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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1949
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1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. Armfikld
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Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937,
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the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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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
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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:
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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
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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
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the earth?”
Bishop James Cannon had sug
gested me as a consultant in
the preparation of England’s
liquor laws. I met the remark
able “Pussyfoot” Johnson and
had lunch with him on Lleet
Street, the home of England’s
great papers. However, I nev
er knew a more resourceful
campaigner than Bishop Can
non. He, by the way, is cred
ited with Virginia voting Re
publican in 1928. Quite a man!
If you would know the great
strategists of National Prohi
bition they were Purley Baker,
Ernest Cherrington, Bishop
Cannon and that suave, astute
and loveable Wayne Wheeler.
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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