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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, AUGUST IS, 1948
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
0. F. Armfield
Editor and Publisher
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
at the Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under
the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. He
later sailed for duty in Japan
where he ws assigned to his
present unit.
Miss Theressa Leightsey is
spending her vacation this week
at Savannah Beach, Ga.
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