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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1949
1218 College Street
NEWBERRY, S. C.
O. F. Armfield
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.
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
A sturdy friend of the long-
ago seems to have gained rec
ognition and political prom
inence in this off-year, when
nothing troubles the quiet pol
itical waters but the dinner to
Vice President Barkley and
Mr. Truman’s persistent de
mand for more taxes, more
appropriations and more spend
ing of all kinds, including his
world uplift.
Years ago I knew Joe Sparks
a live, likeable journalist of
Columbia, but he became a
Federal official. When I came
home I heard that my genial
friend had transplanted him
self in Greenville and was like
unto the Green Bay tree for
the range of his development.
I was tempted to break into
Spanish and refer to my
friend’s desenvolvimiento; how
ever the word development is
quite long enough for this hot
weather. All this grows out of
a newspaper report telling the
world that Joe Sparks of
Greenville is the Progressive
Party’s nominee for Governor
in the campaign of the Palmet
to Boys’ State Government
Project, a plan of the Ameri
can Legion to teach boys the
practical aspects of govern
ment. This Joe Sparks of
Greenville can’t be the Joe
Sparks of my recollection, but
he hails from Greenville, to
which great city my friend
went, and in which he doth
make his abode. However, I
am wondering, quite innocent
ly, whether Joe, Senior, has
ever taken time to tell young
Joe the real inside of our State
politics, for Joe, Senior, as a
newspaperman, must have
known a thing or two.
A “New Electric Brain Starts
Thinking for Taxpayers,” says
a big headline on the front
page of the News & Courier.
It is news, of course, for any
kind of brain that will think
for the taxpayer is worth pub
lic applause. And now that the
thinking for the taxpayer is
being done, or may be done,
by an electrical device it is a
double-edged sword, for the
Government bureaucrats will
turn against the power Com
panies with redoubled energy
and intensified fury.. If this
contrivance will work, we or
dinary folk, that is unofficial
citizens and taxpayers, ought
to rally unanimously to sup
port the power people.
In the very first paragraph of
this Associated Press Dispatch
from Washington we read the
following happy news: “A new
electronic brain . . . started
thinking big thoughts for us
taxpayers today.” This story
is all the more impressive be
cause the Associated Press is
usually content to state the di
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facts. In this story the report
er rhapsodizes, in very truth.
Well it’s nice to know that
there is a brain in Washing
ton working ^11 hours for “us
taxpayers,” even amid the
thick and oppressive humidity
of the Nation’s Capital, and in
spite of pressure groups and
the President’s advisers. How
ever, w e can do enough think
ing with the same old brains
that have been dormant so
long; what we need is not so
much an electric device to
think for “us taxpayers,” but
one to think for the President
and the Congress. The Supreme
need is a device that would
automatically reduce the Gov
ernment employees by .fifty
per cent and Government
spending at least forty per
cent now and make further re
ductions each year. If the
brethren who deal in electrici
ty ' will invent that sort of ma
chine they will really do some
thing helpful. I warn them,
though that they would do
well to avoid publicity for
fear of bringing down upon
them the thunderbolts of Jove.
Some people think of South
Carolina as just a backward
State, slow-moving, doing noth
ing and raising nothing but
politicians. That is all wrong;
this is a good State, steadily
progressing, and full of fine
people. And we have a high
level of commonsense among
us.
Do you think we are just
standing still? Well, 837 new
industries were established in
this State in the last eight
years; and this does not include
heavy additional investments
by many of our enterprises not
ably the Joanna, Self and
Springs Mills. We had—in 1947
—2137 manufacturing plants.
Greenville led the State in
the number of industrial em
ployees—26,348, with a payroll
of $58,907,900. Richland’s ir. -
dustrial enterprises increased
from 86 to 144. These figures
do not include 1948 and 1949.
Charleston, which so many
think of as a dead old town,
is still very much alive: its
industrial plants increased from
86 to 148.
Most visitors know very lit
tle about the growth of our
cities, for they see only the
principal hotels and retail sec
tions. A whole new city has
been built in Charleston with
in ten years, up beyond the
Citadel. And Columbia is
growing in every direction.
That is true also of Sumter.
Mty Anderson friends will
not let this pass; nor will
Greenville, Spartanburg,
Orangeburg, Newberry, Rock
Hill—well, I must stop some
where, before my charming
friend Charlie Cobb dictates to
his lovely Secretary the facts
about Rock Hill. Anderson,
however, added twenty three
industrial enterprises, making
a total of seventy four, in 1947.
We don’t advertise or brag
like the other States, but, as
Dr. Ball says we are a com-
fortabl e people with our peach
es, watermelons, beans, pota
toes, cabbages, com, wheat, to
bacco, cottorf hogs, and our va
ried industries.
Sometimes I remark, rather
mildly that we South Carolin
ians do not observe the pro
visions of our State Constitu
tion strictly. The manner for.
much of our laxness is the
Federal Government. We have
all manner of Federal laws that
have no solid foundation in
the Constitution; and though
they have the sanction of the
United States Supreme 'Court
they are not properly within
the scope of the Federal Gov
ernment. Some day we must
think soberly about this: be
cause we may think a certain
course of action appropriate is
no reason for assuming that
the Congress may act. I do
not hesitate to say again that
neither the Federal nor the
State government has any law
ful or Constitutional right to
deal with wages or hours. If
we want the Federal Govern
ment to continue to be a
mightly Colossus bestriding the
nation we should proceed prop
erly and confer totalitarian
power by valid, constitutional
means. Whenever the Govern
ment may strain and stretch
its scope of action at will it
will sooner or later encroach
upon some cherished right or
liberty. We have one now.
The Congress is again being
urged toy Mr. Truman to pass
a law that would do away with
the requirement of the pay
ment of poll taxes before vot
ing for Federal officials. This
is a small matter, in dollars
and cents, but it has a princi
ple of importance. Do you
know what the United States
Constitution says about this?
Section 2 of Article One says:
“The House of Representatives
shall be composed of members
chosen every second year by
the people of the several
States, and the electors (voters)
in each Stale shall have the
qualifications REQUISITE FOR
ELECTORS OF THE -MOST
NUMEROUS BRANCH OF THE
STATE LEGISLATURE." What
does that mean? It is so clear
that no explanation is neces
sary; it requires repetition ra
ther than explanation or expos
ition. In other words it says
that any one who can vote for
a member of the House of
Representatives in our Legis
lature may vote for a member
of the House of Representa
tives in the Congress. Well,
who is to determine the re
quirements? The State of
South Carolina and every other
State for itself. The Constitu
tion says that. But here comes
Mr. Truman and tells th e world
that the Congress has the pow
er to do this: and that those
who would amend the Consti
tution are “stalling,” to use the
Missouri speech that Mr. Tru
man indulges in to express his
flights of fancy. The Seven
teenth Amendment to the Con-
stitution, as to the Senate, pro-
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Silverstreet LUTHERAN CHURCH will give a
BARBECUE on JULY 13—Wednesday—proceeds to
go to the (building fund of the new church.
PIG FOOT STEW and STEAK SUPPER the
night before.
H. 0. LONG, Chairman Church Council
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J. K. Willingham, £ec’y Newberry, S. C.
vides: “The Senate of the
United States shall be compos
ed of two Senators from each
State, elected by the people
thereof, for six years, and each
Senator shall have one vote.
The electors in each State shall
have the qualifications requi
site for electors of the most
numerous branch of the State
Legislature.”
As you see, this is a matter
for the States to determine, ac
cording to the Constitution, Mr.
Truman to the contrary not
withstanding.
And what is all this about?
In South Carolina we requle
a man to prove the payment of
poll taxes before he may vote
in the General Election. How
much is this terrible poll tax?
One dollar a year. And what
is the reason for the tax? It
goes to the school fund of the
County in which it is paid.
School fund, mark you!! One
dollar, one lone buck, one iron
man, just one hundred cents,
for a whole year, to help the
public schools!! Does that
sound so outrageous?
Is it difficult to get a poll
tax receipt? Did you ever hear
of a County Auditor in South
Carolina who did not (glow with
pleasure when making note
that the poor, down-trodden
victim must pay ten dimes to
support the schools? If it
were difficult to get a poll-tax
receipt; if the auditors were
hard-hearted men and turned
a sour face on a man begging
to pay this heavy tax, then
the majesty of' the Federal
Power might be invoked.
I was in a County Auditor’s
office recently when a Colored
man came in and pleaded earn
estly to have the poll tax
against him—long over due—
abated, because of many rea
sons. It occurred to me that
it is certainly not difficult to
be put on the tax books.
I have a bit of business with
th e Auditor of my County; I
find him the most agreeable
gentleman, but' he is never un
willing to put property on the
books if it belongs there. Per
haps I should tell that all the
officials of my County are fine
gentlemen—and the ladies in
those offices, too, but I know
so many fine men in public
office and private life that I
can’t possibly tell about all. It
is an embarrassment of riches,
in very truth. But the whole
world is full of good people,
with here and there an over
ripe egg.
Men in Columbia say that
the army maintains just a
small force at Fort Jackson be
cause of South Carolina’s vote
against Mr. Truman last year.
I do not know anything about
Fort Jackson, but so many have
made that remark to me that
I think we ought to decide
whether to ask our two Sena
tors and six Repreteentaitives
to investigate. Of course we
should proceed in the right
•road, regardless of any repris
als by Mr. Truman; but if our
National Government has sunk
so low, why should not our
men fight back? There is
such a thing as being to acqui
escent. Is this true, by the
way?
Hon. James F. Byrnes has
made at least * two notable
speeches recently and our peo
ple are asking, “Is he running
for Governor?” I can’t answer
for Mr. Byrnes: he is the most
distinguished citizen of South
Carolina and the most honored
nationally since John C. Cal
houn. Mr. Byrnes seems to
take issue with the Welfare,
cradle-to-the-grave program of
Mr. Truman. I have invited
him to tell me what he thinks.
I am happy in the friend
ship of that great Carolinian,
Mr.. Edwin G. Seibels. Mr.
Seibels, observing that I some
times quote Shakespeare, has
sent me some material appar
ently proving that Lord Oxford
wrote the works ascribed to
Shakespeare. It is refreshing
to find an eminent business
man who loves letters and the
great figures of literature.
Hi School Grads
Can Now Enlist
High School graduates of the
past two years may now enlist
in the U. S. Army and choose
either of the five Combat Arms
without regard to mental qual
ifications, M-Sgt. Claude Blank
enship announced today.
This new enlistment regula
tion does not apply to those
high school graduates who are
seeking enlistments in the US
Air Force, nor does it change
the physical requirements for
enlistment in the US Army.
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS
Newberry Outside
Lily Mae Bushardt to Curtis
Ruff, one lot $500.
Helena
James P. Hendrix to G. W.
Hendrix, one lot, assumption
of mortgage.
St. Pauls
Carl H. Epting to L. B. JBe-
denbaugh, 15 acres $2000.
Belfast
J. T. Hollingsworth to Fair-
field Forest Products Company
963 acres $15,000.
Accounts
Now Insured
The State
Building & Loan
Association
Effective July 1st, 1949, Members Savings and
Investment Share Accounts Are Insured up
to $5,000.00.
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
CLOSE OF BUSINESS JUNE 30, 1949
, ASSETS : :
First Mortgage Loans $172,622.11
88 well secured Newberry loans being retired in Monthly
Payments, First 'Mortgage Loans Only, tfie unpaid bal
ances of which average $1962 per loan.
Federal Home Loan Bank Stock 1,700.00
Membership in this Bank places at our disposal additional
1 funds if desired.
Miscellaneous Assets 298.05
This item consists of Furniture and Fixtures 'pvmed by the
i Association and certain expenses we have prepaid.
Cash on Hand and in Banks 6,812.50
This is the Association’s working funds.
TOTAL ASSETS $181,432.66
LIABILITIES ’
I *
Savings and Investm’t Share Acts. $178,310.86
Funds' paid into the Association for Saving and Invest-
.jr ment. Each account insured up to $5000.
Loans In Process 1 2,769.28
Undrawn Balances of New Building Loans to be paid out
as construction progresses or when finished. f
Undivided Profits 352.52
Amount left over after payment \of all dividends and ex
penses.
TOTAL LIABILITIES _____J_____$181,432.66
3 per cent Annual Dividend Paid On Member
Share Accounts Since Organization July 1947
FUNDS RECEIVED HERE FOR SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT ON
OR BEFORE THE 10th OF EACH MONTH WILL RECEIVE EARN
INGS FROM THE FIRST OF THAT MONTH.
The State Building & Loan
Association
1115 BOYCE STREET NEWBERRY, S. C. r \T\ PHONE 196
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS ~
R. B. BAKER, Pres and Treas H. B. SENN, Vice President
R. AUBREY HARLEY, Secretary
J. Dave Caldwell ; Louis C. Floyd, Manager Thomas H. Pope
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