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page Pour ^ THE NEWBERRY SUN PRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 xm 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. States Rights harks back to the early day-s of Englishmen struggling to lay the founda tions of the peoples’ rights, the right of local self-government against the King and his minis ters in London. America has flourished be cause every community has some power within itself, the governing principle being built from the bottom. The Tru- manites seem to think that the Democracy flows from Wash ington to the States and down to the cross-roads; that is a grievous subversion: our Dem ocracy is built upward, step- by-step, not downward, like a Federal grant. COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Mr. Truman invites us States Righters to come back into the Democratic Party. Nice of him isn’t it? So Harry Tru man of the Missouri ring of Boss Pendergast is the Demo cratic Party; and we who trace our Democracy to the illustrious Americans who suf fered and sacrificed for free in stitutions, we are invited to bow in reverence and come humbly back to the bosses and dictators who claim to be the Democratic Party. And we must bow the knee and seek re-admission on Mr. Truman’s terms. What do we lose by being expelled? We of the rank and file lose nothing; likewise we didn’t get very much from our membership, did we? But one’s citizenship ought not to be based on spoils of office or the pottage of handouts. It is a good time to test the reality of our principles. Let us arraign Mr. Truman before the bar of public opin ion; and arraign ourselves al so. An arraignment is not a condemnation; it is the begin ning of the trial. What has (Mr. Truman done that forfeited our support? He has operated this Government on a scale of extravagance since the war that leaves it today in the red, notwithstand ing most of the war taxes are still on the books. And most of the small measure of relief we enjoy was given us by Con gress over the veto of Mr. Tru man. Mr. Truman has urged measures of such a nature that the National treasury would operate on a perpetual deficit basis. He has recommended repeatedly such police measures as the FEPC and the so-called Civil Rights that would fur ther encroach upon the authori- ty of the States and create a condition in the South that would promote endless discora and strife. And what of ourselves? What means this States Right talk? It means that the National Government has so strained and stretched and tom the Constitution that the bureau crats of Washington are rapidly converting this into a Socialis tic State of Communistic fla vor. It means that most of these welfare schemes are wolves in sheep’s clothing; that they cover proposals that would subvert the America of our people into a sort of European welfare State. Mr. Truman is carrying out the idea of a one-man govern ment, a personal government of his whims, caprices, blun dering and ignorance, instead of a government of law in which a man or business may operate within the fold of the Courts, with justice meted out impartially according to the accepted standards of jurispru dence. What we mean is for the Constitution to be interpreted as it was conceived and writ ten; as it was understood by those who wrote it and those who interpreted it when it was fresh. We mean for the States to re-assume their powers, for the powers belong to the States and cannot be validly taken from the States. States Rights means govern ment at home instead of bu reaucratic sway of 5-per cent ers and court favorites in Washington. Senator Maybank acted with becoming dignity in declining to argue for himself as Nation al Executive Committeeman; and he was entirely correct in refusing to sit with the Com mittee when Mrs. Agnew was rejected by the Committee. The selection of Senator May- bank was obviously based on the idea that the Committee would hesitate to reject a Sen ator who is Chairman of a powerful Committee. But that was bad reasoning, as I see it. There was a principle at stake and we should have chosen some one thoroughly and open ly identified with the States Rights movement. We are not apologizing, or seeking pardon; nor are we craving any one’s approval or benediction. Sen ator Maybank may establish his claim to full loyalty to the South Carolina Democratic Par ty by his membership in the Convention which unanimously repudiated Mr. Truman. Three men have stood out boldly all the way: Engene S. Blease, George Warren and R. M. Kennedy. One of the three would have stood out as rep resentative of the movement. I do not disparage the qual ities of Senators Maybank and Johnston; nor would I with hold the praise due them for their fight in the Senate; they have grown steadily in their Senatorial stature. We have the same loyalty in the House. I want to show you a real Democrat and a sham. Said Mr. McGrath, as Truman chair man, to Senator Maybank; “Ac tion by the Sauth Carolina Democratic Party does not bind our action. As far as this committee is concerned you have qualified for the seat on the National Democratic Par ty’s Executive Committee.” To which Senator Maybank re plied, like a Statesman of old; “I am the servant of the peo ple of South Carolina and can take orders from no one ex cept the State Executive Com mittee.” So saying, he left the meeting. Did you ever think you had a new idea, only to find that the same idea was being used by other people? Some months ago, as I recall, the Central Coops arranged for a Federal REA loan of about eight mil lion dollars, to be used to build power lines over much of the State and to transmit Santee- Cooper power over those lines. It appears that there is a con tract between the Central Co ops, represented by Senator Ed gar Brown, and the Santee- Cooper, represented by Senator Jefferies. The Santee - Cooper agreed to pay their interest on the loan and the power lines will become the property of the Santee-Cooper when the Coops repay the eight million dollar loan. The contract looks a bit one-sided in favor of the San tee-Cooper and against the Co ops because the Coops must re pay the eight millions while Santee-Cooper will pay only the two per cent interest; of course the Coops must pay San tee-Cooper for the power. I am not concerned about the contract, although I recall that the South Carolina Electric and Gas Co. did offer either to op erate Santee-Cooper for the State, without a profit, or to let the Santee-Cooper transmit its power over the lines of the private companies, thus saving eight million dollars of Federal money at a time when our Government needs more bil lions for defense. 1 find in the Congressional Record that such a plan of transmitting Federalized power to the Coops over private lines is in effect in Texas. In the Congressional Record of August 9th, this year, on page A 5395 I find a speech of Congress man White of Ohio in which he quotes Senator Taylor of Oklahoma as follows: “Reduced to its simplest lan guage, Senator Thomas wanted to cut out appropriations for transmission lines and sell the Federal power at the point where it is generated. He thinks power companies would be glad to build transmission lines at their own expense, buy the power, and save the tax payers the cost of building dup licate lines. Senator Kerr would have the Federal Government to use the taxpayers’ money and build competing facilities. In that stand he is supporting some of the campaign pledges that Mr. Truman made on a political tour of the Western States. On that trip he referred to power companies as monooulies and said they wanted .he power so they could charge what they want for power. In this instance we find our thinking is more sympathetic with Thomas than with Kerr. We reject the argument that power companies can charge what they want to for power, because their rates are regu lated in the same manner that freight rates and telephone rates are. There are regulatory State bodies which determine fair charges. Nor do we think all mono polies are bad for the Nation, simplay because they are mon opolies. The Government it self has approved them when it is economically imprpactical to have two completing com panies with parallel and dup licate facilities. The Govern ment approved Western Union buying Postal Telegraph ser vice. It operates a monopoly itself in the Post Office De partment. Regardless of the stand of either Thomas or Kerr, the question reverts back to Fed eral power from such generat ing points as the Denison Dam. There, water has been dammed up as a so-called flood-control measure. When power can be developed as a byproduct of flood control, it seems sense less to waste the opportunity. Equally senseless, in the opin ion of a good many taxpayers, is the idea of the Federal Gov ernment paying for transmis sion lines to deliver that pow er into areas already adequate ly served by pwivate, taxpaying utilities which find the Gov ernment in competition with them. The development of ru ral electrification lines, we would like to point out, is not part of the power program to which we object. Federal aid there has' brough benefits of electricity faster than might otherwise have been expected, with the power supplied in many instances by private utili ties. But RiEA and SPA are two different things. One doe* not duplicate the other. Ex tensive and costly duplication of existing highline facilit' at the taxpayers’ expense, when private companies could the needs without that es could be avoided. It 1c if Senator Thomas is to prevent waste like that” There is this difference: (Continued on Back Page) .. V. October October is just around the corner and with it will come some cold days—days when you will need a cheerful fire from some of that good coal we sell. We have enugh coal right now to go ’round, and we would like to fill your bin while the weather is good. t And another thing. If we are to judge by the past coal will be at least 50c per ton higher in the nexxt month or so. We want to sell you coal just as cheaply as we can, so please let us have your order as soon as possible. FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. PHONE 155 George W. Martin, Manager Supervisor's Report Fourth Quarter 1948-1949 ROAD MAINTENANCE Pat Livingston, lumber $ 187.74 South Carplina National Bank, taxes 255.30 Newberry Electric Co-op, Inc., current 163.86 South Carolina Retirement System, contributions 404.20 R. M. Lominack Hdw., parts and supplies 16.68 Frank Lominack Hdw., parts and supplies 45.60 Thomas & Howard Company, food, supplies 349.83 Newberry Machine & Welding Shop 302.00 Esso Standard Oil Co., gas, fuel oil, liquid asphalt __ 1,694.98 Smith Motor Company, parts & repairs 310.92 Davis Motor Company, parts & repairs 85.08 Hayes Motor Co., parts & repairs’ 40.79 Goodyear Service Stores, batteries, tires & tubes 487.46 Thornton Tire Service, repairs & equipment 298.48 The Texas Co., grease & oil 422.44 Roy Mills Esso Station, gas 3.53 Tidewater Supply Co., parts and eqquipment 312.26 Kaufman Bros., parts and equipment 401.82 Sunrise Auto Supply Co., parts and equipment 38.09 Newberry Auto Supply, parts and repairs 135.79 Jeff Hunt Machinery Co., parts 239.23 N. H. Summer Road Machinery Co., parts, equipment and new machinery 16617.25 Taylor-Colquitt Co., bridge piling 492.75 H. B. Richardson, salary 501.78 J. C. Baxter, salary ; 459.36 H. D. Ringer, salary 354.45 J. M. Oxner, salary 411.84 Labor 8384.90 H. Calvin Wicker, topsoil 101.15 Felix B. Greene, Jr., receiver Silverstreet Lbr. Co., equipment 300.00 O. H. Lominick, lumber and freight 29.77 H. M. Hentz, lumber 153.36 Shealy Motor Co., parts and repairs 73.60 Lipscomb Motor Co., parts and repairs 31.68 State Machinery and Supply Co., supplies 22.60 Scott Auto Parts, parts 21.18 J. H. Boozer, tire replacement 17.88 C. T. Summer, Inc., diesel fuel • 299.72 H. W. Lominick, nails 45.85 J. P. Adams, lumber 493.34 D. L. Laird Radiator works, parts and repairs 6.00 Pure Oil Co., gasoline 1149.79 Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, kerosene, diesel fuel and gasoline 389.61 Johnson-McCrackin Co., parts and repairs 13.85 F. M. Shealy, lumber 460.57 Carolina Concrete Pipe Co., pipe materials 184.40 Raymon Hawkins, topsoil 19.75 Blair Quarries, Inc., crushed granite _I 11.82 Chapman Lumber Co., lumber 2.43 Main St. Pure Oil Station, repair 2.50 J. W. Hipp and Son, repair ’75 Gibbes Machinery Co., parts I 15.12 John A Graham, lumber 108.23 MISCELLANEOUS CONTINGENT Security Loan and Investment Company, fleet ins. and bond prem. j J. C. Neel, elevator service Ruth H. Mathis, travel S. C. Retirement System, contributions Newberry County Hospital, Welfare Dept, patients Columbia Hospital of Richland County, Welfare Dept, patients J. H. Wilson, magistrate’s travel P. B. Ezell, miscellaneous expense T. C. Chalmers, travel Lillian G. Saunders, salary G. W. Singleton, colored demonstration agent office rent J. J. Dominick Estate, county agent office rent~_III Clara Lou Ruff, salary ~ Florence S. Addison, salary Commercial Investment Co., Health Dept, office rent T. M. Fellers, car expenses T. L. Hicks, Welfare Dept, office rent Mrs. Paul H. Long, Chm., repair of Ladies Rest Room James D. Brown, Treas. Newberry-Saluda Regional Library Newberry Observer, quarterly report Newberry Sun, quarterly report Schneider Clinic, Welfare Dept, patient Charles Rook Counts, Atty., tax refund 3 Purcells, bond premium Claude Wilson, magistrate’s travel Central Drug Store, supplies R. C. Lake, services County Board of Education T. E. Epting, services County Board of Education _I Mrs. Minnie C. Bobo, copies Newberry County Supply Bill No. 663 J. M. Howell, groceries for welfare patient Clarence T. Summer, Inc., groceries for welfare patient Newberry County Girl Scouts, contribution Newberry County Boy Scouts, contribution “ Southern Microfilming Co. and Carolina Savings Bank, microfilming Newberry County’s permanent records J. Lee Boozer, services Welfare Dept. H_ I W. H. Miller, services Welfare Dept. Joe B. Connelly, services Welfare Dept. I Rose Cafe, dieting prisoners 1 I Peoples Hospital, patient of Welfare Dept. COURT EXPENSES Ruth Doris Armfield, stenographis reporting, coroners inquest J 3340 B. V. Chapman, Atty., legal service 15.00 T. M. Fellers, travel and miscellaneous costs _ 64 02 J. Ray Dawkins, Co. Treas., jury pay bills, witness expenses. 955.50 J. C. Neel, travel and miscellaneous costs 41.41 1171.84 48.00 75.00 1477.77 175.20 225.85 19.30 181.96 75.00 149.94 30.00 105.00 115.20 30.00 194.25 450.00 150.00 455.00 635.00 158.00 143.00 25.00 41.34 20.00 2.20 5.90 100.00 100.00 6.64 39.03 19.48 75.00 75.00 3220.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 9.68 41.00 COUNTY HOME Newberry Electric Co-op., Inc. current 153.25 ~ ‘ “ ~ ' 2.22 1.45 17.25 3.75 Dixie Home Stores, supplies Geo. A. Addy, fish J. L. Long, food Jimmie Thacker, mules shod W. O. Stone, baby chix 15.00 Market Basket, food 30.79 Gilder and Wteeks, medicine and supplies 23.95 R. M. Lominack Hdw., supplies 188.79 Frank Lominack Hdw., supplies 32.13 Thomas and Howard Co., food, supplies 209.62 Newberry Machine and Welding shop, repairs 2.50 Esso Standard Oil Co., kerosene 77.85 T. P. Adams, salary 660.00 McSwain Funeral Home, pauper’s burial 50.00 Earl C. Taylor, material and labor 25.75 B. C. Moore and Sons, clothing 16.16 Southern Scale and Refrigeration Co., new stove 522.67 Sease Motor Co., parts and repairs 7.79 A. E. Werts, material and labor 19.73 John L. Epps, supplies 5.75 Epting Distributing Co., soybeans 78.04 J. Drake Edens, food 8.94 Lominick’s Drug Store, medicine 43.04 John Nance, bread 8.64 I. T. Cousins, feed and fertilizer 389.75 J. B. West, hay baling 65.75 Belk-Beard Co., clothing 13.38 B. C. Moore and Sons, clothing 5.96 Farmers Ice and Fuel Co. ice and meat curing 15.05 Yates Refrigeration, material and labor 58.12 Clary-Martin Feed and Seed Store, plants 16.50 Central Drug Store, medicine 2.98 CHAIN GANG I South Carolina National Bank, taxes 104.10 S. C. Retirement System, contributions 87.88 Market Basket, food 88.59 Gilder and Weeks, medicine and supplies 29.39 R. M. Lominack Hdw., parts and supplies 16.56 Frank Lominack Hdw., parts and supplies 16.60 Thomas and Howard Co., food, supplies 498.53 Dr. E. M. Anderson dental service 17.00 Reagin Sho e Shop repairs 6.85 Jas. C. A tkison D - professional service 21.00 Cromers Shoe Shop repairs 2.50 Central Drug Store, medicine 5.05 Homer W. Bowles, salary 483.78 L. V. Buzhardt, salary 489.00 E. K. Horton, salary 429.00 J. H. Boozer, salary 415.20 D. C. Wilson, salary 394.05 C. E. Wicker, salary 388.08 J. O. Derrick, salary 429.00 J. C. McLeod, salary 371.25 Hugh Kingsmore, salary 326.70 Fred Wicker, wages 12.00 J. R. Ellisor, salary 352.98 J. Drake Edens, food 10.51 Lominick’s Drug Store, medicine ; 32.30 J. H. Summer, clothing 46.62 L. G. Wright, clothing I I 228.90 Clamp’s Clothing Co., clothing 13.04 Cromers Shoe Shop, shoe repair 2.10 Dennis Shoe Shop, shoe repair 1.25 Newberry Drug Co., medicine 21.87 Belk-Beard Co., clothing 17.88 B. C. Moore and Sons, clothing 24.05 Dr. E. G. Able, professional services 100.00 Peoples Hospital, hospitalization service 109.50 Gulf Oil Products, suppplies 12.00 REPAIR TO PUBLIC BUILDINGS Carolina Electric and Appliance Co., material and labor 604.91 R. M. Lominack Hdw., parts, supplies III_ 93'si Frank Lominack, Hdw., parts, suppplies 195.30 Newberry Machine and Welding Shop, repairs Central Drug Store, supplies The Rembert Co., soap and supplies Clarence T. Summer, supplies and labor G. B. Summer and Sons, supplies 8.50 6.84 24.00 229.41 2 85 Newberry Lumber Co., lumber 69.73 Farmers Ice and Fuel Co., coal and ice 325.68 Center Chemical Co., supplies 12.25 Colonial Iron Works, Inc., iron railing for Old Court House Franklin Sign Service, sign painting Commissioner of Public Works, water and light bills Milo Humphries, chair repair Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co., telephone service 541.72 Chapman and Hawkins, supplies 36.56 Grover L. Todd, material and labor ; 26.55 Burns and Whitaker, supplies Twin States Brokerage Co., supplies Hill Manufacturing Co., supplies _ O. H. Lominick, express J. C. Franklin, repairs C. K. Baker, repairs Belk-Beard Co., bed linen 25.44 John L. Epps, supplies 16.50 C. B. Dolge Co., supplies 11.00 Yates Refrigeration, material and labor 23.60 B. C. Moore and Sons, clothing 11.88 Thomas and Howard Co., supplies 21.31 Jesse Bouknight, labor B. Ross Wilson, repair work Modern Shop, fan 450.00 20.00 497.04 2.00 4.00 22.50 88.14 1.65 30.00 18.75 5.00 3.00 37.50 BOOKS, STATIONERY. BINDERS. ETC. Newberry Observer, adv., supplies and printing 161.87 Newberry Sun, adv., supplies and printing 247.94 Peoples Book Store, supplies 1708 Albert R. Bentley, repair services i_ 35.00 Edwards and Broughton Co., supplies 20.00 A. Hines McWaters, supplies 1.62 R. L. Bryan Co., books, binding and supplies 388.68 Keys Printing Co., books and supplies 152.61 Burroughs Adding Machine Co., equipment 292.50 Royal Typewriter Co., Inc., equipment 86.23 Walker, Evans and Cogswell Co., books, equipment and supplies Geo. K. Dominick, P.M., postage and envelopes Harper Bros., supplies 11.. H. K. Boyd, stamps 13.1 POST MORTEM «t LUNACY E. Maxcy Stone, P.J., commitment papers 12. E. J. Dickert, M.D., lunacy examinations 10 Geo. R. Summer, traveling expense 23.1 J. E. Grant, M.D., post mortem and lunacy exams Ruth Doris Armfield, inquest reporting services 19.75 Coyt Ham, M.D., commitment papers 5.00 L. W. Long, M.D., examination of deceased 5.00 I. V. McKinnie, inquest reporting services J. H. McCullough, M.D., lunacy examination V. A. Long, M.D., lunacy examinations 10 Arthur J. atzberg, M.D., lunacy examination 5.1 Reyburn W. Lominack, M.D., lunacy and post mortem examinations 35.00 Kirby D. Shealy, M.D., lunacy examination C. K. Lindler, M.D., lunacy examination SHERIFi-S DIETING T. M. Fellers, dieting prisoners BOARD OF ASSESSORS T. H. Kunkle H. C. Clark B. O. Lovelace John Q. Metis N. E. Hunter G. I. Epting W. Vernon Pugh J. O. Counts D. L. Bedenbaugh _ Jim R. Thomas Leland S. Rikard Joe E. Mayer H. H. Boland J. E. Ringer Dr. W. C. Brown E. L. Glymph J. B. Smith J. Alvin Kinard E. T. Long, Sr. J. W. Lominick, Sr. Hugh M. Epting W. J. Ruff W. B. Boinest, Jr. P. K. Harmon S. R. Metis T. Roy Summer 75.00 B. Sligh Wicker 11.40 Ernest R. Layton 75.00 V. O. Shealy ~ 11.20 D. L. McCullough H. P. Lindler 5.*60 c. m. Folk i4!?o S. C. McCarley I” lo!20 Edd Counts ~_II 15.00 John A Sease ~ 5.00 Horace E. Counts 5.00 W. O. Pitts 14.10 J. Foster Senn lo]20 W. M. Buford ^ 10A0 E. C. Paysinger igisO Henry R. Boozer 1 21.00 J. C. Abrams 2 I 28.00 Jim R. Wood 21.00 John W. Hipp 42 00 G. E. Young 28.00 C. L. Lester 17.60 B. O. Long ~ ~ 14.10 SALARIES South Carolina National Bankk, taxes 799.20 S. C. Retirement System, contributions 653.96 H. K. Boyd, Clerk of Court 752.61 Elizabeth C. Boyd, Clerk 389.40 T. M. Fellers, Sheriff II 838.54 J. G Neel, Deputy Sheriff I 642.41 H. J. Quattlebaum, Deputy Sheriff 642.41 L. L. Henderson, Deputy Sheriff 639.47 T. L. Hill, Tax Collector 665.64 T. C. Chalmers, Asst. Tax Collector II_IIIII_III 526'20 J. Ray Dawkkins, Treasurer 366.80 Martha S. Cromer, Clerk HH 384.50 P. N. Abrams, Auditor I 36L40 Ruby S. Summer, Clerk I 364^50 E. Maxcy Stone, Probate Judge IIIII 743'? 1 Mary F. Kunkle, Clerk H_I 320A0 James D. Brown, Superintendent of Education ~I_I_II 150.00 Edith Preston, Clerk ”1 420.00 H. B. Senn, M.D., County Physician H_I 174!o2 Geo. R. Summer, Coroner I 200.43 S. Wl Shealy, Supervisor I” 765 06 O. H. Lominick, Clerk * 728.64 J. F. Lominick, Commissioner t IIII 182!l6 C. B. Schumpert, Commissioner 182T6 B. V. Chapman, County Attorney 139!l8 W. A. Ridgeway, Ass’t County Agent II~ " I 274 02 P. B. Ezell, County Agent 115.20 R. A. Nelson, Magistrate ~ I _ I _ I"* igo 08 Roy D. Stutts, Magistrate _ ^ Claude Wilson, Magistrate HH 167 06 W. D. Hatton, Magistrate IIIIIII___II 100.26 W. E. Spearman, Magistrate - 10026 B. M. Wise, Magistrate _ 83.56 J. H. Wilson, Constable IIIII _ 389*61 A. T. Henderson, Constable IIIIII ~ I” 374 C5 J. E. Dawkins, Constable II HI 139.18 W. R 1 . Koon, Constable 95.75 C. J. Blackmon, Constable II-I-IIII II I” 17668 E. E. Cumalander, Constable I 83 49 Berley C. Shealy, Jailor II I “ 436 32 H- W. Langford, Ass’t Jailor 5785 Jake R. Wise, County Service Officer IIIIIIIII 3d8!?4 J. C. Sease, M.D., County Health Physician I~ 525 67 Theresa Lightsey, County Nurse I 363/84 Eugenia Epps, Rest Room Operator 216!0Q