rates and]or float a bond issue to provide funds
for such expansion. _
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