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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 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 Two able, useful and distin guished Carolinians were much publicized recently: A. L. M. Wiggins of Hartsville; William P. Jacobs of Clinton. Mr. Wigg ins has been chosen to high posi tion as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Co ast Line Railway and the Louis ville and Nashville Railway. Most of us know Mr. Wiggins as one who has given, and gives, himself gladly to public service. He has gained honors and re cognition nationally, as well as here with us at home. In this latest call to service Mr. Wigg ins will respond with his usual grasp of essentials and will en hance the great trust confided to him. Mr. Jacobs, after a life of re markable variety and useful ness, has gone to the Beulah Land. “Bill” Jacobs was a man of extraordinary energy, both of mind and body; and a most un usual scope of practical effic iency. One can hardly think of death in association with Mr. Jacobs. Two remarkable men— Lee Wiggins and Bill Jacobs, one goes on from strength to streng th. and enlarges his field; while the other passes from the busy '-cene so often, and so intimate ly known to his active mind. Seldom have two men of com- narable ability come to our headlines at the same time. We are fortunate that we have Lee Wiggins in the full power of his attainments and capability; where shall we find another “Bill” Jacobs.? Congressman Dorn has decid ed to carry the war into Africa, as used to be said when a man decided to strike back aggres sively, instead of merely defen- ing himself. The young cong ressman has introduced a -resolu tion to investigate Judge War ing. That will give Judge War ing something to think about. It has been talked for some days that impeachment proceed ings would be started if the oc casion presented itself. The Judge's order seems to take the whole Democratic party un der his jurisdiction. That is still a puzzle to the lawyers. The American political scene is one of great confusion. In the nation we have the Repubican party fairly united except inso far as the Wallace ticket may draw from it; the Democratic ticket will lose some of the New Deal element and much of the South. The New Dealers of the Tugwell type will support Henry Wallace. They may not command our endorsement, but they are New Dealers because of the special social, political and economic notions they entertain. They may be grossly wrong but they cling to their ideas with a tenacity and fidelity which lift them above those New Dealers who are prophets of the main chance—men who believe that victory is the Chief concern. The program of Mr. Truman seems to offer everything to everybody, except to the South. The South is left to stew in its own juice, the cold calculation convincing the Trumanites that the loss of the South will be fully covered by the gain in colored votes. The States Rights Democrats, the Southerners, have the en thusiasm of a cause and the in spiration of a battle cry. Strangely enough we still hear men ask; “Where will the South go if she leaves the Dem ocratic fold”? So long we have had conventions; so long we have voted blindly—that many do not know that Political Con ventions are just devices to bring before the Nation men who aspire to the presidency; or men whose friends or political supporters bring them to pub lic notice. The election, the first step in the process which elects a President, is the election of Presidential Electors from each State. Each State has as many Presidential Electors as it has Senators and Representatives in Congress. Let us take up the matter as it affects our little State, little but plucky. The Democratic Convention, or the State Democratic Executive Committee, will prepare a bal lot with eight names; the Re publican Committee will do likewise: perhaps other groups also will prepare a ballot of eight, as did the Southern Demo cratic Party four years ago. The voters will elect on e of these tickets in the General Election in November. I assume that the regular South Carolina Demo cracy will prepare a ticket of eight who will be pledged to vote for Governor Thurmond for President; somebody may have a ticket for Mr. Truman; another ticket will certainly be for men pledged to support Governor Dewey; perhaps a tic ket will be in circulation for Henry Wallace. If, as is almost certain, the Thurmond ticket—the Electors for Governor Thurmond—are elected in Novemlber then South Carolina’s electoral vote will be for Thurmond and Wright—Go vernor Wright being the nomi nee for Vice-president. Later the electors so chosen will meet in their State Capital and cast their vote. In this case, prob ably for Governor Thurmond. If no candidate receives a ma jority then the three highest must be voted on by the House of Representatives, each State having only one vote. It will be seen that the ques tion: Where can we go—doesn’t mean anything. We go to the Electoral College, as it is called. There may not be a section united in this, but the South has never been absolutely of one mind about anything. Nor has South Carolina or Massachu setts ever had a complete ac cord among all its people for any plan about any program. Among us are men who think of practical politics. To them the revolters appear to be dream ers. mere visionaries living in the clouds: The man who lives by principle is the practical man in the long run, for he avoids the patching and appeasing, the trading and bargaining, and plants his feet in the straight course. Woodrow Wilson was a visionary to some, but he saw into the future with the vision of a prophet; he scorned some measures because he was re solved to build his cause on the firm foundations of truth. We save a few regiments, per haps, and possibly a billion dollars by being coldly practical in our narrow view, but we lost not a few regiments but divis ions; and we spent five hun dred billion dollars. And the end is not yet. One need not apologize for this observation: We men have very limited visions and sharp ly circumscribed experience. Our wisdom is of the eafth, earthly; we cannot forsee or pre pare far ahead. We are told that there is such wisdom; beyond the limitations of time, and. that it is as available to us as is the music floating through the air unheard by most, but brought by the radio to many. In our planning we are foolish men to build with the perishable mater ials. when more enduring stuff than bronze abounds for the asking. Control of prices by the Go vernment is not the proper me thod in a free country. We can bring prices down by not buy ing. Very few articles are so necessary that we must pay just any price for them. Just by il lustration. suppose we use less flour and more potatoes. We might think of many substitu tions. A bit of self denial is wholesome discipline also. As I see it. Mr. Truman and other politicians, think of the Labor vote all the time; and seldom realize that wages is the @onu2Gti& ike V&lua&!. • • @om]f2cJi£ the , • • —wbu MORE PEOPLE BUY CHEVROLETS THAN ANY OTHER CAR Compare the values; compare the prices!... Do this and you'll know that now more than ever before CHEVROLET AND ONLY CHEV ROLET IS FIRST in Big-Car quality at lowttl prices, just as it is f.rst in nationwide demand for the total 17-year period, 1931 to date! To compare the values is to know that only Chev rolet brings you the Big-Car riding-smoothness of the original and outstanding Unitized Knee-Action Ride . . . the Big-Car performance and depend ability of a world’s champion Valve-in-Head engine . . . the Big-Car beauty and luxury of the enviable Body by Fisher . . . the Big-Car safety of Fisher Unisteel Body-Construction and Positive-Action Hydraulic Brakes . . . plus many another major quality advantage still not available in any other motor car in its held. And to compare the prices is to know that Chevrolet prices are the lowest in the held . . . and that Chevrolet value continues to be the highest in its held! That is why more and more people in all parts of the country are deciding, more and more enthusiastically, that only one is Number One, only Chevrolet is first. That is why we believe you. too, will make this same decision when you compare the values and compare the prices ... for you win in every way with Chevrolet! FIRST in Riding-Smoothness I You just can’t beat the genuine Unitized Knee-Action Gliding Ride for real riding- snwothneu—real traveluzury—over any and all kinds of roads, from boulevard to byway; and, remember, this famous “Knee-Actk.n" ride is exclusive to Chev rolet and more expensive cars. FIRST in Thrills with Thrift! There’s nothing like Chevrolet's world’s champion Valve-in-Head engine for thrills anJ thrift. It holds all records for miles served, owners satisfied, and years tested and proved. It embodies that extra-sound, extra-dependable Vake-in-Head design, found elsewhere only in costlier cars. FIRST in Tasteful Beauty! You will be perfectly sure of your car's beauty-leadership when you own a car with the world-famous Body by Fisher; and this most desired and desirable of all car bodies—supremely beautiful from <Mry angle, inside and out—is available only on Chevrolet and higher-priced cars. FIRST in All-Round Safety! You and your family will enjoy extra saf-ty, too, the triple safety protection of Fisher Unisteel Body-Construction, the Unitized Knee-Action Gliding Ride and Positive- Action Hydraulic Brakes—another com bination of features found only in Chev rolet and higher-priced cars. CHEVROLET- WOrUu -IS FIRST! biggest item in the cost of liv ing. Obviously a drastic cut in wages would be disastrous to everybody; nor am*I advocating that; I am merely pointing out that politicians haven’t the cour age to tell the truth, even when they may know the truth. As a preliminary study, let us consider lumber: the tree on the farm, or in the forest, has “gone up” we say. The man with a few trees, or a great body of timber finds that everything he buys has advanced enormously, whether it be automobiles, trac tors, trucks, plow points, groc eries, clothing, fertilizer, seed or labor. So the timber goes up. For the man who sells a tree must buy what he needs. The men who come out and es timate the timber receive more; the me n who cut the tree re ceive more; so does the truck driver. At the mill all the em ployees receive more the men on the yard, the sawyer, and ell others, including the office. The lumber is delivered by men at higher wages. We have wages at every step, in every process, however simple. The farmer is not employing “help,, at 50c a day; everywhere he turns everything is higher, and still climbing. If we constantly increase wages we add to each step in the spiral of additional cost, making higher retail prices. When politicians talk about prices he says that high prices are due to scoundrels & thieves. That is cheap demagoguery, not a serious discussion. There are scoundrels and thieves in every calling, in every community. Not only in business, but even in politics we find some men not noble and idealistic. Why shouldn’t our public men speak out in support of Gover nor Thurmond for the presiden cy. After awhile they will crowd us off the bandwagon, but now is a good time to speak. Where do we stand? We can not endorse and support Mr. Truman; we can neither endorse nor support Mr. Wallace; most Carolinians do not want to sup port Mr. Dewey. So what does that leave? Nothing is gained by beating about the bush; we must support someone, unless we run off like an ostritch and hide our heads. If a Southern man can support Mr. Truman, or Mr. Wallace, or Mir. Dewey let him speak out boldly. Likewise let us be forthright, like Joshua of the Scripture, when he challenged his people in unforgetable words —“Choose ye this day, etc.” Then he stood out like a man and declared “as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord”. Men were men in those days, perhaps; at least there was a leader. That decision of Josh ua’s is remembered for its clear cut and direct stand—no pussy footing. And Joshua wasn’t watching the crowd, to see the drift. A real man takes a stand without being afraid of stand ing alone. Whether we are Democrats, or political orphans, is not of much importance. Men in Congress may think committee assign ments are important, but old Senator Borah was a power on the floor. But the name, the la bel. Democrat doesn’t mean any thing if the party has abrogated its principles and forsaken us. If to be a Democrat one must agree with Mr. Truman; or be governed by the recent court decree we might as well say that we refuse to accept the shadow for the substance. NOTICE OF ELECTION A petition having been filed with the County Board of Edu cation asking for an election in Rutherford School District No. 23 for the purpose of voting an additional 3 mill School levy to be used for improvements, repairs, maintenance, transpor tation, and general school pur poses, the said petition is hereby granted and the elec tion ordered held on Monday, August 9, 1948, between the hours of 8:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. at Howard Boland’s home in the said district. The trus tees of School District No. 23 to act as managers of said election. Only persons returning real or personal property for taxa tion shall be eligible to vote and shall present a registration certificate and his tax receipt for the preceding year as is re quired in general elections. NEWBERRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BUILDING MATERIALS 16 by 32 ceiling tile. Asbestos shin gles, 210 lb. thick butt Asphalt Shingles, 2 panel fir and glass doors in all sizes, 3-1 check rail windows. 12 light plain and check rail windows. Get our prices before you buy. We deli ver in truck load lots. M. W. Crouch and Son, Phone 14-J, Johnston. S. C. 7-304tc Now is the time to put your fruits, vegetables and meats in the EYeezer Locker -- We have the food containers and the locker paper — See your Grocer and have him get these for you at once — 7-23-2tc R. Derrill Smith 8c Son, Inc. Wholesale Grocers Newberry. S, C. DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY 1517 Main St. Newberry, S.C. WANTED — Scrap iron, brass, copper, lead, zinc, aluminum pewter, old batteries, radiators, all kinds of rags, old waste cot ton, mattress cotton. We also have a nice line of groceries. W. H. STERLING, VINCENT ST. Bv TeJ Kesting The person who fishes or hunts travels in a notable com- oany of topflight architects,min ers, engineers, medical scien tists. tailors, camouflage artists and military engineers, reports Bill Wolf, outdoor writer and naturalist. Some of these creatures, who long ago anticipated many of our most modern skills, wear feathers, some are clad in fur, others possess scales or armor plate and some wear nothing much at alL These outdoor technicians are all interesting to observe. There is no doubt that human beings learned from them and copied many of their mechanical and other devices. For instance, watch that drag on fly closely. It is perfectly de signed for its purpose in life. This one insect anticipated the airplane, helicopters; submarine and jet propulsion. Sometime, when hunting in October or November, look to the sky and you probably will see some of the earth’s first bal loonists and parachutists . . . common spiders, which often travel hundreds of miles before alighting. Many of the military sciences actually owe their origin t% imi tation of nature. The latest mod el tanks were probably more efficiently “firestreamed” be cause ordnance engineers stud ied the turtle. We are all ac quainted with the skunk’s military weapon, poison gas. Some octopuses discharge ink into the water form a conceal ing smoke screen; and the bom bardier beetle can fire four or five rounds of an acrid, reddish “smoke” at its pursuers. Camouflage was highly devel oped in the last war, but we are fumbling amateurs in compar ison with the masters we en counter whenever we go fishing or hunting. For all its gaudy coloring, a cock pheasant can manage to look like a rusty red rock on a bare field. Grouse and quail are invisible even when you know where they are squat ting. Next time look around you when outdoors. You will be sur prised at how many ways wild life has anticipated man. Fishes used these principles first—fins to act as rudders and stabilizers, a swim bladder to increase or decrease buoyancy, a teardrop shape to offer least resistance to water. You’ll find it difficult to under stand how man has been so slow in adopting methods and prin ciples that have been right in front of him ever since he came out of the trees. ABRAMS-BRUNSON Chester, July 26—The marri age of Miss Mary Pope Brunson and Marvin Eugene Abrams, Jr. was solemnized at 8 p. m. Tues day at Purity Presbyterian church in Chester with Dr. Wil liam McLeod Frampton, Jr. pas tor of the church, officiating, using the double ring ceremony. Mrs. J. E. Price organist and Banks Gladden, vocalist, furn ished the nuptial music. The candles were lighted by Louis McKee Emmett Brunson, Alton Britt and James Abrams. Miss Brunson was attended by her sister, Mrs. Alton Britt, of Valdese, N. C. as matron of hon or. The second matron of honor was Mrs. Carl Gibson, sister of the groom. The bridesmaids were Miss Carolina Jackson, Miss Miriam Colvin. Mrs. Samuel M. Frazer, Mrs. Curtis Fennell, Mrs. Jas. E. Wolfe of Laurens and Mrs. Robert Kay of Anderson. The groomsmen were Karl Cone of Brunson, Louis McKee, Robert Kay of Anderson, Em mett Brunson, brother of the bride: James Abrams brother of the bridegroom, Alton Britt, of Valdese, N. C. and Harry Young of Whitmire. The bride entered the church on the arm of her father, Em mett Wallace Brunson. Senator Marvin Eugene Abrams served his son as best man. The bride wore a wedding gown of white taffeta fashioned with a deep marquiestte yoke with imported lace ruffing, fitted bodice but toned down the back, long slee ves with calla lily points over the hands. The skirt was made with a half-way panel of im parted lace with two folds in front, and ended in a long train. The full length veil of bridal illusion was edged with lace and worn cap fashion. She ca- ried a bouquet of bride’s roses and orchids showered with bouvardia. Immediately following the ceremony, the bride’s parents entertained at a reception in the parlors of the educational building of the church. During the evening the bride and groom left for a wedding trip. Mrs. Abrams is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Em mett Wallace Brunson. After her graduation from the Chester high school she attended Flora McDonald college where she was active in campus life. At the time of her marriage she held a position at the Commer cial Bank of Chester. Mrs. Ab rams was selected by the civic organizations to represent Ches ter at the Azalea festival in Charleston in 1947. Mr. Abrams is a son of Sena tor Marvin Abrams of Whit mire. After graduating from Whitmire high school, he attend ed Clemson college. During World war II he served three years in the United States army and was discharged with the rank of first lieutenant. At pre sent he is associated in business with his father in Whitmire where the couple will make their home.—Columbia Record. REGISTRATION BOARD AT POMARIA SATURDAY The Board of Registration will meet in Pomaria Saturday Aug ust 14, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. All voters of the Pomaria-Peak sections are asked to get their General election Registration Certificates on that date. SERGEANT WEST SERVES IN JAPAN Technical Sergeant James B. West, of Prosperity, is now serv ing as chief clerk with the Yam- anashi military government team located on the outskirts of Tokyo. Sgt. West entered the army on August 20, 1940 and compet ed his basic training at Fort Moultrie. He served with the 310th General Hospital in Tm- ian, Marianas and in Saipan. 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