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PAGE FOUR THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1649 tw 1218 College Street NEWBERRY, S. C. O. F. Armfikld 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. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS Will Mr. Byrnes run for Gov ernor? Many have asked me. I am not in the confidence of Mr. Byrnes, nor am I a poli tician or political big-wig; I am just a commentator and with neither pretension nor as piration. Should Mr. Byrnes run? Does Mr. Byrnes want to be Governor? Why should Mr. Byrnes offer himself for the Governorship? Is there any special problem of the State; or has Mr. Byrnes any special experience or train ing or aptitude for governing the State? Is there any obli gation on Mr. Byrnes to leave the peace and enjoyment of private life for the hurly-burly of politics? Mr. Byrnes is our moat dis tinguished son; all the world knows him. After many years in the two houses of Congress, and following service on thd Supreme bench, war adminis trative service, and tenure of the highest Cabinet position, Mir. Byrnes at seventy one should not be pushed into the turbulence of a State campaign nor should he be asked to de vote four years to the govern orship. Governors have very little power in South Carolina, due in some measure to a weak ac quiescence in usurpation by the Legislature. Since no Governor has made a fight for the pre rogatives of the •ffice it must not be expected that Mr. Byrnes would care to lock horns with the Legislature. Mr. Byrnes’ experience has been in the National service; it was not routine administra tion nor executive leadership. However, no one would say that Mr. Byrnes would fail to rise to the occasion; but what occasion? As a retired official and citi zen Mr. Byrnes can be thq foremost influence in the State, as well as one of the Elder Statesmen of the world. As Governor he would be a parti san, necessarily. I should regret any effort to draft Mr. Byrnes. We are, not lacking in able and patri otic young men who aspire to be Governor. Nor has Mr. Byrnes been so closely identi fied with domestic problems of the State as to make him the one and only hope for our political salvation, if we need political salvation. So, why not let Mr. Byrnes become thd Sage of South Carolina, the re nowned citizen, speaking words of counsel to his people, from the heights of dignified and honored retirement? Mr. Byrnes does not regard me as a political leader or re sourceful political supporter. But neither does anyone else. I have a personal friendship with Mr. Byrnes and many others in public life, but I am not a champion of anyone—at the moment. To re-state this, even tedious ly, I think Mr. Byrnes should rest on his achievements and not endanger his unique posi tion by the heat and turmoil of factioal politics. Some who are calling for Mr. Byrnes to sacrifice him self are would-be-King-Makers —men who fancy themselves as sagacious wire-pullers, who hope to bolster their own pos itions, or make positions, through Mr. Byrnes, We hear of this one or that one running down to the Isle of Palms. For what? Are they deeply concerned for Mr. Byrnes or the State? Or are they try ing to tie their fortunes with Caesar’s? Mr. Byrnes is a gracious gen tleman of commanding posi tion as our inimitable son of Charleston who rose to great heights by his talents. His record is made; why endanger it? The Truman Democrats — if they are Democrats—seem to have borrowed an idea from the CIO—and that is only nat ural, considering the cheek-by- jowl comradeship of Mr. Tru man and the CIO. According to my information, the CIO is an organization built from the top, down to the bottom Ordinarily we build organize tions from the bottom to the top, just as we first lay the foundation, then build on it Originally the Democratic Party built from the bottom. Here in South Carolina the Party once began with the precinct clubs, then the Coun ty Convention—and so on, to the National Convention. The Truman group sees fit to rec ognize several of our citizens as leaders and officials of the South Carolina Democracy though the South Carolina Democracy chose others. So now we have the Truman-CIO idea—Democracy handed down to us, like the hand-me-down pants of father, in the days of the simple life — when men were men and boys were just boys. And, like father’s hand me-down britches, the Truman Democracy will bear cleaning and pressing before being put on public exhibition. Something emerges from this effort to dominate us and make us unwelcome in our father’s old home; we are not Demo crats, if the Truman crowd is. Let us face the facts as well as the music; we are not the same as Trumanites. Beyond a doubt South Caro lina is for constitutional gov ernment, by a big majority. Mr. Truman is not a constitu tionalist; he probably knows very little of the Constitution. It is a fact that his ignurance places him in the majority, but that is nothing to be ac cepted with a smile. Majori ties are usually wrong. What is a Constitution? Our American Constitution is a written document which sets forth the powers of the Execu tive, Legislative and Judicial departmens of our Government. It is a frame work within which the branches of the Gov ernment is a check on the FARMERS... our FUTURE LOGGERS other. But today the Congress and the Court seem to think that the President must be sup ported, even submerging them selves and higher constitution al obligations in the effort. In stead of “Support the Consti tution,” the cry is “Support the President.” Strangely enough the British Sovereign has vast powers, according to the ancient law and tradition,' but he exercises no power to day because of a Parliament ary practice. The King shows himself on occasion and is the symbol of Sovereignty — but symbol, only; the President of the United States has not Sev- ereign power, according to the Constitution; and no inherent power at all, in spite of the learned Attorney General; but he is stretching, straining and usurping power. In an alarm ing degree the Supreme Court has almost wiped out State Sovereignty; and the Congress, under Executive pressure, has gone ahead by leaps and bounds to rob the States of their Soverign powers, and to convert them into provinces, Wfe South Carolinians should stand up in our dignity and in the strength of a correct at titude, inviting the other States to join us in a determined ef fort to revive Constitutional government. I have been honored by ap pointment to the Hoover Nat ional Commission. I think that, and every other good effort is worth endorsing, but it is too slow and cumbersome. If each State will send to Wash ington a hundred resourceful men to meet in conference with their Senators and (House mem bers, some action will result. Our conference with their Sen ators and House members, some action will result. Our men in Congress would like to know what the people think. It would support them in their stand for States rights. Let it be said that the Senators and Representatives from this State have frequently shown independence of the Presiden tial lash. Fine Work Shown By ‘Commission State Forestry By Harry Hampton My friend of the years — a man for whom I cherish a warm regard—a distinguished! leader of Labor, is quoted as saying that the State Righters are Republicans. Surely he was suffering either from the excessive heat of the sun, or the excessive heat of partisan oratory. Many great orators lose their measured tread when they march, oratorically, before the public. I think we may as well stop abusing the Re publicans, for the worst that can be said of them is that they sometimes vote with the Tru manites. And as President Roosevelt appointed thousands of Republicans to high office, even to several positions in his Cabinet, how can these Tru manites condemn Republicans? However bad Republicans may have been, they now are clean and whit, like fresh snow, fol lowing service with Mr. Roose velt and Mr. Truman. Mr. Roosevelt not only appointed Republicans to his Cabinet, but admitted that #he himself voted against Judge Parker for President, when the Judge was A good example of the dif ference in service provided by a political set-up and a non political commission is shown by examining and contrasting the annual reports of the state game department and of the state commission of forestry. The shortcomings of the former can be blamed on the lack of focused and expressed public interest, not on any individual or small group of individuals. The 17-page report of the state game department bereft of financial statements and half page of recommendations, covers less than two pages on federal aid projects and two pages on the ten fish hatcher ies. There is no indication of where these fish went (4,463,- 000) nor any other claim to constructive activity of any sort by the state department on its own responsibility. The report of the state com mission of forestry covers 126 closely printed pages wth 121 heads and subheads of activi ties, services and functions, and including 13 tables, one of which shows to which counties every one of the 11,457,490 seedling of four varieties were distributed. Another shows the breakdown of land ownership to which these seedlings went —farms, associations, etc. The first sentence in the for est service’s report on fire pro tection reads: “For the second year assistance in forest fire protection was furnished to all woodland owners of the state.” Yet the chapter concludes with three full pages of recommen dations for improvements in this phase of work alone. The state commission of for estry operates its huge service on $1,408,860.39. During the current year the state game department, if revenue increas es as in the past should have approximately $700,000, more than the forestry commission received for many years of not able service. the Democratic candidate. Now how about that? The Repub licans, once so wicked and vi cious and unclean, have been washed white and made pure by Mr. Roosevelt himself. And Mr. Truman has had to depend on Vandenberg and other Re publicans!! Here is something for the Trumanites to explain: there has been more racial trouble within the last ten years than under all the Republicans, to gether, within the preceding fifty years. And Mr. Truman is the man who is today preci pitating a catastrophe, in his eagerness for votes. The States Righters are not Trumanites; but let those who want Mr. Truman and his FEPC enjoy themselves in that rich, warm, dark fellowship. Public relations is zero in the state game department, while with the forestry com mission it covers 18 phases in cluding co-operative forest fire prevention campaigns, various contests, conservation week, conservation school, motion pic tures, talks, sign and wood working shop and many others. The forest commission’s re port for 1947-48 shows the highest percentage of forest land burned in any county to be only 1.17 per cent, the state average being almost what is considered the irreducible min imum. Activities and opportunities on the five state forests in clude, among many other things, “Fish and Wildlife.” Hunting and fishing are han dled co-operatively with the board of commissioners of Sum ter county on Poinsett forest, while at Sand Hills three lakes furnish free fishing under state game laws, and here plans also call for public hunting—pre sumably when a game commis sion is formed with which binding co-operative agreements can be made. The 19 state parks serve 1,- 500,000 South Carolinians an nually, there being one within easy reach of every citizen. All except the new Croft park pro vide fishing. Other facilities include picnic grounds, barbe cue pits, outdoor fireplaces, swimming, recreation buildings, and so on. Some have group camps and Negro areas. The forest service issues var ious folders describing the state parks, “Marketing Your Timber Crop” Fire Prevention, and so on. All properties—parks, towers, wayside parks (not included in state parks), forests, lakes— under the superivlsion of the State Commission of Forestry are plainly marked on the nearest highways. The forestry commission works with district citizens committees in all parts of the state, meeting with these groups periodically to discuss, plans, needs and suggestions. The 126-page annual report of the state forestry ‘ commis sion is comparable to the re ports of game departments of other states v/hich operate un der commissions. Missouri’s for instance, devotes 110 pages to game and fish alone. These sketchy facts, which could be multiplied, serve to show the difference between the operation and service of our forestry department under a commission and the state game department under politics. Flowers and Gifts for All Occasions CARTER’S Day Phone 719 — Night 6212 ENROLL TODAY DERRICK INFANT The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Furman Der rick died at the Newberry County Hospital late Sunday morning. Funeral services were held Monday at 10 a.m. at the grave side at St. Thomas Lutheran Church Cemetery with the Rev. John Zeigler officiating. She is survived by her par ents; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Harmon and maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ammie Mae Derrick. You don't want trashy coal. All the good coal is “on top” so to speak. When coal begins to run short the quality suffers for the mines are scraping the bottom of the barrel to try to supply the demand for something to burn. Right now we can supply you with top grade coal but we do not know howf long this will hold true. Miners are working only 3 days a week and at this j rate the nation’s coal supply is sure to S disappear rapidly at the onset of winter, j In all sincerity we ask our customers to get at least a part of their coal sup ply now. If we judge by the past we know that coal will bje higher a little later on. Protect yourself now. Call iss. ‘ . AjPJ FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. PHONE 155 George W. Martin, Manager / very one expects the farmer to grow wheat, apples and cabbages. That’s what farming has always been. Now Americans are getting the same idea about trees. Trees are a crop, they say. Already, millions of acres of managed woodlands—from coast to coast—are growing trees as a crop. "Tree farms” they’re called by industry. But industry isn’t our greatest grower of trees. Farmers are our greatest owners of forest lands and the future of our wood supply is in the hands of men who already provide much of America’s essential produce. They make a business of managing their land for maximum crops and the "cropping” of trees is no mystery to them. Wood, the new all-season crop, means a new source of income for America’s farmers. AMERICAN LEGION POST 24 "Rocket Engine Oldsmobile Gives a New Sensation I that You can try ' in a Demonstration! /fCz4& a. IDdZe, Ut&fa'tfe lOWfST-P/t/CfD 'H0CK£r"flt6/Nf CMl Oldsmobile "88” Four-Door Seims tcitk ''Rocket" Engine. * Hydra-Metic Drive standard equipment on Series "98” and ''88" models, optional at extra coot on ”76.^; YOU’VE GOT TO DRIVE IT TO BELIEVE IT! OWsmobile’s superb new star of the highway— the sensational "Rocket” Engine "88”! It’s so new and different to drive that words can’t describe it! But you’ll discover the thrilling truth 'Oirself as soon as you take to the highway in this ishing new Futuraraic! 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