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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1948 1218 College Street DEWBERRY, S. C. O. 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 Some time ago I quoted from a letter to me from a son of Iowa who has grown great in many fields of business with out losing the common touch. I quote again from a citizen whose achievements are great, but whose modesty is equally great. I might offer the ob servation that the really able men I have known—and still have—as inspiration have all been quiet, retiring men. Of course I have not mistaken bombast for greatness since the impressionable days of my childhood, some few years ago. My old friend who made me think of Tipperary may prod me next about States Rights —what are States Rights? I quote the letter from my distinguished correspondent of Illinois: “There ar e many up this way who are following with keen interest the obious and some what unexpected progress made * by the new ‘States Rights’ pol itical party. It certainly is be coming evident that the move ment is under the leadership of capable and energetic men. One dares to hope that the movement' may, in a relatively short time, restore to the true American people th privilege of self-government in accordance with the original principles em bodied in our Constitution, in stead of being forced to accent the dictates of a national ad ministration which derives its power and position from the votes of a dozen or so of our large cities.” Here in South Carolina we are amateurs at bossism. poli tical rigging anc^ all manner of chicanery and skullduggery. There are apt pupils among us, but the soil isn’t promising for the sort of shenanigan that dis honors many large cities. I do not mean to suggest that we are men of superior virtue; on ly that we are small men, oper ating in a small area, an area of sharply limited opportuni ties. . / • Isaiah. th e prophet, must have been a teacher, for he said: “Whom shall he teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doc trine? . . . For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; lin e upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.” Surely all teaching is pre cept upon precept, line upon line, here a Tittle tnd there a little. And the pupils have infinite capacity for resisting knowledge, as a great educa tor once said. We, the public. likewise, read and hear, without being impressed. Haven’t you been in a class in school or college, in which a boy or girl usually asked about the matter just presented by the teacher? The boy or girl had sat in complete unawareness of what was being said. Now what about this matter of States Rights? The States at first felt their importance; they were sover eign powers; the word “State” means an independent, self- governing territory. In Inter national law. we think of France Russia and Britain as States. A Nation is a people of one blood, one interest, one lan- / guage, one law; a nation is a kinship of people, not nec essarily an independent govern ment. Our Jewish people are a “nation” in strict sense, but not a “State.” Our American founders were interested in their own territories, or colo nies. South Carolina was a separate colony, distinct from North Carolina, Georgia, Vir ginia, New York, Pennsyvania and Massachusetts. Each colony fought for its independence, co operating to win the war. When the war ended these colonies now recognized as “States,’’ cooperated to main tain a National Government for certain interests which all shar ed alike. But they were proud of their dignity and powers and always fearful lest the National Government should grow too great and become meddlesome. The new “States” started out with an agreement called the Articles of the Con federation. but the government was about as weak and wobbly as a French Cabinet, so a new bond of agreement was ipade in 1787 called the Constitution. Al most ' everybody was alarmed or amazed at the new agree ment. There was grave doubt in the minds-of many. Almost immediately twelve Amend ments were proposed, ten of which w ore adopted. Those ten amendments, adopted al most immediately, were to re assure the thirteen States and the people. They were propos ed by the first session of the first new Congress. When you read the Consti tution remember how quickly those ten amendments were made a part of the great docu ment. Now what are the ten amendments, called sometimes the Bill of Rights? ARTICIiE I; Congress shall make no law respecting an es tablishment of religion, or pro hibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speach, or the press; or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ARTICLE II: A well-regulat ed militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be in fringed. ARTICLE III: No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, with out the consent" of the owner, nor in time of war. but in a manner to be prescribed by law. ARTICLE IV: The right ot the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and ef- EXPERIENCE has taught millions of families about life insurance. Those families owning adequate life insurance have ex perienced its comforting protection and immediate financial as sistance in time of greatest need. Other families have faced the same trying time with too little life insurance protection to meet their need. Too late they learned by experience the distress that inadequate protection can cause. y Which experience do you want your family to have? THE OLD RELIABLE • SIMCE 1891 ■< Vjl OAA .C fJJLCX AUAiLXA ^ > District Office, 11011-2 Caldwell St. feet against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirma tion, and particularly describ ing the place to be searched, and the person or things to be seized. ARTICLE V: No person shall be held to answer for a capi tal, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land of naval forces, or in the militia, when, in actual service in time of war or public dan ger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put In jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be com pelled in any criminal 'case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liber ty. or property, without due process of law; nor shall pri vate property be taken for pub lic use. without just compen sation. ARTICLE VI: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impar tial jury of the State and dis trict wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been pre viously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the wit nesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtain ing witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of coun sel for his defense ARTILE VII: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to t:ie rules of the common law ARTICLE VIII: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessives fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. ARTICLE IX: The enumera tion in the Constitution, of cer tain rights, shall not be con strued to -deny or disparage others retained by the people. ARTICLE X: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution nor pro hibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respect ively, or to the people. Observe the ninth and tenth Amendments: are they not clear? All the references to the “General Welfare” were more or less literary flourishes and were so regarded for a hundred years. Long after the death of all the men who adop ted the Constitution and the Bill of Rights we have devel oped some pettifogging inter preters whose knowledge of the Constitution, its antecedents as well as its contemporary ac ceptance, would hardly rise above the shyster idea of a police regulation. The merest beginner in law would know that the tenth amendment clar ified and denied any idea of unlimited power in the Nation al Government under the guis« of “general welfare.” The men who wrote the Con stitution were trained in the law of England. And England though a monarchy, believes in a large measure of local gov ernment. England is a small country but her police system is a County affair unless • the County asks for help. There ar e men who believe that the Civil War tore up the Constitution. Certain amend ments were adopted, it is true, but the tenth amendment stands as the law of the land, in full force and virtue, as is said, but badly kicked about in practice by the great men and bureau cracy of Washington. Did you ever read the Con stitution of South Carolina? Some of is is good, though it is a document with few friends. You will find, for example, section 7 of article 8 prescribing something, and a great string of provisos excepting a long list of counties—14 pages of exceptions. Why all this? It means that even in this small State of forty six small coun ties, camparatively, 25 perhaps must be treated separately and specially. How, then, can' we imagine th e Federal police po wer operating in forty eight States, an area of at least three thousand miles by twelve to fifteen hundred miles. very conservatively. In very truth people are different. This monstrosity call ed the F.E.P.C. has no right ful place anywhere, whether it be. in the State of New York or the whole Nation. It is not the business of goernment to place people in jobs; and much less is it the attribution of any gov ernment to control the coming and going of its citizens. The real test, oftentimes, of a manager is his ability to choose competent help to main tain harmonious relations in his establishment Nothing so gravely militates against man agerial efficiency as the snoop ing of police agents about his place, taking up and magnify ing trifles. We have Labor organizations. Such organizations have the workers in one group and ca pable of representing the mem bers. Even Labor Unions have no business meddling with the management. True the Unions defend their members but they do not—and should not—control employment. At any rate, a balance between Labor and mangement in an open field is one thing; but a Federal dicta tion is something else. In a (nutshell. States Rights must be controlled by the re spective States in the sense of local self- governmnt. We want less control by Washing ton; we want governmenf in such small units that we shall know the circumstances. Nothing more clearly indi cates the early idea t)f local government than the sixth Amendment, which says: “In all criminal prosecutions, the ac cused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.” The Police State would allow the Department of Justice in Washington to order prosecu tions in South Carolina because of the complaints to Washing ton. It has happened here in Anderson and Lexington coun ties. The essence of Americanism is self-government, self-reli ance. We need no ideas from Russia or regimenting men and women and making them march a goose-step by order of a dictator or his bureaucrats. RUFUS J. MINOR Rufus J. Minor, 70, died last Friday at the Newberry coun ty hospital following a criti cal illness. He was born in McCormick county, the son of Rufus Jackson Minor and Mat- tie Adams Minor and has re sided in Newberry county for a number of years. Survivors in addition to his widow, the former Miss Emma Louise Vines, include three sons, Sloan Minor, Loudale, Miss.; Martin L. Minor, Augus ta, Ga.; Rufus C. Minor, Mem phis, Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. J. L. Kempson, Columbia and Mrs. Ernest Layton, New berry; and several grandchild ren. Funeral services were held at 3 o’clock Sunday afternoon from Leavell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. C. F. Dubose. Interment followed in Trinity Lutheran church ceme tery in Saluda county. LOCAL UNION 324 MEETS SUNDAY Mollohon Textile Workers’ T.W.U.A. Local Union No. 324 will meet Sunday afternoon, October 17. at 3:00 p.m. at the regular meeting place. All members of this organization and all others interested are urged to come out and ^Ind out what is going on in this locality and in the textile in dustry and organized labor as a whole. Visitors are welcome. Soys Tommy Ts 'Bye boby bunting Mommy-went a hunting, She found a pram.suit Just for me T That's warm and toasty As con be i mmq +J>qS inc. f CQR0Ur 3Y yv CRSMPTQtt Pram suit and matching cap of Cromp ton Corduroy... also of combed yarn poplin. 100% wool lining. Elasticized waist and extra full crotch. Maize, pink, blue. Sizes S-M-L. Carpenters By 7W Kesting The fast pace of modern liv ing in this atomic age becomes too much for us civilized peo ple every now and then, and one of the finest ways of relax ing and getting away from it all is to go fishing. The new thousands of ang ling enthusiasts are worrying fish conservationists, already hard pressed to provide satis factory fishing for* those mil lions who discovered its pleas ures years ago. Dr. R. W. Eschmeyer, well known fish scientist, comments that our success in meeting the fishing demands of this and fu ture generations will depend upon whether or not we can effectively educate people con cerning the problems of fish conservation. Let’s look at the picture. Fish conservation has two ma jor objectives; (a) to provide a maximum number of success ful fishing' trios without in jury to future fishing, and (b) to provide a fair distribution of fisheries’ resources. Our population is increasing continually, and thus increasing fishing pressure. Because of the increase in fishermen, our in dividual share of the fish re source is becoming quite small and we tend to forget that an acre of water, lik e an acre of land, can produce and sustain only a limited amount of “live- sjock” or fish. Faced with this sutuation, there are ‘ several approaches open to us. Here are the more important ons. We can try to educate anglers to fish for fun. But it will take a lot of effort to persuade many folks that fish be return ed to the water to provide an other thrill later. We can provide more regu lations, but such changes alone will not greatly improve fish ing. We can do more stocking where this method has proved effective. We can improve en vironment. Erosions control, pollutions control and shelter improvement measures all play a part in increasing fish popu lation. We can increase the amount of fishing water—create farm fishponds, public fishing waters and big multiple purpose im poundments managed partly for fishing. „ Of the five above approaches the first and last are the most significant. We must learn to fish for fun. or must increase the amount of fishing water to a point where we can have reasonably good angling even though the catches are taken home. SEARIGHT INFANT The infant son of Capt. and Mrs. George T. Searight died last Thursday afternoon at the Fort Jackson hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock from the graveside in ‘St. Paul Lutheran church cemetery with the Rev. Mr. Ballentine offici ating. Besides his parents, George and Louise Wicker Searight, he is survived by one brother, George R. Searight, III, of Pom- aria- his maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Wicker of Pomaria. . TAX NOTICE The tax books will be open for the collection of 1948 taxes on and after October 1, 1948. The following is general levy for all except special pur poses : Ordinary County 214 Mills Bonds, Notes & Interest 9 Mills Hospital % Mjll Co. Bd. Education 2% Mills Co. Schools (Special) 1 Mill TOTAL 15 Mills The following are the authorized special levies /or the various school districts of the County: District No. Special 1. Newberry 26 2. Mt. Bethel Garmany 6 3. Maybinton 6 4,. Long Lai>e 3 5. McCullough 6 6. Cromer 0 8. Reagin 10 9. Deadfall 10 10. Utopia * 10 11. Hartford 4 12. Johnstone , i / 5 13. Stoney Hill 15 14. Prosperity 20 15. O’Neal } 8 18. Fairview n- , 4 19. Midway 4 21. Central f: 4 22. St. Philips 8 23. Rutherford 7 24. Broad River 6 25. New Hope Zion 6 26. Pomaria 8 27. Red Knoll 6 28. Helena 4 29. Mt. Pleasant 8 30. Little Mountain 16 31. Wheeland 3 32. Union 6 33. Jolly Street 8 34. St. Pauls 6 35. Peak 3 37. Mudlic 6 38. Vaughnville 6 39. Chappells 6 Bonds 6 2 2 2 Total 32 6 6 3 6 0 12 12 12 4 5 15 25 8 4 4 4 8 7 6 6 8 6 4 8 16 3 6 8 6 / 3 6 6 6 f 40. Old Town 10 2 12 41. Dominick 8 8 42. Reederville 12 12 v 43. Bush River 12 12 44. Smyrna 12 12 45. Trinity 10 2 12 46. Burton 10 2 12 47. Tranwood 12 12 *48. Jalapa 8 8 49. Kinards 2 2 50. Tabernacle 8 8 51. Trilby 4 > 4 52. Whitmire 20 5 25 53. 'Mollohon 4 4 54. Beth Eden 3 3 55. Fork 8 8 57. Belfast 6 6 58. Silverstreet 10 2 59. Pressley 60. St. 'Johns 4 3 dis~ There will be a discount of one (1%) per cent allowed on taxes paid on or before October 31, 1948. On and after January 1st, 1949, the penalties prescribed! by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by school tricts in which the property is located. Those who had their dogs vaccinated for rabies during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948 by a licensed Vetinarian, ' and expect to be exempted from dog tax will please bring their certificate of vaccination „when appearing to pay taxes. J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer of Newberry County. - PROTECT YOUR WTIAC WITH PONTIAC SERVICE « The best a costs no more! Thousands of Pontiac owners all over the country have learned that regular servicing by their Pontiac dealer is the best, most economical way to keep their cars in top condition. Our service is best for your car because our mechanics have been trained by factory experts and because we use factory-engineered parts and specially selected tools—everything geared to the one , job of keeping your Pontiac at its very best. 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