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» THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1948 ssgwn 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 Returning from Houston, Texas, I stopped over in New Orleans. New Orleans, like New York, Chicago, London, Paris, or any other City, is known for many attractions and some allurements. Perhaps the common impression is the re verse — some attractions and many allurements. Great churches, great libraries, mag nificent institutions of art, whether painting, sculptuary, or music. Splendid colleges and universities, parks of sur passing beauty, hotels of lavish pretension—all that and morq —and the worst dives are there in the cities. New Orleans is widely known for the gay attractions of mer ry living. But New Orleans also has one of the great lab oratories. Here is a story from New Orleans that is far from the gaity of the boule vards: “A cotton fabric that is practically waterproof with out treatment was described by Dr. Walter M. Scott, direct or of the the Southern Region al Research Laboratory in New Orleans. Dr. Scott outlined re search progress since the war with Southern agricultural pro ducts. Included were: A chem ical treatment of cotton to make the fabric mildew-proof and not resistant. Discovery that immature cotton fibers take different colored dyes than mature fibers; and that immature fibers swell when wet resulting in almost water proof cloth. A treatment for short staple, low grade cotton (which was a surplus product before the war) to make it suitable for drapes, tablecloths, etc., rather than just coarse bagging. Treatment for cotton guaze to make it last several seasons in tobacco growing ra ther than just one season. A method of removing the pig ment from cottonseed to make colorless oil and a higher quali ty, light-colored meal for ani mals.’’ Somatime ago I asked why we should feed two million residents of Berlin. And I re marked that we were feeding them at a cost almost beyond belief. I do not know whether we buy and pay for all the food we carry in. Anything is possible, with such bungling as we’ve had throughout this war and the years following; but it is said authoritatively that this air transport of food and fuel into Berlin costs us two hun dred thousand dollars a day. It was $20,000 a day by rail; it now is $200,000 by air. Of course that is operating cost, not including value of planes and salaries of pilots. We are flying into Berlin a daily tonnage equal to the cap acity of 336 freight cars. It is planned to increase this to $300,000 a day. Doesn’t is seem that this would justify us in telling Russia plainly that we shall either withdraw from Berlin and exclude all Russians from our zone; or that we shall break through? One or the other, and that soon. I hardly see that we gain anything by this constant shil ly-shallying with Russia. -Rus- si? is not impressed by gener osity and graciousness; she may be even less impressed by the utter ineptitude of our atti tude and conduct of affairs. Isn’t it perfectly plain that we can do business with Rus sia only on Russia’s terms? Hofiday Notice! Monday, Sept. 6 Being Labor Day The Offices In The Newberry County Courthouse Will Be Clo s e d Are we willing to bow down to Russia? Would it not be safer and sounder to withdraw now, withdraw peaceably, than to continue this policy of charges and counter charges, acts and counter acts, irritation and counter irritation? Let us take what is ours, or our responsibility, and adminis ter our trust as best, we can, letting the Russians build their wall a n d live behind it at will. We gain nothing but head aches by this policy of childish foolishness. Either let us drive through like men of force and resolution; or let us withdraw to our own zone and maintain it so inviolable that no Russian will dream of entering it. As for the Russians: it ap pears that they have had—and probably still have—agents, spies, informers of all kinds, in cluding men and women in the service of the United States. Some remarkable stories are being told of Americans who have worked in the Russian Spy Service. President Tru man has blundered badly in trying to belittle the efforts of the Congressional Committee. Why should not the safety of the nation be above the petty interests tof Mr. Truman’s per sonal or political friends? Why must we forever play cheap politics even at the expense of the Nation’s vital interests? The Russians act even here as they held us in contempt. They probably do, for they do not understand us. Nor can we understand them. Unfor tunately we have not a record entirely clean; what about the American whom the British arrested with tiie connivance of the American Embassy in Lon don? As I recall, he had told somebody that Churchill and Roosevelt were communicating in the American secret diplo matic code before Churchill was a member of the British Cabi net. Since deceit has been dig nified to respectability in our National life we can’t be sure of anything, whether spoken or written. I realize the seriousness of that statement; it hurts me as a citizen to note the double- talk, the misrepresentation, the make-believe of leaders. What level have we sunk to that we no longer believe in the sin- cerety of great National figures, nor rely on the impartiality of our United States Courts? A Truman ticket will be placed at the polls. Strangely enough our brethren of the Federation for Prohibition seem to sponsor this. It seems doub ly strange because these Roose- velt-Truman gentlemen and their cohorts are the ones who broke down the law; who re pealed the Eighteenth Amend ment; who voted in liquor again. The Federation may not like Governor Thurmond—who is a “Dry”—but how can it cham pion the “Wtets?” Of course I know that the Federation can not be wholly for Mir. Truman; nor surely can the Federation be “Wet;” so just what is the Federation? Is it an organi zation of salt and pepper Dem ocrats? Its members have the right to be what they may choose to be, but let the pub lic know whether the Prohi bition feature has been subor dinated and side-tracked for the Truman type of Demo crat. Certainly it is pertinent to ask what a Truman Demo crat is. What distinguishes a Truman Democrat from a Thurmond Democrat? in hair and scalp care ^ CREME FOAM Sf&a/m/ico The rich, creamy toam ot Elmo CREME FOAM SHAMPOO invites vigorous massage — removes dandruff, leaves hair and scalp scrupulously clean, encourages flow of natural oil, restores sheen. Free of alkalies. Contains beneficial lanolin. Beautifies as it cleanses. A Thurmond Democrat, the States Righters, the Constitu tional Democrat believes that the Constitution intended for the States to govern themselves in their domestic affair, in gen eral. A Constitutional Demo crat believes that the long arm of the Federal Government can not reach into the Domestic af fairs without bungling badly; and this bungling will be done by an army of smart young fellows in Washington who never earned a dollar except by some sort of political pap or favor. The very essence of our American idea of govern ment is government by one’s neighbors, men we know and e- lect to do certain things for us. A typcial Southerner believes i a government by White men. All that we have, all that we enjoy, from our reli gion to our Constitution, we in herited from White men. A Truman Democrat, if real ly adherent, believes that we should hand over to the Ne groes an equal interest in the Government; he believes that there should be an F. E. P. C., and that employment should be on equal terms for all. Whether in buses, banks, hotels, trains, stores, offices, restaurants, schools and colleges. One need not quibble about this; nor need one condemn either side. If one believes this Truman doctrine then let him have the courage to say so. I doubt that many Caro linians will profess the Tru man doctrine, but if this is to be a mongrel civilization let us face the possibilities with open eyes. I do not know what makes a Democrat, unless it be the Democracy of the States Right ers. Nor am I interested in Committee positions, or stand ing, if that involves a sacri fice of the South’s interest. The South had chairmen of great committees for twelve years, but what did that mean to the South? Is it not the truth that in every way the South fared poorly? In this poor State the Federal Gov-* ernment collected from a hun dred and twenty five millions to a one hundred and eighty four million dollars a year and made a small return for which our public men gave loud and eloquent praise to the great and good bureaucrats in Wash ington. But at no time did South Carolina receive any thing on the same basis as New York or Massachusetts. Even in charity or doles our so-called Democratic Party dis criminated against us, though we had many great Committee Chairmen!! There is for our considera tion not a little two-by-four chance to strut, but a princi ple is at stake. Are we asked to sell the South for Commit tee Chairmenships? Are we invited to throw overboard the history of our people? _ ‘Let us take stock of our selves: this is not a question whether we endorse J. Strom Thurmond; Mr. Thurmond is giving himself splendidly to a great cause; and his course de serves the warmest praise; but we are challenged to stand for the South as we know it; and as we inherited it, or to surren der vital and priceless interests to the whims of those who mis takenly imagine that a salt and pepper civilization, a poli tical mongrelization, is better than the White Man’s govern ment bequeathed to us by our fathers. Notice of Jury Drawing We, the undersigned Jury Commissioners of Newberry County, shall, on the 9th day of September, 1948, at 9 o’clock a. m., openly and publicly, in the Clerk of Court’s office, draw thirty-six names to serve as petit jurors for the court of General Sessions which con venes in Newberry County Court House September 20th at 10 o’clock a. m. H. K. Boyd, Clerk of Court P. N. Abrams, Auditor J. R. Dawkins, Treasurer Shall the State of South Carolina proceed judicially to collect the $700 Extra pay from those members who have not returned it? When the Legis lature ordered the payment there was no hesitation; the money was actually on hand, carefully counted and ready for each man; even before the act was passed, we must believe, because the banks were closed when the Act was signed. Now who is to take the steps neces sary to get this money back? Since the court says that the payment as unlawful the Comp troller General and the Treas urer should call on each reci pient for the return of this $700. If the money is not paid, then the Attorney General should demand restitution in Court. It would be very mor tifying if a Grand .Jury should intervene and recofnmend that paying officers should be sued on their bonds for failure to act. FOR SALE—One 3 compart- men refrigerator, ice capacity, 50 lbs. Priced right. Contact J. H. Glymph, 205 Caldwell St., Phone 563-J. 27-3tp What is industry worth to a country? The record shows that three Cotton Mills in one county pay more taxes than are paid by all the citizens and interests of Allendale and Mc Cormick Counties, although they report a total of 438,605 acres. Although that is quite a figure, it is exceeded by the payroll, practically all of which I is spent in the community where the mills are situated. And this does not include the enormous sums paid for Feder al and State taxation, unem ployment and old age pensions commonly called Social Securi ty NEED MONEY? SEE US FOR A QUICK CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL LOAN, AT . . . 1307 Friend St HANDY FINANCE CO. FOR SALE — 1935 Pontiac business coupe. Clean. Call 858-R after 5:30. x 20-2tp National Recognition To County Breeder A registered Jersey cow own ed by C. T Smith of Kinards, has completed a production re- 1 cord of 8,391 pounds milk and 444 pounds butterfat which has qualified her for the Silver Me dal award of the American Jersey Cattle. Club, whose head- 1 quarters are in Columbus, Ohio. ■ ' Clemson Ena Rani’s record was made on 305 day actual pro duction at the age of 2 years and two months. In compiling this record she produced more than two times as much butterfat as the aver age doiry cow in the United States. Enormous Task It has been said that it is better to undertake an enormous task and get it partly done thatn to un dertake nothing and get it all done. We have undertaken the task of giving to this community a service for financing both new and used cars, that is seond to none. 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