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THE NEWBERRY SUN SsStm 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, 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. Mr. Roosevelt had a practice of piling one commission on another, hoping that from the general confusion some good might result. That is very poor administration but it is the plan of our educational system. It is wholesome to study or ganizations so that they may be really useful. An organi zation may foster and even expand unnecessary services; and it may so largely develop some necessary services as to promote inefficiency as well as extravagance. The academic training of children and the youth of the State is of great importance. When competently done there is no more important public service. Most people are not educated in schools; they should receive valuable, even priceless training in academic institutions, but they are really educated at home and the other places of intimate and frequent association. Probably the mov ies and magazines are the most powerful influences of the day playing upon the molding of young people. It is calamitous that so much time is devoted to misguided people whose lurid living is glafnorously portrayed to the public, but the fact is beyond dispute that the home and school are lees respected influences than the pictures and stories. Is anything wrong with the schools and colleges? The col leges put major emphasis on football and minor emphasis on scholarship. Do you know any college in South Carolina which points with special pride to the Professor of English or Mathematics? Do you know of any institution of the State which is distinguished for its work in Chemistry or Physics? Is any branch of scholarship so pre-eminent^ that fathers send their boys to study under recognized masters? "Wlhat stands out today as the paramount feature of the Colleges? Football!! And the coach is paid three or four times as much as a full pro fessor!! This has now invaded the high schools; they, too. must surpass in football. Any 'sort of academic work is all right, if only they “get by.” One of the most ridiculous practices in the colleges, in the classes devoted to Mathematics English, Chemistry and other subjects of substantial merit, is that of allowing “cuts.” The idea of a student deliberately failing to attend a class, with the right of a “cut,” is too foolish to defend. But note that there are no “cuts” from football practice; the ladst must be there. All institutions should have athletics, but we need not. con vert our colleges into football centers, with blatant acclaim of coaches, while the seasoned veterans of scholarship pass un recognized, unrewarded or ig nored. The principal function of a 0??school is teaching. We need not quibble over the word “ed ucation;” a sound teacher leads the student to a realization of his own aptitudes, and implants in him a desire to rise to the full sweep of his possible de velopment. Emphasis and more emphasis is needed on classroom work and all that flows from it. A great teacher is beyond all price; even a competent teacher is a foremost laborer in the vineyard. We spend too much on administration and too much on supervision. And we ex aggerate those features at the expense of teaching. We are running away with the idea of specialists in outside activities or non-academic study, whose specialty is something no really competent teacher needs. Our country is suffering from too many planners and too much planning. What we should em phasize is the teacher in the classroom. THE BEST PLACE m FOR Buick & Chevrolet Service IS Davis Motor Company 1515-1517 Main Street The Editor of the News & Press of Darlington sends me a card from Hartsville written by a reader who signs the card as “A Concerned Reader.” I quote the card: “In reading the article. . . (by Spectator) I take it that the writer is a Democrat.” My reader then quotes me as saying: “Frankly it is a question whether Mbs. Roosevelt is herself a Demo crat.” My reader then con cludes: “I would like the writer (Spectator) to give his defini tion of a Democrat.” I appreciate the inquiry, though just what makes a Democrat today is almost be yond me. In fact I'm almost certain that no one can define “a Democrat” of today with any exactitude. Since 1933 a “Democrat’ must be a man who endorsed Mr. Roosevelt and who now endorses Mr. Truman. Before 1933 a Democrat was one who believed in the largest meas ure of local self-government consistent v with the develop ment of a great republic. The American Republic is a feder ation of States. The States made the Union, each of the original thirteen States surrend ering a part of its sovereign character to make the central government. The States did not leave this to chance; they adopted a contract called the Constitution. That contract sets forth the powers of the Nation al Government and prohibits the States from doing certain thingh. As soon as the Consti tution was put in effect the States immediately adopted Ten Amendments to clarify some questions. And the Tenth Amendment, which is still the law, leaves to the States all the powers not conferred on the Nation. The States made quite a point of limiting the scope of the National Government. Those who believed in re specting the Constitution ac cording to its clear language JEWELRY Gifts Wise Farmers Many Newberry farmers have already brought their meat here for curing. The wise farmer is not taking any chance with his valuable meat. We can cure your meat either of two ways: Salt cured or Sugar cured. The small curing charge is: Plain Salt cured, pound 3c Sugar cured, pound 4c There is no great bother to curing your meat here. Phone 155 and we will explain the whole deal to you. The Warm Weather Continues BRING YOUR MEAT TODAY P. S. -- Don’t Forget the COAL! FARMER’S Ice & Fuel Co. See our wide selection of gifts for the entire family. Beautiful Watches for both Ladies and Men. Also Rings, Bracelets, Necklaces, Cigarette Light ers, Pen and Pencil Sets. Children's Jewelry and Baby Jewely. Shop early while selec tions are good. See our lovely pattens in Gorham Sterling, Sil ver Makes Nice Gifts. Main Street -Nfewberry. S. C. were Jeffersonians and later were called Democrats. In more recent years a Dem ocrat was one who believed in low taxes, in tariff for revenue only, for emphasis on the rights of the State to govern them selves in their local or State concerns. Since Reconstruction a Democrat in the South has been one who believed in White man’s rule. Today Mr. Truman advocates a hundred measures which are not properly of National con cern according to all the ac cepted ideas of Democracy un der Jefferbon, Jackson, Cleve land, Wilson and our William J. Bryan. It isn’t a question whether these are good measures, but whether the Nation should un dertake them. Since the Roosevelts admit voting for Theodore Roosevelt a Republican candidate for President; and since Mr. Roose velt appointed to his cabinet two well-known Republican leaders, if not three—Stimson, Ickes, Knox—rhow can we judge the Democracy of the Roose velts? . My definition of a Democrat is a citizen who believes that the State is supreme in all the local concerns of its people; that taxation should be for the maintenance of a strong, but economical government; that the President has no such vast powers as a subservient Con gress hah permitted and the statutes prescribe; that the pouring out of the Nation’s revenue in boondoggling and other fantastic schemes is un constitutional; that the laws meddling with Labor and Man agement are innovations both un-Democratic and repugnant to the Constitution; that the tyrannous control of our econ- ic life by the President is un- Democratic; that the vesting of enormous powers to spend the public money over projects and schemes of political flavor or for political effect is un- Democratic. In tHe good old days, as I’ve read, a jrember of the Cabinet on retiring from office, would buy his office chair; but today the President can give away ships, guns, planes—in the hun dreds of - millions without Act of Congress, or fundamental right. That is unDemocratic, unconstitutional and unright eous. My reader of Darlington: perhaps I impress you as a crank. I’ve carried you around a bit, exploring the country. Forgive me if I bore you. I might mention one other matter—the F.E.P.C. No one can possibly reconcile such a law with our constitution, much less the Democratic Party. Yet Mr. Roosevelt, unlawfully adop ted such a measure and called it a part of his War Powers. Mrs. Roosevelt agrees with Mr. Truman about it now. Just think of it: the Congress-is ask ed to require that all shall be considered alike for jobs in private business. Is that any proper concern of Congress? Wbuldn’t our real Democrats ((Continued on opposite page) IT’S A BUY! T. M. Rogers & Son Special SALE FRIGIDAIRE ELECTRIC WATER HEATERS 40-gallon $81.00 52-gallon $87.00 64-gallon $93.00 80-gallon $99.00 Also One (1) Large Frigidaire Low Temperature Cabinet (Home Freezer) 12.8 cu. fe.— $304.00 , (Regular Price $433.75) We are overstocked with these new Frigidaire units and want to reduce inventory before January 1st. Only a few units at the above price. CLAUDE SMITH SMITH’S APPLIANCE CENTER Your Authorized Frigidaire Dealer 1107 Boyce St. Phone 721-W f/o, V, s MINUTE MAN 17 j«w«ls *39 75 Terms As Low As 10% DOWN 10% MONTHLY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1948 Susana 1206 Main Pre-Christmas DRESS SALE 1 RACK DRESSES Size from 9 to 18 Mostly crepes. Formally up to 12.95 1 RACK DRESSES Sizes from 9 to 12 Includes crepes, gaberdines . and woolens 122 DRESSES Juniors, misses and some large sizes. All fabrics, crepe, faille gaberdine, wool and corduroy. GOWNS Here’s a nice gift item at a price. Odd lots from last year’s stock. Regular 5.95 values BLOUSES Selected from regular $5.00 and 5.95 stock. A good assortment for the early shopper. Susana 1-2 price $2.99 ; v j m 1206 MAIN VALUE ./ X* HERFS WHAT YOU GET..i RADIOLA COMBINATION ,-v<« *792* ft#? $2022 RECORD STORAGE TABU H, I era’s an amazing offer you won’t want to miss—an out standing Radiola radio-pho nograph PLUS a fine, record storage table . .. and you can get them BOTH for the usual price of the radio-phonograph alone .. < only $79.95. This powerful Radiola combina tion has a host of features ... an automatic record changer which handles 12 ten-inch or 10 twelve- inch records automatically and ... For tops In tone a Supersensitive Permanent-Magnet Electro-Dynamic Radiola 75ZU. AC operation Speaker, and a 2-position person alized tone control. For beauty—a striking modem cabinet is fashioned of fine, selected hardwoods . . . your choice of mahogany or walnut finish. For longer record life—a sap phire permanent-point pickup housed in a special lightweight tone arm. HEAR this fin* Radiola Instrum.nt ... SEE tha handtoma r.cord storage tabla... and you’ll surely want to . . . BUY thorn both for the on* price of only $79,951 RADIOLA There’s • Radiola instrument dealer near you! See him today! Hamilton s yi e{ ^ § Appliance Co. TL>AXTT7»T XT'DC A A 'v ’k' JEWELERS 1012 MAIN STREET 940 Main Street Phone 470 “There’s Rhythm In That There Store” * / N.