The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 20, 1948, Image 4
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
Several of our counties hr
announced support of Govern
or Thurmond for President.
Some citizens have spoken very
vigorously for the Thurmond
ticket, notably Mr. Joseph M.
Moorer of Colleton. As I go
ibout I hear quite a bit about
the Constitutional, or States
Rights, ticket. Many of our
people have hung back in inde
cision. That the masses should
eem irresolute need not sur-
orise us; the average man us
ually goes along with his crowd.
But what about the leaders?
They may not think it neces
sary to say anything because
he deliberate act of the South
Carolina Democratic Convention
was a solemn declaration in
r avor of Thurmond for«Presi
dent.
We are having a bit of fee
ble indecision on the part of
some because they have not
thought this matter to a clear
conclusion. Let us review the
steps: Many legislators de
clared themselves as opposed
to Mr. Truman. Some have
.spoken in clear terms of their
unchanging opposition to Mr.
Tr 'man and any other man
holding th e views of Mr. Tru
man. So where does that lead?
If we are against Mr. Truman
are we supporting some one
else? Whom can we support,
if we eliminate Truman? Henry
Wallace? He has some friends
among us, though they are
quiet down this way Shall
we support Governor Dewey,
the Republican candidate? He
will receive some votes, cer
tainly. We have always had
some Repubicans here; it may
be that there are more now
than formerly. If we will not
support Mr. Truman or Mr.
Wallace or. Mr. Dewey, that
brings us to Mr. Thurmond,
the candidate of the South, as
well as from the South.
Let’s brush the uncertainty
aside and confront the fact;
We must be for Truman, Dew
ey, Wallace or Thurmond.
There is no escaping that, un
less one is disposed to dawdle
along without decision, with
out affiliation, even without
any share in the government of
our country.
Look at the list: Are you a
sponsor of Mr. Wallace? Have
you found your political prin
ciples expressed by the Wal
lace theory of government?
Do^s Mir. Dewey appeal to you?
What does Mr. Dewey advocate
that deserves your support?
One may wonder just what
the difference is between Mr.
Dewey and Mr. Truman. Once
we knew what made us Demo
crats. We knew that the Re
publicans were the foster breth
ren of our Colored people, poli
tically, although the amazing
progress of the Negro has bee
due to White neighbors, not
to Republican politics. Now
that the Republicans soft-pedal
their, ancient position; and the
Trumanites blatantly proclaim
their special love and solici
tude for the negroes, political
ly, we cannot escape the con
clusion that all that once sep
arated us from Republicans,
now separates us very definite
ly from the Trumanites. And
there is more than that: Mr.
Truman has denounced Com
munism among us, although he
recommends measures that are
at bottom Communistic. I think
he doesn’t know the difference
—which reflects on his intelli
gence; or he deliberately mis
leads the nation, which reflects
o n his integrity. In any case
one cannot escape the conclu
sion that Mr. Dewey is less
dangerous to us than Mr. Tru
man. That would be a bitter
dose to swallow. But we do
not have to choose between Mr.
Truman and Mr. Dewey; we
are not compelled to decide
between a Republican and a
polyglot crowd of self-seekers,
who include within their fold
all the 'colors of the rainbow,
anjfl all the irreconciliable ele
ments of misbegotten political
humtouggery. We can support
a Southern man, but a man
whose vision is not narrowly
Southern: we can support a
man who. on battlefields across
the world has placed his life
in danger, and who from great
distances, and in the bloody en
gagements on the embattled
fronts, saw his native land in
perspective and became an Am
erican in the broadest sense—
J. Strom Thurmond. We can
support a son of old Edgefield,
a soil which has grown me n for
To the Voters of the Third
Congressional District:
This will probably be my last statement through the press before
the election next Tuesday, and I again invite your attention to the
platform I announced at the beginning of my campaign as a candidate
for congress. I have publicly discussed, analyzed, interpreted, and
stated the reasons for my position on the many issues that are certain
to be presented for consideration in the next congress. Therefore,
many of you have had opportunity to form an opinion as to my ability
and general qualifications.
I am humbly grateful for the votes that placed me at the head of
the ticket in seven out of nine counties in the first primary, and I
am both glad and grateful for the vote in my home county where I
received a majority in every one of the 36 county precincts, or a
total of 3400 votes in round numbers, out of the 4000 cast, which may
be regarded as a fair index of what people think of me where I have
lived all my life and where they have opportunity to know me best.
Throughout the campaign I have studiedly made no personal refer
ences to any of my opponents, and have not intentionally made any
statement that would directly or indirectly reflect upon their char
acter, integrity, or qualifications, because I am a firm believer in
clean politics.
I have made this race solely upon my own merits and qualifications,
and I trust you may find them such as to merit your support on Au
gust 24th.
James B. Hare
every epoch, generals in war
and leaders in peace. In my
commendation of Governor
Thurmond I include Governor
Fielding Wright of Mississippi,
a man whose face and whose
record proclaim the man. Gov
ernor Wright is an attractive
figure, a modest, likeable per
sonality. and every inch a man.
Less than a third of the mon
ey collected by legislators in
the guise of “expense money”
has been returned to the State
treasury. The Supreme Court
has decided that this was an
unlawful appropriation. What
are others waiting for? Must
the Attorney General sue each
member for $700? Or will the
members respect the decision of
the Court without further le
gal action? It should not be
necessary to demand restitution;
the court’s decision makes the
retention of the $700 an unlaw
ful act.
An excellent publication, is
sued by the South Carolina Re
search. Planning and Develop
ment Board, called “General
Statistics on South Carolina,”
Pamphlet No. 12, carries much
informative material. It shows
the taxable property of the for
ty-six counties, as assessed for
taxation, as $454,531,000, with
an average rate of45.7 mills.
This ranges from nineteen mills
for Calhoun county to 73.7" for
Williamsburg. Those sturdy ci
tizens of old Williamsburg must
writhe and gnash their teeth
considerably over that figure.
Williamsburg enjoys that figure
alone, though rich and pro
gressive Greenville seems tfi vie
with it in the plan to share the
wealth, coming up with a mill-
age of 66.5, well behind Will?
iamsburg but showing a great
effort to compete for the high
est rate.
Strangely, the poorer counties
have the lower rates. Great and
opulent Sumter has 62.4. Rich
land has a conservative rate of
36.1. Perhaps the City of Co
lumbia bears most of the load,
though the city’s rate is only
39 mills and is to be 32 mills,
as I recall. Aiken with 30.1
mills, Bamberg with 25.4, Ches
ter with 25 mills, Hampton with
28.5, McCormick with 29.2, Lex-
| ington with 30.7 are the lucky
j ones. Rich Greenwood requires
41.2, but sturdy old Laurens
gets by with 33.9.
Some years ago Newberry
seemed high but this report
shows Newberry with the mod
est millage of 35.9 mills. Mighty
Barnwell comes under the 40
mark, having 38.2. These fig
ures may be too high, some
levies having been reduced, as
in Clarendon, which is 50 mills,
not 52.1. Fifty is high aplenty;
we have no ambition to stand
in big company. Grand old
Darlington has 59 mills.
This millage is the County
property tax. It does not in
clude town taxes or Federal
and State income taxes.
People who have property in
towns pay the same millage to
the County that a rural owner
pays and usually at much
higher valuation. The town peo
ple get very little from the
County for their tax money;
| and they pay rather dearly for
the privilege of living in the
town.
Did you ever think of this? If
a town man builds a modest
little nest in this era of extor
sion for $10,000 will he pay the
same as his rural brother with
a $10,000 house? Why should
he pay more? Doesn’t the town
man pay heavy taxes to the
town for the privilege of living
there? But the town man has
very little political influence
unless he is a member of a
Union: the farmer is supposed
to be worth a dozen town men.
politically. Did you ever notice
that a candidate for a County
office spends very little time
talking to clerks and merchants
and office men; but he will
drive twenty miles to see a
farmer and talk all day, admir
ing the cows and hogs, the
crbps, the chickens, and the
food? By all means the food.
No fruit cake in town is as de
licious as corn bread on the
farm during the campaign sea
son. And old well-water, sipped
from the bucket, is the grand
est beverage ever vouchsafed
to thirsty humanity until the
candidate returns to town and
gets a cold bottle—of something
—probably not well-water.
Doesn’t it seem to you that
in our relations with Russia we
act as though we were people
without any rights or dignity?
Russia did nothing for us. Hit
ler crossed the frontier and
attacked Russia, with all the
savage fury of blitz. Russia
had to defend herself. We made
common cause with Russia and
provided billions of dollars of j
equipment for the Soviet for-1
ces of all services. Now we fool- j
ishly made all manner of agree-'
ments coddling Russia. Today ;
we have part of the city of Ber
lin under our care and cannot
ship supplies to them by rail.
The Russians block us. So I
we ship supplies by air, at a
cost in money inconceivable.
Russia counts on a timid policy
on our part and does not hesi
tate to charge us with every
evil design, while she actually
blocks us from shipping into
Berlin, except by air. How
does this impress you?
It is a fair question; Why are
we feeding hundreds of thou
sands of people in Berlin? The
fighting ended in Germany
three years ago. Why must we
feed a half of third of a great
city? And as we are proceed
ing today, when will there be a
change? Even if Stalin should
graciously decide to do a right
voluntarily that leaves us still
supplying all those people. How
long is this to continue?
I do not advocate any lack
of charity and compassion, but
I still marvel at the apparent
stupidity of our course from
the beginning. Why don’t we
see clearly and act vigorously
in whatever may be our duty?
From the very beginning our
course has been one of ignor
ance and confusion; the childish
vanity of American policy sug
gested that if we could tell a
joke and provoke a smile from
Stalin all would be well. Our
jokes have cost us incalculable
sums and we are the butt of
our own jokes.
We have taken too much for
granted; let us send two or
three men of brains and cour
age. and determine a policy
which will command our own
confidence and the respect of
all others, especially Russians.
NOTICE OF PRIMARY
Notice is hereby given that a
Democratic Primary will be
held i n Newberry County Tues
day, August 24, 1948, for the
purpose of balloting for a Unit
ed States Congressman and for
several county offices.
The Polls will open at 8:00
o’clock a. m. and close at 4:00
o’clock p. m. in all precincts
except in Ward 3, No. 2, Little
Mountain, Pomaria, and at St.
Philips, where the polls will
open at 8:00 o’clock a. m. and
close at 6:00 o’clock p. m.
The same managers will
serve in each precinct as here
tofore advertised.
B. V. CHAPMAN
Chairman
MRS. A. H. COUNTS
Secretary
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