Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS BY SPECTATOR Mr. Byrnes made a deep im pression in Biloxi. As a mat ter of practice the States might adopt the Federal program and vindicate the position of those who contend for States.’ Rights. Some caution might be desir able: are we disposed to en dorse the Federal program if it be adopted by the States? I think it timely to say that much of the Federal program is not the proper concern of either the National Govern ment or the State Govern ments. We must not endorse Socialism or Communism un der the State any more readi ly than we endorse either or both under National control. The FEPC is not properly a matter for any unit of govern ment; it is not the proper course for anyone except the man operating the business. i n at bottom the States Righters include many who want the business of govern ment to be confined to meas ures which involve health, safe ty education and the right to work. Equality before the law, the equal protection of the law—that is what most people want. The Governor or ex-Governor of Florida and others who think the States should adopt a cra- dle-to-the-grave policy; they are as far off base as Mr. Tru man is. The substitution of the State for the Federal Government in squandering public money is not the kind of reform that would appeal to any one. Shall I tell about my days in Peru? There were more than three thousand days in my stay there. Some of my friends seem to enjoy my travel stories much more than they enjoy my dis- 5c Plus Tax Pepsi Cola Co., Long Island Pepsi Cola Bot. Co. of Columbia City Franchise Bottler Coal for Christmas As we write the situation in the Coal Industry is uncertain and unsettled. By the time you read this the strike may be over and again it may not be over —depending upon the autocratic will of Boss Miner John L. Lewis. You will of course want Coal for Christmas, even if you have to skimp on it at other times. A cold, dreary Christmas has little appeal to us. We have been getting a little Coal along (but very little) and alloting it in the fairest possible •manner. If the strike ended Wednesday, or if it didn’t, coal will be scarce for some time. Let us know just how you stand on coal so that we can be looking ahead to getting you at least a little for the Christmas holidays. We want to serve every one fairly. Won’t you call today and let us know how low your supply is, The number is 155. FARMERS Ice & Fuel Co. PHONE 155 George W. Martin, Manager cussions of public questions, so I might as well humor them, even if I slip in an observation now and then on the topics they don’t relish. The Thanksgiving - Christmas se >on is just one period here. We are buying for Christmas before, turkey is engaged. That is, the ladies are buying. Those who are not buying are doing a lot of shopping—going about the stores and looking at every thing. In due time thousands will decide that what they want is that darling little trin ket at X’s, or that gorgeous robe at Y’s, or that wonderful bargain at A’s—and all that, in many cases making the down payment to hold the sale until hubby can be cajoled into fi nancing the purchase. Wonder ful people, the ladies, as we know, and shrewd in handling their men. There was no Thankksgiving in Peru, nor anything like our Christmas. We have made our Christmas a mad rush for trin kets and trivialities, but they gladden the receiver, usually, and bring joy to the giver, un less he is forced into it. I explained to my Peruvian friends our day of Thanksgiv ing, nuestro dia do gracias—our day of thanks. They thought .t a very fine observance. Of course I wanted all tne trim mings of the occasion, turkey and mince pie. I found a tur key, but what about the pie? ft was mid-summer, you know, for Peru is South of the Equa tor and has summer when we nave winter. Christmas there is in the broiling heat of'sum mer. Even so. Thanksgiving must have its turkey and mince pie. How about a pie, in a lano where no pie had ever been seen? So how about the mince meat? vvnen I set out on my quest for mince meat I was station ed at Lamoa>eque, an oiu town a few mues xrom the Pa cific Ocean, but in a dry area, a sort of desert. Some miles away was Monsefu, a town luxuriating in iruits, vege tables and flowers, because a srnail stream brough lire to the sandy stretches. At Monsefu the Church of the Nazarene had a mission, tne only Protestant group in all the region. I knew those mission aries when they were stationea at Pacasmayo, the port which I had to use in going to Caja- marca, high up in the Andes, or on my way from Cajamarca to Callao, when en route to Lima, the capital of Peru. 1 had never heard of the Naza- renes, but I found those mis sionaries men and women of deep spirituality. I must say the same for the Adventists, Los Adventistos, as tiiey were called. They operated eighty four schools in the region of Lakek Titicaca. My relations with the Church —the Catholic church — and with Protestant missionaries, were daily and always pleasant. The Archbishop of Lima, and all the thirty other Bishops, ac cepted me without complaint. We worked together for the common good. The Catholics, of course, had great mission enterprises also, some in the very wilds and among the head hunters. Two of the Catholic missionaries—one a Frenchman, Padre Giner; and a Spaniard, Padre Irigoyen, were remark able men, devout, intrepid, un tiring Soldiers of the Cross. All the missionaries I knew, including the purely religious, as well as the educationists, were faithful ministers of the Word, and that comprises Am ericans, English, French, Scotch, Germans, Italians, and Spanish. After observing their devotion I feel that most of us are too casual; religion costs us a few dollars, but no pains, no anxieties, no supreme ded ication. Well, I’ve ramble along, but perhaps I’d better meander back to my turkey and minci pie. I arranged for the baking of the turkey; everybody knew all about that; but when that no ble bird was brought to my stable I could hardly sit in the same room with it, for it was stuffed with garlic, and garliced COTTON QUIZ YyM Dots COTTON HELP ICEEP FLOORS cieA"- ***—A SWEEPING COM POUND IS manufactured from cottonseed hulls/ NKW FASHION NOTE The newest fashion note of the season is the velveteen coat. This chic follower of Dame Fashion wears one of the most outstanding examples of the cotton velveteen styles. Her coal is practical as well as pretty, for it is Zelan treated to repel water. so generously, that not even a son of the sunny Mediter ranean could have remained unmoved by so odoriferous a flavor. Well, what about the mince- pie? Since no one there had ever seen a pie, how could we explain it? My ever-faithful friend and Secretary, Fausto Santolalia, was a man skilled in drawing. On all occasions he resorted to his skill with the pencil; so he tried to draw a pie, though he had never seen one. I finally had found a crock of English mince meat in the City of Chiclayo. As a discreet man I made no in quiries as to the age or pre vious condition of that mince meat; and not wishing to in vite disappointment I didn’t subject it to too close a scru tiny. If there were any bugs, they were mine, all paid for, so I needn’t worry. I once bought a box of chocolates from a Japanese merchant in Lam- bayeque. The chocolates show ed signs of life, so I went back to the Jap and explained that the chocolates were a queer as sortment of crawling things and I wanted my money back. The Jap shrugged his shoulders and said in Spanish, I bought •the bugs, too, with my money. Mr. Samolalla drew designs of a pie as he understood from my specifications. But no pie; no one understood. Pastel de fruta no hay, no se hace, no se puede. (Fruit pie doesn’t exist; cannot be made; it can’t be done.) I had decided to put mince meat between two sweet crac kers as a substitute for mince pie. The arrival of the mail boat at the port of Pimentel saved the day, for newspapers and magazines came to me and one carried an advertisement of mince meat, showing a fine pie, with a slap cut out. We went in all haste to the home of Sen- ora Garcia, the local genius who excelled in tea cakes. Up on seeing the picture she knew what to do. The pie she made was good enough for any king, even when Kings were Kings. Thanksgiving afternoon I strolled through the burial ground of old Saint Michael’s church in Charleston. Toward the back of the lot I stopped before the tomb of Robert Y. Hayne. He was the South Car olina orator whose speech in the Senate prompted the reply of Daniel Webster, while John C. Calhoun presided over the Senate. Today Calhoun and Hayne lie in Charleston separ ated by three short blocks, though neither was a son of Charleston. Upon retiring from the Sen ate Hayne became Governor of the State. As Governor Hayne defied President Andrew Jack- son, another South Carolinian, when Jackson declared that he would not stand for nullifica tion of a law of Congress be cause the State regarded the law as unconstitutional. I do not know how the sub ject is taught today but Madi son and Jefferson — and the States of Kentucky and Vir ginia regarded solemnly the right to maintain the Constitu tion in faithful relation to its State creators. And our brethren of New England also threatened to withdraw from the Union. I quote Senator Hayne in part, as he replied to Webster, touching on Federal activities. “Sir, let me tell that gentle man that the South repudiates the idea that a pecuniary de pendence on the federal govern ment is one of the' legitimate means of holding the States to gether. A moneyed interest in the government is essentially a base interest; and just so far as it operates to bind the feel ings of those who are subject ed to it to the government— just so far as it operates in creating sympathies and inter ests that would not otherwise exist—is it opposed to all the principles of free government and at war with virtue and pa triotism. ( “Sir, the link which binds the public creditors, as such, to their country, binds them equally to all governments, whether arbitrary or free. In a free government this princi ple of abject dependence, if ex tended through all the ramifi cations of society, must be fa tal to liberty. “Already have we made alarming strides in that direc tion. The entire class of manu facturers, the holders of stock, with their hundreds of millions of capital, are held to the gov ernment by the strong link of pecuniary interests; milliens of people—entire sections of coun try, interested, or believing themselves to be so, in the pub lic lands and the public treas ure, are bound to the govern ment by the expectation of pe cuniary favors. “If this system is carried much farther no man can fail to see that every generous motive of attachment to the country will be destroyed, and in its place will spring up those low, grov eling, base, and selfish feelings which bind men to the foot- (Continued on Next Page) FLINTKOTE INSULATION BOARD PRODUCTS for ro- finishing living rooms, dining rooms and bedrooms Don’t be envious of handsomely finished basement and attic rooms in new homes with their beautiful paneled walls and ceilings. With flintkote insulation board products you can have just the effect you want in your own home. 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