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FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1949
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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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.
In my boyhood in Charleston
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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.
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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
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