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PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1949 THE NEWBERRY SUN 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Armfifld 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. I heard that Charleston was the original Garden of Eden; and across the Ashley River you might wander through those lovely gardens and accept the statement. Pierre Mazyck, whose imagination can put to shame all the flights of the poets, can probably tell me exactly where Adam sat when he ate the apple. However, any little geographical variation might be ascribed to the Civil War, “the Earthquake” and the storm of ‘93. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR I stood by the grave of Klugh Purdy in th e old cemetery of Grahamville. Perhaps you never heard of Grahamville; possibly you don’t recall Klugh Purdy, but his influence is not only active in Jasper County, but throughout the South; he lit a torch that lighted the path for many thousands of his fellow citizens: he was the moving spirit, the flaming evangel of real, old-time Americanism. Under Klugh Purdy’s leader ship Jasper County electrified America in 1944 by declaring it', dissent from the kind ol T -mocracy which was com pounded of Socialism and Com munism; and Jasper County followed Klugh Purdy with confidence and enthusiasm. When the campaign of 1948 was being discussed, this man again led his people to open proclamation of their political and Party independence. Klugh Purdy was a patriot; he was a great soul. He didn’t wait to see how the political wind blew; he acted on the strength of a motivating prin ciple of government, of liberty, of enduring public good. I know of the great men of Massachusetts, Virginia and South Carolina during the for mative days of our national life: they live, and should live, in our grateful rememberance: this man, my honored friend, belongs in the gallery of Ameri can patriots. Klugh Purdy has gone to another realm of service, but his courage, his faith, his zeal, should keep his memory fresh and inspiring. Mr. Purdy be lieved in States Rights, in in dividual initiative, in the Sov ereign dignity of the States. He urged a return to the American way of living, as our fathers established it. He lies in the old cemetery amid the moulder ing heaps which mark the rest ing places of sturdy men and women of a century ago, with here and their the newer stones which tell of more recent inter ments. In this city of the de parted rests Klugh Purdy, as truly a Knight as ever wore shining armor; and as surely a patriot as ever to himself has said “This is my own, my native land”. So Mr. Truman will withhold Federal patronage from the States Righters? That should not dismay us. Let Mt. Truman persist in that course and he will drive the South into com plete political independence. That is what we should have. And what about Mr. Truman? Is that a matter entirely for him to decide? Has the Con gress no power? Mr. Truman may not know- much about history, but coercion seldom pays. There are many men in Congress much abler than Mr. Truman: they are not likely to accept calmly his puny reprisals. By all means let Mr. Truman do his worst. Out of this will come a finer, more vigorous type of Southern leadership, chastened and vitalized. You know about Noah and his ark, of course. Do you know where the ark is? The Scrip ture tells us that forty days after the tenth month Noah sent out a raven and then a dove, both of which returned. Fourteen days later the dove flew away to freedom and came not back. Then we read that Noah left the ark in the 601st year, on the 27th day of the second month. It seems that Noah abandoned the Ark on Mount Ararat. I had a vague idea about Mount Ararat, but very little definite knowledge. But the secret is out, for I saw in Abbeville Noah’s Ark. There it is, a shop of antiques. Until I saw a sign on the roadside I little thought of Noah’s Ark. Even my fine friend Mr. Me- David, had never told me that “The Ark” was in Abbeville. Well, there you are. No one would expect me to challenge anything said or done in old Abbeville, with Due West so close at hand. 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In our business, we try to live up to the Golden Rule, with a fair deal to each and every customer. PURCELLS “YOUR PRIVATE BANKER” Bfeme 197 Our General Assembly is not acting wisely. It is full of the spending spirit of the day, just like Congress and even most municipalities. We spend and spend, usually on services which deserve liberal support, but we need not proceed in utter blind ness or ignorance in order to be liberal. We spend great sums on our institutions without knowing, at times, whether we are starving other services much more useful In the field of our public schools we have established salary schedules which are ridiculous in many cases. If it b e true, and if it is true, that many teachers are underpaid, it is true that any County Superintendent of Education can cite cases excessive liberality. As a matter of sound financ ing of the moment; that is to say, as a matter of expendiency, the appropriation bill should he reduced by ten million dol lars, so as to come within pro spective revenue, probable de clining; as a matter of sdtmd government, the appropriation bill is probably twenty million dollars too high. As I suggested a while back, any service, public or private, spending millions of dollars, needs the sharp scrutiny of fair-minded men from the out side. Does anybody ever examine our public services? Are we maintaining any unnecessary service? Are we orer-empha- sizing the value of some phases of our public service? One may safely say that the State Appropriation Bill, as it passed the Senate, was ridicu lous; but in only milder de gree the bill as it came from the House was also grossly ex cessive; and I can confidently' predict that the bill as it comes from the free conference will be a bit of unwiting ex travagance. Sounds a bit like the story told about the dea con who woke up as the con gregation rose to vote on some ‘suggestion. The deacon didn’t know what was under discus sion but he knew himself, so he announced “I don’t know what it’s all about, but I’m agin it.” Even so. I may shock you, but the General Assembly is not de serving of censure; nor is the Congress at fault: th e trouble is with us. We elect some new men to the Legislature every two years. Aren’t they about the same as the others? Of Course I refer to the House. No Senator ought to be re placed as long as he can tot ter. for it is part of our idea of a Senator that he should be a grave and solemn reposi tory of wisdom, learning and experience. When, as happens once in a blue moon, a new Senator comes to that august body, does he turn the tide? Like old King Canute, h e finds that the tide will come in: and that if he perserveres against it he is more likely to drown than to succeed. So who wants to be a Senator all washed out, drowned in the strong currents of tradition? Our Legislators are just our kind of people. If we were to elect a new House, and one new Senator, in 1950, there would be the same story in the legislative days of 1951, unless we have an upheaval among the taxpayers, or a ter rifying calamity. We are all in a mood to spend, and we are making a merry job of it. Eerybody seems to have a program and a budget. I cher ish the vain hope that the day may come when there will be no programs, except at thea tres; no budgets. What do you say: let’s organize ourselves, with a program, and a stout budget, of course, to outlaw all programs and budgets? People talk about programs, “progrims” and “progrums,” as well as budgets and “boojets,” but they all spell the same thing: MONEY. The whole Nation is working on these programmed budgets or bud get programs, so why be sur- CALVIN CROZIER CHAPTER HOLDS INTERESTING MEET On Wednesday evening, May 4th the Calvin Crozier Chap ter UDC met at the home of Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr., with Mrs. Raymond Fellers associ ate hostess. The meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. R. H. Wright, being opened by the Ritual Service by Mrs. D. L. Nance. The recording secretary, Mrs^ Seth Meek, read the minutes of the last meeting which were approved. At this time the meeting was turned over to the historian and a very interesting and in formative article on the origin of Memorial Day was read by Mrs. Adrian Summer, and also an interesting article on the adaptation of the days of the Confederacy, as portrayed by a group of Georgia college stu dents, depicting that era. Gleanings of much interest were read by the gleaner, Mrs. W. O. MiUer. The General Convention to be held in the fall was touched on by the president. Reports were heard from the officers and standing commit tees. The chairman of the fi nance committee. Mrs. W. D. Hornsby, gave a most interest ing report as to the proceeds from the bridge tournament re cently held, and also on a ban quet served. In the absence of the treasurer, she also gave her report. The registrar reported the application of a new member, Mrs. James R. Leavell, who was welcomed into the ehap- ter. It was decided that the sum mer meetings be suspended un til September. The committee on the 40th year anniversary celebration to be held this year reported pro gress made with these plans. It was again reported to the chapter that the two local chapters of the UDC were plan ning to replace the iron en closure of the fence around the Confederate Monument. Information was relayed by the educational chairman as to the far reaching help the scho larships have rendered through this fund over the past years. It was called to the attention prised at the Legislature or the Congress? They are afflicted with an itch or urge that is the prevalent ailment of the day; and there is no penicillin or streptomysin or chloramyco- tin, or other anti-biotic, to cure it of those present that Memorial Day would be observed at the Newberry High School on May 10th and at this time Mrs. R. D. Wright will present to the High School a Confederate flag as a gift from the two lo cal chapters. The chapter had purchased two books, “Colonel Brown at Spottsylvania” and “Gettys burg.” The fund derived from purchase of these books is to be used towards the purchase of a suitable marker to be placed at Gettysburg in mem ory of our Confederate soldiers. It was voted to present one each to the High School and Junior High School. A copy of The Confederate Navy is also to be presented to the High School. Mrs. Scott Elliott gave a sig nificant talk on Poppy Day which is sponsored by the Am erican Legion Auxiliary and comes in May. It was voted to purchase a bedside table for the Confed erate Home in Columbia since it was reported that the home is in need of such tables. The annual picnic at Oakley Park wass called to the atten tion of the members. The report of the nominating committee was heard with the following officers being elec ted for the coming year: President, Mrs. R. H. Wright; 1st Vice Pres., Mrs. D.. L. Nance; 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. W. D. Hornsby; Recording Secy,, Mrs. Seth Meek; Correspond ing Secy., Mrs. Butler Holmes; Treasurer, Mts. A. T. Neely; Registrar, Mrs. Gertrude Cope land; Historian, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr.; Chaplain, Mrs. J. JD. Johnston, Sr.; Gleaner, Mrs. V, O. Miller. At the close of the meeting a delightful social half-hour was spent, the hostesses serv ing delicious refreshments. It is a good plan to put a proposition in writing and look it over. If you can make a clear statement of it you have almost prepared the answer. Try this on your friends, with some degree of merciful brevi ty, however. Almost no pro position requires more than five minutes; and the elabora tion could be boiled down to five minutes more. So, tell your friend what perplexes you and keeps your spirit in the Slough of Despond. In the telling, the trouble may clear up for you, even before your friend knows what you are talking about. Let’s see: Germany attacked Russia. We had nothing to do with that. Very soon, however, we poured supplies into Rus sia, because we, too, were at war with Germany and Japan. Russia was fighting her own war; she had not been an ally of ours; we were generous enough to think that every body at war with Germany was our friend and entitled to our support. But, as always hap pens, it soon developed that th e Russians—and the British —were really fighting our war. We Americans always swallow that. We sent millions of men after a time, and millions of tons of supplies to help Rus sia and Britain fight our war, as it had become. When the shooting stopped we, as usual, were brimming over with the milk of human kindness, and we wanted no thing, asked for nothing, sought only the opportunity to pour out our billions in every di rection. Wte probably wasted more than the Confederate Army had during the Civil War. However. we proceed that way, being Biblically trained, and remembering that the Good Book says that “There is that scattereth yet increas- eth”—so we scatter with a lavish hand. Now the Russian friends re fuse to let us supply our part of Berlin because between Ber lin and our zone of occupa tion there is a stretch of many miles. So we use airplanes, spending $400,000 a day to transport supplies to Berlin. And we have maintained that attitude these many months. It seems that all our good humor and bad humor, our pa tience and our impatience have amounted to the*same results. It does not seem to have occurred to anyone that we have been foolishly imposed on and that we should have told the Rus sians that we intended to go through. Along with the first stupidity of taking things for granted that the Russians can’t be made to move. So we spend billions of dollars every year preparing for—what? An old time horse-trader would have cleared all this mess up. LIVINGSTON INFANT The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Livingston of Prosperity died early Thurs day morning, May 5, at the Newberry County Hospital. Funeral services were con ducted Thursday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock at the graveside in Zion Methodist Church Ceme tery with the Rev. J. H. Mont gomery officiating. Besides her parents, she is survived by her brother, Dan iel A. Livingston of Prosperity her maternal grandparents, the Rev. and Mts. J. A. Bledsoe of Prosperity and her paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Livingston, also of Prosperi ty. V k * \ ^ .ift' A FRIEND IN NEED.. ...is a friend indeed Wivni Puppy's paw is in good hands because Johnnie was there when needed. Like Johnnie, life insurance is a friend in time of need. That is why so many people — more than 78 million in this country—own life insurance. You never know exactly when you’ll need life insurance. So start today on a life insurance program for yourself and your family. A friendly Life of Georgia agent can tell you how. m \'>l THE OLD RELIABLE • SI N C E 18 9 1 ^ MOMS OFFICE «» ATLANTA HOl 1 /^ Caldwell Street District Office m , v> mm % <sri ■ •' • • •' ' ' I The Fourth Fine Arts Festival at Queens College, Cha rlotte, N. C. was climaxed Tuesday^ May third at four o’clock uMh its annual May day. Miss Virginia Gray, of Clinton was crowned queen of the Holiday Festival. Others in the picture include Miss Dorothy Floyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs .Dick Floyd of this city.. Miss Floyd appears tn the lower half of the panel to the left of the May queen. , |