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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1948 v s£u« 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Arm field 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 When a man renounces his friends, his religion or the great tradition of his people; in other words, when a man turns against something long cherished by himself and his people such an act used to be called apostasy,, in the days of more elegant and formal speech. Today the man in the street refers to this as double-cross ing. One of the remembered cases of apostasy, remembered thru 16 centuries, was the renuncia tion of Christianity by the Roman Emperor. Julien. What ever else Julien may have done h e is remembered since the year 363 A.D. as Julien the Apostate. Just as we say Alex ander the reat, so history re fers to ulien naming him the Apostate—Julien the Apostate. It is interesting to remember that Julien fell in battle against the Persians, exclaiming “Thou has conquered, O Galilean.” Apostasty collapsed in disaster. The most amazing case of apostasy in recent years is the turn of Judge Waring of our Federal court. The decisions of Judge Waring in the Primary cases seem not to have satis fied the missionary zeal of th" learned jurist; he goes north and condemns us at a luncheon. Many men httve became vol uble at luncheons and benquets, but the distinguished judge had the following to say. as report ed in the New York Times: “To me, the racial atmos phere of my part of the South is at present pretty dim. I believe it’s going to improve—that the sunlight is going to come in. But I don’t believe the windows , are going to be opened vol untarily.” The problem, he declared, is to change the feeling, the sen timent, the creed, ot the great body of white people of the South that a Negro is not an American citizen. And I don’t think there is any place in American democracy for put ting any citizen in a compart ment according to his race or religion. Not one man in pub lic life has dared to support these decisions based on the fact that a Negro is entitled to vote as an American citizen. The few people in public life who have communicated with me have done so in letters marked “strictly confidential.” That’s pretty bad. Although Southern Negroes have scored som e gains in recent years, the jurist asserted, these were ei ther forced by outside agencies or given as a favor,_ not as a right. This is true despite tha efforts of liberal Southerners such as former Governor Ellis Arnall of Georgia, Judge War ing declared. Turning to Thur- good Marshall, attorney for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People a member of the Lawyers guild Executive Board who was seated near him, the judge said: “The danger of Arnall and others is that they say: “Let us alone and we’ll do it our selves.’ Well, no Negro wouuld have voted in South Carolina if you hadn’t brought a case.” To the group as a whole. Judge Waring added: “I say to you, go forward with your work, but you must be careful of your methods. A reformer vho comes to the South and says the whole civilization there is/ wrong is making a mistake. On the other hand, don’t stay away. We have got to teach many people to want to im prove. The situation has got to be handled gently but firmly. My people have one outstand ing fault—the terrible fault of prejudice. They have been born and educated to feel that a Negro is some kind of an ani mal that ought to be well- treated and given kindness, but as a matter of favor, not right. Thnt’s not the kind of a con ception that we should show to the world.” The judge is of old Carolina stock, but the judge has not presented the case well. What he doesn’t say speaks more resonantly than what he does say. Civilization does not build its progress on ignorance. If the student of history will ex amine the record of the Color ed people he will find a peo ple who have emerged from slavery to an amazing degree of advancement within a cen- turv. Never before has there been such astonishing develop ment of a race in all phases of .life, notably economic. As we study the old world, with its racial strife, its bloody, venge ful. unremitting warfare of centuries, behold the march of the_ Southern Colored man! Would it have been possible in the atmosphere described by his honor, the judge? Does he: mean to say or imply that the high state of living of thous ands of our colored people is due to missionary zeal of out siders, battling against the bigotry and meanness of us who live in the South? Can we look anywhere for a parallel, even among races of the same color? Observe again the clash of Jew and Arab; the Jew, a Wihite man of great his tory, so great that Jehovah re vealed himself to them through Moses and the Prophets, crown ing His revelations in the min istry of the Saviour of Man kind and His resurrection; and the Arab, whose people have enriched humanity through the sciences, notably mathematics and chemistry, pharmacy, medi cine and astronomy, mention ing a small part of them con- tnoution to tne larger intellec- tftal scope of men for a thous and years. Yet these people, inheritors of great cultural tra ditions, from/ the splendor of Soloman to th e chivalry of Sal aam, seems unable to live in the same territory except in a reign of riot and terrorism. To the reader of history the peace ful progress of the Negro is the modern marvel of civilization. But theorists can’t let well enough alone; they must deliv er to the Negro the very keys of the kingdom, and that now, immediately, though the aver age colored man is most an xious to build for himself a more secure living. The Negro politician and the White poli tician, with incredible blindness would throw one race down the throat of another. It is the plain truth that the Negro has lived here and pros pered by the help of White men. No one can deny that, so we need not become embroiled in recriminations. But the white man has felt, and is feeling, a larger sense of responsibility for the colored man, and in each decade has contributed notably to promote the welfare of the colored man. Nowf how ever, they tell us that the white man MUST do this and that. Well, well! And what says history of that sort of blundering? That it won’t work —and that is a statement of exceeding mildness. The highway financing seems a bit ridiculous. At first the need for money may have jus tified the plan by which roads were built with the proceeds of bond sales, but to sell bonds while enjoying a tax income of fourteen million dollars seems an absurdity. This is not a criticism of road operations; it is a question as to the sound ness of a plan by which bends are still sold in order to get money for road building. The law is at fault: and the law should be changed so as to pay off the present highway debt and provide for such repair and new building as may be necessary. The newspapers carried a statement recently that the highway department now owes about 60 million dollars. That is obviously unsound. I say this with full appreciation of the good roads we havef and the good men operating the de- MRS FORD KURTZ TAKES OVER AS CLUB BEGINS 61ST YEAR. » (From Long Island, N. Y. news paper.) A tiny brunette with a soft Southern drawl and a love for tradition this week began her first term as president of the Jamaica (N.Y.) Woman’s club. She is Mrs. Ford Kurtz of 88-76 195th place, Hollis . . . formerly o*f Newberry, S. C. Vivacious, barely five feet tall, Mrs. Kurtz is as proud of the traditions of the Jamaica Woman’s club, which has just opened its 61st year, as she is those of the Old South. Although she dabbles in the past—she is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolirtion, the King Ma.nor Association and the Washing ton Headquarters Association— she also keeps a sharp mind on the future. Take, for instance, her atti tude on motion pictures. A member of the Motion Pic ture Council of Queens,' she likes serious films—films that cause people to think. Studies Psychology Mrs. Kurtz is an avid student ofpsj/chology — a fact which should make easy the handling of a large and complex organ ization like the Jamaica Wo man’s club. The club has 150 members, a Junior League, and a score of honorary and associate mem bers. It has numerous commit tees, as well as departments of drama, music, arts and crafts, and literature, who produce plays and conduct classes. All in all, about twenty meetings a month are held by the var ious departments. This is not the first * time Mrs. Kurtz has headed a club. Former D.A.R. Regent She is a former regent of Elizabeth Annesley Lewis D.A. R.. of Jamaica, and now holds a state directorship in that or ganization. which, she believes is concerned with more than i partment. As I am friendly i with all those gentlemen, this ' is not a bit of personal feeling or politics; I merely urge that we change a method of financ ing which is unnecessary and undesirable. 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Naturally, this finer body, like so many other quality features, is exclusive to Chevrolet and higher-priced cars. CHEVROLET-WCW -IS FIRST! DAVIS MOTOR COMPANY 1517 Main St. Newberry, S.C. One of Spectator’s readers, an esteemed and thoughtful citi zen of Tennessee, writes that my reference to England’s Thos. Cromwell stirred his recollec tion of Cardinal Woolsey’s ad monition, which he quoted. You remember it? “Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition: By that sin fell the angels; how can man. then, the image of His Maker, hope to win by it. Love thyself last: cherish thosei hearts that hat e thee: Corrup tion wins not more than hon esty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, to silence envious tongues; be just and fear not. Let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country’s, thy God’s, and 'truth’s: then if thou fallest, O Cromwell! Thou fall- est a 'blessed martyr . . . ’ Had 1 but served by God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left me najced to mine ene mies.” Since our esteemed judge has spoken in New York, with such a glow of missionary zeal, would it not be appropriate to ask the circuit court of Ap peals ofi reverse the eminent jurist because of his outspoken fervor in endorsing the effort of the Attorney for the color ed people? The udge as a citi- zen is entitled to his opinion, but when one is so deeply mov ed over the righteousness of a cause how can he hear with even mind the other side? WANTS BLDG. SUPPLIES’ — Rock lathe, ceiling tile 16 x 32. Bldg. Board. Asbestos Siding and Shingles, Asphalt shingles No. 210 any color. Fir panel doors glass doors. We deliver truck load lots. Get our prices before you buy. Phone 14-J.> M. W. Crouch & Son, Johnston, S. C. , 22-3tc LOST — Setter Dog—White black head and ears, whi^ streak down rrtiddle of face. No collar. Name “Bo”. / Re ward. Notify Floyd Dennis, 1229 Kinard St. Phone 559-J or Murray Sheppard, Silver- street, S. C. . Itc FOR SALE — One Maytag washing machine, one large wardrobe with glass front. J. B. Harman. Prosperity, S. C. Itc FOR SALE—1942 Chevrolet, Master Deluxe 4-door sedan. Excellent condition. Radio and heater. Tires excellent. Rea sonable price. Call 793-W af ter 5:00 p.m. tn FOR SALE — Marretts 1st year and seed wheat $3.75 per hr. Coker Victor grain seed oats $1.75 pen hr. H. O. Long & Sons; Si^rerstreet, S. C.; Phone No. 441-J-l tn 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. Colonial times. “Most people think th e D.A. R. is made up of stuffy wo men who live in the past,’ she said. “Actually the D.A.R. is one of the most forward-look ing organizations in the United States. We operate schools for poor Southern children and give therapy courses for dis abled veterans.” The D.AjR. also sponsors English courses for the foreign born and tries to teach Ameri can ideals. Loyal To South Mrs. Kurtz' was born and ed ucated in Newberry. After her graduation from Newberry col lege, she taught latin. Her husband is a civil engi neer. They came to Hollis in 1920 and she has been active in Queens clubs since. Although she considers Hol lis her home. Mrs. Kurtz is loyal to South Carolina, and belongs to the Dixie clyb ot New York. She is also a member of the Patriotic Women of America the Jamaica Presbyterian church and the Chapin Home Auxil iary of Hollis. and Mrs. H. C. Rhodes of Roe buck. attended the Woodruff High School. He is an em ployee of the Brandon Mill in Whitmire. They will make their home near Kinards. Holds Social The monthly social of the M.Y.F. of Zion was held Thurs day night at the home of Miss Ann Stockman with Misses Reba Bowers and Anne Beden- baugh as • associat hostesses. The hostesses directed a num ber of Hallowe’en games and contests. The refresments also carried out the Hallqwe’en idea. Party For Luther League Mrs. Ellis Shealy, advisor of St. Lukes Luther League, en tertained the members of the League Thursday evening at her apartment in Prosperity. The Hallowe’en motif was used in the decorations, the games and the refresments. As the guests entered, they were given colored masks which they donned and which added to the merriment of the group. v The Rev. C. E. Seastrumc and Mr. a nd Mrs. R. H. Amick were also present. Mrs. Amick assisted with the games and serving. Has Hallowe’en Party The members of the Inter mediate Luther League of Grace Church enjoyed a Hal lowe’en party last Thursday night at the home of their su pervisor, Mrs. Gurdon W. Counts. 'Before the party the group went on a trick-or-treat tour which afforded them lots of fun. They then reassembled at Mrs. Counts’ and enjoyed a number of games and contests. Sandwiches, hot chocolate, and home-made candy Were 1 served. (Continued on Back Page) (Gladys (as we know her) is not the only accomplished member of the Kurtz household. There’s Peter, the Kurts son. Now at Yale, he won through scholarship and competitive exams two scholarships to Cor nell university. At high school graduation he won the Ameri can Legion medal for best-ah- ’round, as well as other cita tions and awards. Not bad for a young rebel! Or, at least, half rebel! Peter is going to Yale in stead of using the Cornell scholarships because Mr. and Kurtz preferred Old Eli.—Ed.) PROSPERITY Sligh-Bowen A marriage of cordial inter est was that of Miss Marian Louise Sligh and Oscar W. Bowers which took place Fri day morning, Oct. 29, at eleven o’clock at the Methodist par sonage with Rev. Rex V. Martin officiating. The ring ceremony was used. Witnessing the cere mony were Mrs. Zobel of New berry, James Martin and Bobby Sligh of Silverstreet and Miss Reba Powers and Samuel Bow ers of Prosperity. Mrs. Bowers *was attired in a brown suit with brown ac cessories and wore a corsage of pink carnations. She is from Silverstreet and attended the Silverstreet High School. Mr. Bowers, the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Bowers, gradu ated from the O’Neal High School and attended Clemson College one year before enter ing the Service. He served in the Marines for two years, most’ of the time being spent in the Pacific area. After a honeymoon in Flori da the couple willl reside in their home in the O’Neal com munity. , Bedenbaugh-Rhodes Miss Varee P. Bedenbaugh of Kinards became the bride of G. B. Rhodes of Roebuck on Friday, Oct. 27th at six o’clock in the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. J. B. Har man, D.D., who used the im pressive ring ceremony. 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