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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1949 #un 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. 0. F. Armfield Editor and Publisher PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY Entered as second-class matter December 6, 1937, at tfte Postoffice at Newberry, South Carolina, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In S. C., ?1.5Q per year in advance outside S. C., $2.00 per year in advance. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR The States Rights Conference in Jackson, Mississippi, served a very useful purpose. It was held in order to build on per manent lines. Build what? you may ask. The dominant idea is to revive and re-vital- ize the rights of the States. Wle use exppressions until they lose their deepest mean ing. Today the idea as gen erally understood is that States Rights is the same as holding down the Colored people. We true Southerners do not hold down the Colored people; we never have. How can you re concile the remarkable progress of the Colored people of the South with a mean, narrow, harsh and repressive policy? Some people are so blind, so foolishly blind, that they think of nothing but votes. The ne gro has not suffered because of our political attitute; he en- ioys protection and opportuni ty: he can work and he can save; he can invest and he can enjoy the fruits of his in vestment. It may be said that two groups among us do very '.ittle voting: poor Colored peo ple and rich White people. The rich White people usually dis regard most of the obligations of citizenship except one: that they regard seriously, solemn- iv and unavoidably: they pay taxes. But what is really the mean ing of States Rights; and why bring up the subject today? We must go back to the early "tays of our nation for an an swer. There wer e thirteen colonies the British crown. Each dealt directly with the Mother Country. When the policies of Great Britain became offensive the thirteen colonies made com mon cause in their protest; ' hey were entirely separate, md maintained their separate status, voluntarily cooperating for their interest since all had ' he sam e interest. When war came, the thir teen colonies cooperated, al ways maintaining their sepa rate status. 'When the war "mded, the King of Great Bri tain recognized the indepen- dr- of thirteen States, sep- r ' . He did not recognize n American nation or a re public: but thirteen coioniep [ md provinces became thirteen! States, or thirteen Sovereign | nations, just as Britain herself was a Sovereign power. These thirteen independent nations called themselves “States” be cause the word “State” means a Sovereign power. Our found ing fathers were men well read; and they used words in their technical sense. The word “State” still means a self-gov erning, independent country. When the thirteen States formed a central government each State was so proud of its own dignity and power that it was not willing to concede enough power to the central government to permit it to op erate usefully so George Wash ington and others sponsored a call to a meeting to discuss many defects of government including the taxes on inter state Commerce: the States were working so individually and separately as to tax ship ments from one State to an other. I wish to emphasize that, because the clause in the present Constitution was adop ted with that practice in mind; it was never intended to be come such a grant of power to Congress as would permit laws on 'Labor, hours, PEPC, and a thousand other practices, now being used under the cloak of the power to regulate com merce among the States. As a result of the conferences a new agreement was formu lated. This was the Constitu tion. The Constitution was adopted by the thirteen States, each separately. It will be seen that the Con stitution and the National Gov ernment were created by the States, each State voluntarily surrendering a measure of its power in certain instances. The States undertook to specify the powers of the National Govern ment and, finally, to put every thing byond question, adopted the tenth amendment, which reads: “The powers not dele gated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prehibit- ed by it to the States, are re served to the States respective*- ly, or to the people.” Obviously the powers of Congress are limited sharply; and it is clear that the scope of any National power is limit ed by the tenth amendment. Therefore the General Welfare power is not as broad as it sounds because the tenth amendment is a limitation on it. ANNUAL SUMMER COLOGNE SPECIAL!! three exciting TUSSY fragrances Large 8 oz. size Now only $ 1 each, plus tax Here’s your chance to have a whole summer cologne wardrobe—r'. really refreshing savings! Each fragrance cu.nes in a smart, square bottle — with a shiny brass cap, to do your dressing table proud. Have a fragrance for every mood—don’t miss this Tussy cologne sale! NATURELLE, a light floral scent, with a faint, refreshing hint of verbena FLOWER MART, essence of lilacs and lavender MIDNIGHT, an exotic but lilting fragrance. .. touched with mystery Tussy Summer Colognes.. 8 ounce size., each SI, plus tax. SMITH’S CUT R FITE DRUG 5TDRE ^ 1212 Main St. Phone 610 Since Congress has forgotten the tenth amendment, and has legislated on all manner of sub jects, operating directly on the individuals, the States Right- ers are inviting the States to a fresh survey of our National and State powers. I am indebted to my friend, Senator R. M. Kennedy of Ker shaw County for his courtesies and attentions; he and I were the only South Carolinians at tending the meetirjg in Jack- son. Senator Kennedy is a forth right speaker, thoroughly in doctrinated with the principles of our government. He was active in debate and helpful in clarifying the confusion result ing from the attitude of sev eral who want all the Govern ment handouts, even with Fed eral regulation and control, while persisting in the idea that they are States Righters. A well known citizen of Col umbia thinks the States Right ers are inconsistent in accen ting Federal aid. It may be agreed that most people care for nothing for any principle of government; they want all the dollars, from whatever source derived. The Federal Government might make grants to the States, leaving the administration of the funds entirely to th e States. There might be an excuse for that since the Federal Government has large sources of revenue. However, if the National Gov ernment operated on a strictly constitutional basis it would not have so much money. It has no right to many of the taxes now collected by it, such as fifteen per cent of transpor tation charges within a State, twenty per cent on other things. The Courts have be rated the people in sustaining many of these taxes; just as the courts must know that the Nation has no right to prescribe regulations affecting our schools, or local welfare. Our Courts are due for an overhaul ing. What did the Jackson confer ence do? Well, it decided to maintain permanent headquar ters in Washington so as to battle for the rights of the States on the right ground. I‘ also proposed in substance an amendment to the Constitution which would throw not only light on the confusion produced by the courts but would clarify the constitutional relations of the States and the Federal Government I quote it: Section 1. This amendment shall be known as the States’ Rights Amendment. Section 2. Neither the legis lative nor the executive nor the judicial power of the Unit ed States shall, in respect to a State, extend to any ques tion which may pertain to ed ucation, primary and general election, the qualifications for suffrage, civil rights of indi viduals, racial relations, wages, hours and working conditions, zoning, the transfer and owner ship of property, or the exer cise of the police power: Con gress shall make no law on such subjects; and neither shall any treaty be entered into which conflicts with the State legislation on such subjects; and State legislation on such sub jects shall not be invalidated by any Court of the United States. Section 3. Ther e shall be no nationalization of labor, any business, industry or profession. Section 4. Grants and aid to a state of funds by the United States shall be administered ex clusively by the State. Section 5. Provisions in this Constitution granting power to Congress shall be strictly con strued. No grant of power shall be implied. Any doubt as to a grant of power to Con gress shall be resolved against the grant. Provisions reserv ing power to the states or to the people shall be liberally construed. Any doubt as to the reservation of power over a subject shall be resolved in fa vor of the reservation. Section 6. The proceeds of all income, profit, estate, gift and inheritance taxes, in excess of the annual expenditures for the armed forces and our vet erans and their dependents, shall be returned to the sever al states. Sction 7. Congress shall forthwith provide for the fund ing and amorization of the na tional debt and create a sink ing fund for the prompt and faithful payment of said in debtedness; and the net pro ceeds of any sale or use tax or any tax of a similar nature now or hereafter levied by Congress is hereby irrevocably pledged to such fund. Section 7%. To prevent fur ther deficits in the national treasury, it shall be unlawful from and after the adoption of this amendment, for any offi cer of the United States to draw any warrant or other or der for the payment of money belonging or administered by the United States unless there is in the hands of such Treas urer, money appropriated and available for the full payment of same. Section 8. At the end of each fiscal year all unpaid ap propriations which exceed the amount of money in the Treas ury, subject to the payment of the same, shall thereupon be come null and void. Section 9. Any person vio- By TeJ Kesting It is peculiar, the attention hunters will lavish on a good gun and never thing of check ing up on the eyes that oper ate it. You can buy the best of guns for a few 100 dollars but try shopping around for a good shooting eye sometime. Shooting a rifle or shotgun is a highly complicated visual and mental job. Let’s let Dr. Ralph E. Kick explain what happens when you pick up that favorite rifle to take a crack at the target. First of all, your dominant eye has to take over and start running the show. If you shoot with both eyes open it is nec essary for the brain to suspend the vision of one eye. Those unfortunate hunters who are dominant left-eyed but right- handed have quite a problem. As a general rule it is best to give in to the eye and learn to shoot left-handed. This is es pecially true in shotgun shoot ing. The actual process of focus ing that shootin’ eye is quite involved. The eye must change focus from the back sight to the front sight to the target in an instant. It is the loss of this focusing ability, usually between the ages of 40 to 50 that requires bifocals or read ing glasses. About this age that back sight begins to blur for the rifleman. There are two solutions for him: he can trade in his open sights for either a peep sight or a scope. Shotgun specialists are more fortunate than riflemen when it comes to visual changes, be cause shotgun shooting is more of a pointing proposition than drawing a fine bead. Here’s where experience really counts. If our process of seeing were as simple as operating a cam era there would be little to it. Seeing is actually done with the brain. The eyes mere ly take the pictures while the brain records what is going on. This eye-brain combination is subject to certain defects, the most common ones being near sightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. These are all cor rectable with glasses. If you are on e of the hunters who has to wear glasses in the field, here are some points which might be of value; Most lens_ corrections are now available in hardened lenses. They appear very little differ ent from an ordinary lens but lating any of the provisions of this amendment shall on con viction, be punished by a fine of not exceeding $10,000 or im prisonment for not more than 10 years, one or both, at the discretion of the jury trying the same; and the violation of any of the provisions of this amendment shall also be grounds for impeachment; and the Supreme Court of the Unit ed States shall have original jurisdiction of any action in stituted by any taxpayer against th e United States of America or any of its disburs ing officers to restrain and en join any threatened violation of any of the provisions of this amendment; provided, however that th e operation of this sink ing fund, may in time of war, be suspended by executive or der for the duration of the war and for one year following the cessation of hostilities. _ WANT ADS WANT—to show you the new one wheel garden tractor. Call by my home for free dem onstration. Ted McDowell, 721 Pope street, Phone 790-W. 3tp SEPTIC TANKS CLEANED — $30.00 up to 1000 gallons. Our work is approyed by the Coun ty Health Department — Con tact B. B. Webor, JJnion, S. C. 10tp-May27 HOT POINT Appliances — Ranges — Refrigerators — Water Heaters, Table Top and Upright, R. M. Lominack Hdw., LAWN MOWERS—We have a nice selection and the price is right, R. M. Lominack Hdw.. Newberry, S. C. tn WATER HOSE — Large stock Rubber and plastic Water Hose, and you will find our prices good.—R. M. Lominack, Hdw., Newberry, S. C. tn GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADS High School graduates of South Carolina now have a greater opportunity for careers in the Army, with the libera- zation of the number of men that may be enlisted per' month it was announced today by M- Sgt. Claude Blankenship, local recruiter of the US Army and Air Force. The restrictive “ceiling” on the number of enlistees has been removed for a limited time to allow a larger number of high school graduates the opportunity to further their ed ucation and training by service in the Regular Army. Enlistments still may be ac complished for 3 to 6 years and enlistments for specific school is authorized. Courses are open in the fields of Mechanics, Con struction Crafts, Electrical and Radio, Medical-Technical and Machine Shop. Anyone interested can con tact Sergeant Blankenship at 1221 Nance street. ROBERT SAMPLE DAVIS News has been received in Newberry of the death of Ro bert Sample Davis, 53, New berry native, who died in Cen- tralia, 111. He was the son of the late Robet W. and Nannie Sample Davis both of New berry. He was manager of the Interstate Company and travel ed extensively. NOTICE OF JURY DRAWING We the undersigned Jury Commissioners of Newberry County shall, on May 27th, at 9 o’clock a.m., openly and pub- liclv, in the Clerk of Court’s office, draw thirty-six names to serve as Petit Jurors for the Court of General Sessions which convenes at Newberry County Court ouse June 20, 1949 at 10 o’clock -a.m. All Grand Jurors are to attend this Court. H. K. BOYD, Clerk of Court. P. N. ABRAMS, Auditor. J. R. DAWKINS, Treasurer. May 24, 1949 are practically indestructible. Special hunting bifocals can be designed for you which have the little segment set extreme ly low or over to one side. Th coating process which is so effective in hunting scopes can also be used on your eye glasses. Try some of the new lens-coating type glass cleaner if dust and water annoy you in the field. If bright days bother you, your lens correction can be made up in dark glasses. Ask your optometrist if you are wearing corrected curve lenses. 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