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/ PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1949 un 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Armfikld 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 Spectator is planing a trip; he isn’t going to South Ameri ca or Canada or Mexico this time, but to California—to Los Angeles, San Francisco and other places. The Sepectator letters will continue as usual, being written like travel bulle tins from the towns and cities along the way. The Charles ton, Columbia and Sumter ra dio stations from which I now broadcast every week will have transcriptions of my broadcasts from New Orleans, Los Ange les. San Francisco and several other stations. I expect to use part of the time giving impres sions or incidents of the trip. Los Angeles is Spanish for “The Angels.” According to reports, the angels have all left. However, like old Dio genes who took his lantern and MATTRESSES RENOVATED UPHOLSTERING ESTIMATES FURNISHED Furniture and Auto Upholster ing All work done according to State Board of Health Requirements PERKINS Mattress Works P. O. Box 218 — Phone 657-R Newberry. South Carolina Established in 1936 searched in all the corners for an honest man, I may turn my electric torch (as the English say) into the highways and by ways and discover an angel or two hiding from the wicked world.. San Francisco is named for the illustrious Francis of As sisi, the great Monk who re nounced wealth and ease and stirred Italy with his call to righteousness. Again, I sus pect that the spirit of that great martyr no longer ani mates the City of the Golden Gate. Has California any interest in States Rights, or is this matter of States Rights just something for Southerners to talk about? Many citizens of the North and West are think ing that our Governor Thur mond made a gallant fight for a great cause. I have quoted a letter to me from a great citizen and builder of Illinois who sees that the Union was established as a Federal Union of indestructible States'. The Civil Wkr decided thSt the Union must be preserved, but it did not destroy the States. We are selling our rights for Federal money. Many of our own Southern people seem to think that the matter of States Rights is just a matter of White control. That is not the whole matter by any means. A friend of mine, Mr. Harry M. Rubin of Charles ton, has sent me a copy of a letter to him by Congressman Gwinn of New York, which I quote: ■ GIVE THE OL' CHARIOT S f A NEW LEASE ON UPE - * LET US 5 [TUNE UP} Vyour car i LIPSCOMB Motor Company 1418 College St. Phone 707 Notice of Election A petition having been filed with the County Board of Ed ucation asking for an election in Tabernacle School District No. 50 for the purpose of con solidating said district with BushRiver District No. 43 un der the terms of the original Act of the General Assembly authorizing such consolidation, the said petition is hereby granted and the election or dered held Tuesday February 15, 1949, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the home of Morris P. Johnson. The trustees of said district to act as managers of said elec tion. All qualified voters of this district shall be eligible to vote and if a majority of those vot ing shall favor consolidation the consolidation shall become effective, and the patrons of said district shall enjoy the privileges and responsibilities of Bush River District the same as those now in system. Dear Mr. Rubin: Thank you very much for your letter of November thir teenth. I agree with you most thoroughly. The country boys of the South and the Northern country elements, represented right now by a rather tough crop of Republican congress men, must get together! Thank God for Rivers and some of the other South Carolina congress men who stand firm. Sincerely yours, (Sg) Ralph W. Gwinn Joseph W. Martin of Massa chusetts says about the same. What is the issue? The whole relation of the States to the Union, or Federal Government has been confused by our eag erness to get Federal funds. Just as the State of South Car olina contributes to the Coun ties and Municipalities, with out controlling the details of expenditure, so the National Government might contribute to the States on some equitable basis, without federalizing the State service, and without reg ulating the conditions, qualifi cations that should govern the service. Charleston, Columbia and Sumter, for example, receive State aid in the distribution of certain State income, but the State does not prescribe the minute details of city gov ernment. We recognize that the State receives large sums from sources not available to the Counties and Cities; so rather than have additional city taxes in the same fields the State contributes from its abundance and privileged position to the underprivileged County and town governments. The Federal Government likewise enjoys colossal reve nues from its special privilege of taxation. The truth is that some of this tax privilege of the Federal Government springs from a gross usurpation of the rights of the States. To bring this home, how much of the $175,000,000 paid in direct Fed eral taxes annually by South Carolinians is properly a Fed eral tax? Most of the heavy taxes rest on a strained inter pretation of the Federal Con stitution. The term Inter State Commerce was never intended to apply to a thousand and one cases that we have. The fact that a Corporation in South Carolina receives goods from Maryland and ships prod ucts to New York was never intended to confer on the na tional Government the right to tax the earnings of that cor poration; nor was it intended to permit the National Govern ment to prescribe wages and hours in industry in South Car olina and Illinois. You may tell me that it is too late to talk about those laws. That may be true, but just as M!r. Roosevelt brought in his friends to change the age-old understanding of the law, so we may have anothe; President to produce another upheaval, and restore the pub lic’s confidence in the sound ness of the law. At any rate, if we have slept on our rights we might wake up and look about us now. Every Con gressman, whether Senator or Representative, is from a State or territory which resents the Federal Octopus on the Po tomac. Since the Federal Govern ment has so much revenue— and borrowing power—that is plans to rehabilitate the world, it must have enough to contri bute to the Sovereign States of his Union, with as much Save Regularly Here you save money in convenient amounts. Lay away “ Portion ■ »Pay for - t'vfrz of each check You also save worry...for savings at work here have insured safety plus attractive earnings. INSURED SAFETY the down Payment ©n a home of your own. Start now and save re 9ularly! * Newberry Federal Savings and Loan Association respect for their dignity and Sovereign character as it shows to Great Britain, Holland, Greece, Israel. China. Mexico and Egypt—and all others who claim our American bounty. There is no reason why the Federal Union should control our unemployment service, wel fare, schooling, or anything else. Every State in this Un ion has the same interest that we have. If every State will do some plain talking to its Congress men the States will quickly recover their rights. No great reform has ever been brought about by a ma jority; no government could thrive if it were not a very vigorous minority. The truth of that is seen in our press ure groups which are very small minorities, but very ac tive. Some are so loud that the impression made on us is that all the people are united in a great demarvl. I wasn’t thinking of loud pressure groups, but of the useful small groups which usually do most of the work. Who does the work of our Legislature? The 170 mem bers? No; about forty do most of the work. Who does the work in your church The thousand members? Probably seven hundred Attend, passive ly; five hundred know vaguely what is going on; and two hundred do the work. But we foolish people are arguing that everybody should have an equal voice in the Government, though millions have no stake in the Country and are ready to advocate, sponsor and fight for any measure that will give them something. Even in Com munism a few men control everything, though they talk about the rule of the people. This is a good state; we have good people, excellent climate, agreeaole officials, sound judges, generally. Our soil, climate, geograpnical position, people, are great assets and de serving publicity. We can’t sit back and rejoice always in those advantages, however, for other States have all that, too. We must be alert to be the best State, the most attractive State. Let us study our taxa tion. W5iat have we to offer that others have not? To be as good as another State is no drawing card; we must be bet ter. Let us have something to crow about—aijd then crow for all we are worth. England and Scotland were a great treat to me; 1 enjoyed every minute there. One of my choiciest stories so upset a friend of mine in Columbia that he refuses to listen to me. The story was of an English man and almost caused my Col umbia friend to dislike tea, was a faithful account of what an Englishman in Peru told me. Now whether Englishmen in Peru are tainted by that at mosphere “I can’t say, now really;” but the gentleman in Lima did tell me that he kept his kettle boiling all day and took a thermos bottle of tea to his bedroom at night. After all, who am I to separate an Englishman from his tea? Every American should know England and English history as the great background of Am erica. Some incidents of my visits come to mind. One Sun day morning a guide came to Washington Inn and invited the guests to attend church. Strik ingly enough, every man wish ed to hear Dr. Jowett, the great preacher. It was a sweet and simple service. I remem ber the text, a rare thing for me: “When the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on by RICHARD HUDKUT Three ell-tine favorites whose popularity {rows aod (rows! Thoy'ro sparkling-light and bright, aod as sweetly fragrant as a garden all a-blnom. Perfect for all yoor nerriest needs and noneets. (erne;. Yanky Clover. Violet Sec. each, trom 1,00 .plus tax SMITH’S CUT RRTE DRUG STORE- 1212 Main St. Phone 610 .Iniwunciiw I have recently remodeled my shoe re pair shop and I am now equipped to give you expert, more efficient and faster service. For modern, up-to-date shoe re building, come to New as well as former customers are invited to drop in to see the many improvements that have been made in the shop. DENNIS SHOE SHOP J. 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One morning it was reported that one of the sights of Lon don was the change of the guard at Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the King, though the British crown must own at least a dozen castles and palaces, several of the in London, notably St. James’ Palace. Because of St. James’ Palace we speak of our Ambassador to the Court of St. James. When we arrived at Buckingham Palace the re tiring guard was marching off, goose-step and all. An officer of the Palace recognized us and invited us to attend a cer emony in the Palace Court. Little imagining what was in store for us we found ourselves seated near the front. With bugle flourishes the program was begun and the band struck up—we thought it was Ameri ca: My Country ’tis of thee. But not so; the band was play ing God Save the King. We have borrowed their tune. King George the Fifth came to the platform smiling modest ly. The proper official called for Sir Douglas Haig, Britain’s commander-in-chief in Franoe; and Sir David Beatty, the ad miral commanding the Grand Fleet—^Britain’s two top com manders in the war. And his majesty conferred on those two leaders the Grand Order of Merit, as they knelt before the Sovreign. The King made an officer a knight, slapping him on the shoulder with the flat of the sword. , What really captivated me was the summons to a “Tom my,” a British private soldier, to receive the V.C.—Victoria Cross—Britain’s highest decora tion for valor on the field of battle, beyond the call of duty. Tommy came, trembling, his stiff hand at salute, but wav ering like a reed before the wind. He stood on a level with the King, but that could not be allowed, so Tommy stepped down, all excited and amazed. This will live forever^ in that gallant lad’s family, as it should. It was his great moment, to stand before his King and be honored by all Britain, in the person of George V. Someday each of us will stand before a greater King. While in London I attended Faust in the Covent Garden Theatre, dozing away except during the tuneful parts. 1 had travelled all night, sit ting in a cramped position, re turning from Edinburgh and trying not to step on a Scot at my feet Parts of Faust will wake anybody. MISS BALENTINE HELP PLAN RELIGIOUS WEEK Mliss Jeannine Balentine of Prosperity, a student at Win- throp college, is one of the cabinet members of Winthrop Christian association to help plan Religious Week at Win throp, which will be held from Sunday, February 13th through Thursday, February 17th. NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WIN HONORS The Winthrop college depart ment of journalism, which conducts the contest for high school newspaper writers in South Carolina, announces that Robert Creekmore of Newberry, won second place for editorial writing, in the fourth period, and Doris Dominick, also of Newberry for feature writing. 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